Lin Qingwan looked at her with a deep gaze and said, "In the past, your father was in charge of these things, but he couldn't always protect us, so we have to learn to manage things." ”

Lin Yubin opened his mouth, feeling that his heart was bulging and a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't say why it was uncomfortable.

My sister-in-law's words seem to be right, but they don't seem to be right.

Lin Yubin was still in a trance when she left Chunhui Courtyard in the evening, and when she passed by the small garden, she couldn't help but pause, looking in the direction of the study in the front yard, "Is Daddy back?" ”

Ying Yan has been paying close attention to her expression, and immediately said when she heard this: "I should be back at this hour, and the eldest sister will be able to see the master when she eats for a while." ”

Lin Yubin turned his feet and said, "I'll take a look." ”

"Big sister, ......" Yingyan couldn't stop her, so she could only keep up.

Lin Yubin rarely comes to the front yard, and her father also has a small study in the backyard, and her father usually teaches her to read and write in the small study.

Only her mother and sister-in-law would come to the big study in the front yard, and in her memory the sister-in-law came more, because she read a lot of books, and some books were only available in the big study.

When Lin Yubin arrived at the study, Lin Jiang was buried in a pile of official documents, coughing twice from time to time, seeing his daughter, he hurriedly drank tea to suppress the itch in his throat, suppressed the cough, smiled and beckoned her to sit down beside him.

"Daddy, your face is not good, is it not well yet?"

Lin Jiang smiled, "It's just some old problems, it doesn't matter." ”

Lin Yubin looked at the official document on the table and pouted, "If you don't pay attention to maintenance like this, a small problem will become a big problem." ”

Lin Jiang sighed, "That's no way, my father has to fulfill his responsibilities as an official every day, and the people in Jiangnan and the soldiers at the border pass are all looking at my father." ”

Lin Yubin was stunned, and looked at his father suspiciously, this was the first time her father talked to her about business, in the past, as long as she mentioned the topic of rest, he would laugh and respond, what should happen after that.

The change of father made Lin Yubin's uneasiness intensify, she was already a sensitive child, and she was even more sensitive at this time, "Daddy, my sister-in-law's health is not well, why did you let her take care of things?" ”

"When the eldest sister grows up, she will feel sorry for her sister-in-law." Lin Jiang looked at her lovingly and said, "Since the eldest sister is worried about your sister-in-law, why don't you help your sister-in-law share some of it?" ”

Lin Yubin squeezed his handkerchief tightly, "Didn't Steward Lin and Mama Lin take care of these things before?" ”

Lin Jiang looked at his daughter's hand, and sighed slightly in his heart, he only knew that his daughter was smart before, but after seeing the peep mirror, he knew that she was not only smart, but also very sensitive and suspicious, it was his fault, he fostered her in the Yue family, thinking that she would be well educated, but he didn't expect the pressure caused by the fence to the child.

"There are some things that Steward Lin and Mama Lin can't make up their minds, and now my father is busy and can't take care of the family for a while, so I need your sister-in-law to take over, and the eldest sister has also grown up, so I can help your sister-in-law on the side."

Lin Yubin bit his lip and responded.

But soon she knew that her sister-in-law was not only in charge of the Lin Mansion's family affairs, but was also counting the Lin Mansion's family property.

The stewards from all over the south of the Yangtze River began to come to the Lin Mansion one after another to visit, Lin Yubin followed the sister-in-law to meet a lot of people, watching the sister-in-law settle the accounts, and she helped to transcribe the property list on the side.

She didn't know why she was planning to copy it, but her father and sister-in-law's actions made her a little uneasy.

And this uneasiness reached the extreme in the father's getting more and more sick day by day.

Lin Qingwan watched the little girl holding the pen and unconsciously scribbling on the paper, her face was white and miserable, she couldn't help sighing, reached out and took the pen in her hand and put it on the pen stand.

"Sister-in-law?"

Lin Qingwan reached out and touched her little head, and said softly, "Yubin, you go to see your father." ”

Lin Yubin's tears fell as soon as she "boomed", and she looked at her sister-in-law in fear, "Sister-in-law, why do you and your father count the family property?" ”

also released the slaves as if they were explaining the aftermath, and transferred the loyal slaves who were unwilling to leave to Suzhou.

Lin Qingwan didn't answer, but insisted, "You go see your father." ”

Lin Yubin gritted his teeth, wiped his tears and ran to the study.

As soon as he ran into the yard, he heard Lin Jiang's earth-shattering cough, and he coughed and said: "The grain and grass have been transported to the border pass, and the summer flood is coming. ”

"My lord, there has been too much rain recently, and the water level of Taihu Lake has risen too fast, do you want to strengthen the embankment?"

Lin Jiang was silent for a moment, but he couldn't help coughing for a while, and after half a ring, he calmed down the stuffy pain in his chest and said: "After collecting the military tax, I am afraid that the people will not be able to endure it, didn't the embankment only be strengthened in the first two years, this year's problem should not be big, let's talk about it next year." ”

The staff no longer mentioned that all parts of Daliang had a hard time this year, even if the adults had minimized the military tax paid by ordinary people, this time the military tax came down, and when the green and yellow were not available, everyone did not have much food to spare.

And the people of Daliang not only have to contribute to death, but also have to be responsible for their own travel expenses and food and lodging, and many people will definitely die at this time.

