"It doesn't matter if it's heavy or not!"

Shu Shi snatched it angrily, and still wrapped it in a handkerchief: "This thing can be used as an heirloom." So you say that Xiao Qian is very cheap? ”

"Such a good thing, she doesn't feel distressed when she sends it out? According to you, that's fifty taels of silver. The boss is in the middle of the move, she can't be so stammering, right? Li Yanhu looked at Shu suspiciously.

"That's just a superficial excuse." Shu Shi covered his mouth and smiled: "Think about it again, what does she mean by this?" ”

As he spoke, he took out the two strings of golden bell bracelets: "Oh, there is also this, it is said to be given to Dalang's house, this is pure gold!" ”

"Good workmanship!" Li Yan took it and looked at it in the moonlight, and said in admiration. Then he understood: "You mean, Xiao Qian wants us to coordinate between her and the second grandmother?" ”

"I think that's what it means." Shu nodded.

Li Yan frowned, wiped the short beard on his chin and thought for a while.

"The second grandmother has already mentioned the matter of family separation several times, and the eldest brother also urged me to quickly come up with an idea, whether to agree or disagree." He crossed his legs and sighed, "I haven't answered him yet." ”

"Why?"

"Why?" Li Yanfu sneered after asking: "Our Li family is also a family of poets and calligraphers in this Yugan City, if San Lang is divided into rooms, what will others say?"

Bullying orphans and widows, bullying the weak, this is considered light! There are even more ugly ones to hear.

I haven't been an official, but I've also been lifted, and I know the virtue of that 'literati'! ”

He said hatefully: "When my grandfather was martyred, I was still young, and the officials and gentry in this city scolded our family for being rebellious and violent, and the doors and outer walls were covered with posters, and they wanted to drown us with spit!"

After the edict of Taizu in the third year, it is still this group of people, composing poems and filling in the endowment, singing praises of virtue, and all of them are flattering.

Hum! There are even people who are crying with the completed pillars, can you imagine? ”

"Alas, when my husband says this, I feel like I've experienced it myself." Shu Shi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers and sighed.

"Others say that I don't like to be an official by nature, who knows that I have actually seen through the literati, and I don't want to be with them, I'd rather be a farmer."

Li Yan smiled bitterly and turned back to the topic: "But I shudder when I think about today's events. Nasaburo hypothetically missed...... But how can it be good?

Will the future of our three sons be burdened by him? I'm worried!

Fortunately, Zhou Du covered his head, beat the officials, and insulted Sven, this sin will be like a basin of sewage, and I can't help but say that it will ruin our whole family! ”

"So, are you going to agree with the second grandmother now?"

"I'm also confused, and I haven't made up my mind yet." Li Yan shook his head.

"...... you say, why do you want to split up in the second room?"

Shu Shi suddenly broke the silence and asked: "I don't know what means she used, I heard that in the past five or six years, she has not given money and food to that courtyard at all, and it is all Xiao Qian's use of her own body and dowry to subsidize."

If this is true, Xiao Qian's dowry is really generous! ”

"You just know?" Li Yan smiled and said: "The Qian family is said to be one of the largest families in Lujiang, and the old man of the Qian family devoted himself to the second brother back then, and the dowry of the two daughters must be a lot!" ”

He said and pointed to Shu's pillow: "You can know what she gave you." ”

"That'...... Sir, do you help her or help Gao? ”

"Well, that's ......."

Li Yan looked at the curtain and thought about it, and said slowly: "When my father died, my second brother and I were not old, and the eldest brother was in charge of the family, and I didn't mention the separation of the family for so many years.

Both of us later went to school and got married, and our brothers supported and made the decisions, and how much my father left behind was really a confused account.

But...... In my opinion, my sister-in-law is not a good manager. When my brother wanted to marry Wen, my sister-in-law began to make a mess, and then she suddenly changed her sex and tried her best to promote it.

Sure enough, after the Wen family passed the door, life on the side of the long house got better, you saw the sister-in-law reprimanding the Su family, but when did you treat the Wen family like this? ”

"Oh, you're saying Wen is good at business?"

"The Wen family is a Shangrao giant, and although the Wen family is a concubine, they should also have some skills. Moreover, she brought a lot of dowry, so the long house was able to turn the corner.

There is one thing you may not know, before Wen entered the door, the sister-in-law also mentioned the separation. ”

"What?" Shu Shi was surprised: "Then, that means you two brothers?" ”

"Not really." Li Yan snorted coldly: "The second brother finished watching politics and became the magistrate of Lujiang, and you also entered the door at that time, so my sister-in-law didn't mention it." ”

"Hmph, I see!" Shu pouted.

