In the TAO's house, Huang Yiniang is standing in front of TAO, setting rules.

  She held a plate of fresh and delicate jasmine flowers and roses, and offered them to Mrs. Tao with an especially flattering tone: "Madam, look at this one that's blooming the freshest; Madam, look at this one that smells the best; or is it this one that looks the prettiest? Ah, Madam, the water and soil in the countryside are truly nourishing for people, what do you need face powder or rouge for?"

  Mrs. Tao was enjoying the flattery of Old Lady Huang, who was trying to win her over. The old lady was pressuring her, and she in turn was pressuring Old Lady Huang. Who made Lin Yizhen want to propose? This power to decide life and death was in her hands, and she could take revenge to her heart's content. Even if it meant talking about personal matters, she had to seize this opportunity to thoroughly torment the hypocritical old woman! Let this old woman also taste the flavor of sleeping restlessly at night, with a nervous heart.

  Lin Jianyin sat beside him, with a warm smile on his lips, teaching Lin Shenzhi arithmetic with an abacus. Lin Shenzhi hung his long eyelashes and had a serious expression on his round face, not affected by the other person at all.

  It's really good. Lin Jinrong looked at it and smiled, ran over to move the abacus, and was a little worried about Lin Shenzi. Seeing Lin Shenzi anxious and scratching his ears, he felt inexplicably happy. Then he threw away the abacus and took advantage of the opportunity to find Gong Mama who was busy: "Mom, you must be very busy these days?"

  Gong Mama had been in close contact with her for more than half a year, and she was much closer to her than before. She didn't treat her as an ignorant child anymore, so she sincerely complained to her: "To be honest, there are still not enough people. Chunmiao has to put away the mistress's jewelry, clothes, and books, Xiaoye has to attend to the mistress's daily life, and those little maidservants are too clumsy, it's really frustrating..."

  Lin Jinyong smiled and said: "Or, I'll borrow Mom for a day or two? Let's see if she's suitable or not?"

  Mrs. Gong thought she was joking: "Okay, as long as the girls don't cry after getting married and say no one is serving them." In those days when Mrs. Tao first married into the Lin family, each of the Lin daughters had a nanny, four personal maids, and several rough-serving women and little maids. But now, each of the Lin daughters only has a nanny, two personal maids, one rough-serving woman, and one little maid, not to mention barely enough, where can they borrow people?

  Lin Jinyong said with a half-joking and half-serious tone: "Mom, why not also give me one to order around? A bit younger, more spirited and obedient, it's better to use for a longer time." So as not to just get used to it and then have to be paired up.

  Gong Mama was such a person, she immediately heard the abnormality, glanced at Gui Yatou who was talking to Chun Ya in a low voice not far away, and asked Lin Jirong in a low voice: "What's this, miss?"

  "I think it's not good for both mother and daughter to be in charge of things in my house in the future, it's better to let Guirong learn some practical skills, which will be more useful in the future." Lin Jiran's expression was calm and composed, without a hint of emotion: "Is mom having trouble?"

  "It's not difficult, it's not difficult. I'll go select a matchmaker tomorrow, does Miss have someone in mind?" Gong Mama suddenly realized and looked at Lin Jinyong with a hint of meaning in her eyes, sly yet joyful. The fourth young lady truly understands the situation now and is thinking about the future. In the future, one reliable nanny will be in charge inside the house, and one reliable wife will be in charge outside the house, just perfect."

  "I trust your judgment, Mom. Lychee is quite good. I heard that Aunt Gui was also recommended by you to stay with us back then." Lin Jianrong's words made Mrs. Gong feel extremely sweet in her heart, and she immediately started filtering through suitable candidates at full speed.

  On the other side, Tao's family finally ended their torment of Huang Niang and returned home with a satisfied smile. They gave two daughters a pair of delicate pearl roses to wear in their hair. With that, they were content to take Lin Shen's hand and head towards the Harmony Hall. "Fourth sister, you're back! I almost died thinking about you! Ah, you've grown so much taller than me, it must be the water and soil of the countryside that nourishes people? I heard that the housekeeper in your family's estate has excellent culinary skills, is that true? When will you invite me to taste it?" Before Lin Jin Rong could even step into the Harmony Hall, Lin Wu flew over like a butterfly, grabbed her arm, and laughed with a smile as bright as a flower. She compared heights with Lin Jin Rong and joked around, exuding warmth all over.

  Lin Jinyong was shocked. During the New Year, Lin Wu was released to eat New Year's dinner and even killed her with a dagger at the dinner table, how could she smile now? Didn't Lin Wu know that she also made a dress of the same color? This is not normal.

  Lin Wu saw that she wasn't speaking, her eyes reddened, and she pouted: "Fourth sister, are you still holding a grudge against me? I was wrong, I've known it for a long time. If you don't believe me, I'll serve tea to apologize in front of everyone right now."

  At this time, the twins also walked over. Lin Liu held a fan to half cover her mouth and smiled: "Fifth sister, be careful not to scare fourth sister. Fourth sister can't play your tricks."

  Lin Qi sneered: "No virtue in offering kindness, either a traitor or a thief!"

  Lin Wu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he gritted his teeth hard, forcing himself to hold back. He ignored the twins and looked at Lin Jianrong pitifully: "Fourth sister, can you forgive me? You're my sister, always generous, and won't hold it against me, right?"

  Lin Qi made a nauseating expression, Lin Liu's fan covered half of her face, silently staring at Lin Jianrong.

