Although the Daning Dynasty had a unified law, in such remote mountain villages, the law was almost "not in the countryside", and issues were mainly dealt with by customs and clan rules.
In this context, the village chief and the heads of various clans naturally carry a very important weight!
For example, in a mountain village, there is a woman who violates women's rules and commits adultery with other men. Once she is caught, the village chief can make the decision on his own and put the adulterous woman in a pig cage without having to report it to the government in advance!
This shows how powerful the village chief is!
Although Linshan Village is not a clan village in the traditional sense, there are more than 100 households in the village, and there are more than 40 surnamed Lin alone, accounting for almost half of the village. It is truly the most common surname in the village!
Lin Guangde is both the village chief of Linshan Village and the patriarch of the Lin family. His weight and prestige in Linshan Village are unparalleled!
At least that's the case for now!
Lin Xu and Lin Guangde are kin, and in terms of seniority, he calls Lin Guangde uncle. Since Lin Guangde ranks second in his family, the children of the Lin family who are of the same generation as Lin Xu all respectfully call him "second uncle."
"Second uncle, where are you chopping firewood? I'll do it!"
Entering the yard, Lin Xu saw Lin Guangde chopping firewood, and walked over to help.
"Haha, no, no, no, I'm just making porridge at night, these firewood are enough..."
Lin Guangde is a loyal elder. Although Lin Xu's reputation in the village was not very good before, he is a descendant of the Lin family and is an extremely rare scholar in the village, so his attitude towards Lin Xu is still good.
"Xiao Xu, what can you do?"
"Second uncle, I brought you something, please don't dislike it..."
As Lin Xu spoke, he placed the hare and the bamboo basket on the stone table in the yard.
"What?! Give it to me?!"
Lin Guangde was shocked!
In the past few years, the war has been chaotic, the court has repeatedly increased taxes, and there have been successive years of disaster, and bandits have demanded annual grain. The lives of ordinary people have been extremely difficult. If you can drink three meals a day of coarse grains and wild vegetable porridge without oil stars, you are considered a wealthy family.
, most families simply don’t have enough to eat!
As for the hare and rice, they are really luxurious!
Just now, he was puzzled when he saw Lin Xu coming in carrying hares and rice, but he never dared to think that such good things were actually given to him by Lin Xu!
"No! No! Absolutely not!"
Lin Guangde shook his head like a rattle, picked up the hare and the bamboo basket, and wanted to return it to Lin Xu.
"Second uncle, listen to me!"
Lin Xu took Lin Guangde's arm and said very affectionately: "Second uncle, I used to be young and ignorant. Every time I got into trouble, didn't you always help me solve it? I keep all this in mind!
I didn't have the ability to thank you before, but it's different now. I have the ability, so I specially made a hare and a basket of rice to thank you! This is called repaying a favor! You can't refuse.
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"Xiao Xu, you have grown up! You are now sensible!"
After hearing what Lin Xu said, Lin Guangde was also very moved, and his eyes even turned a little red!
"Second uncle, I came here today. In addition to expressing my gratitude to you, I also want to ask your help for something!"
Lin Xu felt that the atmosphere was almost heightened, so he got down to business. This chapter has been completed!