Lin Qingwan is still the same as they saw in April last year, but in their hearts, her weight has long been different.

Even if she said angry words, the three of them had to think carefully.

After thinking about it, Uncle Eleven actually felt that what she said was very reasonable, he looked at the sixth brother, and then at the eighth brother, and finally coughed lightly and said: "Sister Wan, don't be like your eighth uncle, this angry talk is hurtful and sad." ”

Lin Qingwan said with a straight face: "Uncle Eleven, what I said is not angry. ”

She looked at the three of them: "I am a member of the Lin family, and I have great feelings for the Lin family, so I am willing to pay." But if you can't get anything in return, you can't even get gratitude, and no amount of affection will be exhausted. ”

Lin Qingwan said solemnly: "I don't have much to do with the Xie family except for Erlang and a marriage contract, but my mother-in-law loves me, and the Xie family also respects me, and the relationship can be cultivated." ”

The three of them changed color.

Feelings can be cultivated, so she is disappointed in the Lin family, and the Xie family treats her well, will she stand on the Xie side?

The eighth uncle opened his mouth to reprimand, but when he looked at Lin Qingwan's clear eyes, he choked again, and he couldn't twist for a while.

The sixth uncle also can't accept it, in his heart, no matter how the family is, it is the family, how can the clansmen not think about the family, and turn outward?

But he felt that Lin Qingwan was right, feelings could be cultivated.

"Sixth uncle, eighth uncle, eleventh uncle, people's hearts will be hurt, I don't want to be hurt like my father, so if my niece can't find anything, please forgive the three uncles."

The hearts of the three of them suddenly suddenly, and then they remembered the disaster of Gengwu and Lin Zhilai, and the sixth uncle immediately said: "Sister Wan, your eighth uncle doesn't mean anything else, but he can't speak." You can make your own decisions about the things in the paper mill, and the recipe is originally researched by your craftsmen. ”

Uncle Eleventh said: "Yes, yes, we are old, you young people can figure out these things by yourself." ”

Although the eighth uncle was not convinced, he still lowered his head and acquiesced.

Lin Qingwan pursed her lips, "Thank you Sixth Uncle for your understanding." ”

Sure enough, you still have to tap it from time to time.

Lin Yubin, who was behind the plum tree, was dumbfounded when he heard this, and looked back and forth at the three uncles in surprise.

The four people sitting at the table did not continue the topic, the atmosphere was slightly relaxed, Lin Qingwan got up and picked up the boiling water to make tea for them, and said with a smile on her face: "Three uncles, Sister Wan was unreasonable just now, and I ask the uncles to forgive me." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, they all took the tea and drank it, and the sixth uncle smiled: "It's also messy if we care, Sister Wan doesn't think we are nagging." ”

The eighth uncle took a sip of tea, smashed it and said, "I still don't like the taste of this tea, I should add some ginger slices and cheese to cook together." I don't know where it arose, and now people have changed to drinking clear tea. ”

Lin Qingwan twitched the corners of her mouth, sat down and said: "I think the taste of this tea is better, the eighth uncle is just afraid that he is not used to it, in another three months, the tea garden should also be sent to our family's share, when the time comes, I will give the eighth uncle some even, you taste the taste." ”

Although the tea garden has been sold, it was agreed at that time that the tea garden would give the Lin family a certain share every year.

Not much, but about five taels, but for tea lovers, one or two is rare.

The eighth uncle doesn't like tea very much, but when he heard Lin Qingwan say this, he felt a little better, and the anger he was frustrated by her just now disappeared a lot.

The four uncles and nephews started chatting over tea, from tea to water and soil, and from water and soil to various crops, the sixth uncle sighed: "Fortunately, your brother reminded us to prepare early, in the past two years, our clan has rarely sold grain, but we have escaped this catastrophe." ”

"Yes, I heard that the price of grain outside has risen to thirty-five wen now," Uncle Eleven shook his head, "It's only the first month now, and I don't know what it will be like in March or April." ”

"Then it depends on when this war with the Southern Han will end," the eighth uncle rolled his eyes and said, "While the price of grain is acceptable now, why don't we also stock up on some grain?" ”

Lin Qingwan's face fell, and the sixth uncle directly reprimanded, "Old eight, maliciously stockpiling grain, inflating prices is a big crime, how old are you to fight for this small profit?" ”

The eighth uncle pouted, "Now that the grain is stockpiled, maybe it will be doubled in a month or two, is that a small profit?" ”

The sixth uncle's face was calm, and the eleventh uncle sneered: "And then let people point at Lin's nose and scold?" Starling, the merits accumulated by your ancestors will ruin you. ”

The eighth uncle blew his beard and glared, and when he saw that the sixth brother's face was getting worse and worse, he held his breath and said, "I didn't really do it, just talking." ”

Lin Qingwan didn't know what to say, she rubbed her forehead and said: "Eighth Uncle had better just say that now that the war in the south is raging, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Daliang, Your Majesty and the ministers of the court will not allow anyone to raise prices and cause chaos in the rear." ”

Lin Qingwan warned with a warning in her eyes, "It's the New Year now, so the court doesn't care, but after this year, I'm afraid that Your Majesty and your lords will have to take action." ”

During the Chinese New Year, Zhou Tingshi personally led people to the countryside to resettle the displaced people, which shows the degree of his intentions. If he treats the displaced people like this, how can he allow the people of Suzhou to be in turmoil?

