After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

When things are going well, they go by so fast.Almost in the blink of an eye, it was time for the historian to become a filial piety.

Shi Nai had already discussed with the clan elders of the Eight Households in the capital to split the clan with the Twenty Houses in Jinling.

For this matter, some of them are in favor and some are against it.

Shi Nai didn't talk nonsense with them, and directly threw out the evidence of the collusion between those who opposed and the Jinling people, and said simply and rudely: "Anyone thinks that Jinling is their ancestral home and cannot give up. I won't make things difficult for them. All the family members should be assigned to the Jinling branch."

Those who oppose it are nothing more than reluctant to share the benefits.Seeing that Shi Nai was determined now, they immediately shut up.

—— Just kidding, Shi Nai is the servant of the household department at a young age.I also heard that there is no owner of the household department now, and the saint is just waiting for him to gain some qualifications.They were foolish enough to share out with Jinling Twenty House for such a small benefit.

As for those people who gave them benefits and wanted them to say good things and let Shi Nai buy back the sacrifice land, they had never been in contact with them.

Anyway, they didn't dare to speak out about it.

"Very good." Shi Nai nodded in satisfaction, "Seeing that the old man's filial piety is about to pass, you go back and clean up today, and you will go to Jinling tomorrow. I have already rented the boat, and you don't need to go along the way." Worried. But..."

Shi Nai looked around with a sneer, until all the elders of the eight tribes lowered their heads, and then said leisurely: "I have already said the ugly words, and you should have a good idea of ​​what to do when you arrive in Jinling." Count. I'm not an old man, I don't have that much compassion. If anyone dares to play me a demon... hehe..."

The words are not finished, but the meaning is more vivid than the expression.

These days, the eight clan elders have learned enough of his tricks, how dare they disobey him, and they all nodded repeatedly:

"Don't worry, Lord Hou."

"We all know what to do, and we will definitely live up to our mission."

This group of people went down the river, and in less than half a month, they arrived in Jinling and lived in the Marquis' Mansion in Jinling.

At that time, it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the weather in Jinling was hot and humid, and summer was much more difficult than that in Beijing.

The eight clan elders originally thought that the Hou Mansion must be more comfortable than their offshoots.Not to mention anything else, at least there must be charcoal in winter and ice in summer, right?

However, they lived for two days in a row, and they had nothing but a big cattail fan for each of them.

A clan elder asked the second housekeeper, Tian Liuyi, to ask, and he believed what he usually heard in the capital, that the Hou's mansion could not make ends meet, and he was thrifty.

For a moment, the eight clan elders hesitated: After the division of the clan, the clansmen in Jinling still have sacrifice fields, so what can they gain from the capital?

******

"How? Is there any movement over there?"

Shi Ding leaned comfortably on the recliner, and there were ice basins on the left and right sides of the recliner, and half of the ice inside had melted into water.

Tian Liu chuckled, bent his waist and said to Shi Ding: "Sure enough, as the third master expected, those few people hesitated when they saw that our Hou's mansion doesn't have much money?"

Shi Ding opened the fan with a "shua", and closed it with a "shua".A folding fan opened and closed in his hand, wishing to play with flowers.

"Hmph!" He sneered, "This group of greedy white-eyed wolves just took this opportunity to solve them together."

Their ancestors helped the old Hou a lot, but it has been three or four generations, and they have sucked enough blood in the Bowling Hou's mansion.

Who can bear to eat and take what they have all day long, as if it is a matter of course that the Hou Fu owes them?

Tian Liu persuaded: "Third Master calm down, it's not worth it to argue with them."

"I'm not angry." Shi Ding said with a smile, "Anyway, it will be over soon. Tian Liu, you should reveal to them a little bit about the business relationship between our family and Xue's family. Be vague. Give them enough room to imagine.”

Thinking of the explanation in the second brother's letter, Shi Ding followed Tian Liu's instructions.

"Third master, don't worry, just watch it!"

When Tian Liu came out of Shi Nai's courtyard, he summoned a few boys and gave him some instructions in a low voice.Those boys nodded seriously, expressing that they understood.Then, you resisted me with a smirk, and I bumped into you and ran out.

On this day, after the five-room clan elder in Beijing came back from the street, he solemnly called the three- and six-room clan elders one after another.

Seeing this, the clan elders in the other rooms curled their lips and said in their hearts: I am really dissatisfied!

"Uncle Wu, is what you said true?" the clan elder of the third room asked excitedly.

"Is there still a fake?" The old Wufang clan said, "I heard the news yesterday, and I went out to inquire about it today. I heard that the soap sold in Jinling alone costs as much as a year." There is this number." He said, stretched out his right hand, and made a gesture.

"5000 taels?" The old Qifang clan's eyes lit up.

The Wufang clan elder gave him a contemptuous look: "Look at your talent! Go ahead and guess."

"Could it be that it's fifty thousand?" At this moment, the elder of the Sanfang clan also became short of breath.

The elder of the Wufang clan nodded with a reserved expression.

The old Qifang clan took a deep breath, and then said angrily: "Since the Hou Mansion has so much money, why are you not willing to give us even a piece of ice?"

The elder of the Sanfang family sneered, and said, "Since the old Hou Ye went and then the Elder Master, and the Second Master has been in charge of the house, hasn't he become more and more ignorant of us poor relatives?"

The elder of the Qifang clan also said indignantly: "Second master and third master are ungrateful!"

