In the morning, Xu sent her maid to the grain shop to fetch rice, only to learn that her younger brother and sister-in-law had sold the rice shop the day before and had disappeared.
Lin Daoyan stood to the side, his brows furrowed. He knew in his heart that a large part of the reason his family had fallen into such a predicament was because of his stepmother's actions.
In the past, all the money he worked so hard to earn was swindled away by his stepmother using various excuses.
"I'm sick, boss, give me some money."
"The eldest brother gives money for renovating the house."
“I bought a coffin for my father’s funeral, and the eldest brother gave me the money.”
...
These words echoed in Lin Daoyan's mind, filling him with immense helplessness and anger. Because of his stepmother's greed, the family had practically no savings.
Although the rice shop could only earn twenty or thirty taels of profit each month, it was a vital economic pillar for the family.
Nowadays, Lin Daoyan's monthly salary is only one tael of silver, a meager income that is far from enough to support his family. The loss of the shop has only made their situation worse.
Lin Daoyan said remorsefully, "It's all my fault. I gave all my salary to my stepmother before, which meant we never bought a shop to prepare for unforeseen circumstances. I used to think my official position would last forever, and that I would be able to save more money in the future. Who would have thought that such a change would happen? Sigh..."
After listening to her father's words and her mother's tearful complaints, Lin Yajun understood everything. Her father's salary had been swindled away by the old witch, leaving the family with no savings. Now, their rice shop, which they relied on for survival, had been sold by her uncle and aunt. In the future, their family would only be able to live on Lin Daoyan's salary of one tael of silver.
Xu cried and said, "There are more than ten people in our family. How can one tael of silver be enough?"
The more she talked, the more she felt she couldn't go on living, and she couldn't help but cry out for her deceased parents:
"Father, Mother, my brother sold my dowry! Waaah, how am I going to live now? Waaah..."
Lin Yajun recalled many things from the original owner's memories. This uncle had always received many benefits from her father, and his son had even been introduced by her father to work as a shopkeeper at Princess Song's shop.
In the past, my uncle and aunt treated my father with great respect and cared for my mother, often sending people to deliver rice, noodles, and eggs.
Since Lin Daoyan was demoted to guard the city gate, his uncle and aunt never appeared in the main branch of the Lin family again. Instead, they became closer to the second and third branches of the family.
They were afraid of being implicated by Lin Daoyan, so they wanted to earn more money by following the second and third branches of the family, which was understandable.
To everyone's surprise, the uncle's family simply sold the shop and directly sold the dowry belonging to the older sister, Xu, for the money to keep for themselves.
Now, Lin Yajun hates ungrateful people to the core, and the idea of revenge is deeply ingrained in her bones.
She immediately reached into her sleeve, turned the gold dog's head, and silently chanted, "Take away all of Shen Ermei's and Xu Xin's wealth!"
She could feel the golden dog's head twitch a few times before returning to calm.
"Hmph, you stole our things, and I'll make you give them back twofold!"
After using her spatial abilities to remove all the wealth of the greedy and ruthless Shen Ermei and the ungrateful Xu Xin, Lin Yajun then focused her attention on the Xu family.
When she saw her mother's sad and upset appearance, she knew without even asking that the name on the property deed was definitely not her mother's.
Being schemed against by one's own family in this way is not uncommon in real life. Not to mention ancient times, even in modern society, some families still favor sons over daughters, caring only for their sons and disregarding the well-being of their daughters.
Currently, the only valuable things the Lin family owns are this Lin residence and Lin Yajun's dowry.
Even under such difficult circumstances, Lin Daoyan and Madam Xu did not consider using their daughter's dowry.
Lin Yajun had an idea, and she tried to persuade her mother, "Mother, don't be too sad. We can sell my dowry first..."
Madam Xu shook her head repeatedly, expressing her firm disagreement. "How can that be? You're going to get married someday. If you don't have a dowry, your husband's family will look down on you."
"I don't want to get married, my daughter!" Lin Yajun replied without hesitation.
"What? How could this be?" Upon hearing this, Madam Xu cried even more bitterly, blaming herself repeatedly, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault."
Lin Yajun helplessly rubbed her forehead and comforted her mother, saying, "Mother, don't be sad. We're just temporarily selling the dowry to get through this difficult time. When things get better, we can buy a new dowry when I get married."
Standing to the side, Lin Daoyan nodded and said, "Yes, that works too. We can give Jun'er more dowry later."
At this moment, Zhao Canchen stepped forward, holding a roll of silver notes in his hand, which looked quite thick.
He walked up to Lin Daoyan, gently handed him the silver notes, and said, "Uncle Lin, please take these silver notes and use them first."
Upon seeing this, Lin Daoyan quickly took a few steps back, his face showing surprise and fear. He waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, how can this be? I absolutely cannot use your money!"
Zhao Canchen explained, "Uncle Lin, you're being too polite. I'm currently living in the Lin family's house, so I should pay for my food and lodging. Besides, we're like family now, so we should work together to overcome any difficulties. Uncle Lin, please don't stand on ceremony with me."
He forcefully stuffed the silver notes into Lin Daoyan's hand, saying, "If the Lin family can't make ends meet, I'll have nowhere to stay. I'm giving this money out so I can have a home of my own."
Lin Yajun looked at Zhao Canchen with sympathetic eyes, deeply understanding his feelings. She herself had once been a helpless person, and her longing for a home was as deep as a person's longing for life.
Now, she has a home after transmigrating, and she must do everything in her power to protect this hard-won home.
She advised, "Father, just take the silver notes that Young Master Zhao gave you for now. When we earn more money in the future, we can pay Young Master Zhao back with interest."
"Alright, I'll borrow it first!" Seeing Zhao Canchen's insistence and after listening to his daughter's persuasion, Lin Daoyan stopped refusing and accepted the silver notes.
In Lin Yajun's space, gold and silver treasures were piled up like mountains. Faced with such a huge amount of wealth, she dared not take it out directly for her family to use.
The origin of these gold and silver treasures is unknown, and she has no way of explaining their source to her family.
She knew that if she couldn't give these assets a legitimate source, it would not only arouse suspicion from her family, but could also bring huge trouble to the family.
"I need to take out the gold and silver from the space and give it to my family under a reasonable pretext," Lin Yajun thought of a solution.
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