No one knows how long the battle of the Southern Han Dynasty will take, and now the grain and grass are still coming out of the treasury, but if it drags on for too long, the Jiangnan part will definitely have to collect military taxes again, and even military service will be levied.

At this time, neither Zhou Jianshi nor His Majesty dared to let the price of food rise wildly, otherwise they would not wait for the Southern Han Dynasty to be defeated, and their Liang would be in chaos first.

When the three of them heard this, their spirits were immediately shocked, and they asked, "Did Sister Wan get the news in advance?" ”

Lin Qingwan twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "I guess, Your Majesty is a hard-working person." ”

The three of them looked incredulous.

Lin Qingwan didn't explain anymore, seeing that the weather was gloomy and most likely it was going to snow again, so she summoned Lin Yubin, who was walking around behind the plum trees, and said goodbye: "Sixth uncle, I don't think the weather is very good, I'll go back first, and I'll come back tomorrow to say hello to the three uncles." ”

The sixth uncle immediately called the housekeeper to send her out, and said, "Since you are back, you will stay for a while longer, and if there is anything lacking in the family, let people come to me to pick it up." ”

Lin Qingwan responded and said goodbye to the three uncles.

Lin Yubin also saluted and retired, no one remembered her first rudeness, everyone was thinking about the situation in Suzhou and the war in the Southern Han Dynasty.

When Bai Mei saw the masters coming out, she immediately wanted to put down the stool, so Lin Qingwan waved her hand and said, "Let the carriage go back first, let's go back on foot." ”

It's not far from the old house, but it's not close, and you have to walk for a quarter and a half hours.

Thinking that she had been exercising less recently and her spirit was a little short, Lin Qingwan took Lin Yubin's hand and said, "Now that the wind is light, let's walk back slowly." ”

The streets in Linjiazhuang are paved with bluestone bricks, and they are very grateful, Lin Yubin doesn't know much about the clan, and the time he has lived here since he was a child doesn't add up to a year, let alone walk around the clan like this.

So she looked around curiously, the houses were symmetrical, the streets were tidy, a group of children were running through the street in front of them, wah-wah, wah-wah, shouting and running into another alley, Lin Yubin couldn't help but smile.

Just as he was about to retract his gaze, he saw a child in a big red cotton jacket stumbling out of the street, crying and chasing after the group of children, and called out indistinctly: "Brother, brother......"

Lin Yubin was instantly distressed, and was about to go up to coax him, when a big child ran out of the alley, grabbed Xiao'er's arm, slapped his buttocks, and complained: "I told you not to follow, why are you following, crying for a while and relying on me." ”

The eldest child looked disgusted, but he still bent down to pick up his younger brother and ran to chase his friends.

Lin Yubin walked to the mouth of the alley, turned his head to look, and saw a group of children playing with stones together, and the eldest child just now was holding his younger brother with one hand and playing with others with the other.

The kid couldn't even speak, but kept clapping his hands to cheer his brother on, Lin Yubin was a little envious, and stood at the mouth of the alley for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses.

Lin Qingwan stood beside her, looking at the group of children, her eyes couldn't help but soften.

"Auntie, if the war were fought here, wouldn't we see such a scene?"

Lin Qingwan was silent, tens of millions of homes have been destroyed in the war, and I don't know how much such a scene has been destroyed.

Unless the whole world is unified and the war is completely eliminated, how can we guarantee that the war will not be fought here?

"Auntie," Lin Yubin's eyes became more and more determined, "When will I be as powerful as you?" ”

You can be respected, you can shelter one person, you can not go out but you can count the world as a thing.

Lin Qingwan smiled, "My aunt wasn't so powerful from the beginning. ”

She knew what she was referring to, and most of them still felt from the sixth uncle's matter.

"You have to let people know your ability, so that there is awe, and when you have to do things, you can get twice the result with half the effort," Lin Qingwan said: "So the first thing is talent." ”

Lin Yubin pouted, "But I have learned everything my aunt taught, and now I can only manage the accounts and manage the affairs of the back house, I want to analyze current affairs like my sister-in-law, so that I don't know anything and have no preparation when it comes to the end." ”

"Silly boy, what I taught you is not just to manage the accounts and manage the back house," Lin Qingwan shook her head and smiled, "And don't forget, you are still in school." ”

"I sent you to school, not only to let you learn poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but your husband can teach you more. Mr. Shi comes from a master of history, and history books know the law of rise and fall best," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "There is a lot of knowledge in the book, it's not that you can understand it, you have to use it in practice to be considered a master." ”

"For example, how do I know that the rise in grain prices is a deliberate increase in grain prices and inflated prices?"

"Because it's rising too fast," Lin Yubin said: "I heard Lin Anshun say that in three months, it has risen from eighteen to thirty-five, an increase of nearly double." ”

Even if the Lin family didn't buy grain from outside, they were shocked by the price of grain.