Chapter 138 How could you not want to know?
After all, thirty years have passed, and countless people have died in that devastating famine. Even if they knew their origins, it might not be of any use.
There's no need to spend two hundred taels of silver just to cure a relative who might not even be alive, all because of a trivial background.
"You can say it or not, I'm not that interested in knowing anyway." Lin Dayou meant it when he said this.
At his age, he's already married with grown children, so naturally he doesn't feel any affection for relatives he's never met. There's no need for him to spend a fortune on them.
The family has bought so much land, and they'll need to hire people; everything will require expenses and money. He doesn't have that much money to give to this greedy person.
Besides, all the money in the house was earned by Lin Luoxi alone. He doesn't have the right or the audacity to spend it.
Asking is to put your mind at ease and let go of this idea.
When Lin Luoxi heard Lin Dayou's words, she finally turned her gaze to Lin Dayou.
She secretly vowed that once she made money, she would definitely investigate Lin Dayou's background thoroughly.
"What? Impossible! How could you not want to know?" Old Man Lin seemed incredulous, exclaiming as he looked at Lin Dayou with an expression that clearly showed he wanted to know.
"What's impossible? If another company like you comes along, I'd rather not have one in the first place," Lin Dayou said sarcastically, seeing the old man's incredulous expression.
"You, you..." Old Man Lin's chest heaved violently from Lin Dayou's words. He raised his finger, which was covered with age spots, and pointed at Lin Dayou with trembling anger.
"Since they don't want to know your secret, then you'd better lie down obediently. After we've finished giving you twenty lashes, you can go home." Mu Qing urged, seeing that the agreement between Old Man Lin and Lin Dayou had not been reached.
"Dayou, fifty, no, twenty. If you give me twenty taels, I'll tell you where the swaddling clothes that wrapped you up were hidden back then." Old Man Lin was still unwilling to give up, and this time he lowered the price again and again.
"No need. Let alone twenty taels, I can't even come up with one tael of silver. I'll say it again, take it or leave it."
After being relentlessly haggled over by Old Man Lin, Lin Dayou lost all interest in listening to anything about swaddling or not.
Standing next to Lin Luoxi, Madam Lin felt both heartache and relief upon hearing Lin Dayou's words.
I feel sorry for Lin Dayou, who was an orphan adopted by Old Man Lin and abused by the Lin family since childhood.
She breathed a sigh of relief because if Lin Dayou's relatives were reasonable, it would be fine. But if another group of relatives came along who were just like the old man Lin's family, then she would be willing to divorce Lin Dayou.
"You, how could you not even have a single tael of silver? I've heard that that little slut has several hundred taels on her."
Old Man Lin didn't believe that Lin Dayou couldn't even come up with a single tael of silver, and thought that Lin Dayou was lying.
"My family's money. That's what my daughter earned. She used it all to buy this hill behind the house, so what money is left?"
"But if you have some money, you can help me out. I'll pay you back when I've recovered, it's the same thing," Lin Dayou said, feigning poverty.
"If I had money, would I need to shamelessly beg you for it..."
"I think you guys are out of your minds. The soil on this back mountain is so barren, I wouldn't even take it if it were given to me for free, yet you still want to spend money to buy it. You're incredibly stupid." Old Man Lin was so angry at Lin Dayou's words that he almost couldn't breathe.
"Just because you don't want it doesn't mean we don't want it. It's precisely because it's cheap that we can afford it. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to afford such fertile land like you wealthy families."
Lin Dayou didn't know if it was his rebellious streak awakening, but although every word he said was true, every single one of them could make the old man furious.
"Alright, enough nonsense. Lie down, I'm about to start the torture." Mu Qing saw that the sun was already high in the sky. If he didn't finish his business quickly, he wouldn't be able to get a free meal later.
Another constable was also listening intently when Mu Qing interrupted him, thinking she was talking to him. He reached out and pressed Old Man Lin to the ground, then began to beat him with a board.
All I could hear was Old Man Lin being beaten, his pitiful screams filling the air. The onlookers covered their ears in fright, feeling both scared and a little excited, for reasons I couldn't quite understand.
Upon hearing the old man's screams, Lin Dayou remained completely calm, standing there indifferently, seemingly lost in thought.
Lin Wentao and Lin Luoning, being quite young, were so excited when they saw their wicked grandfather, Old Man Lin, being punished by Lord Su that they almost jumped up and clapped and cheered.
Lin Wenqian stopped her from moving, so she could only smile and watch the old man Lin scream in pain.
The force of the sword was ultimately no match for the sticks used in the yamen. After a rapid cycle of twenty strokes, Old Man Lin was still able to stare at Lin Dayou and Lin Luoxi with lucidity.
But the most important thing now is to quickly measure out the more than 800 acres of land that Lin Luoxi bought. After the old man Lin was punished, no one paid any attention to him anymore, and everyone started to get busy.
When Lin Daguang saw that everyone's attention was drawn to the commotion at Lin Dayou's house, he quickly picked up his father and fled.
As Old Man Lin and Lin Daguang left, Lin Jize, the eldest uncle of the Lin family, glanced deeply at Lin Dayou in the crowd, then quickly lowered his head and joined the crowd to join in the fun.
Even if someone noticed this scene, they didn't take it seriously. What they wanted to see most was the current land area of Lin Dayou's family.
Eight hundred acres is not a small amount, and with the surrounding area being overgrown with weeds, measuring it was not convenient at all. In addition, the commotion caused by Old Man Lin and his son wasted a lot of time.
Seeing that it was lunchtime, Lin Luoxi and Lin Wangshi went home to prepare.
Lin Yangshi, who is Lin Zhousheng's wife, heard last night that Lin Luoxi had lent money to their family to buy land.
With Lin Luoxi's plan and suggestion to help their family make money, they wisely followed Lin Luoxi and her companion back to the Lin family home to help prepare lunch.
Lunch was plentiful, another day that made Lord Su and the constables want to stay at Lin Dayou's house for a long time and freeload off him.
Xie Hanchuan came to help early in the morning, and has been acting like he's invisible ever since.
But when he saw Mu Qing repeatedly trying to curry favor with Lin Luoxi, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Throughout the day, all he could think about was passing the imperial examinations before proposing marriage, but he was also afraid that someone else would snatch Lin Luoxi away and marry her first.
He proposed marriage first, then sought official rank. But he had no official rank, and he was afraid that Lin Dayou's family would not agree to Lin Luoxi marrying him, an orphan.
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