When Lin Fanghua said the word "bullshit", everyone was shocked.
Mrs. Chu glanced at Lin Fanghua, but said to Lin Changgen: "The Lin family is really well-educated."
This is not just about Lin Fanghua, Lin Yutong was also eliminated.
This is really unreasonable. Lin Changgen has nothing to say. Even if he has something to say, he can't confront a woman directly. He feels that if Gan is here, if Gan is sitting next to him, this
The ten Madams of Chu in Huizi are not enough to fight against the Gan family. Let alone the Gan family, she did not take the Yun family with her. Besides, it would be useless if she brought her with her. Yun's temperament, this time, the
She was scolded directly in the face, and she was a person of high status. She could do nothing but blush and be submissive, and kept apologizing.
Lin Yutong looked embarrassed and did not dare to say anything. He held back a sentence for a long time: "...in front of all the elders, I want to express my position. We don't want the property in the house..." As he said that, he was afraid
He glanced at Mrs. Chu, hid behind Fourth Master, and pushed Fourth Master forward, "Say something."
Fourth Master raised his hands to the top and carefully helped Lin Yutong sit down, "Yes, we don't want it. We don't want anything."
Mrs. Chu's face suddenly fell. What happened to these two people when they said these words? Originally, when she spoke just now, she didn't want to give the concubine too much property. Then, she insinuated that the concubine's wife was uneducated. What would everyone do?
Do you think? Do you think that you are deliberately trying to find trouble with your concubine and your wife for this little fortune?
As soon as the daughter-in-law came in, she was so frightened that she hid behind her, not even daring to ask for their share. Doesn't this explain the problem? Besides, Mrs. Chu's recent mistreatment of her concubine and daughter-in-law made other people look very stubborn.
We all heard some gossip. Of course, the person at the center of the topic is often the last to know. For example, Mrs. Chu, she really doesn’t know anything about the outside world.
Lin Changgen was tugged on his sleeve by Lin Yutong again, and then said: "No, no, no. I will add some wealth to you two later." After saying that, he stood up, saluted to several elders, and then said to Jin Cheng'an.
: "Let's do this. My young lady brother-in-law doesn't want your property anymore, and we have nothing to do here. Let's go first." We don't want anything, so don't ask Mrs. Chu for this.
Not only are things crowding out my daughter, but the Lin family is also crowding out. Can’t we just leave? We don’t tolerate what you say.
Isn't this taking a step back to make progress? If the father-in-law can give his son-in-law property, then the father can really let his own son go out empty-handed. Do you still want to be embarrassed?
Jin Cheng'an was forced into the corner, and looked at Mrs. Chu with some displeasure. Just as he was about to speak, Chu Yuan coughed softly, and then scolded: "What does it look like to have a family arguing in front of so many people?"
"?" He was talking, but his eyes were looking at the fourth master, "Your mother is not feeling well. As a junior, you should be considerate, why are you still taking it? When you become parents and know it, you will separate the families for your children.
How do the elders feel in their hearts? I really wish that you didn’t grow up and stayed together as a family. You feel wronged, and your mother also thinks that this good son has married a daughter-in-law and forgotten his mother."
Really good at talking.
An old fox is an old fox. He didn’t say that Mrs. Chu was right, nor did he say that Mrs. Chu was wrong. Just looking at this matter from the mentality of the elders who want to separate their children and grandchildren, no matter how fierce Mrs. Chu is, it is not too much. This is not a good fight for the separation of families.
If there are many, what does this mean?
When the children are young, adults worry about when they will grow up. Seeing how ignorant and naughty they are, they wish they could tell them they are older. But when the children grow up and their wings become stronger, they want to fly away with wings.
, the hearts of parents are different now, and I wish I could go back in time.
From a human perspective, what Chu Yuan said is right. What he said is human nature. Prince Yu couldn't say anything else except nodding.
Can you say that the thoughts of a concubine and a legitimate mother cannot be applied in this way? I am not that old and stupid yet.
Chu Yuan glanced at Mrs. Chu, then turned around and said: "Let's divide it into four equal parts as we agreed before." As he said that, he looked at Qi Duo'er who kept his head down and said nothing, "It's not easy for this child, now that I have married him.
