Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Suddenly hearing this letter, everyone was taken aback. Before they had time to deal with it, they saw the death of Wei's mother and became even more flustered.

Mrs. Wei didn't know what to do because Wei Bo, Wei Yuan and his son were not at home, and Wei Bo's bad things scared Wei's mother to death.Daiyu is a junior, not from this house, and has lost her voice.Mrs. Liu came in at a young age, and was even more panicked.On the other hand, Third Aunt Wei was able to withstand the situation, and said sharply: "Procrastinate! Knowing that the old lady is not well, but broke into the old lady's room to tell the bad news, what kind of heart is there?"

Mrs. Wei realized that it was not a good reputation to scare Wei's mother to death, and Wei Bo's accusation of unfilial piety was added, and her face also changed color. Wait for me in the stable! Then call the attendant who went out with the master to come over, I have something to ask!" Wei's mother has been lying on the bed for a long time, and she has not moved the bed yet, and Mrs. Wei is even more angry, and worried about Wei Bo, beat him All the people present wished they could become two people cooking separately.

Aunt Wei curled her lips, seeing that Mrs. Wei was taking care of Uncle Wei's affairs, she shook her head and sighed. She and Daiyu ordered someone to report to Uncle Wei and Ruolan Wei, and at the same time ordered someone to fetch the package they had prepared earlier. On the one hand, he took out the dowry that he brought with him, removed the makeup, changed into plain clothes first, and waited for the filial piety clothes to be delivered before wearing them.Mrs. Wei was worried about Uncle Wei and had no intention of presiding over him. Third Aunt Wei first ordered the astronomical student to be buried on a certain day.

The Liu family is in a state of confusion, she is a new daughter-in-law, and she doesn't understand many things in the house. Seeing Third Aunt Wei giving orders, although she is dissatisfied, but seeing that her mother-in-law can't control her, she hurriedly follows Third Aunt Wei to direct the family's servants.

Daiyu was unexpectedly at ease.

Mrs. Wei in that chamber had already asked Wei Bo through the window why Wei Bo was convicted. It was because Wei Bo made a huge mistake in his job, which resulted in heavy losses. Another science official took the opportunity to read Wei Bo's book, saying that he "" Cunning, cruel and ruthless in nature, under the pretense of a small gathering, secretly colluded with members of his party members to satisfy his personal desires, resulting in troubles in the army and instability in the court." However, he lived extravagantly, and still owed money and food to the court, and his heart can be punished." Long Yan was furious, and immediately dismissed his post and cut his title.

Maybe it's because Emperor Changtai used Wei Ruolan so much. Since Wei Boding recovered from anxiety, he has not been able to reuse him. He wanted to follow Nan'an King to guard Xihai Yanzi like Feng Tang, but unfortunately he didn't succeed, but he is not incompetent after all. The older generation, with the help of historians, is in charge of the distribution of salaries, armaments, food and clothing, etc. in the various armies in Beijing, which is quite rich.

Just after the wrapping was finished, Third Aunt Wei heard it, and suddenly turned her head to stare at Mrs. Wei, and said coldly: "What do you mean? Back then, Brother Lang left a sum of money to pay back before the separation. Those who owe money, did the old man not pay it back?"

Daiyu was also stunned, she remembered that Wei Ruolan said that he left a full 5 taels of silver, and asked Weibo's mansion to swallow it?

Mrs. Wei cried: "If I had known today, I would have paid it back in those days. It's not like every household didn't pay it back. The master didn't go because he was afraid that the citron in his early years would die first. Who would have thought that it would be a crime!"

Aunt Wei San sneered and said, "Look at me as a fool, so I believed what you said. When the family was separated, 5 taels of silver was first withheld from the general ledger, which was the best time to repay the debt. Could it be that others scolded you for this? It’s just that you want to keep your own flowers. Take Lan’s daughter-in-law as an example. Before her father died, she paid off the money owed by her ancestors. Who would seek her out?”

The tears on Daiyu's face were still wet, she sighed secretly, and persuaded: "The charge has been laid, it is very convincing, I don't know what to do, since my grandmother just passed away, and the lingering warmth is not exhausted, it is better not to be annoyed by this matter."

Aunt Wei San nodded and said: "That's natural, it's important to take care of the old lady's funeral first."

