Chapter 23 Misfortune 3

Guiyuan did things very diligently. After a moment, he came in with a money box happily and said with a smile, "Girl, it's done. There are twenty-four taels of gold and sixty-five taels of silver."

There are so few people. I'm really poor. I'm not very old. My family should be spent on the public, and there are not many private jewelry, let alone gold and silver? Besides, now it's only 30 cents per bucket of rice, and it's not bad to have this stock. Although thinking so, Lin Jinrong was still depressed. He lowered his eyes and silently locked the money box and handed it to Guiyuan listlessly: "Take it back and put it away."

When Litchi and Guiyuan saw that her high mood suddenly fell, they looked at each other inexplicably, but they didn't dare to ask why.

But Douer, the little girl in charge of sweeping in the yard, hurried over and stood under the curtain and said, "Fourth girl, the old master sent someone to come. Please come and listen to Taoju immediately."

"Where are the people? Who is here?" Litchi and Guiyuan changed their faces at the same time. The old man had never taken the initiative to call any granddaughter to his Tingtaoju. Even if the girls usually saluted him respectfully, he also half drooped his eyelids and said "um hum" from his nose, which was cold and majestic.

He suddenly asked Lin Jinrong to go at this time, which was mostly related to today's scorpion incident! I don't know what the old man's attitude is. If he also listens to the biased belief and wants to punish Lin Jinrong, then Lin Jinrong has no possibility of turning over at all. What will he do in the future?

Their emotions quickly passed on to Dou'er. Dou'er looked left and right and said uneasily, "It's Maizi. He only sent a message at the door and left."

Litchi was suddenly disappointed. He couldn't even ask about the situation. Maizi is a shogun used by the old master, but he is only seven or eight years old. Because of his skill and diligence, he usually listens to Taoju's biographies for the old master. Although he can also run into the second door, he dares to come in casually outside the girls' yard.

This is expected. Since Lin Shenzhi entered the building, she has been waiting for the old master's summons. Lin Jinrong cheered up: "Bend your shoes here, and then bring the pair of jade pressed skirts sent by the second wife in the morning to tie them for me. Who will go with me?"

Guiyuan silently turned over the green jade skirt, and there was a shadow in her heart. If this girl is going to be punished, the first unlucky are these close waiters. The old master is so fierce. A few years ago, he ordered the disposal of a girl beside the young master. The girl howled in the middle of the night and went away... Guiyuan sang coldly, and the movement of her hands slowed down.

Litchi squatted down to put shoes on Lin Jinrong and whispered, "Girl, I'll go with you."

Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "Oyes." Today is a disaster or a blessing. She doesn't know, but lychee, one day, she will do everything she can to repay the lychee. The so-called loyal servant and righteous master is not obtained in vain, nor can it be done in one or two sentences.

At this time, Guiyuan took out the green jade pressed skirt, and took a silver-white brocade waist seal for Lin Jinrong. He pretended to say, "Girl, let's go together."

Lin Jinrong said kindly, "No, you have to leave someone in this room, so that Douer can'er can't explain clearly when the old lady or someone from looking for me." What's the matter? People's hearts can't compare with gold and silver, that is, the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water, which is the most difficult thing in the world. She doesn't force it. Guiyuan, forget it.

Guiyuan was a little embarrassed. He blushed and lowered his head and whispered, "I must be optimistic about the house."

Lin Jinrong nodded and went out.

Seeing that she and Litchi had gone away, Gui Yuanfang said "oh" and ran to the door in a few steps - after the girl just locked the money box, she forgot to give the key to herself for safe! But if she was asked to chase Lin Jinrong at this time, she didn't dare. Guiyuan stood entangled for a long time before she bit her handkerchief and entered the room.

Mr. Lin hated waiting for others very much, so Lin Jinrong walked a little in a hurry, bypassed several houses, and crossed two or three small wooden or stone bridges. She just slowed down and calmed down while walking.

When she arrived outside Tingtao, who could plant all the pine trees, she stood still and lowered her eyes and went forward from the lychee to greet the doorkeeper of Tingtaoju: "The fourth girl came to listen to the old master's teaching."

The young man didn't dare to look at Lin Jinrong. He lowered his eyelids and sang a promise. He went back and leaned back and said, "There are guests in the old man's room. Please wait in the side room for a while."

Lin Jinrong lowered her eyes and was led by the boy to the side room. At the moment of entering the door, she heard Master Lin laughing: "So, this year is really a good harvest! God bless me!"

Another strange male voice laughed and said, "Yes, God bless me, God bless me! The uncle, the few acres of land in his nephew's house..."

Who is the person who tremblingly called Master Lin his uncle? She also knows the uncles and brothers in the family. Old Master Lin can help as much as he can. He will definitely not make people plead so much. Lin Jinrong was curious, but it was inconvenient to pause. He could only go straight inside and close the side door tightly with a "squeak" by the hen. This time he sat for nearly an hour.

