Lin Yutong knew everything in his heart, but on the outside he had to be ignorant and confused.
The original owner was a girl who grew up pampered by her family. If she married far away and her mother's family wouldn't be able to see each other for half a year, then after moving to her husband's house, she could do whatever she wanted. But sadly, her mother's family and her husband's family lived across the river.
Why can't she hear the news? What if her temperament changes drastically? She doesn't want to try and be burned to death. Even Saburo, the second generation ancestor, knows how to restrain his temperament. There is no reason for him to be so domineering. Are you looking for death? Who can compare with whom?
Silly?
When I first got married, my parents didn't dare to bring any money out for fear of being fooled, knowing what the girl's temperament was like.
Therefore, she is now a shy little daughter-in-law who bows her head and smiles shyly when seeing others.
When the elders in the family talk, she will not take the initiative to pick up the topic.
After living several lifetimes, if you can't even learn to protect yourself, then your life will be in vain.
When they went back at night, she and Fourth Master could take off their disguises for a day. They could lie in bed and talk privately in each other's ears.
Lin Yutong lit up the kang today, and it was quite warm now. "I saw it, and the old lady is tempted."
The fourth master said ‘hmm’, “We are already involved with the Fan family, we can’t get more involved. There are too many things like gods fighting and little devils suffering.”
It's a tragedy to be the cannon fodder who was implicated unknowingly.
Lin Yutong asked in a low voice: "Can we separate the families?"
"In the entire Yin family, there is no precedent for the old man to be alive and the brothers to separate the family." The fourth master sighed, "Otherwise, with... dad's temperament, the separation would have been so noisy long ago, how could we wait until now?"
This is true.
The big house doesn’t work hard, the second house can make a lot of noise, and the third house is unwilling to suffer. If we can divide the family, we have already divided it. How can we wait until now?
The fourth master added: "In the ancestral hall of the Yin family, there is a plaque given by the government, which gives the word 'great filial piety'. This is because the children and grandchildren of the family insist on serving the elderly and not dividing the family."
Therefore, in order to maintain a filial family, the Yin family will not divide the family as long as the old man is still alive.
Anyone who dares to mention family division is unfilial and has violated clan rules. In serious cases, he will be expelled from the clan.
For a person who cannot even be tolerated by his clan, it can be said that there is no place for him in this world. Unless he hides his name or goes up the mountain to become a mountain king.
Lin Yutong also understood why Yin Laoer was tossing with the old lady in various ways at home and never mentioned the separation of the family.
This news made the two of them a little depressed.
Fourth Master patted Lin Yutong, "It's not absolutely impossible, but it will take time."
This is also a frustrating thing.
Lin Yutong changed the subject and said: "Fan's temperament shows that this county captain's character is not much better."
The fourth master laughed and said with some meaning: "Then you really guessed wrong. I really asked about it today. Who can mention Fan County Lieutenant without praising him?"
It turns out that Fan Xianwei's greatest reputation is that he knows his kindness and appreciates his kindness.
The Fan family took him in and raised him like an adopted son for him to study. This man was quite capable, and he actually won the Jinshi. Although he was just the same Jinshi.
Being born as a Jinshi, someone promoted him, and when he became an official, he reached the fifth or sixth rank, which was considered as high as the sky.
Being able to dig around, find ways to fill the gaps and then return to Shunping County is definitely a talent. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the earth emperor is at ease.
Even after becoming an official, he did not abandon the daughter of the Fan family because of his status as a son-in-law. He remained filial to the elderly.
But the old couple were also unlucky, and they both fell ill after only a few days of good fortune. One was paralyzed and could not speak, and the other was confused, half crazy and half stupid.
Everyone said that this is a low life that cannot stand up to noble people.
But Fan County Lieutenant is more filial to the two old people than before. Even in the county town, he also takes the two old people with him, personally supports them, and serves tea and rice. Who wouldn't praise him and repay his kindness? You must know that there is no filial son before a long-term illness.
If the son-in-law can do this job, there is nothing to criticize.
The old couple fell ill, and soon after, the daughter of the Fan family was overworked and fell ill. Within half a year, she died of the illness. Not even a son and a half were left.
The Fan family members persuaded Fan Xianwei to marry another wife, so as to leave a bloodline for the Fan family.
Fan County Lieutenant refused to say anything and resolutely left the position of his head wife to his original wife. He also adopted a fatherless orphan from the Fan family clan to his original wife and raised him as his legitimate son. Who knew that the child would not die?
Okay, I just had a few good days and suddenly I choked to death while eating dates.
The elders of the Fan family came forward together and forced Fan County Lieutenant to take concubines. Today, the Fan family has five aunts, all of whom are related to the Fan family.
Today, Fan County has a prosperous family of lieutenants, with six sons and seven daughters.
Only two years ago, he recorded his eldest son in the name of his legitimate wife and made him his legitimate son.