I hope she can support the family. She doesn’t know anything, so you can teach her slowly. She lives in the courtyard next to the courtyard, so she can help with anything. Leave the property in the hands of the child and teach her slowly.
Right." He didn't even glance at Lin Fanghua. With a shrew like this who can't stand on the stage, what do you care about?
Mrs. Chu was truly afraid of this father. Ever since Chu Yuan spoke, Mrs. Chu had never raised her head.
Jin Chengan nodded: "Do as my father-in-law said..."
The fourth master suddenly said: "Father, mother and eldest brother don't care, but I can't accept it calmly. Let's do this, I will give half of the property assigned to me to my mother. This is considered a son's filial piety to his parents.
"The support has been given first, don't use it as an excuse for being unfilial later.
Jin Chengan paused for a moment and glanced at the fourth master with deep meaning. This child was probably afraid of causing trouble for this thing in the future. She knew very well the virtues of his wife. If the sons share the same family property, then there will really be some difference in the future.
It is possible to pay attention to a concubine as a 'parent'. This is spending money to buy purity.
Prince Yu glanced at Jin Chengan and said, "Then let's write..."
"Wait..." Marquis Jing'an, who had been sitting silently, suddenly spoke.
Everyone looked over in confusion. The family was separated and no one in the family had any objections. You, an outsider, what do you have to say?
The identity of Marquis Jing'an cannot be ignored. Why? Because he is the husband of Princess Wenhui.
Because the Yong'an County Princess who was demoted to the Chu family was his daughter. Therefore, the relationship between Marquis Jing'an and the Chu family was not harmonious. Ordinarily, if the relationship with the Chu family was not good, why did he go to Jinguo Duke's Mansion to preside over the separation of the family?
What happened?
Who said that the husband-in-law Jin Chengan and Chu Yuan were not harmonious to the outside world? It is not surprising that he did not have a good relationship with his father-in-law, but he had a good relationship with Jin Chengan.
But even if you have a close relationship with Jin Chengan, you can't get involved in the family separation.
Marquis Jing'an pointed at the four piles of deed papers divided into four piles in the box, and said casually: "You are wrong. If I remember correctly, the biological mother of your four boys paid a betrothal gift to enter the house.
That doesn’t seem to be some nameless family, right?”
Since there is no name or surname, and there is a betrothal gift, there should be a dowry.
But what about the dowry?
There are none in these industries.
Marquis Jing'an looked at Fourth Master: "Your father gave it to you a long time ago?"
The fourth master looked at Jin Cheng'an in confusion and said nothing. He was really dark under the lamp. He had never thought about the origin of his mother's family. Originally, he thought that since he came to be a concubine, even if he was of decent birth, it would be nothing more.
She must be a merchant or a concubine from a sixth- or seventh-grade family. But it seems wrong to ask her to be called Marquis of Jing'an.
He was implying that Mrs. Chu had embezzled the concubine's dowry.
But the fourth master saw a flash of anger in Jin Chengan's eyes, and he knew something was wrong. He was afraid that what was involved was beyond the Chu family's knowledge.
Chu's face turned red as expected: "Miao's things are all sealed in the warehouse. I'll let the Fourth take them all away. Who cares about some clumsy guys?"
"Clumsy?" Marquis Jingan looked at Chu Yuan, "What's left of the Miao family's property is 'clumsy'?"
Prince Yu was stunned: "The Miao family? The Miao family's racecourse is really amazing."
Not to mention the horses from the Miao family's own horse farm, they are the horses brought in from outside the customs every year, which is not a small number.
Prince Cheng asked in a low voice: "At that time, all the sons of the head of the Miao family died, leaving only a little granddaughter. The granddaughter was not married, and the Miao family left. Is it possible that this Miao is the granddaughter of the Miao family?"
It seems that not many people in the capital know about the Miao family.
A trace of regret flashed across Jin Chengan's face, and he sighed: "The matter is really...hard to describe in words. Let's not talk about anything else. The racecourse...most of them are built on the border between our Da Zhou and Bei Liao. Year after year
, was slowly swallowed up by Bei Liao. Where is the logic in this? Can you influence the diplomatic relations between the two countries for your own private property? There is no way to mention these things. Now... it is no longer the past. The original racecourse is now there.
