Isn't this a great blasphemy? What's meant by "one day the emperor will be replaced by a businessman?"

  Shang Ming Jie innocently looked at his older brother, unable to speak with his mouth covered. He blinked his eyes innocently and pitifully looked at Shang Ming Yuan.

  Shang Mingyuan couldn't help but slap him on the head, "Don't look anymore, I think you'd better not come to Lin's family villa again. If you want to write a book about farming, you can go to our own estate."

  "Will those farmers teach me like Old Man Chen?" asked Shang Ming Jie dejectedly.

  Shang Mingyuan was about to speak when Shang Mingjie suddenly interrupted him. They were so frightened that they didn't even have time to be honest, and what Shang Mingjie got in return was only perfunctory talk.

  "I'm exposing the Lin family's notice, saying that it was originally meant to be a book for Old Man Chen and his wife. It wouldn't be good if we were to fabricate something without their involvement." Shang Mingjie lowered his eyes and said, "Big brother doesn't need to persuade me, I have my own plans in mind."

  "You'd better not come to our house often," Shang Mingyuan endured for a moment before whispering, "Although Lin Aunt is clever and capable, some of her ideas are really... unorthodox, you mustn't learn from her."

  Shang Mingjie didn't respond, picked up his pen and continued writing his book with his head down.

  Xiang Ming suddenly couldn't help but slap him on the head again, "Big brother is talking to you."

  "Oh," Shang Mingjie responded somewhat insincerely, and asked in return: "What brings you here today, big brother?"

  "It's none of your business, kid," Shang Mingyuan thought for a moment and reminded him, "When you get home, don't go around talking about it. I'm just here with your aunt to give some local specialties to Aunt Lin."

  Shang Mingjie was no longer a naive child who would believe whatever others said, and he looked at his older brother with profound meaning in his eyes before nodding.

  Shang Mingyuan let out a sigh of relief. He was on guard against his uncle and aunt, and even more so against Danzhu, but as for Shang Mingjie, he really didn't worry about him much, unless one day he had a drastic change in personality.

  It's actually quite strange that Second Uncle and Second Aunt, who are so deep and thoughtful, could have given birth to Second Brother.

  Lin Qingwan returned from the weaving workshop, and Shang Mingyuan immediately threw down his brother's dog leg and welcomed her at the door, "Auntie, you're back!"

  Lin Qingwan took off the cloak that shaded her from the sun and handed it to a servant, raising an eyebrow as she looked at him, "Come for the money?"

  "No, nephew is here to give aunt some money."

  Lin Qingyan snorted with laughter, "Giving it away for free?"

  Shang Mingyuan smiled and said, "Nephew wants to give it away for free, but Auntie can't appreciate those things?"

  "No, I can see it clearly, did you give it away for free?"

  Shang Mingyu looked at Lin Qingwan with a pitiful gaze.

  Lin Qingwen took a sip of tea and sat back comfortably in her chair, looking at Shang Mingyuan, "Speak, what do you want to do?"

  Shang Mingyuan stepped forward with the prepared gift box, smiling and saying: "Aunt Lin, has your family's brocade and satin been sold to a buyer this year?"

  "Our family's brocade has never been short of buyers, but the fruit in our orchard hasn't sold out yet. What, do you want to help your aunt share the burden?"

  Shang Mingyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Nephew is willing to serve Auntie, but Auntie, can you please take pity on nephew and give some brocade and satin to me?"

  "Do you want to do textile business?" Lin Qingyan put down her teacup and smiled: "The capital for this is not low."

  "How much silver can be bought with the money you kept for me earlier?"

  "Your heart is indeed big enough, all changed into brocade satin?"

  Shang Mingyuan chuckled and looked at her with anticipation.

  Lin Qingwan smiled at him and asked slowly, "If you've changed everything to silk and satin, what will you use to buy my fruit?"

  Shang Mingyuan's smile froze, and he finally said ruthlessly: "Well, then I'll just take out one box, but only buy the fruit from Auntie's orchard."

  Lin Qingwan chuckled and waved her hand, saying: "Forget it, I'm not counting on that little money of yours. If you want to do business with brocade satin, go find Lin Guan Jia, he's in charge of this matter."

  "It's impossible for you to want all of it to be silk satin," Lin Qingwen raised her chin and said: "Those merchants have been cooperating with my Lin family for many years, I won't cheat people, but you're lucky, this year there are a lot of mulberry trees and the silkworms we raise are also plentiful."

  Last year, two mulberry gardens were added, and the scale of weaving workshops and embroidery workshops naturally expanded.

  Lin Qingwan also reminded him thoughtfully: "The brocade and satin in my family are scarce everywhere, but several merchants who purchase from me have occupied Jiangnan, Beijing and the Central Plains. Where will you sell the goods after buying them?"

  Shang Mingyuan smiled and whispered, "Lin auntie, I've already found several fabric shops on the other side that are willing to take goods from me. As long as the quality is good, price isn't a problem."

  "Nanjiang," Lin Qingyan's smile deepened on her face, "this trip has indeed fulfilled you."

  She thought for a moment, waved her hand and said: "Alright, you can go now. Don't be an eyesore in front of me anymore. As long as you have the money, Housekeeper Lin won't refuse to sell it to you."

  Shang Mingyuan immediately pushed the box in front of her, "Aunt Lin, take a look. This is a specialty from Nanjiang that I bought for you. If you like it, I'll bring more next time I go to Nanjiang."

  Lin Qingwan opened it and saw that inside was a whole piece of intact jade stone. She couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Not bad, indeed good stuff."