They said so, but Mrs. Wei was thinking about Uncle Wei, and temporarily handed over the family affairs to the Liu family, went back to the room to get money and prepared gifts, and hurriedly ordered people to go around to do the shopping, and asked the historians and others to come and go to the relatives' house for help.

Mrs. Wei was worried, so she asked Wei Ruolan, who was crying with Uncle Wei's corpse, to help. After all, Wei Ruolan was very proud of being in front of the imperial court. If he went to ask Emperor Changtai for mercy, he would be better than others. Unexpectedly, Wei Ruolan flatly refused, coldly Said: "Grandmother just passed away, everything went unresolved, so my nephew came back from leave, instead of crying in front of the funeral, what's the sense of going to the palace to beg for mercy with a bad luck?"

Mrs. Wei was completely naked, and tearfully said: "Although my son is an heir, he is also related to the master. If the master has an accident, the whole family is in a panic, but it is inappropriate to ask the elder brother to take care of it."

Wei Ruolan said indifferently: "The sage is wise and makes his own decisions. He will never punish innocent people. Madam can rest assured."

Uncle Wei wiped his tears, frowned and said: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing to embarrass Brother Lan in front of the old lady? Brother made a mistake, and several crimes were combined together, which made Longyan furious, and he was dismissed from office It's a foregone conclusion, and there is no room for redemption. Besides, although the elder brother was taken into custody, he was not imprisoned, but there are still charges that have not been sorted out. When things are sorted out, there will be a result. We are preparing for the funeral, let alone entering the palace, going out No way, my sister-in-law asked Lan Geer to intercede. Outsiders know that Lan Geer is not filial? Although Lan Geer was raised by the elder sister-in-law first, he has long been heir to the second brother's family, just to take care of the elder brother. Brother Yuan should also go."

He is a person with no ability, and has never relied on Wei Bo. He only wants to rely on Wei Ruolan's power to live a peaceful and peaceful life with his family, so he treats Wei Ruolan very carefully.

Not only him, but also Aunt Wei San.

Third Aunt Wei stroked her temples, and said, "Lang Geer is young, and it was hard for him to achieve what he is today. My sister-in-law asked him to enter the palace. When did Kechen hear that he is not allowed to join Lang Geer? No matter how worried about the big brother, he can't go out when the old lady is newly mourning. The only way to do it is to wait for the news. Brother Lang hasn't been in the capital for several years and only returned to the capital for a month. He only has contacts with those young princes and brothers. What can the young master do? Get rid of the idea of ​​asking Lan Geer to find his uncle as soon as possible, the elder brother adopted Lan Geer out, but he has closed the door, and it is their benevolence and righteousness not to make trouble."

Mrs. Wei was angry and resentful, but she knew in her heart that what they said was reasonable, and once the decree was made, there was no room for maneuver, so she could only entrust someone to manage the matter and secretly mitigate Wei Bo's crimes.The people she sent came back and said that the historian was willing to help. Shi Nai wrote a letter saying that the world is ruled by benevolence and filial piety, and Wei's mother passed away. As the eldest son, no matter what crimes Wei Bo is guilty of, at this moment, he should take care of his mother's funeral first. Please Chang Taidi Make an exception and let Wei Bo go home first.

There were also a group of honorable and veteran ministers in the court interceding, and Emperor Changtai was really lenient.

Within two days, when the funeral was held and the filial piety was broken, Uncle Wei returned home. After the funeral, the mansion also needs to be returned to the imperial court.

When the news came out, the Wei family and the nobles inside and outside the court all shouted that Emperor Changtai was benevolent.

Wei Ruolan knew in her heart that Emperor Changtai seemed to be lenient to Uncle Wei because of Wei's mother's death, but in fact all the crimes that should have been punished were carried out.Although Uncle Wei made mistakes and formed a party for selfish purposes, his crime was not serious enough to kill him, nor was he guilty of ransacking his home, so it was just right to dismiss him from office and fine him.

Wei Ruolan has already heard that Uncle Wei has been getting close to the Shijia in recent years, but fortunately he was not fooled enough to make friends with Prince Yizhong, but Ningguo Mansion and Prince Yizhong secretly had contacts.Even so, Uncle Wei was also involved in the battles among the princes in the imperial court. The reason why Uncle Wei's mansion didn't have enough money was that he worked for the third prince before Yuanchun was happy.The third prince accepted the empress dowager's natal niece and grandniece as side concubine this year, and has already won the support of the empress dowager's natal family, and has an equal share of power in the court with the eldest son of the emperor.

