This is also one of the reasons why Old Man Chen thinks Jiangnan is better than the North, if their situation were to happen in the North, it would only end in family ruin and death.

  It's not that all northerners are corrupt officials, but rather the military service is heavier in the north, there are more taxes to pay, and it's harder to farm the land.

  For ten years, eight of them were plagued by drought and required irrigation, which was a labor-intensive task. Moreover, the people of Liao would migrate south to harvest grass every autumn and winter, resulting in many deaths.

  In Jiangnan, he and his third daughter-in-law could barely make a living for the four children, but in the north, it's likely that they would struggle to make ends meet even for themselves.

  So although he moved to Jiangnan afterwards, his two sons left home one after another due to military service, and Mr. Chen never regretted it.

  In Changfu Village, there were not a few households like the Chen family. Lin Qingwen took Lin Yuhong around and finally selected two tenant households that had grown fruit trees. After obtaining their consent, they decided to move to the orchard after the autumn harvest.

  Lin Qingwan agreed to give them 500 yuan per household every month and allowed them to continue renting the land. The busy time of the orchard was different from the farming season, so Lin Qingwan required that when there were requirements in the orchard, they would have to allocate at least two-thirds of their family's labor force to the orchard.

  Back home, Lin Yuhbin rummaged through his closet for clothes.

  Lin Qingwen stood at the door and saw her throwing clothes all over the bed, helplessly asking, "What are you doing?"

  Lin Yuhuan bit her lip and said: "Little sister, I don't want these clothes anymore, give them to her."

  Lin Qingwan picked up the newly made summer dress and asked, "Don't you want this one either?"

  Lin Yuhong nodded, today's events had a bit of an impact on her, she never knew there were people in the world who suffered so much that they didn't even have clothes to wear.

  Just listen to what Old Man Chen and Little Girl have to say, there are many people like this.

  This is truly "the meat and wine in the Zhu's house stink, while on the road there are frozen bones", and she is that Zhu's gate.

  Lin Qingwan put down her clothes and let Yingyan and Bihong collect them. "Even if you give it to them, they won't be able to wear it."

  "Why?"

  "If you really want to help them, then buy some linen or cotton fabric and have someone make clothes for them. Otherwise, no matter how many clothes are sent, they will not reach them."

  Lin Yuhu seemed to be thinking, and told someone to put things away and take out the money to give to Yingyan. "Go find Lin An, let him go buy some hemp cloth and cotton cloth back, you and Biring go to the village to take their measurements, remember to bring it back to me."

  Lin Qingwan turned around and left without interfering.

  Lin An took the money back and smiled: "Miss, at this time of year every household is spinning thread and weaving cloth, where would they use outside purchases? If you don't require a specific color or pattern, our village has some available."

  "Is the cloth in Zhuangzi for sale?"

  "Keep some of the cotton and hemp cloth for personal use, the rest used to be sold in our family's store, but since we don't have a store now, I suppose it will be sold outside. As for the silk and satin fabric, it won't be so soon, you'll have to wait a bit longer. However, if you need some, there are still some stored in the warehouse that can be taken out."

  "It doesn't have to be expensive, cotton or linen fabric is fine," Lin Yubin thought for a moment and said: "Since it's going to be sold, it has to be accounted for. This thing I want to give away, it's not good to go through the company account, you can take this money."

  Lin An dared not accept it. From now on, the entire Lin Mansion belongs to Lin Yubin. Even taking a few pieces of cotton cloth would cost money. If his father found out, he would be in trouble.

  Lin Yuhbin didn't take back the money either and made up his mind to buy it himself.

  Lin An had no choice but to ask to see Lin Qingyuan.

  Lin Qingwan just smiled and said: "Since she gave it to you, take it then, and enter it into the account as she said."

  Lin An's eyes widened, "Just because Big Sister took something from her own home and still had to account for it, if word got out..."

  Lin Qingwan shook her head and said: "There will probably be more things like this in the future, so just keep it. After all, it's all from our own pockets, no big deal."

  Lin An said sarcastically, "Isn't it just our own family's pocket? Why bother with such a fuss?"

  But Auntie has spoken, Lin An didn't dare disobey, took the money and went to deposit it obediently.

  However, he still returned a lot of it, because he was given the cost price and didn't need that much money.

  Lin Yuhong got the fabric and took the measurements, then gathered the maids at home to make clothes together, and she also learned to cut clothes.

  Lin Yuhong's embroidery skills are quite good, embroidering a purse or a screen is not difficult, but cutting clothes really hasn't been learned.

  Teaching her hand in hand like a goose.

  The needle and thread are good at everything, she is also handy, and in a few strokes, it's done with style. Lin Qingwen sat aside to calculate the account, looked at it and couldn't help but sweat.

  Luckily she had Bai Mei and Bai Qing by her side, now she was the mistress of a family again, so she didn't have to do needlework herself, otherwise she would definitely be exposed.

  Wan Jie can't work as a female worker, she won't do it.

  Lin Qingwan lowered her head and looked at the handwriting on the account book, letting out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, she could imitate handwriting, thanks to her grandfather's strict requirements.

  Lin Qingyan calmed down and continued to calculate the accounts.

  Their clothes are much easier to make because they don't have to be embroidered, just cut and sewn.

  Mrs. Lin told them to cut the clothes a bit wider and then gather them with thread, so that when the children grew up, they could let them out and not have to change their clothes in one or two years.

  Lin Yuhbin was amazed, "Can clothes be made like this?"

