What's more, Hezhi County wrote a receipt to Yuan Qiu, and the receipt also clearly stated today's events, including the amount of donated silver, donated paddy fields and houses, and even the names of the merchants were written one by one. , with this receipt in hand, you can prove that your son did not accept money or anything.
In this way, if someone mentions this matter in the future, just take out the list.
Lin Sanzhu suddenly felt that it was no wonder that his dog could win the first prize in the exam. With such a smart head, no one could match him.
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At this time, He Zhixian only realized what Lin Xiushuan meant by doing this.
Sure enough, those who can get the first prize in the examination are much more extraordinary in terms of knowledge and knowledge.
If it were him, He Zhixian could be sure that he would have wished that everyone knew about his high moral integrity, so how could he think about things in advance like Lin Xiuzan.
Thinking again of the proposal Lin Xiuzhuan gave when he left just now.
He Zhixian couldn't help but said to Wang Xiancheng, "Master Lin is so resourceful and thoughtful, his future is bound to be limitless!"
Wang Xian Cheng nodded, it was just a matter of good intentions. If they followed the method proposed by Mr. Lin just now, "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish", within a year, the Salesian Bureau would be It can gradually alleviate the difficulty of food and clothing.
Just now, Lin Yuanqiu specially proposed to Hezhi County: Now that there are dozens of acres of paddy fields donated by businessmen, older children can be arranged to farm. The harvest from this field can cover most of the Salesian Bureau's food rations. In addition, the donated money can continue to purchase fields for growing food. Finally, these two donated homes can be sold and converted into several shops, and then the children can slowly learn to open their own shops and run businesses. In this way, there will be an income of money, and then the Salesian Bureau's usual Expenses, including clothes, no longer need to be pointed at the county government all the time.
Therefore, Wang Xiancheng felt that his son's marriage was very wise.
Also, Wang Xiancheng suddenly felt blessed. After his son got married, should he let him follow his uncle to the capital directly? After all, the knowledge of the number one scholar was ten times better than those in the capital.
With the guidance of his uncle, who is the number one scholar, Wenchang's chances of winning the competition will definitely increase greatly in the year of the competition three years later.
The more Wang Xiancheng thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was a good one. The only thing he had to consider was where his son and daughter-in-law would live after they went to the capital.
After all, houses in the capital are not cheap. Considering the Lin family's situation, Lin Xiuzhuan can only rent a house to live in. It would be better if the house he rents is larger, but if it is too small, it will definitely not be able to accommodate his son, daughter-in-law and his family.
With this in mind, Wang Xiancheng planned to discuss the matter with his family after placing the order. If it was feasible, he would buy his son a smaller house in the capital. If it was not possible, it would be good to rent a house to live in first. .
It's better not to trouble Lin Xiushan too much.
Speaking of which, it was Lao Lintou who repeatedly warned his family not to talk about family matters outside. So at this moment, except for the Zhou family, no one knew that their family had bought a large house in the capital, including Zhuangzi and the shop.
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Hezhi County has always been a neat person, and within half a day, he had the chief bookkeeper record all the donations collected into the account of the Salesian Bureau.
Influenced by Lin Xiuzhuan, He Zhixian quickly started thinking, and within a day, he actually came up with a good idea.
Haha, indeed there are no unintelligent people, only lazy people.
He Zhixian simply admired himself.
And his good idea is to "drive". As for what to drive, of course it is donations.
Hezhi County asked his men to go to the carpenter's shop to customize twelve plaques. Each plaque was engraved with the four words "Ji Shan Home" in large letters, and then it was named after the county government of Zhoushan County. Finally, the officials were asked to knock on the plaques. Delivered to every house with gongs and drums.
After receiving the plaque, the merchants were a little confused for a while. However, the officials who received the instructions from Hezhi County quickly told them about Lin Zhuangyuan's donation of silver for them. Only then did the merchants understand what was going on. It turned out that Lin Zhuangyuan did not confiscate the gifts they sent, but took them instead. With this, they gained a good reputation.
It's just that no one has told the actual situation right now, otherwise it would push the Great Glory out.
Anyway, they all remember Lin Zhuangyuan’s goodness in their hearts.
When other wealthy households heard that these people had donated money to the Salesian Bureau, so the county magistrate rewarded them, they hurriedly took the money and ran to the county government office.
