Most of them have been allocated properly, and the rest are just some old furniture, antiques and curios. Even though they are valuable, they are small compared to these fertile fields. Shen Jin has taken the big part, and then thinks about the small ones. , there is a suspicion of greed; on Shen Rui's side, the big head has been "given up", and there is no point in thinking about the small head.
However, now that the property is being divided in front of the clan, it must be clearly divided. However, the dowry list was from more than twenty years ago, and it is hard to say how much it will match what the Shen family currently has.
Shen Li discussed it with the patriarch for a few words and came to a conclusion. The remaining dowry of the Sun family was counted and put into the warehouse. After the two brothers got married, half of it was taken out for the whole family. Shen Juren wished that things had happened earlier, so he naturally nodded. This was noted on several property analysis documents.
Seeing that the matter was over, Shen Juren secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was overjoyed. He originally complained about Shen Li's troubles, but now he was a little grateful. If Shen Li hadn't insisted on counting Sun's dowry, the property would have been sold off. I don’t know when the matter will be known. Whether it is the third room or the ninth room, which room is the right one? It also involves the second master of the clan. The patriarch is now "in full view" of the clan relatives, so as not to favor the parents and children. If you were behind someone else, maybe what would happen.
Unexpectedly, after Mr. Jiang signed his names in several documents, he looked at the patriarch and said: "Outsiders shouldn't say much about noble matters. However, my mother and my aunt of the Sun family are like sisters. Since they are entrusted by my aunt, they can't help but say too much." Think about it. Shen Jin and Shen Shishu are in their prime. They have lost their spouses and have a deadline to remarry. My mother has said that in order to avoid the embarrassment of the newlyweds, the property under the name of Shen brother needs to be entrusted to another person from the nobles to take care of it so that everyone can be at ease. "
He said it tactfully, but the meaning behind his words was hard for everyone to hear at the moment.
Whether it was Zhang Lao'an, Shen Ju, or other unrelated tribesmen, they all felt that they were being insulted. The Zhang family cheated and sold the Sun family's property, and the Shen family members "swarmed in" even if it could be hidden from other people. She couldn't hide it from the prefect's wife. Otherwise, no one mentioned the two weaving factories on the property list, and she wouldn't have been so silent. Without the help from the prefect's Yamen, Shen Li wouldn't have taken Sun's name so easily. Find out clearly where all the industries are going.
Before Sun could die, his property was deceived, sold, and misappropriated; before his body was cold, his only son was tortured to death. It seems that the prefect’s wife did not believe that Zhang Laoan and Shen Juren from the fourth room could treat Shen Rui well, nor did she believe in the Shen family. The relatives can take the initiative to supervise the behavior of the clan members, so they often say this without avoiding suspicion in the name of worrying about Shen Juren's remarriage. However, the prefect's wife has no intention of intervening in the Sun family's property, and clearly stated that the Shen clan should make arrangements "properly" by themselves. people".
Shen Juren responded, feeling that he had lost all face for half his life and was so ashamed that there was nothing else to say. Zhang Laoan, however, was a little anxious. What could he say? Even if those properties were temporarily under Shen Rui's name, it would still be the fourth person's. How can someone else take care of the second house? A clansman is just a clansman, so how can he be the owner of the fourth house?
She was just about to speak when she heard Shen Li say: "What Zhuang Gongren said is absolutely true. Even if Gongren doesn't mention it, I will mention it. Rui Geer was locked up in a cold room in the side courtyard a few days ago and almost froze. Starving to death, no matter what kind of negligence is the cause, is a fatal thing. If it happens again, how can we dare to expect to be happy? It is common for people in Lao'an to be old and mentally weak, otherwise Zhang would not have appeared. The family defrauded my aunt to sell her property. Uncle Yuan is a noble person and has never paid attention to these stinky things. He is not a person who can take care of the property. For the sake of Brother Rui, I asked the patriarch to entrust him with something else. It’s better to be a good person.”
Zhang Laoan stared, filled with dissatisfaction, and swallowed the words that came to her lips. Although she felt that she had done nothing wrong, she still felt guilty and did not dare to speak at this time, fearing that Shen Li would break up with her regardless of his feelings. Talk about these two things.
The patriarch's face looked tired. Although the prefect's wife's words were a little abrupt, the old man was ready to agree, but he didn't expect Shen Li to speak at this time. The "appropriate person" he originally thought of was none other than Shen Li. Turn to And when I think about it, Shen Li will relapse after observing his filial piety. He will stay in Songjiang for at most two and a half years. By then, someone else will have to be replaced. It is indeed not a good candidate.
Which person to use?
The clan leader looked around at the clan heads of each clan. There was no need to consider the third or ninth clan members involved in occupying the Sun family's property. The clan clan also wanted to avoid suspicion, so it had to select people from the remaining fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and fourth clans.
Wealth and silk are alluring. Shen Rui is only nine years old this year, and there are still at least seven or eight years before he can start a family and take over the property. Even if the person who inherits the property is of decent character, who knows whether he will change his mind in the future? The prefect's wife will always be promoted along with her husband. On that day, Shen Li will also leave his hometown. At that time, he will still have to rely on the clan's "supervision", and there may be another wrangling.
The clan leader was old and had many worries. After thinking about it, he did not make his own decision. Instead, he looked at Shen Li and said, "It is not impossible if the clan arranges for someone to help Rui Geer take care of the property, but it is not a matter of one or two years." Many things are complicated and burdensome, is there a suitable candidate for Weiyan?"
