When his son asked about this, Lin Sanzhu smiled and said, "My father has decided to rent out the shop on Tongsi Street, and the tenant is the shopkeeper Jin next door."
Ever since Lin Ji started selling pickled rabbits and chickens, he had been eager to give it a try when he saw the prosperous business of the shopkeepers next door. It's just that the chickens are okay, but the rabbits are really not easy to buy. They also went to the West Market to collect them, and found that there were only a few scattered ones brought by the hunters every day.
As for cured meat, you can’t pickle it today and sell it tomorrow. How can a business like this do well if the supply of goods cannot be guaranteed?
Therefore, although several shopkeepers had ideas in their minds, they did not put them into action.
Therefore, when Lin Ji put up the sign for the Waipan shop, shopkeeper Jin who sells rice cakes next door quickly took over.
"As early as last year, my father saw that he also wanted to sell cured meat, but he didn't know how good his craftsmanship was. He couldn't compare with our family. It was precisely because shopkeeper Jin also wanted to sell cured meat that my father thought of renting the shop. Give it to him, so that our rabbits and chickens in the village will not have to worry about running out of sales."
Lin Sanzhu has already made peace with Xu Shicheng, letting him continue to raise chickens and rabbits in the village, and then supply goods to shopkeeper Jin.
As for the money from the sale, apart from buying the chickens and the expenses at the farm, the rest is saved.
Lin Sanzhu was not worried at all about whether Xu Laoshi was greedy for money. Not to mention that this couple did not look like cheating people. Even if they really wanted to steal money, it would not be that easy. He was with Shopkeeper Jin signed the supply agreement, and the other party must have recorded the total number of chickens and rabbits sold.
Furthermore, Ping An and Pingshi are both with their master now. If they were parents who truly cared about their son, they would not do anything to disgrace their master.
Thinking of Mo Linxuan, Lin Sanzhu continued, "Father gave Mo Linxuan full power to Zhang Gui as you said, and let him make his own decisions on purchasing and selling goods. However, Dad asked him to report to Chunyan once a month. Account. By the way, there is also our villa. Dad asked your sister to help look after it. I think they are very happy. "
Of course Chunyan and Chuncao were willing. Since the two sisters had their confinement period in the villa the year before last, they would take their children to the villa to escape the heat whenever it was a hot day.
The day before the trip, Lin Sanzhu went to Sibaozhai again and sent over more than ten paintings that his son had recently painted. He also informed Shopkeeper Zhu that he would no longer send paintings for the time being.
Although he had been mentally prepared, Shopkeeper Zhu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Fortunately, I have saved a lot of Tao Master's paintings over the past year. Otherwise, if I suddenly got out of touch, I would definitely have to run a lot of business.
After saying goodbye to Shopkeeper Zhu and leaving Sibaozhai, Lin Sanzhu did not go home directly. Instead, he took a detour to Juyuan Street. There were several banks open on this street. However, when he saw the tall front doors with carved beams and painted buildings, he Lin Sanzhu quickly retracted his original plan.
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The ninth day of March is a good time to travel.
Before midnight, the Lin Mansion in Nanluogu Lane became busy. More than 20 carriages had already parked outside the gate, and the five or six newly purchased servants had already begun to carry luggage on the carriages.
Zhong Rong, Zhong Jinan, and Zhong Jinhua also came over, and it was Lin Yuanbai who drove the carriage to pick them up. Also coming along was the Zhong family's carriage, as well as several boxes of luggage carried on the carriage.
When he was carrying the box onto the carriage, Lin Yuanbai saw that there were several weapons in the largest wooden box, and the styles of those weapons were all things that Lin Yuanbai had never seen before. I guess these were the weapons that Uncle Zhong and the others usually used. It’s used for martial arts training, it’s really awesome when I think about it.
Soon, three escorts and a dozen escorts from Xingshun Escort Agency came over.
The escort agency has their own carriage, which contains, in addition to a change of clothes and bedding, food for the road.
For safety reasons, escorts have unwritten rules. They will only eat the meals prepared by themselves along the way, because only in this way can they avoid danger to the greatest extent and protect their escorts or employers.
At the right time, everyone in the Lin family headed by Lao Lintou came out, and Qin Xiucai was walking with them.
Qin Xiucai was the tutor that Qin Yu had found for the Lin family. He was in his forties, elegant and solemn. He had only been in the Lin family for a few days, and he had clearly sorted out the academic progress of the boys in the family.
Qin Xiucai lost his wife in his early years and had only one daughter. Since her daughter got married, she has been alone.
