After Shang Mingyuan "helped" Mrs. Shang to settle the accounts and manage all the properties in the family, it was already the end of the New Year. He ran to the Lin Mansion in a hurry, wanting to tell Lin Qingwan about his decision.

He felt that it was not bad to stay in Suzhou and be a rich man, but the old lady was still there, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to divide the family, so he wanted to ask her for an idea.

But Lin Qingwan was not in the Lin Mansion, she took Lin Yubin back to the old mansion to worship.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and the clan wants to worship their ancestors, and this year the Lin family has a new grave, and they have to sacrifice before the family worships their ancestors.

Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin thought that Lin Jiang was still watching from the sky, maybe waiting for the money, so they attached great importance to it, not only burned a lot of paper money, incense and candles for him, but also burned houses, carriages and horses.

Forgetting to tell Lin Qingwan that the heavens and the underworld are not the same place, Lin Jiang could only watch those things become ownerless after they arrived in the underworld, and were awarded to other people in the Lin family who had not yet been reincarnated after being charged a huge fee by the ghosts.

Lin Jiang in the sky watched silently, feeling a little uncomfortable, he didn't have any of the things that his daughter was filial to him.

Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin on the ground went back contented after the sacrifice, "We will come back after the sacrifice in the clan and burn some for your mother and the ancestors of our descendants." ”

There are a total of three rooms in the Lin family in Suzhou, but except for Lin Zhi left in the long room, the other two rooms were extinct, so the incense in the three rooms was responsible for their long room.

In previous years, there was Lin Jiang, and from now on, Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin are in charge.

Lin Yubin has been regretted by his relatives since he was a child that he is not a boy and cannot inherit the incense for the Lin family, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he wants to do better this year.

But Lin Qingwan is because she knows that there is a spirit after death, so the person who wants to die is also doing well, so she attaches great importance to it.

When the people in the clan saw that they valued incense, they naturally wouldn't object, and they wouldn't use the clan's money anyway.

They are happy to support it.

In this case, the aunt and nephew often return to the old house recently, in addition to preparing the things for sacrifice, they also personally carried a sickle and hoe to cut the grass, fill the mud, and tidy up the graves of the three rooms of the descendants.

When Lin Run saw it, he proposed: "It's better to move back, why bother running around in and out of the city every day?" ”

Lin Qingwan wanted to refuse, but when she saw the eyes of the loyal servants who stayed in the old mansion, she paused and said, "It's okay, let's stay for the New Year and go back." ”

Lin Run breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then I'll ask everyone to help." ”

Although the old mansion is guarded by loyal servants, there are few people after all, so many houses can't be taken care of at all, Lin Qingwan and they must clean it if they want to live back.

Lin Qingwan didn't refuse, "Then I'll thank everyone first, and I'll have dinner here at the old mansion in the evening." ”

Lin Qingwan turned around and said to the old uncle who stayed in the old house: "Uncle Zhong, you go and ask them to prepare some ingredients, and ask the clansmen to stay for dinner in the evening." ”

"The old slave is going!" The old uncle, who is nearly sixty years old, ran to the old mansion like a fly, and the eldest lady wanted to go back to the old mansion to live, and they finally welcomed back the master!

The people of the old mansion were very excited, and they did their best to take care of this dinner.

It was winter, and vegetables were rare, but the main house was still in the filial piety period, and it was not good to have big fish and meat, so they changed the vegetarian dishes to make them, and there was only one meat dish with little meat on a table, but it was also acceptable.

The key is that Lin Qingwan has a small hot spring in the village near the old house, and the old uncle has people grow vegetables nearby, even in winter.

This time, he took out all the vegetables he had stored, and the specifications of the table were naturally not low. Because greens are more expensive than meat in winter!

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but admire, "It's still the old Zhongbo, no wonder the vegetables in the house have never been short." Such a small hot spring allows you to grow so many vegetables. ”

Uncle Lao Zhong smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, patted his chest and said happily: "If the eldest lady likes it, the old slave can also ask someone to grow some fruits, but you need to build a shed, and then it will be winter when the eldest lady and eldest sister also have fruits to eat." ”

"Dad, you should change your name to aunt and eldest lady, how many times have you said it, why can't you remember?" Lin Quan hunched his waist and stepped forward to flatter: "Don't be surprised, my father is old, I have reminded him many times, but he just can't remember." ”

Uncle Zhong's face changed slightly, and after a moment of silence, he sighed: "Auntie, the old slave is old and has a bad memory. ”

Lin Qingwan glanced at Lin Quan and said with a smile: "I see that you are still very strong, at least you can guard the old mansion for the Lin family for another twenty years." It's not that you can't remember the title you changed, but because you miss my father, right? ”

Lao Zhongbo was Lin Zhi's long-term follower, and his ancestors were descendants who moved south with his grandson, so he was loyal to the Lin family.

Uncle Zhong's eyes were red, he lifted his robe and knelt down and choked up: "Miss, I miss the master, the master is so ruthless, he didn't want to live in the old mansion anymore as soon as he left, and the old slave didn't see him for the last time." ”

Lin Qingwan hurriedly helped him up, but the strength of his whole body was pressed down, and she couldn't support him at all, "Old Uncle Zhong......"

Lin Qingwan's eyes were red, and she turned her head to look at Lin Yubin, who hurriedly stepped forward to help her pull people up.

Uncle Lao Zhong wiped his tears, held back his crying and said: "Uncle inherits his will, and rarely comes back, if he doesn't encounter a dark road, he won't stay overnight, and most of them will go back to the city." But, but the old slave often thinks, the old house is the foundation of the branch, how can you say that you will abandon it, you go to see the merit monument erected there, the Jinshi monument, if you don't return to the old house, isn't it that the merits of the ancestors are also abandoned? ”

"Daddy!" Lin Quan shouted unhappily, my aunt and grandmother decided to stay in the old mansion so easily, do you want to mention these things about the rotten grains of Chen sesame seeds?

