When the emperor was lying on the map to choose a fief, Lin Qingwan had just finished breakfast and went out to Sheng Ji Restaurant, and today was the day of bidding.

"Aunt Lin," Shang Mingyuan quickly caught up with Lin Qingwan, his eyes looking behind her, "Isn't my uncle going with you?" ”

"He just took medicine and went to sleep, I'll just go today."

Shang Mingyuan glared, "You are the only one to go for such a big matter?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "There are also Zhong Da in charge of them." ”

But shouldn't the head of the family come forward for such a big event?

Lin Qingwan knew his suspicions, but she had no intention of explaining, she always had to find an opportunity to come to the stage.

"Does my nephew want to come with me?"

Shang Mingyuan hesitated for a moment and followed, he didn't think that his uncle would refuse when he came this time, so he didn't bring money at all, although the Shang family also has a shop grange in Yangzhou, but he can raise less money, not to mention those big granges, even a shop he can't afford to buy.

But he persuaded his uncle, but firstly, his uncle was unmoved, and secondly, he had already been folded, could his uncle still tell the emperor that he was joking before, or that he was confused and scribbled?

So since last night, he has not worked hard, but just wrote a letter back to tell his ancestors.

The letter was sent back quickly, and the old lady should have received it now, right?

Shang Mingyuan followed Lin Qingwan to Shengji Restaurant while thinking, and he was reluctant to miss such a big event.

It's still early, but Sheng Kee Restaurant is already full.

The head of the Sheng family personally sat in the restaurant to arrange, and let people set up a table in the lobby on the first floor, and a low table was placed in the middle at the request of Lin Qingwan, and two cushions were laid out in the back.

Lin Qingwan took Chief Steward Zhong forward, and after greeting everyone, she knelt in the middle, and Chief Steward Zhong took a step back and sat behind her afterwards.

There are also several cushions on the left and right sides of the platform, which are the seats for the witnessing officials and elders. They supervise the auction to avoid malicious bidding.

Supervise both buyers and sellers.

The empty space in the lobby and the second floor under the platform have been rearranged to accommodate more people to the greatest extent.

The subordinates of the Lin Mansion came in from the carriage with a tray and put the contract on the rows of shelves behind Lin Qingwan, marked with the number, and directly auctioned it according to the number after a while.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the auction, the Assassin's Mansion also sent a team of officers and soldiers to surround the Sheng Kee Restaurant, which was separated by half a street, and those who came in had to be inspected, and those with malicious intentions could not enter.

This half of the street is under martial law, which can be regarded as Lin Jiang using his privileges for his own personal gain. But except for Lin Qingwan, no one felt that it was wrong.

And Lin Qingwan would not have proposed it at this time even if she knew that it was wrong, the meaning of the existence of the sentry is to stop people with malicious intentions and ensure the smooth progress of the auction.

For example, the Lin clan who came in a hurry, they were stopped two hundred meters away from the Shengji Restaurant, and the officials said that they had to take out the post sent by the Lin family if they wanted to go over.

Lin Yong stomped his feet, turned around and said to his two sons: "Let's go, go back to find Uncle Six, we can't get in, we have to get the post." ”

"Dad, it's too late to come back later, we are the Lin family, why don't they let us in?" Lin Lun was eager to try: "We broke in, and they didn't dare to do anything." ”

Lin Dai patted him on the head and said, "Listen to Dad, it's just started, the Lin Mansion is not far from here, let's go back to the sixth uncle first." If we break in, we will be unreasonable. ”

"Your eldest brother is right," Lin Yong glared at his second son and said, "You also learn, no matter how reckless you are, you don't even think about the succession." ”

Lin Lun could only bow his head and admit his mistake.

The father and son turned around and went to the Lin Mansion again, they were all a little dirty, there was no way, they rushed over from Suzhou, and it was difficult to be clean.

It's all to blame on Lin Run, originally several sect elders were ready to set off, but he bewitched the crowd to make the sect elders hesitate, and they hesitated not to move, so they easily persuaded people to go on the road, and they couldn't stand the pain of hurrying, they only needed to stay up and pass, but Lin Run was like a big enemy, the carriage should be slow to avoid bumping, the sun was too big to rest, so as not to suffer from heat stroke, and they had to go to bed early at night, so as not to overwork the old people, obviously as long as the three-day journey was forced to give them four and a half days.

They set off earlier than Shang Mingyuan, but on the way, they watched him overtake them and run ahead.

But they couldn't leave a few sect elders behind, if the sect elders didn't come, they were afraid that they wouldn't even be able to see Lin Jiang's face. They can't blame the sect elders, they can only hate Lin Run, who always makes trouble for them in front of the sect elders.

Lin Qingwan was discussing the auction with Chief Steward Zhong, and He Lushi from the Assassin Mansion walked in quickly, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Miss, someone from the Lin family in Suzhou came over just now, and they have been sent away by their subordinates.

Lin Qingwan bowed slightly, "Thank you, when this is over, my brother and I will definitely thank you." ”

He Lushi bowed his head and said: "It is our blessing to be able to serve the adults, the eldest lady should not be polite, if there is a place to call us, please mention it." ”

Lin Qingwan thanked him, looked up and saw Liu Pei and Sun Huai and the representatives of Xie Zhou and Zhao's family coming in, Shang Mingyuan didn't know when he floated to Lin Qingwan's side, and said in a low voice: "Aunt Lin, when did Liu Pei and Sun Huai have such a good relationship with them?" My uncle is still here. ”

Lin Qingwan glanced at him, raised her hand and gave him a head, "Go down and find your own place to sit, don't come to me if it's okay." ”

Shang Mingyuan touched his head and looked at Lin Qingwan in shock.

