Sure enough, just after noon, the family was divided. Zhao Yuanxun sent someone to call Xu Xi to the ancestral hall, and watched the nine old ladies write Zhao Jingli's name under Zhao Yuanliang's name on the family tree, and then added Zhao Ruxi's name under Zhao Yuanxun's name.

Originally, Xu Xi was a daughter and was not qualified to enter the ancestral hall. But the Zhao family lost her for more than ten years and owed her something, coupled with Zhao Yuanxun's repeated insistence, the clan relatives allowed her to enter the ancestral hall.

At that moment, Zhao Jingli and Xu Xi knelt down and kowtowed to the ancestral tablet in the ancestral hall. In this way, the two of them will go their separate ways.

After sending the clan relatives away and the people in the second and third rooms dispersed, Zhao Yuanxun said to Xu Xi: "The affairs of our family have reached the heavens, and if your household registration is not good, you will not move back, otherwise you will be convicted of being convicted." Tomorrow I will go to Bac Ninh County and move your household registration back. ”

"As for whether you can still study at Bac Ninh Girls' Academy, I have to go to the academy to inquire. Although we can also take advantage of the friendship of the eldest princess of Shangde and ask people to give her a message to intercede, this matter is very involved, involving the struggle for the rights of various factions in the palace, not a matter of personal friendship. Therefore, it is only right to ask through the academy. I will go there and ask after I have registered in Bac Ninh. If Princess Shandeok thinks you can't stay there, go home. My father and mother specially asked the teacher to teach you at home. ”

Xu Xi was naturally reluctant to Beining Women's Academy. She also didn't want to be an ancient woman who stayed in a deep mansion.

But Suiping Bofu had just annoyed the emperor, and the court didn't know how many people who were good friends with Wei Qiu wanted to catch Bofu's pigtails; The Zhao family also has Zhao Yuankun, a person who regards the old lady and Dafang as enemies, and may ask someone to join Zhao Yuanxun in the court. Xu Xi naturally can't be willful because of his own selfishness.

She nodded and said, "Everything is up to Daddy's arrangement." ”

Since he learned that this was his daughter, and listened to his mother and wife praise her all day long, when Zhao Yuanxun went to pick her up in the academy that day, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that his daughter was good, good-looking, and smart, and his fatherly heart could no longer be calmed down.

Seeing his daughter so obedient at this time, he couldn't help but reach out and pat Xu Xi's head and said with a smile: "Good." ”

Xu Xi was originally only close to the old lady and the eldest lady, and he didn't have much contact with Zhao Yuanxun, and he still had a sense of alienation. But now that she was slapped by him and heard the word "good", her only little defense was suddenly defeated.

The eldest lady was relieved to see her husband and daughter so close.

Separated from her husband in the front yard and sent her mother-in-law back to Rongxi Hall, the eldest lady said to Xu Xi: "You go to me, I have something to tell you." ”

Xu Xi followed the eldest lady to the big room.

When she entered the house and sat down, the eldest lady told her, "I'll tell you about the details of the separation." ”

She pointed outside: "This house is divided into three parts, we occupy the large part in the middle, give them the courtyard where they live now, directly seal the arch leading to this side, and then open a gate on the other side." ”

Xu Xi nodded.

It's reasonable to divide the house like this.

Although she had limited time to come back, she walked through the house during a walk after dinner.

The house occupies a large area. At the beginning, the ancestor of the Zhao family was a military general, and the eldest was a rough one, and he didn't think about creating any scenery or getting a special garden, but wanted to build more houses with more children and grandchildren, so he built courtyards on the east, south, west, north and the central axis.

The first is the central axis, in addition to the main hall in the front yard and the Rongxi Hall in the backyard, there are also the large courtyards where the big house lives now.

The southeast corner and southwest corner of the outer courtyard each have a large courtyard, the southeast corner is now the study of the gentlemen, and the southwest corner is the guest courtyard.

In the northeast corner of the house there is a two-bedroom and in the southeast corner there is a three-bedroom. The subordinates of each house lived in a row of subordinate houses built behind each house.

At the beginning, in order to be well managed, each courtyard was separated by a wall, leaving only an arch for people to enter and exit. At night, each room will be locked or someone will be assigned to guard the door, and each will take care of its own safety.

Now the two-bedroom and three-bedroom houses are directly separated, and the remaining houses have become a "convex" shape.

The remaining mansion area is also very large, and there are so many yards, in Xu Xi's opinion, it is already very good, at least the big house and a few people can't live in it at all. Later, Zhao Jingtai gave birth to five or six sons, and lived very well.

However, the ancients paid attention to square and square houses when building houses, which is called having all four corners. It is unlucky for the house to be missing two corners now. The old lady is probably an obsessive-compulsive person, otherwise she would not be reluctant to give up her family for a house. The two missing corners are estimated to make the old lady so uncomfortable that she can't sleep at night.

"Each of them has a shop, and they are all small in size and in average location. The second house of the land was divided into 250 acres, and the third house was divided into 360 acres. Because these two fields are in two different counties, there are only so many acres, so they can only be divided in this way, which is easy to manage. For the difference in the difference, your third uncle compensates your second uncle with silver. ”

As she spoke, she laughed, nodded Xu Xi's forehead lovingly, and said, "I can divide it like this, thanks to your child." ”

"Huh?" Xu Xi blinked innocently, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

"I told your grandmother about renting out the house. As soon as your grandmother heard this, she quickly agreed to divide the two-room and three-room houses. I'm worried that I don't have any money in my hand, so I listened to your words and rented out the house and let others see our jokes. ”

Xu Xi couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh, proudly like a little mouse that had stolen oil.

"And money." The eldest lady sighed, "There are still five thousand three hundred and fifty-two taels of silver in the public middle school. We accounted for about eighty percent of the land and shops, so the cash money should have been shared. Fortunately, you reminded me that your father went to the yamen to ask someone to copy Wen Po's confession, and put it out in front of your second and third uncles, so they had nothing to say. ”

"But Wei gave Wen Po two thousand taels. And what about her nurse and that grandmother? Grandfather gave them at least three thousand taels each, right? Even if they divide it equally, they will only get two thousand taels. What's more, they can only account for two percent. Xu Xi said.

"How easy is it to get them to spit out what they eat? Your second uncle repeatedly said that this was Wei's dowry, or did I say that when Wei married in, I knew how many dowries she had, and I knew whether there was any money at the bottom of the box, so your second uncle shut up. Originally, they wanted to fight again over the fields and the shops, but when I mentioned it, they had nothing to say. ”

The eldest lady smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Your third uncle also said that this is your grandfather's private money, and he loves to give it to whomever he likes." Since it wasn't given to your father, it didn't have your father's share, and now the family can't mention this at all. Angry with your grandmother and your father. ”