After Xie Mulin listened to his brother and sister's words, he looked at the mahogany box containing the Guiyuan deed again, and he was still a little confused: "What's wrong with Daddy doing this?" He wants to save some money, so he will take the ready-made things for the eldest sister to dowry, instead of spending money to buy a new one, isn't that right? What do you guys have to struggle with? Don't always think that the things were taken away by your biological mother in the past, anyway, now the things are back in the hands of the Xie family! ”

Xie Yinghui sighed: "How can you not think of this kind of thing? In fact, these valuable items were taken away from the Xie family by our mother! My father gave the things to my eldest brother and me without saying a word, and you didn't complain at all? It's so unfair to you! ”

Xie Mulin snorted, "What's unfair about this? My father gave you these things, but the rest of the family didn't have your share. It's all the Xie family's things, and you have to pay attention to who has fallen into whom? The two of you are the ones who are really entangled and awkward about your mother's behavior, and you two who can't be forgotten for a long time! Who in the family cares about these past events? It's all old-fashioned four or five years ago, and you have already drawn a clear line with Cao Shuqing, why do you always treat yourself as the grandson of the Cao family, instead of the children of the Xie family?! ”

Xie Yinghui blushed, pursed her lips and lowered her head without speaking. Where is it so easy to forget some things? It's not that she and her brother treat themselves as outsiders, but the words and deeds of the Cao family and Cao Shuqing remind them all the time of whose flesh and blood they are!

Xie Xianzhi also showed a gloomy face: "We naturally know in our hearts whose children we are, and we also know that the Cao family is already two people from us." Mother...... I don't think so. When things fall into the hands of our brother and sister, she may have delusions, and in the future she will come up with the idea of these things......"

Xie Mulin interrupted him: "Could it be that big brother and sister, will you obediently give things away?" Think if you don't do this, you won't be filial? That's how the word 'filial piety' is defined?! Then where is your 'filial piety' to your father? Can't you cross your 'filial piety' to Cao Shuqing?! ”

Xie Yinghui hurriedly said: "Of course not!" Even if she wears out her mouth, my brother and I will not give her these possessions and possessions! If she is really about to starve to death, we can't afford to support her, find a house, hire two people, and spend ten taels of silver every month, enough for her to have enough food and clothing. How could we be so stupid as to put in her hands the precious object that our father had given her?! ”

Xie Xianzhi also nodded again and again, he and his sister had the same idea.

Xie Mulin spread his hands: "Isn't this enough?" If the things fall into your hands, they will not fall into the hands of Cao Shuqing, so how will Daddy distribute the property and property in his name, and what does it matter? I don't know what the big brother and sister are struggling with, in my opinion, my father is probably just doing this to save trouble. It is not only to save the financial and material resources and energy of spending money to buy jewelry and antiques, but also to avoid future troubles, lest Cao Shuqing see that the Cao family is safe and sound in the future, and become a noble relative again, so she will come to the door to win the property. She won't show much affection for our other brothers and sisters, but she can probably remember some face for you two biological flesh and blood, and she won't make things too ugly.

"Daddy probably doesn't want to deal with her, right? Anyway, if Cao Shuqing really comes to the door, you will block it for your father. Just accept the things with peace of mind, and it doesn't matter if you take them out for gifts in the future, or if you give them to a noble person or something. As long as it's good for the two of you, these things will be given away, and you can save a lot of money! ”

Xie Yinghui listened silently, glanced at her brother Xie Xianzhi, and seemed to accept Xie Mulin's suggestion. However, the former also proposed: "The second sister will marry Yan Wangfu in the future, and there is no need to worry about the power of the Cao family, so don't worry that our mother will come to the door, so why don't the second sister also pick some antiques, calligraphy, paintings and jewelry as a dowry?" With these things filling the scene, even if the people in the clan and royal family want to find fault with the family background of the second sister, they will be gagged by these things! ”

Xie Mulin said disapprerovingly: "I'm thinking about getting more precious books or medicinal materials as a dowry, and jewelry and antiques are secondary." I feel that these things are more popular in the capital and Jiangnan area, but they are not very fashionable here in Beiping. The martial arts atmosphere here is heavier, and the collection of books and calligraphy and paintings can show the heritage of our family's scholarly family, so that people don't hack our family is a businessman, nouveau riche or something, as for other antiques...... How many of the people who came to see the dowry were knowledgeable? I might as well ask the shopkeepers at home to get me more gorgeous silk and satin from Jiangnan, at least the people in this city will know that these things are expensive when they see them. King Yan and Princess Yan are not people who love pomp and circumstance, they don't value these, so why should I slap a swollen face and become fat? ”

Xie Yinghui said angrily: "You don't need this false shelf, do I need it?" Let you take it, you will take it, what are you talking about?! ”

Xie Mulin said with a smile: "The eldest sister will follow Brother-in-law Huang to the capital in the future, and when she wants to give gifts to Shangguan, there are a few antiques that can be used, which can save a lot of trouble." Calligraphy and painting things, you can give them to the eldest brother. The whole family of the Ma family is a famous poet and painter, even if the eldest brother uses these things to please his father-in-law, it is also good, you can also hold an appreciation party or something, invite more literati and celebrities to gather, take the opportunity to expand contacts, and start your reputation in the capital Shilin! Daddy's arrangement is really to save you money. I have good things there, and I really don't have to use the big brother and sister's private room to fill the scene. ”

She felt that her recipes and agro-industrial knowledge were more valuable assets. Now she is a boudoir lady at home, and it is not very convenient to act, and after marrying Xiao Rui, the mother-in-law, Princess Yan, looks like an enlightened elder, and does not restrain her family, she has her own money and territory, and she can let it go. With technology, are you still afraid of running out of money? She felt that the things in her hands were much stronger than the boxes of dead things that her big brother and sister had.

Xie Mulin smiled and said to his brother and sister: "I am very satisfied with the dowry arranged by my father, although my father did not buy the land that was originally going to be bought, but bought another land in Xiaotangshan, I also think it is very good." I want these things to be of great use, and I believe that from these fields, I can get more wealth. In contrast, the Guiyuan that the eldest brother got can only be lived in or feasted on, and it is still the Xie family's thing, and it is impossible to sell or give it away. The antique jewelry that the eldest sister got is the same, and it is not easy to sell it when it is not difficult. You can see that you have only gained dead things, and you have no money, and you have lost much more than me. After hearing about my father's arrangement, I felt that he was too unfair to you, and persuaded him to give you more industries that can make money, so as to ensure the expenses of daily life! ”

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui glanced at each other, and they were a little crying and laughing. Obviously, they felt that they had gained too many benefits and harmed the interests of their younger siblings, why did they become the ones who suffered now? They also knew that this was Xie Mulin soothing themselves, and while their hearts were warm, they hoped more and more that they could leave more good things for their younger siblings.

Xie Xianzhi cleared his throat and said softly: "That's it, since the second sister said so, and the second brother also insisted that I should obey my father's orders, then I won't be verbose." It's just that when things get into my hands, how to arrange them, that's my business, right? ”

Xie Yinghui comprehended: "Big brother is right! This is not the dowry that the father distributes to the sisters, but the friendship between the sisters, and no one else can interfere! ”

Xie Mulin raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to do?" ”

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