In fact, Lin Yuanqiu knew that the family was worried about his eldest aunt, second aunt, and two cousins, so he gave these to the milk to supplement his aunt and cousin.
That night, Dani and Erni, as well as Chunmei and Chunxiu, who left the east room with the cloth in their arms, had tears in their eyes. They were touched by their family's love for them, and they were also reluctant to part with their loved ones.
But no matter how reluctant I was to say goodbye, the day of farewell still came.
Before midnight, the villagers saw a dozen carriages entering the village, and the sound of horse hooves made the originally quiet morning become lively.
Seeing this scene, many villagers holding porridge bowls and drinking porridge quickly sucked the remaining few mouthfuls into their stomachs, then put down their bowls and chopsticks and followed the carriage to the end of the village.
"Are these carriages here to take people to the capital?" a villager with a face asked.
"No way, this is to send Dagui and the others to Fucheng Pier. I heard from Dazhu that they are taking an official ship to the capital this time."
The person who spoke was Lin Daniu, who was holding his little girl who was just one year old in his arms.
When the others heard that they were on an official ship, they couldn't help but be envious.
"Oh, that's not a good thing."
"It's good to be able to read. Once the rice is harvested, I'll send some of the boys at home to study!"
Lin Daniu laughed and said, "I said Lin Laoliu, you are not stupid, you are harvesting rice and sending a few boys to school, but you don't want to eat it yourself?"
Lin Laoliu rolled his eyes and said, "You are stupid. There are seven people in my family who can eat the grain from the field sacrifice. Why can't we sell some grain to educate the children?"
"Yes, we have grain for the field sacrifice this year." Lin Daniu slapped his head, wondering how he could have forgotten such an important thing.
Also, I didn’t expect that Lin Laoliu’s family would actually have seven places, which is really enviable. But so does his precious little girl. Thinking of this, Lin Daniu smacked his daughter's little face, haha, his daughter brought her own food.
When the other tribesmen nearby heard this, they thought, yes, there will be grain sacrifices for the fields this year, and there are people in their families who eat the grains for the sacrifices to the fields.
So, how about their family also sends their children to school starting from this year?
Lin Shi's father also had this plan, "It's great to study. Look how happy your family is now. That's the capital, where the emperor lives. We, let alone live in the capital, will never live in the capital again." There’s no chance to go for a spin.”
Lin Shi’s father’s words. Naturally, it was recognized by all the villagers, but it just didn't even have a chance to go around.
Lin Daniu couldn't help but said, "Let alone the capital city, I have never even been to the capital city."
"I haven't been there either."
"Me too!"
"I've never even been to the county seat."
Everyone was talking, expressing their envy for Lin Dagui's family.
Lin Jincai and Jin were also walking in the crowd, followed by the two brothers Lin Quanhe and Lin Quanjiang, followed by Zhang and Xu, and their three grandsons-in-law. As for Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenqing, it was rare for them to go out today. , a family, except for a few children running around the village, only Lin Wenjin, who was in a private school in the town, did not come over at this moment.
To be honest, if they weren't worried that the clan members would say they had no family ties, Lin Jincai and his family would definitely not be bothered to come over to see them off today.
Especially the Jin family, every time she sees her grand-in-law looking like an old official lady, she feels very uncomfortable.
Since Erfang donated so much land to the clan, now two out of three sentences by the clan members are guaranteed to praise Erfang. The noble family is a kind-hearted person, and we, the Lin clan, will enjoy great blessings in the future. Thanks to Dagui and his family.
So in the past few days, Mrs. Jin stayed at home and did not go out, so as not to hear the words of the flatterer and give herself a headache.
Yes, in Jin's view, these tribesmen are just flatterers. They take advantage of other people's short hands and eat their soft mouths, so they pat them hard.
Just like now, all fools know that if dozens of people like the second room go to the capital together, it doesn’t matter whether the life is good or not, just the place to live is hard. If the capital is really like our small mountain village, just buy a piece of land. You can build a house. Wen Yan Wenqing said it yesterday, saying that houses in the capital are not very expensive. If you go to the second house this time, even if you can buy a house, it will only be a small yard for one or two people. So, if dozens of people live in such a small courtyard, is this called going to the capital to enjoy the blessings? hehe.
Like her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhang "hates evil as much as she hates hatred", so after hearing everyone talking about enjoying the blessings of a second room, she couldn't hold it back and sneered, "How much more blessings can we enjoy? I'm afraid there won't even be a place to live in when we get to the capital." Bar."
Not open?
