Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "Yes, we will donate in their name."
The Salesian Bureau of this dynasty was built with funds from the local government. Most of the people living there were orphans or abandoned children, as well as a few elderly people who had no home to go to.
In recent years, as the number of orphans in the Salesian Bureau has increased, the government has gradually become unable to cope with its needs. Sending these things by myself at this time can just solve the urgent need.
At that time, the county government will definitely announce the donation, and will also praise the donor.
And he has solved his own problem.
So, this should be the best of all three.
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Chapter 149 Donation on behalf of others
Within two days, the construction of two archways at the entrance of the village officially started.
The material used is white granite, and the stone used for carving is bluestone.
This time, except for the masons and carpenters, the other helpers were all young people of the Lin clan, but there were also many villagers who volunteered to help.
In the words of the villagers, that is, "God, this is the Number One Scholar's Archway. The emperor and his old man paid the money. If you don't go up and feel happy at this time, I'm afraid you will be a complete fool."
It is precisely because everyone in the village has this mentality that since the construction of the archway, the most lively place in the entire small mountain village has to be the village entrance.
The men were busy working with sweat, while the women in the village were holding bamboo baskets, and then found a clean place to sit under the old camphor tree, either picking up shoe soles, mending clothes, or embroidering cloth handkerchiefs, all busy. The work at hand.
It can be said that these women would not have been able to stay under the camphor tree all day if they had not had to go home for lunch.
But there are also people who don’t want to go to the archway.
Just like Lin Jincai.
Compared to everyone else's enthusiasm, he is probably the only one with the worst and most depressed atmosphere in the village.
For several days, from top to bottom, from old to young, not a single smiling face appeared.
Just like this time, the head of the family disappeared after having breakfast.
However, based on Jin's understanding of the old man, he felt that he was inseparable and should have gone to the graves of his parents-in-law to "complain" again.
Compared with Lin Jincai's behavior of going to his parents to complain about his grievances, Lin Quanhe and Lin Quanjiang are more "steady" in their dealings.
No, the brothers didn't go out much these days. They often lay in bed for most of the day. Just as Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xu complained, their ability to lie down was even worse than during their confinement period.
As for Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenqing, they are both studying hard in their room at this time. They are preparing to take the county examination again next year.
Out of sight and out of mind, at this moment, the two daughters-in-law and three grandson-in-laws were staying in the hall with Jin.
Seeing the droopy faces of everyone in the room, Jin couldn't help but sigh. The sourness in her heart could no longer be expressed in words.
"Mom, our second uncle's family came from the same grandma. In the entire Lin family, our family is the closest to the second uncle's family. Now that Yuan Qiu's nephew has become an official, the second uncle's family has become more prosperous. Our home is beautiful, isn’t it?”
Zhang, who had been depressed for several days, after tossing and turning last night. Suddenly, she came up with this idea.
In Zhang's opinion, now that her second uncle and second aunt are so respectable and beautiful, why should she continue to carry them and directly make out with her second wife? It is said that you should not hit someone with a smiling face. As long as you are willing to show shame, there is no reason why you can't come and go around.
Mrs. Xu on the side couldn't help but nod after hearing this, "Sister-in-law is right, mother, I can't write two characters "lin" in one stroke. We and my second uncle were originally close relatives. We were busy with our own things before. Without moving around, we have to continue to kiss each other."
What Xu thinks is that when the two families move around like one family, won't their eldest family become the relatives of the No. 1 Duke? Mrs. Xu heard with her own ears that the official who announced the good news called Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Zhou. After becoming like a family, she herself became the wife.
Also, Wen Qing said that the reason why he failed repeatedly was because he lacked a good teacher. After his family became as close as his second uncle's family, he must let Yuan Qiu find a good teacher for Wen Qing. Master. In this way, when he takes the county exam again next year, his son will definitely pass it.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu seemed to have already seen her son's name on the gold medal list, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Wen Yan's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu, who was on the side, didn't know what to say after hearing what her mother-in-law and aunt said.
Ms. Liu really couldn't understand why every family had its own life, so it was enough to live its own life. Why did the grandparents and parents-in-law have to keep their eyes on the second uncle's family?
