Chapter 172: Advice
Isn't this a great rebellion, what does it mean to "one day the emperor will be replaced by a businessman?" ”
Shang Mingjie looked at his eldest brother innocently, because he was covered and couldn't speak, he blinked innocently with his eyes, and looked at Shang Mingyuan pitifully.
Shang Mingyuan couldn't help but stretched out his hand and slapped him on the head, "Don't look at it, I think you should come to the Lin family's courtyard less, if you want to write a book on agriculture, you can go to our own Zhuangzi." ”
Shang Mingjie asked in a low voice, "Will those farmers teach me the same way as Uncle Chen?" ”
Shang Mingyuan choked, that would definitely not be, they were sincerely afraid that it would be too late, but they were afraid that Shang Mingjie would only get perfunctory.
"I unveiled the notice of the Lin family, saying that it was a book for Uncle Chen and them, and it was difficult to get rid of them and make up a book randomly." Shang Mingjie lowered his eyes and said, "Big brother, don't need to persuade me, I know it in my heart." ”
"Then you also have to come to the other courtyard less," Shang Mingyuan endured it, but still couldn't help but whisper: "Although Aunt Lin is smart and powerful, she has some ideas that are really ...... Deviant, don't learn from her. ”
Shang Mingjie didn't answer, picked up the pen and buried himself in writing his book.
Shang Mingyuan couldn't help but pat him on the head again, "Big brother is talking to you." ”
"Oh," Shang Mingjie replied insincerely, and asked rhetorically, "Then what is the big brother doing here today?" ”
"Don't worry about adults and children," Shang Mingyuan thought for a while and then advised: "Don't talk nonsense when you go home, I just came with your sister-in-law to send some souvenirs to Aunt Lin." ”
Shang Mingjie is not a simple child who believed what others said before, he glanced at the eldest brother meaningfully when he heard the words, and then nodded.
Shang Mingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, he was wary of his second uncle and aunt, and even took care of Danzhu, but he really didn't worry much about Shang Mingjie, unless one day his temperament changed greatly.
For this point, Shang Mingyuan is actually quite strange, how did a person with such a deep mind as the second uncle and second aunt give birth to a second brother?
Lin Qingwan came back from the weaving workshop, and Shang Mingyuan immediately left his younger brother and went out of the door, "Auntie, you're back!" ”
Lin Qingwan took off the cloak covering the sun on her body and handed it to her subordinates, raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "Come and get money?" ”
"No, my nephew is here to deliver money to my aunt."
Lin Qingwan sneered, "Give it away for nothing? ”
Shang Mingyuan smiled and said dog-leggedly: "My nephew wants to give it away for nothing, but how can my aunt look at my things?" ”
"No, I can see it, are you giving it away for nothing?"
Shang Mingyuan looked at Lin Qingwan pitifully.
Lin Qingwan took a sip of tea, and then sat comfortably on the chair and looked at Shang Mingyuan, "Say, what do you want to do?" ”
Shang Mingyuan stepped forward with the prepared gift box and said with a smile: "Aunt Lin, there is already a buyer for your brocade silk this year?" ”
"There is never a shortage of buyers for my family's brocade silk and satin, but the fruit in the orchard has not been sold out for a while, what, do you want to share it with my aunt?"
Shang Mingyuan gritted his teeth and said: "My nephew is willing to serve my aunt, but aunt, can you take pity on my poor nephew and let me have some brocade silk?" ”
"You're going to be in the cloth business?" Lin Qingwan put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The cost of this is not low. ”
"Then how much money can you buy with the money deposited with you in front of you?"
"Your heart is big enough to change it all to brocade silk?"
Shang Mingyuan smiled and looked at her expectantly.
Lin Qingwan smiled at him and asked slowly, "You all changed to brocade silk, what money do you use to buy my fruits?" ”
Shang Mingyuan's face stiffened with a smile, and finally said ruthlessly: "Then, then take out a box and only buy the fruits from my aunt's orchard." ”
Lin Qingwan sneered, waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I don't point to your money, it's okay to do brocade silk business, go to Steward Lin, he is in charge of this matter." ”
"It's impossible for you to change all of them to brocade silk and satin," Lin Qingwan raised her chin and said, "Those merchants have cooperated with my Lin family for many years, and I can't fool people, but you are lucky, there are many mulberry trees and silkworms raised this year." ”
Last year, two more mulberry gardens were added, and the scale of the weaving and embroidery workshops naturally expanded.
Lin Qingwan also reminded him very intimately: "My family's brocade silk is scarce no matter where it is, but a few merchants who buy goods from me occupy the Jiangnan, the capital and the Central Plains, where are you going to sell the things you buy?" ”
Shang Mingyuan smiled and whispered: "Aunt Lin, I have found several cloth houses over there, and they all intend to take goods from me, as long as the things are good, the price is not a problem." ”
"Southern Xinjiang," the smile on Lin Qingwan's face deepened, "this trip has fulfilled you." ”
She thought for a while, waved her hand and said, "Okay, you go, don't be an eyesore in front of me, as long as you have money, Steward Lin will not sell you." ”
Shang Mingyuan immediately pushed the box in front of her, "Aunt Lin, take a look, this is a special product I bought for you from Southern Xinjiang, if you like it, I will bring it back to you next time I go to Southern Xinjiang." ”
Lin Qingwan opened it and saw that it was a whole piece of jade, so she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, "Yes, it's indeed a good thing." ”
Shang Mingyuan was proud: "My aunt and cousin are going to be filial, prepare in advance, and when you are filial, you can also make some jewelry, cousin will be in time for next year, just dress up." ”
Seeing that Shang Mingyuan cared about Lin Yubin, Lin Qingwan also asked casually, "Danlan is not young, right, your mother has set a family affair for her?" ”
Shang Mingyuan's expression on his face froze, and he smiled: "She's still young, so she's not in a hurry." ”
Lin Qingwan was surprised, but nodded in agreement: "There's no need to worry, it's better for girls to get married later." ”
Shang Mingyuan thought that Aunt Lin was saving his face at first, but who knew that she recognized it, obviously she really thought so, and couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth and muttering: "Actually, it's not too small......"
