It can be said that the kindness of the clan members to Yuan Qiu is obvious to all.
"Yuanqiu, dad listens to you."
Lin Sanzhu, who wanted to understand, was the first to support his son's approach.
Old Lintou also nodded, "Yuanqiu, I also listen to you."
Then came Lin Dazhu, Lin Erzhu, and Lin Yuanfeng and the others.
The younger nephew (fifth brother) is using the money he earned to gain face for his family. They are not even grateful enough, so they have no right to object.
Although Wu nodded, she still couldn't help but ask, "How many more paddy fields are you going to buy in Yuanqiu?"
Knowing that his grandma would definitely be reluctant to part with it, Lin Yuanqiu did not hide it and said with a smile, "Nai, my grandson is going to buy another hundred acres."
What?
One hundred acres!
Counting the existing eighteen acres, wouldn’t there be one hundred and eighteen acres?
Oops, not only Wu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but also Lao Lintou and Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but gasp.
Isn't this too much?
Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but laugh when he saw that his family members were all in pain, "Master, grandma, there is still one more rule that I haven't mentioned yet."
"What rules?"
Everyone looked at Lin Yuanqiu together.
Lin Yuanqiu said calmly, "If a family occupies an area with a clan member who is an official in the court, but bullies men, dominates women, and does evil outside, then their family will lose the qualification to receive the grain from the sacrificial fields!"
"Okay, okay, this is a good rule!"
Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised, "With these rules, we are far away in the capital, so we don't have to worry about any clan members using the name of Yuan Qiu to do mischief outside!"
Old Lintou also thinks this rule is good, so that his family will have no worries after arriving in the capital.
It was not easy for Yuan Qiu to become an official. If he could use this method to control his clan members, he would not have to worry about being dismissed from office by the emperor because of clan members' crimes.
After hearing the analysis of the old man and the third child, Wu was reluctant to part with it.
As long as she can do good things for her family and her grandson, she will definitely have nothing to say.
"Sir, when your grandson goes to town and has set up the sacrificial fields, you can talk to the clan leader and elders about this matter. By the way, ask dad and the eldest uncle and the second uncle to go with you."
Lin Yuanqiu felt that the elders in the family should experience things like this that make people's faces brighter. The advantage of this is that it can make people more confident.
This will definitely be beneficial when going out in the future.
Old Lintou suddenly remembered something. When he, his wife, his third son, and his grandson were left in the room, he couldn't help but ask, "Yuanqiu, do we need to tell the clan members about our recipe for making persimmons?"
"No, don't tell anyone."
Lin Yuanqiu shook his head and answered without hesitation.
Not to mention that after their family went to the capital, they would have to support themselves by selling persimmon cakes. Telling the recipe to the tribe now will only be counterproductive. Then some tribesmen will definitely say, since you are so kind, why not tell them earlier, so that they can earn money in the morning.
So, no one said anything.
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The next day, Lin Yuanqiu and Lin Sanzhu went to the town. This time it was Lin Yuanbai's carriage.
Seeing that Fourth Brother's eyes were red, Lin Yuanqiu was a little puzzled, "Fourth Brother, what's wrong with your eyes? Is it because you didn't sleep last night?"
Lin Yuanbai nodded and said honestly, "I was a little late reading last night."
Reading?
Lin Yuanqiu was a little surprised. Didn't the fourth brother hate reading the most?
Perhaps the surprise on Lin Yuanqiu's face was too obvious, and Lin Yuanbai was a little embarrassed, "Your fourth brother, I suddenly love reading."
How did Lin Yuanqiu know that just because of what he said to his family, Lin Yuanbai had the idea that reading more would definitely be useful, so he held the book and watched the third update last night. I also took a bookmark to mark the places I couldn’t understand, and prepared to ask my elder brother when the time comes.
Since I had already greeted a few Yahang last time, when I went to Yahang again today, they quickly offered me seven or eight paddy fields.
