Chapter 138 The Last Wish of an Ancient Farmer 17 (End)
Chang'an gave Lin Jing a stack of amulets and put one on each person in the family before he left. He also went to the mountains to chop enough firewood for the family to burn for half a year, and he also helped clean the house.
His four brothers wanted to open a pastry shop in the city, and he was busy running the business. After tasting the pastries made by the second brother Lin and finding them delicious, he taught them how to make other things.
After making arrangements for the Lin family, he left a large sum of money for the village to build bridges and roads, establish schools, and repair ancestral halls.
After everything was arranged, Lin Jing set out to return to Beijing. Just like when they sent him to take the imperial examination, everyone stood at the entrance of the village to bid him farewell and watched him leave.
A few days after he left, Lin Cuilan came back in a panic. Her parents did not express their joy at her return, but they did not drive her out either. They just continued to live their life as usual.
But she was still restless and wanted to get in touch with Lin Jing, so she went to Brother Lin's shop every day.
"Brother Lin, I can also make snacks, I'll help you."
"No need," Mrs. Lin stepped forward and pushed her away, saying sarcastically, "You are the young lady of a wealthy family, how can we let you do such rough work? Our shop is small and we can handle it, you should go back."
Lin Cuilan's face turned pale and blue. It was all her own fault for not being able to control her mouth. On the day she married the beggar brother, she boasted to the whole village that she was going to enjoy a good life and that she would soon be the young lady of a wealthy family.
Who would have thought that these words would backfire on her? She wanted to show off in front of Lin Jing's family so that she could be taken care of by Lin Jing when she went to the capital, but Lin Jing's family didn't seem to like her.
Before she could think of any other solution, the fact that she had murdered her husband was exposed and she was soon arrested by the bailiffs. She struggled and refused to leave, shouting that she was innocent.
"Lin Jing is my fifth brother. He is the top scholar chosen by the current emperor. You can't arrest me."
When Lin Cuilan brought up Lin Jing, Brother Lin was on guard against her and immediately took out a basin from the shop and started knocking on it.
"My fellow villagers, I am Lin Jing's eldest brother. I hereby declare that my family has no relationship with Lin Cuilan. If you do not believe me, you can visit Linjia Village. Lin Jing can withstand any investigation."
Before the rumor could spread, the four brothers of the Lin family put an end to it on the spot. Sister-in-law Lin had a bad temper. She chased after Lin Cuilan, grabbed her and slapped her hard several times.
"She was so shameless that she fooled around with other men outside and got cheated. Now she's still not honest when she comes back. She even dares to blame my uncle for the trouble? Do you think our family is easy to bully?"
Sister Lin Si pressed her head to the ground, and the yamen runner hurried forward and said, "Sister Lin Si, calm down. It's not worth getting so angry."
Fourth Brother Lin also stepped forward and pulled her away, "Madam, take it easy. If you beat her to death, it will cause trouble for me."
Their family's life has finally gotten better, and it can't be ruined because of Lin Cuilan.
Lin Cuilan's self-righteous sense of superiority collapsed at this moment. She didn't know how things turned out like this?
"It shouldn't be possible. How could the feudal and ignorant ancients find her so quickly without high technology?"
Lin Cuilan was sentenced to death for not repenting even when her death was imminent. Her family was notified before the execution, but only her grandmother came to see her off.
The old lady whispered, "I know you are not my granddaughter Cuilan, but I don't know who you are or where Cuilan went.
Forget it, it doesn’t matter anymore. Maybe my Cuilan has lived a good life. We have known each other for a while, and I hope you can be a good child in your next life."
No matter how unwilling Lin Cuilan was, she still experienced firsthand the beheading technique of the ancients, which she looked down upon.
"call out!"
Oh wow, I’m going to see grandma.
Just when Lin Cuilan was about to go on a long voyage alone, she suddenly had an idea. She had fallen into Luo Xingchen's trap. He had long seen that her purpose in approaching him was not pure.
Chang An, who was far away in the capital, sipped a mouthful of lemon tea that was so sour that it made his facial features turn red. "Lin Cuilan is the only person in the history of time travel who met Tai Nai at Caishikou, right?"
"It should be." Gu Laoliu always felt that what his daughter ate and drank were more delicious than what he had. Past experience told him that he was right. The seven of them had been treated differently during their freshman year.
He glanced at the sour plum soup in his hand, stretched his neck and took a sip of the lemon tea in Chang'an's hand. This was made by Chang'an himself, and even a dog would curse if it drank it.
Unexpectedly, her silly father drank half a bottle in one breath, "Dad, are you okay?"
Gu Laoliu shrank into a ball due to the sour taste, his facial features twisted together, and he hurriedly took a few sips of the sour plum soup in his hand to reduce the taste. The sour plum soup then became particularly sweet.
"Do I look fine to you?" That sour orange should be exterminated, he always falls into the trap.
Lemon: You are the orange. Your whole family is oranges. You deserve to be killed by the jealousy.
I get fooled every time and never learn my lesson.
They stayed in this dimension for two more years, and only left after seeing the Lin family develop stably.
They left on the day Luo Xingchen ascended the throne. The new emperor was assassinated, Lin Jing stepped forward to protect him, and then died.
Luo Xingchen was very sad, and fell into deep thought when he saw the wound on Lin Jing's arm. This wound was so small that it couldn't even kill a chicken. Was it because Lin Jing was hurt too much?
He thought it was poisonous and asked the imperial physician to examine the wound.
Imperial Physician: “Your Majesty, the wound on Lord Lin’s hand is not poisonous.”
Luo Xingchen;...
He waved his hand to let the doctor leave, thinking of a wooden box and a letter that Lin Jing handed him the day before, and he told him that he could only read it today.
Luo Xingchen took out the letter from his arms and told him in just a few words that the wooden box was full of letters from home, asking him to send one letter to his parents in Linjia Village every month.
He waited until all the letters were sent home, and then told the Lin brothers to let them know that he was dead and asked them to take care of the Lin family.
Was this premeditated? How did he know he would die today?
And after sending all the family letters, he informed Lin's brother of his death. It seems that he also predicted when Lin's parents would pass away?
Is this outrageous?
But the evidence was right in front of him, and he had to believe it.
"I'm actually here to help you in this life, right? You must have calculated that I wouldn't refuse, so you just left without any burden."
He counted the family letters in the box, a total of 60 letters, which meant that Lin's parents still had five years to live.
He ordered people to build an ice storage and stored Lin Jing's body in it, waiting for the Lin brothers to come and take him back to their hometown five years later.
People believe that fallen leaves should return to their roots, so let him return to the place where he was born.
He couldn't be sad about Lin Jing's death. He always felt that he was not dead, but went somewhere else.
Luo Xingchen was not sad, but he was quite regretful. No one would dare to hit him anymore.
He shook his head to clear the water from his brain.
It’s better for him to be a good and diligent emperor, otherwise he’s really afraid that Lin Jing will come back one day and beat him to death.