The golden autumn of August arrives in a blink of an eye, and when the city of Hangzhou is filled with the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, what happened in the Lin family in Hangzhou has gradually been forgotten by people.
Although many pairs of eyes were staring at the Lin family, waiting to see the chaos and jokes in the Lin family, the Lin family inside and outside still returned to normal inexorably. Lin Ke's death and the change of the head of the Lin family did not seem to make the Lin family decline at all.
On the contrary, what those eyes staring closely at the Lin family saw was the new atmosphere in the Lin family's business and the tranquility in the Lin family's home.
In the Lin family's business, the brief discomfort caused by the new regulations actually lasted less than half a month. Soon people realized the changes brought about by these new regulations, including the shopkeeper responsibility system and the elimination of independent accounting.
The system has forced everyone to wake up. Just messing around in a big pot will no longer work, and some of the lazy and chaotic behaviors in the past will no longer be tolerated. Everyone is like clockwork, racking their brains to do something.
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Those who are in charge of the shop, they didn’t have to use their brains at all before, because all matters big and small were decided by the superiors. But now they have to solve some problems that belong to them by themselves. Even so, they are happy and excited.
, because although they didn’t need to think too much before, they didn’t have much sense of existence. Now, they have great power and bear greater responsibilities. This feeling of being valued is more important than the pressure it brings.
It makes people satisfied. No one wants to be an important and important person, and no one wants to be a dispensable person. Human nature dictates that it is nothing more than this.
Lin Jue's life soon became easier. Huang Changqing was in charge of the family and with the help of his uncles, Lin Jue basically didn't need to worry about it. Although Huang Changqing behaved very humbly and came to the small courtyard every night to report, but
Lin Jue just listened. Occasionally, he vaguely reminded Huang Changqing not to make the same mistakes as before, and not to treat everyone in the outer house the same way as before. Huang Changqing obviously understood this. He was a shrewd person and knew how to measure.
very good.
In terms of business, the old shopkeepers who have business meetings have gradually adapted to their roles. Now Lin Jue basically no longer needs to sit in the boat shop every day. The old shopkeepers can see that Lin Jue has no intention to be here. Except for major events, he basically doesn’t do anything.
Not to disturb Lin Jue. However, Master Tang Shizeng had the intention and ordered people to record the affairs handled every day and present them to Lin Jue. Lin Jue understood it clearly at a glance and was well aware of the big and small matters.
Lin Jue was very satisfied with this situation. This was exactly the result he hoped for. He was not willing to waste all his time on these trivial matters inside and outside. He would rather see flowers and birds, and ride the horse given by the imperial court.
I just want to wander around and hang out aimlessly all day long, rather than being trapped in a bunch of boring trivial matters every day.
Of course, there is one thing that he cannot escape, that is, as a big manager, he must maintain the Lin family's external contacts and maintain good relations with various businessmen and officials who have friendship with the Lin family. This is exactly what Lin Jue said.
The most disgusting thing was that Lin Jue knew that there were some secret dirty deals between these people and the Lin family, but he had to continue to maintain this dirty deal. For example, when trying to pass judgment on Zhang Yi, Lin Jue had to fight with him
After two drinks, he also had to call his beloved son Zhang Yanei, who was once dragged naked onto the street.
Fortunately, Lin Jue has a strong adaptability. If something has to be done, Lin Jue will do it and do it very well.
The Lin family is back on track inside and outside, and Lin Jue's tense nerves have relaxed. After all, it is easy to seize power, but how to stabilize the Lin family inside and outside after that is the root of the problem. Now everything has calmed down, and the pressure has suddenly subsided.
It has been reduced a lot. The only thing left is to observe the effectiveness of all the measures and then make adjustments.
But there was one thing that Lin Jue had to do, and that was to meet Lin Boyong. In any case, Lin Boyong was the head of the Lin family. Although he was removed from the position of head of the family, the process was indeed not fair enough.
.Now that Lin Boyong is staying behind closed doors, Lin Bonian obviously did not obtain his understanding before leaving. After all, this matter is still a hidden danger.
The unity of the Lin family is the consensus of Lin Bonian and Lin Jue. Although the two planned all this, their fundamental purpose is not to cause chaos and division of the Lin family. But now the tension between the big house, the second house and the third house is like fire and water, and Lin Boyong has nothing to do with it.
Asked about the Biju Bieyuan, the two brothers Lin Song and Lin Run were even more broken, drinking and cursing every day. This is not a thing.
Before that, Lin Jue had tried to ask to see Lin Boyong, hoping to bridge the differences. But Lin Boyong was not willing to see him at all, and he was rejected twice. Lin Jue was busy at home and abroad at the time, and he really had no time to think about these things, but
Now that everything is calm, Lin Jue thought that it would be best to make efforts to obtain Lin Boyong's understanding. Even if he cannot forgive, he must at least reconcile. He cannot live without contact. Besides, if Lin Boyong cannot forgive the two of them, they will never be together forever.
