The year before last, Huang Xiangguan had a serious illness, and then elected an official for his son, and had to sell his manor, Zhao Li didn't believe that Huang Xiangguan was really short of money, suspecting that my father had set Huang Xiangyi, so he also ran to the door, saying that he wanted to sell his own manor, my father didn't want to fall into a reputation of bullying, and he didn't let go until now, just now someone in the village saw that Zhao Pozi came to your house, my mother asked me to tell you, if he sells land, you just have to buy it at a low price, anyway, you can't fall and bully his reputation, and my father is also clean. ”

Mrs. Xiao was very surprised: "There are still such people? Sent to the door for people to step on. ”

Wen Jin explained: "Madam, you don't understand, back then, Lord Shi was just a minor officer in the Western Xinjiang Army, General Shi was still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, this village where Zhao Li was bullied, fought with the people of Shiwei Village, and put General Shi in prison, Mrs. Shi was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, I heard that Brother Wen Han knew the county master, and took Yaozong to Shanwo Village for a trip, alas, it was really difficult at that time, and the miserable scene was sad to say. ”

Mrs. Xiao nodded: "I understand, this Zhao Li did a bad thing back then, and now it is difficult to sleep and eat, and he is relieved when the Shi family retaliates and goes back, he really encounters a magnanimous person, but it is difficult to let go." ”

"Hee-hee, not really."

Shi Xiaomei also laughed, and then leaned over to Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin and said, "So my mother asked me to pass the word, you just buy the Zhao family's manor, promise him to mediate at home, and let my family forgive them." ”

"Okay! Thank you, Mr. Shi, Mrs. Shi! ”

"Sister Jin'er, my mother said, this is what you deserve, you and Uncle Qian came forward to help us back then, and now it just happened to fall into the Zhao family's land, which is not in vain."

"Okay! Little sister, why don't I do it, and your family will take the land. ”

"No, no, no, my father is now bent on reviving the prestige of the Shi family army back then, how can he have the heart to farm the land, and it will be ruined for us, you go and see, the land on our side is all cultivated by women."

"How can this be?"

"Sister, you just believe me, my father said, that Tartar wolf ambition, at most ten years, there will be war, and there will be a war in the north now, and he must help the court train a good soldier."

Seeing the worried looks on the faces of Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin, the little sister smiled soothingly: "Madame, sister, please rest assured, my brother once told the emperor, and the emperor said that it is very good, and when the people of the Shi family have meritorious service in the future, he will order to set up a memorial arch outside our village." ”

"Huh? That's good. "Wen Jin and Mrs. Xiao are *** heads.

Sending the little sister away, Wen Jin happily turned back, the Zhao family's land is not small, although it is obviously not as good as the land next to it because it has not been taken care of in recent years, but if it falls into her hands, the situation will definitely change soon.

One day later, Zhao Li and his wife came together, Xiao Yuchen received him in the outer courtyard, Wen Jin had already handed over the bottom to his younger brother, Yuchen looked very reluctant, and promised to accompany his sister to Shi's house, the price given by Zhao Li was slightly lower than the market price, Wen Jin felt that he did not take much advantage of him, so he didn't say much.

It turned out that Zhao Li had a villain mentality, thinking that Wen Jin would definitely vigorously reduce the price, but he didn't expect to agree to it like this, and he was a little surprised for a while, Wen Jin lived in Shiwei Village for half a month, not only paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, bought Zhao Li's land, but also hired some long-term workers, all of which were handed over to Jiang Chun for management, and at the same time, most of the wives of the servants she bought were also willing to sell themselves into the house, Wen Jin also let people go to the county seat and handle the procedures clearly.

In the busy days, Wen Jin's mood was quite better, but as time went by, the family affairs were settled, the smile on her face became less and less, and she was already very depressed after more than ten days, she didn't notice anything wrong, but Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Yuchen couldn't stand it, they discussed it, and decided to set off to visit Xiao Yuchen's father-in-law.

The five-day journey arrived at Fan Yuanwai's house. The letter had already been delivered, and Fan Yuanwai was already looking forward to it, and before Wen Jin and her carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw a large group of people standing there waiting.

