As the New Year approaches, Kyushu celebrates together. No matter how much people in the capital complain, hate, admire, or miss, it will not affect Lin Tailai's mood in Suzhou for the time being.
This New Year may be the most lively and joyful New Year since Lin Tailai traveled through time.
During the Chinese New Year last year, he was still working hard in the capital for the examination.
The second brother Lin also came from Yangzhou, and the four brothers gathered at Lin Mansion in Canglang Pavilion to celebrate the New Year. There are nearly ten people in the next generation.
Lin Guozhong, Father Lin, has been upgraded to Taigong Lin a long time ago. It would be impossible not to upgrade. No one dares to use the title of Father Lin casually anymore.
On New Year's Eve, more than 20 members of the family, including three generations of men, women and children, gathered together in the Zhonglu Hall.
The music returned to the courtyard, the lights came down from the balcony, and the Lin family now had an aura of wealth and prosperity.
However, the small talk between family members still remained simple. Lin Taigong grabbed Lin Asi and asked:
"Others say you are the Nine-Yuan True Immortal, so I pretend to believe it, but is the double-cropping rice you mentioned accurate?
This year, I did not succeed in growing double-cropping rice on the land I was working on at home."
Lin Tailai replied: "It can definitely be done! It just requires trial and error, and it is possible even if it takes ten or eight years! Dad, you should understand the principle of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs, right?"
Boss Lin came over again and asked, "Why do we need to renovate the new garden again?"
Lin Tailai said proudly: "If our Lin family wants to be the most wealthy family in Suzhou in the future, we should have the best garden in Suzhou!"
Boss Lin mainly doesn't want to talk about Yuanzi, and he doesn't care about whether he is the most wealthy family, but he wants to talk about his son:
"My eldest brother will be fifteen after the Chinese New Year. He is almost an adult. He has no idea and no abilities.
I won't listen to what I say, and if I trouble my fourth brother to help discipline him, he will be afraid of you."
Lin Tailai suggested: "Let him practice martial arts, take the martial arts test in the future, and then enter the Suzhou Guard?
There is no one named Lin in Suzhou Guard today. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, one is considered an adult at the age of sixteen and can join the martial arts profession."
After thinking for a while, Boss Lin replied: "It's good. I just need to trouble my fourth brother to help him."
At this time, Lin Tailai thought of his sons. The specific marriage has not been finalized yet.
He turned around and saw Mr. Fan and Mr. Huang who had stopped making trouble during the New Year. They were sitting with Secretary Bai and Sun Lianlian talking.
So he walked over and asked, "Have you two decided? Who will marry the Shen family? Who will marry the Xu family of Huating?"
Huang Wuniang said in embarrassment: "I can't think of which one is better."
What she was afraid of was that after choosing one side, she would lose face if she was compared to Mrs. Fan on the other side in a few years.
In fact, Mrs. Fan’s mentality is similar.
Lin Tailai said with a headache: "Tomorrow is the New Year, and I have to go to the Shen Mansion later to pay New Year greetings, so I have to make a decision tonight!
If you can’t make up your mind, then draw lots! Everything depends on God’s will!”
Secretary Bai and Sun Lianlian, who had nothing to do with themselves, laughed together and said, "This is a good idea!"
Then Secretary Bai wrote two paper balls, mixed them together, and asked Huang Wuniang and Fan to get them.
One person chose a paper ball, and when everyone opened it, they saw that the paper ball in Huang Wuniang's hand had "Xu" written on it, while the paper ball in Fan's hand had "Shen" written on it.
No regrets, the dust has settled!
So Lin Tailai said to Mrs. Fan: "When I go to the Shen Mansion to pay New Year's greetings in two days, you should go along and take Jiuyi with you!"
Everyone in the family knew that Lin Tai would go to the capital again after coming to celebrate the New Year, but no one mentioned it during the Chinese New Year.
This is what the so-called official travel is, and it is impossible to stay at home and around your loved ones all the time.
If they are ordinary wives and concubines, there is nothing wrong with following their husbands to other places or to the capital. There are also many officials who have settled in the capital for many years.
But Lin Tailai's wives and concubines are so extraordinary. Everyone has a large number of very important careers at hand, and they really can't live without Suzhou.
Even if they could give up their careers and follow Lin Tailai to other places, Lin Tailai would not trust others to take over those careers.
Therefore, the only person who could accompany Lin Tailai to the capital was Secretary Bai. Without a career, he could gain freedom of movement.
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Chapter completed!