Watching the three little girls playing happily, Lin Qingyan also followed Shi Furen to talk, after checking the law, she knew that although the land of the nobility could not be bought and sold, houses could be built, and houses could be bought and sold. Later, Lin Qingyan planned to set aside a piece of land to give to Shi Furen, without asking her for money, and only paying the house transfer fee would be fine.

  "The land below has all been planted with fruit trees. I had the ones near Qingfeng Village dug up and set aside four or five mu for you. I'll take care of the paperwork at the government office, just find someone to build a house."

  "Thank you, Lady Qingyuan," said Mrs. Shi. "Once the house is built, I'll invite you over again."

  Lin Qingwan smiled, "As long as Madam turns her head to take care of our family's Yubin more often, that child is introverted and has things pent up in his heart. I can't always be by his side, so it's inevitable that some things will be neglected."

  "Has the county master already planned to send the county master here to study?"

  "Please also instruct me more, Lady Shi and Lady Lu." Lin Qingyu requested solemnly.

  Shi Xian and her sister exchanged a glance, both of them somewhat pleased. Lin Yubin was considered the first "outsider" in the girls' school.

  This girls' school is affiliated with the Lu family's private school, and only accepts girls from the Lu and Shi families. Currently, there is also a girl from the Zhou family, but she is also the granddaughter of their aunt, so she is still considered a relative.

  Lin Yuhong was the first student to come to the school voluntarily. Being able to accept two students from outside, of course, made them happy, as it was a kind of affirmation for women's education.

  Although family learning is generally teaching the children of relatives and friends to learn, it also recruits students from outside. In the future, if the students who come in have a promising future, they will also be a help to the family.

  After all, in this era, apart from official schools, private schools mostly took the form of family schools.

  Mrs Shi promised to teach Lin Yubin well and they chatted happily together.

  Madam Lu took a sip of tea and glanced at her excited sister before saying, "Qingyuan County Master, I heard that your family still uses bamboo sticks to enclose the land?"

  "It's just for prevention of disputes, after all my land was not yet cultivated at the beginning of spring, and some places are also connected to wasteland. In fact, if there is enough time, I actually want to set boundary stones."

  "If there's time, it's better to set up boundary stones," said Mrs. Lu with a hint of meaning: "Although it's embarrassing, but clear boundaries can reduce many disputes. Sister, do you still remember the big case of Zhan's lost land in Jiangdu a few years ago?"

  Shi Xian sneered, "The memory is especially deep."

  Lin Qingwan's heart skipped a beat, "What case is it, related to land disputes?"

  Mrs. Lu nodded and put down her teacup to explain: "The Jiangdu Zhan family moved away because of official business, and the land in the south of the city was temporarily abandoned due to lack of tenants. Year after year, the land wasn't big, but it wasn't small either, and they didn't think about it for a while. By the time they resigned from office and returned to their hometown, the land had been deserted for five or six years, where did it still exist?"

  "The surrounding neighbors gradually encroached on the past, and when Zhan returned to his hometown to take a look, more than 100 mu of land was left with less than 3 mu."

  Lin Qingwen spent her childhood in the countryside, where she knew that some people would open up new land to cultivate, making the ridges wider and allowing for an extra row or even two of crops.

  In general, as long as one doesn't cross the line, neighbors won't say anything even if they're dissatisfied in their hearts, but disputes arising from this are not uncommon either.

  Lin Qingwen had seen people fight over this when she was a child, and her grandfather had even been asked to serve as a witness.

  She had long been worried about this situation happening, hadn't she?

  It seems that Zhan's family didn't get the land back, otherwise Shi Hui wouldn't have specially brought it up. She felt a stir in her heart and couldn't help but ask: "Is it possible that the land adjacent to Zhan's is Zhao's?"

  Shi Hui raised an eyebrow and nodded, "It was indeed the Zhao family. At that time, Zhao Jie had just won a victory in Lingzhou and was rewarded by the emperor, so the Zhao family's prestige was at its peak."

  "So Zhan didn't get his land back." Lin Qingyan thought for a moment and said, "Actually, according to the law, Zhan shouldn't have gotten his land back either."