It seems that I have to mention it to my mother when I go back, if I can't let Xiao Fang's come forward, my sister's marriage can't be delayed like this.
Shang Mingyuan flattered Lin Qingwan in the front, and Xiao Fang's family also flattered Lin Yubin in the back, and took out the carved little things in the box to show her, "Your cousins have it, and your cousin thinks that you often play together, so he also brought you a set." ”
This means that in Shang Mingyuan's heart, Lin Yubin is the same as his own sister.
Lin Yubin really likes this kind of little thing, accepted it with a smile, and asked Xiao Fangshi to sit down, "Cousin, sit down, you are pregnant now, don't be tired." ”
"There are people waiting for me in and out, where can I be tired?" Xiao Fang took Lin Yubin's hand and said with a smile: "It's you little girls, you study every day, I think you're more tired than me." ”
Xiao Fang's paused and asked, "My sister is about to be filial, right?" ”
Lin Yubin lowered his head and answered.
Xiao Fang's touched her head with pity and said: "After filial piety, you can go out to play, it just so happens that our house is going to set up a lantern shed during the Lantern Festival this year, and you will come to play with Danlan and them at that time." ”
Lin Yubin responded with a smile, "It's still far from the Lantern Festival, and my cousin-in-law's plan is too early." ”
"It's not early, it's not early, I'm afraid that if I don't invite you at this time, I won't be able to invite you then."
Although Xiao Fang's family doesn't go out often, they also know that now Lin Qingwan's position in Suzhou has been consolidated, and both Zhou Tingshi and the Lu family give her face.
At this time, there are many people to please her, there was no chance in previous years, and when she was filial, there were many people lining up to invite her.
As Lin Qingwan's closest relative, Lin Yubin is naturally the object of everyone's fawning acquaintance.
Old Madam Shang obviously knew this, so she was conniving at Shang Mingyuan and his wife going to the Lin family's courtyard from time to time to contact their feelings.
Sometimes he also asked Xiao Fang's family to bring the three Shang Danlan sisters with him, so that they could also get close to the Lin family's aunt and nephew, and bring the two families closer.
You must know that in the past, unless Lin Yubin personally sent a post to invite, or the three Shang Danlan sisters took the initiative to ask to come, Mrs. Shang would not take the initiative to ask them to come to the Lin family's courtyard.
Mrs. Shang Er has recently made a lot of money for the Shang family because of Zhao Jie's help, and although she has not officially taken back the right to be a steward, she no longer needs to go to the Buddhist hall to recite scriptures.
So she also began to walk outside, only to realize that she hadn't come out for more than half a year, but the outside had been turned upside down.
The ladies and ladies she knew and didn't know all admired Lin Qingwan, among them, several wives of the Lu family were the leaders, and there were many people who were planning to wait for the Lin family to come to see Lord Lin.
Second Mrs. Shang's heart is complicated, and most of them are unwilling, wasn't Lin Qingwan also the county lord when she first returned to Suzhou?
But when did these people think about visiting her?
On the contrary, because their respective family members were resentful and lectured by Lin Qingwan in front of the court for misbehaving when welcoming the spirit, everyone has always turned a blind eye to the county lord with the highest title in Jiangnan.
But now I'm so convinced that I took the initiative to meet him?
What made her even more uncomfortable was that her husband and eldest brother wrote to her all the way to ask her to befriend Lin Qingwan more, and her husband said not to spoil the relationship between the Shanglin family; The eldest brother said that he should judge the situation and endure it when he endures.
The Zhao family's best thing is patience, they have endured it for so many years, and now they just have to continue to endure it as before.
Therefore, although she was not convinced by Mrs. Shang's instructions, she still prepared all kinds of clothes for her daughter to go out, and told her to get along with Lin Yubin and not to argue.
Everyone was suddenly so friendly, Lin Qingwan was not used to it, but she still enjoyed the comfort very well, waiting for the weather to get colder and colder, and when it snowed for the second time in Suzhou, their aunt and nephew were about to show filial piety.
Lin Qingwan took Lin Yubin Hui to worship Lin Jiang.
This time the sacrifice is comparable to the New Year, and the clan attaches great importance to it, and makes the scene very grand, which is more grand than when Lin Jiang was buried.
Even Zhou Tingshi led a group of officials to come, the reason is very simple, Lin Jiang is a hero of the emperor who personally issued an edict to be "Wenzheng", and he has made great contributions to the country and the people, as a minister of the imperial court, of course he has to come to pay the full ceremony on behalf of the imperial court.
But everyone understands in their hearts that Zhou Tingshi will come back after Lin Jiang's death for twenty-seven months, entirely because of Lin Qingwan.
Although no one has said it explicitly, everyone knows that now the Lin family has passed the most difficult period after Lin Jiang's death, and with Lin Qingwan, Lin Run, Lin Xin, etc., they have regained a foothold in Jiangnan.