Chapter 61: This is the end? This is the beginning
Liang Wei said, "Pack your things as soon as possible and leave early tomorrow morning. Ask someone to notify the other families who are not here."
"I'll go." Yue Chai, who was following behind, finally found a chance to speak. He asked Guo Xiucai to entertain Liang Wei, the master and others well, and he left in a hurry.
As soon as he left, Liang Wei also planned to go out. He said to Guo Xiucai, "Take me to Hu's house."
"Yes, sir, this way please."
After Liang Wei and his group left, the Lin family's courtyard was quiet for a long time. After a while, someone took a deep breath and looked at Lin Lan and the others with shining eyes, "I said, Chao Chao is a lucky star! This is going to see the emperor, I, I really dare not dream of this."
As he spoke, the man glanced at someone and said, "Someone just said that the Lin family was going to be finished. Look, this is what you call finished? This is what you call rich."
The man looked unhappy, but he still managed a smile and tried to get closer to Lin Lan and the others, "Lan Zi, what your aunt said just now..."
Before he could finish his words, Father Lin sent the guest away.
They will set out early tomorrow morning, and they still need to pack their luggage and discuss how to get there.
It is definitely impossible for them all to accompany Lin Lan to the capital. After all, Lin's mother is still in confinement after giving birth. Such a long journey would not only be bad for Lin's mother, but would also be a disaster for the baby. Children nowadays could get into trouble if they have a fever or catch a cold.
But Lin Lan's father was worried about letting her go alone.
It was Lin's mother who came out and said, "You go with her. I'm in the village. We're all neighbors. Nothing will happen. And no one dares to bully me now. We have money now, so we can hire someone to help with the cooking and to look after the fields. It's winter now, so there's not much work to do in the fields. Even in spring, we can finish planting the two acres of land we were given."
What Lin's mother said made sense, but Lin's father was always worried when he thought of the people in the Lin family's old house.
The people in the Lin family's old house have been very quiet these days, fearing that the sky will punish them, and they dare not appear in front of them. But now that they know Chao Chao is not a fairy child, they will be like those people who just said sour words, and they may come to cause trouble for them.
Even if Lin Lan went to the capital to meet the emperor, making the Lin family members feel apprehensive, if they kept coming over to cause trouble, then Lin's mother's confinement would be wasted.
What's more, they now have more than 100 taels of silver in their hands. Even if the people in the old Lin's house don't do anything, they can just pretend to be sick and cry out in pain, asking Lin's mother to take out some silver to spend, and no one can say anything. There is a filial piety pressure. Lin's mother is a daughter-in-law, how can she fight against them? They are just dividing the family, not severing the relationship.
Just when Father Lin was in a dilemma, Aunt Yu and Liangping came over.
Knowing their concerns, Aunt Yu said, "How about letting your sister-in-law move to my house? My mother-in-law has a hot temper and is not afraid of those people from the Lin family."
"Why would you go to someone else's house to recuperate after giving birth?" Lin's mother shook her head.
Aunt Yu thought about it and it was true, but it was not appropriate to ask her mother-in-law to come and help take care of the children. After all, this was the Lin family, and her mother-in-law had no confidence to stop those people from the old house from coming. Besides, there were children at home who needed her mother-in-law to look after them.
Liangping thought for a moment and said, "Why don't Uncle Lin stay? We have many people going to the capital and can take care of Lin Lan."
Having said that, it was the capital after all, so how could Lin's mother feel at ease? Not to mention that she would have to meet the emperor at that time, so Lin Lan would definitely be nervous and scared.
"Let's go to the Hu family and give it a try." The speaker was Dashan, who was always taciturn.
Everyone looked at him in confusion, and Dashan said, "The previous Lord Liang is now at the Hu family. When I came here, I went around to the Hu family and took a look. I happened to meet the master at the door. He saw me and chatted with me for a few words. I heard from the master that Lord Liang seemed to be planning to stay at the Hu family for a while, probably for official business. The master's attitude towards me was very good, and I thought, we should ask Lord Liang to take care of our families. For Chao Chao's sake, he might agree to this small matter."
The people in the Lin family's old house were really making trouble, and even the village chief couldn't say anything.
But this Lord Liang from the capital city looked like a ruthless man with blood on his hands. The people in the village didn't even dare to say anything to the ordinary officials in the yamen, let alone dare to disobey Lord Liang.
As long as they give a warning, the people in the Lin family’s old house won’t even dare to pass through the Lin family’s door.
The others looked at each other in bewilderment. That was what they said, but the villagers were afraid of Lord Liang. Aren’t they villagers? Aren’t they afraid?
Da Shan said quietly, "If you are afraid now, then when you go to the capital and see the emperor, won't you faint?"
Everyone: “…” We need to build up our courage.
Father Lin gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, I'll go."
He really went to the Hu family, and Liang Wei happened to look at the Hu family from top to bottom. He looked more carefully than County Magistrate Gao, and not only found the scratches in the firewood room, but also found some words that should have been written a long time ago.
After careful identification, he could vaguely make out that it should be a string of numbers, eleven digits, but the scratches were very blurry.
Liang Wei didn't recognize these symbols at first, but after watching the sky curtain for the past two days, he already understood that these were the numbers used by people in later generations, but he didn't understand what these numbers represented. He guessed that Chao Chao must have written them down when he first came to this world two years ago, so that he wouldn't forget them.
When Lin's father came, Liang Wei had already come out of the woodshed.
He asked someone to write down the string of numbers, and then he listened to Lin's father carefully explain his difficulties.
In the past, Liang Wei would not have cared about such trivial matters. He was only responsible for fulfilling the emperor's will. As for their own troubles, they had to solve them themselves.
but……
He glanced at the anxious father Lin and nodded, "I will send someone to the Lin family's old house to warn them and will not let them cause trouble."
Father Lin was overjoyed, "Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much, sir."
He hurried back to tell Lin Lan and her mother about the happy event. It was getting late, and he had to hire someone to help take care of Lin's mother, and also find someone to look after the fields. There was a lot to do.
Fortunately, the village chief Yue Chai is very helpful now and has helped to deal with these trivial matters.
Yue Chai was quite envious of Lin Lan and the others for being able to go to the capital to meet the emperor. He also wanted to go, but he was not qualified.
However, only Scholar Guo can go. Chao Chao has mentioned him a lot in the past two days, and he is the only scholar in the village. With him around, Lin Lan and the others will have a backbone.
Later, Mr. Guo met the emperor. He was talented and if the emperor valued him, then their Shangliu Village would be able to produce an official.
Thinking of this, Yue Chai looked up at the sky. Chao Chao was really a lucky star. If it weren’t for the three members of the Hu family, their village might be very blessed now.
(End of this chapter)
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