  Shang Mingyuan proudly said, "Aunt and cousin are about to come out of mourning, prepare in advance, when you come out of mourning it's also good to make some jewelry, cousin will be pinning up her hair next year, just in time to dress up."

  Jianming was concerned about Lin Yuhong, and Lin Qingwan also asked casually, "Isn't Danlan getting old too? Has your mother arranged a marriage for her?"

  Shang Mingyuan's expression paused for a moment on his face, and he smiled: "She's still young, no rush."

  Lin Qingwan was surprised, but still nodded in agreement: "There's no need to rush, it's better for girls to get married later."

  Shang Mingyuan initially thought that Lin Auntie was just giving him face, but who knew she had a look of approval on her face, apparently really thinking so. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and mutter: "Actually, it's not that small either..."

  It seems that I have to mention it to mother again. If not, let Xiaofang take the lead. My sister's marriage cannot be delayed any longer.

  Shang Mingyuan was flattering Lin Qingyu in the front, while Xiao Fangshi was also flattering Lin Yubin in the back. She took out those small, intricately carved things from the box and showed them to her, "Your sisters all have one, so your brother thought you could play together often, that's why he brought a set for you too."

  This means that in Shang Mingyuan's heart, Lin Yubin is like his own sister.

  Lin Yuhong indeed liked this little thing, smiled and accepted it, asking Xiaofang to sit down, "Sister-in-law, please sit down, you're pregnant now, don't get tired."

  "Whoever comes and goes has someone to serve, where can I get tired?" Xiaofang smiled and pulled Lin Yubin's hand: "It's you little girls who exhaust yourselves reading books every day, I think you're even more tired than me."

  Xiao Fang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sister is about to give birth, right?"

  Lin Yuhong lowered his head and responded with a "yes".

  Xiao Fang patted her head and said, "After the memorial service is over, you can go out and play. It just so happens that this year during the Lantern Festival, our family will be setting up a lantern stand, and you can come and play with Danlan and the others."

  Lin Yuhuan smiled and agreed, "It's still far from Yuanxiao, Sister-in-law is planning too early."

  "It's getting late, it's getting late, I'm afraid if we don't invite you now, we won't be able to invite you later."

  Although Xiao Fang rarely goes out, he also knows that Lin Qingwan's position in Suzhou is now solidified, and both Governor Zhou and the Lu family give her face.

  At this time, many people fawned on her, and in previous years, they had no chance to wait for her to come out of mourning, so many people lined up to invite her.

  As Lin Qingyan's closest relative, Lin Yuhong was naturally also an object of flattery and socializing for many people.

  Mrs. Shang also seemed to know this, so she tolerated the fact that Shang Mingyuan and his wife would occasionally go to the Lin family's other courtyard to maintain their relationship.

  Sometimes he also let Xiaofang bring Shang Danlan's three sisters along, letting them get close to Lin's family of aunts and cousins, drawing the two families closer together.

  To know, in the past unless Lin Yuhong personally posted to invite, or Shang Danlan three sisters actively requested to come, otherwise Old Lady Shang would not take the initiative to mention letting them come to the Lin family's side house.

  Mrs. Shang recently made a fortune with the help of Zhao Jie, and although she has not yet formally taken back control of the household, she no longer needs to go to the Buddhist temple to recite scriptures.

  So she also started going out and only then realized that it had been less than half a year since she last went out, but the outside world had already changed beyond recognition.

  All the ladies she knew and didn't know were very supportive of Lin Qingwan, with several madams from the Lu family leading the way. Their words were full of praise, and many people had already planned to visit Madam Lin after her mourning period was over.

  Mrs. Shang Er's heart was complicated, with more resentment than anything else. When Lin Qingyuan first returned to Suzhou, wasn't she also a junzhu?

  But when did these people think of visiting her?

  Instead, they were even more resentful because their family members were rebuked and taught a lesson by Lin Qingwan for their improper behavior during the welcoming ceremony, so everyone had always been ignoring this highest-ranking lady of Jiangnan, turning a blind eye and deaf ear to her.

  How can you now be so willing as to take the initiative to visit?

  What made her even more uncomfortable was that both her husband and elder brother wrote to her from afar, telling her to get along well with Lin Qingwen. Her husband said not to ruin the relationship between the two families of Shanglin; her elder brother said to be cautious and patient when necessary.

  The Zhao family is best at enduring. They have endured for so many years and now it's just a matter of continuing to endure as they did before.

  So despite her reservations, she still prepared various going-out clothes for her daughter and reminded her to get along well with Lin Yuhong and not to quarrel.

  Everyone suddenly became so friendly, Lin Qingyan was not used to it, but she still enjoyed this comfort very much. As the weather got colder and Suzhou had its second snowfall, the two aunt and niece were about to set off.

  Lin Qingwan brought Lin Yuhong back to the Lin family ancestral temple in Linjiang.

  This time's ancestral worship is comparable to the Lunar New Year, and the clan attaches great importance to it, making the scene very grand, even more so than when Lin Jiang was buried.

  Even Zhou Cishi led a group of officials to come, the reason is simple, Lin Jiang was conferred by the emperor as "Wen Zheng" meritorious minister, who made great contributions to the country and the people, as an official of the court, he should represent the court to pay his respects.

  But everyone in their hearts understood that Zhou Cishi would still come twenty-seven months after his death in Linjiang, all because of Lin Qingyu.

  Although no one has ever explicitly stated it, everyone knows that Lin's family has now passed the most difficult period after Lin Jiang's death. With Lin Qingwen, Lin Run, and Lin Xin, they have regained their footing in Jiangnan.