After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

Lin Yanyu felt as if she was shot in the heart by an arrow. She froze in place, her bright eyes like glass filled with water. Her tears fell onto the red quilt, forming dark flowers.

Li Yanqi held her in his arms and patted her back: "Grandma passed away in her sleep, with a smile on her face, without any pain."

He leaned over and kissed the girl's eyes, which were full of tears, and said, "Birth, aging, illness and death are common to all human beings. Do you still remember what your grandmother said yesterday?"

Lin Yanyu, with tears in her eyes, thought that her grandmother was very happy last night. Even when she said she missed her grandfather, she was cheerful, so no one thought much about it.

"Don't be sad, grandma just went to find grandpa."

Li Yanqi wiped her tears, took the plain white clothes and put them on her, saying, "...my parents have gone to the front, let's go over there too."

The Lin family consulted many doctors for Old Lady Lin, and the final diagnosis was similar, saying that the old lady did not have much time left. Everyone knew that this day would come, and the funeral clothes, shoes, and coffin had been ordered long ago.

A mourning hall was set up at Uncle Lin's house. Old Mrs. Lin was lying in the coffin wearing brand new funeral clothes, with her white hair floating in the wind. At the end of the mourning hall, a big word "甸" was hung.

On that day, all the women in the Lin family cried bitterly.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, all of Mrs. Lin’s distant relatives and the Lin family’s various in-laws arrived and cried again.

In the past two days, Lin Yanyu's eyes were swollen like a small peach. Li Yanqi felt so distressed that when he went to take over the vigil at night, he would carefully apply ointment on her before he would feel at ease to go to the front.

*

The home of wealthy Mr. Wang in Yunlong Town.

Rich Man Wang paced anxiously in the room. The person he sent to get information had not returned for an hour.

The eldest son of the Wang family could not bear to watch this, so he comforted him, "Dad, don't worry, maybe the county government will send someone to invite you later."

"Our goods in Yunlong Town were to be delivered to Qingshan County on the tenth day of the first lunar month. The Yin family was robbed and killed on the way to Qingshan County. How can I stay calm? County Magistrate Li said that a patrol camp would be organized after the New Year to escort the merchants' caravans. It was clearly agreed that the county government would discuss the matter on the second day of the New Year, but why is there no movement now?"

At this moment, the housekeeper came in hurriedly from outside: "Master, I found out! I found out!"

Mr. Wang hurried forward a few steps and asked repeatedly, "What's going on? Has the county government issued a notice?"

The housekeeper shook his head and took a few deep breaths. "Li County Lieutenant's wife's grandmother passed away, and he has been keeping vigil at the Lin family these past two days. County Magistrate Dong said that Li County Lieutenant is fully responsible for the patrol camp, and we have to wait until he goes to the county government office before we can talk about it."

Li Yanqi’s wife, from the Lin family?

Mr. Wang thought for a while before he matched the person. He glanced at his youngest son and saw that he was distraught after hearing what the housekeeper said. He could not help but shake his sleeves in anger.

"Trash."

He pointed at his youngest son and said, "Come with me to the Lin family tomorrow to learn how to get along with people and flatter Lieutenant Li. And get some information while you're at it."

In fact, there was another reason. He hoped that this trip would allow his youngest son to see the loving relationship between the couple, so that he would give up any inappropriate thoughts and agree to the matchmaking arranged by the family.

On the third day of the New Year, Mr. Wang, along with his youngest son, took the gift money and paper money and boarded the carriage to the Lin family.

He thought he was well-informed and could sell Li Yanqi well before others. However, as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw several carriages parked in front of him and several well-known wealthy businessmen in the town were getting off the carriages.

When the wealthy businessmen saw him, they immediately came over to greet him: "Rich Man Wang, you are here too."

The corners of Wang Caizhu's mouth froze, and he bowed to those people and said with a generous smile: "Since everyone is here, let's go in together."

Rich businessmen from other towns and villages in Yunlong County also rushed to the Lin family one after another, scaring the Lin family and the people who came to pay their respects. They all looked at these wealthy businessmen in confusion, and gave gifts and burned paper money as usual.

Lin Xiucai and Lin Jun were too old to bear the brunt, so Li Yanqi and Lin Yong kept vigil at night.

At this time of day, Li Yanqi had just fallen asleep not long ago. When he was invited to the front, he looked depressed. He rubbed his face with his hands, looked at the group of wealthy businessmen who were surrounding him like flies, and impatiently led them to the door.

"Come out and speak up."

……

On the road in front of Uncle Lin’s house, a man and a woman got off the donkey cart.

The man had dark skin, small eyes and a big mouth, and had an ordinary appearance. The woman, on the other hand, was quite pretty. After helping the man get off the donkey cart by holding his hand, she hugged the man's arm tightly.

After they passed through more than a dozen carriages, the woman frowned and asked in doubt: "Cousin Du Jian, did you remember the wrong way? Is this the home of the hen that can't lay eggs?"

Du Jian also felt uneasy, wondering if he had taken the wrong path. He grabbed a passing man and asked, "Brother, is this Lin Jun's house?"

The man was pulled to a stop, and he looked the two up and down, a little wary: "You are not from our Yunlong Town, are you here to pay your respects?"

Du Jian's eyes darted around, looking towards Uncle Lin's door.

"Yes, we are here to pay our respects."

"Oh, then you've found the right place. Lin Jun's house is in front."

After saying that, the man turned around and tried to leave, but Du Jian grabbed him and said, "Brother, don't leave yet. I want to ask you, who is that person?"

The man followed his gaze and saw a group of wealthy businessmen with big bellies and wearing silk and satin, and Li Yanqi, who was wearing plain clothes and standing tall and straight. He was standing with his arms folded across his chest, with a look of impatience on his face.

"That's the one in mourning clothes."

The man said, "Oh, you mean Lieutenant Li. He is Lin Jun's nephew-in-law and the county lieutenant of Yunlong County. I heard he is quite capable. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

The man looked envious and continued, "Look, food is so scarce now, but people sent ten dou of rice to Lin Xiucai and Lin Jun's family as a festival gift."

"Who let the Lin family have a beautiful daughter? No one can compare to her, no one can compare to her..."

The man shook his head, sighed and walked away.

Du Jian's two little eyes sparkled.

He had heard Lin Jing say earlier that she had a beautiful cousin, but he didn't expect that her cousin would marry the county lieutenant of Yunlong County. Although he was not a high-ranking official, each place was now independent, and no matter how high the official was, he was not as good as the current one.

Moreover, ten dou of rice, that is ten dou of rice! It is enough for the whole family to eat for a year.

Du Jian swallowed his saliva. His family had not eaten white rice for a long time. Every day they had to eat bitter brown rice and dry steamed corn bread. He thought that his family had saved some money from selling fish fry and could eat enough every day, which was better than most people. However, he did not expect that the Lin family actually ate white rice!

The woman looked at Du Jian, whose face was flushed with excitement, shook his arm, and said in a tender voice, "Cousin, what are you doing? Didn't we agree to come and give her the divorce papers today? Aunt is still waiting for our good news at home."

"Why send a divorce letter? This is a golden hen. No matter if she lays eggs or not, our Du family cannot let her run away!"