"Eh, sister-in-law, you haven't seen that person? She doesn't have a son in the room, but she doesn't allow her eldest brother to ask for two more rooms, she is jealous and greedy, but she likes to take care of small gains.

It was she who separated her second grandmother, Xiao Qian's must not be such shabby, she was worried about taking the opportunity to find some sweetness. ”

"It's a pity that she didn't know that the family came to us." Shu smirked.

"Her character, Xiao Qian, even if she has the heart to ask for help, she won't ask for help." Li Yan was also happy: "But it is understandable that the three daughters of her family all have to prepare a bride price."

Coupled with the need for retirement, where did she give birth to so much silver if she was not greedy? No matter how capable the Wen clan is, it is limited! ”

"It's too late for me to see that my eldest brother is alive! Although we are three rooms, the Li family will rely on our three brothers in the future.

Now that Da Lang has been lifted, I think Erlang is also smart, he just refuses to work hard, otherwise it will be no problem to take a lifter!

It's Shiro, you taught him to recognize the two masters dancing with knives and sticks all day long, what do you think? ”

"I have to guard against my big brother!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Originally, he always mentioned it half-jokingly, saying that he would let Da Lang pass it on to him."

"Huh? And what's going on? Shu Shi shuddered.

"Don't worry, Da Lang is a son-in-law, how can he have a reason to succeed in another room? Plus he has already been lifted, big brother don't even want to fight this idea! ”

Li Yan smiled: "I love Shiro, and asking him to practice martial arts also means avoiding the eldest brother, he won't stare at Shiro anymore."

Only Erlang and I are more worried, and I have to arrange for him to pass the county and township exams as soon as possible to ....... ”

"Oh, I see. Gorou is going to top the door of the second room, and Saburo is such a reckless big brother who can't look down on him, so the only thing he can look at is Erlang? ”

Shu Shi pondered: "Wait, wouldn't it be good if Erlang was allowed to pass over?" ”

"This ...... I've thought about it too. Li Yan smacked his lips and said: "One is that the eldest brother has been hesitating to succeed, and the other is that I feel that Erlang has improved a lot recently."

If we have two masters in the third room, wouldn't it be more glamorous? If one of his brothers had a high school jinshi, it would be even worse!

Thinking about it this way, I'm not too keen on Jiro's succession. If the eldest brother doesn't mention it, I won't take the initiative, just let it be. ”

"Okay!" Shu Shi nodded, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he covered his mouth and smiled: "How can you talk about our son when you talk about the matter of the third room?" ”

"When the Xiao Qian clan sent someone to deliver something, didn't you have a word for you?"

"Nope." Shu shook his head.

Li Yan blinked his eyes: "In this way, in two days, you will say to thank her for the gift, and use this excuse to talk to her face-to-face to see what she means."

Do you want to separate, or don't want to separate? We have to know what she means to decide how we can help in the future.

However, my inclination is to separate as well. To be honest, I was really scared of that monkey.

This kid may poke a hole in the top one day, and we don't have to eat with his whole family! ”

Seeing her husband say this, Shu nodded: "Okay, listen to you, I'll try my best to lead the conversation to the family."

Anyway, no matter what the result is, as long as she feels that we have helped her, in the end, we will have to return a thank you gift, which is an benefit! ”

"Hahaha!" Li Yan was happy to hear her say this, and praised him: "My wife is virtuous!" Shu happily poured into her husband's arms.

Although she knew that her husband would go to Cui's room tomorrow, as long as he always put himself first, it didn't matter.

Cui's status in the third room is like that of the Wen family in the long room. Although she is only a concubine, because her father Cui Jincheng is the curtain guest (master) in charge of the criminal name of the Taizhou prefect, she has been used to seeing all kinds of officialdom since she was a child, so she has no lack of wisdom.

Li Yan would consult with her whenever there was something he couldn't decide, and the Shu family couldn't hold her, so he was like half a master in this family.

Hearing Li Yan ask him whether it would be good or bad if the second room was separated, Cui Shi sneered: "My third master, you are confused!" ”

"Huh?" Li Yan was inexplicable: "Where am I messing nonsense?" ”

"You help the second room to break up, at most eat some thank-you gifts from each end, what real benefits do you have?"

"Uh......, what do you mean?"

