Chapter 22: Relative
The three sect elders were arranged to live in the Lin Mansion, and Lin Qingwan asked Steward Lin to send proper people to serve them, so that the three sect elders must be served comfortably.
But just got a shocking inside story from Lin Jiang, the three sect elders were eating dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and they didn't feel it when they slept on the dragon bed, and they looked worried.
When the Liao people went south, they had all grown up, and the youngest eleventh uncle was half a child at that time, and at that time, the victims dragged their families to the south, even if he was protected by his family, he saw the worst thing at that time.
The country is ruined, and in order to flee for their lives, some parents abandon their children, some children abandon their parents, and some children eat for their children.
But how evil people's hearts are, there are also good people, and there are people who sacrifice themselves for relatives and friends, but whether it is the former or the latter, in the end, the family is ruined.
At that time, the Lin family was also ready to flee south with his family, and the three sect elders remembered it very deeply.
The Liao people came from the north, and they forced the Lin clan to do so, but if the enemy came from the south, wouldn't it be easy to enter Suzhou?
At that time, Jiangnan bore the brunt of the attack, and when they thought of the consequences of the outbreak of war, the three of them could not sleep well.
It is better to be a peace dog than to leave people in chaos.
People who have experienced the war have a particularly deep understanding of this, and at this moment, the dissatisfaction with Lin Jiang's donation of all his family property to the treasury is not so great.
The sixth uncle was especially so, he turned back and forth twice and said: "Haoyu handed over all the folds, and the property was auctioned, so it's useless for us to oppose at this time, so it's better to fulfill them." ”
Uncle Eleventh coughed weakly twice, nodded and said, "After all, it is the private property of the long house, and we are not good at interfering too much, and the second room is ......."
He pursed his lips and said, "The second room is like that, but I don't feel at ease if I really pass the child over." ”
The eighth uncle frowned and said, "What about the rest, those big farms are also allowed to be sold by them?" ”
Uncle Eleventh glanced at him and said disdainfully: "If the starling brother is distressed, then talk to Haoyu and let him sell the farm to you?" I heard that he gave a fair price, and a farm was only about 500,000 silver. ”
The eighth uncle twitched his cheeks, glared at him and said, "Don't stand and talk without backache, who in the Lin family can take out 500,000 silver at once except for the long house?" ”
The entire Lin clan, except for Lin Jiang, which is particularly developed, the other branches are at most middle-class landlords, if it weren't for the long house, they might not even be able to enter the birthday banquet of the assassin history.
In the Gengwu disaster of that year, the Lin family lost too much.
The Lin family is a gathering of clans and lived, the side branch spread to the east, and the branch of the family was to build a house to the west after the separation, and later the population of the Lin family developed more and more, and some of the side branches were unwilling to stay near the branch anymore, so they sold the house to the branch and brought their families to build a house to live again.
In this way, it is not only convenient to enter and exit, the access control is not so strict, and it is also relatively close to your own fields.
Therefore, the two princes sent troops to surround the Lin family, but in fact, only the part of the branch was besieged, and the side branches that had been relocated to the other side of the Lin family were almost undamaged.
At that time, the Yan branch was besieged, except for a few tribes next to the house who sent people to check, everyone else closed the door and hid at home and did not dare to move.
In the end, except for one Lin Zhi, everyone else died. And the people who went to check the rooms in the side branch did not come back.
Lin Zhi took over the Lin family after escaping, and he was especially tolerant of those rooms, and the room where the sixth uncle was located was among them.
Because his own brother Lin Song was the one who went to Yanzhi to check the rescue. It can be said that the sixth uncle's branch has only developed in the past few decades, and in the past disaster years, his boy still couldn't eat.
It can be said that the developed houses were destroyed in the Gengwu disaster, and the young talents of the Lin family at that time couldn't count the two slaps, and they all died.
By now, there is only one person left in the Lin family.
The eighth uncle wanted to buy those big farms, but after selling them, the whole family couldn't buy half of them. Otherwise, he would not have been so active in encouraging the sixth and eleventh uncles to come to Yangzhou, just thinking that he could take care of the industry after Lin Jiang's death.
Lin Liu didn't know much about this younger brother's thoughts, but Lin Shiyi knew it in his heart, so when Lin Run deliberately delayed time on the way, he was happy to cooperate with the illness, and successfully dragged the three-day journey to four and a half days.
If nothing else, he just doesn't like starlings, as long as he's not happy, he's happy.
"So the starling is really eyeing the industry of the long house as Haoyu said? I said, why were you so positive when you came to the second room. ”
Lin Ba jumped to his feet, "You can't talk nonsense, when did I set my sights on the industry of Changfang?" I just can't bear to see him clean up the Lin family's business......"