The elder of the Wufang family said quietly: "After all, he was born by his stepmother. He is petty. How can he know what kindness is and what is righteousness?"

Filled with righteous indignation, the three attacked Shi Nai and Shi Ding brothers for a while.

Finally, the old Sanfang clan asked, "Fifth Uncle, Seventh Uncle, shall we still separate out with the clansmen in Jinling?"

The elders of the Wufang clan and the elders of the Qifang clan looked at each other in embarrassment, and the elders of the Wufang clan forced their respect, "Why should we divide it? We also have a share of the money. If it is distributed with the clansmen in Jinling , wouldn’t it be cheaper for the other rooms?”

"Yes." The Qifang clan elder also forgot the embarrassment in an instant, "We can't separate!"

However, not long after they made up their minds, they were overthrown by themselves again.

It was still the house of the fifth-family elders, the fifth- and seventh-family elders were sitting there frowning, and the third-family elders were walking around restlessly.

After a long time, the elder of the Sanfang clan suddenly stopped, and asked anxiously, "Fifth Uncle, Seventh Uncle, tell me, is what the second butler said true?"

The Wufang clan gave him an old look, but didn't speak.

It was the old Qifang clan who said, "I overheard this, so naturally it cannot be false."

"Tell me, why are they willing to do so? That's a deal of [-] silver a year!" The old Sanfang family couldn't figure it out.

"There's nothing to be reluctant about." The elder of the Wufang family said slowly at this time, "The second master will soon be the secretary of the household department, and the third master must be an official if he is a filial piety. Officials are not allowed if they are not in court. Doing business, this private business matter, naturally we have to get rid of it early."

"Then..." The elder of the Sanfang clan looked around at the two clan uncles, and the three showed tacit smiles.

When Shi Ding summoned his clansmen and announced the division of the clan, the three of them first violated Shi Nai's explanation, and instead of helping Shi Ding, they strongly opposed the division of clan along with the Jinling clan.

Then, under Shi Ding's insistence, the three of them expressed indignation: If the Hou Mansion insists on dividing the clan, then the three of them would rather be with the clansmen in Jinling.

Shi Ding glanced at them lightly, and said, "Whatever."

Then, he said to the clansmen in Jinling: "Don't help and oppose, I know what you are thinking about. The second brother said that after the sect is divided, the soap business between Jinling and Xue's family will be transferred to you Yes. It can be regarded as the last bit of clan friendship."

As soon as this statement came out, the voice of opposition from Jinling's side suddenly subsided.But those houses in the capital are not happy again.

"Third Lord, the land for offering sacrifices has been given to them, and the business has been given to them. How can we live?"

"Yes, you can't give them."

"Third Master, you must not be confused."

As soon as their side objected, the people on Jinling's side also became anxious.

However, what they were anxious about was that Shi Ding would go back on his word.

"Okay!" Shi Ding yelled impatiently, "It's the second brother's decision to divide the clan, and the business and sacrifice land are also decided by the second brother. If anyone is reluctant, they can follow them. go."

As soon as Shi Nai was mentioned, people on both sides shut their mouths tightly.

After all, they have all seen Shi Nai's methods before, and no one wants to challenge Shi Nai's patience.

Seeing that moving out the second brother's name is so effective, Shi Ding is secretly proud, regretting that he didn't move out the second brother to be Zhenshan Taisui earlier.

"Since there is no objection, take out the genealogy."

******

It is easy to divide the family tree, and it is not difficult to divide the property.

However, branching is not as simple as that.

Since Shi Nai has decided to separate out his branch and move to the capital, then the coffins of the ancestors in their branch must be taken out and buried in the cemetery again.

Fortunately, because of the prince's affairs, many officials were implicated, and Shi Nai secretly bought several hills.He asked a knowledgeable person to look at it, circled a hilltop with good geomantic omen and was suitable for a private house, and designated it as the ancestral grave of the Shijia capital.

After Shi Ding finished dividing the sects, he took the servants sent by Shi Nai to protect the courtyard, and brought out the coffins of several generations of Hou Ye couples, their elder brothers and sisters-in-law, and the ancestors of the Wufang clan in the capital. , hired several large ships, and transported them back to the capital together.

Not only the people on Jinling's side secretly watched the joke, determined to follow Brother Shi Nai's fifth house in the capital, but also secretly worried.

Because, Hou Ye's tomb has specifications, and it's not like digging a hole and burying it.

There are also funerary objects, such as gold and silver terracotta tiles, which can still be used.

However, those things that are not resistant to storage, such as cloth and satin, have long been corroded.Especially in the tomb of the first generation of old Hou Hou, there are many silk and satin books, which will be weathered when exposed to light.

Buying these, which ones don't need money?

They all know that money is the most lacking thing in the Hou's mansion.

But along the way, they saw that the third master was not in a hurry at all, and they didn't dare to go up and ask.

Until they got off the boat at the pier in the capital, the second master who came to pick them up led them directly to the foot of a mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, pointed to a newly built temple and said, "This is our family temple, the coffins of our ancestors, send them here first." Store it in the temple, and wait for the cemetery to be built, choose an auspicious day, and bury it again."

The people of the Wufang clan are like in a dream.

A group of people carried the ancestors into the temple. Shi Ding looked at the tile-roofed house made of big blue bricks, without any valuable decorations inside, and thought to himself: This is really the style of the second brother, save money!