From what they said, they were planning to start a good relationship with the second roommate and then take advantage of them.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu couldn't help but laugh, how whimsical this was.
Although I don’t know what caused the gap between my second uncle and his family, but based on my second uncle’s indifferent attitude towards them over the years, I feel that it is absolutely impossible for the two families to become intimate again.
As for gaining power with the second roommate, it is even more impossible.
As for Jin, after hearing what her two daughters-in-law said, she quickly became thoughtful.
I have to say that what Zhang and Xu said really touched Jin's heart. In the past two years, Jin has long lost the idea of overpowering her second wife. It's not that she doesn't want to, but that she has already moved ahead. It's hard for her to catch up even if she tries to flatter her, so there's nothing left to beat.
Furthermore, given the good situation that the second house is in now, if I don't think of ways to take advantage of it quickly, and still keep trying to avoid getting along with others, what else would I be if I wasn't a fool?
So the words of the two daughters-in-law at this moment are equivalent to giving the Jin family, which has long regretted, a step up, giving her the attitude that it is not me who wants to give in, but someone who wants you to persuade her.
Then, Mrs. Jin swept away the melancholy of these days and quickly entered into the state of how to be as close as one family with her second wife.
To be honest, Jin didn't worry at all about how to become a family with her second wife. After all, although I haven't had much contact with my second wife in recent years, there has never been a time when the two families broke up.
So Jin thought that as long as she no longer acted like the eldest brother and sister-in-law, the two families would be able to get close and affectionate.
After all, the old man and his brother-in-law are brothers who have broken bones and connected tendons. As the old saying goes, "when a father and his son go into battle, they become brothers when fighting tigers." The two brothers live in the village. Sooner or later, the brother-in-law will be of use to his eldest brother.
At this time, if the Jin family had known that in more than a month, the second house would move his family to the capital, he didn't know what he would think, but he would definitely be stunned by then.
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After Lin Yuanqiu had sorted out the gifts and lists from the wealthy households in the town, he was ready to head to the county seat.
The sisters' marriage was imminent, and the house, fields, and shop had not been purchased yet. Lin Yuanqiu planned to take advantage of this time to settle the dowry matters.
Before going out, Wu gave Lin Sanzhu all the betrothal silver sent by the Zhou and Wang families. "You can take this money and use it to purchase dowry or use it as packing silver. You can decide for yourself whether it is a good deal."
When accepting the levy, both Zhou and Wang families sent betrothal gifts. In addition to various kinds of fabrics, betrothal cakes, three animals, and four-color candies with four-color fruits, there was also betrothal silver in a post box.
The betrothal silver given by the Zhou family was two hundred and sixty taels, which means "two hundred and six taels".
The Wang family is slightly less than the Zhou family. The Wang family's betrothal silver is two hundred and twenty taels.
When the betrothal money came that day, many people in the village were jealous and said that if there were more girls like this, the family would be prosperous.
Mrs. Wu didn't have the slightest intention to keep her granddaughter's betrothal money. Not to mention that her family was well off now, even when Dani and Ernie got married, she didn't even leave a penny of her betrothal money.
As for the dowry given to Chunyan and Chuncao by the public servant, it had been purchased years ago. It was the same as when Chunmei and Chunxiu got married, and each of them had six acres of good paddy fields.
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Having a carriage at home makes it much more convenient to go out.
The driver of the carriage today is Lin Yuanbai. In the past few years, carriages have been coming and going in the town frequently, so the younger generation like Lin Yuanfeng are almost all experienced drivers. They can no longer talk about yoking horses, cracking whips, and driving carriages. Therefore, it was only noon when the carriage arrived at the Zhoushan County Government Office.
Although Lin Yuanqiu was not wearing official uniform, when he went out today, he was wearing a waistband.
All officials of the Jing Dynasty would have a waist badge to identify themselves. The quality of the waist badge depends on the rank. For example, princes, princes and uncles are made of gold waist badges, while officials of the third rank and above are made of silver. The rest are all made of silver. It's a bronze waist badge, and Lin Yuanqiu's is it.
After looking at the official badge, the gatekeeper hurriedly saluted and said, "My lord, please wait a moment." Then he quickly ran into the yamen. The badge on the waist badge was the emblem of a sixth-grade Beijing official. He had to hurry up and get the master. shout out.
