The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

"Old lady, I don't think it should be too late for this matter. Let's divide it up today. Our master can gather up the silver and go to plead guilty, and we can win a chance for our eldest family." Xing Yue said darkly. It's really hard.

This time the matter was very important. Mother Jia presided over the separation of the family that afternoon, and specially invited Wang Ziteng, Chen Shilang from the household department, and the patriarch Jia Zhen to be witnesses. Except for the old lady, all the women were not present. The adult men of the Jia family Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhu, and Jia Lian are sitting here.

"Master Wang, Chen Shilang, I invite you two to come here today to be a witness. When the Duke died, he left a message that as long as the old woman is still alive, the two families will not be separated. The eldest sons are all married and need property to support the family. The old woman decides to divide the property without dividing the family. The property in the mansion is divided first to avoid troubles in the future. After the old woman leaves, the two houses will be formally separated. A testimony." Originally planning to completely separate the family, the old lady thought carefully all morning, and decided to divide the property without dividing the family, just because she had a little thought that if the big house was convicted, the title of the Rong Mansion would fall. On the second son's head, the second son didn't know anything about this matter, even if the Holy Majesty blamed it, for the sake of his ancestor's great contributions and her, he couldn't implicate the second house.

The prince was on the way to Laide, only to find out that the old lady invited him here to be a witness. The two families were going to separate. The wife of the second room was his own sister, and the daughter-in-law of the first room was his own niece. With the old lady around, the second room wouldn't suffer.As the head of the patriarch, Jia Zhen knows all about the filth in the Rongguo Mansion, but he is still a little puzzled by the sudden separation of the family. Since the old lady said that the family should be separated, let's do it. Although he is the head of the family, But in front of the old lady, she has no confidence and can't speak.

"Mother, how is this possible? As long as you are here, it is father's intention that the two houses should not be separated." Jia Zheng was very surprised when he heard that his mother said to separate the family. He had never heard of such a thing before.

"It's just a division of the family property first, not a real division of the family, and it's not a violation of the Duke's last words." Seeing the reaction of the second son, Jia's mother was very pleased. After all, the child she raised was filial.

The attitudes of Wang Ziteng and Chen Shilang watching the two households, it is obvious that the eldest household knows about the separation of the family. The second household looks like it really does not know, and they all think that the eldest household insists on separating the household. Wang Ziteng knows the dirty inside , thinking that the big house couldn't bear this anger and made a fuss about dividing up the family. It's just that the old lady is partial and has the words of the Duke of the country, so she thought of a way to divide the property without separating the family.But Chen Shilang thinks that this big house can't accommodate the second room, and this capital official knows a thing or two about the old lady's partiality in Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Amnesty didn't care when he heard that property was divided into families, and what he cared about most now was how to repay the loan from the household department to survive this catastrophe.Jia Lian listened to the old lady's words, and couldn't help but feel disappointed in the old lady from the bottom of her heart. The silver taels in the household department were owed by the ancestors.If it weren't for the old lady who decided to cut off the fee without authorization, how could their eldest wife be so helpless and completely divorced from the old lady.

"The first house and the second house are the sons of the master and I, and the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. The old lady, I just have a bowl of water. Apart from offering sacrifices to the fields, Jinling ancestral property, and things that have been rewarded over the years, Rong Mansion's The rest of the property will be shared equally between the two of you brothers, and you will each have five farms of one hundred hectares, ten farms of fifty hectares, twenty-five farms of twenty hectares, forty each of ten hectares of farms, and twenty-two houses of the shop owner. , 25 rooms in the second house. One of the elders in the fifth house, two in the second house, three in the fourth house, two in the second house, and five in each of the three houses. For the losses in the shop and real estate, there are four elders in the other courtyard, and one in the second elder's family." Jia Mu said, showing the list to everyone for review.

"In addition, the two rooms are divided equally between the two rooms for the furnishings, antique calligraphy and paintings in the mansion, and it is not easy to move all the furnishings. Except for the rewards from above, the rest should go to other places. There is still 35 taels of silver in the palace. With 5 taels in the palace, to deal with the expenses in the second half of the year, the remaining 30 taels, 15 taels for the family.” The old lady’s last sentence, Jia She and Jia Lian’s father and son’s heart was completely cold, the old lady wanted them Fate of father and son, Jia Lian is young, and his eyes are red with anger.

