"This time, Uncle Zheng from the East Province is willing to split up?" She had heard about this.
Why did she feel that it was so unbelievable? What about Jia Baoyu? What would happen in the future? Xia Lu felt that it was quite dreamy.
Her butterfly wings seemed to have flapped a little too much. After the family split up,
Mother Jia could only live with Jia Xie in Rongguo Province. When the time came,
Even if Mother Jia took Jia Baoyu from Jia Zheng's residence and raised her,
Would she still be treated the same as in the original work?
"What's there to be unwilling to split up? Second Grandpa has already given Uncle Zheng the compensation.
What else does he want from Second Grandpa? Besides, Second Grandpa was the one who suggested splitting up the family. How can he refuse? If Second Grandpa is no longer around,
Only the Old Madam is around.
The Old Madam is using filial piety to not allow the family to split up, but Second Grandpa is still around. "Jia Zhen was proud.
The Old Madam of Xi Province was usually arrogant enough. With Second Grandpa suppressing her, it was fine.
If Second Grandpa passed away,
The family would not split up.
Uncle She's life would be difficult.
Xia Lu nodded.
Indeed, in the original work, that Old Madam often threatened to return to Jinling. It was indeed torturous.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Help me change my clothes. I'll go to the elders' place," Jia Zhen said.
"Okay." Xia Lu got up and helped Jia Zhen change into a set of outdoor clothes. The ancients were troublesome, especially those who were particular. They had to change their clothes when they went out, and when they came back, they had to change their clothes when they met. They had to change their clothes before they did anything. Moreover, these clothes were very particular.
Jia Jing, who was still working in the Ministry of Rites, received a letter from Jia Zhen. It said that Rongguo Province would be split up tomorrow. Jia Jing sighed and told his subordinate that he would take leave tomorrow. The separation of Rongguo Province was also a big event, and he had to participate.
Women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. Therefore, Mrs. Jia, Xia Lu, Mrs. Jia, and the Jia Wang Clan could only wait outside. Xia Lu was fine. The separation of Rongguo Province had nothing to do with her. However, the other three women were very nervous. The separation of the family was closely related to them. Xia Lu looked at the three women's nervous faces and sighed in her heart. Women in ancient times had no status and could not enter the ancestral hall. It was really miserable. However, this was also quite good. Basically, girls were not big-hearted. They were especially narrow-minded when it came to such matters. If they got involved, it would only be more troublesome. Although some men were quite narrow-minded, overall, they were still better than girls.
Xia Lu thought about herself. If she encountered such a matter, naturally, she would want her family to get better things. She would hope that the land in Zhuangzi would be of superior quality. This was human nature, and there was nothing to hide.
Xia Lu and the other three women waited here. In fact, she wanted to break the current awkwardness. However, seeing that the other three women were not in the mood to communicate, Xia Lu could only give up on the idea.
If she was not the so-called wife of the clan leader and had to carry out her duties, she would have gone back to accompany her son. Recently, her son had learned to turn over. It was more fun than before when he ate and slept, and when he slept, he ate. Because he ate and slept, he was fattening up. His little arms were jointed like lotus roots. When Jia Yao and the others came to see An 'an, they even asked her if they could take a bite.
"The property in the residence has been sorted out by the accountant. Other than the sacrificial field and the property that cannot be divided, everything that can be divided is here. According to the rules of Da Qian, the legitimate son who inherits the family property gets 70%, the other legitimate sons get 20%, and the illegitimate son gets 10%. Because we don't have any illegitimate sons, the illegitimate son's 10% will be given to Zheng 'er. After all, Zheng' er is at a disadvantage. She 'er, do you have any objections?" Jia Daishan asked.
Jia Xie shook his head. "I don't have any objections. It's up to Master to decide."
"Good, then She 'er and Zheng' er will get 30% and 70%." Jia Daishan made the final decision.
Jia Zheng sneered in his heart. The majority of the property had already been taken by Jia Xie. It was only an additional 10%, and it originally belonged to the illegitimate son. Master used it as a favor just like that. What compensation? Master didn't let Jia Xie lose a single cent. How could he be grateful? Did he think he was a fool?
"Let's divide the cash in the residence first. Because the money borrowed from the national treasury was repaid last year, the remaining cash in the residence is 1.2 million taels of silver and 100,000 taels of gold. Zheng 'er's share of silver is 360,000 taels of silver and 30,000 taels of gold …" Jia Daishan began to divide the properties in the residence one by one.
Naturally, these properties weren't sorted out in a day. They had been sorted out a long time ago. Last year, when he and Jia Jing proposed to split from the family, they had already sorted them out.
"Finally, there are these gold and jade toys, calligraphy, and paintings. According to their value in the world, I have divided almost everything. You can draw lots. Zheng 'er will get three boxes first. The rest will go to She' er," Jia Daishan said.
Jia Zheng didn't stand on ceremony. He stretched out his finger and quickly pointed at three boxes containing gold and jade toys, calligraphy, and paintings, indicating that he wanted these three boxes.