  As soon as she entered the door, did she have to take sides? Lin Jin stood quietly for a moment, gently pulled her hand out of Lin Wu's arms, and smiled: "We're all sisters, why be polite?" Then she turned around and looked at Lin Liu and Lin Qi: "Two younger sisters, long time no see, are you both doing well?" Without waiting for the three to respond, she calmly walked inside: "I brought some gifts for my sisters-in-law and three younger sisters. Once things are settled, I'll have them sent over. It's nothing much, don't be disappointed."

  Her attitude was neither biased nor leaning, very much in line with Lin Liu's intentions. She looked at Lin Wu with disdain and quickly followed Lin Jianrong: "Fourth sister, Auntie and Yun are coming."

  Lin Jianrong's footsteps only paused for a moment, and she didn't say anything, just raised her eyes to look at Lin Liu and smiled. She should have expected it earlier, since Old Lady Lin had spoken up for Lin Yuzhen before, so in order to resolve the conflict between the sisters-in-law, they naturally had to strike while the iron was hot.

  Lin Liu saw her calm and composed, not putting these things in her heart, and instead was somewhat surprised. Lin Qi said softly: "I feel like she's different from before? That silly, gloomy and introverted look is gone?"

  "After three days, we should look at each other with new eyes. Lin Liu shook his fan and glanced at Lin Wu, who was standing upright with his ears perked up listening to this side, and said lightly: 'I think we've all been wrong.'"

  When the news that Lu Xian had been secretly living in the dowry house of the Tao family for a long time first came out, everyone thought that Mrs. Tao and her daughter were up to something sinister, and while they felt sorry for them, they couldn't help but look down on this unscrupulous tactic. When they heard from Lu Yun that Lin Yujuan was furious, they all waited with bated breath to see the joke, but who knew that Lin Jianrong would be even more ruthless, not even leaving any food behind, and immediately drove out Fang Yiniang, the first servant that Lin Yujuan had used, and scolded Lu Xian for being a freeloader. Looking at her now, refusing to back down or yield, what kind of person who really wants to enter the Lu family would be like this? Unless she's as stupid as Mrs. Tao and beyond salvation.

  The two sisters were on the same wavelength, and Lin Qi immediately understood Lin Liu's meaning. She said in a low voice, "Mother has always said that people's hearts are hard to fathom and things in life are unpredictable. It's better to be cautious. Why didn't Second Brother stay at Mr. Zhu's house? Instead, he took the risk of angering Aunt by staying there for so long. This matter still needs to be clarified."

  Lin Liu gently pinched her cheek and smiled: "Finally grew some brains."

  Mrs. Zhou warmly asked Mr. Tao about his well-being and especially asked Lin Jianrong if the wife of the needlework room had gone to take measurements. Lin Jianrong sincerely thanked Mrs. Zhou: "Thank you, Auntie, for your concern. I like the fabric very much, and my son has grown taller, so we need to make new clothes."

  Luoshi had just suffered a great loss, and was much quieter than before. Apart from serving tea and water to Old Lady Lin, she didn't express any opinions, except occasionally catching Lin Jianrong's gaze sizing her up.

  Until Lin Yuzhen and her mother came in, Luo's family was lively and enthusiastically introduced them to each other. Lin Yuzhen and Tao's family made amends, and one person poured a cup of tea: "There are no misunderstandings that can't be resolved, after drinking this cup of tea, everything will be forgotten!"

  Lin Jinrong was shocked again. Lin Yuzhen and Tao Shi were both stubborn, neither of whom would listen to the other, so whoever came to persuade them would only end up offending both parties and getting frustrated themselves. What was Luo Shi trying to do? Was she going to stir up more trouble? Her eyes lightly swept over the others, but all she saw was Lin Lao Tai smiling, Zhou Shi looking unimpressed, and Lin Jinrong looking just as puzzled as herself.

  As expected, Lin Yuzhen was as arrogant as ever, receiving the tea but not saying a word with her lips curled up. Wanting her to lower her head to Tao Shi and Lin Jianrong would be impossible. She came to give face to Old Lady Lin, otherwise, she would have been hostile towards Tao Shi and Lin Jianrong from the start. With a husband who held office and a son who was accomplished, what did Tao Shi have?

  Lu went to quietly persuade Tao: "Third sister, give second aunt a face, the old lady also hopes that you can abandon your previous grievances. Moreover, if you open up, it will be good for the children too. You take the initiative, others will only say that you have a big heart..."

  Tao drank a mouthful of tea, repeatedly praising the good tea, but not daring to look at Luo directly. It's ridiculous, it's not her fault, why should she take the initiative to apologize to Lin Yuzhen? Luo is also ridiculous, wanting to please Old Lady Lin, why use others as a sacrifice?

  In an instant, the atmosphere became extremely tense.

  Lin Lao Tai's face didn't look too good, Zhou Shi slightly sneered and asked Lin Shen Zhi what he wanted to eat. She also gave a glance at her eldest daughter-in-law, Qi Shi, who quickly handed over the big fat son in her arms to Lin Lao Tai, smiling and telling him to call her "Old Ancestor". The atmosphere thus eased up a lot.

  Luo's family saw that the two of them were ignoring him, and he didn't panic. Instead, he smiled at Lin Zhenrong and Lu Yun: "Two silly girls, why don't you go persuade your mother?"

  Lu Yun immediately stood up, smiling sweetly, but instead of persuading Lin Yuzhen, she walked towards the Tao family and bowed politely: "Third Aunt, it's all my fault, please don't hold it against me."

  Tao looked at Lu Yun in surprise and forced a smile: "What's wrong with you, kid?"

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