Guiyuan worked quickly, and in a moment he came in happily holding the money box and said with a smile: "Girl, it's weighed, the gold is twenty-four taels, and the silver is sixty-five taels."
Very young, I am really poor. Also, I am not very old, and all the household expenses are from the government. Even my personal jewelry is not much, let alone gold and silver. Besides, every dou of rice now only costs 30 Wen.
, it’s good to have this little inventory. Even though he thought so, Lin Jinrong was still frustrated. He lowered his eyes and silently locked the money box, and handed it to Guiyuan listlessly: "Take it back and put it away."
Lychee and Guiyuan saw that her high mood suddenly dropped. They didn't know why and looked at each other inexplicably, but neither dared to ask why.
But he saw Dou'er, the little girl who was in charge of sweeping the yard, hurried over and stood under the curtain and said, "Fourth girl, the old lady has sent someone here. Please come over to Tingtao House immediately."
"Where's the person? Who's coming?" Lychee and Guiyuan's expressions changed at the same time. The old man had never taken the initiative to ask any of his granddaughters to go to his Tingtao residence. Even if the girls usually greeted him respectfully, he would not do it half-heartedly.
He drooped his eyelids and let out a "hmm" from his nose, which was frighteningly cold and majestic.
He suddenly called Lin Jinrong at this time, probably because of today's Grasshopper incident! I don't know what the old man's attitude is? If he also listens to partial beliefs and wants to punish Lin Jinrong, then Lin Jinrong has no chance of turning over.
But how good?
Their emotions were quickly conveyed to Dou'er, who looked left and right and said uneasily: "It's Maizi. He just passed the message at the door and then left."
Lizhi suddenly felt disappointed. She couldn't even inquire about the situation. Maizi was a servant who was needed by the old man. He was only the boss. He was seven or eight years old. Because he was smart and diligent, he usually served as Ting Tao for the old man.
Although you can still run into the second door to send a message or something, you can't just come in outside the girls' yard.
This was expected. Ever since Lin Shenzhi entered the building, she had been waiting for the old man's summons. Lin Jinrong cheered up: "Bring your shoes over here, and take the pair of sapphire skirts that the second wife sent you this morning."
Bring it and tie it for me. Who among you will go with me?"
Guiyuan went to look through the sapphire skirt in silence, feeling a shadow in her heart. If the girls were to be punished this time, the first unlucky ones would be the girls who serve them closely. The old man was so cruel that he had ordered the punishment of one of the eldest young master's men a few years ago.
Girl, that girl wailed in the middle of the night and left... Guiyuan shivered, and the movements of her hands slowed down.
Lychee knelt down to put on Lin Jinrong's shoes and whispered: "Girl, I will go with you."
Lin Jinrong smiled slightly: "Okay." She didn't know whether today was a disaster or a blessing, but one day, Li Zhi, she would do her best to repay Li Zhi. The so-called loyal servant and righteous master did not come for free, nor did they come for free.
It can be done in just two sentences.
At this time, Guiyuan took out the sapphire skirt and took out a silver-white brocade waistband to wear with Lin Jinrong. She pretended to say: "Girl, let's go together."
Lin Jinrong said kindly: "No need, there must be someone in this room, so that when the old lady or someone from her side comes to look for me, Dou'er won't be able to tell." Why bother? The human heart is not as good as gold and silver, that is
Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water are the most difficult things to find in the world. She doesn’t force them. Longan, let’s forget it.
Guiyuan felt a little embarrassed. She blushed and lowered her head, whispering: "I must take good care of the house."
Lin Jinrong nodded and went outside.
Seeing her and Li Zhi walking away, Gui Yuanfang let out a sound and ran to the door in a few steps - after the girl locked the money box just now, she actually forgot to give the key to her for safekeeping! But she had to ask her at this time
He chased Lin Jinrong and asked, but she didn't dare. Guiyuan stood tangled for a long time before biting her handkerchief and entering the house.
Old Mrs. Lin hated waiting for others, so Lin Jinrong walked a little hastily, bypassing several houses and crossing two or three small wooden or stone bridges. She just slowed down and calmed down her emotions as she walked.
Arriving outside Tingtao Ju, which was full of pine trees, she stood still, walked up from the lychee with her eyes lowered, and greeted the young man who was guarding Ting Tao Ju: "Four girls are here to listen to the old master's teachings."
The young man didn't dare to look at Lin Jinrong. He lowered his eyes and sang a promise, then went inside to reply. Young Master came back and lowered his hands and said: "There are guests in the old lady's room. Please wait in the side room."
Lin Jinrong lowered her eyes and was led by the boy to the side room. The moment she entered the door, she heard Old Mrs. Lin laughing loudly: "So, this year is really going to be good and the harvest will be great! God bless me!"
"
Then I heard a strange male voice saying with a smile: "Yes, God bless my court, God bless my court! That uncle and nephew's few acres of land..."
Who is this person who tremblingly calls Old Mrs. Lin uncle, who is so flattering? She also has many uncles and brothers in the family, and Old Mrs. Lin will help whenever she can, and will never let anyone beg like this. In Lin Jinrong's heart
I was curious, but couldn't stop, so I could only walk straight in, and let the waiter close the side door tightly with a "squeak". I sat there for nearly an hour.
During this time, no one brought water or tea, and no one came to ask questions. They could only hear footsteps coming and going from the door, but none of them stopped at the door of the side room. It seemed that everyone had forgotten that their master and servant were still inside, waiting for the old lady to summon them. They watched
The originally golden window paper gradually dimmed, and a loud sound of breaking porcelain came from the next door. Lychee couldn't stand still: "Girl, please go and ask?"
