Thinking of the list sent by Xu Yuanru before, the Wuzhou prefect was impressively listed, although he didn't know the purpose of Lu Jin's visit to Wuzhou Mansion this time, the statement that he could repay the debt made Lin Xiaoman have to be suspicious.

But Lu Jin, a small Qipin county order, threatened the prefect of Wuzhou and made him willing to give up these jades? Will you be convicted of corruption and bribery in the future?

Lin Xiaoman suddenly didn't like these jades so much, "You send things back quickly, I'm not rare jade, don't cause trouble for this little thing." ”

Lu Jin laughed, "It's really the prefect who used it to pay off the debt, I still have the IOU he wrote down in my hand, and I haven't asked him for it all these years, but if he is condemned and his house is raided one day, won't this money be wasted?" ”

"Huh? You're here to collect debts from the prefect this time? ”

How can that be? It was not Lu Jin's turn to go out in person to collect debts, but seeing that Lin Xiaoman seemed to believe it, he nodded, "Yes, the prefect is too big, and ordinary people come to collect debts, I'm afraid that no one will see it, so I will come here in person." It's just that the prefect usually has too much money in hand, and he can't take out so much silver at once, so he took his family's jade and low debt. Although these jade stones are not worth that much money, I can't force him to die, so let's do it first. ”

Seeing that Lu Jin still looked regretful, as if he was annoyed that he couldn't recover all the arrears, Lin Xiaoman no longer doubted it, but just asked, "What did your grandfather's family do?" How can you borrow so much money from the prefect? ”

"My maternal grandfather was named an imperial merchant when he was young, and he has been in business for decades, not to mention that he is rich enough to rival the country, and he is also the richest man in the capital, and his family background is naturally rich."

"So rich?" Lin Xiao's starry eyes, no wonder Lu Jin in Xu Qiuliang's mouth can be so wanton, it turns out that it is not because of power, but because of money.

Imperial merchants, although there is also a business word, is far from the business ability of Shinong industry and commerce, it is much higher than the status of ordinary official eunuchs.

But he owes the debt to his grandfather's family, and he will exchange it for jade in this way, and no one in his grandfather's family will have an opinion?

"Then after returning to Beijing in the future, your grandfather's family asked about this debt, what did you say?"

Lu Jin sighed, "My grandfather only gave birth to one of my mother, and my mother only gave birth to me, and now my grandmother and mother have passed away, and everything in my grandfather's family is up to me." ”

This time, Lin Erhu exclaimed, "Isn't it true that your grandfather's property has been inherited by you?" Imperial merchant, my lord, how rich are you? Don't have a side branch relatives to worry about? ”

Lu Jin sneered, "Then they have to have that guts." ”

Lin Xiaoman thinks that Lu Jin can make such a domineering declaration, thinking that it comes from his father's confidence.

Come to think of it, the imperial merchant only gave birth to a daughter, and if he didn't want their property to be occupied by relatives after their death, he would also find a high-ranking husband for his daughter.

When the grandson inherits the inheritance, who dares to jump out and intervene?

However, with so much money, he is not guarding the capital, will he not be swallowed up by others?

Suddenly, Lu Jin felt that Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu were looking at him with not only envy, but also some sympathy and worry in them.

Lu Jin didn't know where he was going to make them sympathize, could it be because there was no one in his grandfather's house? But aren't they orphans themselves?

Lu Jin's head was full of black lines, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Lin Erhu was just about to open his mouth, but Lin Xiaoman covered his mouth, "My lord, are you hungry?" I stewed chicken in the kitchen for a whole day, would you like to drink some chicken soup? ”

It's okay not to ask, but when I asked, Lu Jin also felt a little hungry, so he nodded, "Well, it's okay to drink a bowl." ”

Lin Xiaoman urged Lin Erhu to serve chicken soup, and before Lin Erhu moved, Qingshu had already spoken, "I'll go, I'll go." ”

When Qingshu ran out, Lu Jin pointed to the box on the table and the ground, "Put these Xiaoman away, and give it to you to play." ”

This is too precious, even the rich have never heard of so many dowries, Lin Xiaoman is embarrassed to accept it, and hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, the adults should keep it for themselves, I took these, and I won't sleep well at night." ”

Lu Jin glanced at her deeply, and then didn't persuade again, just sighed.

Lin Xiaoman didn't dare to ask him what he sighed, for fear that he would say in front of Lin Erhu that he wanted to be his wife.

Although the two have gotten along well recently, and their relationship has also taken a qualitative leap, it has not reached the point where they are about to talk about marriage, so don't let Lin Erhu know, so as to save that kid from asking questions all day long.

Well, if the two get married, she won't be burdened by what Lu Jin gives her, but now the two only have a good impression of each other, and they haven't even invited a matchmaker, how can she accept such a heavy gift from Lu Jin?

On the second day, the woman who took Lin Xiaoman shopping yesterday came again, Lin Xiaoman walked around the city with her for a long time, and the silver ticket brought out by Lin Xiaoman was almost spent yesterday, and he only bought some gadgets today.

Like a beautiful tea cup, calligraphy and paintings sold by down-and-out scholars on the street, and a few ginseng Ganoderma lucidum dug up in the mountains...... The price is not expensive, and it only cost less than ten taels of silver after a day's shopping.

After this round of shopping, Lin Xiaoman also knew a little about Wuzhou Mansion, so he didn't have the heart to go shopping again.

After paying the woman's wages, he gave her a piece of silver as a reward, so that she would not have to come again tomorrow.

The woman accepted the reward and thanked Lin Xiaoman for her kindness.

In the next few days, Lin Xiaoman only walked around the mansion, but he had the idea of wanting to buy a shop here.

It's just that it's too far away from Hedong Village, and it's not easy to run a shop if you buy it, so you can't let Lin Daqiang lead people to do business here, right?

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, in case someone takes a fancy to their recipe for making hot pot chicken and wants to buy it, they have no way at all.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the next exam, and when he got up early in the morning, Lin Xiaoman made a pot of noodles, lay down a few eggs, and gave Lin Wenyao and Lin Erhu a bowl of noodles each, two eggs, which means that they can score 100 points in the test.

Although Lin Wenyao didn't understand the intention of adding noodles and eggs, the noodles were really fragrant, and a bowl of noodles was not enough to eat, so he went to the pot and filled a bowl and scooped an egg.

Lin Erhu also felt that it was not enough, so he also went to fill half a bowl of noodles, but he didn't scoop the eggs again, after all, 100 points is enough, what the hell is 1,000 points?

Even if he didn't believe it, he wanted a good omen.

After eating and drinking, the family sent them to the examination room together, Lin Xiaoman brought them dry food and silver, if there was food sold in it, don't be reluctant to buy it.

Because of the proximity, it will be a few steps away. Yao Shi took Lin Wenyao's hand, and before he finished the entrustment, the official who was guarding the examination room was already shouting to go in quickly, don't get in the way.

Yao could only reluctantly let go of Lin Wenyao's hand and shouted loudly for him to take the test.

Lin Erhu was short, Lin Xiaoman stood on tiptoe for a long time and didn't see a figure, but heard Lin Erhu shouting in the crowd: "Sister, don't worry, I'll give you a show before I come back." ”

Lin Xiaoman said in his heart, how could he see that he was worried?

But he still shouted loudly: "If there is food to sell, buy it, don't be reluctant to give up the silver." ”

didn't hear Lin Erhu's answer, he should have been squeezed inside.