"Alright, the silver, land, shops, gold and jade toys, calligraphy, and paintings have been divided. The separation of the family is also over. As for your mother's and my private property, we can divide it however we want before we leave. As for your daughter-in-law's dowry, it will naturally belong to your daughter-in-law," Jia Daishan said.
"Yes." Jia Xie and Jia Zhen didn't have any objections to this.
"She 'er, in the future, the burden of Rongguo Province will fall on you alone. You have to be careful with your words and actions and work hard to protect Rongguo Province. Lian' er is very smart. You can be considered to have a successor. In the future, you will have to rely on yourself. Don't let me down." Jia Daishan looked at Jia Xie with a very gentle gaze. In the blink of an eye, the child who was still an infant was already a father.
"Yes, I will definitely not forget Father's instructions." Jia Xie's eyes turned red.
"Zheng 'er, there are courtyards in the property that I have given you. If you want to move out, I am not worried. If you can't bear to part with your wife and me, you can continue to live in your courtyard. Isn't there a side door next to your courtyard? It's fine if you don't move out. However, the monthly salary of the servants in your courtyard can no longer be paid by Rongguo Province's public account. You have to pay it yourselves. "As Jia Zheng's mother said, Jia Zheng hadn't stabilized his position in the imperial court yet. Jia Daishan was worried after all. He didn't want Jia Zheng to leave Rongguo Province. He also wanted Jia Zheng to continue to act in the name of Rongguo Province." It's fine.
It's better for me to move out. After all, Rongguo Province will be passed down to Big Brother. "Jia Zheng thought to himself. It wasn't like he didn't have a courtyard of his own. Why should he still suffer in Rongguo Province? Although he said that he would separate the courtyard, others would only criticize him. They had already separated from the family, but he still refused to leave his brother's house. He couldn't stand it. With him as a foil, others would only say that Jia Xie was kind. After separating from the family, he still allowed his younger brother to stay in his house. He was really a good person. He didn't want to use himself to make Jia Xie look good.
Jia Daishan, who was originally a kind father, was afraid that if he knew what Jia Zheng was thinking, his originally unhealthy body would really be angry.
When Jia Daishan asked Jia Zheng to separate his courtyard, Jia Xie was unhappy. However, he also understood that his master felt that he owed Jia Zheng, a hypocrite, so he wanted to help Jia Zheng. Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng refused. Jia Xie felt that since Jia Zheng was so unyielding, he naturally welcomed him. He just didn't know what Madam would think.
"Since the family property has been divided, come and sign. There are three copies in total. The clan will keep one copy, another copy will be given to She 'er, and the last copy will be given to Zheng' er." Seeing that the matter was over, Jia Jing opened his mouth and asked them to sign.
Everyone present had to sign, including the clan elders and Jia Zhen. However, they had to sign behind the witnesses. If there were any disputes in the future, this would be the evidence.
After everyone had signed, they put away their lists and burned incense to their ancestors again. After informing their ancestors, they left the ancestral hall.
As soon as they left, the three women who had been anxiously waiting outside immediately surrounded them and asked what had happened.
The clan elders were very sensible and quickly left. They didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs. They had seen too many scenes after the division of the family property came out of the ancestral hall. After the women learned about the division of the family property, they came out of the ancestral hall and pestered them endlessly. They didn't have time to see this group of crazy women behave atrociously. However, if women behaved atrociously, it was the men's fault for not being able to control their women.
Xia Lu came to Jia Zhen's side and looked at the list in Jia Zhen's hand. One of the lists was for the clan, which was actually for the clan elder. The original clan elder was Jia Jing. At that time, Jia Jing wanted to keep a low profile, so he gave the position of clan elder to Jia Zhen. Therefore, Jia Zhen was now the clan elder of the Jia family. Therefore, Jia Zhen took care of it.
"Second Uncle, we'll go back first," Jia Jingdao said.
"Well, you can go back to work. Thank you for today. I'll treat you to wine another day," Jia Daishan said.
Xia Lu and Jia Zhen went back to their courtyard. Xia Lu took the list and looked at it. She found that Rongguo Province and Ningguo Province had a lot less property. She thought that it was similar to her family's. Well, Xia Lu also had vanity. Thinking about her family's wealth, she was quite proud.
"Well, it's because our family's heirs are not as many as those in Rongguo Province," Jia Zhen said.
Xia Lu didn't understand. How did it have anything to do with heirs?
"Didn't you see the division today? Ningguo Province only has one son, and that's grandfather. However, Rongguo Province is different. In Rongguo Province, Second Uncle still has brothers. The family's property has been divided once. Then, in my father's generation, our family only has my father and Eldest Uncle. The family's property has only been divided once. However, Uncle She doesn't only have Uncle Zheng as his brother. He also has four sisters. The first three are born of concubines, so they don't spend much money on their marriages. However, when Aunt Min gets married, it's really a huge dowry. Do you understand? "Jia Zhen said.
Xia Lu nodded. "Sure enough, the Lin family is the richest," Xia Lu sighed. However, thinking back to the original work, the servants in Rongguo Province even said that Lin Daiyu's plants were from Rongguo Province. It was ridiculous.
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