The old lady doesn't think so, she still thinks that the second child's family is at a disadvantage, her mother-in-law, who is so old, actually left all her body to the boss, and only gave the second child 1 taels of silver, thinking that it would be obvious I gave Jia Amnesty 3 taels of silver, as if I didn't know how many good things the old lady left for the boss. The old man was the founding man of the country, and he won many trophies on the battlefield. There are only a few in this palace. They all went into the old lady's private room, and the eldest couple had the nerve to cry poorly in front of her.

"Boss, second child, you think such a division is fair." The old lady's words cannot be questioned, and she will preside over the division of the family. Even if the boss is dissatisfied, he dare not make a fuss.

"The old lady is the most fair, and my son has no objection." Right now, Jia She can only swallow all the grievances and avoid any other troubles. Paying back the money is the top priority.

"My son has no objection." Jia Zheng also replied, but Jia Zhu knew that his family had taken advantage of it.

Wang Ziteng and Jia Zhen are both people who understand the inside story, and the second room gets much more than the big room for the display of calligraphy and painting. It's just that their position is not good enough to speak for the big room, and Jia Amnesty himself has no objections. , They are not easy to stand out, and they signed a witness with Chen Shilang.

Xing Yue didn't know the result of the separation, and was walking back and forth in the room, waiting anxiously.Seeing the father and son coming back with a box, and seeing that their expressions were not very good, Jia Lian's eyes were even red, Xing Yue hurriedly asked the girl to pour tea out, and let the two of them take a rest first.

"Father, the old lady gave the 15 taels of silver in the palace to the second uncle's family. What can we do?" Jia Lian's eyes turned red as he spoke. After all, he was only 19 years old. After all these years, he didn't have a lot of money in his hands, and he didn't know how much money his father had in his hands. When he encountered such a big thing all of a sudden, he lost his mind for a moment and almost burst into tears.

Seeing this situation, Xing Yue knew that Da Fang must have suffered a loss, and said: "Lian'er, men don't flick their tears lightly, this is a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that can't be avoided, is it a blessing or a curse or something else? , Master, what is going on, please tell me, I am also a staff officer, we are a family after all, and we can't count on others at this juncture." Xing Yue looked at Jia Lian's appearance and sighed softly. Small.

Embarrassed, Jia Lian hurriedly wiped away tears with his sleeves. Jia Amnesty looked at him without saying a word, feeling pity for his son. Talk about family affairs.

Xing Yue heard that the division of property does not separate the family, and she secretly scolded the old lady for being cunning. She didn't care much about the gains and losses of money, and it would be better to get rid of the vicious second wife early.

"Master, it's useless to say anything else now. We still have to find a way to get the money together. Now the palace has divided 15 taels, plus my 12 taels. That's only 27 taels, which is still 45 taels short." Ten thousand taels, how much money can the master give me?"

"I can still take out 20 taels of silver here, which is still short of 25 taels. I have to change the seller's property to get all the money, but I won't be able to get the cash for a while." Jia She said. I saved 30 taels of silver, and spent 10 taels of silver to buy property before, and now I only have this 20 taels, and the rest are some land and houses, antique calligraphy and paintings, ornaments and playthings and the like.

"Master, madam, why don't you borrow money from the second uncle to pay off the debt." Jia Lian suggested.

"Master, it's really inappropriate to borrow money just after the family is divided. The less people who know about the money owed to the household department, the better. If there is a big trouble, those who have trouble with our house can refer to the book. There is no room for manoeuvre. It doesn’t matter if the second house doesn’t know, it will always leave a way out for the Jia family. But the second house’s money is divided, and it will definitely not be used for a while. We want to sell the property, who is not selling, Why not just sell it to the second room, and save the property left by the ancestors at the expense of outsiders, we went to ask the old lady, let the old lady cover up one or two things, it will surely come true." Xing Yue persuaded, she didn't want to see it in the future Erfang's complexion was life-threatening.

"It can only be like this." Jia She could not know what Xing Yue meant, and nodded.

Open the box, take out the deeds and land deeds that were allotted today, and pick out three 18-acre farms with the best output, ten 15-acre farms, and two shops with the best locations. What about the current market prices? It is also worth [-] taels of silver, and it is exchanged for [-] taels of silver from the second room.

"Lian'er, we are in a hurry to spend money. Even if these things are sold outside, they can't be sold at a high price." Jia Amnesty looked at his son a little puzzled, and said something, and sure enough, Jia Lian understood.

"Master, you stay here, it's better for me to tell the old lady about it." Xing Yue knew that Jia Amnesty was a filial person, and after meeting Jia's mother, he probably wouldn't be able to get back 15 taels of silver. Shrewd old lady.

