215. The family is unfortunate
"You're talking nonsense! I didn't hurt you at all. Besides, since you are so capable, why didn't you start early! If you started early, you would have been the wife of the Fang family decades earlier......" Chen sneered: "If you can't bear it, you are shameless." ”
"Hehe, brazen? You probably don't know what I'm capable of. Aunt Mei looked at her with a smile, and there seemed to be a puddle of autumn water in her eyes: "I never harm people's lives, that will be retributed." So the old man believed in me all these years because I was kind to others, my hands were clean, and I didn't get a drop of blood. But if you ask the master to divorce you, he is in his prime, and my status is low, and I will definitely not be able to correct it. ”
"It's different now. After all these years, the old man is old, and his children are older. I'm afraid that I won't divorce my wife easily, so you can live in Heshoutang. As I said, I am kind to others, and I will treat you as well as ever. Aunt Mei smiled, looking at Chen's shocked gaze, as if she was meeting her for the first time.
"Femme fatale. Chen scolded angrily: "You will put gold on your face." Why do you have blood on your hands, the second girl's aunt, you haven't done anything?"
She later talked to Jin Niangzi over and over again, and she also mentioned it last time she confronted Aunt Mei, and Aunt Mei admitted that she had that idea, and she also boasted of being innocent and kind, she bah!
"I'll just say, no one knows about this except me. There was also a you. Aunt Mei was confident, and struck a hard blow at Chen's short-term pride: "I was asked out that day, and then I was caught by the master on the spot, and I was driven into the Zhuangzi, and I lost the lives of my five girls in vain...... Don't worry, the bureau you did, the second girl already knows. ”
After she came back from Zhuangzi, she heard what happened, and He Jiaxian said that "Fang Yuting asked her to watch a good show", and there was nothing else she didn't understand.
The Chen family will not toss her in vain, she really has the handle to harm people, and directly tell Master Fang that is. Moreover, with Chen's ability at that time, I am afraid that I will not be able to find my former benefactor.
She had no choice but to tell Fang Yuting about it, and Fang Yuting naturally avenged her mother.
The golden lady suddenly couldn't think of committing suicide inexplicably, and she also had a reasonable explanation, after all, Fang Yuting was also present that day.
"You probably don't know that the midwife I mentioned to you last time was raised by me in Zhuangzi. Aunt Mei smiled: "Such a loss, I can eat it once, and I will never eat it a second time." Presumably, now the second girl probably understands what the master means, and the two of us are just scapegoats. You can rest assured. ”
Chen's heart was like ashes, and his face was extremely ugly all of a sudden. If this last threat is gone, then wouldn't she really be defeated?
Aunt Mei no longer gave her a chance to speak, ordered Peony to help her back, and asked the two guards to carry Fang Qiye to his yard to recuperate, and in the future, she would be a vampire.
It's just a matter of spending some money.
It's just that Fang Yuting listened to what Wen Po said, and she was no longer hostile to her. But Fang Yujing's life, she still has to find those people to return it.
The order of the Fang family was in order again.
Aunt Mei was born in a big family, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she manages the Fang family decently and thoughtfully, and Master Fang is full of praise more than once.
If she was often criticized because she was born in a Qinglou in the past, then after the amnesty to the world, her identity was proven, which is another rhetoric.
It is said that her pearl is covered with dust, and now that she has to see the light of day, the Fang family should have been under her care a long time ago.
In late autumn, He Jiaxian's belly became bigger and bigger, so he kept urging Fang Qirui to confess to Master Fang as soon as possible.
On this day, He Runian was invited over for dinner, and during the banquet, Fang Qirui said: "Now that my son has been promoted, according to the law that I can't do business as an official, it is appropriate to divide it as soon as possible." He glanced at Master Fang: "The second uncle was also selected at that time and split up." ”
He thought that Master Fang would agree quickly, but he didn't expect Master Fang to eat the food without raising his head: "My parents are alive, so why talk about separating the family." ”
He Runian said: "What the second young master said is not unreasonable, if you wait for the real palace test before dividing, it is inevitable that you will ask about the family's livelihood. Although the hero does not ask where he comes from, he will be biased when assigning official positions. ”
This is what officialdom has always done today. For fear of forming a party for personal gain, money and power are linked.
Today's saints love the kind of poor scholars who are both talented and noble. With a meager salary, he is willing to work as a dog and horse, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and it is best to control it.
Old Man Fang usually gave He Runian a little thin noodles, but now he still doesn't raise his head: "My parents are here, and I don't separate my family." ”
"Wouldn't the second young master always have an empty fame if he didn't split the family, but he couldn't enter the court as an official?" Aunt Mei couldn't bear it, it was about her son's great future, and she really couldn't sit idly by like she was ordinary.
