The road back(22)

This year can be said to be the most absent-minded year for the Jia family.

When worshiping ancestors a few years ago, Wang Xifeng only muttered with Lin Yutong.

In fact, according to the distance, Lin Yutong had to wait outside the ancestral hall. Isn't this year, everything is different? Jia Zhen, the patriarch, is particularly discerning in some matters, so he moved Fourth Master and Lin Yutong to the front

Already.

So Jia Xia also came in, and even the young lady was able to stand behind Sanchun.

Men and women are separated. Lin Yutong is standing behind Wang Xifeng here. Before the official start, an embroidered pier has been prepared for Lin Yutong. She is treated just like Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing. There is a place to sit, and pregnant women will not be called.

Tired.

Youshi said: "I know you are heavy, so I thought it would be fine if you didn't come over this year. Your elder brother said that you are the most polite person, so he asked me to prepare..."

In fact, you don’t have to be present during the whole process of ancestor worship. People like Lin Yutong can just burn a stick of incense and leave. Originally, this was what Fourth Master and Lin Yutong planned. But when they came over to see it, they couldn’t leave again.

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Good guy, Xiudun was put aside to sit on, and the futon that he knelt down for so many times was placed with a warm pack several times in front of Lin Yutong. The warm pack was filled with burnt incense ashes, and it had to be replaced from time to time. Then

Bian, that is, Jia Baoyu is "weak" and has this special treatment.

Kneeling behind her, Yingchun and Tanchun always came to help her first after getting up. It was not a strenuous job in the first place, and now it is even less strenuous.

Wang Xifeng would look back from time to time to take care of her, and would find faults in various ways, saying that You didn't prepare the incense candle carefully and the smell was too strong.

Lin Yutong felt that if she were Youshi, she would have to slap Wang Xifeng in the face. For someone like Youshi, her husband is just like that, and she has no biological son. It’s hard to have in-laws to serve, and no sisters-in-law to cause trouble.

My daughter-in-law also died. Although life is unfortunate, it is at least a little better. Who knew that having such a sister-in-law across the house could make people angry to death.

Wang Xifeng is probably not convinced either. People like You, who want family background but not family background, and want talent but not talent, are ordered by the imperial court. But people like her are better than You in everything, but not as good as Fengguan Xiapei.

Youshi held it in, her eyes squinting at Wang Xifeng. But there was nothing she could do with such a person.

After the ancestor worship was finished, Lin Yutong said he was tired, and Jia Mu didn't even call Xifu to kowtow to her.

Just in time, I'm back now.

When she got on the carriage, Wang Xifeng helped her get up affectionately, but whispered: "There is something going on at the Lai family."

Leng Zixing must not be able to resist him. The couple from Zhou Rui's family checked outside and found out that the son-in-law was really hiding the traitor. In addition, Jia Yucun had a relationship with Leng Zixing and knew about Leng Zixing's affairs.

More. Now that Leng Zixing is in prison and knows that he will never get out, Jia Yucun even went to the prison to see Leng Zixing. The jailer said that this man wanted to coax Leng Zixing into making some money and property.

He said a lot of things to say for him. And Leng Zixing didn't know Jia Yucun, so he didn't have any superfluous words. Jia Yucun got angry and got in touch with Zhou Rui's family again, and told everything about Leng Zixing.

He told everything he knew. There was a wife and children in Tongzhou. It was like Zhou Rui's family marrying off their daughter to make a side house.

Zhou Rui and his wife spent their money and wanted to go to prison to question Leng Zixing. When Leng Zixing saw this attitude, he couldn't get better. No matter how good Lai Shangrong was to him, he would not turn against Zhou Rui and his wife for his own sake.

The talents are all in the house, and they both lose and prosper. It doesn't matter if you trap yourself in it because of Lai Shangrong.

So, he bit Lai Shangrong.

Lai Shangrong was bitten by two things, one was that he was forced to death by loan sharking, and the other was that he forcibly bought land granted by the royal family.

