Lin Qingyu lay comfortably on the bed, let out a long sigh, turned her head to look at the dense stars outside the window, and beckoned with her hand: "Bai Feng, I remember that there is an incense burner in the house, find it and bury it in fine sand, I'll burn some incense for brother later."

  Bai Feng couldn't help but glare at her, "Elder... madam, why don't you go to the ancestral hall?"

  "It doesn't matter where I worship, why must it be at a temple? I think he can see me better under the starry sky."

  "That incense burner is for fragrant purposes...not for burning incense."

  Lin Qingwan said indifferently: "What's the big deal? There are many incense burners, it's not something important. Just fill it with sand for me."

  The censer has a pattern of white clouds printed on it, which is very ethereal. She thinks it matches Lin Jiang well.

  Bai Feng and Bai Mei exchanged a glance, silently went to open the trunk to find that small incense burner.

  Lin Qingwan's worship was simple, she just took three incense sticks to the courtyard and lit them up, silently reciting a few words in her heart before inserting the incense into the incense burner. She looked up at the dense stars in the sky and silently said to Lin Jiang: "We're back in Suzhou, you'll be buried soon, I wonder if you're doing well in heaven?"

  Lin Qingwan stood under the night sky, looking up at the stars. Bai Mei and Bai Feng were standing far away, both feeling that her figure was very lonely and ethereal. They couldn't help but lean against each other and whispered: "The young lady won't be leaving too, will she?"

  "Shut up, no ill-omened words are allowed."

  Lin Qingwan took a last look at the incense burner and silently prayed: "I hope you bless us with everything going smoothly."

  The next day Lin Qingyan woke up at dawn as usual. Bai Mei, who was keeping watch overnight, heard the noise and hurried in to serve her.

  Lin Qingwan casually pulled her hair back and waved at Bai Mei. She put on her clothes and asked, "Has the young lady woken up?"

  "There was no noise, and the small kitchen didn't call for water."

  Lin Qing said with a sigh: "Tell Yingyan and the others to be quieter, let her sleep for a while."

  Bai Mei nodded and backed away with her body lowered.

  Lin Qingwan lived in Zhengyuan, while Lin Yuhu was arranged by her to live in the adjacent Qinghuiyuan, which used to be Lin Jiang's residence. Because the master of Lin's house had few children, and when Lin Zhi was still alive, he only had one son, Lin Jiang, so his residence was arranged next door, making the family seem more intimate.

  When Lin's mother was pregnant with Wan's sister, Lin Zhi was delighted and had the east wing of the main courtyard opened up to create a large room for her.

  Not only Suzhou's Lin's Mansion, but also Yangzhou's Lin's Mansion is decorated in this way.

  Lin Zhi didn't wait for Wan Jie's birth before passing away due to illness, and Lin's mother was heartbroken. After giving birth to Wan Jie, she also fell ill and passed away after two years.

  Wan's sister lived in the east wing of Lin Fu's mansion in Yangzhou until she was four years old, and only moved out when Lin Yubin began to walk and had to leave the main house, did she have her own courtyard.

  To show her identity, Lin Qingwan lived in the main house. Originally, she wanted Lin Yuhong to continue living in the east wing of the main house, but after thinking about it, the child was already 12 years old and valued privacy more and more as she grew older. She definitely wouldn't like living with adults, so she arranged for her to live in the nearby Qinghui Courtyard instead, which wasn't far away anyway.

  Bai Mei went through a small gate to Qinghui Yard, softly reminding Yingyan several times before returning to the main yard. Bai Feng had also come over to attend to her.

  "Madam, Lin Guan and Zhong Da are waiting outside."

  Lin Qingyan applied some fragrant oil and patted her face, saying: "Let him come in."

  Lin Qingyan stepped out of the outer room, and Lin Guan and Zhong Daguanshi saw her and were about to kneel down. Lin Qingyan raised her hand and said, "No need for that, let's just sit and talk."

  Lin Qingwan saw the couch placed in the outer room and suddenly realized that something was off.

  She rubbed her forehead and asked, "Isn't there a rattan chair at home?"

  "Because the old master and mistress rarely return to Suzhou, the house on this side of Suzhou has not been prepared." Lin, the steward, said: "If Miss wants to change, she will have to call in craftsmen to rebuild or move from Yangzhou."

  Lin Qingwan thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry about it now, let's talk about it later. Just make sure to prepare some things at Eldest Sister's place so she doesn't have to kneel for too long, it's not good for her body."

  "Yes, there are a few sets in the warehouse that can be exchanged for both Big Sister's and Auntie's places, but no more than that."

  Suzhou still popularly uses squatting toilets, although high toilets are available but rarely used.

  Lin Qingwan was very satisfied, "Then let's change first, and have someone prepare the car and horse. After noon, we'll head back to Linjiazhuang and go with the clan leader to take a look at the grave site."

  "Should we prepare some gifts for the clan?"

  "No need," Lin Qingyan said coldly. "Apart from the three clan elders, who else is worthy of me visiting in person?"

  Lin Guanjia and Zhong Daguanshi exchanged a glance, understanding the attitude of the young lady towards Lin's family. It seems that in the future, they will have to be even more forceful when dealing with people from the Lin family village.

