Chapter Ninety-Eight: Everyone Rejoices



The news that Wen Kang was succeeded by his mother to the sixth room on his deathbed spread throughout Gu Zhuang in less than a day, and many people were shocked, but they had their own thoughts.

Some people are secretly wondering, why did the six old ladies who had always refused to succeed suddenly relent? Thinking of the relationship between the sixth room and the ninth room, since the latter was in distress, he has not reached out to help, could it be said that the sixth old lady has already beaten other people's children?

Some people are secretly scolding Mrs. Fifteen for being cunning: everyone is dead, and they still refuse to stop, and they use bitter meat tricks to bluff the six old ladies of the family, and earn the property of the sixth house, regardless of the fact that they have no life to enjoy after they die!

There are also people who regret it, they knew that the sixth old lady was willing to have a stepchild, so they sent their own children over, the seventeenth child in the ninth room, who was already more than four years old, but he was still thin and weak like bean sprouts, and he didn't know if he could grow up. The sixth old lady can even take a fancy to him, isn't his lively little son more suitable to be this heir?

In addition, there are people who are secretly anxious, if the sixth room has an heir, it means that there is incense, so will his family's family property and family land be recovered? ! That's a big deal......

While everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, Mrs. Seventeen was busy. She went around and encouraged the branch clansmen of Jiufang, saying that Mrs. Lu was a villain who deliberately deceived the heirs of Jiufang's lineage and intended to seize Jiufang's family property, and also said that the three Wenshun brothers were provoked by others to sow discord, and they actually talked back to their uncles and aunts, and if this continues, Jiufang's property will be returned to Liufang in two days! By the way, he also pulled the Jiang family and the Liu family, saying that they intended to profit from this matter and divide the assets of Jiufang.

Among these branch clansmen, there are a few people who are familiar with her, and they are confused, they were coaxed by her, and if they believe it, they should go to the patriarch to seek justice, and they must not let the conspiracy of the people in the sixth room succeed!

In addition, there are a few smarter people who don't believe her words, after all, Liufang is just the youngest son of Jiufang, and the eldest son of Jiufang is still there, not to mention that their family can't take away Jiufang's property, but they have to send a family business to Jiufang's bloodline! What's more, the nine rooms now do not have a few acres of family land, and the houses are still funded by the clan to help repair them, and the six rooms are a solid family, what can the nine rooms have to make his family plot? This matter is only good for Jiufang, and there is no harm in it! Seventeen families want to make trouble, isn't it equivalent to pushing the wealth out of hand? They persuaded Mrs. Seventeen in private not to be confused.

When Mrs. Seventeen heard this, she was stunned, and suddenly her face became difficult to look at, and others asked her what was wrong, but her eyes flickered, and she said that it was okay, and then hurriedly found an excuse to leave.

Seeing this, the wife was very puzzled, so she asked her husband, "What's wrong with her?" Was it okay to talk just now? ”

Her husband pouted: "Don't pay attention to her, the clan is a big matter, the seventeenth brother hasn't opened his mouth yet, what is she risking?!" I see, there must be something greasy! ”

Mrs. Seventeen didn't know that her behavior had aroused the suspicion of others, but she hurriedly returned home, and saw her husband wearing a plain cloth robe, sitting at the table in a daze, holding a wine jug and pouring wine, hurriedly stepped forward and took it down, and said hurriedly: "Master! What time is it now?! You're still just drinking?! ”

The seventeenth old man impatiently snatched back the wine jug: "You don't care about me!" I can drink it if I want! I hurriedly poured a big sip, and despite the wine flowing from the corners of my mouth, my eyes turned red, "I went over to help with the funeral, but the sixth nephew ignored me, and the housekeeper even brought someone to drive me out!" ”

When Mrs. Seventeen heard this, she was furious: "It's against him?!" If you dare to be disrespectful, let's sue him! ”

"Sue what?!" The seventeenth master poured another mouthful, "It's all because of you, my sister-in-law and nephews who have a share with me, I knew it, I wouldn't let you go!" ”

Mrs. Seventeen pouted: "If I don't go over, the sixth aunt will definitely slander us in front of the fifteenth sister-in-law, saying that we are ruthless!" People have already calculated it, why should we be polite to her?! ”

The seventeenth old man shook his head: "That's it, let's not meddle in the affairs over there in the future." Calm down and think about it, Brother Kang's succession to the sixth room is also good for him......"

Mrs. Seventeen was so anxious that she stomped her feet: "My lord! What's the benefit?! You only care about your nephew, and you forget our own flesh and blood?! Liufang has an heir, he will definitely ask for the family property, don't forget that our house was originally his, if you really let Kang Ge'er pass on to the past, will our family have to drink the northwest wind?! ”

The seventeenth old man suddenly realized: "I forgot ......" but quickly calmed down, "It's going to be fine, back then, the clan was in charge and gave us the house and the land, and the sixth room was not so easy to get back." After that, he picked up the flask again, "I won't make trouble with them, and you won't make trouble, let people see the joke!" ”

Mrs. Seventeen stamped her feet hatefully, turned around and went out, watching her five or six children laughing and playing in front of the house, and secretly gritted her teeth: she would not let people succeed!

