Chapter 130: Dividing the Relic
After the funeral of Mrs. Min in the Xiagonghou Mansion in the past few days, everyone gathered in the hall in the front yard of the Xiagonghou Mansion.
Xia Yi looked at the people in the hall bored, all of them were in good spirits and didn't want to be the one who died at all, especially Xia Lianxiang's mother and daughter had generously purchased thousands of taels of Chinese clothing and jewelry these days, these thousands of taels were the expenses of Xia Gonghou to Xia Lianxiang's mother and daughter, I am afraid that it will be defeated, today is the day to divide the old lady's inheritance equally, everyone is smiling and happy, I don't know how the old lady under Jiuquan feels.
Marquis Xia sat on the top seat, and Mrs. Marquis Xia, who had not appeared for a long time, actually sat beside Marquis Xia for a rare time, Marquis Xia cleared his throat and said:
"I guess everyone knows why they came today, so I won't say more, this old lady's relics are counted as 150,000 taels of silver, and this Hou has made it clear that this old lady's relics Xia Gonghou Mansion don't want half a cent, and divide them equally between the second room, the fifth room and the fourth sister, the second room and the fifth room each get 60,000 taels of silver, and the fourth sister gets 30,000 taels of silver, and today I will distribute this silver to you."
After Xia Gonghou finished speaking, a small servant walked over with a brocade box and respectfully handed the brocade box to Xia Gonghou.
Seeing this, everyone's eyes lit up and stared at the brocade box in the hands of Xia Gonghou, especially the fifth master and the Miao family couldn't wait to step forward and snatch the brocade box in Xia Gonghou's hand and keep it for themselves.
Xia Lianxiang and Lu Qian'er are both eyes that do not leave the brocade box in the hands of Marquis Xia for a moment, these days their mother and daughter have enjoyed the life of brocade clothes and jade food, especially after spending a lot of money, they are even more eager for money in hand.
Xia Yan was indifferent from beginning to end, turning a blind eye to the 150,000 taels of silver, the silver in her hands now was as much as a million taels, how could she put the 150,000 taels in her eyes.
Just when Gonghou Xia opened the brocade box, Mrs. Gonghou Xia, who had been sitting quietly and had never spoken, snatched the brocade box in Gonghou Xia's hand and said:
"Lord Hou is so inappropriate, this old man's funeral is organized by the money from the Hou Mansion of the Hou Xia, this old lady has been supported by the Hou Mansion of the Hou Xia all these years, why is the old lady's inheritance not related to the Hou Mansion of the Hou Xia, the 150,000 taels must be divided equally to the Hou Mansion of the Hou Xia, the Hou Ye is not the master of the family and does not know the truth of the Hou Mansion of the Xia Gong, the vegetables, rice, oil and salt are all silver."
After Mrs. Xia finished speaking, the Cai family was unhappy and said:
"The eldest brother and sister-in-law can't go back on their word, but the eldest brother said that he didn't want the old lady's relics, and this sister-in-law has the cheekiness to ask for the old lady's relics, isn't it a slap in the face of the eldest brother."
Hearing this, Mrs. Marquis Xia sneered:
"The second brother and sister are still so venomous, if the second brother and sister are unwilling, please ask the second brother and the second brother and sister to leave, this old lady's relics have no right to share in the house, why don't you want the big house, now that the old lady has left, Mrs. Ben will not give in to the second sister in everything, what should be is what is not to be cheeky."
Cai and Mrs. Xia were used to opposing each other, so they immediately pointed at Mrs. Xia and scolded:
"Sister-in-law, I can't really say this, I'm not ashamed, this big brother said clearly, I don't want the relics of the old lady, why does the sister-in-law lick her face and ask for it, don't be cheeky, I'm afraid it's the sister-in-law."
Mrs. Xia Gonghou shouted:
"Come on, Cai's disrespect to Mrs. Ben stepped forward and slapped his mouth."