  "Madam, Zhou Cishi and Qian Wang, several local gentry, have all sent over their cards requesting an audience." Clock, the major-domo, asked with his head bowed, "Will you return their calls?"

  "Let it be for now, we'll talk about it after the old master is buried. I don't have time to bother with these things at present."

  After noon, Lin Qingyan took Lin Yuhong back to Linjiazhuang. Lin Yuhong leaned against her and said in a low voice: "Young aunt, I have only returned to the clan four times."

  Lin Qingwan recalled the information Lin Jiang had given her and comforted her, "I've only been here once more than you, and each time I come back, I don't stay for more than five days. Just treat them like relatives and don't be too nervous."

  Lin Yuhong pursed his lips and said: "Those few clansmen who went to receive the coffin yesterday..."

  "Don't worry, they won't get away with it."

  At this time, those people were kneeling in front of the temple, they had been kneeling from last night to now and had fainted twice.

  But Lin Run and the three clan elders refused to give in, even their family members did not dare to take the person back, they could only faint and wake up again, wake up and faint again.

  Lin Run stepped forward and walked in front of the four people, saying in a deep voice: "Do you know your mistake?"

  The four of them nodded in unison, and one of them said: "Wulang, we really didn't mean to, we were foolish, but to say that we deliberately made things difficult for Second Brother is not true. After all, we are also of the same clan and bloodline. We just didn't think too much about it, at the time the sun was shining brightly, others had ordered their servants to set up a grass hut to block out the sun, so we followed suit and did the same, really without thinking too much."

  The other three people nodded one after another and explained: "Those snacks on our table were also given by others, not brought by us."

  "Who knew Sister Wan would get so angry and lose face in front of us? It was originally nothing..."

  "What's going on here?" Lin Run angrily said: "You're here to mourn, not to go on an excursion! The whole of Suzhou is watching, and this is how you receive the deceased head of my Lin family?"

  Lin Run's eyes gleamed with a red light as he said, "I think you still don't know your mistakes, so you'll have to kneel for a while longer."

  "Wolong, Fourth Brother really can't kneel again, if he kneels again he'll die from kneeling. I truly know I was wrong, but Seventh Brother doesn't know how to repent, so you make Seventh Brother kneel instead."

  "Fourth brother, what do you mean?" Erlang glared. "At that time when the tea and snacks were served, it was you who thanked them, how did it become my fault now?"

  Not far away, Lin Qing looked at them quietly for a while, then turned back to the three Zong Lao and sneered: "I remember that my father and brother allocated silver to our family school every year, plus the output of the sacrificial fields, the teachers we invited should not be bad, right?"

  Sixth Uncle smiled awkwardly, thinking that Lin Qingyuan was trying to change the subject, and hastily followed up by saying: "The invited Mr. is indeed very talented, because the help provided by the clan is not small, and the young masters can also study at home with peace of mind."

  "How could such fools emerge from our family? Haven't they read any books?"

  Sixth Uncle was suddenly at a loss for words, and Eleventh Uncle and Eighth Uncle also awkwardly turned their heads away.

  Lin Qingwan said: "The more ignorant people are, the more they should read books. Sixth Uncle, Eighth Uncle, Eleventh Uncle, you can't just because they're ignorant and not let them read books. If ignorant people don't read books, they'll only become even more ignorant. Reading books may still have a chance to make them smarter. I think their age isn't young anymore, or else it will harm the next generation."

  These words are so venomous, the three old masters are both embarrassed and helpless, and also somewhat annoyed, but they have no way to refute, because the four of them are indeed very foolish, and still don't know how to repent until now.

  Lin Qingwan didn't intend to get involved in family matters either, so after nodding slightly, she said: "Sixth Uncle, since we've already chosen a auspicious day, let's go take a look at the burial site."

  Sixth Uncle let out a sigh of relief and hastily nodded, saying: "Your brother's grave was built several years ago, right next to your parents', with your sister-in-law buried together. Your brother was posthumously named Wen Zheng, so the size can be expanded a bit."

  Lin Qingwan slightly shook her head and said: "No need, brother doesn't care about these empty formalities, it's enough to have a good epitaph on the tombstone later."

  Four people turned and left, Lin Run still scolding the tribespeople inside didn't know that Lin Qingyu had come until half a moment later. He also didn't have the heart to stay any longer, seeing that they couldn't hold on either, so he irritably waved his hand for the four of them to leave.

  Severely punished afterwards.

  Lin Yuhbin was surrounded by people talking to her, she stiffened her small face, saw Xiaogu coming over and immediately went to greet her, calling out in a somewhat wronged tone, "Xiaogu."

  Lin Qingwan touched her head and smiled, asking, "What's wrong?"

  The woman who followed Lin Yuhong smiled and said, "So this is Wan Jie, you've become even more beautiful after all these years. I heard you're already married to the Xie family?"

  "Alas, you didn't even send us a wedding invitation when you got married. Otherwise, we would have definitely gone to give you a gift. By the way, Wen Jie, how's your mother-in-law doing lately?"