After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

Ling Ce also thought about the time in the past when he and Rourou talked about the Zhu family's harsh treatment of their servants.

Rourou nestled in his arms and said that if it were her, she would never be so harsh. The servants are also human beings. She believes that treating them well will earn their loyalty in return.

She did the same thing after entering the house. She always spoke softly to her servants. Today, according to what the maidservant who was kneeling on the ground said, she just spoke softly when he saw her!

Zhu will only deal with his servants severely when they make mistakes, and sell them out when they make big mistakes. He used to think that he was harsh, but Rourou always sells out no matter how big or small she opens her mouth!

He looked at Sang Rou, suppressed his disappointment, and asked calmly: "Scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, you are not nobler than farmers, you are even worse than farmers. You can be my head wife, why can't farmers be Qiang'er's head wife?"

Sang Rou's family background has always been a pain. Her father was a carpenter, not far from the Ling Mansion. Once when she went to work in the Ling Mansion, she met Ling Ce and held him tightly, but the Ling family's grandfather valued fame and fortune and looked down upon her. , under the pretext of repaying a favor, he selected a girl from Zhu family for Ling Ce!

He forcefully snatched her position as the head wife, forcing her and her son to live outside.

But, "Master, you and I truly love each other, how can that farmer girl compare?"

Ling Ce snorted and continued to ask: "Then you mean that as long as Qiang'er truly loves each other, he can marry him as his wife?"

"Sir, what are you talking about? How can a Qiang'er truly fall in love with a peasant girl?" She finally became the wife of an official, and her son recognized his ancestor and returned to the family tree and became a descendant of the Ling family. How could he marry a humble village girl!

It's ridiculous.

He's like a joke!

The woman he insisted on marrying, who didn't care about the secular world, family status, or etiquette, turned out to be told that he was a lowly farmer and not worthy of being the head wife of her son.

Rourou clearly said at the beginning that her family background was only a secular restriction, which was unfair to her. It was not her fault that she was born in a small family. She was more pitiful than the Zhu family. She begged him to pity her more. He did, but now she dislikes others. The female family background!

Ling Ce looked at his second son again, "What about you?"

He wants to know what his son thinks, whether he is the same as him or his mother.

Ling Qiang secretly raised his eyes to look at his father, and saw that his facial features were calm, with no sign of sadness or joy. Then he quietly looked at his mother, and when he saw her mother frantically gesturing to him, he immediately said with certainty: "Dad, I am the young master of the Ling family, and I will take over from now on." Naturally, the Ling family cannot be discredited.

The in-law relationship can bring the Ling family to a higher level. Dad, don't worry, I will never truly fall in love with a lowly and lowly woman. "

Mom said that good days must be created by oneself and held firmly.

Daddy is their greatest support. As long as they hold on to Daddy, they can live a good life.

Ling Ce closed his eyes.

The Zhu family that he despised the most were people like him who did not reject him because of the Ling family's family status;

His son Ling Ran, whom he criticized and scolded, was more like him. He didn't care about money or secular etiquette. He wanted to leave the Ling family even if he left the family business behind;

Wrong, everything is wrong.

Shui Qing watched Sang Rou rush over and complain in tears, and then saw the servant kneeling on the ground. She couldn't see Ling Ce's expression clearly and didn't know what was going on there.

Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang, and the others were worried. Isn't this the governor just going to believe something?

"Oops, do we need to explain? We can't let Empress Ling frame us!" Zhang Xiaowu yelled.

Wang Guifen sighed: "It's useless, that's the governor's wife. If he believes her, what's the use of you explaining?"

"Yes, if the explanation is useful, will Ling Ran run out? Ling Ran is his biological son! Even his biological son can't do it, how can outsiders like us be useful?"

Everyone's heart sank to the bottom.

Aunt Li said: "No way, I think the governor cares about Ling Ran, otherwise he would come to our Shanshui Village for him? Besides, how can there be an overnight feud between father and son? I always feel sorry for my son."

Everyone also wanted to believe it, but they didn't dare to put too much hope in return.

What Shui Qing was thinking was, why did Ling Ce come here?

He knew that Ling Ran was not here with her, and he had already given her a thank you gift. Sang Rou must have come without telling him, and he didn't know. Why did she come here?

Sang Rou also thought of this question, raised her tearful eyes, and asked in surprise: "Master, why did you come here?"

When I saw him just now, I thought I was seeing a savior. I was so happy that I forgot that the master didn't know that she was coming. Since he didn't know that she was coming, why did the master come here?

At this moment, the servant came slowly with the bullock cart.

The bullock carts were piled high, and they were endless, with no end in sight.

Sang Rou has been in charge of the Ling Mansion for almost three years, and she still knows everyone in the house, and the person driving the bullock cart is the servant who returned to the house to carry gold, silver, jewelry and rare treasures!

These servants were under Ling Ce's direct control and could not be called over by anyone, including her.

She was also extremely strict, no matter how much money she spent, they were unmoved - she accepted the money, but she refused to say a word, so she wouldn't be stupid to spend money later.

Ling Qiang thought of the belongings his mother had brought, and his eyes widened as he looked at the goods on the ox cart. He looked at his father and asked directly: "Dad, are these from home?

Do you want to give it to Ling Ran? "

Ling Ce had already accumulated enough disappointment, and now he just said lightly: "It's not a gift, the Ling family will be his from now on, these are a thank you gift to the person who saved him.

By the way, if you don't have the ability and need to rely on the clan to survive in the future, you'd better call me big brother. "

Ling Qiang froze on the spot.

Sang Rou's face changed drastically, and she called blankly: "Master?"

Shouldn't Qiang'er be allowed to take over the Ling family and bring glory to the family? Why do you think the master's words mean that he will hand it over to Ling Ran in the future?

Her slender nails dug deeply into her palms, and hatred flashed in her lowered eyebrows. Sure enough, cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots is not enough.

Then he came to his senses and said tentatively: "But, sir, my family background is weak and I don't have much dowry. I'm afraid I won't have much left for Qiang'er in the future. If you give us so much property, how will we, Qiang'er, live in the future?" ?”

Unlike Ling Ran, Qiang'er had Zhu's dowry. That dowry alone was enough for Ling Ran to eat and drink for three lifetimes! Her Qiang'er can only rely on the master. Now that the Master has given out so much at once, wouldn't it be possible to give Qiang'er even less?

Ling Ce didn't even look at it, and said: "There is no way to live without a dowry. You come from a small family and know how to live without money. You can teach a strong child."

In the past, he always felt sorry for Qiang'er who was not as wealthy as Ran'er. He obviously had the same father, but his life was very different. Now that he knew that the two of them lived the same life, it was unfair to Ran'er.

Ran'er's wealth is the result of the path paved for him by his grandfather and his mother, not because of his father!

And if Qiang'er didn't have him as his father, given Sang Rou's family background, he would probably be able to marry a craftsman, and he would not be able to starve to death, but he would definitely not be able to live a life of slaves.