On September 16 of the seventh year of Zhaoming, everything is appropriate, the Marquis of Anguo opened the ancestral hall, and the eldest son Li Shen received 300,000 taels of silver, 20 hectares of fields, 20 acres of rice fields in the south of the Yangtze River, in addition to eight shops such as spice shops and silk shops, 5 mountains and forests, three ponds, dozens of woods, several loads of brown rice, several loads of japonica rice, more than 10 horses, and 30 family servants.

Because of raising Brother Shen'er, the Qi family also took out 20 acres of fertile land from the dowry, and gave two shops to Brother Shen'er.

Brother Shen is officially separated.

This time it was his own request to divide Brother Shen'er, and Brother Shen made an oath in front of the king of Yanci County, indicating that he did not covet the property title of the Hou Mansion, and the Hou Ye Li Mingwei had a bad reputation because his niece was a concubine, and he also wanted to attract the attention of others by dividing Brother Shen'er.

Brother Shen asked the king of Yanci to testify, and those guests saw the oath of Lang Lang, and they were very amazed, and it was also because of Hou Ye's strict family style and good teaching son. As for the elder brother's daughter, who doesn't know the filthy things that these two families have caused because of the title, Marquis Li has a status, and he is naturally on the side of justice.

Separated from the family, Brother Shen still lives in Bizhuo's study, but he has to settle independently at the end of the year, and he has to live his own life.

Of course, nominally, Brother Shen is still too young, and he can't set up a household, and he has to be attached to the big tree of Anguo Houfu, Li Mingwei sent someone to take care of the store for him, Brother Shen also saw the side of the big and small shopkeepers, and he had to count on these old people to help him take care of these properties, and Brother Shen put those contract documents in front of Li Mingwei, and asked his mother to keep them, Qi Shi's excused him several times, and Brother Shen pleaded, "Mother, Shen'er is still young now, These can only be put here to rest assured by my mother, do I still need a maid to take care of me? When I marry my daughter-in-law, my mother will give it to my daughter-in-law. ”

Qi had no choice but to collect it for him, Brother Shen was still the same as before, practicing literature during the day and martial arts at night, and when he had time, he would take the little girl to the store pù, and take it home when he saw what he liked.

More than half a month has passed, the old lady was originally quite dissatisfied with Brother Shen'er's separation, he is a child, although he has the protection of the Hou Mansion can not let him suffer a loss, but as long as he thinks of a lot of income in a year, the old lady still feels painful, and is afraid that Brother Shen will develop a bad problem of spending all day and wine, and he has to be told to him from time to time.

Brother Shen's mouth is sweet, a few words can make the old lady happy, this child is very filial, see what good novelty things in his shop, so he gave it back to his grandmother, today is two silks, tomorrow I bought Yaxinju's dim sum, the day after tomorrow I saw the new spices in the store pù is good, thinking that my grandmother also wants to worship the Bodhisattva, so I took some back, coaxing the old lady to smile, there are not many things, it is rare to see the grandson's heart.

The old lady feels that the days are much more moisturized than before, although the Hou Mansion is extremely luxurious, there is also a monthly rule, the old lady's monthly expenses of thirty taels, although it is enough, but Brother Shen can pay extra tribute to her, isn't it better, the old lady is more and more protective of Brother Shen during her actions, Brother Jin and Brother Min can't get to the old lady, and several granddaughters are also behind.

On this day, Brother Shen brought back a small copper mirror inlaid with rubies, the carving was exquisite, especially rare is that the mirror surface is polished very smooth, shining on the face of the delicate, the old lady also felt novel, picked it up and took it again, and happily took Brother Shen in his arms, "Brother Shen is really a good boy, everything is thinking about grandmother." ”

"Grandmother, those shopkeepers are too hateful, this is my shop, I pick some favorite filial piety grandmother, they just want to talk nonsense, and they say that I am a loser."

The old lady hugged Brother Shen, "Brother Shen'er is a good child, grandmother knows, but those shopkeepers are also old people, you have to give them face, even if you say a few words to you, you are not allowed to contradict them, it is all for your good." ”

"Grandmother, I know the hard work of those shopkeepers, others are fine, I heard that I gave it to my grandmother, I didn't say anything, and praised me for my filial piety, but the big shopkeeper surnamed Liu, I told him that this is to honor my grandmother, that Liu shopkeeper still has to say that my grandmother doesn't need this mirror, and said that I can sell a lot of silver, I am not allowed to take it to honor my grandmother, and he also said that he wants to sue his father, let my father discipline me well, as if this mirror is their family, look at his flesh pain!"

Brother Shen said complainingly, while despising himself in his heart, Yufang and Yuqin listened strangely and interestingly next to him, those things outside Brother Shen said was extremely interesting, he said that Liu shopkeeper vividly, Yurong approached his grandmother, and also saw his clear face in the mirror, he was really envious, Yutan looked at Brother Shen and smiled slightly, secretly guessing what Brother Shen was going to do.

She looked at the air and whispered to Brother Shen, "Don't mess with me, what kind of ghost idea do you have?" ”

Brother Shen smiled brightly at her, "Isn't it to get the shop pù in your hand?" Just wait and see, sister, and then you'll know how good my solution is. ”

Yutan pondered what she should do if she was so young, Brother Shen had an idea at such a young age, and Yutan almost felt a little frustrated.

However, Yutan is strong in the end, she has been busy with the three relatives and six relatives of the grandmothers in charge of the house in the past two months, and she has long been determined to clean up some people, and the new successor candidates must also know in their hearts, and they must also be promoted to have some talents, so that they can talk in front of their grandmother.

When I read the account book at Brother Shen'er that day, Yutan kept holding back, and she didn't mention it to her grandmother and mother, she was silently planning a big event.

Yutan has been in charge of the accounts for a few years, and there are also some experiences, the mother was the new head of the house, confined to those old-fashioned rules in the house, and has always been followed by Xiao Guicao, the foundation of the Anguo Houfu for a hundred years, the relationship between the slaves is also intertwined, and the Qi family has taken over the accounts in the hands of the eldest lady, and for the sake of the widow's sister-in-law's face, it can't be flexible.

In addition to a few of their own people who are familiar with Qi's accounting, the errands in the house are all the original old people, including Zhuang Mama and Li Mama who were promoted by the old lady, and there are also the companions arranged by the eldest lady back then, and the descendants of the stewards of the past generations in this house, these people have always controlled the important affairs of the house.

Li Mingwei used tough means to take over the power of Anguo Houfu, and took the trading shops outside into his hands, because the inner courtyard has always been controlled by the eldest lady, and the Qi family is not easy to take over, and he is not willing to completely turn his face with the eldest lady, many things are turned a blind eye, why don't the Qi family know about these ills? It's just that I don't want to tear my face with the big house, and I don't want to offend my mother-in-law, so I have endured it.

Yutan saw the opportunity at the moment, Li Yuxin became a concubine with someone and lost the face of the Hou Mansion, but he could take this opportunity to clean up all the henchmen left by the eldest lady, as well as Mama Zhuang and Mama Li, who were promoted by the old lady, have a net worth of thousands of taels of silver in the family, and they are more nourishing than the master, and there are a few old servants in the mansion who have been in the house for generations, and they are domineering with their faces.

Yutan thought about it, and went to the study to find her father, if she wanted to make this change, she had to nod from Hou Ye.