Six hundred and eighty-eight, the family is exhausted.
Not everyone will obey the arrangements of their elders, especially young people who have not experienced social hardship.
No, when Xiong Wanming heard that his grandfather asked him to get close to Tao Yuling in order to please her and strive to become the son-in-law of the Tao family, Xiong Wanming felt as if his hair had exploded and started making a fuss: "If I don't go, then Tao Yuling is just a divorced person."
A married old woman, why should I go to please her? I don’t care, I won’t go anyway.”
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Xiong, who was refuted by his grandson at first, was stunned for a moment. When he realized what he said, his first thought was that his authority in this family had been challenged.
Thinking of this, the old man was a little unhappy.
He scanned every child present with sharp eyes, trying to read the other person's thoughts from their faces.
At this moment, Xiong Wanming, who had not received a response for a long time, was not very happy. He felt that his grandfather did not love him as much as before.
In this kind of family, it has become normal to compete for the attention of the elders. Whether it is noisy or hard work, there is only one purpose, and that is to let the elders who hold the power above notice you.
Only by letting your elders notice you can you have the opportunity to develop feelings and get more family property.
Xiong Wanming is an obvious example. Before he got the attention of his grandfather, he was just the inconspicuous second son of the third family of the Xiong family.
Youdao is the boss's favorite, the third boss's habit, the second one's the unlucky one, and he, Xiong Wanming, is the unlucky one.
But ever since he got his grandfather's favor, not only him, but also the entire third house has turned upside down.
So Xiong Wanming didn't care about anything else, but he couldn't see Mr. Xiong focusing on other people.
Not to show his sense of existence, he started making trouble again, pointing at the other grandchildren of the Xiong family and said: "There are so many people in the family, why do I have to please an old woman who is married for the second time? I don't accept it.
,Grandpa, you are partial!"
At this point, Xiong Wanming's eyes lit up, and he continued: "Aren't they not even married? Why not let them go?"
As soon as this was said, the other people were unhappy.
The eldest grandson of the Xiong family didn't even think about it, and retorted directly: "Why do you want me to go? My grandfather's job is obviously yours, so what do you mean by pushing back and forth here now?
Naturally, the other children of the eldest family also supported their eldest brother. They took away what Xiong Wanming said without saying anything, and even labeled him as being disobedient to his grandfather and being unfilial.
Mr. Xiong was sitting at the top, accompanied by his grandson who was either making a fuss or watching the excitement below. His face gradually changed color, his eyebrows were knitted together, and daggers burst out from his eyes.
A sharp light shouted loudly: "Okay! Stop making trouble!"
Then he looked at Xiong Wanming with some disappointment and asked, "You really don't want to go?"
"No, I don't want to go." Xiong Wanming shook his head crazily. He was stupid to leave so many young and beautiful girls unselected to compliment an old woman.
He had heard about it. The former son-in-law of the Tao family, who was a very good man, was thrown out of the house by the unreasonable eldest daughter of the Tao family because he was just making a fool of himself when going out to socialize. He was humiliated.
He doesn't want to be next.
Seeing his resolute attitude, Mr. Xiong stopped talking. He just looked at him deeply and said, "Just don't regret it in the future."
He has so many grandchildren, and the reason why he wants Xiong Wanming to pursue the eldest daughter of the Tao family is for her own sake.
No one knows better than him what the Xiong family is like now.
Even though the Xiong family looks glamorous and prosperous with descendants and descendants, the reality is completely different from what everyone sees. Although it is not a gold and jade, but it is not much better than a strong outsider and a poor middle-aged man.
Youdao means that you can only be rich for three generations, but the Xiong family has broken this view.
He has been here for six generations since his ancestors, and they have always been considered a wealthy family, but no matter how wealthy they are, they cannot stop the passage of time.
Not to mention, there was also a "prodigal son" named his father.
In fact, the first few generations of the Xiong family were pretty good, especially the second generation ancestors who were even more remarkable. They got close to a big shot and became a salt merchant under his protection. Although it was not as good as those big salt merchants, the scale was not too big.
It's small, and the net profit in a year is still two to three hundred thousand taels.
