When the Ma family made their fortune, they set a rule that there was no division of property, and the eldest of the family inherited the tea garden, so he bought a share of the assets for the remaining brothers, and he still developed it. At that time, the tea mountain was not very large, and the assets that were distributed were easy to prepare, and there were no objections. After Ma Bin's grandfather inherited the tea garden, he had more opportunities and expanded the small corner of the tea garden to the size of a whole tea mountain.

Although it is a good thing that the tea garden has become a tea mountain, the old man at that time was also sad when he separated the family, if he gave less, he was afraid that the remaining children would be resentful and wanted to give more, and he could not buy such a valuable property again. At that time, someone came up with an idea for the old man, dividing the tea garden into three parts, which was still run by the eldest son, and the two younger sons would take some silver taels to live at the end of the year.

When Ma Bin's father was still there, there were a lot of troubles in this penny, but in the end, they were brothers, and several families were noisy and quarrelsome, and the relationship was closer than that of their ancestors. In the past 20 years that Ma Bin has been in charge of Chashan, he has been unhappy for this silver every year, but the relationship is not as good as before, and it is not easy to move around every year.

The old lady is the last of the older generation, she is the lady of the continuation of the string in the third room, there are no heirs, after raising the fourth master of Ma as an adult, she lives alone in a small house in the eastern suburbs, and the fourth lady sends people to send food and clothing, and hires a few women to serve the daily life.

This year's old lady did not plan to come to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but Jinshan was invited by the soft grinding and hard bubble in the afternoon, and when she came, she encountered a mountain fire, and felt unlucky, so she wanted to go back, so she let Pinyuan also go to coax to eat this meal before leaving.

When Siming went, the old lady sat in the first place, smacking some appetizing soup, and when she saw an outsider coming, she just raised her eyes and drank it again.

At noon, the house invited tea merchants and tea farmers to dinner, and in the evening, only their families had a light meal together. The old lady sat next to Ma Bin, the current head of the Ma family, and down was Ma Liugu and Mingyi, who were waiting for Siming to take a seat on the other side, and Jinshan and Mingxin were younger to sit in the lower seats.

Maybe it's the change that makes people grow, and the sales that haven't been seen for a long time are not as out of the past as before, and when they saw Siming coming, they just got up and moved the stool to invite someone to take a seat.

was a sensible person who he couldn't usually look forward to, but Siming was stunned by the door, and when he reacted, he smiled again, and said in his heart, "It's really the best opportunity to help." ”

After Siming sat down, he was facing the surprise in Shang Mingyi's eyes, and after he nodded to the upper seat, he also understood. Only Jin Shan asked with a smile, "Which gust of wind blew well today, and invited all the shopkeepers of the Long family to come over." ”

It was Ma Bin who answered, looked at Siming and said, "Even if San'er doesn't live in this Baidi City in the future, he is still a member of my Ma family, and he can come back at any time." ”

Everyone loves to listen to flattery, but Siming is a more real person, if there is a relationship of interest, how good it sounds is also a poison with honey, mixed with endless hypocrisy and hypocrisy, don't do it.

He had always been a few more words, but he didn't answer at this time, and after serving the old lady another bowl of soup, he stopped and sat there, as if he had not woken up from being drunk at noon.

A table of people was eating with their own hearts, and they didn't want the uninvited guest at noon to come again, and they were even more drunk than at noon, and they didn't cross the threshold, and just fell on all fours by the door. But the man didn't care, patted the ashes on his knees, and came to the hall with tears and weeping.

"Big brother! How did I hear that our tea mountain was burned? Ma Qiye came in a hurry, and he stumbled a few times on the smooth bluestone road before he climbed in front of Ma Bin.

Ma Bin didn't reprimand him like before, he looked at him in disgust, turned around and beckoned his guys over, and said, "Get out!" ”

Maybe he was driven too much, Ma Qiye's face became thicker, and after pushing the guy away, he pointed at Ma Bin and said, "Big brother! Do you always have this attitude towards us as brothers? Back then, I took my own brother's things, not you gave them to me, and I made it look like I owe you all the time! ”

Before the seventh master's words fell, Ma Liugu, who was sitting on the side, immediately stood up and said loudly, "Seventh! Where are you who drank too much horse urine, and came here to go wild, and didn't you see a table of people of all ages eating? It's beautiful! After speaking, he glanced at Ming Yi again, and when he saw that the momentum was not right, he hurriedly leaned over and comforted, "Your seventh uncle has drunk too much, don't be like him." ”

Mingyi is a person who is very good at following the pole, as soon as someone comforts her, the tears in her eyes can't be stopped, and she cries and says, "You are my own uncle, even if you bully people during the day, you still take my father out to talk about it." When my father and mother were gone, when you took those few acres of tea mountains, you didn't say that. ”

Ming Xin saw his sister crying, and immediately panicked, but the originally timid person shouted in a trembling voice, "Seventh uncle! My sister rarely came to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, what are you doing here! ”

Ma Qiye is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, he provoked his niece twice a day, and it was not good to be domineering anymore, so he had to soften his voice and said, "It's Uncle Seventh who is too reckless, I..." ”

Without waiting for Ma Qiye to continue, Ming Yi wiped her tears and said, "I also know that Seventh Uncle is not bad, haven't you eaten dinner yet?" Let's have a light meal together. As he spoke, he asked the guy to add dishes and chopsticks, and he let himself squeeze aside with Jinshan.