  "Not to mention poor families, even middle-class families can't afford to change clothes for a season. Most of them wear one piece of clothing for several years," Lin Daiyu noticed that Lin Qingwen was intentionally teaching Lin Yuxiang these household chores, so she explained in detail: "As the saying goes, new clothes are worn for three years, old clothes are worn for three years, and after repairing and patching, they can be worn for another three years. Sisters wear them first, then younger sisters take over, all in all, one piece of clothing can be worn for a long time."

  Lin Yuhong was tongue-tied.

  Today's events brought Lin Yuhbin into contact with another world, leaving her mind reeling. She spent the whole night drifting in a dreamland of wonders and horrors, so that by the next day she was too listless to study.

  But when she ran into a boy from the other school at the entrance of the school, she suddenly came to her senses and remembered the trick her sister had taught her yesterday. She proudly puffed out her chest and stepped down from the carriage with a swagger.

  When Lin Yuhbin saw them, the male students led by Zhou Tong burst out laughing and deliberately made a noise to attract her attention. Then, when she looked over, they showed disdain on their faces and whispered to each other with their heads together.

  Unlike usual, Lin Yubin looked straight at her this time, then raised his head in their gaze, a mocking smile on his face. When the other was stunned, he turned his head and said to the maid beside him: "Let's go."

  Although Lin Yuheng didn't say anything and hadn't whispered to anyone, several people still flushed with anger and embarrassment in their hearts, not knowing why she had made that expression.

  Lin Yuhbin walked proudly and confidently into the girls' school, ignoring the boys' embarrassment.

  Yingyan carried Lin Yubin's schoolbag and sent him to the classroom before bowing her head and retreating.

  The young ladies' servants all waited at the gatehouse to listen for announcements and were not allowed to move freely within the school, just like the young male students' attendants next door.

  The three Shang sisters followed Lin Yuhong into the classroom, Danzhu sat next to Lin Yuhong and leaned in close to her ear, whispering with a smile: "Lin sister, guess what I saw at the door just now?"

  "What did you see?"

  "Seeing Zhou Tong and Lu Zuo standing at the door with very ugly faces, their eyes were all red, and I don't know who bullied them."

  Lin Yuhong's tongue was tied, "So fierce?"

  "Who is awesome?"

  Lin Yuhbin smiled and leaned in close to her ear, whispering: "I gave them a disdainful look, didn't expect their endurance to be so weak, they actually got teary-eyed."

  She really wants to see it, but her little aunt said that after despising her, she has to leave. The more indifferent she is, the more arrogant they will be, and the more uncomfortable they will feel.

  If you stay and watch, it won't have much effect.

  Lin Yuhong felt some regret in his heart.

  "Wow, how did you manage to despise them so effectively? Humph, I've been looking down on them for a long time. They're always so pretentious and condescending, acting like they're superior to us, who are just ordinary people."

  Lin Yuhbin's smile faded away, and he gave her a light glance. Danzhu met his gaze, and her body stiffened involuntarily.

  The next moment Lin Yuheng's eyes sparkled with a lively question, "How about it? This is how I see them."

  "Ah, no wonder..."

  She felt chilled to the bone, thinking she had done something wrong...

  Lin Yuhong said with a smile: "I've been practicing in front of the mirror for a long time."

  Tan Lan and Tan Ju also saw it and rushed over to ask about the situation.

  Then the other female students in the school were also attracted, they all knew about Lin Yuhong's experience over the past few days and had accumulated great resentment towards the male teacher next door. After hearing that she fought back, they couldn't help but praise: "It serves them right, let them not be arrogant again."

  "It's all because of a few short-term workers, if they can't get higher wages, they actually bring the conflict into the school."

  "Luling, your elder brother Lu Zuo is following Zhou Tong and his gang causing trouble, doesn't your father care?"

  Lu Ling hummed, "What's the point of interfering? They didn't make a scene, and my dad isn't one to meddle in everything. Our clan made a fuss because my mom was teaching girls at home, if not for my dad saying no, she wouldn't have taken on students, otherwise we might not even be together now."

  "Those are all old stubborn people," Zhou Shuya sneered: "There are also people in my family who oppose me coming to school, thinking that women should not show their faces and it's not dignified. Humph, my parents don't care about this, but they jumped out with enthusiasm. They themselves can't read books properly, misinterpreting the classics, and instead take their own twisted logic as the ultimate truth. As my father said, when encountering such people, there is no need to bother with them, we just do what we think is right."

  Lin Yuhong burst out laughing and couldn't help but say, "If they hear this, they'll definitely make a fuss again. Although it's not necessary to pay attention to them, we should still be careful with our words and actions, lest they find fault with us."

  Zhou Shuya pushed her and said: "You just enjoy it, saying that you want to be careful with your words and actions, who was the one who despised people's homes at the door just now?"

  Sun Yao said: "I think they may not give up, Yubin, why don't you tell your sister to come out and settle the matter, so that you can go in and out with peace of mind."

  "What's the big deal, why bother me about it?" Lin Yubin said nonchalantly: "I reckon they wouldn't dare go too far."

  Chui Rong also said: "Don't be afraid, from now on we'll follow you in and out, I'll see who dares to make a move."

  "Right," Lu Si clenched his fist and said, "At worst, we'll just have a fight with them. Are we still afraid of them?"

  Everyone looked at ten-year-old Lu Si in stunned silence.

  "How dare you, you think I'm not capable just because I'm the youngest? But my strength is not small, and besides, I have an older brother who can help me when the time comes."