Chapter Seventy-Seven: Division
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Hearing Mrs. Tong say such a thing, Xiao's eyes lit up, and he pondered in his heart, so he said, how could it be possible for the whole family to come to Lingrong's marriage, it turned out that there was a story. I don't know what scripture is so difficult to read, but it forced such a family to the capital.
The old lady frowned and looked at her sister, "But what happened?" "Eyes full of genuine concern.
My sister is at this age, but she can't stand the toss. The old lady made up her mind, she couldn't manage so much, but her sister, no matter what happened, let her sister live in Meishan Xiaozhu with peace of mind, and one day in Mufu, she would never let her sister suffer a trace of grievances, my sister married Li Dezheng back then, and she was the patriarch of the Li family. In my memory, when my sister first married into the Li family, my mother always wiped her tears when she mentioned her sister, and she knew a lot about her words, until her sister gave birth to two sons smoothly and gradually gained a firm foothold in the Li family.
"We have separated from the Li family." Mrs. Tong let out a long sigh and said slowly, with unease in her tone.
"Mother, relax, it's not a big deal, it's long overtime to be divided." Seeing that her mother-in-law was in a bad mood, Jiang hurriedly comforted her.
Xiao Shi pursed his lips and sneered in his heart, what a fool, such a thing as dividing the sect is not a big deal, then what is a big deal! How can such a fool be so good, when he was a daughter, he was the daughter of Jiang Guogong's mansion, and when she married someone, her husband was favored and did not accept concubines, it was really unreasonable.
Mrs. Tong glanced at her daughter-in-law with relief, and looked at her sister, "My family's affairs were originally chaotic, there was no rule, since I married in, the noisy and noisy between several rooms has not stopped, and then there was a lot of trouble, not to let Erlang participate in the imperial examination, just let him take charge of the affairs of the house, you don't know, our Erlang is far better than his brother in reading, and he is bent on taking a fame test, but those rooms are united to make trouble, and my father and I have no way to make trouble, so I have to agree, and I have wronged Erlang, Fortunately, this kid can also think about it, he has been bored at home for half a year, and he has come back to life, and he has been in charge of affairs in an orderly manner over the years. Speaking of Erlang's grievances, Mrs. Tong was full of tears.
Mrs. Tong said while sighing, the old lady sighed, and also secretly sighed that the population on her side was simple, and if she married someone like her sister, she was afraid that she would not even have bones.
Linglong quietly looked at Qiao's family, and she didn't see the injustice and indignation she received for her husband, but she looked proud of it.
"That's it, we all endured it, but the past two years have been really unpleasant," Mrs. Tong glanced at Linglong and Lingrong, and sighed, "It's not clear what to say, in short, we compensated the rest of the houses for 300,000 taels of silver and divided the sect." It is also the emperor's grace, just after dividing the sect for a month, the emperor promoted the official position of the minister of the auxiliary state of Dalang, and let him go to Beijing to report on his work on the same day, so we simply moved here, and the sect has been divided, the population is thin, and there is no reason to let the two brothers divide the family. ”
The old lady nodded and said yes, if she was close to the family that her sister married back then, how could she not see her for so many years.
"Why did you ask for 300,000 taels of silver, this is too ......" The old lady frowned, and the Li family's clansmen were too black-hearted.
Mrs. Tong said with a wry smile: "Originally, they were clamoring to divide the sect in order to control us, but they didn't expect that we would really respond, in order to control us, they proposed such a sky-high price. 300,000 taels is indeed a large amount," Speaking of this, Mrs. Tong glanced at Jiang and Qiao with pity, and said: "It is also the filial piety of the two of them, who are united and sincere, afraid that I will be embarrassed, each of them sold half of the dowry, plus our savings over the years, it is enough to make up this silver." Now, everyone in my hometown knows that our house was forced out. ”
"Mother, why do you say this again, why do we have to talk to each other as a family." Jiang Shi said busily.
Xiao's heart was turbulent! 300,000 taels of silver, that's really not a small amount, Jiang and Qiao's actually did it, and took out half of their dowry and sold it, it's really stupid! If you want to sell it, it is also Mrs. Tong who sells her dowry herself, how can she let her daughter-in-law sell it!
The old lady was happy that her sister could have such a sensible daughter-in-law, and looked at the eyes of Jiang and Qiao, and she was three points closer. "It's okay, it's divided, and it saves those troubles, my sister lives here steadily, and the two of us sisters can also talk well, and make up for what we haven't said over the years.
"Look at what you said, your granddaughters are so old, you still seem to be a child, and I'm not alone, Dalang's family and Erlang's family, and then counting those servants who have to come with me, how can I live here."