And he still kept his original wife's residence, and went to pay homage to her from time to time. The two old men are still alive, and they are all personally cared for by Lieutenant Fan County.
Everyone in Shunping County is aware of this matter.
But Lin Yutong broke into a cold sweat after hearing this. I'm afraid this man is really a beast with a human face and a beast's heart.
Why are the two old people so sick and so confused? If their parents hadn't lost their parents, they had to observe filial piety. I'm afraid these old couple would have lost their lives long ago.
Without the two old men watching over her, how could she die if her first wife didn't let her die?
It’s still the Fan family. Originally, if any family in this clan had no heirs, they should adopt it from the clan. If not, the property would be taken back to the clan in the future. But the old couple of the Fan family refused to give it to the clan.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he married his own daughter. Didn’t this offend everyone in the clan?
On the one hand, this tribe has no favorable impression of the old couple; on the other hand, they are afraid of Captain Fan's power and want to take the opportunity to curry favor with such a powerful figure.
Therefore, the two parties have a tacit understanding with each other, and they can be said to have worked together in a cohesive manner. They have directed a good show.
Why adopt Fan Xianwei as his legitimate son? I'm afraid that innocent child also has a lot of property in the family. Fan Xianwei is for reputation, and the Fan family clan is to seize other people's property.
Fan Xianwei's concubine has nothing to do with anyone in the Fan family.
The Fan family clan has completely boarded Fan Xianwei's ship.
A surrogate son-in-law can be recognized by the entire Fan family and becomes his solid backing. This wolf is covered with the cloak of pure filial piety and love.
His viciousness, cruelty, and shamelessness were something Lin Yutong had never seen before.
These deceitful tricks can deceive others, but they cannot be hidden from her and Fourth Master's eyes.
There should be no one in this world who has doubted it, but again, there is no evidence.
There is also a clan as a backer, so it cannot be easily moved.
Clan members could be lynched or even executed. The laws of the imperial court kept prohibiting them, knowing how powerful the clan was. Such things, such as soaking pig cages, still existed in many backward places after liberation. It can be seen that such bad habits existed
How deep-rooted.
"Sir, we can't keep this guy." Lin Yutong said softly. Without saying anything chivalrous and righteous, just because the two in-laws were not dragged down by this guy, they absolutely couldn't keep him.
Fourth Master nodded, "Don't keep him!" His voice was very weak, but Lin Yutong could hear the sound of determination.
If the two of them knew that Saburo was lying on the bed at the moment, thinking about how to remove the stumbling block of Captain Fan, they didn't know what they would think. Although the motivations were different, at least this time, the goals were the same.
How difficult is it for a humble citizen to overthrow a local magistrate? When a citizen sues an magistrate, he has to fight twenty times before asking for the reason. When he doesn't use it, he never knows that ancient laws are so screwed up.
In the next few days, Lin Yutong was busy harvesting crops while thinking about how to kill that bastard.
There are many ways to kill him. Whether it's poisoning him, or using a gun to kill him remotely.
It's not impossible.
However, after Lieutenant Fan Xian's death was unclear, what about the other people who helped Zhou commit crimes? They are not still free from justice.
The Fan family property was divided among the children and grandchildren.
But who should take care of those two poor old people?
Fourth Master smiled and said: "This is not the right way. We are not the most eager to move him away. There are people who want the other person's life more than us..."
"County magistrate!" A word popped into Lin Yutong's mind instantly, which was 'killing someone with a borrowed knife'.
"No rush! Take your time." Fourth Master smiled very confidently.
After the autumn harvest, Lin Yutong's five acres of land, after paying taxes, left more than 900 kilograms of grain. This would have to be ground into powder, and there would be losses. It was probably just enough to feed the Fourth Master and himself.
At dinner that day, the old lady looked at Lin Yutong and said, "I heard that your house has a stove?"
How many days has this been going on? I’m just asking now.
Lin Yutong immediately understood what the old lady wanted to do. She couldn't take advantage of her own food, and she didn't want to eat with Fourth Master at home.
She didn't object to this at all. So she pressed Qian's hand and said, "Yes, boil some hot water. Don't worry, I didn't use the firewood at home. The straw in the five acres of land is enough to burn."
The old lady hummed, "Since there is a stove, you two can eat in your own room."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin Laoer said: "Are you going to divide our families? This is not okay! If you don't know, you think we are unfilial, right? Big brother."
He doesn't just mention his own son.
"What kind of family?" The old lady turned around and said: "From now on, we will cook in each house. I won't give you food or drink. Every morning, come here to get food. See what you can eat.
Flowers coming?”
Lin Yutong exclaimed, the old lady was not only doing this to save food for the two of them, but she also had to take out the private houses of each family. The food given was definitely not enough, so what should I do? In addition to using the private houses to supplement the food, what else could she do?
any solution.
Mrs. Fan said first: "Mistress, this is a good idea. My husband said two days ago that I would buy you a girl to take care of you. If you have a girl to cook, we juniors can rest assured."