When the body collapsed, the person aged very quickly, Fan Yuanwai's beard and hair were all white, and his legs and feet were also staggering, and he looked more than ten years older than when Xiao Yuchen left (this is what Xiao Yuchen said later).

Before the horse could stop, Xiao Yuchen had already jumped to the ground, and his running steps were a little staggering: "Daddy-" He should have been called his father-in-law, but he was so emotional that the cry in his heart blurted out.

"Qun'er, my group-" Fan Yuanwai also ran forward, so frightened that the two family members held their arms tightly.

The two men hugged their heads and cried bitterly.

It is said that it is better to be born than to be gracious, Xiao Yuchen and Xiao Yi are together, but they can't come out of such a scene, the Fan family standing on the side, several are also embarrassed, Wen Jin listens to their titles, there are Xiao Yuchen's coachman, the long entourage, the old mother who takes care of his life, and a richly dressed woman, probably the biological mother who pretended to be the mother, and now the woman who should be called the stepmother.

Xiao Yuchen pulled his father-in-law and cried for a while, then turned his head to his mother-in-law, crying and kowtowing, and the woman held Xiao Yuchen's shoulder, and tears flowed for a long time.

Seeing that Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin couldn't stand it, they turned their heads in unison. This is all Zhao Yulan's evil, when Wen Jin left Beijing, she saw Xiao Qiyun begin to repent, and she still felt a little unbearable in her heart, but now when she thinks of Zhao Yulan, her guilt completely dissipates.

Although Xiao Qiyun did not do such evil things, as a child, when enjoying the favor brought by his parents, he naturally has to bear the consequences of his parents' mistakes, which is the positive and negative sides of the same thing, and there is no way to give up.

Fan Jiazhen is not small, Wen Jin looked at it roughly, there are about 20,000 people, Fan Yuanwai can no longer walk back by himself, Xiao Yuchen supported his father-in-law in the car, he also sat in, the father and son didn't know what to say, outsiders couldn't hear clearly, occasionally a runaway cry, and I could hear that the emotions of the two were still not calm.

Wen Jin didn't ride a horse anymore, but sat in the car, and Mrs. Xiao whispered: "There must be something big and troublesome in the Fan family, otherwise, the old man would not be so excited, and it is difficult to pretend." ”

Wen Jin nodded: "Yuchen may have to stay, and he won't be able to go with us for a while." ”

"Hmm."

The Fan family arranged Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin in the guest house, and each of them had a maid and a maid to lead the way for Wen Jin and Mrs. Xiao's subordinates to pick up things.

Xiao Yuchen lived with Fan Yuanwai in the courtyard of his house. It is said that Xiao Yuchen's study and living room were all kept intact, and Fan Yuanwai's heart had long regarded this child as his own.

Fan Yuanwai is also a sincere gentleman, he heard that Xiao Yi only had this son, so he reluctantly cut his love and returned his adopted son to the Xiao family.

How much pain the old man has to endure in his heart to do this.

Xiao Yuchen and Fan Yuanwai ate and lived together, and stayed together for three days, before taking time to see Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin when the old man was taking a nap.

"Madam, sister, Yuchen has a difficult matter that I want to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Wen Jin asked.

"But what's the trouble with Fan Yuanwai?" Mrs. Xiao asked.

"Yes, ma'am, my father-in-law is in great trouble."

It turned out that Xiao Yuchen was still in the Fan family back then, although the three children of the Fan family were all concubines, but Xiao Yuchen accounted for a "long", in the eyes of others, he was the pillar of the Fan family in the future, and the two little ones had to listen to him, and Xiao Yuchen's adoptive mother Zhang, knew that she had nothing to do with the Fan family, Fan Yuanwai gave her a name, supported their mother and daughter, and finally found a good in-law for her daughter, prepared a dowry and sent it out, Zhang was very satisfied, she helped Fan Yuanwai manage the inner house on weekdays, neither greedy for money, nor biased, The two aunts who gave birth to children did not dare to think anything wrong.

