I do fortune-telling in ancient astrology

Chapter 27
The New Year's Eve is the busiest time. Shops and farms have to pay their bills, the supplies that should be bought have to be bought, and people's favors have to be moved. Lin Xingwei is almost too busy to touch the ground.

Lin Xingwei took Luo Fu to buy three sheep for sacrifices during the New Year's Eve. The price of sheep is usually not expensive, but before the New Year's Eve, the price of everything has increased. Two copper plates.

Mrs. He led a group of maidservants to set firecrackers and paste lanterns in the backyard.Knowing that the princess bought the sheep back, he slipped over and complained in front of the princess.

"Originally the Grandfather raised a lot of sheep in the village in the countryside. Mrs. Hou felt that raising sheep would take up space. It was better to raise cattle to cultivate land, so she slaughtered all the sheep. Now I have to buy them from outside for the New Year's Eve, not to mention expensive. The sheep are still so emaciated that they are not willing to feed them grass."

"Whether the sheep occupy the space or the cattle occupy the space, at least we can raise a few here and there, so that we won't be at a loss when we need to use them. After the new year, the princess still persuaded Mrs. Hou to raise some. The princess and General Wei's wedding ceremony also needed to use them. of."

Lin Xingwei didn't sleep well for several days and was dizzy. She didn't want to hear her useless complaints, so she said, "These sheep are very thin and weak. Aunt He will help me feed them well. They will be fat by the New Year's Eve." I'm so tired, I'm going to rest for a while."

Mrs. He was complaining about her excitement. She thought that the princess would "see the same thing as a hero" with her, but unexpectedly, the princess covered her ears and ran away.

Luo Fu leaned over and said: "Our wife said that the smell of sheep is too fishy. The princess will use beef for her wedding ceremony, and then a few more deer will be prepared. Aunt He should not worry about it."

Mrs. He loves mutton the most. Yunzhu said that in previous years, Mrs. Hou ate the most mutton prepared by Mrs. Hou for her servants in winter.

Later, Mrs. Hou disliked the smell of mutton on everyone's body after eating mutton, so she no longer prepared mutton.

Lin Xingwei is not picky, he can eat any kind of meat, mutton is the most nourishing in winter, if you think it smells too strong, you can rinse your mouth and change your clothes, if you don't eat mutton because it tastes too strong, it will really miss a delicacy.

Every New Year's Eve, the sheep's head is hung up for sacrifice. In the past, the father and uncles took care of it. After the father was gone, there were still uncles.

This year, Mrs. Hou asked Lin Xingwei to learn how to manage the house, and the uncles also quit doing these things, and let Lin Xingwei take care of them.

Lin Xingwei was almost exhausted, and after working so hard all day long, his legs felt three inches shorter.Really couldn't bear it anymore, I slept in the afternoon nap until it was dark in the evening before waking up.

Madam Hou saw that her daughter was working too hard, so she didn't rush her, and asked Yunzhu to bring food and drink to Lin Xingwei's room after dinner.

Yun Zhu came in with some food, Lin Xingwei vaguely saw a red brocade bag on the food plate with dazed eyes.

"What is this?" Lin Xingwei murmured.

Yunzhu leaned close to Lin Xingwei's ear, lowered her voice, and said, "Mr. Wen gave this to you, and said it was money for you."

The money that Young Master Wen gave you?Why did he give her money?He is not her elder.

Lin Xingwei frowned. As the saying goes, you don't get rewarded for nothing, and you don't get rewarded for doing nothing. It's either rape or stealing. What's the purpose of Wen Suiwan?

Yunzhu saw Lin Xingwei's doubts, and said again: "Mr. Wen said, so that the princess doesn't have to feel burdened. He said that he felt amiable when he met the princess at the grandpa's birthday banquet and at Cao's mansion. Treat you as a little sister." .”

"Who wants to be his little sister?! It's not that I don't have a brother. I have a lot of cousins. Is it necessary to recognize a strange man who has only met twice as a brother?" Lin Xingwei's eyes widened, and the money Throwing the bag into Yunzhu's hand, he said angrily, "Hurry up and return it!"

Yunzhu bit her lower lip, held the money bag in both hands, looked very embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "When my servant and Mrs. He went out to buy fruit in the afternoon, I met Mr. Wen. Pull the money bag given to him in a secluded place, and say that he has no malicious intentions..."

"No ill intentions, why didn't he say it together in front of Mrs. He, but wanted to talk to you alone? Is he trying to kill me? Wei Mingji and I are negotiating marriage, and let people know that I have taken other people's things. I have a mouth all over my body and can’t tell.”

Lin Xingwei's face turned red, showing that he was quite frightened.

Last time in the Cao Mansion, he only thought of him as frivolous, and deliberately teased her with the name of "righteous sister", but he didn't expect him to come for real, and even pretended to give away money, she was short of his money!

