Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

In this way, both parties get what they need and gain something. How can they not be happy?

After the banquet, the two officers were so drunk that they lay on the table and couldn't get up.

It was Grandpa Lin who asked Lin Baotian and Lin Xiaoshan to help the two officers to the guest room.

Team Leader Shen was only slightly tipsy, and he was trying hard to restrain himself and not get drunk, mainly because he had something to say to Grandpa soberly.

Seeing that Team Leader Shen looked serious, Grandpa Lin called Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Baotian, who had sent the official to the guest room and then returned to the front hall, to stay. The others did what they needed to do to clean up the dishes, and when they were done, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Team Leader Shen didn't care that the old man asked the two men to stay. What he wanted to say was closely related to them. Whether the old man kept them or sent them away was their internal decision, and Team Leader Shen respected it.

After letting everyone else disperse, Team Leader Shen's first words were to apologize to Grandpa. The reason was that after they returned to the provincial capital, the two officers who were traveling with him were accidentally caught in a conversation while chatting with their colleagues, and were later invited to have a drink.

After drinking a few ounces of the yellow soup, the two men became dazed and answered the other party's questions truthfully.

After sobering up, the two officers recalled the general content of the other party's investigation, which was nothing more than trying to find out the location of Wanbao Town where they ended up, as well as the secret recipe, etc.

If the other party asked these questions, it might be because of commercial competition, or they wanted to use some means to buy out the secret recipes in their hands, so they learned about it in advance. After all, it was not uncommon for wealthy families to covet the secret recipes of ordinary people with no power and influence, and they, the officials, had seen many of the dirty tricks they used.

If it was just out of greed, whether it was out of favor or to cover up for his two officers, Team Leader Shen felt that he could block it for the Lin family. After all, most of the wealthy families in the state capital would still give him some favors.

But the problem was that when he was about to look for that family, several relatives who claimed to be blood relatives of the Lin family came to him and tried to get more information from him.

However, Captain Shen had been a yamen runner for decades and had seen more ghosts than people in his life. The other party's tricks were nothing to him.

When the other party came to him to inquire about the information, he used some not-so-clever indirect hints, but he defeated them all with a combination of soft and hard tactics.

The reason why Team Leader Shen stayed behind to tell Grandpa all this was, firstly, to apologize for the two guards he had brought with him who accidentally leaked their information, and also to remind Grandpa and the others that a big tree attracts the wind.

Not to mention that the two doctors behind could get credit for their work, which at least gave them a protective umbrella. But before that, they also needed to be on guard against the open and covert attacks of those who were blinded by their own interests, so as not to be accidentally tricked by others.

Grandpa asked him who were the people who were trying to get information about them, and the result was quite unexpected. Because the people trying to get information were none other than the people in the old house of the Lin family.

As for the wealthy family who had become interested in their secret recipe, they were none other than the famous business tycoons in the state capital.

Team Leader Shen was curious about the two groups of people who came to him one after another to inquire about the Lin family's situation, so he checked it out and found out that there was indeed a connection between the two families.

She was the younger sister of those who claimed to be related to the Lin family by blood. That was Lin Xiaolian, who was taken in by that wealthy family and became the nineteenth concubine of that family.

With Team Leader Shen's advance greeting, the three grandfathers quickly exchanged glances. It was not difficult to tell from each other's eyes what was in each other's mind: the people in the Lin family's old house are really restless, and they feel uncomfortable if they don't jump around for a day.

I really don't know what the brain circuits of those people in the old house are? After finally surviving the famine and surviving with difficulty, why can't they cherish every day of their lives?

Is it that their purpose in life is to keep on living and struggling?

……

But no matter what, Team Leader Shen brought them a special letter, which at least allowed them to be mentally prepared in advance, so they have to thank him anyway.

Speaking of leaks, I believe that even if it wasn't the two officers that Team Leader Shen brought with him, if it was someone else, as long as the old house wanted to cause trouble, anyone would be trapped in the same trap.

However, no matter how bad it is, it is a family matter after all, and everyone knows that family disgrace should not be made public.

Captain Shen was also a knowledgeable and tactful person. After leaving the message, he went back to the guest room specially prepared for him by the Lin family to rest.

The three people left in the hall could only helplessly say to the old house's endless jumping and its spirit of becoming more courageous after more setbacks, "Let them do whatever they want."

That’s right. Anyway, they are not the ones who suffer in the end. If they are willing to make trouble, let them make trouble.

Sooner or later, one day, everyone in the old house will kneel at Lin Xiaoyue's feet and sing "Conquer". This process will be just a way for her to kill time.

In addition, Lin Xiaoyue discovered that the several families in Linjia Village who now live together in the village have become as close as a family.

Just looking at Lin Dahua's case, if it happened in the past in the village, no matter whether Lin Dahua was right or wrong, she would be regarded by others as someone who had committed one of the seven offenses and would be hated and despised by men.

Whether she is willing or not, she must bear most of the blame, visible or invisible. And now, everyone in the village stands on Lin Dahua's side and shares the same hatred for the Chen family.

Just from this point, we can see that everyone has united their hearts and minds, working together and facing the outside world together.

And everyone is tied to the same boat, becoming grasshoppers on the same rope. Whether it is because of the common experience of fleeing famine, the feelings of adversity, or because of the community of interests now. In short, this is at least what Lin Xiaoyue is willing to see.

She believed that even if the old house continued to rise and fall in various ways, the other families in the village would not watch the grasshoppers in the old house trample on them wantonly. Even if the old house wanted to use blood ties to blackmail them, they had many favorable witnesses.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoyue was not afraid of the old house playing any tricks at all. Instead, she was secretly looking forward to them coming out soon.

Grandpa Lin confirmed with Lin Xiaoyue whether he needed to tell these things to Old Man Lin and Miao. After Lin Xiaoyue's negative answer, Grandpa waved his hand helplessly and told Lin Xiaoyue to go back and rest quickly, as they had to get up early tomorrow morning to send Team Leader Shen and the two officials back.

That night, not only did the people at Linjiazhuang talk until late at night, but under the same night cover, many people in different places such as the state capital and Wanbao Town tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and simply got up to launch fierce "pre-war" deployments for different purposes at Linjiazhuang.