It's in the territory of Beiliao... Speaking of which, it's a pity... I feel really ashamed when I think about it. As a father, I didn't protect the things my child's aunt left for him, so I have no way to explain to my child...
"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent. This sounds mysterious, but it is indeed not impossible. The boundaries between countries are quite blurred in some areas, especially in places where armed conflicts often occur at the border. Today
I moved an extra twenty or thirty miles towards you, and tomorrow you will move an extra thirty or fifty miles towards me. It's normal! If the horse farm is located here, then it should be a grassland with rich water and grass. The Han people may not be rare, but
This is different for the Liao people. Even if this place is occupied, the border guards may not take it seriously. In the past, the Miao family had their own guards, and the land in between could still protect food. But this Miao family man
With all of them dead, the racecourse will naturally gradually become weaker. The logic seems to make sense.
The fourth master's pupils shrank suddenly. Since Jin Chengan said that he had been invaded by Beiliao, he was naturally not afraid of people going to verify it. Those places were probably really within the territory of Beiliao. But how could Jin Chengan take such an important thing so easily?
What about giving it up to Bei Liao? No one could do such a stupid thing. Unless Jin Chengan had a tacit understanding with Bei Liao, or there was some kind of deal between the two.
I heard Jin Chengan sigh: "...A few years ago, I rebuilt a horse farm in Liaodong... It can't be compared with the Miao family's horse farm back then. It's a bit smaller, but that's what I want as a father.
I just thought of giving it to the fourth child in private..."
The fourth master immediately waved his hand: "I'm not in good health and can't go to Liaodong. I don't know how to take care of it at all. Dad can keep it. If you don't think it's appropriate, you can give your son the manor outside the city."
Jin Chengan's heart suddenly dropped, "Okay! The meat is rotten in the same pot. There are so many and there are so few, so there is no need to worry about it."
Marquis Jing'an looked at the Fourth Master and smiled meaningfully, which had an inexplicable meaning.
This incident was an inexplicable episode that passed by so seemingly lightly.
But the hearts of some of them started to churn. Especially the second master Jin Chengquan. Others may not know it, but he knew it. When Miao entered the house, he had never heard that the dowry came with the horse farm. But today, the eldest brother
But he didn't deny this statement. This made him feel a chill down his spine. There were really many things in this family that he didn't know. It was like he was hiding things from his eldest brother, and he was afraid that he was hiding more from him. That racecourse
What? Was it really invaded by Bei Liao?
No matter what people think here, Prince Yu has already written the deed. When the Fourth Master took the deed in his hand, he glanced at it casually, handed it to Lin Yutong, and told her to put it away.
Over there, Lin Fanghua saw the property in her hands and glanced at Qi Duo'er. Qi Duo'er shook her head slightly, and Lin Fanghua stopped talking. At this time, she couldn't push Mrs. Chu too hard in front of so many people. Let's talk again.
, Prime Minister Chu’s eyes are too scary. Even if his eyes are not directed at you, it still makes people break out in a cold sweat.
This is how the family property is divided.
Lin Yutong went back to the courtyard directly. The Fourth Master was in the front to accompany the guests, and today he invited a distinguished person to come, prepare a table, and thank him properly, which is what he should do. All the men went to the front.
"Master..." Sanxi handed over hot tea and said, "Many people came to inquire about Master..."
"Inquiring? Inquiring about what?" Lin Yutong was confused.
"Now that the family is separated, how will we take care of the people now?" Sanxi asked, "If we don't pick out a few useful people now, I'm afraid it won't be easy to find someone capable in the future."
Lin Yutong chuckled: "How can we be left to choose? Just wait and see, Madam can't be quick here. I'm afraid the spies sent here are not spies from Japan, but spies with various problems. Don't count on it. This waiter is not good.
It's more than enough, it's enough. No matter how anyone asks, don't spit it out. The servants in this house have been entangled for several lifetimes, and the relationship has become complicated. In fact, I have no intention of using it at all. If I give it to him,
Keep what you like, but if it doesn't suit your taste, I'll sell it."
Sanxi choked up: "Then these other people really hate the master. You also know that there are many ties. There may be relatives in these other rooms."
Lin Yutong rolled his eyes at Sanxi: "Don't I know how to sell it internally?"