"If it's convenient, by the way, who was the person who begged the old lady just now?" Lin Jinrong was sitting on the round pier with six sides of Ruyi pattern, her back straight. Old lady Lin was deliberately trying to tease her. If she has a bad temper, she can't bear it.
She has long been unable to bear it anymore, but she has long been accustomed to loneliness and desolation in her past and present lives.
Lychee didn't ask any more questions and silently opened the door and went out. Shao Qing came back with a somewhat worried look on his face: "The first guests have gone. The third master is in here now. The sound doesn't sound good.
"
Lin Jinrong raised the corner of her lips, and the uneasiness in her heart suddenly disappeared. In her previous life, she was not close to the old man, so she knew some of the old man's character. It must be her family's third master, Lin San, who had been reprimanded again. The old man wanted to teach his elders first.
Yes, let's train her little one again. When it was her turn, the old man's anger would be almost gone. She had already carefully calculated what to do next. Seeing that Li Zhi was worried, she simply transferred Li Zhi's attention.
Attention: "Tell me about the guest just now, why can't I recognize which elder in the clan he is?"
Lizhi did not forget to inquire about this matter, and whispered: "That is an old man from the family who came to visit relatives last year. People call him Mr. Lin Chang. It seems that two generations ago, which old man went there
I went to the south to study, so I stayed there and bought a family property. I offended people there a few years ago and came back to visit my relatives when I couldn't survive. The elder came forward to help buy land and build a house. No, the autumn harvest is coming.
He pays taxes, but his family has no reputation and there are many people eating, so he just wants to put the land and property in our name... He took advantage of the old lady's birthday to give gifts, so I took advantage of the opportunity."
Lin Jinrong knew this kind of thing, it was called "stealing tenants in a false name". When she was still in the Lu family, someone had asked for the Lu family's asylum. It was some small and medium-sized landlord families who pretended to be like the Lin family in order to evade taxes.
Waiting for the tenants of the official household in order not to enter the tax registration. According to Mr. Lin's temperament, although he talks about his family and the world, he will definitely help this person evade taxes and make a good name in the family. Wait, autumn harvest, tax
Fu... Lin Jinrong lowered her eyes and thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered a very distant thing. After thinking about it silently, her eyes suddenly lit up. If she could succeed, next year her private money would not only be this.
A little bit pitiful.
The master and the servant waited quietly for a long time. The sky turned completely dark, the lanterns on the corridor were raised, and the footsteps passed a few more times. Then they heard Fuquan whisper at the door: "Old Master, please come over, Miss Four."
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Lychee let out a sigh of relief, and Lin Jinrong stood up, carefully smoothed the wrinkles on her skirt, and straightened her hair, and then walked out steadily. As soon as Lychee followed her for a few steps, Fuquan reached out and stopped her: "Old Master
Only the fourth girl is invited."
Lin Jinrong turned around, only to see that Lizhi's face was pale under the red lantern, and his eyes were full of fear. Lin Jinrong shook his head gently towards her and said calmly: "That's it, Lizhi, just wait for me outside."
Then he stepped steadily into Mrs. Lin's study, and without raising his head, he said, "My granddaughter wishes my grandfather good luck. May my grandfather be blessed."
After a long time, I heard Mrs. Lin's slightly tired voice: "Get up."
"Yes." Lin Jinrong stood still, raised his eyes and looked forward.
Old Mrs. Lin was sitting behind a long and wide rosewood desk, his whole body hidden in the shadow of the lamp, his back straight, his old but not dim eyes looking at Lin Jinrong indifferently, his voice was flat, cold and majestic:
"Did you initiate what happened today?"
Why do people in this world, even though they know the truth, always like to play this kind of guessing game and never tire of it? Since she dared to do it, she dared to do it. Lin Jinrong raised the corners of her lips at him in a funny way: "I don't know.
Which one did grandfather ask about?"
Old Mrs. Lin raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "How many of them are there?"
Lin Jinrong's voice was calm and clear: "There are three cases. The first one is that the fifth brother took the cousins of the Wu and Lu families to see the Lingbi stone that my grandfather loved most. The base of the Lingbi stone was unstable and fell into the lake.
In the middle, the fifth brother was afraid of being punished and was about to jump into the water, but I stopped him and asked my mother to send people to lift the stone; in the second one, the fifth brother gave the seventh brother a grasshopper, which attracted the sixth sister, the seventh sister, and the seventh sister.
My brother got into a dispute because of this. It was me who reprimanded Sixth Sister and Seventh Sister and threatened them to apologize to Seventh Brother, which made Seventh Sister lose her temper and lose her face. In the third incident, Sixth Sister and Seventh Sister went to their grandmother and cried.
It was me who was afraid of implicating my mother and younger brother, so I instigated my seventh brother to take the longevity peach and seek the protection of my grandfather."
You can lower your head, but you can never slump your waist. Lin Jinrong knelt upright on the blue brick floor, with his back straight and his forehead pressed against the cold blue brick. His voice was quite metallic like Tao's.
Hard: "Grandfather wants to punish his granddaughter, but she admits it. Please punish grandpa."
[bookid=1911369,bookname="The Beauty of the Country"][bookid=1736421,bookname="Xiyingmen"][bookid=1421817,bookname="The Leftover Woman"][bookid=1296881,bookname="The Shadows of Flowers"
》][bookid=1589709,bookname=《天衣多美》](To be continued)