Such a large four-entry house is still not spacious?
Everyone looked at Mrs. Zhang as if they were a fool, wanting to see if this person was awake.
In fact, it's not surprising that Lin Jincai and the others didn't know about Si's entry into the mansion. They had been staying at home these past few days and didn't go out much.
It turned out that the day before yesterday, Mrs. Qin went to talk to her old sister Wu, and when she asked whether she should rent a house or buy a house to live in after going to the capital, Wu told her that she had bought a large house in Beijing, and He also led his good sisters to the room to look at the picture of the house. When Qin saw the garden and pavilions on the picture, she was so shocked that she said Wu was so lucky.
Naturally, Mrs. Qin wanted to help publicize the great deeds of the good sisters. Therefore, within half a day, there was an endless stream of villagers who came to see Mr. Wu and Old Lintou to see the house plans. Even the head of the Lin clan and the clan elders came over. .
Finally, in order to prevent everyone from crowding into the room, Lin Dazhu simply hung the picture of the house in the main room.
It can be said that everyone in the village now knows that Lin Dagui's family went to the capital to live in a large house, so after hearing Zhang's words, they were naturally very strange.
Seeing everyone's looks like they were looking at fools, Ms. Zhang was dissatisfied, "How could I be wrong? My Wen Yan's former classmate said that houses in the capital are rare."
Daniu's wife asked: "Don't you know that Uncle Dagui bought a big house in the capital?"
"What kind of big house?" Ms. Zhang shook her head, "I don't know."
"Oh, go and take a look later. The picture of the mansion is hanging in the main room."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jincai and the Jin family, including Lin Quanhe and several others, looked at each other with blank expressions in their eyes.
Clan Chief Lin and several clan elders came over early in the morning. Seeing that the carriage had stopped, Clan Chief Lin hurriedly called on the young men in the clan to load the boxes and cages onto the carriage.
Since I only brought clothes, bedding and daily necessities, my luggage for this trip to the capital was light.
After all the boxes and cages were loaded on the carriage, Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu were ready to help their parents get on the carriage.
Lin Sanzhu stood still. He would not do something like this that would get him scolded.
Sure enough, he saw his mother pushing away the hands of the eldest and second brother, "Your mother is very agile, why are you helping me!"
Wu Shixin said, with so many people watching, and the two little kids supporting her, people who didn't know would have thought that I couldn't move at all.
In fact, I am only over sixty, and my hands and feet are very nimble.
With this thought in her mind, Wu got into the carriage much faster. She grabbed the edge of the carriage door, then lifted her butt with her right foot and quickly entered the carriage.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu: "..."
Lao Lintou's action of getting into the car was basically the same as Wu's. He first grabbed the edge of the door, then raised his feet and moved his butt, and got into the car very neatly.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu, who were scolded, could only stand behind and support him. After seeing their father get on the carriage smoothly, they lowered their raised arms.
Lin Yuanqiu was the last one to get on the car. After saying goodbye to everyone, he was about to lower the car curtain when he heard the sound of horse hooves not far away.
Lin Yuanqiu poked his head out of the car window and saw two green carriages approaching not far away.
When the carriage stopped, two people quickly got out of the carriage in front, namely Wang Xiancheng and Wang Wenchang.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yuanqiu saw Chuncao and Xiaoju getting off another carriage.
A quarter of an hour later, the convoy heading to Fucheng quickly set off from Xiaogaoshan Village. The difference from before was that this time there was an additional young couple among the people traveling together, namely Wang Wenchang and Lin Chuncao.
Wang Xiancheng had mentioned this matter to Lin Yuanqiu before, and Lin Yuanqiu agreed at that time. They said that the wealth would not go to outsiders, and he would definitely be happy to teach his brother-in-law.
I thought that time was too hasty this time and Wang Wenchang would not follow him until next year. Unexpectedly, Wang Xiancheng sent people over this time.
Lin Yuanqiu opened the envelope given to him by Wang Xiancheng and saw six 100-tael silver notes inside. This was money for him to help buy a house in the capital.
Chun Cao and his wife went to the capital together, and the happiest person was naturally Feng. Thinking of Zixu and Chunyan who had already set off to return to the capital, Feng couldn't help but smile. Now her two daughters were by her side again. very nice.
After arriving in Fucheng, the family first found an inn to rest for the night, and then boarded the official ship to the capital early the next morning.
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Chapter 155 Dizzying
Perhaps it was because we had so much company on the boat this time. The children who stayed in the cabin and had never been out much did not feel bored at all.