Who would have thought that Xiao Yi suddenly fell from the sky and took away Xiao Yuchen, the remaining two children outside Fan Yuan were only three months away, and the little Fan Chongyang, his mother was a more tricky and unconvinced Fan Liyang, seeing that Fan Yuanwai's health began to be bad, he went around to woo the elders of the Fan family, as well as the housekeepers of the family, and began to deploy the future seizure of power.

Fan Yuanwai's eldest son Fan Liyang's mother is not a fuel-efficient lamp, she cleverly planted the two brothers in the two most valuable mulberry gardens, and now they have taken real power, Fan Chongyang's mother is not convinced, looking for seams every day, and the two women quarrel as soon as they carry Fan Yuanwai, how can these things be concealed? Makes the old man angry enough.

People are old, their health is not good, and their minds are sensitive, Fan Yuanwai just wants to spend a few days in peace and happiness in his lifetime, he was sad and sad because he didn't have a son, but now, because of one more sleep.

When Xiao Yuchen said about the sad place, he couldn't help but burst into tears in front of Mrs. Xiao: "Madam, my father-in-law is old, if he is a few years younger, this matter will not be difficult for him at all." Now, I am his pillar, but what to do, Yuchen is still a little uncertain, and wants to ask his wife and sister to help divide it. ”

Wen Jin spoke first: "Does Fan Yuanwai already have a chapter and now I want you to help deal with it?" ”

"Hmmm! The father-in-law wanted to sell the two aunts, but the younger brother refused, and wanted to threaten him to deny him as a father when the time came. ”

is so resolute, it can be seen that Fan Yuanwai is very sad to think so. The three of them were silent for a while, and Mrs. Xiao spoke first: "It's better for you to persuade the staff to split up now." Whoever fights harder will give less to him, so that he will regret it. ”

"That's what I thought, too. There is also a young lady at home, who has helped her father-in-law take care of the housework with her brother-in-law over the years, and she has worked hard and hard, and those two women now want to drive her sister away. At that time, the father-in-law originally had the intention of keeping his sister a son at the door of the Fan family, and the brother-in-law was the son of a friend in his early years. ”

Wen Jin said: "You must go, just give enough dowry outsider, anyway, your two aunts, I don't know how much dowry the third lady of the Fan family has." ”

"Oh, yes, give the third sister a large share of the family business, anyway, as long as you go to the county government to transfer the household, even if the father-in-law dies, they can't do anything."

"Also, the staff members refuse to divide the family, just because they are afraid that the Fan family will hurt their vitality so far, he is the patriarch, and his heart is to carry forward the Fan family, so he can set aside a piece of family property and give the Fan family a lesson, or specially support the children of the Fan family to study. In order to prevent people from taking advantage of this to work and refuse to work all their lives, you can draw out the age group, for example, if you don't pass the government exam before the age of twenty-five, you will no longer support it, and if you don't get into the show before the age of thirty-five, you will stop supporting, and if you have a talent reputation, you will only support the examination fee, and he has to sit in the library to teach and support himself on weekdays, so that as long as the Xiao family can produce scholars, this door can make a comeback, as for your father-in-law, there are naturally other protective measures, such as the side branch has a student, then they have the obligation to support the branch, For example, set some specific measures......" Wen Jin said while thinking, Xiao Yuchen and Mrs. Xiao could hear it, Wen Jin stopped, Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Yuchen discussed a few small details, and finally, Xiao Yuchen sorted out the articles of association that he discussed with his stepmother and sister, and went to discuss with his father-in-law.

Fan Yuanwai originally had the intention of dividing a few more shares of the family property to preserve it, but he didn't have a biological son, but now, with a biological son, it was not as good as it was then, not to mention the sadness.

Sad is sad, Fan Yuanwai is a knowledgeable person after all, he knows that with his own ability, he can force things down, but he has seen too many old people and left, and the child doesn't even have the mind of burial, so he goes into battle shirtless to fight for family property, this kind of tragedy, he can't let it happen in his own home, therefore, with Xiao Yuchen's help, he carefully combed the family property, and then divided it clearly, then opened the ancestral hall, invited a few weighty people in the clan, and divided the family.