But no matter how she gritted her teeth, it wasn't her who could really decide the matter.

At this moment, in the house of Xuanrong Hall in the second room, Gu Yizheng, the fourth master, who had just returned from the city, and the fourth wife, Liu, were also discussing this matter.

The fourth master frowned and said, "Why should you come down?" The matter of the heirs of the sixth room has been stopped for several years, and you bring it up again! ”

The fourth wife sighed: "My lord, the fifteenth brother and sister invited me over when they were dying, can I not go?" How did I know she would bring it up?! What's more, my sister-in-law was also there at the time, even if I shouldn't, my sister-in-law will also respond! When the time comes, it will seem that I don't know the general situation! The master also knows that the incense in the sixth room has always been a problem, but the sixth aunt refused to nod back then, so it has been delayed until today. Now that she's willing and has a candidate, can I still stop her?! This is very detrimental to the reputation of the master! ”

The fourth old man sighed secretly, and his wife's words were also right. Now I'm just afraid that there is no incense in the sixth room, and the dignified Gu family has lost the heir, which is also a dereliction of duty by the patriarch. Back then, he was just an assistant, Changfang had his own selfishness, and he didn't insist on his step-heir, so he couldn't say anything, but now that people have an heir, he must not stop him.

He rubbed the corners of his forehead with a little headache: "The matter has come to this point, and the news has spread, since the sixth room and the ninth room are both willing, let's not say anything, and after the funeral of the fifteenth brother and sister, let's do it!" "It's just," he paused, "just...... There is no problem with the succession, and the clan property is ...... But there is some trouble, reasoning, the family property of the six rooms is counted, and it is enough to go back, but you also know what the situation was back then, there are just several families who are independent, so the houses and fields have been divided into a lot, and now we are asked to take what to return to the six rooms? ! You go and talk to Aunt Six, ask her to be more accommodating, can't you ask us to take the money out to make it up, right?! ”

The fourth lady sneered, "Which one wants our family to fill it with silver?!" It was good that the clan property of the clan was returned to the public, but you forgot, there are still 60 hectares of land in the sixth room, and the long house was asked to take the contract?! Of the 60 hectares of land, 10 hectares were given to 7 houses, 10 hectares were divided into several partial branches, and the remaining 40 hectares were still in the hands of the long house! They have already taken advantage of the harvest of the past few years, so you just have to go with them! The sixth aunt has always been kind, how can it be difficult for us to be husband and wife? ”

The fourth old man smiled bitterly: "Why don't I know? It's just that when the long house handed over the account, the forty hectares of land were not among them, and it was not a serious clan, and the words were not clear, and the second brother was angry with me at every turn, saying that I was going to cross the river and demolish the bridge, could it be that I wanted to fight a lawsuit with them? ! ”

The fourth lady didn't look embarrassed when she heard this, but said lightly: "Back then, the eldest master's family was outside, and those affairs were all managed by the second master and the second wife, but now that the eldest sister-in-law is back, I will tell her about it!" The lord doesn't know, there is something wrong with the second wife's things in the past few months, I think the eldest aunt seems to be angry with her, and let the eldest sister-in-law take care of it and tell them to quarrel with themselves! ”

The fourth old man sighed: "Even if you get back these forty hectares of land, it is less than one-third of the assets of the six houses back then, not to mention that his family's original clan land has been divided, and there are houses, which is also extremely troublesome." There are four clansmen who have moved into the courtyards of the east and west roads of Xuanhe Hall, all of whom have wives, children and daughters, so they can't be driven away, right? I still have to ask the sixth aunt to forgive me, although it is an ancestral house, but the people who live there are all surnamed Gu, and it doesn't matter. ”

The fourth wife sneered: "It's just another family, it's the old seventeen family, and they should be driven out the most!" My brother and sister-in-law are all dead, and they are still only concerned about making property, there are such people in our Gu clan, and I am ashamed of them! After calming down his anger a little, he said: "In the afternoon, the sixth aunt came to me and discussed it with me. The ninth nephew has already sent her family to see a few small mansions, and plans to buy them to supply those families, but Xuanhetang's mansion, his family must take it back! ”

The fourth old man was taken aback: "His family is actually willing to do this?!" ”

The fourth lady nodded: "The sixth aunt is generous and thoughtful. She said that they are all taking care of their families, and it is not easy for each family. The small house she called the nine nieces Xun, all in Qianzhuang, although it is a small courtyard with two entrances, and it is old, but compared to the house of Xuanhetang, it is still much newer, and it only needs to be painted simply, and you can move in. There is a small mansion that has been decided, just in Qianzhuang, I asked people to go to see the six-room Zhongda, saying that although the place is not big, it is wider than the original courtyard of Xuanhe Hall, and there are many rooms. I thought that those families had a lot of children, and the yard that had been one or two could no longer be lived, and this new house just relieved their difficulties, and I didn't want to think about it. ”