As for why most of the children stayed in the cabin, it was still the order given by Old Lintou.
There were quite a few officials on the ship. When they boarded the ship that day, Old Lin saw them all. He was worried that the children would be too naughty and would disturb others, so he simply asked the children to stay in the room and avoid going out.
Besides, every time the ship passed the confluence of the rivers, the water was very fast. Old Lintou was really worried that people standing on the deck would accidentally fall into the river.
So sometimes not only the children were restrained in the cabin, but also a few adults, Lao Lintou, were reminded from time to time.
The Dazhu brothers are also extremely filial. They often do whatever their father says. Not only do they try to go on the deck as little as possible, but they also keep an eye on other people in the family. Especially after I saw someone actually accidentally falling into the water, I was even more worried about it.
Fortunately, the man who fell into the water was quickly fished out by the boatman, otherwise he would not be alive.
As for the Zhou family, Liu family, Feng family, Gao Cui, and by the way, Spring Grass, they had no intention of hanging out on the boat. They were surrounded by rivers. There was nothing good to see. With this time, they might as well Do more embroidery work and earn more money for your family.
Before going out, Mrs. Wu said that after arriving in the capital, her family would start to pay monthly silver coins to both adults and children like other wealthy families.
As for how much each person will receive, it will depend on the income from the embroidery. If it is not bad, then we will set it higher, for example, one or two per month for the adults, and two hundred Wen per child.
Wu's words made her three daughters-in-law and four grandsons-in-law very excited. They were not excited about how much money they could get every month, but they were full of yearning and confidence for life in the capital.
Therefore, during the past few days on the ship, Zhou and the others focused on their needlework. They all thought about making more embroidery, so that when they arrived in the capital, their family would be able to start an embroidery business immediately.
Not to mention the Zhou family, even Lin Dazhu and others had the same idea. If they hadn't been on the ship now and had no space or wood, they would have taken out the planes and saws and started making wood chips for bookmarks.
Speaking of bookmark wood chips, fortunately, when I went out this time, I brought all the ones I had made at home, so that after the pattern is embroidered, I can wrap the wood chips in the embroidery cloth and make the finished bookmark directly.
I don’t know whether it was the effect of ginseng or the anti-seasickness medicine she took before boarding the ship. During the past few days on the ship, Wu had no discomfort.
Seeing her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law busy with needlework, Mrs. Wu did not sit down, but helped to divide the embroidery thread. And after seeing that her son and grandson were idle, Wu also asked them to help divide the embroidery thread.
Anyway, no one else saw me in the cabin, and besides, there is no rule that only women can do the work of dividing embroidery thread.
The adults are busy, and the children are not idle either.
Although she is only eight years old, Lin Wanqing already looks like a big sister.
In order to allow her younger siblings to stay in the cabin, the little girl took out pens and paper from her camphor box, and then began to teach her younger siblings to draw fish, chickens, and rabbits, as long as they could think of it. Lin Wanqing taught her everything. Although the rabbit she painted looked similar to a mouse, it did not affect the little girl's growing enthusiasm at all.
As for Lin Moxuan, they certainly listened to what their eldest sister said, and they were particularly serious about learning painting. They all remember the picture of many houses in their great-grandmother's room, which was painted by their uncle.
In the eyes of several children, there is no one more powerful than their little uncle.
Seeing how devoted his nephews and nieces were to painting one stroke after another, Lin Yuanqiu made a decision in his heart. He planned to teach more children at home to draw whenever he had free time in the future.
Nowadays, many wealthy families hire painters to teach their children to learn painting. If I happen to have the ability to paint, I can teach my children a lesson.
Official ships don't have to stop all the way, and their speed is naturally much faster than ordinary passenger ships. Waiting for the boat to turn around and enter Zhuozhou, after another half day's journey, we arrived at Tongzhou Pier.
After getting off the ship, Lin Yuanqiu was not in a hurry to hire carriages and horses for everyone to drive to the capital.
It's almost midnight now. Even if we arrive in the capital, the city gates must be closed. In Lin Yuanqiu's opinion, instead of temporarily looking for a place to stay outside the city gate, it is better to find an inn here to stay and take a good rest. After the last night, wouldn't it be more convenient to hire a carriage to return to Beijing tomorrow morning?
Lao Lintou naturally had no objection to his grandson's arrangement, and just asked Lin Yuanqiu to find an inn nearby.
In this way, it will be more convenient for them to hire a carriage tomorrow morning, because there are several car dealerships open at the dock.