More than that, the Jinxianghou's mansion was not allowed to depend on the eldest son of the emperor. What their family did made the eldest son feel like a thorn in his throat, so he didn't reuse it. In a fit of anger, the Marquis of Jinxiang turned around to work for the third prince, causing the eldest son a lot of trouble. With his persuasion, he secretly joined the third prince. If it wasn't for the happy event in Yuanchun this year, he might have persuaded Shi Nai to follow him.

Emperor Changtai is in his prime, how can he tolerate such a fight among his subordinate princes?As early as May and June, they began to cut off the dark wings of these princes. Wei Ruolan's accident was completely expected by Wei Bo.

Uncle Wei saved his life, and he didn’t have to go to jail. He ransacked his home and punished him like the Zhen family. He didn’t implicate any family members. His relatives and friends are still there. It’s not impossible to get back together after a good life. Mrs. Wei finally let go after a few days of depression. In one breath, he was heartbroken for the large sum of money that was about to be lost, so he had no choice but to collect money while he was busy with the funeral.

Although Uncle Wei has lost his position and title, the mansion will be confiscated by the court, and a few 10 taels of silver will be fined, but because of Wei Ruolan, relatives and friends still come and go, and officials come and go, which is extremely exhausting. lively.

Wei's mother is Chaopin's imperial order, she is 71 years old, and she is also a long-lived person. In the past, there was the work of the old man Wei, and later, the work of Wei Ruolan. Although Wei Bo did bad things, they were not very evil. Emperor Changtai thought of these affections, Xu Yi'en, the Ministry of Rites ordered to give five hundred silver for the funeral. Uncle Wei didn't know that Emperor Changtai had this grace because of the old man and Wei Ruolan, so he kowtowed in tears, expressing his gratitude.

Thinking that the Wei family still had a chance to recover, and that Wei Ruolan was very favored, she might not be able to support her biological father. Several officials' families who hadn't come here hurriedly came to offer their condolences. Come.

When encoffining, Uncle Wei and Uncle Wei carried the corpse into the coffin in person. Fortunately, it was winter and the coffin was placed in the ice room, so the corpse was not rotten, and the birthday material was also a good board for Wei's mother to marry, so there was no need to bother buying it again. Much less busy.The commonly used things that Wei's mother liked during her lifetime were put into the coffin, and the rest of the clothes, bedding, curtains, etc. had to be burned.While burning clothes, Third Aunt Wei suddenly said: "The old lady asked Lan's daughter-in-law for a cloak before she was alive. It must be something she loves very much. She should burn it with her. Why don't you see me?"

Mrs. Liu's heart skipped a beat, she lowered her head and threw the clothes worn by Wei's mother into the brazier, and Mrs. Wei said from the side: "The old lady got the cloak and said it was a trick for young people, and she didn't like it anymore, so she gave it to Yuan's daughter-in-law as a gift." .”

Aunt Wei San said with a half-smile, "The old lady really loved Yuan's daughter-in-law, and asked Lan's daughter-in-law to give her a cloak."

Although Daiyu didn't pay much attention to Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Liu's thoughts, but Third Aunt Wei stood up for her at this time, so she naturally couldn't stay out of it, so she sighed: "Grandmother certainly didn't expect her to go so suddenly, otherwise it wouldn't be like this. "

Aunt Wei San asked why, Daiyu smiled slightly, and said: "As a grandson's wife, I, like Yuan's daughter-in-law, have to observe filial piety for a year, and I can't wear even the most beautiful clothes this year. The outside is bright red, but the white is moldy under the box, it's a pity for the kindness of grandma."

After hearing Daiyu's words, Third Aunt Wei suppressed her smile and said, "It's such a reason, the old lady has good intentions, but Shengyuan's daughter-in-law can't wear it, so she can only press it under the box." Uncle Wei was helpless. There is no title, so is Wei Yuan. The Liu family can no longer wear this skin.

Liu Shi didn't apply makeup, her face was red and white.

When relatives and friends came to pay homage, Uncle Wei, Uncle Wei and other filial sons and virtuous grandsons knelt in front of the spirit to greet them, while the female relatives wept bitterly behind the spirit. There were so many visitors that Daiyu cried until her voice became hoarse, and Wei Ruolan was heartbroken.

