Chapter 41: Shrewdness
Date: 212-11-24
"The old lady is polite," Mrs. Li first smiled politely with Mrs. Ning, then stood up, coughed lightly, straightened her face, and said seriously: "The so-called branches and leaves, the branches must be opened, and the leaves must be scattered, this is the way for the family to prosper, and now the Li family's Jiahao Fang is prosperous, the branches and leaves are prosperous, and it is also the branch to split and live separately, although the family is separated, it must be remembered carefully, and two Li characters can not be written in one stroke, no matter when and where, the Li family has the same branches, and the blood is thicker than water!" Old Madam Li paused, glanced back at Old Madam Ning, and saw that she was slightly bowed, so he turned his head and ordered: "Bring up all the account books!"
Seven or eight tents moved two high tables side by side in the middle, and moved dozens of thick account books to put on the several, the chief manager of the account room Luo Steward followed and walked to the front of the high table, Luo Steward was dressed in a black silk robe, very neat and neat, came up to first Chong Ning Old Lady and Mrs. Li Chang saw the salute, and then according to the order of the eldest and youngest, meticulous in turn, then straightened up, reached out and took the above account book, cleared his throat, and said clearly and quickly: "There are a total of twenty-seven account books here, which are all over the grange, shops, houses, warehouses, And the roster of the family, the grange and the shop have been ranked according to the income of the past years, the house is ranked according to the size, location, and old, and the treasury is divided into silver warehouse, antique warehouse, jewelry and clothing warehouse and miscellaneous warehouse, each library has a detailed booklet, in accordance with the order of the old lady, the furniture and furnishings of each house and each house are classified into each room, and are no longer classified into the treasury redivided, a total of 607 people in the family, except for the old lady, the ladies, and grandmothers, except for the old lady's order, which has been classified into the houses except for the people who buy and collect the houses, and the remaining two hundred and forty-one people, In accordance with the order of the old lady, the following distributions are made: 1. There are nine places in the Grange in total......"
Steward Luo's words flowed smoothly, without a pause, all the way down, Yan heard that each house was self-bought, self-collectors, etc., except for the number of families, his face relaxed and smiled, except for people, except for the money, all the shares are ancestral property, so it is very fair. \[\]
After Steward Luo finished talking about the location of the nine granges, the rank and which one belonged to which room, he was about to continue talking about the shop, when Li Jinrui suddenly said sharply: "Slow! This Zhuangzi is not right! Don't talk about it, what about the Zhuangzi outside the Chenzhou Gate? Why is it gone? Where is the spring in front of the bustling platform, isn't there to enjoy the spring every year? Can even such a piercing Zhuangzi be wiped off the account? What's the matter, if you bully us in the second and third rooms, you will be fooled by your long and fourth rooms? ”
"Second aunt and grandmother, don't drag us in!" Yan answered: "Your second room is your second room, our lord has not been able to be filial piety to his ancestors for so many years, this is already a matter of guilt, but there has never been such a thought!"
Li Jinrui didn't care about refuting Mrs. Yan's words, she only stared at the account book, raised her hand and was about to speak, but was startled by Old Mrs. Li's loud shout: "Presumptuous!" You are a married daughter, you are already a member of the Chen family, and you come to our Li family to point fingers! Is it bullying our Li family no one!? ”
"The old lady is angry," Mrs. Ning looked angry and looked angry Old lady Li raised her hand, and Mrs. Li snorted again, before slapping the table and sitting down, Mrs. Ning didn't pay attention to Li Jinrui at all, only looked at Li Yuming and Miao, and said with a smile: "The old lady is right, this is our Li family's separation, no matter how down-and-out the Li family is, there is no need for the Chen family Li family to step on our Li family's fingers, it stands to reason that people should be beaten out with a stick, but, Seeing that the second master and the second wife were silent like this, this means that they want to point to this Chenmen Li family to support the door of the second room with a long face and breathe, then I will explain to you well, the Zhuangzi in the spring of Fantai, yes, also, but, that is your mother-in-law and I to marry, not only that place, those few money-making shops, your son-in-law went to Mingyuan Building for three days and two ends, and it was also your mother-in-law and I to marry, that is not what your biological father left behind, you don't count on it. ”
"You say it's a dowry, it's a dowry......"
"Shut up!" Li Jinrui just said half of the words, was stopped by Chen Qingmai's anger, Li Jinrui was stunned and turned his head to look at Chen Qingmai, who was blue and pale in his forehead, and before she could react, Chen Qingmai had already taken half a step forward, and knelt down and kept kowtowing: "The son-in-law gave the wife to accompany the sin, originally Li Shiyan broke up today, I was afraid that the wife would be sad, and I came back to comfort and explain, the son-in-law thought that this was filial piety, and asked the eldest brother, it was indeed this matter, so I accompanied the Li family back home, I never thought that the Li family was mad, and he was so angry and unfilial, they are all sons-in-law, The wife was angry, and the son-in-law took Li back to close the door to teach his wife, and then came to the door another day to kneel for the wife to accompany the sin. ”
"Get up! You're a bad thing! Don't kneel on her! What are you afraid of her? You ......" Li Jinrui's eyes were red, and she pounced on Chen Qingmai and tore Chen Qingmai on the kneeling, the screaming voice changed tone, Chen Qingmai was beaten by Li Jinrui desperately, and still knocked his head three times, then he stood up, dragged Li Jinrui's arm without screaming, and strode out of the door.
The room full of people watched this farce silently, Li Jinrui's shouting and scolding kept going all the way, and gradually drifted away, and the old lady Ning commanded with a calm face: "Let's divide it." ”
"Yes!" Steward Luo hurriedly smiled, reached out and picked up another booklet, and continued to talk about the shops and distributions everywhere.