When he heard that Patriarch Qin was looking for a tutor, he recommended himself. Qin Xiucai thought that he was already in his forties, so why not go out for more walks while he was still able to move around, so that his life would not be wasted.
I saw that only a few days had passed, and the children looked like little scholars. The Lin family is quite satisfied with Qin Xiucai's teaching.
In order to facilitate travel, as early as half a month ago, the female relatives at home made themselves clothes that are convenient for traveling.
So at this moment, Zhou, Liu and Feng, as well as Gao Cui, Qin Hehua, Wang Yunxiang, Ding Ju, including Zhong Yurou, were all wearing light sleeveless skirts, and the colors were all The plain kind.
As for their hair, they are all wrapped in cloths. It is definitely not as convenient to wash them when they go out as at home. The only thing they can do now is to avoid getting dirty as much as possible.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu helped their parents get into the carriage, and others entered the carriage one after another.
According to the itinerary, they had to reach the Guanxian Station dozens of miles away before evening today. Therefore, it is not advisable to delay too much now.
Seeing their father, mother, and brother getting on the carriage, Chunyan and Chuncao's eyes began to get wet. Because they didn't want their parents and brother to worry more, the two sisters held back their tears and didn't cry out.
Chunyan held Feng's hand and warned, "Mom, when you go out, you, dad, brother and sister-in-law must take care of yourself."
"Don't worry, both parents know about it. But for you two sisters, your parents are not around. You two need to take care of each other. You also have to take care of Doudou and Yuan'er."
It was the first time that she had been separated from her two daughters for so long. She felt that she had a lot to explain, otherwise she would be really worried. But no matter how worried she was, the carriage started to move slowly.
Zhou Zixu cupped his hands towards Lin Yuanqiu and said: "There will be a time when you can achieve success, and there will be a day when you can show off your grand plans. I wish my uncle to go here and everything will go well for him!"
Wang Wenchang also sent his congratulations, "Cherish your time and work diligently, and show your infinite grace. I wish my uncle all the best."
In addition to Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang, Chen Yutang, Liu Qing'an, Zhang Yuan and Qin Wenjie also came today.
Several people also came forward to say goodbye to Lin Yuanqiu.
In this examination, Chen Yutang also made the list, but his ranking was relatively low. However, Chen Yutang was very satisfied with being able to pass the National Examination. In the past few days, he was carefully preparing for the palace examination to avoid accidentally falling into the same group as the Jinshi.
With the sound of horse hoofbeats, the carriage team slowly drove out of Nanluogu Lane.
Looking at the carriage driving away, Lao Zhangtou and his wife were worried. But as servants, apart from asking God and Bodhisattva in their hearts to bless the young master with safety and success, they could only guard the house and wait for the young master to return to Beijing.
Now that it is the test period, the travel of such a large convoy naturally attracts many pedestrians to stop and watch.
There are many well-informed people in the capital. The Lin family's carriage team here just passed in front of the tea house, and someone said that it was the carriage and horses of Lin Zhuangyuan's release to the north of the country.
At this time, there were several people sitting in the teahouse, so after hearing this, they couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Lin Zhuangyuan?"
"Let it go to Saibei?"
The shopkeeper in the teahouse said that such a situation was common, "What's so new about this? Every three years, many officials in the capital are sent abroad."
"No, that's not what you mean." A middle-aged scholar asked, "We just don't understand why Lin Zhuangyuan was sent to Saibei?"
"Yes, why were they released to Saibei?" Other officials also wondered.
If they remembered correctly, the top pick on the previous list was named Lin. Could it be him?
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "This is a matter of the imperial court. How can we ordinary people know about it? But in my opinion, Lin Zhuangyuan left the capital this time. If he wants to come back in the future, I'm afraid I don't know when it will be."
All the tea guests agreed with this. Although they did not know the affairs of the court, they still knew that it was difficult for local officials to be promoted without political achievements.
As for the land in the north of Saibei, it is well known that the land is barren and the products are not abundant. You said, how can it be possible to achieve political achievements in a place like this? It can be seen that Lin Zhuangyuan wants to return to the capital, but he may not have such hope.
Thinking of this, the tea drinkers couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. They still remember the horse riding parade when Lin was nominated for the No. 1 gold medal three years ago. It was an unparalleled scenery at that time, but now, alas, everything is really unpredictable!
And several candidates are even more uneasy. They thought that after entering the official career, they would be happy in life. Now it seems that not everyone can be satisfied.