The second-generation ancestor worked as a salt merchant for more than ten years. It was not until the big man retired that he quit the job, followed by his retirement, and devoted himself to running the family business.
It happened that there were not many children in the next few generations, and even in his father's generation, his father was the only one left in the entire Xiong family.
All of this has meant that the family business has basically not been distributed to outsiders. After so many years of accumulation, the Xiong family has reached its peak.
But it started with his father. His father was lustful and shouldered the responsibility of perpetuating this matter for the Xiong family.
Therefore, it is even more natural to be lustful and lustful. There must be at least fifty or sixty women in and out of the house, with and without status.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that those women gave him thirty-six sons alone.
Every time he thought about this, Mr. Xiong felt like he couldn't breathe, and he held his chest and felt uncomfortable for a long time.
Thirty-six sons, not one, not two, not even five, not eight, a total of thirty-six sons!
No matter how much wealth you have, you can't stop it from being divided like this!
Not to mention, in addition to these thirty-six sons, his father also has a group of daughters.
Even for the sake of appearance, when these girls get married, the Xiong family has to give them a similar dowry.
So after his father left, the Xiong family's business shrank drastically.
Although he is still relatively wealthy, he is not as good as before.
But the family fortune is reduced, and the luxurious habits they developed earlier have not changed. At the best of times, the annual profit is just enough to cover their expenses. But in the past few years, the annual profit is not enough to support their lives.
, can only use old capital.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mr. Xiong also knows how much money his family has. If he continues to be so luxurious, his family will be able to support it for at least two or three generations.
This is under the premise that Mr. Xiong controls his children.
Because of the lessons of the previous generation, Mr. Xiong, who had been educated since childhood to be proud of having many children and grandchildren, changed his views and refused to have another son after giving birth to his third son.
He has already calculated that based on the Xiong family's financial situation, after he leaves, each of the three sons will receive a fairly considerable amount of property. Without excessive extravagance and waste, these properties will be enough to support the family.
They lived a prosperous life.
As for the next generation, they can only live a life without worries about food and clothing.
That's why Mr. Xiong took up the idea of the eldest daughter of the Tao family.
As for why it was Xiong Wanming, firstly, it was because Mr. Xiong was partial and wanted his favorite grandson to live a good life. Secondly, he was really suitable. With his face alone, he could crush all the grandchildren of the Xiong family.
It's a pity that Xiong Wanming doesn't appreciate it at all.
The old man looked at the children below, trying to find someone who could make the Xiong family stand up again after he left. However, after looking at it over and over again, the old man Xiong was disappointed to find that his sons, not to mention bringing the Xiong family back to life,
Once you stand up, it will be difficult to defend Chengdu.
After being disappointed, he looked at his sons standing nearby and asked, "You think so too?"
Seeing that Mr. Xiong had lost his temper, the sons and daughters-in-law of the Xiong family dared to speak out.
The eldest son said: "The eldest lady of the Tao family is not a very good candidate. If she doesn't want to, forget it. There is no need to force the child to do something he doesn't want to do."
The second son agreed with the eldest brother's point of view and echoed: "The eldest brother is right. The Tao family is great, but our Xiong family is not bad either!"
The third son of the Xiong family was somewhat moved by this, but the Tao family only had a daughter like Tao Yuling. Whoever married her would be able to take the entire Tao family into the palm of his hand.
As for the age difference between his son Xiong Wanming and the eldest lady of the Tao family, this is not a big deal at all in the eyes of the third son of the Xiong family.
She is just a woman. After getting married, instead of caring for her husband and raising children at home, she still has to go out and deal with a group of big men?
As for the fact that her son doesn't like her, it can be easily solved. Besides, now we can't openly have three wives and four concubines like before, but for people like them, it's not a big deal to have two people they like in private.
The most important thing is that after Xiong Wanming takes over the Tao family business, he, as a father, will definitely get a lot of credit.
Thinking of this, the third son of the Xiong family glanced at Xiong Wanming with hatred, wishing he could force him to marry the eldest daughter of the Tao family.
In his eyes, the second-fang and the second-fang who spoke for Xiong Wanming also became treacherous and wanted to hinder the development of their third-fang.