It's not unusual for the Lai family to engage in loan sharking. It's also not unusual to force people to die for it. Of all the loan sharks, there are a few who don't force people to die. This is just a matter of people not taking action against officials.

But the nature of the second thing was different. Was he trying to rebel by forcefully buying the land granted by the royal family or something else? Lai Shangrong wanted to build a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, but where was the place in the suburbs of Beijing? So he targeted a few

The family was in dire straits. The land was given as a reward when the People's Republic of China was founded. As a result, the Lai family replaced Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing with the dry land in the south of the Yangtze River. These royal relatives were all extremely depressed. They were just unhappy and couldn't even find a way to find justice.

No. And because my ancestors had done evil things to the royal family back then, they became even more afraid to speak.

Speaking of these two incidents, it can be seen that Leng Zixing is very measured. Did the Lai family commit few crimes? Quite a few! But he was very careful to only talk about Lai Shangrong's affairs and did not blame the Jia family at all.

After returning home after worshiping the ancestors, the Fourth Master received the news that Lai Shangrong had returned from meeting friends and was secretly held down.

Come to think of it, the Lai family is having a hard time this year!

Lin Yutong waited and waited until the fifth day of the first lunar month before the Lai family came to visit.

The person who came to the door was not someone else, but Aunt Lai. Aunt Lai didn’t come alone, she came with her daughter-in-law. She came with two cars of gifts, and Lin Yutong didn’t even look at the gift list, and just asked to invite people.

Just come in and that's it.

Aunt Lai can become the most proud person around Jia Mu, not without two brushes. On the one hand, she takes care of some things that no one knows for Jia Mu, and on the other hand, she is also very smart. The Lai family

My daughter-in-law is also very good at being a good person. She often gives the young master or young lady at home a pot of flowers or a kite. They are not expensive things, but they just attract people's attention.

Now when the two of them came to the door, they acted as if the unpleasantness had never happened at all, and they were very relaxed. They knelt down and kowtowed when asked to do so, with festive smiles on their faces, and they did not look like they were in trouble at all.

Waiting for rescue.

Very calm.

Lin Yutong even felt that Aunt Lai's vision for finding a daughter-in-law was higher than that of Jia Mu.

It was the first time for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to come to the door so politely. They had never said before that they had taken their cousin, the fourth master, as a man in the family seriously. When they spoke this time, their skills became even more evident: "...

...I just came to kowtow to the master. I wanted to come in the past years, but I was afraid that you would think us frivolous. At home, the old slave said, the master is the master, and the slave is the slave. If you forget the kindness of the master and become arrogant, do you still deserve to be a human being?

?I brought my daughter-in-law here today, but I don’t dare to say anything to express my New Year greetings to my master. Even if I bring my daughter-in-law here to acknowledge me, my legs and feet will not be good in the future, so that she can serve in front of my master.”

She spoke and Lin Yutong listened.

Lin Yutong listened to whatever she said.

He just pretends that he doesn't know what to do and doesn't respond.

They chatted for an hour, and when Lin Yutong didn't answer the conversation, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't sit still. Then the Lai family's daughter-in-law said: "Usually when mother-in-law is at home, she always says that the master is the master, and the master is not."

You are not a saint. No, you have a sharp eye. There is nothing you don't know." After saying that, she stood up and said, "I didn't listen to my mother-in-law's advice. I came in and told the master frankly.

It's over. Now, I'm really embarrassed to see you. As you know, my little son received the grace of his master and was given a good birthright after he was born. When the child is young, we say, the master's

Grace, no matter what his nationality is, he is still the slave of his master. Although he does not work in the house, he does not dare to do anything outside. However, this child is still young and has made bad friends outside... In fact, this

My friend was not an outsider, but the son-in-law of Zhou Rui's family was called Leng Zixing. This Leng Zixing didn't do what he wanted, so he was sued. He raised a younger one outside and gave birth to a son, which annoyed Zhou Rui's family.