The fourth master frowned: "That being said, but ...... Maejo ...... It has always been only for outsiders. In my Gu clan, unless it is a branch of the Shu branch, there are few people who settle in Qianzhuang. Although the four families are all partial branches, they may not be willing to leave Houzhuang. ”

The fourth wife smiled: "Whether they are happy or not, it's their own business, the sixth room has already done this part, and I don't know what to do, but it's shameless!" The sixth aunt was afraid that we would be embarrassed, so she proposed this article, and even the clan field said that if it was really difficult to do, let the clansmen who got the land make up the land price, and there was no need to return the original land. Moreover, if the forty hectares of land can be returned, the six rooms will only be thirty hectares, and the rest will be put into the public middle school and used as a sacrificial field, so as to sigh the blessing of the ancestors and let the incense of the six rooms be inherited. ”

The fourth old man's eyes flashed, he turned his head to look at his wife, and the fourth lady smiled and said, "Master, since the sixth aunt is so loving, we should also honor her old man more, right?" ”

The fourth old man stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.

The fifteenth wife, Xu, went out of the funeral seven days after the funeral. At that time, there were also several branch clansmen in the ninth room who wanted to make trouble, but they were all suppressed by the fourth master. The seventeenth old man was very quiet, just silently followed the team to see him off, and the seventeenth lady never appeared at all. Brother Wenshun saw it in his eyes, but he also reduced his resentment a little.

Mrs. Lu did not attend the funeral, and Wen Yi was inconvenient to attend because she was an unmarried daughter, but a few days before the funeral, the grandparents and grandchildren sent food every day, and greeted the three brothers with cold and warmth, so that they did not have to worry about ***, and invited Dr. Xiao to see the four brothers and sisters, so as not to make any mistakes in their bodies. The three brothers were even more grateful to the ancestors of the six houses, and they also secretly made up their minds in their hearts.

On the second day after returning from the funeral, Wen Shun personally took his two younger brothers to ask the fourth master to come forward and preside over the succession ceremony for the younger brother. So on the first day of October, the seventeenth young master Wenkang officially became the heir of the sixth room, respecting the seventh master Gu Yicheng as his father, respecting the seventh wife Nie as his mother, calling Mrs. Lu his grandmother and Wen Yi as the eldest sister, and inheriting the incense of the sixth room from then on.

Liufang has an heir, and the next thing is to return the clan property and land. I don't know what method the eldest lady Jiang used, the deed of the forty hectares of land was sent to the fourth master, who immediately sent it to the sixth room, and the old lady Lu returned the deed to him, and asked him to help him go to the yamen to find a secretary, and divide the land into two, return the thirty hectares to the six rooms, and ten hectares into the public as a sacrificial field. The fourth old man even praised her old man's kindness and kindness, and when the news spread, the clansmen all praised her.

Those who had previously obtained the land of the Liufang clan heard that as long as they paid the land price, they could keep the land, so they immediately sent all the money over. You know, just after the catastrophe, the land is cheap, and if it is calculated according to the current price, they take advantage of it. Mrs. Lu didn't care, she said a lot of caring and considerate words, so she accepted it, and then turned around and handed over the silver to her granddaughter, and asked Wen Yi to buy good land in other places.

In less than ten days, the clansmen who got the houses of Xuanhetang, except for the seventeenth master's family, all moved to the new house in Qianzhuang. Although they feel a little humiliated to live in Qianzhuang, they are still more willing to live more spacious than the narrow courtyard.

When the other three families moved away, the situation of the seventeenth master's family became awkward. Because the messenger came to their house last, they were given only the rest of the house. It is an old house that is at least forty or fifty years old, although it is also a second courtyard, and it has also been newly painted, but the previous owner of the house was a farmer, and he also raised pigs, and the neighbors were tenants, so there were many unsatisfactory places.

But the seventeenth lord had a hard time speaking: this was the oldest and cheapest of the four mansions, but it was also the one that occupied the largest area. The other three all said that they had taken advantage of it, and advised them to move as soon as possible, and not to embarrass them. The seventeenth old man just refused to respond with a straight face, and the seventeenth lady was simply jumping to her feet, scolding Sang in the original house all day long. Mrs. Lu just couldn't hear it, she just teased Wen Yue every day, watched Wen Shun, Wen Quan and Wen Kang brothers read, pointed out Wen Yi's needlework, and finally the people in the fifth room ran out and scolded Mrs. Seventeen back.

At this moment, news came out from the long house: the eldest lady was sick because she missed her granddaughter and was angry with her unfilial son.

(Everyone is happy, but the only home is gloomy**...... Keep asking for pink tickets...... )