Daiyu closed her eyes and lay on the bed. Zijuan's words were for her own good. She knew this, but she still felt a little uncomfortable.
Zijuan still treats her newly recognized eldest sister and brother in this way. What about the other people in the house? They don't say it on the face, but they may be gossiping and joking secretly.
Which of the servants in this house can be forgiving?
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt aggrieved again. I secretly wiped away my tears without daring to let anyone know.
Let’s not talk about the matters in the capital for the moment. We will just say that Lin Ruhai was cared for by Lin Yutong alone for a few days, and he actually got better day by day. Before the doctor from elsewhere was called, he was already able to leave the house and walk around in the yard.
Now, not only Lin Ruhai was surprised, but Butler Lin was also surprised.
This is a happy event! A great happy event. You should be happy.
However, Lin Ruhai couldn't be happy. The current situation just showed that he was really being plotted against in his own home. Naturally, he didn't think that Lin Yutong could make him healthy with a few meals. That was obviously unrealistic.
Lin Ruhai believed that it was because she had been isolated from poisonous things in the past few days that her body recovered.
Everyone at Lin Yu Tong Le thinks so. No one can say anything about space, let alone expose it.
Even if Lin Ruhai found out nothing in the end, he would only think that the other party had hidden it too deeply.
Therefore, Lin Ruhai strongly agreed with Lin Yutong's drastic rectification in the Lin Mansion. Butler Lin also fully cooperated.
Although Lin Ruhai said he was full of life, he was still weak after all. He only gave Lin Yuyang some guidance on his homework when he was energetic. The father and son got along very well.
In the past few days, Lin Yutong read the account books carefully. Since Jia Min entered the Lin family, the Lin family's annual income has just equaled the expenditure. There is no money left, let alone using the income to purchase some properties.
Being able to achieve neither loss nor profit every year is fooling a fool. However, there are fools like Lin Ruhai in the world who have never conducted an inventory of these industries.
The farms in the south of the Yangtze River, with tens of thousands of acres of fields, are suffering from drought this year, insect infestation next year, and floods next year. In short, there is no good harvest. This excuse is so clumsy, and I don’t even think about whether such an excuse can withstand verification. These people
Disasters can't just happen to the Lin family's village. They don't even have a good excuse for corruption, and the people who know it don't worry about anyone investigating.
The head of the farm can't run away if he can do this, but Jia Min's own hands must be unclean. Because the amount of money from this income is very huge, the people below really don't have the courage.
Ordinarily, Jia Min is the head wife of the Lin family, so she is not at the disposal of this thing when it enters the Lin family. There is no bastard in the family, so why would she bother guarding and stealing it?
The only possibility is that she withdrew the money to support her natal family.
When she saw the list of gifts Jia Min gave to the Jia family every year, she knew where the money had gone.
On the gift list, the gifts given by the Lin family to the Jia family were normal relatives. However, there was also a gift that was said to have been purchased by Jia Min herself for everyone in her natal family using her own dowry money.
For example, the glazed lanterns given during the Lantern Festival, the golden roosters heralding the spring on February 2nd, the offerings made of gold and silver foil during the Qingming Festival, the jade-carved dragon boats given during the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th... and then, the gifts given to the girls of the Jia family on Chinese Valentine's Day,
The Hungry Ghost Festival is another ceremony to honor the ancestors of the Jia family, the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony, the Double Ninth Festival ceremony, and in October, there is also a special gift of cold clothes. Next is the New Year's Day ceremony.
There are twelve months in a year, and there is no rest. This does not include the birthdays of everyone in the Jia family, the weddings and funerals of the Jia family, and the full moon of the children.
This damn thing is not the Lin family, it is clearly a bank owned by the Jia family.
No wonder the old lady of the Jia family always said to Sister Lin, I only love your mother.
Lin Yutong thought: If you give me all this money, I will only love her Jia Min.
What the hell!
Lin Yutong held the account book and placed it in front of Lin Ruhai, "Father, you know the accounts of this family, right?"
Lin Ruhai sighed: "That's it! There's no point in pursuing it."
How much does it cost? Why is it so boring?
Lin Yutong said dissatisfied: "At least how much the Lin family subsidizes the Jia family must be made clear. If it is so unclear, we will be treated as fools."
Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly, this girl was really merciless in what she said. Didn't the Jia family regard him as a fool?
However, he also had his own reasons. Seeing that there were only three of them in the room, father and son, Lin Ruhai said: "My father is in charge of the salt tax, and he said that there is enough oil and water in it. In fact, it is much more than the limit you can think of.
Sometimes, money is not collected for the sake of the father. You can see the fishiness of the gifts given to the Jia family at a glance, but what about discerning people? Can they believe that these money are the money from the wife’s dowry? The money from the wife’s dowry is not worth it at all.
It's unaffordable. So, they won't believe it! But would they think that the wife would steal from her husband and use the Lin family's money to support her parents' family? I'm afraid they would also not be able to think of it. After all, no family would tolerate such a woman who is bent on seducing her parents' family.
people."