Master Fang got up and left the table.
He Jiaxian felt uneasy in his heart.
Master Fang is so abnormal, I'm afraid that everyone will know his intentions.
Now Fang Qiye is locked up in the yard to recuperate, and Master Fang doesn't care about it, but most of the time his expression is vicissitudes, his temples have more gray hair, and he is sick from time to time to recuperate, and he is no longer as good as his previous spirit.
After delaying until the end of the year, He Jiaxian is about to give birth, and there is no way to move for the time being. After having a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, Old Master Fang called Fang Qirui to the house and talked for most of the night.
He Jiaxian knew what Master Fang was going to say, and he was very worried that Fang Qirui would agree.
It's not that it's not good to take over the Fang family's family business, but now the Fang family is a mess.
At that time, the eldest son Fang Qizong and the sister-in-law Fang Qiye quarreled and were completely untenable.
But from another angle, only Fang Qirui can take over later.
He Jiaxian was afraid that Fang Qirui would agree, and he was afraid that he would not agree. People have feelings when they get along, and they feel guilty when they are alone.
Tossing and turning in the middle of the night and unable to sleep peacefully, he got up and put on his clothes to read, waiting for Fang Qirui to come back.
Who knows, white worries about one. Master Fang didn't intend to hand over the Fang family's property to Fang Qirui at all, but wanted him to take on the responsibility of the family.
He Jiaxian was stunned for a moment, first puzzled, but after seeing Fang Qirui's gloomy face, he suddenly understood.
Master Fang didn't want his family to continue to do business, but wanted to rely on Fang Qirui to support all the people in this big stall.
In this way, there is no need to break the ancestral precept that the concubine cannot inherit the family business, and all the people in the Fang family have found jobs.
"Does my father want to sell his business?" If you really rely on Fang Qirui to manage the whole family, then you have to take care of his career, since you are not allowed to divide the family, you must remove the name of a businessman now, after all, Fang Qirui is also a person, and he is the best scholar in Yanzhou City.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow, let's sleep first. Fang Qirui lay down in a sullen voice, and hugged He Jiaxian's big belly from behind: "Don't worry, even if you really rely on me, there is still so much silver at home, and you can't tire me." ”
But what about responsibility. Fang Qizong's life can't take care of himself, Fang Qiye is now surviving, only lying down five times a day and inhaling five stones, and the rest of the things are completely powerless.
Two younger brothers, a nephew, one Ran Ran, and one in the belly. Five children are waiting to be fed, how can they afford it?
He Jiaxian touched Fang Qirui's hand: "No matter what, we are side by side." There is only one, you are not allowed to take concubines. ”
Fang Qirui smiled dumbly, and buried his head in her sideburns: "The difference between concubines and concubines, I have already felt so deeply, since the day I married you, I have never had the idea of taking a concubine." There will be eternal life and never eternity. ”
This society treats concubines so unfairly. In other words, the Fang family treats the concubine too harshly.
But if it weren't for that, how could Master Fang be able to obtain the Fang family's complete family business? It's all because of the strictness of this ancestral precept.
What the rules protect is always vested interests.
The two of them were still talking, and someone knocked on the door outside, and after a while, an auspicious voice came: "Second grandfather and second grandmother, uncle is sick." ”
As usual, Fang Qirui flicked up like a frightened bird, and he did not feel any estrangement from this eldest brother because of Master Fang's partiality.
Fortunately, Dr. Han has been asking for peace every day recently, and he rushed over in time to control his condition.
Master Fang came over with his clothes draped at night, and saw that Fang Qirui still cared about his brother as usual, and patted him on the shoulder: "I didn't see the wrong person. ”
He Jiaxian couldn't help it, and rushed over to hold Fang Qirui's arm: "Of course you didn't see the wrong person. Those who are so oppressed and are willing to endure it are naturally good people. ”
After speaking, he didn't give Master Fang a good face, and pulled Fang Qirui to the side.
After Dr. Han's side was dealt with, Master Fang went up again to thank Dr. Han.
Doctor Han took the opportunity to touch Master Fang's pulse, and stopped talking.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, He Jiaxian no longer went out, but stayed at home and waited for childbirth with peace of mind.
The Fang family's business gradually fell into the cold, although Fang Qirui did not explicitly agree to Master Fang's plan, but He Jiaxian knew that it would be impossible to really teach him to go out and watch it alone.
