Chapter 135 The Sickly Villain in a Female-dominated World 6
Shiyuan Village is backed by Qingshi Mountain. The villagers have relied on farming for generations. Only a dozen years ago, when Lin Hengrong, a Jinshi, appeared in the Lin family, did the life of Shiyuan Village become more comfortable. At least when the petty officials came to collect grain, they would no longer take the chickens and ducks from one family and eat them all.
Three years ago, when Lin Qing passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, the villagers all sighed that there was indeed smoke coming out of the Lin family's ancestral tomb, otherwise how could the descendants of the Lin family always pass the exams with flying colors.
At the same time, Lin Qing's marriage was also closely watched by those who were interested. Although the young man in the family was not worthy of being Lin Xiucai's legal husband, it would be good for him to enter the Lin Mansion and be a servant.
Look at the big tiled house made of green bricks on the back hill. Its imposing appearance is just like something out of a play. For those who farm the land, it would be a great blessing even to go in and lie down there.
"Mrs. Chen, I heard that the lady of the Lin family has woken up. When do they plan to come and see you, their relative?" an envious old woman said in a weird tone. Even with the sturdy appearance of the young man from the Chen family, he was matched with the scholar as his legal husband. It was no exaggeration, the two young men of her family who were of marriageable age were well-known in the surrounding area.
"Why is Miss Wang asking about these things? I'm afraid you want your boy to be Mr. Lin's servant, right?" A gray-haired lady next to her teased.
"Tsk, you girl, you're just as talkative as that young man." Miss Wang, whose thoughts were exposed, became angry and embarrassed.
The people watching nearby burst into laughter, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
While others were chatting about other topics, Miss Chen left and stood under the shade of the big locust tree at the entrance of the village. Looking at the smoke rising from the roof of her house, she sighed. She didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for Xilang that the Lin family's daughter had woken up.
Although Xilang was too strong, he was good at farm work. There were people who came to propose marriage to him, but these families were either very poor or the women had physical defects. She really couldn't bear to push her child into that fire.
As for the engagement with the Lin family, she just regarded it as a joke after Miss Lin passed away. After all, rich families marry rich families, and poor families marry poor families. How could an illiterate country boy from their family dare to marry a lady from an official family who had achieved great success?
Unfortunately, the daughter of the Lin family fell ill and never woke up. The Lin family was anxious to find someone to celebrate the wedding, and suddenly they remembered the verbal agreement made many years ago. The horoscopes of the two children were surprisingly compatible.
The husband of the Lin family was a very dignified and virtuous man on weekdays, but that day he came to the farmyard in person with generous gifts, begging with red eyes, and even invited a doctor from the capital to heal her broken leg.
She originally thought that with Xilang's appearance and taciturn personality, it would be difficult for him to marry into a suitable family. Although there was a high probability that he would become a widow if he joined the Lin family, she was going for this opportunity.
The husband of the Lin family is a well-behaved man. He is gentle and never raises the rent of the surrounding tenant farmers. The master of the Lin family is someone she has watched grow up since she was a child and has a simple and honest personality.
Although Xilang had no support from his wife after marriage (everyone thought Lin Qingkuai had passed away at that time), he had no worries about food and clothing. After completing the three years of mourning for his wife, he could have a child from a side branch to carry on the family line. Now he had hope for the future.
Who would have known that this girl from the Lin family would come back to life.
Oh, what a mistake.
The wrinkles on Miss Chen's face seemed to be soaked with sorrow. With her young man's looks, he must have already disliked the lady. If a coquettish and charming maid like that entered the mansion in the future, there would be no way for Xilang to survive.
Oh, it’s really worrying.
If I had known that the lady of the Lin family could recover, I would never have let Xilang enter the Lin Mansion.
She just hoped that the husband of the Lin family would treat her little boy a little better because of the success of the surprise event.
Chen Xi, who was worried about by his mistress, was walking with his wife along the path outside the house.
The Lin Mansion is backed by mountains and faces a river. Behind the mansion are continuous bluestone mountains, and in front of the mansion is a square pond full of lotus flowers and lotus leaves. From time to time, some fat fish swim under the lotus leaves, causing ripples.
"Today's weather is really nice." Lin Qing stood under the shade of the tree and took a deep breath. If she stayed indoors any longer, she would get sick. However, seeing the lotus flowers in the pond reminded her of the crisp and sweet lotus roots, and her mouth began to drool again.
You can’t eat lotus roots for now, but you can still try lotus seeds.
The maid paddled a small boat and plucked a few plump lotus petals deep in the lotus field, scaring the fishes that were enjoying the cool under the lotus leaves away in all directions.
"Pick a few more lotus flowers and some lotus leaves." Lin Qingyang said. In his memory, the fried lotus flowers tasted good too. He must try them today.
The maid came ashore with arms full of lotus stalks, lotus flowers and lotus leaves. Her face, red from the sun, was filled with joy: "My lady, this is enough. If not, I will go pick some more."
"That's enough." Lin Qing took a lotus stalk and was about to peel it open when two mountain dwellers in short coats came from afar on the mountain.
Looking at his frail wife, Chen Xi silently stood in front of her.
The mountain dweller in short coat seemed to have been walking in the mountains for a long time. His straw sandals were covered with mud. He carried a bamboo basket on his back, with two pheasants, still alive, floating in the basket.
Looking at the group of people in gorgeous clothes in front of them, they hesitated for a while, and then the older woman bowed and saluted.
"May I ask if you are the young master of the Lin family?"
Before Lin Qing could answer, Chen Xi protected her behind him. Qing Shu replied with a high attitude, "My lady is the young master of the Lin family. What can I do for you?"
The two mountain folks immediately became respectful and bowed deeply: "Last month, my mother was harassed by some ruffians while selling game in the county. Fortunately, Lord Lin came forward to resolve the matter, and promptly sent my mother to the clinic and paid for the medicine. Originally, my mother wanted to come and thank us in person after she recovered from her injury, but she heard that Shaojun's health has improved, so she specially asked us two sisters to hunt two pheasants and send them to Shaojun to help him recover."
They put down the bamboo basket on their backs. Two colorful pheasants were still struggling desperately inside. Another basket was half filled with yellow-brown pheasant eggs.
"We collected these pheasant eggs, and mother asked us to bring them here together." The younger girl touched the back of her head innocently.
"In that case, why don't you two come into the mansion and tell us about it?" Influenced by his original self, Lin Qing spoke in an elegant manner.
"What the lady means is that you two should go to the mansion and meet the husband." Seeing the confused looks of the villagers, Chen Xi began to explain that the study these days was indeed effective.
"No, no, we're here to deliver something." They both blushed and waved their hands.
Lin Qing gave a look, and a group of attendants immediately surrounded them. An enthusiastic young man led the way enthusiastically in front, and the two people who had never seen the world were so frightened that they stepped onto the bluestone road of the Lin Mansion in a daze.
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