coobybook Chapter 251 Lin Jiang’s Reward
Chapter 251 Lin Jiang’s Reward
"Oh, that's not right. There are three officials in their family! They should be called a family of officials!"
Lin Jingyou smiled and said, "It's just that a few people in my family hold official positions. We can't be called a family of officials."
"It's amazing! Your Dashan is so old, but he can still be appointed as an official by the emperor. It's amazing."
"By the way, Lin Laosan, what rank is this Jiancheng? How does he compare to the village head?"
Lin Dashan pricked up his ears and asked again, "Xiao Jiang and I are both Supervisors, so our official positions should be the same, right? This emperor is really something, two people with the same official position, but the words on the imperial edict are different."
Lin Jingyou smiled and replied, "Dad, no, you are the Supervisor of Daqing Village, a ninth-rank official. Xiao Jiang is the Supervisor of Sinong Temple, an eighth-rank official."
"Oh, if that's the case, then Xiao Jiang, despite his young age, has a higher rank than the village head?" Shi Zhenxiang exclaimed.
"Heroes have always emerged from youth. Xiao Jiang is still young and there is still a lot of time in the future. Besides, I never thought that I could become an official in my life. I am already very satisfied to be a ninth-rank official." The head of the village squeezed over and said.
"I really envy the Lin family. They already have three officials. They also made a lot of money from the lemon business. Now they are rich and powerful." A villager said.
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Then our family doesn't have three officials, but four!"
"Four? Where did the four come from? Aren't there only Uncle Lin, Wan Ning and Xiao Jiang?" Shi Zhenxiang asked in confusion.
"Oh, I almost forgot, there is one more thing I want to say. Our third son is the new top scholar this year. The emperor asked him to serve as the county magistrate of Baocheng County first. After three years, he will return to Beijing to report on his work." Aunt Zhang slapped her thigh and said.
"What? I was wondering why your third son came back at this time! It turns out that he was given an official position by the emperor!" Someone in the village said in surprise.
The village head was even happier. "Lin Laosan is the first number one scholar in our Daqing Village, or more precisely, in our entire Qinghe County. We must open an ancestral hall and tell our ancestors about this."
Lin Jingyou nodded and said, "Besides that, we also have to go to visit our ancestors' graves. Originally, this holiday was specially approved by the emperor to return home to worship our ancestors."
"Okay, okay, tomorrow morning I'll let Tie Niu drive the ox cart to the town to buy firecrackers. We have to make it a lively party!" the village head continued.
"Thank you, Uncle Village Head, but this is too much trouble for Brother Tieniu. My second brother and I will take a horse-drawn carriage to the town to buy it tomorrow!" said Lin Jingyou.
At this time, Shen Wanning suggested, "We have firecrackers at home. Since all three members of our Lin family have been appointed to official positions this time, it's a triple blessing. Why don't we invite the whole village to a banquet and have everyone come to our house for a feast so that we can all have some fun together?"
Aunt Zhang slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, yes, I was just saying I forgot something. It's time to treat everyone to a feast and have fun."
The villagers cheered, "Good, good, great, when will you have a banquet, we will all come and help."
Aunt Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow our family will go to the county to buy vegetables. Let's buy plenty. Please come and help wash the vegetables tonight. We'll have a banquet the day after tomorrow, and the whole village can feast at our house for three days!"
"Wow! Three days, enough for three days of feasting!"
"Yes, the Lin family is really generous. I've never had a three-day banquet before!"
"The Lin family's banquets are always good. This time, we can eat a lot of good food again."
"That's right. Not only that, every time the leftover food is shared among us, we can take it home. I love the Lin family's banquet the most."
Aunt Zhang was even happier and kept saying, "Everyone will come to the feast, but we'll have to trouble everyone to help wash the vegetables and cook."
"Oh, Mrs. Zhang, you're so polite. This isn't hard work at all. We have to cook at home too, and the food isn't as good as yours!"
"That's right! I even hope your family can hold more banquets. How can I find it tiring?"
Aunt Zhang was smiling from ear to ear and talking to everyone one by one.
"Hey, Lin Laosan, you are now of the same official rank as the county magistrate of Qinghe County, right?" asked the head of the village.
Lin Jingyou shook his head and replied, "Although Lord He and I are both county magistrates, I am half a rank higher than him. The emperor specially granted me the title of sixth-rank county magistrate, while Lord He is the seventh-rank county magistrate."
"It turns out that county magistrates are divided into different ranks! This is the first time I know this!" said the village head with sudden enlightenment.
Lin Jingyou smiled and said, "Baocheng County is slightly larger and is an upper county, while Qinghe County is slightly smaller and belongs to a middle county."
"So that's how it is. Lin Laosan! The emperor loves you so much. After you take office, you must work hard for the people and never commit corruption or abuse of power! Do you know our Fuzhou governor? It was because of corruption that the emperor confiscated his property and exiled him." The head of the village warned.
"Don't worry, uncle head of the village. I will never do anything corrupt or illegal. I will always put the people first." Lin Jingyou said seriously.
"Well, that's good. That's good." said the head of the village.
Everyone else was congratulating the Lin family, and Xu was extremely happy. Her child was given an official position, and she felt proud of it, so she talked even more today.
We chatted here for a while and didn't go home until almost eight o'clock in the evening.
On the way back, Xu still couldn't stop smiling, and looked at the imperial edict of reward to Lin Jiang again and again.
When he returned home, Lin Jingyou took out Lin Dashan's golden wheel and Lin Jiang's jade ruyi and placed them on the table.
They carefully opened the box, and Lin Dashan took out the golden wheel and stared at it. "Oh, it's made of gold! Pure gold! Old woman, how much silver do you think this golden wheel is worth?"
Aunt Zhang looked at Lin Dashan as if he were an idiot. "Didn't I tell you last time? You can't sell the things the emperor gave you as a reward."
Lin Dashan sighed, "What a shame! I was rewarded with such good gold, but I can't spend it. It would be better to just give me the gold directly!"
Shen Wanning smiled and said, "Dad, this golden wheel represents the honor bestowed by the Emperor!"
"Then I must keep it well and not damage it." After saying that, he carefully put the golden wheel back into the box.
As for the jade ruyi over there, Xu had already taken it out and looked at it again and again.
"This jade is of really good quality, but it's a pity that it can't be sold and can only be viewed." Xu also sighed.
"Dad, Mom, sister-in-law, our family is not short of money. If you are short of money, I will give you some more." Shen Wanning said helplessly.
Aunt Zhang continued, "We're not short of money. If you give us some money every month, we won't be able to spend it all. How can we be short of money?"
Lin Jingce and Lin Jingcheng quickly continued, "Yes, Wan Ning, we can't even spend all the money you gave us, so how can we be short of money? You should keep your money to buy things for yourself!"