Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 94
"Just one way, split up the family!" Mrs. Liu San was very happy: "We will get the money ourselves, and no one else can take it away." Mrs. Liu San looked at Mrs. Xu Er with a meaningful smile and said: "This After the family is divided, we are the masters of the house, so we can do whatever we want, and if there are those who make trouble, we can sell it on our feet, and no one can say no to it."

Mrs. Xu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she clapped her hands heavily and said excitedly: "Yes! It's time to divide up! I have to sell those coquettish things! The old man and the old lady have been dead for more than ten years. , why not separate?"

The third room had a tacit agreement on the separation of the family. Li Zhongming, the second room, heard Mrs. Xu's words, thinking that he would immediately get a large sum of money by dividing the family. He was only salivating, so he naturally strongly agreed. The second wife of Xu got Li Zhongming's support. In addition, she had just gained the upper hand in Li Zhulan's matter, and her combat power was full. Her combat power was originally focused on destruction. Never spit out, if she spits out, it is tantamount to handing over the entire Duke Yong's mansion, so it would be better to kill her with one knife!

Li Tian watched the excitement for a few days, shopkeeper Cheng handed over a letter, and the fourth prince, Qin Kun, set out to several counties in the east of Jingdong to check on Qiufu. In this way, he was bored and uncomfortable for a long time. After receiving the letter, he hesitated for a long time, ordered to prepare a car, and went to Puji Temple to visit Lin Wen.

At the end of autumn, Puji Temple is very deserted. The mountain peaks behind the temple are bleak in autumn. On a sunny slope in the middle of the mountain, the pines and cypresses are dark green and quiet, and the golden chrysanthemums in the forest are still blooming brilliantly. When it is opened, it spreads down the slope like water.Among the pines, cypresses, golden chrysanthemums, there is a bluestone tomb, which is very ordinary but very neat and clean. In front of the tomb, a thin man in his fifties, with a slightly bowed back is facing the tomb, standing like that Looking at the autumn scenery in the distance like a tomb.

The autumn was hazy, the man moved, turned around slowly, slowly turned around the grave, walked slowly down the mountain with his hands behind his back, a man in his fifties dressed as a servant suddenly appeared from nowhere When he came out, he followed the man with a respectful demeanor, and walked down the mountain step by step.

In the pavilion at the back of the temple, Li Tian and Yue Niang were standing looking at the scenery and talking, while Qingzhi and Yinhua were squatting in a corner of the pavilion, fanning the red clay stove to boil water and prepare to make tea.

"It's not just us, look, there are people who come to enjoy the scenery." Li Tian saw the pair of master and servant who were about 50 years old from a distance, and smiled and motioned to Yue Niang, Yue Niang glanced at Li Tian and did not answer.The elderly master and servant in the distance seemed to have seen Li Tian and his party, and walked slowly towards the pavilion.

Li Tian carefully looked at the pair of masters and servants. The man walking in front had a very good bearing, but he was dressed in ordinary clothes, and his face was a little pale. He looked like an old servant who had served him for many, many years.

"Like an official." Yue Niang judged, Li Tian nodded and said with a smile: "I think so too, at this time to enjoy the scenery behind this temple, it seems that he is not very proud and has something to worry about."

While talking, the master and servant had already arrived in front of the pavilion. The man in front looked at Li Tian with a gentle smile on his face and said, "I smell the fragrance of tea, how about making me a cup of tea?"

"Please, sir." Li Tian got up and politely let the man in. The man went into the pavilion and sat down, while the servants stood at the bottom of the steps with their arms crossed.

The water was boiling on the red clay stove, Qingzhi ordered a cup of tea and gave it to the man, and made another cup of clear tea and handed it to Li Tian. The man smelled the tea and smiled, "This year's autumn tea?"

"Yes." Li Tian replied with a respectful smile, the man slowly turned the cup, took a sip of the tea, and sipped it carefully with his eyes slightly closed: "The tea is good, very autumnal, young lady, If you don’t go to places like Siliqiao and Yantai to invite friends to climb high and enjoy the chrysanthemums, how come you come to such a bleak autumn place alone?”

"Isn't autumn just about looking at the bleakness?" Li Tian replied casually, the man smiled and shook his head: "Spring blossoms and autumn fruits, autumn is full of festivities and excitement. It seems that you are troubled? You are so young, why are you so busy?" Troubled?"