  The Dai Liang had laws and orders, the land owned by the lord could not be abandoned, and taxes had to be paid. For the common people, they would not abandon their land because it was under their name and they had to pay taxes. How could they get grain to pay taxes if they didn't farm?

  But officials are different. The officials of the dynasty have tax-free fields, and at this time, there are often people who abandon their land when they cannot find tenants or long-term workers.

  The imperial court also has regulations regarding this: no matter who the other party is, if wasteland is abandoned for more than ten years, it will be reclaimed as state-owned.

  However, there is another provision that although the people need to obtain the consent of the government office to open up wasteland for cultivation, if they do not obtain consent but cultivate the land for three years or more and less than five years, and pay taxes on time, they will be fined one-tenth of the land tax. The cultivated land belongs to the cultivator; those who cultivate for five years or more and pay taxes on time do not need to pay a fine, and the land also belongs to the cultivator.

  As for the definition of wasteland, it refers to land that has been abandoned for more than two years. Unfortunately, Zhan's only condition that was not met was this one, but all other conditions were met. However, Zhao obviously made sure that Zhan met all the conditions in the end.

  "The Zhao family has opened up a lot of wasteland through this method, and some people have even planted their own good fields. On a certain day, the landlord suddenly changed, relying on the law of opening up wasteland. Shi Hui had a very bad impression of the Zhao family, her aunt was the old lady of the Zhou family, and the Zhou family and the Zhao family were both in Jiangdu, they knew too much about the sinister tricks of the Zhao family."

  Lin Qingwan was unhappy in her heart, "It's okay to open up wasteland, but the law is there, how can good fields also be occupied as wasteland? Doesn't the Jiangdu governor care?"

  "The Zhao family's actions have become more and more overbearing, the Jiangdu governor has been turning a blind eye for two years," Shi Xian sneered, "In my opinion, as a governor of the same rank as Zhao Jie, he doesn't need to be so humble and accommodating. Killing off some of the Zhao family's arrogance would do him good, let's see how they'll still dare to be so domineering."

  "Sister," Shi Hui said helplessly, "that Jiang Du Governor is from a humble background, and now he's over fifty. If he doesn't yield, I'm afraid even his family won't be spared."

  Lin Qing said lightly: "The Zhao family is nothing but a Zhao Jie, what's there to mention?"

  Shi Xian clapped his hands and laughed: "That's right, but it's just Zhao Jie, what's the fuss about? The military power of Lingzhou is still in Lu Zhen's hands."

  But the Lu family still interfered in Jiang Dou's affairs, and every family had some of this kind of thing. If they really wanted to be serious, they would have to involve a large number of people, but everyone was happy to pretend to be ignorant.

  "The Zhao family can't possibly get on the Lin family's bad side, but it's only right that the young mistress is being cautious. After all, Zhao Sheng was a bit too hasty in buying that plot of land at the foot of the mountain last year."

  "I'm afraid some people think that my father and brother have passed away, thinking that we sisters are helpless, so they want to come and bother us." Lin Qingyan sneered, she didn't think that Zhao Sheng buying the land below the mountain was simply for investment purposes.

  Shi Xian followed with a cold smile, "Not at all, thinking that we are women who top the door and stand upright, so they think we are weak and can be deceived."

  Shi Hui helplessly said, "Sister, we were talking about the Lin family, why did you bring yourself into this again?"

  "I am no different from the county lady, we are both widows, carrying family burdens, and have no men to support our households."

  Lin Qingwan burst out laughing and couldn't help but say: "In that case, it seems you and I have similar experiences."

  Shi Hui saw her sister and Lin Qingwan, a perfect match, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. You two are almost like mother and daughter, do you want to be like this?

  The girls' school has decided to start classes on the first day of next month, so Lin Qingwen simply asked Lin Yuhong to serve tea to the two gentlemen and wait until the first day to bring a bundle of incense to pay their respects.

  Knowing that Lin Yuheng was going to read with them, Cui Rong and Lu Ling were overjoyed and decided to make sachets together the next day.

  The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and at that time, you should wear a five-blessing sachet with fragrant grass or herbs inside to prevent insects and plagues.