Mrs. Xing, Sister Feng's mother-in-law and You Shi came to Jia's house. Jinyu was newly married. Mrs. Wang was returning home in a hurry, and she was thinking about Yuan Chun's baby in the palace. Li Wan was a widow and could not go out. They passed away first next year and felt uncomfortable, so only these two people, Jia She, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen came. Jia's family and Wei's family are old friends, and all houses should come.

After the funeral on the 49th, the coffin was temporarily stored in the temple, guarded by Uncle Wei, Sanshu Wei, Ruolan Wei, and Yuan Wei.Uncle Wei recently had no face to stay in the capital for a long time, and planned to take this opportunity to help his spirit go back to his hometown to be buried with Mrs. Wei, so he chose to leave on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

At the same time, Uncle Wei called Uncle Wei and Ruolan to his clean room.

Uncle Wei brought Wei Yuan with him this time, Uncle Wei and Ruolan Wei were not among them, one is that Uncle Wei has separated from his family and is not the head of the family, and stays in the capital to take care of the outside affairs for his wife and sister-in-law, and the other is that Wei Ruolan is the grandson If there is a fake, don't worry about it, and you can't leave Beijing.

Uncle Wei San was full of beards, with a haggard look on his face, and he sat weakly on a chair, and said, "Why did Big Brother ask me and Brother Lan to come here? Since Big Brother has already made up his mind, I will follow Big Brother's orders. Big Brother and Yuan Brother are going south to Jinling." , bury mother and father together, Lang Geer and I stay in the capital, if sister-in-law has anything to do, we will naturally not refuse whatever we can."

Uncle Wei said ashamedly: "I called you here to discuss something with you. If the higher-ups hadn't urged me so hard, I wouldn't be so unfilial and mention it before my mother's funeral." After speaking, he burst into tears.

Wei Ruolan had guessed a bit, but said: "I don't know what uncle said?"

Uncle Wei was shy and silent, while Uncle Wei was rough and bold, but he was very sensitive about property matters. Seeing that Uncle Wei didn't open his mouth, he suddenly remembered that Mrs. Wei had been struggling to collect money recently, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in a low voice: "Brother, didn't you want to discuss with us?" Share the ladder left by mother?"

Uncle Wei choked up and said, "I have no other choice. It's the end of the year, and it's not easy to sell land and pawn things in shops. I'm afraid that people will take the opportunity to lower the prices. Besides, the family really can't make up so much."

After hearing this, Wei Ruolan didn't say a word.

Uncle Wei San said: "Brother, I didn't mean you. My mother has only been gone for less than two months. Those of us who separated the two rooms didn't even think about dividing mother's family early. How could you think so? Don't talk about the house. I don’t have any money in my wallet, nothing else, these can’t coax me. When my father died, we two brothers and Lan’er each shared about 30 yuan in property. Countless, Zhuangtian houses and shops have income every year, this is the first. The second is the separation of the family in that year, we three rooms are divided equally, but the ancestral property and the mansion and ancestral house are all owned by the elder brother, which is twice as much as ours. There are hundreds of thousands of family assets, not to mention the eldest brother, even if the daily expenses are high, can it be possible to spend all the money? The fine and the arrears are less than 30 taels of silver, why bother to divide the mother's money? Can we make enough? If it is really not enough, Lang Geer and I still have a few taels of silver in our hands, and we can buy the things in the Zhuangtian shop in the hands of the big brother at the market price, without lowering the price, how about it? Waiting for a hundred days to discuss the division Chi. Brother Lang and I are not afraid that mother's wife will disappear these days, so what's the hurry?"

Wei Ruolan agreed: "Although we spent a lot more in Ping'an Prefecture, the expenses of our couple are small, and we have a lot of filial piety, and we have saved some money. We can spend 3 to [-] taels of silver to buy Zhuangtian. Shops, or books, calligraphy and paintings that are not easy to sell." The latter is really a favorite of Daiyu, as far as he knows, Uncle Wei has a lot of original works and rare books by famous ancient masters, most of which are dusty.

Uncle Wei sighed, and said slowly: "I have lost my title and position, and I have nothing. I can only live on the income from the shop in Zhuangtian. I really don't want to sell it, so I want to keep my mother behind before I leave Beijing." The ladders have been divided, lest they be piled up in my house for a long time, making you suspect that we are hiding secretly."