If Fang and the Lin family are at odds, something will happen sooner or later.
With this idea in mind, Lin Jue decided to go see Lin Boyong again. On the afternoon of the seventh day of August, Lin Jue took time out and headed to Huxi Villa alone. Xiaohu wanted to follow him, but Lin Jue firmly refused. Lin Jue never wanted to
Lin Boyong had any other ideas, and Lin Jue didn't want outsiders to know about his visit to Lin Boyong.
When Lin Jue arrived at Linjia Villa in Huxi, it was already early afternoon. The autumn sun was shining brightly, and the autumn mood was strong everywhere. But in front of the tall gatehouse with the sun behind it, there was already some cool and gloomy autumn in the shadows. In front of the steps.
Large areas of fallen leaves were piled up, as if they had not been cleaned for a long time, giving people a sense of dilapidation and desolation.
Lin Jue thought to himself, there are many servants and boys in Bieyuan, and they don't even clean up the fallen leaves. These servants are too shameful. Is it because Lin Boyong is no longer the head of the family at this moment, these servants are also neglecting,
This must not be tolerated. If the truth is found to be true, these servants and servants must be severely punished. It is absolutely not allowed for servants to neglect their masters and be lazy and passive.
Standing in front of the gate with fallen leaves piled up, Lin Jue hesitated. He had mustered up the courage to come before, but now he was a little timid. It was not because he was afraid of Lin Boyong's shame, or because he was worried about him scolding him, but when he got here,
He couldn't help but recall the day Lin Ke died, and thought of what happened that day. Even though Lin Ke's death was his own fault, Lin Jue always felt uncomfortable in his heart and always had some strange feelings.
Lin Jue adjusted his mood and walked to the ajar door. He was about to knock on the door and call for someone. Suddenly, he heard the sound of rushing water behind him under the willow shade. The Lin Family Villa is on the west bank of the West Lake.
It's not unusual for the lake water to lap against the shore. In fact, standing here, you can always hear the sound of water splashing gently against the lake shore. But what you hear now is the violent sound of water splash, which is by no means a normal water sound.
Lin Jue was startled and turned around to look. He saw an old man wearing a bamboo hat and coarse cloth slowly walking up from the bottom of the pier. The man was holding two herrings in his hands, jumping and twisting endlessly. The old man also raised his head at this time, and the two looked at each other, both frozen on the spot.
The old man was none other than Lin Boyong. He wore a bamboo hat and was dressed like an ordinary fisherman. He wore straw sandals on his feet, which were still wet with muddy water. It must have been contaminated by the muddy water at the bottom of the cabin.
"Uncle." Lin Jue woke up with a start and hurriedly walked down the steps to greet him.
Lin Boyong frowned, suddenly turned around and walked towards the lake shore, quickly descending the stone steps. When Lin Jue arrived, with the sound of "yes", Lin Boyong got on the boat and rowed a few feet away from the shore.
"Uncle, what are you doing?" Lin Jue shouted.
"I caught two herrings. I was in a good mood, but a white-eyed wolf ruined my mood." Lin Boyong said coldly, and without stopping, the boat left Zhang Xu.
Lin Jue frowned and shouted: "Uncle, I know you hate me now, but it's not an option to ignore each other forever. You should let me explain to you. No matter what, we are all the Lin family, and we can't live forever. Don't ignore each other. Even if you don't forgive me, we should have a good talk, or at least end it."
Lin Boyong stopped the oar in his hand and pondered for a long time. The boat floated on the lake and slowly rippled with the waves. Suddenly Lin Boyong rowed the oar towards the shore.
"Come on board, we'll talk to you on board if you have anything to say." Lin Boyong used wood pulp to lay on the bluestone on the shore and said in a deep voice.
Lin Jue slightly hesitated. Lin Boyong sneered: "What? Are you afraid that I will push you into the lake?"
Lin Jue no longer hesitated, quickly walked down the stone steps, jumped up, and boarded the stern of the boat. After sitting down, he reached out to Lin Boyong. Lin Boyong was slightly stunned, and then handed the wood pulp to Lin Jue. Lin Jue turned his back. For Lin Boyong, he lightly tapped the wood pulp on the rocks on the shore, and the boat leisurely left the shore and swung toward the lake.
"Uncle, where are we rowing to?" Lin Jue asked, turning his head.
"Go there, it's quiet and no one is there, just a good time to talk." Lin Boyong pointed to the distance. Lin Jue raised his eyes and looked up. Under the autumn sun, the lake surface was dazzling with golden light. A green lotus leaf in the distance has not withered yet, and is trying to show its beauty. The last green color stretches across a large area of the lake to the south bank of the lake embankment. It is indeed a good place to talk.
