In the days that followed, Lin Jiaojiao spent most of her time at home with her husband and children, occasionally visiting shops in surrounding towns to conduct random checks.

The new farm was completely completed before the heavy snow came, but she did not go to inspect it in person. She will be on a business trip for about a week when the new farm is put into operation in the spring of next year, so it will be the same if she goes to check it out then.

After Lin Chun came back from the new farm, she started to get busy with wedding preparations. She didn't have time to carve the wedding bed herself, so she used the remaining time to make a dressing table for Tongfu.

Lin Jiaojiao also went to watch and thought that Lin Chun was so skillful. She even learned from him for a few days, but unfortunately her hands-on ability was not good enough, so she went home and focused on drawing.

Tongfu returned to the Fu residence a month ago to get married, and Tongxi was now serving Fu Qi.

By the end of the year, Lin's School had produced three scholars and twenty-eight students.

Lin Family Academy became famous again.

The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before New Year’s Eve.

After lunch, Lin Jiaojiao took her family to Lin Dadan's house to see if there was anything they could do to help.

As soon as she arrived at the alley, she saw Lin Fen and Lin Fei sitting at the door.

Lin Fen looked at the huge team coming over. It was the first time that she felt so directly how many husbands and children Lin Jiaojiao had.

She quickly stood up to greet them: "Uncle, brother, sister, and big brother, you are here, come in quickly."

The nine-year-old Lin Fei was much more sensible than before. He greeted Lin Jiaojiao and the others in a very proper manner.

Lin Jiaojiao smiled, took out a thin red envelope from her pocket and handed it to him, praising him.

"Our Feifei has grown up and knows how to help mom, dad and sister. That's great!"

Lin Fei's face immediately turned red, but his back straightened even more. His favorite and admired sister Jiaojiao praised him.

After Lin Jiaojiao and her family entered, Lin Fei was still immersed in the joy of Lin Jiaojiao's praise.

Lin Fen looked at him and reminded him with a smile.

"Fei Fei, it's time to remember the etiquette."

Because Lin Dadan has few relatives, and Zhou Xiaofeng's relatives are unreliable, the task of recording the gift money falls on Lin Fei. Lin Fei keeps the gift money, and Lin Fen protects Lin Fei.

Lin Fei carefully opened the red envelope, and inside was a silver note. He exclaimed in surprise.

"One hundred taels!"

He quickly covered his mouth and looked around. Fortunately, it was still early and there was no one else at the alley.

Lin Fen was not surprised. When she saw the thin red envelope, she knew it contained silver bills.

She smiled and picked up a pen to write down Lin Jiaojiao's name and the gift money. Lin Fei also quickly put the red envelope into the box and held it tightly. He would never let go of this box!

Lin Jiaojiao gave the gift money sincerely. Just considering her four weddings, Lin Dadan gave more than thirty taels of silver in total, running around for her.

Not to mention the contributions of Lin Dadan's wife and husband and Lin Chun to the farm, she has always been generous to her own people.

There were twelve tables in the yard, and their family sat at one and a half tables.

Lin Dadan went to the farm to move the wine, and Zhou Xiaofeng was busy in the kitchen. When he heard Lin Jiaojiao and the others arriving, he hurried out to greet them. When he returned to the kitchen, Lin's father and Lin Yizhi also followed him to help.

Later, Qiu Xilanlizheng and others arrived one after another, and the whole yard became lively.

Lin Jiaojiao was holding her child, eating melon seeds and chatting with Qiu Xilan, Liu Ying and others when she suddenly saw a large family rushing in and filling up two large tables in an instant.

“Is there anyone with a larger family than mine?”

When Qiu Xilan heard Lin Jiaojiao's teasing, he looked up and clicked his tongue.

"Didn't you see that Uncle Zhou's face turned black? I've seen that old woman before. She's Uncle Zhou's mother. She came to the farm to apply for a job before."

Liu Ying couldn't help but shook her head, "Tsk tsk, I'm afraid they're going to invite all the family friends and relatives to the feast together."

Zhou Xiaofeng was indeed very angry. He knew that people from his mother's family would definitely come to the table after hearing the news of Chun'er's marriage, but he didn't expect so many people to come. If he hadn't tried his best to stop them, they would have gathered around the third table.

Although Zhou Guifang was dissatisfied with so many people squeezing into one seat, she did not dare to shout. What if Zhou Xiaofeng turned against them and kicked them out? She would lose face there.

I gave them five kilograms of meat last year, and I must make my money back this time.

Lin Dadan was also helpless seeing this. Today was her daughter Chun'er's wedding day, and harmony brings wealth, so as long as they didn't cause trouble, she would just let them do as they pleased.

But she was still worried, so she came to the two tables and warned them. When Zhou Guifang and the others heard that the fourth-rank official was also there, the noisy voices in front of them suddenly became silent.

The sound of firecrackers popped outside the yard, indicating that the bride had welcomed the groom back.

The last time Lin Jiaojiao attended a wedding banquet was at Lin Fen and Zhang Yili’s wedding, and this was her second time attending.

Like everyone else, she looked up curiously at the hanging flower gate until the bright red wedding color appeared at the door. She also saw the tall and mighty Lin Chun in her wedding dress, and the other end of the red silk in her hand was the petite Tongfu covered with a red wedding veil.