He didn't care about his son-in-law's life and death. But he hated him, even the government hated him. He actually filed a lawsuit..."

Lin Yutong waved her hand: "Leng Zixing hates Zhou Rui's family for suing your family? What's the reason?" She didn't look at the Lai family's daughter-in-law who was kneeling on the ground, only looking at Aunt Lai: "Auntie sees things as they grow old.

Damn it, you still said that the master is not sage, why do you think I am easy to fool now? What is the purpose of you coming to our house? Since you know that this place is different from other places, why bother to act like this in front of me?

I’m singing, reciting, and beating.”

The Lai family's daughter-in-law choked and did not dare to speak. She knelt there, neither getting up nor kneeling.

Aunt Lai took a look at Lin Yutong and saw that this person was really steady and not arrogant or impetuous. For no reason, she actually felt that the person in front of her was more dignified than the old lady back then.

So, after giving his own daughter-in-law a wink, the Lai family's daughter-in-law got up on her own and then silently stepped aside.

Aunt Lai then stood up, sat in front of Lin Yutong, took off a purse from her waist and placed it gently on the table: "I'd like grandma to give me some advice."

Lin Yutong seemed not to have seen the purse, and only said: "Without my guidance, grandma will do nothing and watch her grandson die?"

of course not!

This visit was originally just a formality. Let people know that I have been here. Someone in the palace sent a message to me to bite the Zhen family. I betrayed the Zhen family in order to save my grandson. So what can I do if I have said all that? I turned around and blamed the master.

, it can be said that I was prompted here.

That was her original plan. She didn't intend to actually give out the banknotes she had with her, just in case.

Now that she looks like this, she has to be careful. Don't bite the Zhen family and turn around to arrest her grandson again. Those eunuchs in the palace are really cruel when they peel off the skin. Here

It has no other use, but it is effortless to deal with those eunuchs.

Now, when this person asked, she knew. Everyone knew about her plan.

The Lai family's daughter-in-law became ashamed, and she was in a relationship for a long time. She sang, chanted, and beat her, which seemed like a joke to others.

Grandma Lai didn't care what her daughter-in-law thought, she only asked cautiously: "Then what grandma said, can this be done?"

"What are you doing?" Lin Yutong pretended to be confused again: "What do you mean, mama? Aren't you here to pay me New Year's greetings today? Is there anything else?" After saying that, he started to yawn: "

You see, this means I am sleepy. I won’t leave you alone today.”

The daughter-in-law of the Lai family was a little anxious, but Grandma Lai stood up and blessed Lin Yutong with a smile: "Grandma, please rest. I will take my leave."

After going out, Lai's wife hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, what on earth is this..."

Aunt Lai glared at her: "Where has the usual cleverness gone? The money has not been returned, and the gift has been accepted. What else can I say? If you don't pretend not to know anything, what else can you do?"

Yes! It's easy for the master to deal with it. All he needs to do is to ensure that those eunuchs don't deny their accounts and don't let them go after the matter is done. What else can be done?

She let out a sigh of relief: "Everyone said that the Second Grandma was so powerful, but I was sweating all over in front of this lady. It's strange, they didn't look at me or say anything about me, so why were I so scared?

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Aunt Lai sighed: "He is a person... back then... who knows what will happen in the future... I will make up for it with a generous gift later..."

So, not counting ten thousand taels in his purse, in the evening, Lin Yutong received another box of jewelry, a box of calligraphy and paintings, and a villa in the suburbs of Beijing.

The value must be around 50,000 taels.

Lin Yutong felt that she had misjudged the strength of the Lai family. Asking Wang Xifeng to take 10,000 taels would depend on which side she moved. Asking her to take 50,000 taels... They would have to sell their ancestral land for 50,000 taels. But the Lai family

Well, it's just something that can be given casually.
To be continued...