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In the afternoon, there was a cool and quiet atmosphere in Tingtaoju. Mr. Lin asked Mr. Lin Rumin, who was standing aside with hands tied: "What's the matter?"
Lin Rumin carefully held up a cup of tea and said with an apologetic smile: "There are some rumors outside these days. The third brother and his sister bought hundreds of hectares of saline-alkali land in the west of the city. People outside are laughing at them for being crazy. They have too much money and no room.
"Yong. I haven't heard them mention anything about such a big thing earlier, and they can't even stop it."
"What do you care about the woman's dowry?" Old Mrs. Lin put down the tea cup and said calmly: "You want to ask me if I can buy this land?"
Lin Rumin was exposed by his words, and couldn't help but feel extremely embarrassed, and murmured: "That land is not expensive. If it can be turned into good farmland, our family will be much richer in the future. But if we really want to buy it, it will be a big expense. If it can't be turned into good land, we will have to spend a lot of money."
It’s like wasting water.”
Mrs. Lin said slowly and calmly: "You are in your forties, so you can't always ask me about everything. If you can't study well, it's because you are not lucky, but you don't know what to do about such a small thing."
"Father taught you that." Lin Rumin had always been afraid of him, so she felt a little ashamed when she heard this. She didn't dare to ask any more questions and walked out in a dignified manner.
Old Mrs. Lin looked at the back of his eldest son and sighed.
He does not agree with pursuing profit in everything. In his opinion, the right path is to enter the imperial examination and become an official. But there are so many scholars in the world, and only a few can enter the official career. In today's world, marriage is about wealth, if there are not many
When the family property is divided, even the marriage of his children becomes a problem, not to mention the common practice of lavish burials, which puts a lot of burden on people. Therefore, he turns a blind eye to the little actions of his sons and wives, which are innocuous, and just gets along with it. But the eldest son
Not only did he fail to achieve anything in the imperial examination, but he was also so stingy in managing his family business that he couldn't help but be disappointed.
Lin Shenzhi, who was immersed in writing by the window, turned around when he heard the sound, put down the pen in his hand and said, "Why did my grandfather sigh?"
Old Mrs. Lin opened his eyes wide and looked at his grandson, and said in a deep voice: "Little Seventh, you have to remember that the right path is to take the imperial examination and become an official. You must study hard and don't let down my hard work!"
Lin Shenzhi quickly stood up straight and responded: "Yes!"
Lin Rumin returned to Pu Jianju in disgrace. As soon as she entered the door, she pulled her collar and said: "Serve tea, fan, sir, I'm so hot."
Mrs. Zhou hurriedly brought the tea up, virtuously took a fan to fan him, and whispered: "How is it?"
Lin Rumin said solemnly: "The old man let me make my own decision."
"Then what should we do? Should we buy it or not?" Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but sigh in disappointment. If she didn't buy this land, she would be afraid of missing the opportunity to make a fortune; if she used her dowry to buy it, she would not dare to do so for fear of wasting money.
Take risks; it is best to buy with public money. If you lose, everyone will pay, and personal losses can be minimized. However, if you make a profit, everyone will earn, but if you lose, the big house will bear the responsibility. It is not cost-effective to implement the population.
It was so good that even if the old man spoke up, he wouldn't be afraid that the second wife would get into trouble even if he was compensated. Who knew that the old man would not express his position?
The old man let him make his own decision, but he didn't say that he was not allowed to buy it. Lin Rumin was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "Buy it! Just use the father's money to buy it!"
Mrs. Zhou hurriedly asked: "How much do you want to buy?"
"Buy one hundred coins too! Just use the few thousand taels of silver sent by Luo Shi to spend it." Lin Rumin stretched out a finger and shook it: "In the evening, you ask the kitchen to prepare some good dishes and get some good wine. I'll
Invite the second and third children to dinner."
This meal is to discuss the purchase of land. The third house will definitely advocate for the land purchase, and the second house will definitely not object. If something goes wrong, the first house will not only not be held responsible, but will also leave a good name. Mrs. Zhou smiled knowingly: "
good."
