Chapter 5: Father's Troubles

Yue Sanye still hasn't figured out why his father was so angry, first talking about splitting the family, and finally becoming expelled from the house. He remembered very well that although he insisted on saving his daughter, he did not use radical words and behaviors. My father didn't even give him a chance to regret it, so he decisively opened the ancestral hall and divided him out. Since then, he has been a clansman in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and he knelt down and begged his father to take back his fate, and he was driven out in a daze. In one day, all the things moved out of the Hou Mansion, and even the two talented grandsons who lived in the Hou Mansion and made the old father proud were also driven out.

Why? The old father was often proud of cultivating him, saying that he didn't ask and really ignored it, and even his mother, who had always been smart and wise, loved him, although he stopped it this time, he did not resolutely oppose it. The fourth and fifth brothers can understand that they are not pleasing to the eye, the eldest brother and him are the same mother and brother, why don't they dissuade their father!

Originally, I hoped to wait for my father to calm down when I was separated, and I went to the door to beg, and my father would let him go home. Who knew that he had begged several times but had not seen him, and even his father refused to give him a gift on August 15 and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This time in the officialdom, he has a reputation for unfilial piety, and no one is willing to speak for him. I couldn't even see the book in front of the minister's department, and I couldn't hand it over, so I asked to see my mentor Liao Chengxiang, and I got four words, "Wait with peace of mind." After waiting for another two months, he became a five-rank official who was idle in Beijing.

Yue Sanye was worried and anxious in his heart, and he came back with Master Zhang Bingshui, Zhang He, Ji Qing, Scope, and Zhao Zuo, four guards, and the five of them followed and lived in the city. Now he can't hand it over, and it's impossible for him to release it if he wants to.

This morning, Zhang He's guards came to report, and the household department informed the leader. The five-grade official should be two hundred taels of silver, ten chestnut rice, and other equipped tea, wine, charcoal, kitchen materials, salt, clothes and other things were not given. Ten chestnut rice becomes one chestnut rice and nine beans.

If people eat too many beans, their stomachs will swell, and large families feed livestock. Beans are cheap, and they can be processed into tofu and other things, but not everyone can do that.

Yue Sanye left fifty taels of silver, four beans, and the rest were all distributed to the five families, and there were more than 1,000 catties of beans at home, and then four beans were pulled, it seems that you can only eat beans this winter, and it makes people worry when you think about it.

Yu Jin got up as soon as it was dawn and began to wash, and when she opened the door, Aunt Meng and the third sister were already waiting outside the door, "Miss." Aunt Meng greeted with a gentle smile.

"Aunt Meng and the third sister come in!"

"Big sister." The second sister and her maidservant Chunni also walked in quickly.

Yu Jin took out the cloth that was cut on the bed last night, and took out the soft cotton cloth used as a rag at other homes, "Aunt Meng, you put a thin layer of cotton on this, and a thick cotton layer on this..."

Yu Jin assigned the work and began to design the building drawings and calculate the materials needed on the table.

Aunt Meng first made one and came over for Yu Jin to check it, and when she heard Yu Jin's praise, she was happy to go back and continue to work.

Yu Yao and Yu Zhuo came over, and after getting Yu Jin's affirmation, they went back happily.

When Mrs. Wu saw that all the servants were busy, she came over and asked her daughter if she could help? Yu Jin said: "Mother, you might as well find out the fabrics and jade ornaments stored at home, and I can see if they can be used?"

"Mother listens to you, I'll bring it to you."

After Mrs. Wu left, Aunt Ding pulled Changhe over and asked for an envoy.

Yu Jin knew that Aunt Ding was usually more favored than Aunt Meng because she had a son under her knees, her family was originally a merchant who made pickles in Guide Mansion, because her father died of illness at home, and her widowed mother and younger brother were bullied by her uncle and robbed of her family property, it was she who sued the court Yue Governor to help her family go home to the house, and waited until she returned the favor to become Aunt Yue Governor's Mansion, in fact, it was to find a backer for her younger brother, so as not to be underestimated and bullied.

Aunt Ding is a very scheming and assertive person, with a strong businessman atmosphere, she is afraid that her son will suffer a loss in the future, so she usually likes to save more money for her son. She is selfish and has saved some savings, and she is not bad, but she can't afford to be early.

Aunt Ding is actually only twenty-one years old, only three years older than her eldest brother Changbai, and she is also the most outstanding one and the most favored by her father. She came up with a smile like a spring breeze on her face, "Miss, you see that the whole family is busy, please send me an errand if the lady is tired." “

"The third brother is still young, and there is no one around him to take care of him, so you can take care of the third brother."

Aunt Ding squeezed Changhe's hand, Changhe looked at Aunt Ding, got the hint to let Aunt Ding's hand run in front of Yujin, raised her little face and said, "Big sister, I'm four years old, I don't need my aunt to watch, I won't run around."

Yu Jin didn't give her little brother a cold face, stroked her younger brother's head and praised: "The third brother is really good." Aunt Ding, what will you do? “

"I... Female red can't do it, you can make a move. “

"Xinu is helping to pickle the pickles, you go to the kitchen and see what work Xinu can do."

"Okay. The third young master is playing here with the eldest sister. Aunt Ding happily agreed, leaving the long river and leaving.

