As expected, all five cars of little friends were late, with three from the girls' side.

  So early in the morning, Lin Yuhbin had to stand against the wall with Lu Ling and Zheng Qiao to listen to the lesson, which was a strange and unprecedented experience.

  Four little girls were initially embarrassed and listened to the class with their heads down, but after standing for a long time, they also relaxed and by the second lesson, they could even exchange pinches and stares.

  Shi Hui, standing on the stage, felt a headache coming on and glared at her daughter before rapping on the table, "Go back to your seat. You're not allowed to be late again in the future."

  Four little girls responded in unison and sat back down in their seats. Shang Danzhu took the opportunity to give her a sly wink when the teacher wasn't paying attention.

  After class, the two of them quietly held hands and went out to chat. Shang Danzhu said: "My second brother's face was not right last night, do you know what happened?"

  Lin Yuhbin paused for a moment and shook his head.

  Shang Danzhu pouted and said: "I know you all know, but just don't tell me."

  Lin Yuhong lowered his head.

  "Alright, alright, I won't ask then. But my second brother is going abroad to study next month, does sister have anything to send him?"

  Seeing Lin Yuheng remain silent, Shang Danzhu said: "You think slowly, I've decided to make him a pair of shoes."

  This time on a study tour, Lin You and Shang Mingjie traveled together. Lin Yuhong prepared two gifts, which were the same for both of them - a box of medicine.

  Inside were six small bottles containing typhoid medicine, a blood coagulant and some poisonous substances for self-defense.

  Lin You and Shang Ming Jie were both stunned when they received the box. The medicine for typhoid fever and hemostatic agents were understandable, but why was there also poison?

  Lin Yuhbin had often heard his aunt talk about the dangers of traveling abroad, so he specially asked Dr. Xue to prepare these medicines.

  Lin Qingwen also sent a guard to Lin You, which made Lin Run very happy.

  Recently, many young masters have gone out, and only Lin You has been lucky enough to have her send a guard to follow him.

  Of course, the people in the clan also knew that Lin Qingyu still made a distinction between Lin You and Lin Xin, because Lin You's bodyguard was borrowed, while Lin Xin had one sent over.

  It's said that Lin Xin has already established himself in the Northeast Army, and even Lin Sheng, his bodyguard, is now a general under his command. His future prospects are boundless.

  Naturally, other families also carefully selected guards to follow their children when they went out on excursions. Every child had been nurtured with great effort up until now, and it was only natural that they wanted to ensure their safety as much as possible.

  Led by Lu Yu, the six-man team set out from Suzhou City on February 2nd, Dragon's Head Raising Day, heading west towards Beijing.

  Before leaving, Lin Yuhbin accompanied his aunt to see off Lin You Tang's brother and naturally saw Shang Mingjie.

  The two people didn't speak this time, but instead exchanged a distant glance before one turned and left, while the other stood still and watched him go.

  Lin Qingwan saw Shang Mingjie almost turning back three steps at a time, and couldn't help but wipe her forehead: "You're falling behind, aren't you afraid of getting lost going out like this?"

  Shang Mingjie's face turned red as he quickly turned his head and chased after his little friends in front of him on horseback.

  Lin Qingwan shook her head and said to Lin Yuhong, "Let's go, we're going back."

  Lin Qingwan did not say she opposed the two of them being together, but neither did she loosen her tongue to agree to their marriage. She had just sent a letter to Mrs. Xie in the capital, asking her to help investigate Shi Yun's situation.

  Lin Qingwan is about to come of age and her marriage must be prepared, but before that, she has to give herself a grand coming-of-age ceremony.

  Zhong Ruying had sent people to deliver the betrothal gifts early, and there were many of them, filling two large horse-drawn carriages. There were clothes, food, accessories, toys, and even antique paintings and calligraphy for collection.

  Its value is almost comparable to the betrothal gifts for a young lady from a large family getting married.

  One set of ruby jewelry was worth a fortune, and even Lin Qingyu couldn't help but stare at it.

  The steward who was sent to deliver the gifts conscientiously conveyed the general's words, "The general said that these things would be left in her place just like they were left in the warehouse gathering dust, so it's better to give them to the young lady."

  The housekeeper smiled and said: "The general also said that since the young lady called her 'aunt', then as an aunt, she should do something for her niece. Our general also said that the young lady should take a look if there's anything she particularly likes, the general will find it in the warehouse, if there is, he'll have it sent over, if not, next time when going to Chu State, he can help find it."

  Lin Qingwan twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "She's still a child, she won't be using these things for now, go back and tell your general not to send so many things next time."

  A careless smile, and he nodded in agreement with a lowered head.

  He is the steward of the Zhong family.

  The Zhong family now had only one member left, Zhong Ruying. All the wealth and property passed down from her ancestors belonged to her, but maintaining an army would cost a lot of money.

  In fact, apart from these illiquid assets in the warehouse, the Zhong family didn't have much money, at least far less than the Lin family.

  Zhong Ruying is a general who can't be stopped, almost every battle doesn't return empty-handed, in the end except for gold and silver that didn't stay behind, those gems, beautiful silk brocades, some rare antiques etc. were accumulated quite a bit.

  Their warehouse is almost full just like the He family's.