Lin Jiang combed through the information obtained from the peep mirror, and the "three worlds" he saw showed that it was rainy in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, but God was still a little merciful, so that they had a thrilling crossing, the embankment of Taihu Lake was very stable, and the embankment did not burst, and some fields by the lake were flooded by rain, and the loss was not large.

Lin Jiang coughed while agreeing with the staff one by one, and his stunned face flashed away at the door of the study, and Lin Jiang knew that someone was looking for him.

He clenched his fist against his lips and couldn't help but cough twice more to tell his staff to back off.

Staff Zhao hesitated for a moment, bowed down and said, "My lord, your cough has been getting worse and worse recently, do you want to ask the doctor to take a look?" ”

Lin Jiang waved his hand and said, "I've been taking medicine." ”

Staff Zhao sighed, retreated with the others, and sent people out in surprise before turning around and saying, "Master, the eldest sister is here." ”

Lin Yubin stood in front of the window of the side room and watched them leave, then turned around and went to the study to find his father.

Lin Jiang often stayed up late some time ago in order to raise military rations, and he had to go to various places to supervise, and his already bad health was even worse, and he was also infected with wind and cold, and it is not good until now.

He knew that this was how he died.

The "three worlds" in the Sky Mirror are all such processes and results, and Bai Weng also said that he can't change this process.

So he can only get sick, now, his illness has reached a height, his face is pale and blue, Lin Yubin has been sick for a long time, where can he not see his father's state?

She couldn't help but pause.

Lin Jiang raised his head, smiled at her and beckoned, "Yu'er, come here." ”

Lin Yubin pursed his lips and stepped forward.

At the same time, Lin Qingwan was putting away all the wedding clothes and poems and letters of the original body and putting them in a box.

These are all letters and poems exchanged between the original body and Xie Erlang, she wanted to burn them before, but she was reluctant to do so, and now Lin Qingwan sorted them out to be taken to the funeral.

The day of Xie Yiming's burial has been set, just tomorrow.

The ancestral home of the Xie family is in Yangzhou, and the ancestral tomb is also in the suburbs of Yangzhou, so there is no need to go far.

The next day, Lin Qingwan went to Xie's Mansion in a vegetarian state and followed Mrs. Xie to the temple to help the spirit.

Xie family and several of Xie Yiming's classmates and friends all went, and saw that Lin Qingwan was dressed as a surviving person, and they all had a complicated face.

Two months ago, they thought that Lin Qingwan would not survive, but they didn't expect her to survive.

The family members slowly carried the coffin into the burial chamber, Lin Qingwan turned to look at Lichun and Lixia, and the two of them held up the two boxes with white faces.

Lin Qingwan took it and was about to follow behind the coffin.

Mrs. Xie was wiping her tears, and when she saw this, she grabbed her and asked in a panic, "Sister Wan, what are you doing down?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled at her soothingly, hugged the box and said, "Auntie, I have something to accompany Second Brother Xie." ”

Mrs. Xie dragged her tightly and said, "Just let the subordinates take them down, why go down in person?" ”

"yes, yes." The others also gathered around her, looking at her defensively, lest she jump into the pit and die without even thinking about it.

If Lin Qingwan dies here, Lin Jiang will definitely find the Xie family desperately.

Lin Qingwan held the box in her arms and insisted: "I want to take it down myself, I still have something to say to Second Brother Xie, don't worry, aunt, I'll come up in a while." ”

Looking at the indifference on Lin Qingwan's face, everyone didn't dare to let her go down.

Xie Yiming's classmate Zheng Yi stepped forward, looked at Lin Qingwan with some unbearability, and said: "Brother and sister, the deceased is gone, you should be stronger, even if it is for the sake of your aunt, you can't think about it." ”

Lin Qingwan: ...... She really just wanted to give things to Xie Erlang, and whispered to him by the way, why did everyone look like she was going to be martyred?

Lin Qingwan pursed her lips, thinking that Sister Wan died so silently, Xie Erlang still had so many people to send him, but she only remembered it with her and Lin Jiang, and she could only give her a blank tablet, and the insistence in her heart was firm by two points.

I have to let Xie Yiming know that Sister Wan is dead, so that he can find her in the underworld and reunite underground.

Although she didn't know if Xie Yiming could hear what she said, maybe they had already reunited, but there were some things she would feel uneasy if she didn't do them.

Lin Qingwan looked at Mrs. Xie stubbornly, "Mother, you let me go down, I'll come up in a quarter of an hour." ”

This is the first time that Lin Qingwan has called Mrs. Xie's mother.

Mrs. Xie covered her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let Mama Yang accompany you down." ”

Lin Qingwan glanced at Mama Yang, nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

The burial chamber is very spacious, and there is a place next to the coffin, which is reserved for Sister Wan'er. There were also some utensils, clothes, pastries and fruits, as well as some books, all of which were commonly used by Xie Yiming.

Lin Qingwan went down the steps and stopped at the entrance of the room, she turned her head slightly and said to Mama Yang: "Mama wait here, I'll talk to Second Brother Xie." ”

Mama Yang carefully looked at Lin Qingwan's expression, and nodded when she saw that she looked fine, but she still didn't dare to relax and stare at her tightly, for fear that she would crash into the tomb and die if she didn't pay attention.

Lin Qingwan put the two boxes in her hand in front of the coffin, knelt on the ground and said softly: "This is Sister Wan'er's wedding dress and your poems and letters......"

Her voice was almost inaudible, but her words were very clear, and she thought, if Xie Erlang's soul was really still there, then I hope he could hear her words.