Yu Jin couldn't help but hold her forehead, and Changhe said obediently: "Big sister, I'm very well-behaved, I don't quarrel with you, and I can help you get things."

Yu Jin's mind moved, picked up the paper and wrote four words, big, small, upper and lower sect Changhe recognized, took out a wooden stick and wrote it on the ground, "Third brother, you are optimistic that I will write it again for you, have you written it down?" Changhe nodded, "Then you go to the door and write it yourself, and the eldest sister will check it in the afternoon." “

Changhe took the paper and read in his mouth to move a small stool to the door to write, and Yujin continued to draw and calculate.

All the work sent out was delivered, and Yujin divided the cut fabrics again, and she took a scroll to the study to see her father.

Third Master Yue seemed to have expected Yu Jin to come, and looked at his eldest daughter with a smile, "Daddy, now that I'm free, I'll come to Daddy to discuss something." “

"I'm fine, tell me your plans and let Daddy hear about it."

Yu Jin smiled and walked to the desk and spread out, "Daddy, please take a look." “

Yue Sanye looked at the floor plan of the courtyard on the table and was puzzled, waiting for his eldest daughter to explain, "Daddy, this is the floor plan of the yard that our family is going to build..." “

"No, I'm afraid that those officials of the Ministry of Industry can't think about this in this courtyard of yours, how did Dayu do this?"

"This was learned from the former squire of the Ministry of Works, and with the whimsy of my master, it was perfected, and my father was not satisfied."

Yue Sanye smiled bitterly, "Daddy really wants to have such a house, although the yard is built on open land, you think of all the ideas for the next five years, even the dock is within your consideration, to be honest, Daddy is very excited, this house has a promising future." “

Seeing that her father didn't speak, Yu Jin just twisted her eyebrows and looked at Tu silently, "Is it difficult to handle the procedures in the yamen?" If it's difficult for dad to say it, the daughter will see if she can help her dad solve his worries. “

Yue Sanye smiled bitterly, "Daddy is very ashamed, I don't have much savings for so many years, I have a very high reputation in office, and I have never exploited the people." Your grandfather has divided me and will not give me any silver, but will you calculate how much silver it will take to build this courtyard? “

"The first phase will cost about 8,000 taels, and the first phase will be built this year, and Daddy will look at the construction drawings and all the materials needed to budget for the house."

Yue Sanye carefully reviewed the drawings, checked the required materials and costs, and saw a stack of silver tickets at the end one by one, counting exactly five thousand taels. There is also a piece of paper below that indicates the origin of five thousand taels, and after reading it, Yue Sanye was silent.

"Da Yu, you got this money from Doctor Zhuge right? You choose to trust your father, and your father will help you keep it secret, I just want to know why Dr. Zhuge helped you, and what conditions did you promise him? “

Yu Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her father was really smart, and he immediately found the problem. She chose to be honest with her father because she hoped to get her father's support and facilitate her future actions, but Zhuge Weilan couldn't say everything she said, especially calculating that her father was kicked out of the Hou Mansion.

"Daddy, my master's real identity is a descendant of the former palace general, and she once left her daughter some methods for dealing with the wounded and epidemics in the battlefield. Dr. Zhuge wanted to exchange, it was also a good thing for the benefit of the people, and his coronation ceremony in October next year invited me to participate, and I agreed. “

"Is that all? You won't hide it from Daddy! “

"That's all."

"But you only have five thousand taels, and your father can't help with the money, and the yamen has no problem handling the formalities. But the remaining three thousand taels of silver, even if they are in arrears until the twentieth day of the lunar month, must be paid off, where do you go to find the three thousand taels? “

"Naturally, it is still on Dr. Zhuge , Zhuge Weilan is a famous genius doctor in the Three Kingdoms, and the courtyard I let you see is built and ready to be rented to Zhuge Villa. Only when Zhuge Villa is willing to send people here to open a pharmacy can this piece develop rapidly. “

"Are you sure about renting a house in Zhuge Villa?"

"If you are sure, he will definitely come over as soon as possible. To put it bluntly, although Zhuge Villa has a transcendent status in the Three Kingdoms, it ranks last in front of the three major families. He can't just be a doctor and still have to do a medicinal herb business, otherwise how can he maintain the operation of the huge Zhuge Villa. Daddy seems to have unfinished words, if you have any concerns, why don't you say it, let her daughter share her worries for Daddy. “

"Alas! How can you understand the affairs of the court, I am afraid that I will be impeached by the imperial history for building a house like this, saying that I am greedy and unfilial, and I have money in my hand and do not spend it, but now I can build a house when I am divided..."Yue Sanye suddenly stopped, how could he complain in front of his children.

Yu Jin laughed, "Daddy, I'm still afraid that no one will impeach you, since someone has impeached you, the emperor has just ascended the throne, and he will definitely not leave the handle behind, and he will deal with you without asking." I guess you will let your father defend himself or let your father go to court to reply, are you still afraid that your words will not reach the ears of the saint? The emperor has not arranged for the position of his father for a long time, maybe the emperor wants to learn from his father, and he is hesitant to use his father? If Daddy is too poor, the emperor is really afraid that Daddy is greedy for ink, and Daddy thinks that what his daughter said makes sense. “