As Lin Rumin hoped, at the banquet, Master Lin really advocated buying land. He almost boasted to the sky. He kept talking about how shrewd and capable Tao Shunqin was and never lost money. He also suggested buying more land so that everyone could make a fortune together.
The second master just laughed and said that the elder brother and the younger brother could decide as they pleased, and he had no objection.
Lin Rumin made the final decision and decided to buy one hundred lands. He reported the news to Old Master Lin and highlighted a few words from Master Lin San. Old Master Lin only laughed and said calmly: "What a big deal, why?"
That’s it.”
Lin Rumin's face turned red with shame, but she couldn't defend herself. He knew that the old man had seen through the fact that he was afraid of taking responsibility and wanted to make money, but he was also full of grievances. He had devoted himself to studying since he was a child, but he didn't have the fate to die.
He is careless, takes care of the family business and is not good at running it. The old lady prefers the second wife. Luo is restless and always waiting to poke the first brother in the back. He, the eldest son, is really tired of doing this.
Seeing him standing there pitifully, Old Mrs. Lin became more and more annoyed and waved his hand: "Whatever you do. Remember that you are the eldest son and the eldest brother."
Lin Rumin was relieved after hearing this. He originally planned to buy land the next day, but Zhou Mai sent a boy to say that it was Mr. Zhu's birthday and he asked him to help with some gifts. He was from a scholarly family.
Respecting teachers is a big deal, so he had to put down what he was doing and rush to celebrate Mr. Zhu's birthday in person. Mr. Zhu was very considerate of him and kept him for two days.
Four days had passed when he came back. He took his time to look at the land and consulted with people in the Yamen. He found that the price of saline-alkali land had increased again, to 160 cents per acre, and the land he was looking forward to already had an owner, and he wanted to buy it.
I had to go to a more remote place to look again. After asking around, I learned that in the past few days, the second house quietly bought dozens of acres in the name of the Luo family, and the Wu family also bought 200 acres of land for storage.
The old man of the Lu family also came after hearing the news and spent more than 200 yuan. The land price was inflated for them, and the good land was selected first for them.
Among the three families of Wu, Lin, and Lu in Pingzhou, the Lin family is currently the poorest. The other two families are rich and can just throw away a few thousand taels of silver. How can the Lin family have so much spare money? Lin Rumin is angry.
I had to vomit blood. First I hated Mr. Lin San for being such a big mouth, and then I hated Mr. Lin Er and his wife for being cunning, selfish and cold-blooded. They only cared about taking advantage of themselves and did not think about saving some money for the family. There is nothing more useless and selfish than this.
Brothers?
I was so angry that I still wanted to buy the land. Both the Lu family and the Wu family had bought the land. Is there anything wrong? They must have made money. I also felt that they had bought the second and third houses privately and left them alone. They didn't want to buy too much.
It would be a small matter to be outnumbered by the other two houses when the family is divided in the future. The key is that the son and grandchildren will not be able to survive, so after discussing with Mr. Zhou, he gritted his teeth and swept dozens of square meters of land to leave it.
Mrs. Zhou regrets so much. The more she looks at the account books, the more she regrets it. The more she looks at it, the sadder she becomes. If she had known this, she should have made a decisive decision and bought it before others knew about it. Needless to say, the terrain was left to her to choose.
, even the price can’t be as high as that fool Mr. Lin San’s, which costs 80 cents. Now it’s good, it’s like paying double the price to buy a land with bad terrain. Mrs. Zhou grabbed her chest and said no with heartache.
Speak up.
Mr. Lin comforted her: "Don't be sad, don't be sad. Otherwise, you wouldn't know whether to buy this land or not. Although I spent a little more money, at least I feel at ease..." When it came to this, even he himself couldn't say it. He went down. It must have been known to the old man. It was another piece of evidence that he didn't know how to do things.