Third Uncle Wei laughed strangely. He remembered that his wife said that Mrs. Wei secretly stole a lot of things from Mother Wei while Mother Wei was seriously ill. So he said: "Since the elder brother said so, then listen to the elder brother."

Wei Ruolan looked back at Uncle Wei in surprise, and also remembered the confidential information she had received, so she nodded in agreement.

At that time, within three years of the parents' death, the children and grandchildren could not separate the family, and it was considered unfilial to separate the family. Fortunately, the third room of the Wei family had already separated. At this time, it was just a way to share Wei's mother, and it was not a big mistake. .

Uncle Wei returned to the Wei residence one day before he left Beijing. At that time they had already moved out of Weibo's mansion, and they are now living in a five-entry mansion that they got when they separated. Wei's mother's ladder has also been brought over and locked up in the warehouse. Wait for Uncle Wei, Third Uncle Wei, and Wei Ruolan to count and leave.According to Wei's mother's promise in the early years, four shares were equally divided, Wei Ruolan had two shares, Uncle Wei and Uncle Wei had one share.

Aunt Wei San was shrewd by nature, she pulled Daiyu to be present, took the list booklet from Uncle Wei San, flipped through it for a rough look, then sneered, and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, don't blame me for speaking out! Old lady Are all the ladders really here?"

Uncle Wei hurriedly said: "Of course they are all there. After my mother passed away, except for the things buried with her and burned, the rest remained untouched."

Third Aunt Wei held the booklet of antique calligraphy and paintings, and said: "I don't believe this. If they are all there, why is the original copy of Yan Li that the old lady said to give to Lange's daughter-in-law not in it? The old lady served her with all her heart, and when she woke up, the old lady saw it in her eyes and kept it in her heart. Knowing that Lange's daughter-in-law loves books, calligraphy and painting, she specifically stated that she would give Lange's daughter-in-law several authentic works of ancient famous masters, saying that the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law I don’t need it. More than that, the pair of Ru Kiln Beauty Vases that the old lady said to give me are gone. In addition, the old lady said that Brother Lang is growing up now, and he is the most capable person in our family. In the future, we must have him To help the future of the two uncles, so I prefer to give more, and laugh at brother Yunlan's love for his wife, and give Lange the box of gems such as cat's eye, emerald, and pigeon blood red that his ancestors got from the palace in the past, and call him He made jewelry for his daughter-in-law, and there was nothing in the account."

She ignored the changes in the faces of Uncle Wei and Mrs. Wei, threw down the booklet in her hand, picked up the furniture recorder, and said, "I don't remember anything else, but when Brother Lang got married, the old lady opened the warehouse to get things, and I went in." However, I saw a large screen with red sandalwood openwork carvings of hundreds of sons and grandchildren on a marble base. I told the old lady that it would be best to give this to Lang Geer. This big interstitial screen is also not on the account. When Brother Lang and his wife did not enter Beijing, the old lady said she would give it to Brother Yuan. Who knew that Brother Yuan forgot when he got married, and said to give it later, and there is still a pot The four-foot-tall coral tree was also gone."

Aunt Wei picked up the booklet for recording jewelry again, and was about to say more, but was interrupted by Mrs. Wei: "The old lady is ill and confused, and can't remember the things in the warehouse. I heard that the old lady said to give away these things a long time ago." , so it’s not on the account.” I didn’t expect Third Aunt Wei to be so shrewd that she could even remember these things clearly. Mrs. Wei secretly resented Wei’s mother’s troublesome life, and told Third Aunt Wei and Daiyu about these things while she was away. It's a shame that the maid in Weimu's room didn't mention it to her.

Aunt Wei San smiled and said, "My sister-in-law is not afraid to panic when she says this in front of me. We don't lack these things in our family. I guess Brother Lang and his wife don't think much of them, but we don't have what the old lady gave us. The reason for rejecting the door is that what should be given to us is ours. The old lady said at the time that the things she proposed alone would not be included in the distribution of things. "

Daiyu tugged at Wei Ruolan's sleeve, and whispered a few words to him, Wei Ruolan nodded, took two steps forward, and said loudly: "Third Aunt is right, Grandmother will take it for granted. obey."

He and Daiyu didn't want to quarrel with Uncle Wei for these things, but they couldn't refuse what was theirs.

