Volume 4: Storm and Rain in Jiangnan Chapter 4: Aftermath

According to the system of establishing the court, people will naturally be buried in the ancestral tomb after death. However, if the Lin family really talks about it, Lin Nan's grandfather, Shilang Lin, was not in the capital, but in the south of the Yangtze River. However, since Shilang Lin became an official in the court, the ancestral tomb was moved to the outskirts of the capital. Lin Wu died early in his middle age. Although he was far away in the south of Han, the rituals should not be abolished, and the coffin still had to be moved back to the capital according to the rules.

It was spring and flowers blooming, and the body was naturally not to be disposal for a long time, so everything was kept simple. After handling the urgent matters at hand, the former governor Lin family made room for the next governor, and the whole family moved out of Xiangyang City, went north to help the spirits back to Beijing.

Halfway through the way, the third uncle Lin He who came to hear the news finally arrived. The uncle and nephew met without any extra greetings. No one thought about it before, would have thought that they would meet again in this situation. The group arrived at the capital. The old lady Zhao burst into tears when she saw the coffin. However, no matter how sad it was, the old lady was clear-headed and did not mess around. It was really a person who had experienced major events. Seeing the old lady like this made the rest of the people feel more at ease. The mansion was already in chaos. If the old lady fell down again because of this incident, the Lin family would be in chaos.

At this time, Jingbei Bolin Wenyuan was guarding the border in the north and did not return to Beijing. The letter had been sent out, but he was afraid that he would not be able to come back when Lin Wu was buried. In addition, Lin He and Lin De both returned home, and the Lin family gathered together. After seven days of stopping the spirit, Lin Nan and Lin Zhi wore mourning clothes and came to the suburbs of Beijing with their coffin. On the land where the eldest brother Lin Qi was buried in the past, he buried his father Lin Wu with his own hands.

Seeing the loess obscuring the coffin lid bit by bit, and then slowly piled up to form a round tomb hill, Lin Nan still felt a little unbelievable. Everything was over like this? His father, whose voice and smile were still in front of him, suddenly but quickly... disappeared in front of him? Although reason told Lin Nan that everything had happened, the lingering sense of nothingness always lingered in his heart. But no matter what, things had reached this point.

A piece of loess will be separated by yin and yang. Once you close your eyes, you will never see you for life.

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Lin Mansion, main hall.

After the funeral, they rested for a night, and the next day, everyone was summoned by the old lady to the main hall. Except for the old lady sitting in the upper head of the east, everyone else sat around and sat casually, and no one had the intention to stick to the rules at this time.

After a few greetings, Zhao raised his eyes and glanced at everyone present, sighed secretly and said, "I'm calling you all over here today, for nothing else, I just want to talk to you."

"Wu'er is gone, I know you are all in love with the old lady. But you have also seen it. I'm fine, I'm fine, I put your heart in my stomach. I've lived for more than 70 years and am not old enough to be confused. I can still understand the truth in my heart. It's true that the white-haired man gives birth to a black-haired man, and I'm sad and sad, but I have a hundred people from all over the Lin family. Without one, the rest are just a life? I have four sons. If you say something inappropriately, Wu'er will die, and the Lin family will have three inherited the incense, but the remaining three are dead, and there are still younger generations behind me! In short, this life is still possible."

After the old lady's opening remark, she actually said this. Although it was not nice, she still said it so hard and straightforward. The old lady was not afraid of someone being unhappy. Everyone understood the meaning of this. She just wanted to tell everyone clearly that only one person died, but the Lin family's airs were still there. Even if the fall was Lin Wu, the second master who could be called one of the two pillars of the Lin family, the Lin family building would not fall! We will live the same life in the future! Even if the old lady's four sons were dead, she was ready in her heart and could continue to lead her grandchildren to support the Lin family!

No matter how the old lady felt in the ears of others, Lin Nan had a new understanding of her grandmother at this time. Life is rare in seventy years. The old lady has experienced much more things in this world than most people, and she can see things more clearly and think clearly than others! Regardless of other things, it is even more so in life and death alone. During the funeral at home, everyone only thought of the sorrow of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man. As a mother, she faced the pain of a dead son, but she ignored the old lady Zhao's tough character and firm will!