Some have thirty-two acres, some have twelve acres, and some have more than twenty acres.
Although it is a patchwork, Lin Yuanqiu does not want the paddy fields to be too far apart. It is best not to be too far from the small mountain village, so that it will be easier to manage in the future.
In the next half day, we rode in a carriage and went to inspect the paddy fields with Yaji.
Although Lin Sanzhu is not good at farm work, he still has the ability to check whether the paddy field is strong or not, because his father told him that the darker the soil, the thicker the soil must be fatter.
Therefore, whenever they went to a place, Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanbai first checked the color of the soil. If it was yellowish, they would get on the carriage and change places. If the color was dark, they would take off their shoes and socks and go into the field to see the thickness of the soil layer. Is it below the knees?
Following this selection method, they finally selected four paddy fields, totaling a total of 102 acres.
Fortunately, these four plots of land are relatively close to Xiaogaoshan Village. Even the 32 acres that are relatively far away only takes about half an hour by driving an ox cart.
After returning home, Lin Yuanqiu gave several land deeds to Lao Lintou, and he planned to leave the rest to his family.
There are too many things going on during this period, and I always feel like I haven’t had a good rest since I was named on the gold list. In addition, money has been spent in the past few days, so in the next few days, Lin Yuanqiu wants to carry his book box, live in the mountains for a few days, and then paint more and earn more money.
It is said that a penny can defeat a heroic man. Lin Yuanqiu is certain that if he had not had money in his pocket, he would not have been able to stand up so straight these days.
Early the next morning, Lin Yuanqiu went up the mountain with Ping An, who was carrying a book box.
At the same time, Chief Lao Lin led his three sons to Patriarch Lin's house.
When the four father and son passed by, everyone in the clan saw them. Everyone was wondering what the Dagui father and son had to do with the clan leader. However, within half a cup of tea, they saw the clan leader's grandson Feiya. He seemed to have rushed out of the house. After a while, I saw several clan elders being helped over. After another half an hour, Lin Deyun came out with a gong, then he knocked hard, and then shouted with a loud voice:
"All members of the Lin clan, please go to the ancestral hall immediately. The patriarch has something to say! All members of the Lin clan, please go to the ancestral hall immediately. The clan leader has something to say!"
Because the sound of Lin Deyun's gong was so loud that the clan members were a little panicked, so at three o'clock in the morning, everyone packed the ancestral hall.
Fortunately, when the clan leader and clan elders came in, they all had smiles on their faces, which seemed to be a good thing. At this time, the clansmen's anxious hearts finally returned to their original place.
Patriarch Lin was so excited for the first time in his history, so he spoke a little incoherently, "Everyone who is celebrating this great event, I called you here today because I want to tell you about this great event. Many people in our clan no longer need to eat only two meals a day. From now on, I can eat three meals! Hahahaha.”
People from all tribes: "..."
Then everyone looked at me and I looked at you, with eyes and faces full of doubts: Who is the happy event? Who is happy?
When the clan elders nearby heard this, they almost laughed out loud.
As for Chief Lin, he was still grinning with excitement from the corners of his mouth to his ears, and he didn't realize at all that he had called his clan members a "great event".
Seeing this, Lin Deyun quickly reminded his father in a low voice.
A quarter of an hour later, Master Li, who was teaching the students to read the text in the class room of Ethnic Studies, which was separated by a wall from the Ci Hall, suddenly heard loud laughter coming from next door, and it was a group laugh, that is, there were many, many people together. The sound of laughter.
At the beginning of last year, Mrs. Wang resigned from the post of master. Now the master's surname is Li. Unlike Mrs. Wang's child, Master Li has the reputation of being a scholar.
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"Sir, when I was passing by the river just now, I heard a woman washing clothes praising you and the master again."
Ping An put the food box he was carrying on the square table, then opened the lid and took out all the food inside.
