(Wow, haha, we are back at the bottom of the recommendation list! Well, if you are not careful, you may fall down again. Check your ticket bag for fire support, dear!)
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There was a lingering sound in the hall, but Chen Xishi and his wife did not respond for a while.
The reason is simply that Chen Laoer's behavior when he came back this time was so unexpected. In the impression of his brother and sister-in-law, he has always been a sullen melon who never fights or robs, and is tolerant in every possible way. How could he be so sharp?
A foolish man and a foolish woman do not understand that a gentleman can tolerate the intolerable, but there are also things he cannot tolerate. No matter how bad they treated Chen Xiliang before, he could tolerate it because he felt that he was still eating free rice in his recent years, so he could eat some by the way.
It's normal to roll his eyes. But this time, his sons were abused, and one of them was in danger of being conscripted into the army, which greatly exceeded his bottom line, so he stood out.
In fact, Chen Xishi and his wife did not want to bring the matter to the government. The Song Dynasty talked about "kindness and filial piety", which means kindness and filial piety, first kindness and then filial piety. The two father-in-law and mother-in-law thought that they were going to quarrel, and they couldn't bear the gossip, so
I just want to hold the second son down with such a big crime so that I can seize the family property.
Now that we have come full circle, we seem to be back on track, but the situation has reversed and Chen Laoer has taken the initiative.
Can the two parents directly say, "We want to separate our families?" After a long while, Chen Xishi held back a sentence and said: "Don't mention the past things again. After all, it is also a family scandal, and it cannot be made public. Don't mention it again.
Now..." Mr. Chen has never even been to Chengdu in his life. Hearing that there might be trouble with the officials, he couldn't help but retreat.
"Then we can't just let it go like this." Ms. Hou was just adamant.
In Chen Sanlang's view, now is a good time to chase the poor bandits. According to his temperament, he must take the opportunity to feel proud, or at least completely reverse his disadvantage.
However, people are different, and Chen Xiliang had no such plan. He just said: "Brother, let's draw a plan, and the younger brother will follow." He suddenly gave up the initiative, which made San Lang greatly disappointed.
"How can we live together when we are in such trouble?" Chen Xishi said with a sad look on his face: "I think we should break up."
"Family separation..." Chen Xiliang looked up with some melancholy. The portraits of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother hung in the middle hall. Finally, he closed his eyes slightly and said, "But it depends on my brother's opinion."
Chen Xishi was already short of breath. It was impossible to think about the situation again. He sighed and said: "In this case, I will make a rough plan first and make an appointment at the government office another day to sign the contract. Second brother, don't think that I am plotting something."
What, it’s just a matter of causing trouble to the government and causing the government to lose face, so we can use good words and good words to divide it.”
"That's right." Chen Xidian nodded.
"Don't worry, I will be fair and won't let you suffer." After saying that, he asked his son to bring the family property account book, but did not open it and said: "Our Chen family has moved here for four generations. Generations have made a living by burning charcoal. Over the years, we have accumulated a lot of money.
Here is an ancestral house, a charcoal field, and a bamboo forest. There used to be some thin fields, but in recent years, the expenses of the four students in the family have been too high, and they have already sold their chimes to cost you money. A few days ago, I was thinking about
You spend a lot of time, so you even sold the bamboo forest." After a pause, he said with a look of regret: "That is the best bamboo forest in the ten miles and eight towns, producing the best bamboo charcoal, and you exchanged it for 300,000 yuan. These three
One hundred thousand dollars, you and your son will spend it, and it will be enough for your son to go to school in the future."
Chen Xidian nodded. The economic level of the Song Dynasty was comparable to that of later generations in the late 1990s. The purchasing power of one penny was equal to one yuan at that time.
"These three pieces are all the property of our Chen family. I am the eldest son, so naturally I will inherit the ancestral house." Chen Xishi said: "As for the charcoal farm, you are a scholar and don't know what is happening outside the window. The government has imposed additional taxes in recent years."
Xixia money', the business is not as good as before, almost no money is made. Otherwise, the bamboo forest would not be sold."
"In that case, give me the charcoal field." Chen Xiliang finally couldn't help but said.
"Well, you have been studying for half your life, but you don't know anything about making charcoal and selling it. Do you know where the door of the dental store opens? Your brother, I have no other ability, I can only guard this property. And you, I will return it right away.
You have to go to the capital to take the exam, and you will become an official after high school. Wouldn’t the price of doing this job decrease?" Chen Xishi said: "So you should take the three hundred thousand yuan, it will be more worry-free and efficient."
After saying that, he looked at Chen Xiliang anxiously, hoping that his flawless and arrogant rhetoric could fool this 'nerd'... But now it seems that he is not a nerd, which makes him anxious.
What he didn't notice was that his son Chen Dalang bared his teeth and cracked his mouth, shaking his head vigorously at Chen Xiliang.
"Okay..." Chen Xiliang turned a blind eye, pondered for a long time, and agreed.
"Don't..." Before Chen Xishi and his wife could say anything, Chen Dalang and Chen Yu couldn't help but said: "Dad, you can't cheat my second uncle like this. That's not three hundred thousand dollars at all, but..."
"Shut up!" Chen Xishi, full of evil rage, stood up and slapped Chen Yu in the face, shouting: "Get out of here!"
Chen Yu did not dare to disobey his father, so he covered his face and walked out. When he arrived in front of Chen Xiliang, he lowered his voice and said: "It's all IOUs..."