What a joke, if you can get such a good reputation for just a few dozen taels of silver, no fool would do it.
The result of this is that for a long time, people came to the county government office with money to donate.
This made life easier for the elderly and children of the Salesian Bureau soon.
But these are all things for later, so we won’t mention them today.
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After leaving the county government, Lin Yuanqiu and the others first went to find an inn where they would stay tonight.
Lin Sanzhu booked three rooms in total, one for himself and Ping An, and one for Yuan Qiu and Yuan Bai.
The innkeeper drove the carriage to the backyard of the inn, then took out the fodder and fed it to the horse with his hands and feet.
It was still late, and there were still several hours before dark. Sui Lin Yuanqiu asked the innkeeper about the location of the tooth shop, and then the group went directly to the tooth shop, and then got busy buying a dowry for Chun Cao. Come.
Compared with shops and paddy fields, Lin Yuanqiu feels that the most difficult thing to buy is a house.
Because it was used as a dowry, Lin Yuanqiu wanted to buy one that was a little older and the house looked 70% to 80% new.
So when buying a house alone, they visited three dental stores and looked at a dozen houses. Finally, when it was getting dark, I fell in love with a two-story courtyard house that was 80% new.
I heard that the owner of the house was planning to sell the house that had only been built for a few years because his family moved south.
Lin Sanzhu absolutely believed this, because after Yaji saw the official badge hanging on Yuan Qiu's waist, he knelt down and saluted.
Lin Yuanqiu originally didn't want to show his waistband, but at this moment, he didn't have time to find out the real reason why the owner sold the house.
Therefore, in order to avoid buying a bad house, he can only take this direct and effective method.
On the second day, Lin Yuanqiu asked Ya Yi to take him to the house again.
It was a bit dark yesterday and I couldn't see clearly in many places, so I didn't check it carefully.
Lin Sanzhu, Lin Yuanbai, Ping An, and Lin Yuanqiu, the four of them went around every corner of the house, mainly the doors, windows, and pillars in the house. They finally made a decision after finding no areas that were infested by insects. .
After buying the courtyard and house, the remaining shops and fields will be relatively easy. The shop looked at its location, and the paddy fields looked fertile. Within half a day, Lin Yuanqiu went to the county government office to get the house and land deeds completed.
Wang Xian Cheng was also there. After hearing that his in-laws asked the clerk to write Lin Chuncao's name on the house deed and land deed, Wang Xian Cheng immediately understood that this was a dowry purchased by his in-laws for his daughter.
Therefore, at this moment, Wang County Cheng, although he did not show it on his face, was actually very surprised in his heart.
Originally, Wang Xiancheng thought that the Lin family only had a Wenquxing, and there was nothing else, especially in terms of family background.
In addition, Lin Xiuzuan actually donated all the gifts yesterday, which made Wang Xian Cheng more aware that the other party came from a poor family.
But now, just from the dowry they bought for their daughter, we know that the in-laws must have plenty of money, otherwise who would be willing to buy hundreds of taels at a time.
Naturally, Wang Xiancheng would not think too much about the betrothal money given by his family, because this second house alone was more than what he had given.
After finishing the formalities, it was almost noon.
Wang Xiancheng was the host and invited his relatives to have lunch in a restaurant.
Because they had to leave home later, Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanbai did not dare to drink.
Lin Yuanqiu, on the other hand, was not interested in what was in the cup, so he didn't touch a drop.
On the way back to the inn, Lin Yuanbai had been a little absent-minded. At this moment, what he was thinking about was whether he should continue reading when he got home. After all, apart from knowing some words, he didn't know much about other related knowledge. not much.
To be honest, Lin Yuanbai was very shocked during the past two days with his fifth brother. From his unwillingness to be associated with his donation of gifts to his fifth brother, to his vision and various opinions when buying a house, all these made him shocked. Lin Yuanbai realized that he felt ashamed, and he worried about whether he would embarrass his fifth brother after arriving in the capital.
When I think of my cousins, I am the worst in knowledge. So Lin Yuanbai had already thought about it. After returning home, he must read more books.
In this way, after gaining knowledge, although I don't know if I can help my fifth brother, I think I won't lose face.
The weather has been good these days, so it is much easier for the carriage to run on the official road.
Except the dust is bigger.