From beginning to end, Fan Liyang's performance was not bad, until he arrived at the ancestral hall, he insisted on not separating his family: "Father, whatever my brother likes, just give it to him, Liyang is a man, in the future, he can create a world with his own hands, my father is alive, our family will live together and beautifully." ”

Fan Yuanwai said that he burst into tears.

Fan Chongyang's words were completely different: "Daddy, my brother and Aunt Wang are both obedient people on the surface, but they are knives behind their backs, he doesn't want anything, why do you want to put two people from the Wang family in the mulberry garden?" If he is really so backbone and bloody, let the Wang family leave now. ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Daddy, I hate him the most as a hypocrite, he didn't study as well as his eldest brother back then, but when he came back, he told you all day long how Mr. praised him, hum, he is so good, why not be the same as the eldest brother, and show off talent at the age of twelve? I haven't passed the government test, what else is there to boast about? ”

"That's better than you, don't you dare to try." Fan Yuanwai glared angrily.

"It's not the same as me!" Fan Chongyang said unconvinced.

Fan Liyang knelt down and was ashamed: "Daddy, the child must work harder, and take the exam again the year after tomorrow!" ”

Xiao Yuchen was outside the Fan Yuan and discussed with several clan elders, and he was specially allowed to enter the ancestral hall. Although he is no longer surnamed Fan, he can still be a witness to the separation, and besides, he still has the fame of being a showman, which is in the countryside, but he is often invited to be a witness.

Xiao Yuchen spoke: "Chongyang, my brother has only been gone for more than two years, why have you changed so much, back then, our brothers, a piece of sugar cake hated to be eaten equally, that day, even drinking cold water was sweet, don't you think it's so much to scramble, even if it is more than Liyang's family property, it's not interesting?" ”

Fan Chongyang lowered his head, and tears fell down his eyes: "Big brother, you don't know, my aunt is straightforward and easy to offend people, it's better for Aunt Wang to pretend to be good at selling, in the past two years, the family has been controlled by her, if I don't fight, I don't know if there is a place to stand at that time." ”

Xiao Yuchen was very unhappy: "Where did you put my eldest brother?" Who can cover the sky with one hand, and I? Won't justice be done to you? Besides, didn't I say that you should go to the capital to find me if you have something? You can't get the Fan family's property, so what's the difficulty for my brother to divide half of the Xiao family's property in the capital? You've swept the floor and pushed Daddy into such a situation. ”

Fan Chongyang still looked very unconvinced, but he didn't dare to talk back.

Fan Liyang knelt down: "Daddy, I am willing to make a note, in the future, all the family property will be owned by Chongyang, I just ask you not to split up now, Daddy, don't let the eldest brother leave with sadness——"

This was said sincerely, Fan Yuanwai was moved to tears, and several elders of the Fan family also twisted their beards, nodded frequently, and persuaded Fan Yuanwai not to split up.

Although Fan Yuanwai discussed with Xiao Yuchen for several days and made a lot of determination, when the time came, he wanted to divide the family business that he had worked hard to create all his life beyond recognition, and he couldn't do it anymore.

Xiao Yuchen saw his father-in-law like this, and tears flowed down at once: "Daddy, I won't go to ***, I'll accompany you at home and serve you, and after you are a hundred years old, I will divide the family property with the people of the clan to the two younger brothers, I, I, my own father is still young, and he may have a son, I only have this one chance to repay your parenting grace, Daddy-"

When he cried, Fan Yuanwai also cried, Fan Liyang and Fan Chongyang also cried, and in the end, the Fan family's separation was over, but Fan Yuanwai really couldn't support such a big mood fluctuation, and he fell ill that night.

Xiao Yuchen stayed at his father-in-law's bedside all night, and the next day, he decisively let his stepmother and sister on the road.

Sent outside the village, Mrs. Xiao asked Xiao Yuchen with concern: "I will comfort your father well, if he knows that you are such a loving and righteous man, he will definitely be proud!" ”

Wen Jin was concerned about how his younger brother would arrange the affairs of the Xiao family. "Send the two aunts away, Liyang and Chongyang will still be saved, otherwise, let them do three or four, don't say that this family can't keep it intact, Liyang and Chongyang will become enemies in the future, just for such a little family property? Hmph, rat eyes! ”

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