The old lady saw her sister excuse herself, and was about to speak, when Mrs. Tong pressed her hand, "Don't worry, although 300,000 taels of silver is a lot, but it will not be exhausted for us. Daro lives in the middle, and I live on the right. Erlang's family lives on the left, and they are close and out of the way. ”
Xiao Shi held his chest and felt like he was going to lose his breath. This afternoon, she was stimulated too much. I said that it was the sale of the dowry that made up 300,000 taels of silver, how could I buy a house in Yuqian Hutong now, or three adjacent houses.
Not to mention that most of the houses in Yuqian Hutong live in famous and high-level houses, even if you want to find the three adjacent yards, it is not easy! These three are bought, and the price is afraid that it will more than double, and it is possible to ask for a sky-high price in case of a black heart.
The Xiao family coveted the Jiang family and the Qiao family, could it be that they sold the dowry again? How can there be such stupid people in the world, and they have made up a couple! Looking at the eyes of the Jiang family and the Qiao family, he couldn't help but feel a little contempt, and he was more sure to hold the Jiang family in the palm of his hand and climb the big tree of the Jiang Guogong Mansion.
I seemed to have heard Shen Yunqi mention it before, saying that he wanted to help a friend find a house in Yuqian Hutong, but at that time, I heard him complain that that friend was difficult, and he had to have three houses next to each other, which made him work hard. Could it be that Shen Yunqi's friend is the second master of the Li family? Linglong muttered in her heart, but Shen Yunqi said that this incident was also a month ago, is it really such a coincidence? However, the Li family is a person who divides the monthly money, and he has only received the grace of the saint in the past few days, so how could he buy a house in the capital so long in advance? Did they receive faith in advance? Linglong Fox was suspicious.
It's just that the second master of the Li family is already in his thirties and forties, and Shen Yunqi is less than twenty, so how can he become friends. If it is really him, then their friendship is extraordinary, I am afraid it is a fateful friendship, thinking of this, Linglong can't help but think of the black-faced evil star that appeared in Zhongdetang, he looked respectful and afraid of Shen Yunqi, Linglong sighed in his heart.
Shen Yunqi is really like a mystery.
"Then my sister won't stay with me for a few days?" The old lady was a little disappointed.
Mrs. Tong looked at her sister dotingly and smiled, "You! It's the same as when I was a kid! Although it is ready-made, it has not been put in place in the end, what am I going to do, I will take Erlang's daughter-in-law and these two granddaughters to live with you, and let Dalang's daughter-in-law go to clean up first, and when it is cleaned up, she will come to pick me up again. ”
The old lady laughed, nodded her head, and said no more.
"Is there enough of the servants from my aunt's side? If I don't know if I ask Ya Po to come, how many more will my aunt see? Xiao Shi glanced at his mother-in-law and said speculatively.
"This is not needed for the time being, most of the servants of the Li family are world servants, when we came out of the sect, those who originally belonged to our house, nine times out of ten, they came to the capital, and they will be used first, if there is a shortage at that time, just buy it again." Mrs. Tong said with a smile.
As the mother was talking, Liuli saw a little girl looking at the door, and said hello to the old lady and went out to see what was going on. After a while, he came back with a smile and said, "Old lady, old lady, you are hungry over there, when will you set the meal!" ”
When she said this, everyone was shocked to realize that it was already dark.
"You go and command, it's placed here, and you don't need a screen, it's all your own relatives." The old lady instructed Ruri.
Liuli went out with a smile, and after a while, Su'er came in with a curtain, saluted everyone in a proper manner, and said crisply: "Old lady, Sister Liuli asked me to ask, what Mrs. Qiao likes to eat, and said to let the kitchen add vegetables to Mrs. Qiao." ”
The old lady looked at Qiao Shi with a smile, "When you come here, it's like your own home, just say what you like to eat." The tone was like a child.
Xiao Shi was a little jealous, and his mother-in-law had never spoken to him in such a tone. "Yes, sister-in-law, if you have anything you like to eat, just say it, let them do it." Smiling.
Qiao Shi thought about it and said: "My mother-in-law also said, my child is very stable and not picky, if you really want to find a favorite food, I really can't think of it for a while." ”
Jiang glanced at his mother-in-law, saw that his mother-in-law nodded, knowing his mother-in-law's thoughts, and he was also afraid that his younger siblings would be wronged, so he said with a smile: "Just add a sour bamboo shoot soup to her and eat it at home every day." ”
Qiao Shi glanced at Jiang Shi a little embarrassed, smiled at the old lady and said, "I love to eat this." ”
Su'er got the instructions, and turned around and went out.
Mu Shichang took Li Qiankun, Li Qiangao and the two sons to sit at a table, and the female guests sat around a table, and the family had a lively dinner.
After eating, Mu Shichang took the master and son of the Li family out. The old lady accompanied Mrs. Tong for a while, and took the Xiao family and the Linglong sisters to leave Meishan Xiaozhu, leaving Liuli to command the girls to serve Mrs. Tong and the two ladies and ladies to rest.