By the time the carriage returned to the small mountain village, it was already dark.
Dinner has been eaten at home.
When she saw her son and husband coming back, Mrs. Feng acted quickly. After putting on her old clothes, she went to the kitchen to cook dinner.
Xiaohong and Xiaoju also helped choose and wash vegetables.
After a while, Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu came over, and they also changed into old clothes for working. Cooking and cooking were inevitable, so wearing old clothes made working much more comfortable.
Seeing her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law coming over, Ms. Feng immediately gave up her seat in front of the stove, "Sister-in-law, you should be the one to cook. Your cooking is much better than mine. By the way, I'm going to go fishing in the backyard right now." My Yuanqiu family loves fish the most!"
With that said, Mrs. Feng quickly took the bamboo basket for catching fish and went to the back of the house.
Seeing this, Ms. Liu quickly followed her.
Nowadays, there are many children at home, and I am worried that they will play with the fish in the water tank, so I specially added a wooden lid to the mouth of the water tank, and also pressed a stone on the wooden lid. It is difficult for one person to move this stone. Liu Shi was ready to go over and help.
In the hall, Lin Sanzhu told his parents, eldest and second brother, about buying a dowry for Chuncao in the county, and detailed the situation of the house, shop, and paddy fields.
In addition, he also talked about going to town tomorrow to buy a dowry for Chunyan, including wanting to buy two more rooms for servants, so that the two sisters can have one room each as a companion room.
These things cannot be hidden, and Lin Sanzhu doesn't think there is anything to hide.
All this money was earned by Gouzi himself from painting, and of course he could spend it however he wanted.
Old Lintou said, "Dazhu Erzhu, what are you two thinking?"
What were they thinking? The two brothers were stunned, not knowing what their father meant.
"Dad, I want to ask. Chunyan and Chuncao's dowries are much more than Chunmei and Chunxiu. Tell me what you think."
Old Lintou has a temperament that doesn't like hiding things, and he also adheres to the practice of solving problems immediately, so he asked this question now.
Only then did Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu understand what their father meant.
This is because you are worried that you will be unconvinced when you think of Chunmei and Chunxiu after seeing so many dowries of Chunyan and Chuncao, right?
Lin Dazhu couldn't help but said anxiously, "Dad, my son is not such a person. Not to mention that all this money was earned by Yuanqiu himself. It is Yuanqiu's own business to spend it however he wants. It is our current mansion in the capital. The son, Zhuangzi and the two shops are also all earned by Yuanqiu. In recent years, the son has only been enjoying the happiness and prosperity. If the son is still not satisfied, there will be no place to put his face."
Lin Erzhu had the same idea. He turned to Lin Yuanqiu and said, "Yuanqiu, don't worry, my second uncle is not the kind of greedy and ignorant person!"
Lin Erzhu clearly remembered that Chunxiu would not have had a dowry of six acres of land if Yuan Qiu had not suggested it to his parents. Considering the family's situation at that time, it was already considered a large sum of money.
Besides, if it hadn't been for Yuan Qiu, Chunxiu would not have been able to find such a good husband even if he was just a farmer digging in the fields.
Sincerity for sincerity, after hearing the heartfelt words from his eldest and second uncle, Lin Yuanqiu must have felt at ease, and everything he has done for this family has not been in vain.
They all say that "it's easier to share joys and sorrows together." For now, their family is still very united.
"Grandma, eldest and second uncle, when we settle down in the capital and have enough money, we can make up for the dowry for Sister Chunmei and Sister Chunxiu, as well as the eldest and second aunts."
Lin Yuanqiu told his family his inner plan.
There are two shops open in the capital, so I can transfer my business of book covers, bookmarks, and fan covers to the capital.
There are also hundreds of persimmon trees on Zhuangzi. They will be able to bear fruit in two to three years. There will be hundreds of them. When the time comes, they will be made into persimmon cakes and sold, which will be a huge income.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu has no worries about the livelihood of the whole family.
Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment after hearing Lin Yuanqiu's words about supplementing the dowry for the married woman. After they came to their senses, they couldn't help but nod their heads.
Especially the Wu family, Dani and Erni, although they are no longer short on food and drink, they are still not well off.
Therefore, if there is a dowry subsidy for the eldest daughter and the second daughter, she, the mother-in-law, will definitely support it with both hands.
