Chen Ji got up and said, "That is, if I want to get these things back, I have to approve a note from my father before you admit it?"

Chen Xiushe scolded: "It's not a big deal."

Chen Ji bowed over there, but ignored it, grinning, "If that's the case, it's much easier." If all the uncles mean this, then I, as a junior, will go back to Lao Chen to approve the strip now! But guys, do you really recognize it? ”

There was silence in the hall, and the old lady in the second room held on to her crutches and slowly opened a slit.

The elder who spoke before spoke: "Brother Xi'er, the clan has not been divided yet, and it is also the ancestral system that the clan's property is handed over to the clan to take care of in a unified manner."

"Oh." Chen Ji sighed, but he didn't bother to listen to this nonsense anymore, "Anyway, give me an accurate word, you still haven't paid it back, right?" I'm tired of listening to these excuses for this time, crying poor? Who is not poor? Last year's Qingzhou disaster, the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver invested in it are still a hole that I don't know how to fill, and I am also counting on those shops that originally belonged to me. Or if you don't pay it back, just estimate the price, and everyone buy it? ”

Chen Ji swept around, but no one responded.

Sitting back in his seat, he said again, "If you don't say anything, then it will be clear that I will collect it from house to house, in short, all kinds of land deeds and house deeds are in my hands, if you don't pay them back, and there is no one in the clan, then I have to go to the county government to report to the official." ”

The old lady in the second room looked over and opened his mouth.

"Each house has always done things according to the regulations taken out by the clan, and there are traces to follow, so what is the point of discussing here now?" The old lady looked at Chen Ji with an aggressive expression, "Even if you want to take it back, you should also do the handover according to the regulations." ”

In the end, Chen Ji still thought of the elder and the young, did not answer, and let the old man go for a while.

Chen Xiushe answered.

Chen Ji paid attention to the movement on the other side, and during the time he came back to Songxi, the people in the second room really hadn't had much contact. As for the third room, the situation is much better than that of the long room, most of them are neutral, of course, there are people like Chen Hua, who somehow don't listen to the old lady.

These people here, according to the seniority of Chen Ji, are still brothers in the ancestors' generation, and when they reach the grandfather's generation, that is, the generation of the old lady in the second and third rooms, they basically go their own way, that is, they are not separated, and they live according to this system.

Chen Ji noticed Chen Jin at the end of the third room, smiled at the people, and his mind fell on Chen Xiushe's conversation with the second room master.

After that call, the old man added: "Over the years, Chen Xiujie has been far away in Qingzhou and has ignored all the things in the clan, and now he is going back to Liaozhou and wants to take these things back, I'm afraid it is not appropriate."

These words came out of the mouth of an old man with a very high rank, which was really a bit strange, and anyone could hear the old man's resentment towards Chen Xiujie's branch. Chen Ji hadn't inquired about any grievances here before, and this would be like an outsider. Of course, the only one who really understands some of the inside stories in the hall is the old lady in the third room, and the rest, such as Chen Xiu, may have heard of it, but it is difficult to sit down.

"What was the situation when I left, and what is the situation now, how can we talk about the same day?"

Chen Xiushi's face was expressionless, and he didn't know if he had listened or not.

"What the second old lady means, make a bold guess or two for the juniors, of course, guessing and guessing is just delaying the time, the juniors dare to ask the old lady what charter he has, you might as well speak up with the juniors." Chen Ji looked at the opposite side, ignoring the aggressive eyes of the second brother, and faced the old man.

The old man paused, "Let your father come personally." ”

"Then you don't have to. My dad is a scholar, so he doesn't get this copper smell. ”

There was a loud discussion in the hall, and Chen Xiushe coughed twice to show quietness.

Chen Ji continued: "It's all in front of the ancestors, so there's no need to oppress people with seniority." It seemed to be with everyone in the hall, stood up and swept around, "Whether it is a second room, a third room, or a long room, there is no real division of the family until now, according to the real estate deed, or various businesses and shops, there should be a unified arrangement in the clan to take care of it." However, over the years, each house only remembers to reach out to the clan and collect a lot of public property to buy, or pretend to be famous in the clan to buy shops and properties outside! Since there is a public account, how can it become the private property of each family? ”

"When my father left Dengzhou, he took out 20 acres of first-class land for clan education expenses, and now there are less than 10 acres of third-class sloping land left.

Chen Ji sat back and breathed a sigh of relief, "Even if you put these aside, what about the dowry that my mother brought over at the beginning?" At the beginning, there was a word in advance, and there was a judgment in the clan, and now these should be my private property, I don't know if you can give an explanation? Or have I been out of production for so many years, and all those lands are barren? ”

"I've really calculated it. It has been fifteen years since my father went to Qingzhou to take office in the ninth year of Qi, and I have not seen a grain of grain, let alone a copper plate on the counter of a few shops. ”

"I won't hide it from you, this time I come back, I really have an account to settle with you."

Chen Xiushe probably saw that the atmosphere was wrong, so he reminded him and said, "Brother Qi'er."

Chen Ji eased his tone and smiled: "Let's discuss, let's discuss, there is no way before the black, and I will hand over the letter to Penglai County."

"Shaft."

Chen Ji is noncommittal.

I'm really afraid of this bunch of good relatives.

——

Chen Ji gave an ultimatum, he confessed, and went out of the courtyard to breathe, and it didn't take long for Chen Guo to follow out, it should have been instructed by Chen Xiushe.

Sister Chen glanced at him and said bluntly: "Just be a guest, a bunch of garbage, and have a family relationship with Lao Tzu."

This is a bit of a contradiction.

"If you do this, you may be on the same page as the whole Chen Ji."

"Well, I know, but now I can only do this, if I don't kick out some people, I don't know how many wrongs are waiting for me in the future. Fifth brother, this is not a good era, this is also a change, we are powerless to change the major affairs of the family and the country, this Songxi really has no reason to cause trouble for me. Actually, I don't object to these guys taking things from home, but at least they should have a self-knowledge, the Chen family can't afford to raise a few wastes, but they think they are some kind of talents, so they have to make some moves behind their backs. Of course, if I have the ability to do it outside, I will turn a blind eye, it's a big deal, Lao Tzu wiped their butts, but they shouldn't, they shouldn't use these actions on their own family, a bunch of fools. It's really forcing me, Lao Tzu really divided this family, don't put aside those industries, and get rid of these fools......"

Chen Guo sighed, this is how disgusted they are in these relatives.

"The one who spoke at the beginning should be Chen Xiugan in the second room, right? Damn, this kind of guy who eats inside and outside is still an elder with me, and my special mother can't kill him. ”

Chen Guo pointed to the back and reminded, "Be careful, this is in the ancestral hall." ”