"Uncle Zhong," Lin Qingwan looked at the white hair on his head and said, "Father and brother have not forgotten the merits and teachings of their ancestors, but they are sad in their hearts and can't overcome that hurdle, so they don't want to come back." Although my father couldn't get over that hurdle, he still remembered his ancestors, so he left you to guard the house. You ought to know his heart. ”

Uncle Lao Zhongbo raised his head and said: "The old slave knows, but the old slave can't never come back, and now the old slave is still there, and he can still guard for the masters, but what if the old slave is gone?" Who will you give this old house to then? ”

Uncle Lao Zhong held Lin Qingwan's hand tightly, his eyes were full of tears, and although some words were not spoken, the meaning had already been expressed.

This old mansion represents not only the house, but also the power, and the wealth in the old mansion.

Uncle Lao Zhong was very hostile to the side branches, and he also knew in his heart that his son was not the material that could be poor and keep the house, but it was also risky to choose from other families.

There are actually a lot of interests involved in the old house, so the safest way is for the master to come back, and only when the old house has the master, can things be kept.

Lin Qingwan thought of the pleading and despair in his eyes just now, and couldn't help but nod and said, "We spent this year in the old mansion. I dare not say how it will be in the future, Qingming, Zhongyuan and Chinese New Year's Eve we must come back to worship. When the time comes, you will have to be loyal to your uncle. ”

This is equivalent to a promise that they will stay overnight when they return to worship.

Uncle Lao Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, you must know that although Lin Zhi came back to worship, he would not stay in the old mansion, even if it was dark, he would enter the city and return to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Jiang is stronger, and when it gets dark, or the weather is bad, he will stay overnight, but the time is also very short.

Therefore, the old mansion has always been hollow and wandering outside the Lin clan.

The clan will directly contact Yangzhou Linfu if there is something, so although the old mansion is the main building of Linjiazhuang, it has always seemed to be isolated from Linjiazhuang.

And the side branch is ashamed, most of the time it can be more than the main house, and if it can not be involved, it will not be involved.

Lin Qingwan followed Lao Zhongbo back to the main house.

Linjiazhuang is divided into two parts, and now it is in the form of a village that radiates outward, but it was built in the form of a fort before, so Linjiazhuang is also called Linjiazhuang.

There are still remnants of the former fort on this side of the main building, which is equivalent to the city wall, only more than two meters high.

The roads inside are criss-crossed, the houses are symmetrically distributed, obviously the initial construction was well planned, the ground is all paved with bluestone slabs, and only when you enter the main building can you see a piece of merit monument and jinshi monument erected on a large vacant land in front of you.

All of them were left by our ancestors.

At that time, the Lin family followed the Western Jin Dynasty royal family to move south to Suzhou only a small branch, but after 600 years of reproduction, there have been many branch clansmen, and the ancestors set up a lot of merit monuments and Jinshi monuments.

Similarly, Linjiabao, which was originally planned, could not accommodate so many people, so it began to radiate outward.

The branch and the tribesmen ransomed the houses, and gradually all the branches left on the side of the main house were the branches, and the side branches were relocated.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the emperors began to restrict the noble clan from raising their troops, and the Lin Jiabao demolished the fortress half-compromised and half-voluntarily, leaving only some forts for shelter.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the first two princes to come over with soldiers to attack the Lin family.

With a fortress, you can hold out for a little longer.

And now that all families no longer build fortresses, Lin Qingwan will certainly not be taboo to build them, at this time, she just looks at the past like looking at the ruins.

The only surviving descendants are only her and Lin Yubin, and they don't come back to live, because the old uncle has been carefully maintained, and the house in the main house is also a little dilapidated.

But these were the traces of history, and she even saw the black marks of the fire, the scratches left by the sword on the walls.

Lin Qingwan stroked them one by one, looked up, and finally turned her head to Lin Yubin and said, "It's a good place to escape the summer, and I'll come back to play when I'm free in the future." ”

Lin Yubin pursed his lips and nodded, his eyes a little moist.

Because she is young, she doesn't know many things in the clan, but now her sister-in-law takes her with her in everything she does, and she won't deliberately hide her, so the things that have been blocked are torn apart in front of her little by little, revealing their original true colors in front of her.

Uncle Lao Zhong led Lin Qingwan back to the old mansion of Changfang, and the garden inside was taken care of by him, and it was very vibrant even in winter.

Lin Qingwan was surprised, "How is this raised?" ”

Uncle Zhong said smugly: "The eldest lady doesn't know, the lord loves these flowers and plants the most, so I also set aside a piece of land by the hot spring to raise flowers, and change them for the family every once in a while. ”

Lin Qingwan pouted: "Then why don't you send some to the house, my eldest sister and I also love flowers and plants, but we just returned to Suzhou, and the gardener can't raise such good flowers and plants at all." ”

Lao Zhongbo suddenly felt comfortable, "The eldest lady wants, the old slave Ming'er will ask someone to pull a car for you, this flower and grass not only depends on the climate, but also time, you just returned to Suzhou not long ago, the gardener is a great ability to raise good flowers." But I have a lot of varieties here, you see which pot you like, I'll write it down for you, and I'll ship it all to you. ”

Lin Qingwan nodded and said, "Then I'm welcome." ”

Pull Lin Yubin to pick flowers.

Lao Zhong Bole got up and asked his daughter-in-law to follow, while he ran to stare at the house where the masters were going to live and tidy up the room.