Passing through a large area of clear waves, the boat slowly arrived at a place where lotus leaves were lush. Perhaps to facilitate the passage of lotus pickers, there seemed to be artificially opened water channels leading deep into the dense lotus leaves. It was almost August. , the lotus flowering period has long passed, and the lotus picking season has also ended. However, lotus leaves still stand like canopies on both sides of the waterway. The fertile black mud at the bottom of the West Lake nourishes stronger stems and lotus leaf umbrellas as big as canopies. .While the boat was sailing, it felt like the sky was blocked from the sun. After the sunlight was blocked, it felt a bit cold and forbidding.
Finally, the boat passed through the waterway under the lotus leaves and entered the depths, arriving at a small open area of several feet in diameter. This was an open space specially set aside by the lotus pickers to facilitate the boats to stop. Boats could come from all directions. You can go deep into the waterway to pick lotus roots, and the harvest can be collected here and shipped out. But now there is no one here. There are a few wooden stakes nailed to the bottom of the lake standing on the water, which are used for mooring ships. When the boat arrived, several waterfowl standing on the top of the wooden pile were frightened and flew up into the sky without trace.
"Stop the boat. If you have anything to say, just say it here." Lin Boyong's voice came from behind.
Lin Jue responded, docked the boat beside the wooden pile, put the rope loop on the wooden pile and turned around.
Lin Boyong took off his bamboo hat, his gray hair was messy, and the wrinkles on his face were as deep and deep as an axe. In just over a month, Lin Boyong seemed to have aged a lot.
"Uncle, how are you during this time?" Lin Jue asked softly.
"Thanks to your great fortune, I still can't die. Do you feel disappointed?" Lin Boyong laughed.
Lin Jue sighed and said: "Uncle, don't say such things. How can my nephew have such a vicious heart?"
Lin Boyong sneered and said: "Aren't you vicious enough? Didn't you kill me when you did that? People like Bonian and you are born in my Lin family. They are really good ancestors."
Lin Jue frowned and said: "Uncle, I admit that the second uncle and I did plot against you, but our original intention was never to kill the uncle. If the uncle said such words, he might be angry."
"Indignant words? Ke'er has just died, and I am very sad. You are taking advantage of this moment to plot against me, but are you doing it out of kindness to me? Even if you are so eloquent, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to defend yourself. Right and wrong are all open to everyone.
Sooner or later, the world will know what kind of people you are. If you throw dirty water on me, I don’t care. I am about to die and my time is running out. But you, you still have a long way to go. If you act like this, I am afraid that in the future
It's hard to move even an inch." Lin Boyong shouted coldly.
Lin Jue said softly: "Uncle, since you hate us so much, why don't you publicize this matter to the outside world? Instead, you stay behind closed doors and say nothing? I think, with uncle's connections and reputation, if you tell the matter,
I'm afraid that many people will help the uncle to denounce us. The second uncle may not be able to secure his position as the head of the family, and I will be criticized by everyone and my reputation will be lost. Why didn't the uncle do this? And I also heard that the uncle strictly prohibited it.
The two elder brothers of the eldest family publicized this matter outside, so that they kept silent and swallowed their anger. Why did the uncle do this? "
Lin Boyong was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Family scandals should not be made public. Why should I ask outsiders for help with my Lin family? There is no need to cause trouble in the city. You will get retribution for what you do. The world has its own divine eyes, so there is no need for me.
Come and do this."
Lin Jue nodded slightly and said: "My uncle is really a broad-minded person. Normal people will retaliate with anger. That is human nature. However, I think the reason is not only that, I have some speculations about this."
Lin Boyong sneered and said: "You are too narrow-minded. You can guess as much as you like. I am not interested in hearing it."
Lin Jue cupped his hands and said, "Uncle, I will say it even if you don't listen. The reason why the uncle refused to speak out is as follows. First, the uncle is thinking about the overall situation of the Lin family and does not want to cause chaos to the Lin family.
Although uncle is angry and sad, he is not blinded by these things. You are taking the overall situation into consideration."
Lin Boyong sneered and said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. Wasn't I reduced to pieces by you? Everyone in Hangzhou knows that I am selfish and secretly persecuting you, Lin Jue, for the benefit of the eldest brother. Why did you say what you said today and what you said that day?
It’s different? This is really confusing.”
Lin Jue said: "That day was that day, and today is today. The situation on that day forced me to do something to force my uncle to give up his position as the head of the family. Some of the words in it were indeed fabricated and slandered my uncle's reputation. My nephew felt deeply guilty.