  Unfortunately, these are all difficult to materialize, especially in this chaotic world. These things have no other use except for decorating the facade and dressing up people.

  However, the general is now too lazy to dress up like that, and even if the general's mansion were bigger, it would not be possible to put all these things on display, which would not be dressing up the facade but directly turning into a warehouse.

  So sending out just two cars of things is nothing?

  It was General who gave away half of the warehouse in the General's Mansion without any heartache.

  Anyway, this thing will be divided between the two white-eyed wolves of the Qi Zhong family a hundred years later. It's better to give it to someone who can make the general happy, at least the general will be happy.

  Zhong Ruying attaches great importance to Lin Yuheng's capping ceremony, and Lin Qingwen is even more unlikely to neglect it. So early in the morning, she personally visited the Lu family, inviting Old Lady Lu as the guest of honor, and also invited Shang Danzhu as a congratulator.

  This was apparently beyond Mrs. Shang's expectation, as she thought Lin Qingwan would invite her to be the guest of honor, after all, she was Yu Bin's maternal grandmother.

  Shang Danzhu was still doing the makeup for the first time, and she was so excited that she didn't notice the old lady's emotions. Instead, she pulled her sisters to show her the clothes they would wear that day.

  Shang Danlan took a peek at her grandmother, and excitedly pulled Shang Danzhu out. "I have a book of clothes from Ruyi Fang at home, go take a look."

  Shang Danju was also happy to follow up, "And jewelry, on that day San Jie's jewelry must be new too."

  Only Old Lady Shang and Second Mistress Shang were left in the house.

  Mrs. Shang smiled and said: "Lin's aunt is a good person to invite, Old Lady Lu hasn't been out in many years, I don't know how much effort it took to get her here."

  The old lady pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "After all, she is a princess conferred by the imperial court, and she still has some face. I remember that Danzhu's birthday is not far away, at that time you plan to invite who as the guest of honor for her hairpinning ceremony?"

  Shang Er's wife was speechless, and naturally she couldn't invite Old Lady Lu over.

  Thinking of this, Mrs. Shang Er couldn't help but feel displeased in her heart.

  Mrs. Lu was a renowned lucky person, born into a prestigious family with all her siblings intact, and her parents lived to an old age. She herself also lived a long life.

  Her parents-in-law live a long life, her husband also lives a long life, she has both sons and daughters, and even grandchildren are all there, and the third generation is about to get married, and she is still very healthy and happy.

  Her virtues and talents are as renowned as her good fortune. She is filial to her parents-in-law, a good wife and mother, with obedient children. Her talents have also won over many elderly men and women, making her a person of both virtue and talent.

  Many girls and young women want to invite her as a guest of honor, but except for a few nieces from her husband's family and her own family, she rarely acts as a guest of honor for outsiders.

  It's just that her grandmother is also close friends with her, a friendship of several decades.

  But what about Lin Qingyuan?

  She doesn't know the old lady at all.

  But anyway, she knew the old lady's daughter-in-law and son.

  So she came to the door three times, and finally managed to get Old Lady Lu to show up. Although Old Lady Lu was unhappy about losing face, she had to admit that it was her good fortune that her granddaughter could make her a formal guest.

  The ceremony of hairpinning did not take place in Lin's family villa, but in the Lin Mansion in the west of the city.

  It's not even the end of January, but the Lin family has already started decorating their mansion. By February 12th, the entire Lin estate was a sea of red, with lanterns and streamers hung up to welcome guests.

  Lin Run came early with his nephews and nieces-in-law to help out, and today's guests will be entertained by them.

  It shouldn't have been such a big deal, but who made Lin Qingyan attach so much importance to it? Who made Lin Yuhuan the only blood heir of the Lin family's main branch? And who made her the county master?

  So this time the Lin family invited everyone they could, and even those who weren't invited sent gifts, so the scene was quite grand.

  Lin Qingwan, as the hostess on the east steps, welcomed the guests. The old lady led her daughter-in-law and granddaughters forward, smiling: "From today on, Yubin is considered grown up, and in the future, we will still need Lin aunt to take care of her."

  Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "Also need Old Lady's help, you quickly go inside, Yu Bin is still in the inner room, why don't you go take a look at her."

  The old lady smiled and nodded, supporting Shang Danlan's hand as they entered.

  Shi Xian and Shi Hui also brought their daughter along. Even the Zhou and Zhao families, who were far away in Jiangdu, sent people to deliver gifts.

  Chui Rong couldn't help but exclaim, "This is too extravagant, I remember when my cousin got married, they only invited a few close family friends."

  "The Lin family's direct descendants only have Yuhong left, so the Lin family will naturally hold a grand ceremony," Lu Ling whispered in her ear: "When I get married, as long as I can invite all of you, I'll be satisfied."

  "Don't worry, Auntie can still grant you this small wish."

  "Let's go and take a look at Yuhin in the backyard."

  Lin Yuhong's dormitory was in an uproar, almost all the female students from the school had rushed over and were surrounding her, chattering away.

  The old lady was so fond of excitement that she couldn't bear it anymore and had already gone out with the help of her maid.

  Shang Danzhu and Lin Yuheng whispered in each other's ear: "When the time comes for me to get married, you'll be my best man."

  "No problem," Lin Yubin said with a crisp smile: "Not only you, whoever invites me to Zaner, I'll go."