Although Master Lin wanted to protect his wife, he spent most of his time outside discussing business and couldn't pay much attention to Qin Xue.
This caused Qin Xue's already poor health to deteriorate further, and she frequently needed to drink various tonics to maintain her pregnancy.
Seeing this, Madam Lin had no expectations for her future grandson, thinking that Qin Xue would definitely give birth to a sickly child for the Lin family.
This only made Qin Xue even more demanding.
If it weren't for the loyal servants Qin Xue brought back from outside who protected their mistress, she might not have made it to the time of childbirth.
In addition, Qin Xue was frightened during childbirth, and although she managed to give birth, her health failed her and she passed away after less than two years.
Leave behind small jujube trees.
It was around that time that Lin Zao felt that Second Master Lin was not worthy of being a husband and could not handle the relationship between his mother and wife.
So she changed "Jianjia Garden" to "Zao Garden", and her relationship with Master Lin became even worse, to the point that they hardly spoke a word to each other.
The servants in the mansion were all opportunists. Seeing that Lin Zao was not favored by her father and grandmother, they became negligent towards her.
Especially after Second Master Lin disappeared and was buried in a cenotaph by the Lin family as if he were dead, Lin Zao became an even more neglected child.
Fortunately, Lin Zao didn't mind; only Uncle Cheng and his wife and their daughter remained with her.
The few people living in Zaoyuan were quite peaceful.
No matter how much the Lin family dislikes her, they won't let her starve to death.
In addition, Lin Zao helped Cheng Bo and his wife find some vegetable seeds, so they could grow vegetables in the yard of the jujube orchard, cook delicious food, exercise, and live a very leisurely life.
As for Lin Zao's fiancé, Wang Xuzhi, it was arranged between the Wang and Lin families when little Lin Zao was just born.
After all, Master Lin's business acumen was well-known at the time, and Lin Zao, as his eldest daughter, naturally had an extraordinary status.
Driven by self-interest, the Wang and Lin families arranged a marriage alliance between Lin Zao and Wang Xuzhi.
After Lin Zao transmigrated, she naturally didn't take the marriage agreement seriously.
After all, isn't it abnormal for an old woman who is actually a child to be interested in a tiny little kid?
Sometimes when Wang Xuzhi came to the Lin residence to play with Lin Zao, Lin Zao would treat him like a child.
Speaking of which, Lin Zao got along quite well with the children of the Lin family. Of course, this was also because Lin Zao considered himself an adult and didn't bother with a bunch of little brats.
In short, Lin Zao liked to wander around the gardens of the Lin family mansion whenever he had free time, and if he saw anything edible, he would try to bring it back and turn it into a delicious meal.
They didn't even spare the fish or lotus roots in the pond.
Her specialty is lotus root starch and osmanthus sugar cake. Several children love this lotus root starch dessert she makes. With this skill alone, Lin Zao has won them over completely.
Until they grew up.
Lin Zao noticed that her fourth sister Lin Fu and Wang Xuzhi were having an affair, but she didn't take it seriously, since she didn't like him anyway.
Moreover, the Wang family has expressed their desire to break off the engagement in recent years, and the two families are discussing finding a replacement.
Unfortunately, before it could be implemented, something happened.
When Lin Zao turned 15, Cheng Bo and Lin Zao discussed taking the sacred object to Wuyi, which was overheard by Cheng Bo's daughter.
Cheng Bo's daughter secretly fell in love with Wang Xuzhi and secretly told him about the sacred object.
Then came their conspiracy to obtain the sacred artifact.
Unfortunately, Wang Xuzhi made no progress in his attempts to get to know Lin Zao, and he couldn't visit her at the Lin residence often.
So he used Lin Fu to help him find the items with Cheng Bo's daughter.
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