Lin Ruhai gave a bitter smile and continued: "Then, the money my wife needs to buy these things can only be given by my father. Who would believe that there could be such a stupid son-in-law in the world, who only wants to support his family? They would think, I, Lin Ruhai, gave Jia
What is the purpose of all the family money?"
"You know the power of the Zhen family in Jiangnan. In their view, the money collected for my father flowed to the Jia family through such channels. Otherwise, who can give gifts with good integrity! This is simply
It's just a reason to give money to the Jia family. And the master behind the Jia family is the same as the Zhen family."
Lin Yutong understood instantly. Lin Ruhai's connivance with Jia Min was giving the Zhen family an illusion. She felt that Lin Ruhai was working for the Jia family, and the Jia family's money from the Lin family was also in the hands of the master.
That master probably thought that the Lin family, through the Jia family, had the intention of surrendering to him.
As for the amount of money in it, it is impossible to verify it. What kind of virtue is the Jia family? They are used to extravagance. How can you not peel off the money once it passes through their hands?
Moreover, as long as Jia Min's account book is there, Lin Ruhai is not afraid that the emperor will misunderstand that he has taken refuge with his master.
Lin Ruhai has been in Yangzhou for so long without any accident. I'm afraid it's probably because of this deliberately created illusion.
And the time when his health began to deteriorate was just after Jia Min passed away. This seems to further confirm this speculation.
Lin Yutong's eyes changed when he looked at Lin Ruhai. He was indeed an old fox! He gave up the Lin family's income, not only in exchange for a long period of peace, but also in exchange for greater benefits. The money he has collected over the years has been nothing at all.
Showing up.
Compared with the benefits gained, the Lin family's little fortune from the property is simply insignificant. After all, the property is still there, so the loss is almost deliberately ignored, let alone a thorn in the side.
The Jia family prides themselves on being wealthy and will not publicize it when they take advantage of others. But Lin Ruhai, the one who suffered the loss, kept quiet. It turns out that this is the root cause.
He kept it quiet, and made it even more clear that the money was not visible to the public. Its source could not be disclosed, and its destination could not be disclosed. He wanted people to think that it came from corruption and was given to the master behind it.
This kind of fatal thing cannot be said even if you are beaten to death. If the person behind the scenes did not receive the money, who should be blamed? Of course it is the Jia family. The Jia family embezzled the money that the Lin family wanted to hand over.
After figuring this out, the siblings took a breath of air. Lin Yuyang felt that he still had a lot to learn.
Lin Ruhai was looked at with admiration by the two children, a little embarrassed: "My father will take out a sum of money every year and give it to the emperor. He also explains that this is money that has to be collected. And beside my father, there are also the emperor's
Eyeliner, if my wife uses the Lin family's money to supplement the Jia family, he will report it to the emperor. The emperor will not misunderstand my father's betrayal, so my father has nothing to worry about."
Lin Yuyang stood up and saluted solemnly: "Please teach me, father."
Lin Ruhai laughed and felt happy. The understanding of these two children is really rare.
Lin Yutong also put away her self-righteous thoughts and became more modest and cautious. Even the most stupid person in her eyes was so shrewd, so what could she be proud of?
Knowing the deep meaning behind this, Lin Yutong knew how to handle the matter.
She sent everyone from the Jia family to a farm in Liaodong. The farm was not far from the military residence. Butler Lin sent trustworthy people to the farm and sold them together with the village. Even though
It's given to thousands of local households, so there's nothing wrong with it. As long as these people are kept under guard, that's it. The border area is always a place where prisoners are distributed. If you want to escape, there is no way.
And here, some of Jia Min's confidants are afraid of being detained alone by Butler Lin. It is estimated that Lin Ruhai still needs to ask clearly about some things about the Jia family.
However, this is no longer within Lin Yutong's jurisdiction.
Now, everyone in the Lin family is a servant of the Lin family. At least the level of loyalty is different.
Lin Ruhai's health has improved a lot and she can go out for a walk on her own. She even went to the Yamen twice.
Lin Yutong and Lin Yuyang also moved back to the yard that had been prepared for them.
There were attendants in the yard. Lin Yutong named Wen Neng, asked about their birthdays, and named the two eldest girls August and October. The four second-class girls were named after the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. The third-class girls still used the original names.
Her real name is Lin Yutong and she doesn't bother to ask. After all, these little girls are under the control of the big girl and they can't get close to her.
In Lin Yuyang's courtyard, Lin Yutong only arranged two girls who were steady, responsible, and average-looking. The rest were servants.
Lin Ruhai was very satisfied when she found out. Even though this girl did not grow up in a wealthy family, she could understand the secrets at a glance.
Lin Ruhai's body is getting healthier and healthier. Although nothing has been found yet, since there are no members of the Jia family in the house, her health has gradually improved without special protection. This also indirectly proves that her body is indeed the same as Jia's.
Family cannot be separated from each other. Knowing this is enough.
He is now worried about his little daughter who is fostered in Jia's family and is considering whether to take her back as soon as possible when a letter from Jia's mother Shi arrives... (. )