As if they had made an appointment, the relatives of the Lin family all came on the third day after Lin Anru arrived home.
Uncle Lin came alone, with nothing but a piece of pork in his hand, and looked very shabby.
The people in Yamada Village didn't say anything on the surface, but when he walked away, they pointed and talked behind him.
Uncle Lin doesn't mind what others say about him behind his back. The last time Old Lady Lin sent him food, he felt that now was not the time to show off his wealth for the sake of face.
He went to the old house first, and when he found no one there, he went straight to the third room.
As soon as he came in, he handed the meat to Liu and started to search his body.
Cuffs, chest, shoes...
He took out a lot of copper coins and silver from these hiding places.
"You've made some progress, but not enough. Take this money and continue taking the exam. Just go ahead and take the exam. If you don't have enough money, talk to your uncle."
After he finished speaking proudly, he looked at Grandpa Lin with a meaningful look.
Mr. Lin was startled by his look and had to pee.
Lin Anru refused to accept gifts from villagers and relatives, but he accepted gifts from Uncle Lin without hesitation.
Seeing that he was not shy, Uncle Lin grinned rarely.
If Mr. Lin saw this scene, he wouldn't even want to come out of the toilet today.
Not long after Uncle Lin came, Chang Lin and Lin Anyi also arrived.
The two men had something in their hands, but the villagers were not very interested in what they were holding.
"Where did you come from? There are so many."
It doesn’t matter if the villagers don’t like it, Lin Anru likes it.
Those were the questions from previous imperial examinations and the answers of many students who were on the list.
"Hehehe, that took a lot of effort on my part to get."
It was obviously a huge effort to get it, but from Chang Lin's tone, it didn't seem to be the case.
"Your book is too expensive. I feel uneasy accepting it from you for nothing..."
"Who said I was going to give it to you for free?" Before Lin Anru could finish, Chang Lin interrupted him and said, "I'm exchanging these books with you."
"Change what?"
Lin Anru thought about it and felt that there was probably nothing of equal value at home, and thought that Chang Lin wanted to give him something for free again.
"Exchange your books. I plan to go next time the exam starts."
Chang Lin announced this important news in a calm tone.
Everyone present looked at him in surprise, including his wife, Lin Anyi.
"Have you thought about it?" Lin Anru asked seriously.
"I've thought about it." Chang Lin answered firmly.
"Okay, then you can take everything back with you when you go back."
After Mr. Chang became rich, he wanted his son to go to school so as to improve the family's fortune.
But the accident more than ten years ago almost killed Chang Lin, and it was Lin Anru who saved him on the way home from the exam.
The only son in the family almost got into an accident and was bitten by a snake. The Chang family, who had been afraid of ropes for ten years, felt that changing the family's status and making the family better off were nothing when it came to life and death.
From that year on, Chang Lin never went to private school again, nor did he travel far away by himself again.
It was as if the studious and ambitious Chang Lin had disappeared in an instant, and people who were not familiar with him had no idea that he had ever been educated.
Only those who knew him well knew that he never gave up his desire to study.
The only difference is that I studied in a private school back then, but now I rely entirely on self-study.
Lin Anru didn't know why he suddenly wanted to continue taking the imperial examinations.
He looked in the direction of his sister, thinking it might be related to his sister and his nephew.
Because Chang Lin wanted to continue studying, the only voices talking in the lobby were between Lin Anru and him.
The others all sat aside and listened to their conversation quietly.
Although they did not understand the content of the conversation between the two, it was precisely because they did not understand that they were more interested and wanted to obtain more relevant information.
While the two were talking, other relatives arrived one after another.
Married sisters from Mr. Lin's side and married sisters from Mrs. Lin's side all sent people over.
The space in the third-room lobby was left to Lin Anru and Chang Lin, who brought their relatives back to the old house.
Sun's family also sent someone over. They and Lin Anru were only relatives from the next room, so they were very self-aware and did not go to the third room. Instead, they came to the first room and gave the gift to Lin Anji, asking Lin Anji to give it to Lin Anru.
People from the second branch of the Zhang family also came, but they were driven away by Lin Anxiang before they reached the second branch.
In addition to these relatives, a large number of relatives who lived farther away also came.
Seeing that more and more people were coming, Liu had to ask Old Lady Lin for help.
There were so many people, and many of them were waiting to eat, that she and her son were too busy to handle it.
Old Mrs. Lin was also shocked by the number of relatives who came, and she turned around and called Sun and several female relatives to come and help.
"Go, go, go get some advice from your father and uncle. You are not needed here."
After having enough manpower, Old Mrs. Lin sent her eldest grandson away.
How can a boy be in the kitchen? Normally it would be fine if only her family was around, but now there are so many relatives around, so she has to save face.
The locust plague had just begun and the vegetables in the fields had just begun to sprout, so there were no fresh vegetables on the menu, only dried vegetables and meat.
Most of the meat was brought by the guests.
It looks extremely monotonous.
But there is nothing we can do about it, since every household now lives in such conditions.
After eating and drinking, the day is over.
"I never knew we had so many relatives." Liu sighed, hitting her arm.
Not to mention Liu, even Lin Anru didn't know that she had so many relatives.
"Thank you for your hard work, my wife."
Liu blushed when he called her "Madam":
"If there were such happy events every day, I could work hard for the rest of my life."
.......
The atmosphere in Uncle Lin's house is a bit strange.
It was simple, because Uncle Lin asked his youngest son to stop the business and bring all the grain back home.
This made Uncle Lin's youngest son, who had just made money, very depressed.
What’s even more depressing is yet to come.
All the money he earned during this period was taken away by his father and given to his cousin.
Uncle Lin’s youngest son didn’t even dare to resist because of the majesty that his father had bestowed upon him since he was a child.
Look, as soon as Uncle Lin leaves home.
Uncle Lin’s youngest son started crying.
It was so shocking that it frightened Uncle Lin's other sons.
After asking, I found out that this was the case.
Others came to comfort him, saying that their family's money had also been taken away by Uncle Lin.
Although Uncle Lin said he was lending it to them when he took it away, they didn't expect Uncle Lin to return it.
They were originally trying to persuade them, but then one of them said that the money was the private savings they had saved with great effort.
Things are developing in an uncontrollable direction.
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