Lin Shiyi sneered, "That's a nice thing, how can Haoyu be a disaster for the family?" He donated to the treasury, so selfless, if you don't praise him, forget it, and look like he has lost your industry, who believes that you are selfless? ”
Lin Liu had a headache, "Okay, okay, you two have been arguing all your life and haven't quarreled enough?" Is this the time to discuss this? Since Haoyu has already made up his mind about the matter of the Changfang industry, then let's not interfere, what matters now is the war. ”
He paused and said, "I think Haoyu is right, this autumn harvest is still for the clansmen to leave all the grain and hide some in case of accidents." It's just that this is what Haoyu secretly told us with his private feelings, in order not to cause panic and suspicion, you had better keep this matter in your heart and don't talk about it. ”
Lin Ba asked, "What about the second room, their father and son are here, really make the long room extinct?" ”
Lin Liu pursed his lips and said, "Haoyu is unwilling, can we still force him to recognize his son?" ”
Lin Shiyi said: "Aren't Sister Wan and eldest sister still there, when the time comes, let one of the two of them sit on the property and recruit money, anyway, there is not much money in the long house now, just two small farms in Suzhou and a few bookstores, don't worry about outsiders having ulterior motives." ”
Look, this is the benefit of scattering all the wealth, and connecting relatives saves some suspicion.
Lin Liu twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at Lin Ba.
Lin Ba pouted and said, "I don't have an opinion, but I'm afraid that Haoyu won't agree." Sister Wan has already promised to the Xie family, and I don't think she has any intention of remarrying, so she can only come to the eldest sister. But do you think Haoyu and Sister Wan are willing to let the eldest sister recruit them? ”
In this era, those who are willing to join the rich are generally not very capable people. And most of the capable people are not very good, Lin Jiang and Lin Qingwan look at their children, but they are afraid that they will be reluctant to wronged Lin Yubin.
Lin Liu had a headache on his forehead, this was also his biggest headache, if it was another family, the clan elders could directly decide to succeed to the head of the heir, but the situation of the Lin family was different.
Lin Jiang himself is the patriarch, and the long house is powerful, it is impossible for the three of them to press Lin Jiang to succeed.
"Wait a little longer," Lin Liu hesitated for a long time and said, "Anyway, there is still time, I will persuade Haoyu again." ”
Lin Ba and Lin Shiyi pouted in unison, Lin Jiang was the only one who persuaded others, and no one else could persuade him.
But the two of them still didn't say anything, now that the Lin family's industry has been given up, the index that everyone is worried about has dropped to the lowest point, let it be, Changfang can do whatever he wants.
At this time, Lin Run was sitting on the edge of Lin Jiang's bed, his eyes swept towards Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin.
Lin Qingwan sent Lin Yubin, who was crying with red eyes, to the door and asked her grandmother to help her back.
"Sister-in-law," Lin Yubin bit her lip and said, "Did my father scatter all his family wealth for me?" ”
Lin Qingwan touched her head and smiled: "Silly child, who said that our family has lost all its wealth?" You go to the storeroom and see, those things are more than enough to raise ten of you for ten lifetimes. ”
"But those industries ......"
"It's not just for you," Lin Qingwan said softly: "The situation inside is complicated, and my sister-in-law will tell you slowly in the future." ”
Lin Yubin bit her lip, she knew that she was not the whole reason, but also the main reason.
I felt guilty for a while.
Lin Qingwan couldn't help laughing, "Silly boy, you are so smart on weekdays, why do you think about it today?" Who matters money? Everything that can be solved with money is not a big deal. ”
Lin Yubin was stunned for a moment, and only came back to her senses after half a ring, she looked at her sister-in-law with slightly bright eyes and said, "I understand, you can get money if you lose it, but people can't." ”
Lin Qingwan smiled and bowed her head, patted her shoulder and said, "Go and rest, tomorrow my sister-in-law will go out to run errands, your father will have to be taken care of by you, and the guests at home will also want you to greet you." ”
Lin Yubin let go of his worries and left with Mama Wang.
Lin Qingwan turned around and went back to the room, Lin Run had been listening to the conversation between her and Lin Yubin, and when she came in, she couldn't help but look up at her and smiled: "I haven't seen Sister Wan for a year, I'm really sensible, if I hadn't seen her at home, I would almost have dared not admit it." ”
Lin Qingwan smiled politely: "Fifth brother is falsely praised. ”
Lin Jiang said: "She has experienced a lot in the past year, and if she doesn't grow more, it will be in vain." ”
Lin Run thought of Xie Erlang's death, and thought of her critically ill illness some time ago and escaped death, but nodded understandingly.
In the past, although Sister Wan was gentle on the outside, her temperament was very fierce, but now it is reasonable to be tough in times of crisis.
Seeing that Lin Qingwan sat down on the edge of the bed after pouring tea for him, Lin Run looked at Lin Jiang again and gave him a slight look.
Lin Jiang smiled and said: "Sister Wan is not an outsider, in the future, the long house will be handed over to her to be in charge, you can say it directly." ”
Lin Run looked at Lin Qingwan in surprise, and Lin Qingwan also looked up at Lin Run, it seemed that he was the partner Lin Jiang had chosen.
She and Lin Jiang carefully deduced that in the future, she and Yubin would still not be able to bypass the Lin clan, so they had to have a good relationship with the clan, at least not completely fall out.
So the two of them finally decided to choose a helper in the clan, Lin Qingwan didn't know who Lin Jiang chose, because she was busy dealing with industry matters some time ago.
But at a glance today, he understood that he chose Lin Run, the eldest son of the sixth uncle.