When Uncle Wei heard this, his expression changed, he glared at Mrs. Wei, and said, "Since the old lady was ill, you have been in charge of the housework, and the things in the old lady's room are not on the account, where have they been?"

Mrs. Wei was so angry that she trembled all over, and she said with tears: "What does it have to do with me? Knowing that the old lady said that it will be distributed to the third room, and we don't lack these things, how could I hide them? Besides, when the old lady is sick, She can’t even recognize anyone, so how can she believe what she said? She even said she would give me a white jade Guanyin statue, but I haven’t seen it in the accounting room.”

Aunt Wei San laughed twice, and said: "I feel ashamed for my sister-in-law. Only you know whether your words are true or not, and the old lady has never had a white jade Guanyin in the storeroom, but I am here this year. On Mrs. Bowlinghou’s birthday, I saw a pair of Huiwen hanging screens that were missing in the old lady’s warehouse. A pair of four pieces were made of broken branches of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. The wife said that it was stored in the warehouse. At that time, the old lady was sick, but she was not confused. My sister-in-law didn’t know that my father was under the command of the old lady. When I was young, I used to play in the mansion. Liwan, I remember the old lady's many good things, and once broke the old lady's big lotus leaf emerald plate and a glass cup."

Uncle Wei flipped through a few books, and frowned, "Why is there only a list of all the things at present, but no previous account books? My mother is careful, and she always remembers clearly what went in and what went out. I used to write it down for my mother twice. At this time, there is only a list book, how can we convince our two families? Big Brother, Brother Lang and I believe in Big Brother, and have never reached out to my mother. If Big Brother didn’t want to divide things, we originally planned to wait a hundred days later Say it again."

Uncle Wei said helplessly: "I don't care about these things, I really don't know. If I had tampered with, how could I have asked you to come over and divide up mother's things?" Turning around, he glared at Mrs. Wei again, and asked her what was going on.

Mrs. Wei bit her to death and said she didn't know, she would never tell the fact that she stole many things from Mother Wei in private.

Aunt Wei San said: "It's funny that sister-in-law doesn't know. You can hide it from others, but how can you hide it from me? If you want people to know, you have to do it yourself. It's just because I'm afraid that I will give half of it to Lange, and we will share the rest. Half, so the girl who colluded with the old lady secretly took away the old lady's things. Brother, how about we go to the sister-in-law's room to have a look? The sister-in-law had a lot of dowry when she entered the door, and the rest is of course the ladder that the sister-in-law saved. But don’t look at anything else, just look at the few things I said and you will know the truth.”

Mrs. Wei said sternly and softly: "Your third family, how can you say that? Is it possible that I am a thief? The master did not ransack the house when something happened, but you came to raid our house!"

Aunt Wei sneered and said, "Is it a thief? You understand it in your heart. Why should our two families suffer? I will investigate and find out!"

Daiyu said politely: "Auntie doesn't have to fight with my aunt for this idea. God knows what is right and what is wrong. I have the account book in my grandmother's room, and it was given to me by my grandmother before she died. I compare it with the list. You can know the truth."

Uncle Wei and Uncle Wei were startled when they heard the words, Aunt Wei was surprised, but Mrs. Wei was frightened. Aunt Wei gave Mrs. Wei a sideways look, and smiled first: "In your hands? When did the old lady give it to you? I don't know anything about it. You kid has the old lady's account book, why didn't you show it earlier?"

Daiyu said embarrassingly: "Grandmother said that there are always two copies of the account books in her old man's house. I thought that one was in the uncle and aunt's house and would be taken out at different times, so I didn't mention it, but I didn't expect less. There are many things, and the ledger has become a list."

Wei Ruolan explained to Wei Bo and Wei Sanshu: "Grandmother loves me so much that she is afraid of being tampered with, so she first gave the account book to my daughter-in-law to keep."

What he said was the truth. Although Wei's mother was ill, sometimes confused and sometimes sober, but when she was awake, she thought of Wei Ruolan, and her love inevitably prevailed. Moreover, Wei's mother was not aware of what Mrs. Wei did. It was just that she was seriously ill and couldn't argue with Mrs. Wei, so she gave Daiyu another account book that even the maids didn't know about.

In Wei's mother's dowry, there was a four-door yellow rosewood wardrobe, which was still placed in the room before she died. There was a mezzanine under the wardrobe, which could be used to store account books and jewelry. Only Wei's mother knew that the account books were kept there.

