A visit to Fangchun

Lin Daiyu fell silent for a long time, then Fang said: "The third younger sister gave me this box of bank notes, and she must have something else to tell me."

Jia Tanchun looked at her carefully, and saw that the first delicate beauty in all ages had no make-up on, and her soft long hair was loosely pulled, and only a pearl hairpin the size of a lotus seed was inserted in her hair.A plain satin jacket, a plain white satin skirt, and a moon-white double-breasted long jacket. Only the collar and cuffs are embroidered with cursive patterns with silver thread.The Yingluo collar that used to be worn on the neck was not worn either.If this body looks ordinary, it is not far from filial piety.

Sighing and shaking his head, Jia Tanchun suppressed the sorrow and pity in his heart, forced his tears down, rubbed the tea bowl, and said in a low voice: "Sister Lin, you go back this time... If Uncle Lin is still there If I can get up, I'm afraid I won't send you such a letter. So this time, Sister Lin, you remember, after you go back, you must never leave Uncle Lin's bedside..."

Lin Daiyu only felt that she had heard wrong.

Although her father is seriously ill, even though she is the only blood, she is a daughter after all, and she is an unmarried daughter who has grown up. As expected, she never leaves her father's sick bed. In terms of the court's etiquette, I am afraid it is not suitable... …

Jia Tanchun looked at her surprised face, and said again: "Uncle Lin only has one daughter, sister Lin, and none of the brothers from the other relatives. If there is a day, Uncle Lin suddenly looks back, and my sister is not here." By my side, who should listen to the last last words?"

Lin Daiyu suddenly realized.

Jia Tanchun was afraid that people from the Lin family would forge Lin Ruhai's last words, and he was afraid that he would suffer a disadvantage.This is absolutely not the case.

Lin Daiyu shook her head with a slight smile, and said: "Third sister, don't worry. Although my Lin family is big, there are many people. Especially my father, because he was eager to ask for a son in the early years, my mother gave him several concubines. But I At home, it’s still the same.”

Jia Tanchun found that she still didn't understand who he was asking her to guard against, so he could only speak more clearly: "Sister Lin, when the time comes, Uncle Lin might dismiss you and want to talk to someone in private. At that time , you can't go either."

Lin Daiyu's expression changed.

Father distracted himself from talking to others in private?Who would that be?The Lin family was afraid that only a few distant relatives would go to help take care of his father's funeral - the third younger sister was actually talking about the second elder brother Lian?

Lin Daiyu finally thought of this layer, but her face turned red all of a sudden.

She knows what's on her own mind, but Baoyuna is a fool, but his affection for her is clearly written on his face, not to mention the tendency that his grandmother has always shown...

Lin Daiyu lowered her head and bit her lips, a little annoyed with shame, and secretly gave Jia Tanchun a look.

Jia Tanchun couldn't help but sighed again, and continued in another direction: "Speaking of this matter, I feel sad. Sister Lin, why do I work so hard to make money? It's not because I count according to the rules of the Jia family. Come to think of it, when a daughter like me gets married, there is only a dowry of three thousand silver in the public. This is not only all kinds of utensils, but also the silver in the pressing box. Originally, if I were the daughter of the main wife, I would also have my mother’s dowry You can share some with me, but now you have seen my aunt's appearance, she is just a slave born in Jia's family, how can there be private money? If there is, I am afraid that I have to keep it for the elderly, or subsidize the ring. Others, if the master is willing to love me and ask for a few more points for me, there may be more. But I have a younger brother, so the master can give him more when Huan'er gets married in the future. At this time, he must save me... ..."

Lin Daiyu's complexion changed slightly, and she couldn't help but said in a soft voice: "What the third sister said is very true. A daughter's dowry, one is the mother's dowry, and the other is the gift from the father. But I am the only one of my parents... ..."

Jia Tanchun heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded deeply: "That's right. So, sister Lin, whether your Lin family's wealth is tens of thousands or a three-room house, no matter where you start, as long as Uncle Lin doesn't leave anything behind, you must tell others. , then it’s all yours alone. Others, depending on who he is, don’t want to touch you for nothing!”

Lin Daiyu looked at her suspiciously: "These things, the relatives of the Lin family have not had any contact with us these years. Although my father gives them money every year to build a family study and set up a sacrificial field, he has no intention of sharing the family property with them. My Lin family has been scholarly for generations, and the elders of those clans I have met in the past are not the kind of people who have lost their conscience for money. Could it be that I have my grandmother by my side, and who has the guts to rob me? What's wrong?"

Jia Tanchun couldn't laugh or cry, why did he go back again?

"Sister Lin, unless the emperor expressly orders these things to be seized, no one would dare to take them away, but there is no reason to keep them! Do you understand? The money is in your own pocket, It’s different from other people’s treasury. If you have broken silver in your own box, if you want to buy silver frost charcoal, you can buy silver frost charcoal; if you want to buy an extra smoke cage, then you can buy an extra smoke cage; The cook on the boat can order two extra favorite dishes tomorrow; even if you want to bring gifts to your brothers and sisters on the return trip, you can decide whether to buy one tael or 100 taels. For - do you understand?"

Lin Daiyu finally fully understood.

If because she is a daughter, she is so young, and she behaves particularly ignorant of worldly affairs, then no matter how worried the father is, the only way is to entrust all the family property to Jia's house.But once the money enters the Jia family's treasury, it will be embezzled in a blink of an eye just like the private money brought by his father last time.When the time comes, he will smile apologetically, can he still turn his back on him?After all, it's under the fence...

Lin Daiyu nodded slowly.Gritting her teeth, she took out the small box that Tanchun gave her from her sleeve, and gently pushed it to Jia Tanchun: "Third sister, please keep this for me."

Jia Tanchun glanced at the box, surprised.If it is said that she does not want the money, it should be "Thank you, please take it back", how could it be "Take it for her"?

Only then did Lin Daiyu speak slowly, and told her in a low voice: "When I came, my father also brought me silver for self-defense. But I was too young at that time, and only knew that my father brought silver. When I wanted to buy something, I could buy it." I went to ask Mother Wang for it, but I don’t know how much my father brought me.”

Jia Tanchun listened to her words suspiciously, glanced at the box, hesitantly opened the lid, just one glance, and suddenly gasped - this, this is!

Tan Chun stretched out two fingers to go in, flipped it over gently, couldn't help exhaling, and said in his heart: Sure enough, I was not wrong, the Lin family is indeed the number one imperial merchant in the country!