"Aren't people born with troubles? Babies have babies' troubles, teenagers have teenagers' troubles, and you must also have troubles. In a lifetime, how can there be no troubles? Those without troubles are gods." Li Tian stopped. Next, I added another sentence: "Even a fool who doesn't know how to do anything has troubles."

"Oh?" The man looked at Li Tian with great interest and nodded, "That's true. You have your troubles, and I have mine. Let me guess your troubles. At your age, it's still a bit difficult to talk about marriage." Morning, that is the troubles of housework? Why, it is not good to get along with brothers and sisters? Did you make the elders angry?"

"No." Li Tian shook his head and sighed, "Family troubles are small troubles, but getting married is a big trouble."

"How old are you, are you worried about getting married? It's still early." The man laughed. Li Tian thought for a while, then looked at the man and said, "Where does Mr. live? From your accent, you're from the capital?"

"Yeah." The man paused: "My ancestor is not in the capital, but I have lived in the capital for many years."

"Sir, at this age, there must be a lot of children and grandchildren. If you choose a daughter-in-law, what do you look for most? Family background? Dowry? Or the daughter-in-law's character?"

"This." The man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Let me think about it, family background, and character, character is the most important thing."

"Sigh." Li Tian sighed and spread his hands, "I'm an orphan. Not only do I have no parents, but I don't even have grandparents, grandparents, grandparents, so I have no family background. I have a good personality. When the man heard this sentence, his face was full of smiles, and he praised his character so straightforwardly, but he was straightforward.

"But personality, in fact, personality is not bad, although it is not too virtuous, my troubles are not this, I am like this." Li Tian looked at the man who looked at her with a smile on his face, spread his hands and couldn't continue, her I really can't explain my troubles: "Oh, how should I put it, I have everything I should have, and I have everything I shouldn't have. Look, I look good, right? I still have a lot of dowry, a lot, so, now, I don't want to marry the person who wants to marry me, and the person who wants to marry won't marry me."

The man couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard it. After laughing for a long time, he managed to stop laughing: "This is indeed a big trouble, and no wonder you are troubled. Then who do you want to marry?"

"The person I want to marry is already engaged." Li Tian couldn't help but sighed again when he thought of Xu Sijing.

"Then what kind of family do you want to marry?" The man seemed very interested, Li Tian replied straightforwardly: "The family background is good, people are honest and good-natured, it would be better if the family population is simpler."

"that's it?"

"Well, that's enough."

The man thought for a while and said, "There are a lot of people like this in Beijing, so why worry?"

"At the end of last year, I had a discussion with a family. They thought I had no elders, and I was unlucky. I failed. I had a discussion with another family a while ago. They didn't like me. They chose someone with a family background, both parents, and a good temper. I have a gentler and more docile personality than me, besides these two, I have also mentioned a few, but they either think that I have no family background to help, or they think that I have no elders and no good fortune."

"You're still young." The man looked at Li Tian thoughtfully and comforted him. Li Tian was silent for a moment and sighed heavily. She couldn't say a word about the reason why she was in a hurry to get married.

"Well, what sir said is true, but if my marriage is not settled, there will always be people who will bully me and have no one to decide. They will try every means to calculate my people and my dowry. I have no choice but to rush to get married."

The man frowned when he heard Li Tian's words. Li Tian was troubled by what he said, and didn't want to mention it again. He watched the man change the subject and said, "Mr. Is it a big worry?"

"Well, when you get old, you have more troubles." The man smiled gently.

"Afflictions with solutions, or afflictions without solutions?"

"Some have solutions, and some have no solutions." The man thought for a while and replied, "For example, the past, such as the human heart, are all things that cannot be resolved."

"In the past." Li Tian said in a daze, "That's not called trouble, it's pain, heartbreaking pain."

"You are so young, do you know what pain is?" The man laughed dumbfounded. Li Tian smiled and didn't answer. She naturally knew it. She knew it but couldn't say it.

"Little girl, don't think too much, don't worry, you are a lucky person, this marriage will definitely have a good result, thank you for this cup of tea." The man put down the cup and stood up while talking, Li Tian hurriedly stood up, Sending the man down the pavilion, watching him walk about ten feet, before turning back to the pavilion, Yue Niang looked at her and said, "He's been talking nonsense to you for a long time, but the last sentence is right. Great, the marriage will definitely go smoothly."