All things grow and grow wither and flourish. The foundation of what everyone says and thinks comes from the age of life they have lived. I naturally react in my heart when I have seen so many things. However, these people, including Lin Nan, have only lived for more than 40 years. The old lady not only lived for decades, but also saw more than they did. Just talking about the current situation, can it be worse than decades ago? When Mr. Lin died, the old lady had four sons under her. The Lin family was far from the status and power they are today. They were young and widowed, and their husbands were lost early. Is it even more difficult to be a wife? Although the son died early in middle age, his grandson had already become a talented person, and the incense continued, and there were successors. This alone could reduce most of the old lady's sadness...

Because of this, the old lady was sad again. On the second day after her son was buried, she immediately summoned everyone to talk to calm the minds of the whole family and let them know that my old lady is still there and the foundation of the Lin family is still there! How great forbearance and powerful spirit is this?!

At this moment, Lin Nan finally felt that his grandmother was far less ordinary than she usually saw, and it was exactly what she said: There is an old family, like a treasure! And this treasure in Lin’s mansion is like a magic needle at a critical moment! After the old lady said this, she clearly felt that the people in the mansion were all relieved!

Then the old lady said a few more words to Chen, just by taking her own experience when she was young, she comforted her daughter-in-law as a person who had experienced it, so that she could live in the house with a good life. The four sons of the Lin family each had a place. In the past, they were not taken care of when they were not in the capital. Now that they have returned to Beijing to live in, they have enough rooms.

Then the old lady glanced at her grandson Lin Nan who was standing next to her and gave her instructions lightly. From now on, the affairs of the second room will be taken over by the affairs of the second room, and the superiors and subordinates should abide by the rules. The narration on the second day of the funeral ended in this last sentence that seemed to be an understatement.

Lin Wu's death caused a turmoil in the Lin family, but this turmoil basically happened in people's hearts, and before it spread, it was stopped by the old lady in time. But his influence was still there, because according to the establishment system, the parents died, and the sons, regardless of the officials and the people, had to be mourned for three years, which was for Dingyou. Officials are not allowed to go out to be officials during Dingyou and all entertainment activities. At the same time, they can only set up a thatched hut in front of the grave, and it is not enough to live better. But this is just the earliest rule. As time goes by, although Dingyou's regulations are still there, the specific details are gradually improved.

But no matter how it is changed, this regulation still cannot be avoided. Although Lin Nan has just entered the threshold of the officialdom and is only a Hanlin editor, he is also an official of the Dajian Dynasty and must abide by this. Therefore, after the complicated and busy schedule, the first thing to do is to write a book to report to the superior officials and ask for leave.

However, before Lin Nan could hand over the leave letter, another thing that happened in the mansion made him suddenly change his mind.

The Lin Mansion in the capital has three courtyards in front and back, and there are two wardrobes in the east and west, each with courtyards, several tile houses, and a bamboo garden pond at the end. The second entrance to the east is the second house of the Lin family, which is the courtyard where Lin Nan currently lives. This courtyard is divided into two courtyards in front and back according to the north and south. The back house lives in the main house, and the front is the place where the servants and servants rest.

Since returning to the capital, Chen took Aunt Qiu, Lin Nan and Lin Zhi to live here. In the first few days, Lin Nan was busy with funeral matters and had no time to deal with his own chores. After finally getting through this period, Lin Nan planned to call out the servants in his original mansion and talk about it. He used to be a young master, and he ignored everything. Now he is in charge of the family, so he naturally has to be familiar with the people below. In the past few years, he has been in the capital. Except for the housekeeper Uncle Tian, ​​the people in the Lin Mansion in Jiangnan were ignorant. Now this is definitely not possible. Either seize the time to get familiar with them, or immediately replace all the commonly used people with those they are already familiar with, otherwise some trouble will definitely occur in the long run.

Lin Nan had this idea and came to the front yard after breakfast early this morning, intending to ask Brother Chun to gather dozens of servants from his home. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the front yard, he saw two people whispering under the wall on the east side of the courtyard. Although he was not carrying anyone on his back, he didn't want people to hear anything when he looked at you. What made Lin Nan even more puzzled was that one of these two people was mugwort, and the other was Old Man Qiao who was rescued and taken in the mansion when he was passing by Dongling Mountain a few days ago.

At this moment, Old Man Qiao was frowning and was talking to Mugwort with excitement. Mugwort's reaction was even more strange. Not only was he shocked and surprised on his face, but he seemed to think of something else. As he listened, his face looked sad, and tears were circling in his eyes, but he was holding his back to prevent it from flowing down!

This scene accidentally made Lin Nan see it and couldn't help but feel suspicious. He immediately stepped across the yard gate and coughed gently.
Chapter completed!