"You're a bitch who eats inside and outside!" Chen Xishi was disgraced and threw the teacup fiercely, hitting Chen Yu on the back, and said angrily: "I don't have a son like you!"
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In the main hall, Chen Dalang's interference caused a complete deadlock.
After being silent for a long time, Chen Xishi simply said in a rogue manner: "Anyway, this is the only 300,000 IOU, and I don't have any other money."
Chen Sanlang's eyes widened. He had seen shameless people, but he had never seen such shameless people.
"I've already said it." Chen Xiliang said with a straight face, "Okay."
Chen Sanlang's eyes got bigger, and his heart jumped in even though he knew it was a trap. This was too much, too... However, Chen Xiliang's next words made his heart suddenly clench into a ball. He could only wait for a moment.
He said slowly: "But in addition to the contract, you must make a written statement to guarantee that today's matter will not be mentioned again. Otherwise, the charcoal field, ancestral house, and all family properties will all belong to me."
Chen Xiliang didn't know that this was playing into the hands of his brother and sister-in-law. They had no intention of publicizing this matter, they just wanted to monopolize the family property. Now that they want to sleep and someone gives them pillows, there is no reason why the two parents should not agree.
The two people quickly looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes... They thought that the second child would definitely argue with each other and get more of the family property, but who knew that he actually agreed to it even though he knew it was just an idle statement? This is really the best thing in the world.
What a fool. As for the extra piece of paper, if it is established immediately, it is already a family scandal. Who would want to make it known to the whole world?
They were worried that Chen Xiliang would regret it, so they immediately asked Shiro to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, make a contract and a guarantee, sign and pledge it to both parties, and wait until the next day to go to the county government to register, and then the separation could be completed.
Carefully holding the contract with the ink still wet, Chen Xishi smiled broadly and pretended to be generous: "Second brother, go and clean up. We will live separately in the future. There are many things we need."
Chen Xidian nodded, gently dried the ink on the guarantee, carefully put it into his sleeve, held up his hand to his brother and sister-in-law, picked up Liu Lang, took San Lang and Wu Lang and turned around and walked out of the main hall.
When he arrived at the courtyard that belonged to him, he saw Da Lang with a red and swollen face.
Chen Xiliang said with concern: "Dalang, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, second uncle," Chen Yu said anxiously, "What did you do in the end?"
Chen Xiliang handed the contract in his hand to Chen Yu, hugged his son and pushed open the door.
When Chen Yu unfolded the contract and took a look, he was dumbfounded and chased after him: "Second uncle, why did you still ask for the IOU..."
"I should have a clear conscience..." Chen Xiliang said calmly while packing the books on the bookshelf: "Although your parents abused my son, I have had nothing to do with my family for thirty years, and I have spent so much money on studying.
Qian. The charcoal factory is your father's livelihood, how can I have the nerve to fight for it?"
"Why do you want an IOU for the three hundred thousand dollars?"
This 300,000 yuan can be used to buy Sanlang's innocence." Chen Xiliang seemed to be talking about an insignificant thing.
Chen Yu was a little stunned. He was only fifteen years old and didn't understand the dangers of the world. But Chen Sanlang had already understood... Those two parents regarded wealth as their lives so much that they would even put their own nephew to death in order to monopolize the family property.
.If you rely on your temporary verbal advantage, you can certainly prevent them from taking advantage, but if you take it easy afterwards, you will definitely be upset. If something goes wrong, you will be in trouble.
Although Chen Sanlang didn't know much about the world, he relied on his understanding of human nature to make a good guess... I still remember when the Hou family lost the chicken and suspected that Liu Houhou had stolen it, Liu Houhou
Immediately he became anxious and said: 'I am a good man, how could I steal your chicken?'
As long as anyone lived in the Song Dynasty, there was no one who didn't know the importance of the identity of a "beloved man" - renting a house, opening a shop, going to school, traveling... not to mention taking the imperial examination. As long as it was serious business, one needed to be clean.
Neighbors will not guarantee a person who has a criminal record or a bad reputation...because if you commit a crime in the future, the guarantor will be held responsible.
If you don't have the identity of a good man, you will either join the army or engage in the despicable business of "car and ship shop, and you should be killed even if you are not guilty". In short, your life is completely ruined. And many times, no evidence is needed, as long as
A bad reputation can ruin a person.
In fact, as soon as he stepped into the door, Chen Xiliang was prepared to suffer injustice. The purpose of establishing his authority before was not to share more of the family property, but to make his brother and sister-in-law understand that he was not a softie who was easily bullied.
They're all about biting people.
Everything was done so that Sanlang would not lose at the starting point of his life... The Chen family's fortune was more than a million dollars? But Chen Xiliang gave it up without blinking, just to buy his son a clean slate.
At this moment, Chen Sanlang still didn't quite understand Chen Xiliang's profound meaning, let alone the so-called gentleman's way. He was very critical of this fool's behavior... Why is this, why should it be like this? How will the family live in the future?!
But he has been moved by the other person's selfless fatherly love. Even if the other person doesn't know it, he is no longer Chen Sanlang. But since he has replaced his son, he has to... Hey, let's be this son...
Chen Sanlang lowered his head deeply, gritted his teeth, and knelt down in front of Chen Xiliang like in the TV series.
"Get up, there is gold under my knees!" Chen Xiliang shouted in a deep voice: "Stand upright for me!"
Well, I've said it before, don't get hung up on the age of the characters or anything like that. As the saying goes, no coincidence makes the book. Sometimes it's just a coincidence. So for some characters, the time will be fine-tuned. Everything is based on the book.