Lin Qingwan glared at him and said, "Don't go down quickly!" ”

Shang Mingyuan felt that Lin Qingwan in front of him had become an uncle, he shuddered, shrunk his neck and obediently stepped down.

Chief Steward Zhong was stunned from the sidelines, and couldn't help but whisper: "Miss, Shangfu is now a cousin's family, you shouldn't be so fierce to him." ”

"Let's talk about it if he can really be the master of the Shang family," Lin Qingwan put down the booklet in his hand and said almost inaudibly: "If the Shang family is really in charge of the family, we need to spend less thought." ”

Steward Zhong was silent, but he couldn't help but remember what Steward Lin said to him last night, this time the Shang family sent his cousin over for the Lin family's property, and for this reason, he also planned to marry the eldest sister and the second cousin.

If it weren't for the repeated actions of the lord and the eldest lady, they would have thought that this arrangement would be the best. The eldest sister and the second cousin are childhood sweethearts, and the Shang family is the eldest sister's foreign family, if you say who is closest to the eldest sister, then in addition to the lord and the eldest lady, isn't there only her uncle's family?

But because of the actions of the master and the eldest lady, all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods ran out, and they couldn't help but think about it more, the Shang family had not mentioned relatives before, why did they mention relatives when the master said that he was going to sell the property?

"Miss Lin," Zhou Bai and the others stepped forward to greet Lin Qingwan, and Chief Steward Zhong immediately put his thoughts aside, got up and followed behind Lin Qingwan to greet these guests.

"The head of the Zhou family is in a good mood today, and you can hear your laughter from afar." Lin Qingwan first saluted Xie Yan respectfully, and then greeted Zhou Bai with a smile.

Zhou Bai carefully looked at Lin Qingwan's expression, and saw that there was a little smile in her eyes, but she was not distressed or sad at all, so he smiled and said, "That's because the magpies in the yard kept barking when I got up this morning." ”

Zhao Sheng said with a smile on the side: "Then it seems that Brother Zhou will have a lot of harvest today, so I will congratulate Brother Zhou on buying a house here." ”

Zhou Bai was unhappy in his heart, and looked at Lin Qingwan with concern.

Lin Qingwan looked at Zhao Sheng and asked with a smile, "Why didn't Second Master Zhao find the property he wanted?" I thought that your Zhao family would take the opportunity to buy some industries. ”

Zhao Sheng couldn't help coughing lightly, avoiding Lin Qingwan's gaze and said vaguely: "There are also some industries that I particularly like." ”

"That's good," Lin Qingwan smiled as if she was relieved, "I thought that the Lin family was going to miss a big customer, and I also wish Zhao Erye to buy a home and buy the property he wants." ”

Zhao Sheng tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled back.

Shang Mingyuan's heart ached when he heard it, he covered his chest and asked Steward Zhao, "Someone else's family is buying a house, and she is selling her property, won't her heart hurt?" ”

Steward Zhao: "...... Uncle, do you want to go and say hello to your uncle? ”

Shang Mingyuan sat in his position and didn't move, rolled his eyes and said, "Don't go, that's the second brother's uncle, not my uncle, my uncle's surname is Lu, no, I don't have an uncle." ”

His mother is an only daughter.

Steward Zhao twitched the corners of his mouth, got up and said, "That little one is going to ask my uncle for peace." ”

Shang Mingyuan looked at him silently and was silent, and Steward Zhao could only sit down again and said, "The little one is still here to accompany you." ”

Shang Mingyuan was satisfied.

He doesn't like Zhao Sheng, and he's not his own uncle, why should the second aunt's maiden family take care of him?

It's too lenient.

And they are all relatives, Zhao Sheng embarrassed Lin Qingwan in front of so many people, and he went to greet Zhao Sheng again, wasn't that a slap in the face of his uncle?

Although they are all relatives, for him, the Lin family is naturally much closer than the Zhao family. The uncle's family and the second aunt's maiden family, they all know which side to stand on with their toes, the key is that he doesn't like Zhao Sheng very much.

Shang Mingyuan sat in his position very willfully and did not move, Lin Qingwan naturally would not bring him to see Zhao Sheng, and he was happy to pretend to be confused.

Zhou Bai and the others saw Lin Qingwan smiling and taking Zhao Sheng back, and they were very useful in their hearts. Not to mention anything else, few people can match this kind of bearing, if they sell so many of their own industries, don't laugh, it's good if you don't cry.

Zhou Bai said to Xie Yan with envy: "Brother Xie is really discerning, he can have such a daughter-in-law." ”

Xie Yan smiled and bowed his head, but only he knew the bitterness in his heart.

These two times, Lin Qingwan has done enough etiquette in front of people, but she is not close at all. He sent someone to deliver a post to the Lin Mansion yesterday, but he was quickly rebuffed, saying that his family was busy and could not entertain guests who came to the door.

Obviously, his identity as a father-in-law is nothing to Lin Qingwan, and the two sides are just maintaining a harmonious atmosphere on their faces.

He was always a little weak in front of Lin Qingwan, after all, he didn't give an explanation to the other party about Erlang.

Lin Qingwan smiled and met with the representatives of the upstairs and downstairs families, and only sat back in his place after saying hello, the head of the Sheng family bowed slightly to her, got up and rang the bell hanging on the stairs, and said loudly: "The time has come, the auction has begun, please sit down." ”