Chapter 12 The Testamentary Turmoil
Winter is approaching, the big tiger's woodwork business is weak, every season, the big tiger will go to the master's mother's house for a few days, drink wine with each other, chat, and then give the money he saved to the master and his wife, this has become a habit, this year is the same, however, the atmosphere at the dinner table is a little different from previous years, the master is not like in previous years, drinking wine to be happy, the big tiger guessed, the master must only have something on his mind, and he must ask about himself as a son. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Master, you seem to be a little depressed today? What's going on? ”
"Big Tiger, I'm a little worried, and I want to explain it to you while I still understand it now." Master didn't shy away from it.
"Explain it to me? Then I'd like to hear it, tell me what the hell is going on. The big tiger asked curiously.
"Big Tiger, that's the case, you see, since you have been an apprentice for all these years, you really treat our old two as your hometown, earn money for us, and take time to take care of us at home, and now, seeing that our old two are getting older and older, and our health is not as good as before, if you say something that shouldn't be said, maybe one day I will fall asleep."
"Master, what nonsense are you talking about? We still have a long way to go. ”
"Big Tiger, you listen to me after I finish speaking, I don't have any property, just these few rooms and yards, I have no children or daughters, I want to find a middle-aged person, write something, leave this yard and room to you, in case I have a three-long and two-short, you will mourn me, your wife has to ask you to take care of it, and I will have no worries." Master stated his intentions.
"Master, aren't you scolding me? Is my big tiger like that? Honoring you and the second elder is from my heart, and it has nothing to do with the house, if you mention the house to me again, I will be really angry, and I will not come in the future. Dahu was a little excited.
"Big Tiger, don't worry, this matter is not my impulse, I have been thinking about it for a long time, a few days ago, your wife urged me to call you to talk about this, but before I could call you, my nephew came to my house a few days ago to ask for a house, which made me angry enough, so I have to write something quickly, lest they come to the house to make trouble in a hundred years." Master told the ins and outs.
"Why did your nephew come to the house and ask you for a house? Don't worry, speak slowly. The big tiger was puzzled.
Master said, his brother is three, the master is the second, when the parents were alive, they each left a yard for each of their brothers, it stands to reason that after becoming a family, they each live their own small lives, and they have nothing to do, but the younger brother's family has three sons, three daughters and six children, and the elder brother's family has two sons, three daughters and five children, but his own family has no children and no daughters, and the elder brother is sweeping the snow in front of the door, whether there is or not, he will not open his mouth with his younger brother, and the younger brother is different, mine is mine, yours or mine, he has coveted his brother's real estate for a long time, and the younger brother takes it for granted, Since the elder brother's family has no children and no daughters, the family property will naturally be left to his own family full of children and grandchildren.
Over the years, the younger brother and his little contact, let alone take care of it, since he accepted the big tiger this apprentice, the younger brother has an idea, he is worried that his brother will leave the property to the big tiger, especially in the past two years, he saw that the big tiger and his brother have been more and more frequent, but also filial piety, more deepened his judgment, so, a few days ago finally couldn't wait to put forward the idea of a house with his brother, but also found a Chinese person, asked him to write down a hundred years later the property by the younger brother to inherit the agreement, the additional conditions are, He is responsible for providing for his brother and sister-in-law.
In the face of his younger brother's request, his brother refused on the spot, what kind of pension is sent to the end, it is just a rhetoric to get real estate, the younger brother saw his brother's refusal, he was annoyed and angry, and abused his brother in front of the Chinese. The ruthlessness and righteousness of the younger brother and the affection and righteousness of the big tiger formed a stark contrast, in order to let the younger brother completely cut off the idea of coveting his own property, the master decided to write the property to the big tiger now.
After listening to the master's story, Dahu understood the master's good intentions, in order to let the master have no worries, Dahu decided to tell the master his true thoughts, don't let the master and his wife continue to worry about the pension in their old age, the big tiger sat down next to the master, and said to the master meaningfully:
"Master, Dahu has lived until now, and I have admired three people, one is my grandfather, he taught me words and deeds at an age when I seemed to understand whether I understood or not, so that I should be grateful to the people and things around me. One is Mr. Zhang, who teaches in Shayu Village, who taught me a lot of principles of life while imparting knowledge, and he is my mentor and friend. The other is you, Master, although you are not as good at expression as they are, but you have passed on your skills and artistic virtues to me at the same time, so that I have benefited so far. ”
"I'm not as good as you say." Master snatched the words of the big tiger.
"The fate of our master and apprentice, it can be said that there is no blood relationship is better than blood, I know, you have reached this age, the most worried is to provide for the elderly, I will say to you again, I will be like my own son, continue to take care of your second elder, for the second old man to send the end, this is my big tiger's responsibility, but there is one thing, real estate matters, you should never mention it again, you have really reached a hundred years, your house and yard, who they love to want, I will definitely not want, you just want to eat and dress well, live happily with your wife, and other hearts."