Shen Li looked around at everyone, and his eyes stopped for a moment on the father and son of the fifth room, and said: "The fifth room is adjacent to the fourth room. My aunt had a good relationship with Aunt Hong during her lifetime. These days, there are many Rui brothers who are being taken care of by Aunt Hong." , how about ‘not bothering the two masters’ and entrusting it to Aunt Hong?”
There were elders in the fifth house, so the patriarch did not make a decision directly, but asked the fifth house master.
Although the fifth master hesitated, he glanced at Shen Rui and nodded in agreement. The old man had always been upright and had no selfish intentions, but he made the other residents jealous. Even Shen Hong, who looked a little weak next to him, was also jealous. Secretly happy, one is that his wife has a chance to repay his kindness, and the other is that his sons and nephews can take this opportunity to get closer to Shen Li. It is the best of both worlds.
Zhang Lao'an didn't even ask himself, and everyone decided on the fourth house. He was so angry that he fell down and wanted to speak immediately, but was stopped by the patriarch with a sneer. She had seen the methods of the patriarch, Seeing that his eyes were not kind, he kept his face stiff and did not dare to do anything.
The matter has been decided, and all the clan members are a little impatient, especially the nine-fang grandfather and grandson, who can't wait to leave home immediately. According to the previous statement, each house will return the Sun family's property, recover part of the lost silver from the Zhang family and the fourth house, and himself He also has to bear a quarter of the loss. For the third family, it is seven or eight thousand taels of silver. For the wealthy third family, even if it is not a drop in the bucket, it will not break the bones. For the ninth family, , a quarter of which is about a thousand taels of silver. Although it is far less than the loss of the third family and the clan, it cannot bear the poor financial situation of the ninth family.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Third Master Jiang spoke again: "There is another matter, but it is out of my mother's selfish motives. I want to ask, I wonder if this junior can tell me?"
He finished speaking and then brought out the prefect's wife. Although everyone was slandering him, who could stop him? He would have to say that he was "eloquent" and listen to his verbosity.
But this time it is not a bad thing for the Shen family. I heard the third son of Jiang say: "I wonder if Shen Jin is recorded in the name of my aunt. If it is recorded in the name of my aunt, my mother would like to meet her eldest nephew."
All the clan members looked at Shen Jin, admiring his luck in their hearts. He was obviously just a bastard, but he had just given half of the Sun family's worth, and he still had the title of eldest son and an official wife and aunt waiting for him.
Shen Jin was noticed by everyone, and looked a little reserved. He glanced at Shen Rui next to him and felt hesitant. Logically speaking, since he had inherited the gift from the Sun family and recorded it in the name of his aunt, it was appropriate for him to pay filial piety to his aunt. I mean, if he is recorded in the name of the Sun family, he will not only have the title of legitimate son, but also occupy the position of the eldest son. The imperial law stipulates that the family property should be divided equally among all the sons, but it is also a convention that the eldest son should inherit the family property. .
Although Shen Jin is willing to take care of his younger brother, he is not willing to usurp the position of the eldest son. Besides, he still has his biological mother, who gave birth to another son. If he is recorded in the name of Sun, what will the biological mother do?
But when it comes to recording the name of the eldest son of a common concubine, although everyone is looking at Shen Jin, the one who can't control it is not him. Shen Juren, standing by, has already nodded and said: "It will be recorded in Sun's name. Brother Jin, hurry up." Follow the Third Young Master to pay your respects to Mr. Gong."
His impatience made all the tribesmen speechless.
However, the prefect's wife came forward from the standpoint of the Sun family, and she could be regarded as half of the Sun family. She had no objection to Shen Jin's name registration, and other people would not harm others or themselves, so they naturally succeeded in this matter.
Shen Jin also urged him to follow Mr. Jiang to the east room. Seeing that he had nothing to do, Zhang Laoan was too embarrassed to continue to stand in front of his relatives, so he followed him on the pretext of meeting the female relatives. When he walked past Shen Rui, , with a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold.
The registration of the concubine's name is considered a happy event. Even if they don't do other affairs, everyone is not stingy in saying a few good words to Shen Juren. It's just that the eyes looking at Shen Rui are a bit complicated.
Shen Rui thought about Zhang Lao'an's look just now and couldn't help but frown. What he said to Shen Li before was not an exaggeration, but he was really worried about what Zhang Lao'an would do. But these days, Zhang Lao'an is He was coaxing him with kind words, and nothing else happened. He just thought that he was overthinking. But at that moment, the hatred in Zhang Laoan's eyes was shocking.
Shen Ruizhi felt that his scalp was numb. He raised his head and looked at the several property settlement documents that had not been put away, and said, "Master Patriarch, can you add one more sentence to this document?"
Huh?
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone couldn't help but wonder. What other ideas could a nine-year-old baby have? Or was he too slow to respond and only thought of giving half of the property to his brother?
The patriarch was also quite surprised and said: "What are you adding? Brother Rui, tell me?"
Shen Rui said seriously: "My mother was the most charitable and had many good deeds during her lifetime. The reason why she divided the property between my eldest brother and me is just out of pity and love for her son. As a son of man, my grandson will inherit my mother's legacy when he grows up. I will do more good deeds as my legacy; if my grandchildren are not blessed and cannot grow up, I will donate all my property to benefit my neighbors..."