Yunzhu pouted, her face full of reluctance: "Mr. Wen is an upright person, and he has no wrong thoughts about the princess."

Lin Xingwei's face darkened in an instant, "It's not a question of whether he has unreasonable thoughts, but whether others will think that he has unreasonable thoughts about me? I have nothing to do with him, so why do I accept his things? ?”

"Then I'll go to Mr. Wen and convey your words to him. Tell him not to send anything to the Princess anymore." Yun Zhu got up muttering, put the brocade bag into her sleeve, and planned to find Wen Suwan again.

Lin Xingwei's heart was pounding and he couldn't eat anymore.

The ancient feudal ethics had extremely strict requirements on women. If she had a relationship with Wen Lin, the public opinion in the capital would definitely sentence her to death.Just thinking about it made cold sweat break out on her back.

"Wait, let's discuss it with my mother." Lin Xingwei stopped Yunzhu.

Since the things had already been sent to Lin Xingwei's boudoir, they couldn't just return them so easily, or they would have to discuss with the elders before returning them.

Mrs. Hou learned that Wen Lin gave her daughter money, and she recalled how Wen Lin defended her daughter in front of Wei Mingji and the Chen family when she was in the Cao Mansion. Some chuckle.

Her daughter had a bad reputation in the past, but she has performed very well recently. Although she had a little quarrel with others at the father's birthday banquet, it still couldn't stop her ability to organize the banquet on her own.

He learned the general affairs well, everything is well organized, and he is also beautiful. Even if all the men in the capital admire Ran Ran, Mrs. Hou doesn't think it's too much.

If it hadn't been for the hasty talk about marriage with Wei Mingji back then, now he would have had multiple choices, choosing one among the good men in the capital.

Wen's family is also an orphan and widowed mother, the two families can be regarded as a well-matched family, and Ran Ran is also worthy of the great talent Wen Lin.

Wen Lin is tens of millions of times better than Wei Mingji, he talks kindly to others, and always smiles to please everyone.It's not like that Wei Mingji, who seems to have a deep hatred with everyone, and everyone in the world owes his family money.

Happy to be happy, Mrs. Hou plans to wait for the two nephews Lin Tingyu and Lin Chengan to come back from Yanshan Academy, and ask them to invite Wen Lin into the mansion and interrogate him carefully to see if he is interested in Ran Ran, and if it is consensual , she can withstand the pressure and return Wei Mingji.

For the happiness of her daughter's life, she can risk everything.

Lin Tingyu hadn't gone to ask for it yet, but after inquiring among his classmates, he learned that Wen Lin was engaged to be the second daughter of Li Zhan, the prefect of Beihai County. The daughter of the family welcomed back to the capital to get married.

When Mrs. Hou heard this, she became angry, "Since he has relatives, why did he come here to provoke Ran Ran and give Ran Ran some money, which is called money pressing? Why did he give money?"

Yun Zhu muttered softly at the side: "The servant said that Mr. Wen has no wrong thoughts about the princess."

Lin Xingwei suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up instantly, and asked Lin Tingyu, "Big cousin, how old are grandparents this year?"

Lin Tingyu glanced at her: "Didn't you arrange a birthday banquet for grandfather? Why don't you know how old he is? Grandma is three years younger than grandfather."

She naturally knew that her grandfather's birthday at the end of the year was 65 years old, but because the question she just thought of was too shocking, she couldn't help but want to ask her cousin for confirmation.

"You say, is this Mr. Wen a child born outside my grandparents? Is it my little uncle? That's why he stole money from me?" Lin Xingwei almost got Madam Hou to beat her up as soon as Lin Xingwei said those words.

Lin Chengyu said contemptuously: "If it's a little uncle, why would he just give you money alone, aren't we two his nephews? If it's an uncle, why would he want you to be a little sister? Wouldn't it break the morals."

Lin Tingyu nodded foolishly.

Lin Xing smiled awkwardly: "Didn't you come back from Yanshan Academy, besides, I am the youngest in the family. Being a little girl... maybe he is too embarrassed to say it, or he doesn't know that it is our little uncle. I feel related to our family..."

The following words became less and less confident, the two cousins ​​sighed and shook their heads and looked at her with tender eyes, the little cousin could really imagine.

Madam Hou's face was gloomy, and she reprimanded: "You guys even dared to make arrangements for your grandparents, don't you deserve a beating?"

Lin Cheng'an hurriedly dragged Lin Tingyu away, and then said: "It was arranged by Ran Ran, if Auntie wants to punish Ran Ran, it has nothing to do with us..."

The next day, Lin Xingwei asked her two cousins ​​to inquire about Wen Lin's birth date. She did some divination and knew Wen Lin's true identity.

(End of this chapter)