If the mother-in-law in the hall was still there, she would not dare to step forward, but now that the old lady is gone, this Xiagonghou Mansion is really the world of Xiagonghou and Xiagonghou's wife, and there is a maid and a maid who walked towards Cai's at that moment.
Cai Shi was dumbfounded and said angrily:
"I see that you dare, I see who dares to be disrespectful to Mrs. Ben, if you annoy Mrs. Ben, how will the old lady be spared......"
Before Cai's words were finished, she paused, she used to fight against her sister-in-law because of the support of the old lady, but now that the old lady is gone, who still supports her, and she broke out in a cold sweat at the moment.
Seeing that Cai's family was no longer silent, Mrs. Xia Gonghou immediately sneered:
"Why are the second brothers and sisters dumb. Before he finished speaking, the second brother and sister stopped talking, and the second brother and sister still had something to say. ”
Cai's face was slightly cold, if it was placed in 10,000, how could she dare to treat her with this attitude, if it was placed in the past, the old lady would have reprimanded Mrs. Xia, and at that moment Cai's face was scornful:
"The sister-in-law is the fault of the second brother and sister, the sister-in-law should not go to the heart, the sister-in-law should not hurt the love of our two rooms, the relics of this old lady should be divided equally, the younger brothers and sisters can't think about it for a while, and the sister-in-law is not to blame."
Xia Yan really admired Cai's ability to stretch and bend, especially when Cai's voice was so low for his grandmother, it was the first time in his life.
Mrs. Marquis Xia sneered and said:
"Since the second brother and sister know that they are wrong, how can the sister-in-law hurt the relationship between the two houses, I don't know what opinions the fifth brother and sister and the fourth aunt and grandmother have."
Miao was already a coward, so he hurriedly said:
"No opinion, I have no opinion, this old lady's relics should have been divided equally, and the sister-in-law said that the relics are the same as the big house, and the sister-in-law will divide them equally."
Mrs. Xia nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Xia Lianxiang and Lu Qian'er's mother and daughter.
Xia Lianxiang is not stupid, their mother and daughter are now living in the Mansion of the Marquis of Xia, but they must not offend the Marquis of Xia's wife, so she said immediately:
"Sister-in-law, my sister is arranged with my sister-in-law."
Marquis Xia wanted to say something, but when he saw Mrs. Xia's increasingly thin cheeks, he didn't speak at the moment, this was a good time for Mrs. Marquis Xia to stand up, and he couldn't help her, let alone stop her.
At that moment, Mrs. Marquis Xia was even more satisfied, and said with a smile:
"Since everyone has no opinion, I will divide this relic as a good division, the big room is 50,000 taels of silver, the second room and the fifth room are 40,000 taels of silver each, and the fourth sister mother and daughter are 20,000 taels of silver, so the distribution is good, because the old lady's funeral house has 8,000 taels of silver, and the big room is 10,000 taels more than the second room and five rooms, everyone has no opinion."
Of course, the second room and the fifth room dare not have an opinion, if the big house does not give them anything, after all, there is no one to support them in the two mansions, if they still want to live in Kyoto, they must rely on the Xia Gonghou Mansion, if the Xia Gonghou Mansion once the dialect does not care about them, then their second mansion is nothing, and they are not as good as a powerful petty official in Kyoto City.
Xia Lianxiang and Lu Qian'er were a little displeased, 30,000 taels was less, and there were 20,000 taels left after subtracting 10,000 taels, and this bit of silver was enough for something.
At the beginning, Xia Yu wanted to give their mother and daughter 150,000 taels, and they reluctantly compromised with 30,000 taels, whether the 20,000 taels of silver was too little, Xia Lianxiang said:
"Sister-in-law, see if you can give our mother and daughter more than 10,000 taels of silver, I and Qian'er have not purchased many things when we first arrived in Kyoto, and we will use a lot of silver in this back and forth, and I am afraid that 20,000 taels of silver is not enough."
Xia Yu really admired Xia Lianxiang's thick skin, and dared to oppose her grandmother's orders, the mother and daughter were too greedy, and her grandfather gave them five thousand taels of silver two days ago.