Chapter 16: Family Struggle

A few days have passed, but everyone in this artesian town knows that the silk merchant Zhang family is going to sell the ancestral mulberry field. The mulberry field of the Zhang family is famous for its good, good water and sunshine, and the quality of the cocoons fed by the silkworms every year is the best. Therefore, the Zhang family can be said to be a rich party, and it is not far behind the salt merchants here.

This made the landlords and tyrants of the nearby seven miles and eight townships moved, and they never thought that they would have the opportunity to buy a few acres of Zhang's mulberry fields, and even people from Rongzhou and Meizhou made a special trip to come. It is not surprising that the country's attachment to the land is deep, and the low agricultural productivity is one aspect, and the main factor in the demise of each dynasty is the annexation of land, and the enthusiasm of the ruling class for the land is very high.

In the town of Artesian Well, the willow leaves of the midday sun were rolled up, and a big yellow dog lay under the tree, sticking out its tongue to cool down, and the street was deserted.

At this time, the hot atmosphere in the Zhang family's mansion was a little more intense than the heat outside.

"Uncle, we won't talk about you sending the third brother to Chang'an to study, after reading it, we all think that he should be able to lead our Zhang family to go more stable and better, but now it seems that it can't be done, although the third brother usually does a very good job, but this kind of major problem of right and wrong is blind." The person who spoke was Zhang Shaohua, the eldest son of Zhang Shaokang's second uncle, and their four rooms were arranged in order of birth, although his father was the eldest, but his second uncle's eldest son was born first.

Zhang Shaokang looked at his father Zhang Wenfu, but closed his slightly open mouth again.

"Yes, uncle, this third brother is a little reckless this time, this is obviously a job of cheating money, how can there be such a pie in the sky." This is Zhang Shaojian, the eldest son of Zhang Wensheng in the fourth room, who spoke. Zhang Shaokang's father's four brothers are literary generations, respectively called Fugui Gaosheng, the third child went a few years ago, leaving a son

Zhang Shaokang couldn't wait to rush up and spit in his face, this salt merchant met Zhang Shaokang through this Zhang Shaojian, and Zhang Shaojian has been matching this loan. However, thinking of the idea of the eldest grandson, he was ready to see the jokes of these people.

"Shaokang, usually you can always do things steadily, a few of us have relied on you to enjoy a few years of Qingfu, but this time we borrowed so much money without discussing with us, we can't get the money to collect silk this year, but my Zhang family has to live on this silk." Looking at the small one, this Zhang Shaokang's fourth uncle Zhang Wensheng opened his mouth, but these words downplayed Zhang Shaokang's credit, but this time the mistake was intended to put the big house on his back.

"Fourth uncle, I was a little reckless this time, but the purpose of our gathering today is to discuss a way to deal with it, and I will give you an explanation for these mistakes after the matter is over." The elders asked, but Zhang Shaokang had to speak.

"Confess, how do you explain, if my Zhang family falls this time, then you Zhang Shaokang is the sinner of my Zhang family, how can you explain to the ancestors and ancestors." Zhang Shaojian choked.

Zhang Shaokang squinted at Zhang Shaojian, who was jumping up and down, but he didn't make a sound, the biggest contempt was ignorance, Zhang Shaokang ignored Zhang Shaojian nakedly.

"You ......" Zhang Shaojian was not taken lightly.

"Okay, okay, everyone has something to say slowly, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome." This is Zhang Shaokang's late third uncle's only son Zhang Shaopeng and Mud, he doesn't want to quarrel, it is their special status, no matter who has a dividend, but if they are separated, there will be no dividend. However, it can be regarded as helping the long house to ease the intense scene.

"Well, what are you going to do with the second, fourth, and Shaopeng?" Zhang Wenfu saw that the situation was about to lose control, so he took the initiative to attack.

"Uncle, it's all ...... this time" Zhang Shaojian spoke first, but was interrupted.

"Shut up, there's no point for you to talk here!" Zhang Wengui, who had been silent, interrupted Zhang Shaojian's words.

"What do you think of the second child?" didn't look at Zhang Shaojian, Zhang Wenfu's eyes swept back and forth on the faces of the second and fourth brothers a few times before speaking.

"Fourth, you speak first." The ball was kicked to the feet of Zhang Wensheng.

"Big brother, second brother, I think so, our Zhang family has always been a family heirloom, there are hundreds of acres of fields and mulberry fields at home, my Zhang family ancestors have been built on silk for several generations, we have indeed never interfered with this salt, this time Shaokang is a little reckless, but people are still young, they have suffered losses, but it is also appropriate to learn a lesson, so as not to be so reckless next time." Although Zhang Wensheng's words seem to fall lightly on the surface, if this board is solid, it will also be a nerve-wracking thing.

"Yes, the fourth is right, but let's think about how to get through the current difficulties." Zhang Wenfu still said such a fluttering sentence.

"But how can we get through this now? We don't know our own business, the cocoon has almost used the family's money, but Shaokang has pressed all this spare into this well. We can't support it this year. Zhang Wensheng fired the first shot.

"Tell me what you're going to do." Zhang Wenfu took a sip of tea. Thinking about it mentally, this eldest grandson is very interesting, this tea is good, if his family didn't have such a big force to come over to help Shaokang, how good it would be.

"That's how I think about it, in the past, we were all responsible for a place to collect cocoons outside the old three houses, and everyone reeled silk together, but at the beginning of this year, we had to give up some places. And the funds for this year's summer cocoon acquisition need to be considered. Zhang Wensheng thought that the eldest brother had no good ideas in the face of this situation.

"You mean to each his own? Funds to figure it out themselves? ”

"Yes. However, this incident was caused by Shaokang, and Shaokang had to take this responsibility. "It's really a dagger.

"You mean a separation? Our four rooms are separated according to the situation before this incident, and then offset the loss from the assets in our big house? Zhang Shaokang was a little angry.

"Yes, my second brother and I both think so." Zhang Wensheng directly played the trump card and began to force the palace.

"If a family doesn't talk to two families, this family can't be divided." Zhang Shaopeng was not pulled over.

"Since you and your second brother both think so, let's divide it." The scene that Zhang Wensheng expected did not appear, and Zhang Wenfu still looked so faint.

"Then let's strike while the iron is hot and finalize the details." Zhang Wensheng pressed step by step.

Zhang Wengui was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that no one wants to take out the rights and benefits in hand, but to say that this big house has been messed up because of this matter, Zhang Wengui refuses to believe it. His eldest brother hasn't made much of a move in recent years, but those methods in those years revealed that the eldest brother was a decisive person, and there must be something wrong with this, but he didn't know it. I have been thinking about it for many days before I plan to make a move, but it is impossible to retreat because of this matter, the so-called narrow road meets the brave wins. Forget it, no matter how much it is, let's do it the same way!