Chapter 273: title deed
Chapter 273 Land Deed House Deed
Third Uncle Lin Yuan was leaning on a cane in his hand. Seeing Lin Jinxiao's lukewarm treatment of the elders in his family, and thinking of the Chen mother and daughter still kneeling in front of the county yamen, he immediately felt unhappy.
But the grand-nephew is now in a high position and power, and it is not easy for him to reprimand him face to face.
After pondering for a while, the third uncle Lin Yuan suddenly asked in a soft voice: "Da Lang, uncle heard that you just went out, and your mother, sister, and sister-in-law are kneeling at the gate of the county government office. Why don't you come out and see?" Look?"
"Oh, I just came back, and I ate a meal. No, there are still many official documents waiting to be processed."
Lin Jinxiao slowly raised his eyes to look at Lin Yuan, then looked at the cups of tea brought in, and motioned: "Uncles and uncles drink tea first, let me check this volume of documents, which urgently needs to be dealt with."
"It's okay, it's okay."
Lin Tingzhen picked up the teacup and blew away the tea foam, and took a sip first: "I shouldn't have disturbed you today, even Dalang, you are too unjust. You have been in office for many days, and you have already brought Haikang County to the bottom." Chaotian, we clansmen only know that nephew you are taking office, how could such a great joyful event pass so calmly."
Paused, he squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Jinxiao who was still concentrating on flipping through the documents, and said with a smile:
"I heard that you rejected the banquets of the Military Superintendent and the gentry, but we can't refuse the family banquets in our family. The old uncle asked your aunt to prepare some thin wine at home, and invited the most famous hundred opera troupe in Luyan Port Entering the mansion, you will have to pay your respects in the evening."
After thinking for a while, he immediately added: "I'll send someone to pick up Nan Zhi girl and a few little treasures later, and stay in the ancestral house to rest at night."
After finishing speaking, he took out an exquisite box and prepared to put it on the side of his desk. When he saw the same gift box as he had prepared, he couldn't help but frowned, pretending not to see it, and said: "This is from your old house. You will accept the house deed and the land deed for the 20 mu of land."
Lin Jinxiao continued to flip through the document casually: "I heard from my wife that the old house was just redeemed, why did the uncle of the land deed also send it?"
"Hey, don't be picky. When your uncle was alive, he took over 20 acres of land from your grandfather at a low price. I have always been indignant, uncle. When your father took office, I deliberately let him Your uncle returned the house deed to your father, but he refused to accept it."
Lin Tingzhen looked at Lin Jinxiao with a smile, and said with an elder preaching tone: "Now that you have accepted the old house redeemed by your teacher and mother, the old man will return the land deed to your family. You can't just accept it." The kindness of your teacher's mother's family, but you have to deliberately alienate the old uncle?"
"Uncle Clan speaks too seriously."
Lin Jinxiao smiled unhurriedly: "I appreciate the uncle's kindness. Since you sent the land deed, I will accept it. I will ask my wife to send the money to you someday."
He vaguely remembered that his own land and those of the Lin clan were the most fertile paddy fields on the outskirts of Luyan Port. Even in this bad economy, one mu of fertile land could be exchanged for more than forty taels of silver. During the heyday of the empire, it was pawned to the uncle's family at the price of 30 taels of silver per mu, almost the same price as dry land.
It is indeed a pity, but it is not bad to be able to redeem it now.
Lin Tingzhen was a little annoyed when he heard his words, puffed his cheeks and said angrily: "It seems that nephew, you only regard your teacher's wife's family as your own family, and you treat the old uncle as an outsider."
"Uncle Clan, what did you say?"
Lin Jinxiao put down the paperwork, and said with a slight smile, "Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. If the uncle of the clan really feels that he is out of touch, then the nephew is not welcome, and I will give you back the money at the price that the uncle received the land back then."
"That's more or less."
Lin Tingzhen nodded thoughtfully, and saw that he picked up a volume of paperwork and continued to look through it, so he couldn't force himself to put the box containing the land deed and house deed in the back of the desk, and pressed it with the paper volume, so as not to be caught by others. take away.
Seeing that the three elders were all silent, Lin Tingzhen reminded again: "Dalang, don't forget today's dinner, the clan uncle is waiting for you at home, the house, these days the old uncle and your mistress have already been let down. After cleaning up, you can live there directly, and then I will ask your aunt to pick two dexterous maids to go to your yard to help with housework."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the third uncle Lin Yuan took advantage of the situation and scolded him dissatisfiedly: "How can a female envoy serve the Dalang family so well?"
Old Shen's eyes were half-closed, he looked closely at Lin Jinxiao, and ordered in a solemn voice:
"Dalang, you are not as usual now, and you are at the prime of your life again. You have been a fifth-rank official in your twenties, and your future is limitless. The succession of this offspring is especially important. The offspring of your father's line have already withered. Hong is a useless scum, and you have to rely on you to support the incense of this line."
"Oh, what does the third uncle mean by this? Aren't the four younger ones in my family descendants of the Lin family?"
Lin Jinxiao looked up at him coldly.
"That's not enough."
The third uncle Lin Yuan's old face was slightly stiff, and he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Besides, your uncle said just now that you are now a parent and official, and you can no longer do everything by yourself like before. There must be a caring person in the family. Your third uncle has a distant grand-niece who is in her prime, I think I will take it in and make it a concubine for you."
Lin Jinxiao finally lost his patience when he heard it, and said solemnly: "Third uncle's words are even more unreasonable. My wife has always been gentle and considerate. She has been married to me for more than five years and has shared weal and woe. She has four children. Isn't it considered inappropriate? Are you considerate?"
He just finished speaking, and he himself felt that these words were not convincing.
Although Chu Nanzhi is a different person today, it seems that it is not very appropriate to talk about meekness and consideration.
Lin Tingzhen and the three elders looked at each other in dismay, thinking about his wife's gossip and gossip over the years, and didn't know what to say.
Lin Tingzhen coughed a few times, looked at Lin Jinxiao meaningfully, and asked slowly: "Da Lang, do you really think Nan Zhi is a docile and considerate girl?"
"Of course."
Lin Jinxiao collected his emotions calmly, straightened his posture, deliberately avoided the topic of his third uncle Lin Yuan, and replied to Lin Tingzhen, "Uncle Clan, my nephew does have a lot of business to attend to today, so let's move on to another day for the family banquet. "
"Then it's not too late to go there after you're done with your work. The old uncle will go and bring Nan Zhi and the children back first."
Lin Tingzhen didn't force him, instead he said: "Anyway, you can't let Nan Zhi and the children live in her mother's house all the time. You should move back sooner after the yard is tidied up."
He didn't believe that he would take his nephew, daughter-in-law, nephew and grandchildren home first, and his nephew would stay alone in the county office.
Lin Jinxiao saw that he had said everything to this point, so he couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to obey: "Okay, then follow what the clan uncle said."
After all, Chu Nanzhi lived back in the old house, and it was inevitable to deal with these clansmen in the future, and the superficial relationship still had to be maintained.
(end of this chapter)