When Wei's mother was middle-aged, a confidant maid stole things from her private room and sold them off. Since then, whenever something has been counted and entered into her private room, she will make a copy of the list by herself, so that she can compare it with the one recorded outside, and throw it away. The damaged ones will also be recorded on it, and gradually assembled into a book. The maids are illiterate and don't know about it.After the separation that year, Mother Wei was afraid that she would not be able to remember clearly in the future, so she rearranged an account book, transcribed the things still in the warehouse, and recorded the entry and exit in recent years.

Daiyu called Grandma Liu, who was outside, to come in and ordered her to go home to get something. She didn't say it was an account book, but said: "There is a box of colorful silk noodles in the yellow rosewood wardrobe in my room. Bring it, I am useful."

Grandma Liu agreed, and took it back in less than half an hour.

Daiyu asked Xueyan again for a key, and when she opened it, she found that there were several thick account books inside, and the cover was three or five years old, so she knew it was not new.

Aunt Wei held it in her hand, looked at the antique calligraphy and painting album first, and said: "It's in the account. The few things I mentioned before are all on it. There is nothing missing, and there are many more things than the original list here. In Lan's daughter-in-law's account book, there is a red sandalwood ornament given by Qilin, but it is not on the list." Then, he handed it to Uncle Wei, and Uncle Wei gave it to Uncle Wei.

After the comparison between the two brothers, only gold, silver, jewelry and other items worth more than one hundred thousand yuan were missing from the warehouse, and this did not include things such as antique calligraphy and paintings, which were very difficult to estimate.

Uncle Wei was furious, and severely reprimanded Mrs. Wei, went to her room himself, and moved out many things compared to the account books.

In addition to sending out Huiwen hanging screens and a coral bonsai, at the end of the calculation, there are still a dozen or so gold and silver vessels and twenty or thirty pieces of jewelry missing. A box of high-quality gemstones originally had 68 pieces and now only 32 pieces are left. There are also nearly a hundred horses missing.

Uncle Wei pressed Mrs. Wei, and Mrs. Wei cried and said that she was hired by the Liu family.

Uncle Wei had no choice but to take the things in the inner treasury to make up by volume. Fortunately, there were almost the same things in the inner treasury, even a pair of Huiwen embroidery, otherwise he would have to distribute the money to the two rooms according to the price.According to what Aunt Wei said, first pick out the things that Mother Wei promised to them, and the rest will be divided into four parts at the market price, two parts will be given to Wei Ruolan, and one part will be given to herself and Uncle Wei San.

Because Uncle Wei was in a hurry to spend the money, all the fifty thousand taels of silver and more than ten thousand taels of gold in Wei's mother's pocket belonged to Uncle Wei, and he kept a few things for his own thoughts. Uncle's.

Uncle Wei San is also shrewd, and he and Aunt Wei San bought shops and houses in Zhuangtian, and after that, they will earn money every year, and they don't get many things.

Wei Ruolan and Daiyu didn't care, they liked books, calligraphy, painting and antiques more than gold, silver and Zhuangtian shops. In this way, except for Mrs. Wei's embarrassment, everyone was happy.

Uncle Wei and Mrs. Wei beat everyone in the house, and begged Third Uncle Wei and his wife, Ruolan Wei, not to tell the outside world. A woman was drunk and gossips about it, and gradually it became known, and Mrs. Wei was so angry that she betrayed her family.

However, the Wei family keeps filial piety, and Mrs. Wei does not have to go out to socialize. After three years, the world will have forgotten this matter. Thinking of this, Mrs. Wei was angry with Fang Ping, and once again hated Wei's mother for being troublesome, so she handed over the account book to Daiyu. up his own plan.

Others didn't care when they heard about it, but Du Jiamu took it to heart.

Jia's mother thought about it, fearing that when she was ill and confused, her descendants would do the same and hurt her reputation, so she took advantage of the sunny day and called Jia Amnesty's family and Jia Zheng's family, saying that she wanted to save herself first. separated.

After hearing these words, some people were pleasantly surprised, while others didn't take it seriously. Jia Amnesty sat on the chair and before he could speak, Jia Zheng bowed and said, "Mother is in her prime, what are you talking about? Leave it to yourself. Let's reward people, our family of etiquette is not like a small family fighting for a little thing."