This wind and rain comes and goes quickly, others may think that Ming Yi is generous, Ma Bin only thinks that their little tricks are boring, so he clicked on the table with his fingers, and allowed the guy to come over with a pair of dishes and chopsticks.

The people who should have arrived, and the people who shouldn't have arrived, have been planning for a long time, but some people have begun to hesitate. Ming Yi thought to herself, shouldn't let him come at this time, if it does, let him see his teeth and claws, it is not decent, if it doesn't work, it will be even more embarrassing.

Man! It's really easy to trip over this knuckle, Ming Yi was hesitating in her heart, her elbow was knocked on her elbow, and she didn't need to look to know that it was Jinshan urging her behind, yes! Everyone knows that money is a good thing, and brothers also have to settle accounts, when the family can't figure out the confused accounts for so many years, it is all the second room that has no charge.

But for his own family, it is very clear that the two children are so foolish, one is ready to give a dowry, and the other is received by his own family.

But after hesitating again and again, what can I do, who will share a little, the shy younger brother, or the son who doesn't know anything, Ming Yi raised the cup in his hand, held his breath, and said, "Uncle, it's rare for everyone to be so complete today, I have something to say, you don't have to rush to reply, if there is anything wrong, you can be a deaf ear and blow it." ”

Ming Yi took another breath and looked at the people present, except for the old lady who didn't care about the world for a long time and Siming, who was an outsider, everyone else was waiting for him to continue, even the uncle, who had always hidden his joy and anger, was also looking at himself.

Ming Yi continued, "You also know that our family's life is tight this year, except for the uncompetitive scholar, An An has more money to use than before, and when the new year begins, I still want to send him to the school next to the west gate to have a long experience." Mingxin is also fifteen years old this year, and he should also consider family affairs in two years, and the old house left by my father has been renovated with money for so many years, and Mingxin will go to set up a portal in the future, and he must have a decent residence. ”

"But..." Ming Yi paused for a moment, pulled his throat and said, "Uncle, I haven't seen the silver you said you saved for Ming Xin in the early years, and the silver allocated to me in the past few years has been decreasing year by year.

"For so many years, other people's tea mountains have been getting better and better, only my Ma's tea mountains have looked at the scenery, and as a result, they can't even support their own families. The fourth uncle has a shop at home, and he can still live on it; The sixth aunt came back in the early years and still had a house to live in, but now she can only move to a house on the street, and even when her son comes, she doesn't have any pocket money; The seventh uncle is full of food alone, and the whole family is not hungry, but no one knows the generosity of Ma Qiye in the early years, and he can only tighten his belt to live in the past few years. A good family, one is more downtrodden than the other, this is all thanks to whom! ”

There are really people smashing the field everywhere! Ma Bin was already a little impatient, the afternoon had already made people dizzy, and he began to think about dividing the family property again. It's just a few yellow-mouthed children, who have eaten a few bites of rice, and dare to spread wild in front of me, but I really don't know that this world is difficult and the tea mountain is difficult to do.

But Ma Bin was many years older than them, so he naturally wouldn't be angered by this remark, and said in an almost calm voice, "So, my good niece came to me for silver today?" ”

The end of the word is particularly clear, so that everyone has turned their attention away, and the face, which is already darker than ordinary people, is even more difficult to see in the shadows, and there is some meaning of not being angry and arrogant.

When Ming Yi moved to the next seat, he was facing Ma Bin, and the coercion at this time was naturally felt most clearly, and the legs sitting on the bench couldn't help shaking, as if they were chilled, isn't this cold winter when the moon is cold.

It wasn't until Jin Shan, who was beside him, pinched Ming Yi again that he called the person back from the chaos, Ming Yi cleared his throat and said in a straight voice, "Yes and no." ”

said so much silver, but Mingyi didn't just come for the silver, why not more things, gold, shops, tea mountains, these were originally their own things, accounting for almost ten years, and they should be repaid, with interest.

"It just so happens that the third grandmother is also here today, not for anything else, just as a witness for us, when the tea mountain was divided, it was said that the three brothers had a share, the big house was managed, the tea mountain was managed, and we as a small one, we took money every year to live. They are all people who rely on the tea mountain to eat, God appreciates the food, this pot of rice will be shared with everyone a little more, the old lady does not let people pass, everyone will tighten their belts.

"But uncle, in the past ten years, it is not natural disasters that do not make people feel better, but man-made disasters that make people unable to raise their heads, when my father was here, he persuaded you, the Xia family is a bully, and sooner or later we will eat all the fruits of our tea mountain, but you can't wipe off your face, and you will tolerate him again and again, and you will not settle with his family until this year."

Ming Yi raised her hand and took the tea on the table, drank it in one gulp, moistened her dry throat, and then said, "Don't say it, even if the Xia family eats half of the tea mountain's lizi, your family is also living decently, and the new clothes on Pinyuan's body have not been broken every year." But Mingxin, they are all great-grandsons of a great-grandfather, but they don't even have decent clothes, they are older this year, and they can use it, so they made a new dress, is he a guy who works for your family! What do you say that it can't be continued, I'm afraid it's not a joke to go back to my hometown!"