After dinner, Xing Yue went to see the old lady with the deed of the house, and rejected the servants. Xing Yue said to the old lady: "Old lady, our master is not easy to speak, so I can only ask the old lady. I owe it to you." There is still a shortfall of 40 taels of silver in the household department. My master and I originally planned to sell the property of the big house and return it to the household department. The property is a little eye-catching, and I think about the 15 taels of silver that the second brother will share. The second brother will not use it for a while, and the silver will be kept. Why don’t we use it first? Our master said that the property in this mansion is sold to others , it’s better to give it to the second brother, and we can keep the things left by the ancestors. Please also ask the old lady to come forward to make peace, of course we will not let the second brother’s family suffer.” Show the old lady the house deed and land deed, and they are anxious about these things. If you buy it, you can sell it for 12 taels of silver.

The old lady looked at the things Xing Yue brought over. These lands are all good fields, and the shop can make a lot of profits every year. "The second child's family only distributed 15 taels of silver, which cannot be given to you."

"Old lady, repaying the treasury money is the top priority." Xing Yue reminded the old lady that if the Holy Lord punishes this, no one will be able to afford it.Xing Yue couldn't believe it, there were no spies from the emperor in Rongguo mansion, the emperor probably knew what happened in this mansion, this old lady still shirks, it's really hateful.

"Okay, I'll go and talk to the second child's family." The old lady was silent for a while, but finally nodded, she was afraid that the Holy Spirit would blame her.

The old lady ordered someone to call Jia Zheng overworked, and I don't know what the old lady told him. Anyway, after Jia Zheng left, Xing Yue got a silver ticket of 15 taels to go back.

This is still 10 taels of silver. The next day, Xing Yue went to Dongfu with a box of things to find Mrs. Xu, Jia Jing's wife. Now Mrs. Xu is still there, and she is in charge of Dongfu. Dare to mess around.Mrs. Xu is a generalist, and she is worthy of being a clan wife.

"Sister-in-law, I came here today, but I disturbed the cleanliness of sister-in-law." Xing Yue said with a smile.

"Sister and sister, I'm glad you're here. Come on, sit here, we haven't had a good chat for a long time." Mrs. Xu just wanted to inquire why the West Mansion was suddenly divided.

The two exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and Mrs. Xu brought up the topic first: "Sisters and sisters, Zhen'er came back yesterday and told me that my aunt is in charge and the family is divided. You have made it through, and you will be able to be in charge of your own family in the future."

Xing Yue smiled reluctantly, and said: "Yes. My sister-in-law has also heard about it. You also know that I have no children, and the master is like that. My natal family is also unreliable." Mrs. Xu thought that Xing Yue was because of Yesterday I was unhappy about the unfair distribution of property, thinking that Xing Yue came to her to complain.

"Isn't Yingchun recorded in your name? If not, I will keep Cong'er by my side, so I won't be afraid of having no one to rely on in the future." Mrs. Xu knew that Xing Yue had a hard time, so she came up with the idea that this is why she looked at Xing Yue This period of time is a bit different, so I just persuaded her. If she had said this before, she would not have said that.

"Sister-in-law, what can I do if I keep Cong'er by my side? Cong'er's biological mother, Aunt Song, is a favorite. Can she be willing? Even if she is willing, this biological mother is alive, and this Cong'er has grown up. To whom? Sister-in-law, let’s not talk about this disappointing thing. I came to you today to ask you for something. Our master gave me a lot of good things yesterday. I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep these things in the future. Get up." Someone brought the box in and opened it, and there were some calligraphy and paintings of famous people and a few ancient books inside.

"Siblings, are you sure you want to exchange these things for silver?" Mrs. Xu asked, she knew Mrs. Xing was greedy for money and stingy.

"Yes" Xing Yue said firmly.

"How much silver do you want to change?"

"15 taels. This is the market price. Of course, if sister-in-law wants it, it will be 12 taels. Sister-in-law, what do you think?"

"Sister-in-law, then sister-in-law won't be polite to you." These things are obviously worth so much money, but these calligraphy and paintings are hard to find in the market, whoever hides these things as treasures, so Xing Madam took it out and exchanged it for silver.

Xing Yue took the 12 taels of bank notes carefully, chatted with Mrs. Xu, and left.

After Xing Yue left, the more Madam Xu thought about it, the more something was wrong, and she felt that there was something wrong in it. Why did the family in the West Mansion split up? Logically speaking, Madam Xing shouldn't be in such a hurry to get rid of these things. She sent someone to take the family separation list that was kept in the clan yesterday, and compared them one by one.

How does this look like the big house needs money urgently.