He Jiaxian only hated that the division was late and did not succeed. Hurry up to split up before Fang Qiye's accident, where is there such a dilemma.
On the first day of the second month, she gave birth to a son. This birth was easy, and it didn't suffer much.
Before the confinement was out, Fang Qirui was so busy that he disappeared.
Rumors are flying all over Yanzhou City, and it has been said that Fang Qirui is going to give up his fame and take over the family business.
First of all, a few uncles didn't do it, and jumped out to open the ancestral hall and said, obviously saying that a good concubine doesn't divide the family property and only cares about life, how did it change when he got to Master Fang. If you want to divide it, then take it out and divide it together.
Then even Fang Qizong was carried to Master Fang's room, and the two of them kept talking for several hours, but they didn't say anything.
He Jiaxian knew that in order to be afraid that those who bought the shop grange would take the opportunity to lower the price, Master Fang had never explicitly said that he wanted to sell the business.
After all, if he knew that the Fang family's shop would be sold sooner or later, someone would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble.
The ancestral hall made trouble for a few days, and Master Fang was so angry that he vomited blood by the fifth uncle, and bluntly said that if he wanted to divide it, he would divide it, and he only had silver and no family business.
I couldn't afford to get sick.
The Fang family is in turmoil.
Fang Qirui couldn't, so he could only put aside the matter of selling shops for the time being, and go everywhere to maintain his current business first.
Selling a whole shop is much better than selling it in parts, everyone understands it. It's a pity that there is basically no Yanzhou City that can take over, so it can only be split.
Before the specific splitting and how to talk about it was completed, someone splashed red paint at the door and made trouble.
For example, Fang Xiang Shop, which used to be hard to find. Nowadays, whenever a guest enters the door, there are ruffians and hooligans who go in and make trouble.
The lord of the state government went to sue the official several times, and those people ran away when they saw the official, and the number of times was too much, but it was over.
Aunt Mei originally wanted to help Fang Qirui, but before she walked out of the door, she was scolded: "...... prostitute" couldn't go out.
The third uncle and the fifth uncle shouted again to let the Chen family come out to preside over the overall situation, and they couldn't let the concubines and concubines cover the sky with one hand. also kept saying that it must be the mother and son who poisoned Master Fang, and they wanted to sue the official for an explanation.
Old Man Fang was even more angry when he heard this, but he was powerless at all. Chen cried and made a fuss in Heshoutang, but Aunt Mei didn't let go.
Master Fang called Chen to come and see him, and the two of them talked for a long time behind closed doors.
When he went out, Fang Fu wore Master Fang's order, and Chen's grounding order was lifted.
Aunt Mei has been taking care of him undressed, and she can only ask tentatively at this moment: "Why don't you write a will for the master, explaining how much money the shop sold to the uncle, to the third master, and to several masters, but the second child is in charge of the silver first......"
Before the words fell, Master Fang glared at her angrily, and kept talking. Aunt Mei leaned down and heard him say, "...... You also want me to die soon, and you want to find a future for your son. ”
Aunt Mei was heartbroken when she heard this, but she couldn't help herself, knowing that the older people are, the more afraid of death, and the more sick they are, the more suspicious they are of others, and said with a smile: "My lord has been with me for more than 20 years, and he still doesn't know me? If I really want to fight, why wait until this time to ......?"
"Alright, don't talk about it. Master Fang suddenly became very conscious: "It is impossible to give the silver to the second child, you will die of this heart." Since the third brother and the fifth brother are shouting outside the door, let them come in and make it clear, I haven't broken the family rules and ancestral teachings. ”
"I'm afraid they don't believe you, now the second child is cleaning up the mess outside. The second child originally wanted to sell the shop, but now the Fang family has fallen into a sudden decline, and many people who originally talked about buying the shop have lowered the price. My second brother and I felt that it was too much, so we had to start the business first, saying that we didn't want to sell the shop before......"
"You see, I also said that the second child is not a wolf ambition, so he will soon disobey my orders and start making his own decisions. Old Man Fang was a little tired and panicked after talking too much, panting: "You don't know it, in your heart, you have always dreamed of the eldest lady of your old family...... I haven't fought or grabbed over the years, but one is for your identity, and I'm afraid of being exposed. The second is for fame, there is no chance. At that time, I was also relieved. It's just that you've been dreaming like this all your life, and you're completely defenseless. But now when you have the chance, you start to be exposed. ”
Aunt Mei stopped talking, feeling that it was too difficult to communicate with Master Fang. Now that he has no ability to manage Fang Qirui, he is suspicious, afraid that the family business will eventually fall into the hands of Fang Qirui.