Seeing this situation, Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanbai couldn't help but look at each other, and suddenly felt like "the door has changed" in their hearts.
Soon He Zhixian and Wang Xiancheng came out to greet them. After the two parties met with each other, Lin Yuanqiu said his intention of coming without leaving any trace.
He Zhixian's eyes lit up when he heard that Mr. Lin came here specifically to donate money to the Salesian Bureau today. During this period, he was worrying about the livelihood of the Salesian Bureau.
There are 149 people in the Salesian Bureau, young and old, and the little ones were fine in the past few years. They have small appetites, so the food allocated to them is enough.
But now, it is said that half-grown children eat poor people. The former little ones are now old enough to eat, but there is still so much food allocated every year, so every time they cook, 60 to 70% of it is mixed with food. I put in all kinds of cereals, but it didn't last more than a year, and I ate all the rations.
And those children all looked thin.
In addition to food, there is also clothing for each child. These are all expenses.
So when I heard that Mr. Lin came to donate money to the Salesian Bureau today, how could Hezhi County be unhappy.
"I would like to express my gratitude to you, sir, on behalf of the young and old of the Salesian Bureau. You are really a help in times of need."
Hezhi County cupped his hands and thanked him, and Wang Xiancheng also expressed his gratitude.
Lin Yuanqiu waved his hand, "The person who donated the silver this time was not me. It was actually the kindness of more than a dozen merchants in the town. I just handed it over on my behalf."
With that said, Lin Yuanqiu took the baggage from Ping An, untied it and handed the list to He Zhixian first.
Hezhi County was wondering what "transfer on behalf of someone" meant. Logically speaking, these merchants wouldn't know where the county government gate was, so they could just come directly by themselves.
However, when he saw that there were not only silver coins on the list, but also paddy fields and houses, he suddenly understood. This is not like businessmen donating money to the Salesian Bureau. It was obviously Lin Zhuangyuan who donated all the gifts given to him, okay?
However, Hezhi County really couldn't figure out why Lin Zhuangyuan didn't mention him at all. Even if he borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, it was a great act of kindness.
Lin Sanzhu was also a little confused, so after leaving the yamen, he hurriedly asked, "Yuanqiu, why didn't you tell the magistrate that this was a gift to our family? In this way, even though the money was donated as a gift, A person's name can also let others know that you are innocent and honest."
Lin Sanzhu was a little anxious. Don't officials need a good reputation the most? It would be a pity to miss such a good opportunity.
Originally, he thought that Gouzi would also donate some money this time.
Thinking that he was still at the yamen gate, Lin Yuanqiu didn't say much. After getting on the carriage, he said, "Dad, my son wants to ask you, are there many people who behave like my son today?"
Such behavior?
Lin Sanzhu shook his head, "It's not a matter of whether it's too much or not. I've never heard of anyone doing this."
Who doesn't receive gifts and put them all into their own pockets? Just like Lin Youzhi, it was just after accepting gifts from others that he moved to the county seat and his life became better.
Because of this, Lin Sanzhu was even more confused, "Everyone else has accepted it, but our family has not. Shouldn't we let everyone know?"
Wouldn't this highlight Yuanqiu's uniqueness and be praised as a good official?
Ping An obviously agreed with the master's statement, so he couldn't help but nod his head, just to let others know. In this way, everyone would know that the master is a good official.
Lin Yuanqiu naturally knew what his father was thinking, but he didn't think so, "Dad, my son is asking you, if you were another scholar, what do you think they would think after knowing what your son did? Isn't that right? Do you think your son is doing this deliberately to gain a good reputation, and he also ruined their reputation, making everyone think that they are greedy and money-loving people?"
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Chapter 150 Purchasing a dowry
Lin Sanzhu glared, "How can you deliberately gain fame? Yuan Qiu is not like this..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Sanzhu immediately reacted. Yes, if he were one of those talented people or a scholar, he would definitely scold them because Yuan Qiu blocked their way to make money. It wouldn't matter if they accepted it or not. Not in a dilemma.
Therefore, my son is right, this matter must not be made public, otherwise it will offend too many people.