"I hope so." Li Tian said with a wry smile full of worry, and the others sat for a while, then went to say goodbye to Lin Wen, who had come back from evening class, and boarded the car back to the capital.

The Yongguo Mansion was in a state of unrest, and the gate of the Qingtong Courtyard was closed. Mrs. Yang knew that Li Tian must be behind this matter again, but she couldn't grasp the handle of the Qingtong Courtyard. The birth was worse than the previous two times, and finally fell ill. Grandma Zhou and Li Xiaozu discussed it in the middle of the night. The next day, Li Xiaozu waited in front of Mrs. Yang's bed for a day and persuaded her for a day.Early the next morning, Grandma Zhou came to Qingtong Courtyard to talk to Li Tian.

Li Tian let in Grandma Zhou, and Grandma Zhou looked at the furnishings in the house, chatted unnaturally for a long time, drank a cup or two of tea, and then turned to the topic: "You know about the division of the family, Both the second aunt and the third aunt think it's good to separate. There are no elders in the family, so it's time to separate. Yesterday, your elder brother persuaded Auntie for a day, and I only knew about the family rules of our Li family. I didn't pay attention to it before. This, that’s the hard part.”

Grandma Zhou couldn't say anything about Ai Ai, Li Tian looked at her and said with a smile: "Auntie is used to living in this mansion, can't bear to move out?" Grandma Zhou's face was full of uneasiness: "Yes, you know it too, ah Mother has spent so much effort and effort for this family, helping others and paying money, and working so hard for so many years, so let her move out if she is said to move, and besides, this mansion is the Yongguo Mansion built by order. Living in Duke Yong's mansion, the man who lives in Duke Yong's mansion is not Duke Yong, it's not a good thing." Grandma Zhou said like a password.

Li Tian's tone was indifferent: "Yeah, for this Duke Yong, for this Duke Yong's mansion, my aunt is admirable for giving money to people and working hard, just for this, all these years, whether it's grandma or me, I never thought about it, let alone mentioned the matter of adopting the fourth family. Let alone the adoption, even the annual silver that the fourth family deserves has never been asked. It's gone, I still have an elder to rely on." Li Tian paused, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth: "I think less than grandma, and I don't even dare to ask for it, but I beg her not to ask for it." I'm satisfied with calculating like outsiders, but I can't even ask for this one, so I have to ask the clan to find a brother for myself to rely on."

The uneasiness on Grandma Zhou's face became more intense, Li Tian didn't look at her, and continued, "Brother is a loyal person, I have nothing to say about him being the heir to the throne." Grandma Zhou couldn't help but relax after hearing this. Li Tian glanced at her: "Sister-in-law is also a sensible person, at least she is not the kind of person who falls into the well. I accept sister-in-law's love. Today, sister-in-law is here. I have to give this love. We are separated. The matter, the second aunt and the third aunt are determined to separate the family, and it is time for this family to be separated. The family is not separated, and those who are willing to live in this Yongguo mansion can live as long as they want. when."

Grandma Zhou hesitated and said: "After that, what will this house be in a hundred years from now?"

"Sister-in-law don't have to think so far, now it's the only way to go." Li Tian looked at Grandma Zhou with a calm but indisputable voice. Grandma Zhou lowered her head and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Then I'll go back and talk to Grandma Zhou." Report." Li Tian smiled and nodded, got up and sent Grandma Zhou out of the hospital.

The four families do not compete for the title, and the family does not live apart. Although there is a gap between what Mrs. Yang wants not to compete for the title and the allocation of the mansion to the eldest house, she also knows that a family of four and the third house insist on separating. how longIt would be nice to be able to do that.

Picking an auspicious day, the Yongguo Mansion invited the patriarch and several clan elders to divide all the households except the big house into four equally. Lord, I want the families of the long house, the second house, and the fourth house to pay 500 taels of silver to the third house, which can be regarded as making up for the loss of abandoning the mansion. When the second master Li Zhongming heard that he could get another thousand and five hundred taels if he moved out, he immediately jumped out and wanted to move too. When they went out, the elders of the clan were all old and mature, so Li Zhongming and Li Zhongjing made a written statement on the spot, the eldest house and the fourth house each gave 500 taels of silver to the second house and the third house, and the two houses had nothing to do with the mansion.

(End of this chapter)