During this period, no one sent water and tea, and there was no question. I only heard footsteps coming and going from the door, but there was no stopping at the door of the side room. It seems that everyone forgot that their master and servant were still waiting for the old master to be summoned. Seeing that the window paper, which was still golden, gradually dimmed, there was a loud sound of broken porcelain next door, and the lychee couldn't stand: "Girl, I'm going to ask?"

"If it's convenient, by the way, who is the man who asked the old master just now?" Lin Jinrong sat on the six-sided round pier of Ruyi pattern, with his waist and back straight. Master Lin is deliberately drying her. If she couldn't stand it, she would have couldn't help it, but she would have been used to loneliness in her past and present life.

Litchi didn't ask much. He opened the door silently and leaned back less, with a little worry on his face: "The first guest has gone. At this time, there is the third master in it. It's not good to listen to the voice."

Lin Jinrong raised the corners of her lips, and the little uneasiness in her heart suddenly disappeared. In her previous life, she was not close to the old master, and she knew more or less about the old master's temperament. It must be that her third master Lin was scolded again. The old master wanted to be scolded first, and then It's almost done. And she has carefully calculated what to do next. Seeing that Litchi was so worried, he simply diverted Litchi's attention: "Tsay me about the guest just now, why can't I tell which elder of the clan it is?"

Litchi didn't forget to inquire about this matter and whispered, "That's a master of my family who voted for marriage the year before last. Everyone calls him Master Lin Chang. It seems that in the first two generations, when the old master went to the south to study, he stayed there to buy a family business. I offended people there a few years ago, and I couldn't come back to marry. The old master came forward to help build a house on the land. Well, it's autumn harvest, and he has to pay taxes, but his family has no reputation, and there are many people eating, so he wants to hang Tianmu real estate under our name... Take advantage of the old lady's birthday to give gifts and take the opportunity to open the door.

Lin Jinrong knew this kind of thing, which is called "studonymous kan". When she was still in the Lu family, someone also asked for the protection of the Lu family. In order to avoid taxes, some small and medium-sized landlord families pretend to be tenants of official households like the Lin family, so as not to enter the tax registration. According to Mr. Lin's nature, although he is full of family and country, he will definitely help this person evade taxes and make a virtuous name in the family. Wait, autumn harvest, tax... Lin Jinrong looked down and thought about it, and suddenly remembered a very distant thing. After thinking about it silently, her eyes suddenly lit up. If she could succeed, her private money next year would not be only this pitiful little bit.

The master and servant waited quietly for a long time. It was completely dark, the lanterns in the porch also rose, and the footsteps passed a few times. When he heard Fuquan whisper at the door, "The old master invited the fourth girl to come over."

Litchi took a long breath. Lin Jinrong stood up, carefully smoothed the folds on his skirt, and had a haircut. Then he walked out steadily. As soon as Litchi followed her a few steps, he was stopped by Fu Quan: "The old master only invited four girls."

Lin Jinrong turned around, but saw that Litchi's face was pale under the big red lantern, and his eyes were full of panic. Lin Jinrong shook his head gently at her and said calmly, "That's it. Litchi, you wait for me outside." Then he stepped into Master Lin's study steadily and bowed down without raising his head: "Granddaughter, my granddaughter, my grandfather is blessed."

After a long time, I heard Master Lin's slightly tired voice: "Get up."

"Yes." Lin Jinrong stood still and raised his eyes to look ahead.

After Mr. Lin sat in the long and wide red sandalwood desk, his whole body was hidden in the shadow of the lamp, and his back was straight. A pair of old but not dizzy eyes looked at Lin Jinrong faintly, and his voice was flat, cold and majestic: "You picked up today's thing?"

Why do people in the world, who clearly know the truth, always like to play this kind of guessing game, and enjoy it? Since she dared to do it, she dared to do it. Lin Jinrong turned his lips at him with some funny: "I don't know which one is my grandfather asking?"

Mr. Lin raised his eyebrows slightly and was not angry: "Are you talking about a few?"

Lin Jinrong's voice was calm and clear: "There are three. The first one was the fifth brother who took the cousins of the Wu and Lu family to see his grandfather's favorite Lingbi stone. The base of the Lingbi stone was unstable and fell into the lake. The fifth brother was afraid of being punished and wanted to jump into the water. It was the stone that I stopped him and asked my mother to send someone to hang it. The My brother had a dispute because of this. I scolded the sixth sister and the seventh sister and threatened them to apologize to the seventh brother, which made the seventh sister lose her temper and lose face. Third, the sixth sister and the seventh sister went to her grandmother to cry. I was afraid of implicating my mother and brother, and instigated the seventh brother to hold Shou

You can bow your head, but you can never collapse your waist. Lin Jinrong knelt upright on the brick floor, with his back straight, and his forehead against the cold bricks. His voice was a little like a dow's metal: "Grandfather wants to punish his granddaughter, and his granddaughter admits it. Ask your grandfather to punish him."

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