Uneasy. The nephew will give his uncle an explanation for this matter. But today, the nephew must tell the truth and let the uncle know what is in his heart. In the nephew's mind, the uncle still took the overall situation into consideration and did not do anything drastic.
Lin Jue admires this."
Lin Boyong sneered and said nothing.
Lin Jue continued softly: "The second reason why the uncle did not want to say anything, I guess it is that the uncle should have realized his mistake. So the uncle chose to shut up and reflect on himself, and did not allow the two brothers to cause trouble. In fact...
In fact, it means repentance."
Lin Boyong laughed and said: "Repent? It's you who should repent. What do I need to repent for? It's in vain that I confided in Bonian and helped him wholeheartedly, but he stabbed me in the back. And you, what you did
Does what you said fit your identity? Aren't you ashamed of your behavior? There are indeed people in the world who will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. I didn't believe it before, but I saw the facts in you. Yes, you succeeded.
But can you really be proud of this? You have gone astray, do you understand?"
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Uncle, you don't have to admit that you are wrong, but that's what I think. As for your accusation, I just want to say that my second uncle and I were also forced to have no choice. Regarding the eldest son's matter, the Lin family
What has happened in the past year, and even the decades that the head of the family has been in charge of the affairs of the Lin family, I cannot say that the head of the family has made no achievements, but the overall trend of the Lin family has become more and more sinister. There is alienation from inside and outside, and people's minds have changed. The head of the family has become more arrogant and rude.
, the outer brother is in a poor situation. As the head of the family, you have failed to unite the Lin family as one, and instead have exacerbated this division. This is the so-called court discipline system that you are most proud of, which is a strong restraint by family rules and laws. The original intention is good.
Yes, but it was also destroyed by your own hands. Because you are different from person to person inside and outside, you are indulgent and lenient towards your direct descendants, but harsh and severe towards your outside brothers, which has ruined your prestige. Don't you feel these things at all?
What?"
Lin Boyong said coldly: "So you are here to teach me a lesson today. Mr. Lin is in charge, do you want me to kowtow to you and apologize?"
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "Uncle, why do you say such angry words? You know what my second uncle and I did. I have also advised you many times, asking you to change some of your practices. Unfortunately, my words may not be heard in the ears of the uncle.
A gust of breeze can't even be counted. In the uncle's heart, I, the bastard of three wives, should be the person you hate the most. But have you ever thought about it, the Lin family is not only your Lin family, not only the eldest Lin family, but also everyone's
The Lin family. The Lin family's affairs are everyone's business. As the head of the family, your inaction has put the Lin family in constant danger. Then the Lin family has the right to step forward and stop this behavior. You just encountered someone like me who dared to stand up.
But even if I am not a bastard, I believe that the children who have clearly seen the situation of the Lin family will eventually come out to oppose it, because in fact, every child of the Lin family has expectations for the Lin family. How could they allow the Lin family to decline.
This is something in the bones, this is the spirit of the ancestors of the Lin family flowing in the blood, and it will never be extinguished."
Lin Boyong frowned and remained silent.
"Uncle, you should understand that the purpose of what my second uncle and I did was not to humiliate you or betray you, but we both felt that we must correct the way the Lin family has slipped into a dangerous situation. I thought that what happened to my eldest brother would make
Please be alert. Let me change your mind. Yes, my second uncle's recommendation for me to be the big boss is indeed a test. That is to test whether you care about the overall situation of the Lin family and whether you truly realize that it was your mistake that caused what happened at home.
The dangers of all this. Yet you don’t seem to realize this.”
"The two eldest sons entangled everyone in making trouble. You must have understood that they would do this, but the uncle did not stop it. Maybe you will say that it was the second uncle who stopped you from doing this, but you will agree with the second uncle's suggestion. In fact,
It’s also because you don’t want me to be the big boss in your heart. That’s why you went along with the flow and agreed to the second uncle’s deliberate suggestion. I know that you actually blamed me for the death of the eldest son. You hate me.
, even if you know that the death of the eldest son has nothing to do with me, you still refuse to let go in your heart."
"Uncle, we are all saddened by the death of the eldest son. I have to confess my feelings to you once again about this matter. The death of the eldest son is certainly due to bad luck. After being captured by the pirates, he was forced to work for the pirates. It can be said that
A disaster. But as the head of the family, you have to bear the main responsibility. Over the years, the eldest son has provided financial support to the pirates, the Lin family has annexed other people's properties with the help of the pirates, and various accidents have happened to competitors for no reason. Are you a little bit
Even if you don’t know anything about it? Or maybe you actually felt something strange, but you chose to turn a blind eye? Even if you knew nothing, wouldn’t that be a dereliction of duty as the head of the family? The death of the eldest son is to some extent
But it’s your fault, so how can you blame others? Uncle, think about it carefully, is this true?”
