"Head jewelry, when your mother died, the ones you wore were given to your mother for the funeral, and the rest of the jewelry that you didn't bring was explained to your daughter-in-law when she was dying. So, this year, when you got married, you made a dowry. You can take the gift slip and confront your daughter-in-law. There are about hundreds of clothes for the four seasons, all of which are buried in your mother's grave, as well as antique utensils, and about all the valuable ones are buried with your mother. The precious medicinal materials brought by your mother are also priceless treasures, those few Korean thousand-year-old ginseng, to say the least, are worth 100,000 taels, when your mother was dying, your father gave your mother to use, it is these ginseng hanging your mother's life, only to prolong your mother's life for an extra month, at that time you have already remembered, about also remember that your mother took ginseng when she was dying. ”

Shi Shao Nan nodded, although he was only five or six years old at that time, he still vaguely remembered that when his mother was dying, the decoction was never cut off. I have also seen my father take half a wrist-thick ginseng to make soup and decoction himself.

"The rest of those valuable medicinal materials, there are a little leftover in the past few years, and they are still in Daddy's warehouse, I went to see it once last year, and the good ginseng has been crumbled into slag, and the tiger bones and deer antler velvet are also moldy, if you don't believe it, go and look at it."

Shi Shao Nan thought in his heart that the clothes, jewelry and antiques were all given to his mother's funeral, and the rest of the better ones also made their own dowry, which was also worth about three or four hundred thousand, and it was really unreasonable to lose this number. Precious ginseng was used when my mother was dying, and half of the dowry was gone. However, there are still thousands of acres of fertile land left, which is also a huge amount of money. There was no obstacle in his heart, and he said directly: "What about the few granges that my mother married over?" ”

The second young master didn't ask Shi Boyuan, and took over directly, seeing that Mrs. Shi repeatedly signaled her son to shut up, the second young master still said 1510: "Big brother, I wanted to settle this account with you just now, just listen to the second brother tell you about the current situation of our family." ”

Shi Shao Nan twisted his head to the side, and through the window screen, he saw that the thick trees in front of the courtyard kept sprinkling dead leaves, and he didn't have a trace of sentimentality, but he was very tired of listening to this annoying younger brother.

"My wife brought eight or nine granges from my uncle's house, one was in the suburbs of Beijing, and the rest were in Henan and Hebei, and the fertile fields were paddy fields, but it was a pity that the Yellow River flooded every year. For this item, there is a loss of 70,000 taels of silver in a year. In the past few years, the year has not been able to keep up with the year, and the reason for death is the lack of this entry. ”

"Drowned? After being flooded, won't you be able to settle the next year? ”

"Brother, that is the land after the flood, after that, the dog official who killed a thousand knives went to the court, saying that our family takes care of the overall situation and can sacrifice themselves for the country, and suggests that the court reward Daddy, and by the way, donate all seven granges of our family to the court for water control."

"It's too much of a deception! Even our family dares to blackmail! "There is an estrangement in a family, but whenever there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, it can still unite into a united front and unite with the outside world. Shi Shao Nan held the key to the treasury tightly and said angrily: "Dad is a hereditary marquis, and the second uncle is the humerus of the dynasty, how can you let others be so oppressed?" ”

"Hmph, don't mention the second uncle, if it weren't for the second uncle to persuade my father, would my father be able to answer the flood discharge from our family's grange?" The hostility on the face of the second young master could not be dissipated for a long time.

"Shaoye, what did you say? The second uncle persuaded his father? ”

Shi Shaoyi nodded, and a coolness wandered between the two brothers, cooling the estrangement and solidifying a lock of brotherhood.

Shi Boyuan nodded, the second brother persuaded himself to focus on the overall situation, and let him use his own good field grange to discharge the flood, and afterwards there was a reward from the saint, but compared to the snowflake silver of 70,000 taels of white flowers every year, the court's award book and a hundred taels of gold are really not worth mentioning.

Shi Shao Nan was already a little remorseful, he always thought that his family excluded him and deliberately compressed his expenses, but he didn't expect the situation at home to be so bad, but the funny thing is that he didn't know it at all.

"In the suburbs of Beijing this year, there was a big drought in the spring, and there was a big flood in the summer, and the harvest in the autumn was less than 30% of the previous year. Shao Ye said to Shao Nan with a sincere face that he sincerely hoped that his eldest brother could get back to his former appearance.

"Big brother, after a while, the two younger sisters of the second uncle's family will enter the palace, and the congratulatory gifts are naturally indispensable. How will the expenses for next year be paid? Daddy was troubled by this. Even for these days, I couldn't sleep at night or eat well. You see, there are a lot more gray hairs on Daddy's head. Shi Shaoye burst into tears as he spoke.

Shi Shao Nan also felt a little bit in his heart that in the past few years, the family has been very instigated, and he originally thought that he was making a show for himself, but he didn't expect that the mansion of the master of Zhong Ming Dingshi would have fallen into such a field as today, if it weren't for today's words, he would only think that they were intent on blackmailing their furniture, and they would not give themselves a penny. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to be like this. Thinking about himself over the years, eating and drinking, idleness, and throwing money everywhere, he is really a loser, and it is no wonder that his father is angry with himself.

"Fang Cai Wanting's 2,500 taels, Mr. Accounts said it badly, and only gave 2,000 taels. The 2,000 taels were originally intended to be given as a gift to your second uncle's family. When Shi Boyuan thought of this, he burst into tears and was full of worries.

"Daddy, Wanting is wrong, Wanting shouldn't spend money indiscriminately and make Daddy annoyed." Wanting cried and threw herself into Shi Boyuan's arms, Shi Boyuan hugged Wanting in his arms, looking at this youngest daughter, who was the baby on the tip of his heart, and he was extremely guilty in his heart, blaming himself for being unproductive and causing the children to be wronged.

Shao Nan, Shao Yu, and several younger brothers knelt under Shi Boyuan's knees together, and they all wept in a low voice. Shi Boyuan looked at the children in front of him, both relieved and anxious, relieved that they finally understood the difficulty of being a father, and were anxious that they could not do anything to give them a rich and comfortable blue sea and blue sky. I hugged a few children with relief and wept again and again, and sighed anxiously to the sky why I always had no way to help. If I could have a more affordable job, these children who were waiting to be fed would not fall into this sad state with me.

Although there are some discords, the blood of the family is thicker than water after all, and no matter how much dispute there is, it will be dissolved. Since then, Shao Nan is no longer depressed, thinking that his wife has also worked hard to raise herself in the past few years, and thinking of the day that he bumped into her, he felt guilty and only doubled his filial piety. Seeing Shao Ye planning for his father everywhere, and humbling himself one by one, he no longer had the previous grievances in his heart, and he was only in harmony with Shao Ye, as good as ever.