Third uncle Lin Yuan was holding a cane in his hand. Seeing Lin Jinxiao's lukewarm treatment of the elders in his family, and then thinking of the Chen mother and daughter who were still kneeling in front of the county government office, he felt unhappy.
But my grandnephew is now in a high and powerful position, and it is hard for me to reprimand him face to face.
After pondering for a while, his third uncle Lin Yuan suddenly asked in a gentle voice: "Da Lang, my uncle heard that you just went out. Your mother, sister, and sister-in-law are kneeling at the gate of the county government office. Why don't you go out and see
look?"
"Oh, I just came back and had a quick meal. No, there are still many official documents waiting to be processed."
Lin Jinxiao slowly raised his eyes to look at Lin Yuan, then looked at the cups of tea that were brought in, and gestured: "Uncles and uncles will have tea first, and let me finish checking this document. This urgent matter needs to be dealt with."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
Lin Tingzhen picked up the tea cup and blew away the foam and took a sip: "I shouldn't have bothered you today. Even Dalang, you are so unjust. After taking office for so many days, you have already turned Haikang County upside down.
Chaotian, we tribesmen only know that your nephew has taken office, how could such a huge happy event pass by so calmly."
After a pause, he raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jinxiao, who was still reading the documents intently, and then said with a smile:
"I heard that you refused the banquet of the Military Supervisor and the gentry, but we cannot refuse the family banquet of our clan. I asked your aunt to prepare some wine at home, and also invited the most famous Baixi Opera Troupe in Luyan Port
Enter the mansion, and you can go there with a smile in the evening."
After thinking about it, he immediately added: "I will send someone to pick up the Nanzhi girl and a few little treasures later. They will stay at the ancestral home to rest at night."
After saying that, he took out an exquisite box and prepared to put it next to his desk. He saw a gift box that was exactly the same as the one he had prepared. He frowned and pretended not to see it and said, "This is from your old house."
You accept the deed of the house and the title deed of the twenty acres of land."
Lin Jinxiao continued to flip through the papers casually: "I heard from my wife that they only redeemed the old house. Why did the uncle of the land deeds also get it?"
"Ahem, don't make excuses. When your uncle was still alive, he took over twenty acres of land from your grandfather at a low price. I have always been very angry in my heart. When your father took office, I deliberately let him
Your uncle returned the house and land deeds to your father, but he refused to take them."
Lin Tingzhen looked at Lin Jinxiao with a smile, and said with a hint of an elder's preaching tone: "Now that you have accepted the old house redeemed by your wife, I will return the land deed to your family. You can't just accept it."
Out of the kindness of your wife and family, you have to deliberately alienate me, right?"
"Uncle Clan, your words are serious."
Lin Jinxiao smiled leisurely and said: "I appreciate Uncle Clan's kindness. Since you sent me the land deed, I will accept it. I will ask my wife to send you the money another day."
He vaguely remembered that his family's fields and those of the Lin clan were the most fertile paddy fields on the outskirts of Luyan Port. One acre of fertile farmland could be bought for more than forty taels of silver even in these less prosperous times.
During the empire's heyday, it was pawned to the uncle's family for thirty taels of silver per mu, which was almost the same price as dry land.
It is indeed a pity, but it would be nice to redeem it now.
Lin Tingzhen felt a little angry after hearing what he said, and puffed out her cheeks and said angrily: "It seems that nephew, you only regard your wife's family as your own family, and treat my uncle as an outsider."
"Uncle Clan, what are you talking about?"
Lin Jinxiao put down the document and said with a smile: "Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. If the clan uncle really feels that he is cheating, then my nephew will not be polite. I will pay you back the money at the price my uncle received the land back then."
"That's pretty much it."
Lin Tingzhen nodded thoughtfully. Seeing him pick up another volume of documents and continue to read them, he could no longer force himself. He put the box containing the land deeds and house deeds at the back of his desk, and pressed them up with the documents to avoid being caught by others.
Take it away.
Seeing that the three elders were silent, Lin Tingzhen reminded again: "Da Lang, you can't forget today's dinner. Uncle clan is waiting for you at home. My uncle and your wife have been letting people go to the house these days."
After the cleaning is done, you can live there directly, and then I will ask your aunt to select two nimble female servants to go to your yard to help with housework."
But as soon as he finished speaking, his third uncle Lin Yuan took advantage of the situation and scolded him with dissatisfaction: "How can a female servant serve Dalang's family well?"
Lao Chen's eyes were half-squinted, he looked closely at Lin Jinxiao, and solemnly commanded:
"Dalang, you are no longer as usual now. You are in your prime again. You have been in the fifth-grade official position since you were more than 20 years old. Your future is limitless. It is especially important to continue your heir line. Your father's line of heirs has already withered. Jin
Hong is an incompetent piece of shit, and I have to rely on you to support this line of incense."
"Oh, what does Third Uncle mean by this? Aren't the four little ones in my family descendants of the Lin family?"
Lin Jinxiao looked at him with cold eyes.
"That's not enough."
Third uncle Lin Yuan's old face was slightly stiff, and he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Besides, as your uncle said just now, you are now the official of one parent, and you can no longer do everything by yourself as you used to. You also need to have someone who is considerate and considerate in your family.
Your third uncle has a distant grand-niece who is in the prime of life. I think I will take her over and make her a concubine to fill your house."
After hearing this, Lin Jinxiao finally lost his patience and said solemnly: "My third uncle's words are even more unreasonable. My wife has always been docile and considerate. She has been married to me for more than five years and has shared weal and woe. She has given birth to four children. Isn't this considered inappropriate?"
Are you considerate?"
But even after he finished speaking, he felt that the words were unconvincing.
Although Chu Nanzhi has changed as a person today, speaking of being gentle and considerate does not seem to be very appropriate.
Lin Tingzhen and the three elders looked at each other in disbelief, thinking about his wife's gossips outside these years, and didn't know what to say.
Lin Tingzhen coughed a few times, looked at Lin Jinxiao meaningfully, and asked slowly: "Da Lang, do you really think this girl Nan Zhi is a docile and considerate person?"
"Of course."
Lin Jinxiao calmly gathered his emotions, straightened his posture, deliberately avoided the topic of his third uncle Lin Yuan, and replied to Lin Tingzhen: "Uncle, my nephew does have a lot of official business to deal with today, so let's move the family dinner to another day.
"
"Then it's not too late for you to go there when you're done. Uncle, I'll go pick up Nan Zhi and the children first."
Lin Tingzhen did not force him, but instead said: "Anyway, you can't let Nan Zhi and the children live in her parents' house all the time. Just move back as soon as the yard is cleared."
He didn't believe that if he took his nephew, daughter-in-law, and grandnephew home first, his nephew would stay alone at the county government office.
Lin Jinxiao saw that he had gone so far as to say what he said, so he couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to obey: "Okay, then let's follow what the clan uncle said."
After all, when Chu Nanzhi returned to his old house, he would still have to deal with these tribesmen in the future, and the superficial relationship still had to be maintained.