The two of them walked slowly towards the main hall, and many people gathered at the gate to watch the fun.

Lin Jiaojiao didn't want to squeeze in to watch, but couldn't resist Lin Xiayou who wanted to watch the fun, so she stood on the periphery holding her child high. When she heard the ceremony was over, she put the child down and held him in her arms.

Lin Xiayou pointed at Lin Chun who was wearing wedding clothes, then pointed at Lin Jiaojiao's clothes, and then pointed at the fathers behind Lin Jiaojiao and muttered.

"Mother~Honghong~Daddy~"

Lin Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows in surprise and said, "Oh, my dear Xia You, you still remember me. Yes, yes, my mother and your fathers also got married."

As she spoke, she rubbed Lin Xiayou's little nose with her nose, making her laugh happily. Seeing this, Lin Lexing reached out to Lin Jiaojiao for a hug.

"Mother~Mother~"

After the banquet, it was already dark.

Although there was a brazier under the table, the temperature at night was always much colder than during the day.

Lin Jiaojiao asked Lin's father, Lin Yiyan and the others to take the children back first, while she stayed to help with the aftermath.

She looked at the last two tables where Zhou Guifang's family were still eating and drinking. The elders and the young people at one table were all drunk, and she was afraid that they didn't want to leave tonight.

Lin Dadan smiled as she saw off the last guest. She returned to the yard and shook her head and sighed when she saw Zhou Guifang and the others. She looked up and found Lin Jiaojiao standing under the eaves of the main hall. She hurried over to her.

"The boss saw how busy I was and thought you went back with the master and the doctor."

Lin Jiaojiao smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, I think it's hard for the two tables at the back to travel at this late hour, so I asked Lan Yi to go to the farm and arrange three carriages to come over."

Lin Dadan quickly refused, "The boss can't do this, how can I trouble you..."

"Auntie Lin, it's not a big deal. The grooms on our farm are very happy to take on this job. Don't cut off their midnight snack money."

Lin Dadan felt warm in his heart and did not refuse again.

"Thank you, Boss! I'll ask my mother-in-law and the others to go back right away."

Here, Zhou Xiaofeng, with slightly red eyes, helped his father out of the house. He wanted his father to stay here and have a good New Year, but his father refused, saying that if he stayed here it would only give his mother and sister a reason to come here, and now that he saw that he was doing well, he was relieved.

When Lin Dadan went to Zhou Guifang to tell them about it, they heard that there would be a special carriage to send them back and they exclaimed that Zhou Guifang had found a good and capable daughter-in-law.

Zhou Guifang was in high spirits, but she didn't want to leave. Life was so good here with meat and wine, why should she leave?

Zhou Guifang and Zhou Meng sent their relatives and friends to the carriage like the masters of the house. Zhou Xiaofeng saw that Zhou Guifang's family refused to get on the carriage, so he directly pulled Zhou Guifang to the corner.

"Mother, today is Chun'er's big day. I don't want to make things too awkward with you. We have given you the face you asked for. If you don't take your sisters back, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Zhou Guifang had drunk a lot and her mind was a mess. When she heard her son threatening her like this, she immediately got angry and raised her hand to slap him.

"You are a rebel! This is my home! I will beat you to death for being so unfilial..."

Before she could slap him, someone raised his hand to stop him, and she lost her balance and fell backwards.

"Ouch! My ass!"

The Zhou family members immediately surrounded them. When Zhou Shuxin saw that her uncle was unwilling to let them stay, she immediately burst into tears and made a fuss.

Lan Yi looked at the old woman wailing on the ground in silence. She didn't even have to use any strength and she just fell down on her own.

When Lin Jiaojiao came out and saw this scene, she immediately got a headache.

"Who is making noise? It's giving me a headache. Someone, lock him up in the woodshed and send him to the government tomorrow."

The crying and shouting stopped abruptly, and the people who were still watching the excitement in the carriage hurriedly lowered the curtains and pretended to be dead, for fear of implicating them.

Six guards immediately appeared in the darkness and grabbed Zhou Guifang and her family and were about to take them away. They were so scared that they immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Zhou Xiaofeng knew what Lin Jiaojiao meant. He had long been extremely disappointed with his rotten family. Now Lin Jiaojiao gave him a good opportunity to cut off all contact with them, so he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Sir, these are my family members. I beg you to forgive them this time."

This was the first time that Lin Jiaojiao acted like an official. She pretended to be deep and didn't say anything. The scene was eerily quiet.

Zhou Guifang and Zhou Meng were almost sober and were trembling with fear.

"For Uncle Zhou's sake, don't let me see you again. Get out of here!"

"Thank you for your mercy, sir! I will get out of here right now! I will get out of here right now!"

Zhou Guifang and her family were so scared that they didn't even get on the carriage and ran straight to the alley entrance.

Seeing this, Lin Jiaojiao smiled helplessly and looked up to signal the coachmen to follow. Only after the carriage disappeared into the darkness did she step forward and help up Zhou Xiaofeng who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Uncle Zhou, get up."

Lin Dadan and Zhou Xiaofeng looked at her gratefully. Seeing that they were about to kneel down to thank her again, she hurriedly supported them.

"Aunt Lin, you are too polite. Let's not talk about this anymore. You should all go to bed early. We still need two hosts for our farm's annual meeting tomorrow."

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