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After the convoy left the North City Gate, it accelerated its speed. The official road along the road was flat, so there was no need to worry about bumps. But even so, Zhong Yurou still put a cotton cushion on her seat.
To be honest, Zhong Yurou didn't know if she was pregnant at this time, because during this period, she no longer felt nauseated as before, and eating and drinking soup had no impact at all, except that she was a little more snooty than before. Some, and the Guishui still hasn’t come.
But Zhong Yurou remembered that during the time when she came to Chugui, her menstruation was often not on time, so she shouldn't be pregnant, right?
But thinking about the current situation, Zhong Yurou felt that it was a good thing that she was not pregnant, otherwise the journey would have been bumpy, and if something happened, the trip might be delayed.
Although she thought so, Zhong Yurou could not help but feel a little disappointed. She really liked the little baby, so naturally she wanted to be pregnant with her own child as soon as possible.
What's more, in half a year, I and my husband have been married for two years. How can I not be worried when I haven't gotten pregnant for so long.
However, Zhong Yurou's worry did not last long. After checking into Guanxian Inn, her nausea started again.
Just like before, when she smelled the fishy smell, Zhong Yurou couldn't help but retched.
Seeing this, Ms. Feng thought her daughter-in-law was tired after riding in a carriage all day, so she hurriedly stepped forward and patted her back gently to help her calm down.
After all, Wu wanted to see more of women's pregnancies, and soon she thought about it.
So, Yuanqiu’s wife is happy, right?
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Chapter 185 Pregnancy
Thinking of this, Wu couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm afraid Yurou is pregnant."
Pregnant?
What are you pregnant with?
Feng was stunned for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses and glanced at her daughter-in-law's belly, "Did you say that Yurou is pregnant with a baby?"
Seeing the look of disbelief on the part of the third daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wu rolled her eyes and said, "Thank you for giving birth to so many children. You don't even remember what you looked like when you were so happy?"
What does it look like? Feng only remembers that every time she was pregnant, she didn't eat enough. How could she be so happy?
She turned to look at her eldest sister-in-law and her second sister-in-law. Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu immediately said that they were the same. At that time, even having a full meal was a luxury at home, and there was no time when she couldn't eat and vomited out.
But they both have daughters-in-law. When Gao Cui and the others were pregnant, didn't they look like this? The three younger siblings all saw her, so why can't they remember it now?
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu were about to say that your sister-in-law might be too happy to be stupid.
Then Feng asked, "Yurou, has your Guishui come this month?"
When Mrs. Wu heard this, she thought to herself that Ms. Feng and Lao San were indeed a couple. Their brains were so quick that she had never thought of this.
Zhong Yurou shook her head, blushing slightly and said, "Mom, my daughter-in-law came to Guishui last month."
"What! The future came last month?"
Ouch, my mother, she is definitely pregnant.
Feng immediately thought of the carriage ride today and said anxiously, "Yurou, do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"
"No." Zhong Yurou shook her head. Apart from being a little nauseous, she didn't feel any discomfort.
How can Mrs. Feng feel at ease? No matter what, she has to let the doctor take a look before she can feel at ease. But she doesn't know if there is a doctor at the inn.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly ordered the mother-in-law beside her, "Mama Cao, go ahead and call the young master over."
Hey, after Cao Ma responded, she hurriedly ran to the front hall.
Unlike an inn where men and women eat together in the same dining room, the inn has a front hall and a back hall. At meal times, the men eat in the front hall, while the women eat in the back hall.
Fortunately, the two places were not far apart. After a while, Cao Ma ran to the front. Maybe she was out of breath. In addition, there was no one else in the canteen at the moment, so Cao Ma did not lower her voice intentionally. After running into the hall, he reported, "Master, the young lady is pregnant. Madam, please come over quickly!"
Before he finished speaking, there was only an "ouch" sound. A pair of in-laws sitting on a bench fell to the ground. No, Lin Sanzhu should have slipped from the bench, and Zhong Rong was about to catch him. Maybe Because he was worried about his daughter, Zhong Rong couldn't stand firm enough, and in the end the two in-laws fell together.
Seeing his father's reproachful look, what Lin Sanzhu wanted to say was that if his in-laws hadn't stood up too quickly, the stool wouldn't have tilted up, causing him to fall.
But these are not important. The most important thing now is that he is going to be a grandfather. Seeing the smile on Ma Cao's face, he knows that his daughter-in-law is probably fine.
Zhong Rong, Zhong Jinan and Zhong Jinhua also saw the smile on Ma Cao's face. As a result, the father and son were a little relieved.