Jia's mother said slowly: "Small families have nothing to divide, but love each other. For a family like ours, the family business has its own laws to follow, and the parents' things are divided according to the will. More or less, not necessarily. It's very fair. I heard about the Wei family, and I feel sad for Mrs. Wei. She is still alive, and someone stole her things. A rift has arisen. Why don't we settle things earlier while I'm still in good spirits."

Wei's mother is not as good as Jia's mother, who has five or six million ladders left behind. I'm afraid that after Jia's mother pays more than 60 taels of silver, Daiyu's dowry, and Baoyu's dowry, there are still many ladders left. She thought secretly for a moment, and said, "You can give the mother's things to whoever you want, and you can divide them as you want. The son listens to the old lady."

Jia Amnesty felt that no matter how many friends Jiamu had, the big head must belong to Baoyu. Baoyu was married and should have some family property of her own.

Parents' belongings have always been divided according to their wishes, and only according to the law if there is no will. Even if Jia Amnesty is dissatisfied, there is nothing he can do.

Mother Jia sighed, and ordered Yuanyang to take out the account book, put it on the kang table, and said: "You all know how many things have been pawned for the family's expenses in these years, and it is also recorded in my account book. There are more than one hundred thousand yuan in total. The two silver things went out but did not come back. The construction of the garden and the repayment of debts cost [-] yuan each. It took tens of thousands more for Miss Lin to leave the pavilion and marry Baoyu. , there is not much gold and silver, and the amount is calculated according to the market price and then reduced by [-]%."

Baoyu shed tears, Jia Mu had enjoyed a lifetime of blessings, and most of the family had been subsidized in the house. She hated herself for being incompetent, and hated the men in the house for being incapable, and told the elderly to worry about their children and grandchildren when they were over eighty.

Seeing it in her eyes, Jia Mu sighed and said, "I was originally a eccentric old woman. I loved Baoyu for eighteen or nine years, and I still love him today. Don't blame me for being eccentric. No matter how much you hate me, I'm on earth." I don’t know. Baoyu is married and he can’t study well, so I will give him all the farmland and shops. These farmlands and shops are worth about 4 to 2 taels, plus a few books worth [-] taels of silver Calligraphy and painting antiques, silk and satin."

Baoyu quickly waved his hand and said: "I don't want the things of my ancestors. I have not been filial to my ancestors, but I have such things from my ancestors. How can I feel happy?"

Jia's mother said softly: "If you give it to you, it's yours. You have a wife, concubine and children to support. You can't rely on others blindly. If I die, I'll give you the points. I've made up my mind. You are not allowed to refute. I think you are not capable of supporting your family." To make a living, the income from these farmland shops alone is enough for you to live every year. The mansion is already at the end of its rope, and when the family is separated in the future, both of you have nothing to get, so I might as well leave some for you."

As he spoke, he said to the crowd: "I still have 5 taels of stuff. I'll divide them up. You can send someone to take them back to you in a while. I don't give them to my two sons. I only give them to my grandson and great-grandson." Brother Lang is the same as Brother Xuan. Each of them has about 3 taels of stuff, which are books, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, silk and satin, etc. They are impartial. The fourth girl and sister Qiao are not out of the cabinet, so I will give them 1 taels each The silver things are jewelry, antiques, silk and satin, and other pieces of furniture made of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood. Huan'er and Cong'er are not married, so I will give them 5000 taels of silver and 5000 taels of silver. Also silk and satin jewellery, etc. There are 6 to 1 taels of things, 1000 taels for Lin Yatou, [-] taels for each of Zhu's daughter-in-law, Lian's daughter-in-law, and Baoyu's daughter-in-law. There are more than [-] taels of silver and more than [-] taels of gold , I will keep it for funeral expenses when I die, and the rest of the money will belong to Lian'er."

Not only did Jia Mu divide it up, but she also kept a clear record in the account book of how much each person should get and who to distribute it to, and then ordered Yuanyang to take the booklet and ask everyone to move things. Take someone to take care of it.

Sister Feng first transported the things she deserved for a house to the East Courtyard. Hers, Xichun's, Brother Xuan's and Sister Qiao's, and after finishing packing, she gave Jiamu's share to Daiyu at the order of Jiamu. I personally delivered it to Wei's house and handed it over to Daiyu. The so-called 2 taels of silver was actually only loaded into one cart, and most of them were books, calligraphy, paintings and antiques, which were very precious.