If before, he only regarded Dahu as a child, but now, he regards Dahu as a man who stands up to the sky, Master said that he respects Dahu's decision and will not mention the matter of the house in the future.
Just as Dahu and Master had finished talking about this matter, Master's younger brother and nephew came to Master's house.
As soon as the master's younger brother sat down, he aimed the focus of the contradiction at the big tiger, accusing the big tiger and scolding the master, the purpose was not pure, that is, at the master's yard and house, and the younger brother's family made disrespectful remarks, making the master speechless in anger.
Seeing this, Dahu, who is a foreigner, has something to say, he must not only protect the master, but also clarify his own views, he said to the master's younger brother and nephew:
"Master and I just got back to this matter, and it just so happened that you guys came over, so if we have anything to say, we can make it clear in person."
"You're a ball, huh? If you want to say, and also say to the person surnamed Chang, why do you always intervene in the affairs of our Chang family? Master's nephew opened his mouth and said that it was critical.
"What you said is so right, my surname is Jin, but there is one thing you don't know, I am the godson of the master, there is a saying, you should have heard, 'master and apprentice are like father and son', then the affairs of the Chang family, I am not an outsider, but a person who has the right to speak."
"It doesn't matter if you say it, I want my brother to say it himself." Master's younger brother made another move.
"Dahu is right, he is my godson, and my business is his business." Master has never spoken so confidently.
"I believe this from your mouth, that's better, since it's a family, let's say it in the open."
Then, Master's younger brother and nephew made their point of view that Master's property should not be left in the hands of a foreigner, and if it had to be given, only a small part of it could be given.
In the conversation with Master's younger brother and nephew, Dahu's mind also quietly changed, he wanted to play a game of 'cat and mouse', without consulting Master, he asked Master's younger brother, how much is the small amount? Master's younger brother said, It's one of the three rooms, and Dahu asked again, then you take most of it, and you also have to take most of Master's and Master's pension problems.
When this topic was mentioned, the master's younger brother and nephew were dumb, and the big tiger said, you have to divide the property, but you don't want to support the two old people, how can there be such a good thing in the world? Dahu gave the master's younger brother and nephew an idea, invited the prestige of the Chang family, and said the reason for asking for the family property in front of everyone, if the clansmen agreed with the younger brother and nephew's approach, Dahu said that the master's property was all given to the younger brother and nephew, and he would not ask for a brick, on the contrary, if the clansmen opposed the younger brother and nephew's practice and thought that it was against public order and good customs, then the younger brother and nephew should not fight the master's family property.
Listening to the aggressive posture of the big tiger, the master's younger brother and nephew were embarrassed, it seemed that the conditions proposed were not complicated, as long as the prestige of the Chang family members was invited over and expressed their approval, but the master's younger brother and nephew knew very well in their hearts, as far as the conditions they proposed, they only wanted property and did not give support, let alone the clansmen, even strangers would not agree to their approach.
It seems that the path proposed by Dahu was not feasible for Master's younger brothers and nephews, and they put forward conditions in their favor, that is, Master's property is the ancestral property of the Chang family, and can only be left to the descendants of the Chang family.
Originally, Dahu wanted to see where their bottom line was by fighting with them, but as he spoke, Dahu's anger came up, how could there be such a younger brother in the world, robbing his brother's property, and robbing him so justifiably, if they were allowed to succeed so easily, they would be even more unscrupulous, no, they had to change their strategy, and they couldn't let them always make wishful thinking.
So, Dahu proposed that he would send his master and mother to the end of his life, on the premise that all the family property was kept to himself. As soon as his words came out, Master's younger brother and nephew fled, and in front of Master, they burst into foul language with the big tiger.
Dahu had long expected that when they learned that they wanted all their property, they would definitely react like this. When Master's nephew was leaving, he said cruel words to Dahu, and he wanted to take a straw from Chang's family.
After the father and son left, the master looked at the big tiger in great wonder, and he wanted to know what kind of medicine was sold in the big tiger's gourd.
Dahu told the master that he originally wanted to tell them that he didn't want property, but hearing the arrogant attitude and greedy behavior of the father and son, Dahu instantly changed his mind, he thought that he wanted the master's family property, so that the father and son would die, and they would not come to disturb the master's peace again, at least, the master could enjoy his old age in peace.
Master said that the property could not be left to his younger brother and nephew, and Dahu told the master that on the issue of property, he still insisted on the original statement, and when the second elder really arrived, he would hand over the property to the people of the Chang family, and he would not ask for a single brick himself.
It's really as Dahu expected, from then on, Master's younger brother and nephew, there is no more trouble at Master's house, but Dahu is miserable, every time he comes to see Master, when he passes by the door of Master's brother's house, the nephew either splashes water on Dahu, or scolds Huai.
The big tiger believes that the road knows the horsepower and sees the hearts of the people for a long time.