Thinking of this, the third son of the Xiong family glared at the backs of his two brothers hatefully. They are a bunch of people who don't want to see good things in others!
Listening to the words of comfort from his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Xiong not only felt no sense of relief, but instead felt devastated.
I think he was considered a figure back then. He was able to crush a bunch of bastards at a young age, and he was chased and intercepted by a bastard who was eager to see him. He took away the position of the head of the Xiong family. But why are these sons not like their father?
Mr. Xiong looked at his eldest son with a grimace, who was about to become a grandfather soon, but still had an unworldly look on his face. He felt powerless.
To be honest, if I wasn't worried, I would have wanted to imitate my old friend. He would also say, "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, don't do anything for them.", and really let it go.
But he couldn't calm down, so he could only wave his hand and let his grandchildren go out first, and then explained the details to his sons bit by bit.
After listening to Mr. Xiong's answer, in addition to the third bedroom who originally had this idea, the first and second bedrooms also had this idea.
I made up my mind to convince several of my sons to hang out in front of Tao Yuling. Even if they can't win over each other, they can still get acquainted with each other. If I really win over each other, I can still save face.
Of course, if you want to eat it for real, the son-in-law of the Tao family would be the best.
It is even more exciting to see a poor family, especially a wealthy family like the Tao family.
At this time, the Tao family didn't even know that someone was planning on exterminating their family.
But even if she knew about it, Tao Yuling probably wouldn't take it seriously.
Over the years, she had been in control of the Tao family as a woman, and she had heard these words countless times.
If she was still angry because of this, she would have died of anger many times.
Tao Yuling will feel the enthusiasm of these people next.
There was a lot of excitement here at Tao's house, and it didn't stop near the courtyard either.
As soon as Zhang Yu and others returned the quilt, they saw another big show.
The aunt who grabbed the young man and wanted to introduce her sister to him was arrested by the police together with her sister.
The neighbors were a little confused at the beginning about the two people being arrested.
Several elders from the courtyard also went to the police station. They wanted to know what the two sisters had committed and whether they could be fished out.
Afterwards, everyone got the truth from the young mother.
It turns out that in order to make money and make connections, the two sisters often sent some beautiful girls into the hands of some dandy boys, allowing them to tease and destroy them.
For girls from poor families, they often use porcelain.
First, they designed the other party to inadvertently destroy the "precious items" they had prepared.
After that, there were various threats and inducements, which forced the girls to step into the quagmire in order to repay the money.
But once you step in, you can no longer clean it up.
As for those girls from better families, they often pretend to be pitiful in front of the girl, unintentionally telling the story of their secret love, and when the relationship between the two parties is good enough, they ask them to copy love letters for them, and then give them to those who want to eat swan meat.
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And after those love letters fall into the hands of the wearers, the real hardship for those girls is about to come.
They often use those handwritings to threaten those girls, and often because they are afraid of being embarrassed, those girls are taken advantage of.
Just going back and forth like this, the two sisters have tricked many little girls.
As for my niece, who was beautiful, she was spotted by the two sisters within two days of arriving here, and then they implemented those plans.
When the woman talks about this, her teeth itch with hatred.
Her niece was only fifteen years old this year, still a half-grown child, but the two sisters were actually able to do this.
As soon as the woman said this, everyone nearby exploded, and they all went to see where the two sisters lived.
"This... this is too scary." Aunt Zhao in Zhang Yu's courtyard reluctantly closed the old man's mouth, showing a look of shock.
"Yes! How can this person be so vicious!" An aunt with a daughter next to her couldn't help hugging her daughter tightly, feeling unspeakable fear in her heart.
But the girl in her arms had a pale face, as if she had thought of something terrible and couldn't help but tremble.
After the aunt felt her daughter's trembling, she lowered her head and looked down. She was also frightened when she saw her appearance, and quickly asked: "What's wrong, my daughter, what's wrong with you? If you have something to do, please tell me quickly. Don't scare me."
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The girl swallowed hard and tried to keep herself calm. It took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "She...she wanted me to copy a love letter for her yesterday."