"Master, as far as the concubine knows, the family property left by the father-in-law's death is all held by the long house. According to the rules, it makes sense for your brother to be in charge of the eldest brother when he was a minor.

But now more than ten years have passed, and it is still so black and white, is it impossible to leave this public case to future generations? ”

"It's ......." Speaking of the eldest brother, Li Yan was a little stunned, he frowned and complained: "I'll discuss the matter of the second room with you, how can you stir up the eldest brother and sister-in-law?"

Didn't complicate things! ”

"That's not what I said, sir."

Cui Shi put a cup of tea in his hand: "If you want to talk about the second room, you should solve the trouble between us and the long room first, otherwise when you mention it in the future, people will say that the second room was separated before you mentioned this matter, which shows that it is a tacit fait accompli."

At that time, you can't turn the tables even if you want to! And the second room is over, and you can't overturn the results of the earlier separation, how can they help you speak?

Therefore, the order should be to settle the division between your brothers first, and then solve the division of property in the second room, which is the right reason! ”

"Shhhh......h Li Yan was dumbfounded, and said for a while: "In this way, just talking about the second room is equivalent to our two families giving up the inheritance of our father's inheritance?" ”

"Though you have not given up, you can act wherefore. If you haven't given up, why skip it? Isn't it hard to justify? ”

"Oops, looks like I want to make it simple!" Li Yan increased the amount with his hand: "I thought that it didn't matter between brothers, so I didn't have to worry about it like this, but it still doesn't work?" ”

"There is no need to be too careful between brothers, but legally it should belong to our non-open claim, which is equivalent to giving up.

People say: It is not unreasonable for a brother to settle accounts. ”

Cui Shi gently advised: "You can not fight over small things, but the inheritance is a big thing, so it's better to figure it out earlier!" ”

was said by Cui's family, Li Yan's heart fluttered. How much money can I make by mediating the separation of the second house? But if the joint second room asks the eldest brother to split up first, it will be another matter.

Although he was still young, he also clearly remembered that his family still had a few shops and hundreds of acres of fields. No matter how much it is, it's all wealth!

Li Yan's heart was pounded. When she went back to talk to Shu Shi, her eyes also emitted an eager light.

That night, Shu's joke was that the three girls in the long room were to be married, in fact, he Li Yan's third room now has two daughters, who doesn't want a bride price for marrying a daughter? Both husband and wife were tempted.

It's just that...... Speaking of the possibility of going to court with Li Su, Li Yan was a little weak-hearted. His eldest brother has been an official, and although he has been promoted, he has not yet become a leader, so Li Yan is a little unconfident in this regard.

"Afraid of what? We're not asking too much! ”

In the end, wealth is moving, Shu Shi gritted his teeth and twisted his neck and said: "What's more, there is a second grandmother, I don't believe she won't have such thoughts!"

Maybe people have thought of it a long time ago, just waiting for us to mention it, and the two sides hit it off, what reason can the long house occupy and ignore it? He scores even if he doesn't score! ”

There is a basis for this, and the Cui family also said that according to the laws of this dynasty, all sons have the right to inherit, but the son-in-law has priority, and the concubine has half a point.

And if any son occupies or holds the inheritance and does not return it, the other brothers may sue and demand a penalty according to the annual interest, half of the fine will be paid to the official, and half will be given to the brother as an apology.

For more than ten years, if Li Su doesn't admit it, the penalty alone will make him bankrupt!

This is not to mention any other concealment of the population and tax evasion (taxes are linked to the head, Li Su put the land and shops in his own name, resulting in the long-term failure of the second-house and third-house population to pay taxes, so the resulting tax evasion will be borne by Li Su.

Of course, this can be big or small, depending on how you say it).

"I think so," Li Yan made arrangements for a moment: "You first tell the second grandmother about this matter and see what her opinion is."

If she's willing to be together, then we'll join forces. After solving the matter of the long house, I will help her say how to divide it with Xiao Qian. ”

"Then I'm not going to ask the Qian family first?"

"You can ask," Li Yan nodded, "But don't reveal the matter between us and Changfang yet." ”

"Oh! I understand! Shu Shi smiled lightly. The husband said this because he didn't want the news to be exposed too early, and at the same time, he also prevented Xiao Qian from taking advantage of this to make waves and spoil good things.

However, she thinks that her man thinks too much, and maybe the man is good at this, but how can a woman have so many ghost eyes?

Anyway, Shu's thinks that this little Qian is more intimate than the big house and the second room and himself!