In the past few days, Lin Yuanqiu had gone down the mountain to get food from Ping An.
Lin Yuanqiu didn't waste any time. After washing his hands, he started eating with a bowl in hand.
As for what Ping An said, Lin Yuanqiu had heard too much in the past few days. Just like the day before yesterday when Yan Chuncao returned home and went down the mountain to entertain guests, many women from the clan came directly to his door to thank him profusely.
Lin Yuanqiu never expected that his decision to allow pregnant women to receive food rations would cause such a huge response among the women in the clan.
Several women were wiping tears while thanking him.
Such a scene is really unexpected.
Lin Yuanqiu didn't know that nowadays, pregnant women from farm families are always busy in the fields from the time they get pregnant until they give birth to a baby. In the words of their mother-in-law, if you don't work, where will the food be for you? This is how I came here back then. Yes, you are the most valuable!
It can be said that many pregnant women grit their teeth and work in the fields.
But things are different now. With the regulation that pregnant women can receive food rations from the sacrificial fields, when they become pregnant again, if they can't bear the food and go to the fields, they don't have to go to the fields anymore.
Anyway, there are rations for pregnant women in the clan, so they can eat their own food, and my mother-in-law will definitely have nothing to say.
Because of this, the upright women of childbearing age in the clan were sincerely grateful to Lin Yuanqiu.
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This time for the No. 1 Scholar Banquet, Wu was still preparing to buy cakes and snacks to give to the clan members who helped out, just like the previous banquets.
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Chapter 153 The whole family goes to Beijing (1)
This time, Wu directly handed over the task of buying cakes to Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong. The four of them were also fast. It only took more than an hour to drive the carriage back and forth, and they bought hundreds of bags of cakes, and they were still the same as before. , it’s still hibiscus cake and small twists.
"Nai, luckily our carriage is big enough, otherwise we would have to make another trip."
While Lin Yuanbai was talking to Mrs. Wu, he took a bamboo basket and put bags of cakes into the basket.
After hearing this, Lin Yuanfeng said proudly, "Our carriage must be big. When I went to the carpenter's shop to choose, my father specially selected the larger one. It is more than two taels more expensive than the carriage next to it."
Lin Yuansong and Lin Yuanhuai nodded repeatedly, agreeing with their elder brother's statement. When they bought the carriage, they also knew that the reason why they wanted to pick a big one was to make it easier to transport persimmons to the county town for sale.
The four cousins were proud of the excellent quality of their carriage, but they soon thought that it would not be long before the carriage would be left in the village.
Lin Yuanbai was a little reluctant, "Nai, why don't we let our horses follow us to the capital."
As soon as the words came out, Lin Yuanbai himself felt that it would not work. Private horses could not get on official ships.
Mrs. Wu naturally understood what her grandchildren were worried about. They were worried about leaving the horse in the village for fear that no one would take care of it.
Then he smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you don't want the horse to be hungry, your father said that he will find a clan member to raise the horse for our family first, and then we will ask a caravan to take the carriage to the capital later."
The old man told her last night that the family's horses would be raised by the tribe. He also said that he had already made an agreement with Gao's family to let them help with the caravan going to the capital one day. Bring the carriage. The old man also talked about the house at home. When talking about it, he told the clan leader and asked him to arrange for people to come and check it out from time to time, so as not to let rats build a nest.
In the courtyard house on the mountain.
Old Lintou was also talking to his grandson about the house.
Lin Yuanqiu did not support his grandfather's arrangement of asking the patriarch to help take care of the house, "Master, it is easy for people to get into trouble if the house is not occupied for a long time. My grandson's idea is that we might as well arrange for a house of servants to live here, so that not only will there be people living there, Take good care of the house at all times, and our mountain is also taken care of."
In Lin Yuanqiu's opinion, the house here is the root of their family, and it must be guarded by someone to prevent leaks and repair cracks in the walls, so that the house will not be abandoned.
