Quick travel to save a miserable life

Now that it is confirmed that they will not go to the capital for the time being, the Lin family and his daughter can continue to live their lives in Yongning with peace of mind.

However, this ban still had a lot of impact on them.

This was different from the last imperial plaque. This time, the title was a real title, and it was a superior earl. It caused quite a stir in the small county of Yongning and even in the entire Ganlong land.

When the imperial edict came down, because Master Lin did not come back, Lin Hui declined many visits in this name and gained a moment of peace. But now that Master Lin has returned home, many people came here after hearing the news from the next day. .

Not only the wealthy squires in the county, but also some large households in the government and provincial capitals also sent people to give gifts and congratulate him. For a time, the Lin family was full of people.

Mr. Lin dealt with it patiently for two or three days, but he couldn't bear the disturbance, so he took refuge in Zhuangzi on the pretext of having to attend to the emperor's mission.

Naturally, Lin Hui, mother and son also came with them. In fact, it was true that they wanted to be sent by the emperor, because there were many imperial guards who returned to Yongning with Mr. Lin, and they wanted to drive the three seeds originally stored in Zhuangzi. It was transported to the capital two years ago and will be trial planted in Zhuangzi in Gyeonggi Province in the spring.

Because the three kinds of seeds added up to a large amount, and the weather was cold and the roads were difficult to walk, we had to pay attention to keeping these crops warm and frost-free. It took a lot of trouble to load them all into the truck and transport them away.

There are only a few seeds left on Zhuangzi, enough to plant several acres of land in the spring. However, Lin Hui believes that these crops are so high-yielding and the imperial court is fully promoting them. In a few years, these crops will be seen all over the world. Crop figure.

Although the errands have been done, the four members of the Lin family still live in Zhuangzi. They are really afraid of those people, because not only do they come to make friends, but more of them come to cling to them, and even want to contact Mr. Lin. Although they both have the same surname as Lin, they cannot say that their ancestors came from the same origin.

There were also people who claimed to be some distant relatives of Lin Hui’s maternal family. Some people who had never heard of him in the past suddenly emerged from their corners. Listening to their statements, not to mention Mr. Lin, Lin Huidu I feel ridiculous.

What's more, there were actually people who came to give Mr. Lin more than one concubine, because they felt that Mr. Lin had such a high title, how could there be no one to inherit it? They would definitely feel lacking, so someone sent them. A girl from a good family who has given birth to a child will definitely give birth to a boy for the Lin family, so Mr. Lin will accept it.

Mr. Lin couldn't help but sneer at this. If he wanted to take a concubine, there were many who couldn't take it when he was young. His wife had been gone for twenty years. During this period, no one tried to persuade him to remarry or take a concubine. He resisted every one of them. Decades have passed. How could he harm someone else's little girl at such a deaf age? Who does he think Lin Huaiyuan is?

Master Lin naturally declined them all, saying that with his grandson in the Lin family, there was no shortage of men. He also announced that the imperial edict stated that in the future, his grandson Lin Shunian would inherit the title a hundred years from now.

Seeing that there was no hope for Mr. Lin to work here, someone else started to think about Lin Hui. She was now the head of the county, no longer a merchant girl, and her son would become the next earl in the future. The people got involved, and their identities were naturally different, so many people came to ask for marriage for the children of the family.

Lin Hui had no choice but to speak out in person, saying that she had sworn not to marry again. This was reported to the emperor before the emperor, and anyone who wanted to marry her again would be letting her deceive the emperor.

Seeing this, everyone had to give up the idea of ​​marrying Lin Hui and stop thinking about it.

Because Lin Hui was granted the title of County Lord, each family also sent their female relatives to make friends. In the past, those people did not pay much attention to Lin Hui, because although the Lin family was rich, they had no descendants. Later, Lin Hui recruited a wife at home, and was also They despised and envied Lin Hui at the same time. What they despised was that she actually found a farmer's son as her husband. What they envied was that Lin Hui still lived a comfortable life after marriage, which was difficult for them to compare with.

Lin Hui was too lazy to deal with those people, so she took her children and stayed with Father Lin in Zhuangzi for a few more days, and took the opportunity to tell Master Lin about her next plan.

It turned out that Lin Hui said that she accidentally read in an ancient book that there was something called "cement", which was made by mixing limestone and clay and then adding sand and mixing it with water. After drying, It is as hard as stone and is used to build houses and pave roads.

Mr. Lin is no longer surprised by some of Lin Hui's whimsical ideas. Since Li Gu's incident, his daughter seems to have suddenly enlightened. She is no longer as innocent and lazy as before, but cheers up. , constantly learning new things. Although he likes his daughter no matter what she looks like, he is also more happy to see such a positive Huihui.

Although he had never heard of the "cement" his daughter was talking about, he fully supported it. The Lin family's current glory actually came from Lin Hui's initial messing around. What's more, the Lin family is no longer a merchant but a business owner. The Earl's Mansion can barely protect itself. Even if you find something new, you don't have to worry about it being robbed at will.

The four members of the Lin family stayed in Zhuangzi until the day before the Lunar New Year before returning to the city. After all, the New Year was just a few days away, and the family could not celebrate the New Year in Zhuangzi.

This year, Mr. Lin is in high spirits to pay homage to his ancestors during the Chinese New Year. The ancestors of the Lin family were just a small merchant, and his more distant ancestors may not even be as good as a merchant. Now he has become a superb earl. Although this is due to his daughter, his title is not. It fell on his head.

Therefore, he felt extra excited to worship his ancestors this year. Although he did not have a son, his daughter had brought the Lin family a glory that had been difficult to achieve in several lifetimes, changed the Lin family's family, and could also benefit their descendants. His daughter , no matter how many sons other people have, it’s hard to match him.

Although Lin Hui made good arrangements, it was inevitable that he would be busy during the Chinese New Year. The four eldest girls around Lin Hui all got married in the past two years. Si Qin left the house with his family and now opened a shop in the market. Lin Hui would have people visit the small shop from time to time. It was said that the business was not bad. Siqin also got married a year ago and now she is about to have a child.

Zhishu, Yuqi, and Mo Hua all got married within two years. Except for Mo Hua, who married his cousin after being expelled from the family, the other two were married to stewards of the Lin family, and they are all doing well now.

The current eldest girls around Lin Hui are Hexiang, Xueliu, Piaoxu, and Yanyu, and the second-class Juying was also given priority because Lin Hui was abused by the grandmother who took care of her when she was a child. Master Lin was furious when he found out. Furious, distressed and remorseful, she beat up the nanny and sold the whole family. This was the reason why Lin Hui no longer allowed her to serve her.

As for Tuan Tuan and Yuanyuan, after they were weaned, Lin Hui sent their wet nurse back to Zhuangzi. The two children were mostly cared for by maids, but since they could say they could run, they were surrounded by their own maids. I arranged for a few children from other families to play with them, so that they would not be surrounded by adults and lack the company of their peers.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lin Mansion finally became quieter, and Lin Hui began to arrange for people to test the cement.