When Lin Jinrong learned about this, nearly a month had passed.
Lin Jinyin laughed so hard that she said with crooked eyebrows: "I also asked why my eldest aunt always looks so weak recently, and why my eldest uncle always picks on the second wife and ignores her father. It turns out that It’s for this. This is called shooting oneself in the foot. Looking forward and backward, refusing to take any losses but trying to take advantage of it. Where in the world can anything be so easy? "
Lin Jinrong couldn't help but smile slightly, maybe the matter of diverting the water from the Zhu River to the fields would be brought forward, but that's not necessarily the case.
In the past, she was the only one who owned this land, so she could only wait for the good times to come and turn it into fertile land. But it is different now. Most of the big families in Pingzhou City have bought the saline-alkali land. Who would want to spend their money in vain? Is the water floating around? There is also Tao Shunqin. Who can tell whether he will also set off a craze for buying and selling saline-alkali land in Qingzhou? If all the saline-alkali land enters Pingzhou and is in the hands of the big households in Qingzhou, maybe before that time, someone will advance it contributed to this great event.
Autumn came in a blink of an eye. Mrs. Tao packed up her things early and reported them to Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Lin. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, she prepared to go to Qingzhou with Mr. Lin San, Lin Jinrong and Lin Shenzhi to congratulate Wu on her birthday.
Aunt Huang learned from Mr. Lin San that Mrs. Tao would go on a blind date for Lin Yizhi during her trip. She couldn't help but become anxious. She had the intention to go with Mr. Tao, but she knew it was impossible. She had to beg Lin Jinrong to say a kind word for her. .
Lin Jinrong agreed wholeheartedly. Of course she would help Tao choose a wife for Lin Yizhi. In his previous life, Lin Yizhi's marriage was not decided by Tao but by Zhou, whose surname was Fan. , a native of Qingzhou, after passing the test of Mrs. Lin, he directly notified Mr. Tao to prepare a betrothal and married the person into the family.
Like Lin Yizhi, Fan was a commoner, with a gloomy personality. He didn't smile much all year round. On the surface, he couldn't find any faults, but behind his back, he had many schemes to drag down Tao and Lin Shenzhi. In short, he was a kind of person who couldn't tell. She is so uncomfortable. In this life, as long as she is here, Fan will never even think about entering the Lin family!
It was only after August 15th that news came from Taiming Mansion that both Lu Yan and Wu Xiang had passed the Jie Yuan test. Wu Xiang took the Jie Yuan test, and Lu Yan was second to him. The third young master of the Lin family who went with him barely passed the examination. The four young masters lost their names to Sunshan.
The Wu and Lu families set off firecrackers and were overjoyed, but the Lin family was silent, and the servants did not dare to make a sound when walking.
Mr. Lin was very angry and frustrated. Among his several grandchildren, the eldest grandson and the second grandson barely passed the exam after taking the exam several times, but they were already at their limit and he had given up hope long ago. The third grandson finally passed the exam after taking the exam twice. With such an ugly ranking, the fourth grandson is even more infuriated. Think about it back then, how had he ever been so angry?
So that day, Lin Shenzhi was kept in jail until it was time to turn on the lamp before he was released from Tingtao House. He had two bowls of dinner and asked for more. Tao was afraid that he would be full, so he suppressed him and refused to eat. He felt extremely distressed and had to eat less. Complain a little quietly.
Lin Shenzhi blinked and said with a smile: "I will be like Angkor in the future, and I will be admitted to Jinshi. What's the point of having to suffer a little?"
"Okay, Mom is waiting for you to be named on the gold list." Mrs. Tao pinched his nose lovingly and called Mother Gong to discuss: "I must prepare a generous gift for the Wu family, and then ask the other two families how they plan to leave the Lu family
, let’s go with the gifts, don’t give too much, and don’t give too little.” He whispered to his two daughters in a low voice: “Don’t tell me, your aunt is really lucky.”
Lin Jinrong could not help but feel dazed for a while.
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