It's like this kind of situation where the son works for the eldest son, but the daughter lives in the second room, but when the father comes, he comes to his side. If these relationships are not eliminated quickly, even if the family is divided, the separation will not be so clear.
You've eaten on the front foot, but someone on the back foot knows what you've eaten and how many bites you've taken.
Therefore, she had no intention of wanting these people at all.
After dismissing Sanxi who looked helpless, Lin Yutong took stock of the properties in the deed. There was a three-bedroom house in the capital, a three-room shop, a three-hundred-acre village in the suburbs, a five-hundred-acre village, and a two-hundred-acre estate.
One. There are also three thousand taels of silver notes.
There is really nothing else.
After calculation, it is really not as much as the dowry I brought. But for a small family, this industry is an astronomical figure and cannot be earned in a few lifetimes. But for those who were born in the Duke's mansion, this amount of wealth is
The annual income can only be said to be just enough to live on. Counting the servants, there are 180 people living, and the expenses are inherently high. In addition, there are so many people in the clan, these favors are exchanged almost every day, and money is flowing out.
flow.
Just as they were planning how to manage these industries, Sanxi came in with Aunt Bai.
Aunt Bai was holding an old box with a key on it: "Fourth Young Madam, this box is the dowry booklet when Aunt Miao came in, and this key is the key to the warehouse. Madam ordered the old slave to follow
Madam, please hand over the matter. Look..."
Lin Yutong asked Sanxi to move a chair for Aunt Bai to sit on, while she opened the box, took out the dowry booklet, and flipped through it casually.
I really can't tell much about the things on it. They are all decent dowry. But according to the things in the dowry book, it can be purchased with ten thousand taels of silver.
"Then go take a look." Lin Yutong said, pushing the box to Aunt Bai, "Let's first ask the girls to re-register the items in the warehouse, and then we will compare the books."
There are a lot of tricks in this warehouse. The same jade pendants and the same porcelain bottles have been replaced with better ones.
Aunt Bai held her breath, she still suspected that the madam was doing something.
The two of them took four girls with them each, and went directly to the warehouse regardless of whether it was cold or not.
The door to the warehouse looked like it had not been opened for many years. As soon as the door was opened and the wind came in, the dust suddenly started to rise.
Lin Yutong hid in time and was also punched in the face.
After waiting for a long time, Man Yue went in and lit the oil lamp in the corner. In addition to the dusty and heavy furniture, there were dozens of boxes and cages inside, which were all neatly arranged.
Lin Yutong gently pushed away the dust on the furniture with a finger, revealing the texture of the wood, which was wenge.
This chicken wing wood is old elm. It is not a rare thing in the Northeast. And if the Miao family had a horse farm in the north, it would not be difficult to make this thing. How could they use this thing as a dowry for a girl?
Aunt Bai looked at Lin Yutong with a trace of contempt in her eyes. They really thought that the Miao family was extremely wealthy. With such furniture, even a small family could give their daughter a few boxes as dowry.
Lin Yutong signaled Sanxi to open the box, and Sanxi told Lin Yutong to stay back because the dust was too big.
After opening several boxes in a row, the girls all had disappointment on their faces. The boxes were filled with fabrics and furs. How can these things be used after being stored for so many years? Mrs. Chu is also quite damaged. Generally speaking
If people encounter such a situation, they will first discount these things that cannot be preserved, and then give the discounted money to the future generations to save. This person is better, just let the good things go to waste.
Man Yue opened several more boxes on the other side. One box contained half a box of gold and silver pieces of different colors, and half a box of jewelry of various colors. The other two boxes looked like books.
Lin Yutong hadn't done anything yet, but the girls were embarrassed. The book felt like it would break when touched.
"That's all for the rest. You have to keep this book well." Lin Yutong said, slowly stepping forward to check.
Aunt Bai responded: "What the young lady is saying is..." but she was disdainful in her heart. It is not a famous treasure, antique calligraphy and painting, what can I do if I keep it well? Can that box of books be exchanged for twenty taels of silver?
Lin Yutong walked closer, lowered his head and glanced, but his eyes suddenly flashed, "Okay, I can sort out the rest slowly, but you don't know how to pack this book, so take it back first."