Lin Zixing was also very nervous. What exactly did Rui Ge'er mean by this? Did he agree or not? If it really didn't work out, he would let Lan Xin be his co-wife.

Lin Zixing has not yet realized that the initiative is not in his hands. Perhaps he thinks that as long as he is willing to return to the Lin family, the Lin family will not deny him, and he can decide whether Sufen stays or goes.

However, Lin Rui did have his own considerations. If it really didn't work out, it would be better to just not have this big brother.

When he was away, the Lin family and his elder sister-in-law Lin Mu were doing well. He simply went back and told his parents that he had made a mistake, saying that they just looked alike. He went to actually meet him and found out that it was not his elder brother.

The only solution now was to use force. The sister-in-law said that she would not recognize the wrong man, and he also said that he would not recognize the wrong brother. They each had their own opinion. In short, they had to get this matter over with as soon as possible. He felt overwhelmed. There were already many things to do in the military camp, and since the marriage with the Marquis of Jiangyin, the things going on in the two places were even more numerous.

As a relative of Marquis Jiangyin, he couldn't just ignore his father-in-law who was so poor that he could barely pay the military salaries.

If that makes sense, then okay, we can provide money and supplies. Even if the equipment can't be comparable to that of the Xing family army, at least they can wear warm clothes.

Although the number of troops stored by Marquis Jiangyin was not large, there were still about 20,000 of them, and clothing and food for 20,000 people was not a small amount.

Xu Shaoxuan had previously met with the Jiangyin Marquis's staff in charge of grain and fodder. Seeing the record of insufficient expenditure, he wanted to throw the account book back, but the other party escaped before him.

In short, maintaining an army means burning money. In the past, the money burned was from Marquis Jiangyin, and now it is from the Xing Family Army. The God of Wealth of the Xing Family Army is Lin Rui, so when Xu Shaoxuan, Han Wenjing, Chen Zhidong and Lin Pingyu encounter financial problems, they always ask Lin Rui for money in unison.

Lin Rui was also having a headache. Although Xing Jiajun's industries were flourishing and making a fortune every day, they couldn't afford to spend like this. Now they had no surplus at all and could only barely maintain a balance between income and expenditure.

In this environment, it is commendable that Lin Rui can achieve this. The main reason is that cement, hot pot base, glass cups and soap are not only sought after among the princes, but also the foreign races in the south are flocking to them, which is why there is a huge consumer market.

Especially cement, a groundbreaking product, is used in all aspects of life. Because of its low price, some businesses can buy it to build houses and pave cement roads.

Some princes or other forces who are eager to develop will also buy in large quantities. Practice has proved that houses built with cement are more solid than loess and mud, and it is more effective to use them to build city walls. They can be described as indestructible.

With Marquis Jiangyin having this good thing, how could Marquis Pingyang sit still? All of them came to do business with Huangmoguan, completely opening up the market and causing a situation where supply could not meet demand.

Because of Huang Moguan's lavish wealth accumulation, he came into the sight of many princes. However, after the marriage with Jiangyin Hou, the two forces huddled together for warmth, which indeed dissuaded many forces with bad intentions from paying attention.

Now, not to mention other princes, even the soldiers in Yinqin Jiangyin Marquis' army are trying their best to jump to the Xing family army camp.

In this world, which army's soldiers can still have enough food and warm clothes? Even their weapons are of the latest manufacture, extremely sharp, and can kill with one blow.

What supports their thinking is the huge amount of money that Lin Rui has worked so hard to earn!

He was already annoyed by work, and now he was also annoyed by things at home.

After he returned, his family members sat in the hall, staring at him expectantly and nervously: "Rui'er, you went to see big brother, what did big brother say?"

Lin Rui looked at his sister-in-law, who had a sad face but was still cheering up. He adjusted his expression and said with a smile, "You are mistaken. That is really not my brother. I went to ask him, but he didn't know anything about Linjia Village. He was born and raised in the territory of Jiangyin Marquis and had never heard of Longting Town."

"This..." Lu Sufen found it unbelievable and shook her head. "Rui'er, could you have seen it wrong? How could I have mistaken the person next to me? He is definitely your eldest brother. Even the scar on his forehead when he was young is in the same place."

Lin Rui had no choice but to continue making up stories with his scalp tingling: "Sister-in-law, you really saw it wrong. If you don't believe me, I can take you and Lin Mu to confront that family."

Seeing Lin Rui's confident words, Lu Sufen began to doubt whether she had really seen it wrong.

Seeing her doubt, Lin Rui continued, "You and my eldest brother have been separated for seven years, so it's normal that you can't remember some of his details. Perhaps seeing someone who looked so much like my eldest brother yesterday made you empathize with him."

Feng Zhenniang had something in mind when she opened her mouth. A wife could mistake her husband, but a mother could never mistake her own child. That child was her eldest son, Lin Zixing, and she would never make a mistake!

"Brother Rui..." She called out to Lin Rui, but before she finished, Lin Rui shook his head at her, signaling her to be quiet.

Everyone else in the family saw the interaction between mother and son, except the eldest sister-in-law who was immersed in suspicion and happiness, and Lin Mu who comforted her.

"Little Wood, quickly help your mother go back to the room to rest." Feng Zhenniang hurriedly reminded.

Lin Mu nodded sensibly and helped Lu Sufen to the bedroom.

After the mother and son left, Feng Zhenniang anxiously asked Lin Rui: "What did you say? You can fool your sister-in-law, but you can't fool me. No matter how stupid I am, I can't even recognize my own child!"

Lin Rui smiled bitterly and sat on the chair. Xiao An quickly poured him a glass of water.

Lin Rui drank it all in one gulp, then said, "Mother is right, that is indeed my eldest brother. He is just like you said, he remarried outside, and now his wife has given birth to twins."

Feng Zhenniang paused, and fell silent. If it weren't for Mrs. Lu and Lin Mu, this would have been a happy thing for her. What could make her, as a mother, more gratified than having many descendants?

But Lin Zixing is married now. He has been gone for seven years without any news. Sufen has been taking care of the elderly and children, maintaining the integrity of the family. She does farm work when she is busy and embroiders in her free time to supplement the family income. Even when Lin Rui's original body caused such trouble, she didn't say a harsh word.

She really deserves to be called a good wife and mother. She waited for her husband for many years, but he didn't come back. Instead, he remarried and had children. It was really heartbreaking.

Lin Changxi sighed and asked, "Is he willing to come back?"

Lin Rui sneered and continued, "He never considered that he wouldn't be able to come back. He had already made plans. He wanted to raise the wife he married later as his equal, on an equal footing with his eldest sister-in-law. If his eldest sister-in-law disagreed, he would simply give her money and property and divorce her."