  In addition to wearing it themselves, they also want to give it to their relatives and friends. It's even more meaningful if they make it with their own hands. The three girls looked at the adults with eager eyes, hoping they would agree.

  Lin Qingwan first couldn't bear their gaze and turned her head, saying: "If the two ladies are at ease, why not let them come to my separate courtyard as guests tomorrow?"

  Mrs. Shi liked Lin Qingyuan, so she was naturally willing for her daughter to get close to the two cousins, and instructed Cui Rong: "When you go, don't be naughty, listen to the county lord's arrangement."

  "Yes, I will definitely listen to your words, young lady."

  Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "You can just call me Auntie Yubin, so we don't have to be formal."

  Cui Rong secretly stuck out his tongue and softly called "Lin Auntie", Lu Ling hurriedly followed up.

  Lin Qingwan smiled and gave them a gift, and Shi Furen and Lu Furen cleverly called her "Wan Jie'er". Lin Qingwan no longer addressed them as "Furen" but instead called them "Xian Jiějiě" and "Huì Jiějiě".

  Lin Yuhbin also received gifts from two elders and happily followed his little aunt home.

  "Aunt, shall we invite our cousins too?" Lin Yubin furrowed his brow and said: "The other day, Danju sister wrote to me saying that they haven't gone out since the New Year's visit in January."

  "Then go back and write a post asking for help, let Lin Shun run errands for you."

  "Does Auntie not write letters to Grandma?"

  "It's not possible, there will be many more gatherings between you sisters in the future, can't I always write a letter to Old Lady every time?" Lin Qingwen whispered encouragement: "I think Old Lady is quite open-minded, if you invite her, she must be willing to let Danlan and the others go out."

  Lin Yuhbin was anxious in his heart, but he still wrote a post himself and asked Lin Shun to send it to the Shang family, "You must get a reply before coming back."

  Lin Shun followed him and went into the city with a steady pace.

  The Shang family has been bustling with activity these days, and the old lady had just agreed to send the girls to the Lu family to study. However, the second wife hinted that Shang Danlan was getting older and it was time for her to get engaged, so it wouldn't be good for her to go out anymore.

  The old lady was originally dissatisfied with Zhao's family. As soon as she heard this, she immediately said that all three of them would go together. If one didn't go, then none of them would go.

  Madam Zhao could only swallow her words and didn't bring it up again, but Madam Wang had a different opinion on the matter.

  The old lady opposed her daughter going to school, she couldn't bear the thought of a group of strange big men next door, no matter how Danlan persuaded her, it was useless. The old lady's words had already been spoken and naturally couldn't be changed. Moreover, she was biased against Shi Furen who taught there, and it was half acceptable for girls to go there to study, so this matter naturally delighted in turning a deaf ear.

  Shang Danlan didn't expect things to get stuck with her mother, and she had been so anxious these past few days that her eyes were all red.

  Fortunately, the two sisters did not blame her, otherwise she would have felt even more miserable. Lin Yuhu's post came just in time, and the three sisters thought that if they could go out of the house to get some fresh air, it would be good too.

  The old lady naturally liked them to have more contact with Lin Yuhong, and when she saw the posts written by Yuhong, she agreed without asking Zhao's opinion, "Let your elder sister take you there, leave early tomorrow morning, just don't bother Lin auntie."

  Shang Ming Jie envied him so much, "Grandma, let me go too."

  "No," said the old lady with a stern face: "You still have to go to school tomorrow, you forgot what you said, in a few days you will also visit Mr. Lu."

  Shang Mingjie felt down, went back to the house and found a lot of things, handed them over to Tan Zhuo, "These are all the things I bought when I was shopping, they're not anything good, but they're exquisite and interesting, you give them to Lin's younger sister to play with."

  Dan bamboo tilted his head and smiled, "Why didn't brother see us off?"

  "Haven't you all had enough?"

  "How can it be the same? We used the money Uncle Wang gave us to buy it. Lin Biao's sister didn't ask you to buy these things."

  Shang Mingjie hastily bowed and said: "Good sister, you first give these to Lin's younger sister, another day I will buy some more for you."

  "Let's spare you for now, just don't forget."