Chen Qingmai followed how Li Jinrui scolded and how to tear up, just dragged her stride out, Li Jinrui was dragged her hair scattered, kicked all the way to Chen Qingmai, and the shoes also fell off, Han Bi and Han Xiang hurriedly picked up the shoes and followed closely, Chen Qingmai dragged Li Jinrui to the front of the second car, Li Jinrui supported the car door with both hands, crying and cursing Chen Qingmai, broke free of him and turned around suddenly, waved his hand and hit Chen Qingmai's face, Chen Qingmai dodged, and was about to step forward to drag her again, Han Bi rushed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't worry, Master, I persuaded grandma, I helped grandma get into the car, grandma, grandma, don't make trouble, please don't make trouble. ”
Li Jinrui's voice was lowered, she was panting with her back against the car door, Han Xiang hurriedly took two steps forward, and pushed Li Jinrui into the car with Han Bi, Chen Qingmai blushed and didn't get into the car, rode a small horse, and urged the car to rush home all the way. Li Jinrui got off the train in the second door of his house, and saw Chen Qingmai at the door of the station, his face was extremely gloomy, he raised his hand and pointed at Chen Qingmai, and was about to speak with tears streaming down his face, Chen Qingmai raised his hand, slapped Li Jinrui in the face, and hit Li Jinrui in two or three steps and fell to the ground, Chen Qingmai took a few steps closer, raised his feet, and did not distinguish between the severity of his head and face, but he just blindly kicked and kicked Li Jinrui all over the ground, and he couldn't even cry.
The family of Li Mansion is very divided, Steward Luo even finished reading the miscellaneous things, Mrs. Li asked the four rooms one by one as a family, and saw that each room nodded, Steward Luo took it and wrote the property analysis documents a long time ago, Li Yujing, Li Yuming, Li Yushao and Li Yunzhi each pressed their handprints, and Mrs. Li and Steward Luo drew a charge, carefully put it away, and prepared to send it to the government for the record, this family, it was divided.
Old Madam Ning sighed sadly and said, "Okay, you can collect things from each booklet, and in the future, you can go and do a good job in your own house, and go to the second room to collect it first." Li Yuming stood up, Chong Ning old lady bowed to the end, straightened up, stayed for a moment, picked up his robe and knelt down, kowtowed three times, took a few steps back, and hung his head out of the main hall without saying a word, he didn't know what to say, this trip to divide the family, the things on the account, he and the three sisters-in-law are the same, this is what he didn't expect at all, maybe ...... Who knows......
Mrs. Liu watched Li Yuming's family walk away, and then turned her head to look at Mrs. Ning and said with a smile: "It's good that Mother is not angry, those bastard things are separated and cleaned." ”
"That's it, it's stupid, you want to provoke our family, and you're crazy!" Yan was still annoyed, and Mrs. Liu smiled: "Don't pay attention to them, I still have something to do, let's see if it's appropriate to say it." ”
"You say." Yan Shi hurriedly smiled, Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Ning and said: "I mentioned this to my mother first, my mother said that it only depends on what we mean, I think, no matter how we divide the family, we are still a family, if Sister Ruo is going to get married in May, I mean we might as well live together until the end of May, first, it is so lively to send Sister Ruo to get married, and second, you two families should slowly clean up the house, sort out everything clearly, everything is ready, and then move better, and one more thing I will say first, in the past two months, the daily use of your two houses, It's all from our long room, and no one should fight with me!"
"Why is it bad?!It's good everywhere, it's just troublesome sister-in-law, to be honest, as soon as I say move out, my heart is sour, and when I come back, I heard my mother say that I want to divide the family, and the lord is sad that he didn't sleep all night, alas, I have to persuade him with this scattered words." Yan hurriedly nodded in agreement, Yang stood up, and thanked Mrs. Liu deeply: "Sister-in-law, this is all for the sake of me and Sister Ruo'er, so I will bother my sister-in-law, and I don't dare to fight with my sister-in-law for daily use, but the monthly silver everywhere has to stop from next month, and we will let my brother and daughter-in-law take care of it." ”
Yan's face froze, and he hurriedly smiled: "We are like this here. Mrs. Liu smiled and didn't argue about it, a few people said that they were down to business, Mrs. Liu and others accompanied Mrs. Ning back to the main courtyard, and sat and talked for a long time before they withdrew, and they were busy collecting account books and checking and inventorying everywhere.
Old Madam Ning only left Li Danruo, Li Danruo slowly beat her legs, Old Madam Ning crooked the couch, as if she was asleep for a while, before she sighed and said: "There is such a joke, the third sister is a fool." ”
"Well," Li Danruo replied softly, and then continued: "The third sister is married to a non-human, and the Chen family is cunning and hypocritical, and he is mercenary. ”
"It's not really shrewd, if it's really shrewd, I can't let her come today anyway, I won't accompany her, the resentment in the heart of the third sister won't tell him, that's it, dare to come back to comfort and forgive me, isn't it a joke?! Here, even if he came with a scheming, he was afraid that the second room would suffer a loss, it seems that he looked at the second room as if he was looking at his own things! What a litter of idiots! Seeing that he can't, he wants to offend us again, and he will make such a face again!" Old Madam Ning said with a sneering face, and Li Danruo responded in a low voice: "The third sister will have to suffer a big loss sooner or later. ”
"You shall not live if you have done your own iniquity!" Old Madam Ning didn't have any pity, and simply said, Li Danruo sighed secretly, and couldn't say what she felt in her heart for a while.