Ding Tian's Ancient Life

This old man is 83, and he doesn't go out easily. He has a grandson who is a scholar, and his son runs a grocery store. Still a generation older.

Even Master Zhang has to call "Uncle Grandpa".

Who would dare to choke with him on weekdays?

But when the old man comes, he wants to "separate the family", which is not acceptable!

"Grandpa, is this a different matter?" Master Zhang took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and stopped getting angry: "My father's bones are not cold..."

"When your father was alive, did you always talk about the separation of the family before the funeral?" Uncle Zhang said bluntly: "My own brother was also in the funeral of my father, and the family was divided with me!"

Everyone came to a sudden, oh, the rules of the Zhang family, separate families before the spirit!

This rule is really... speechless.

Does this mean you don't save any face?

Ding Tian winked at Old Uncle Zheng: The old man is even more wicked than he thought!

Uncle Zheng stroked his beard, secretly proud: No matter how powerful the little brat is, he is not as ruthless as Old Jiang.

Jin Buhuan poked Ding Tian, ​​and muttered in a low voice, "This guy is a good one."

"Uncle!" Who knew that when Ding Tian and Jin Buhuan were watching the fun, they were suddenly pushed from behind and pushed them away. The old lady Zhang lost the self-pity and viciousness she had when she was in the house, and changed again. Became that pungent bastard, jumped out and knelt at the old man's feet: "I beg my uncle to make the decision for my nephew and daughter-in-law! The nephew and daughter-in-law can't survive in this house! The housewife's companion and the wife's nanny's daughter , hooking up with the old man! My nephew and daughter-in-law endured it! That is a broken shoe, my nephew and daughter-in-law raised a cat, cat and dog like a master, but she absolutely shouldn't, shouldn't have hooked up with the master... The master died suddenly!"

The old man was 83, and he couldn't move his thighs even when he was hugged by someone. He coughed after hearing this: "What...? Patriarch, tell me! What's going on?"

The head of the Zhang family is naturally Master Zhang.

No matter how good his self-cultivation is, at this time he really wants to scold his mother: "Grandpa, my father just died suddenly, and everyone in the yamen is here. This lowly maid just wants to make up for my father... I just drank ginseng chicken soup for the old man... …”

"What kind of slut makes up for your body? She is..." At this time, the old lady Zhang was not as calm as when she was in the room facing Ding Tian and the others alone. The facts were all out, so that the corners of the mouths of the three who came twitched, especially Zhang Shanzhang and Zhang Juren, who regarded themselves as scholars.

These two people usually don't have eyes for some things about the main branch of the main line, but they didn't expect that the ancestral house could be so decadent. What is it called?

Speaking out, do you still want the Zhang family's reputation?

"So my niece and daughter-in-law have to separate their families. My sincerity is to be admitted in the future. Those who are selected as Jinshi and become officials must not have a flawed reputation." Mrs. Zhang alarmed: "No one in the entire Zhang family has passed the examination of Jinshi, let alone Being an official, you can only be regarded as a local prosperous family, but not a family of officials... hmph... my son is the one who learns the best..."

On this point, Zhang Shanchang agreed, so he nodded.

Although Zhang Juren is a Juren, he knows the difficulty of passing the entrance examination, and he is no longer young. His family only has fifty acres of land, a grocery store is his family business, and he himself is a teacher in Fucheng Academy. Shuxiu 24 taels of silver, the Shuxiu given by other students is not counted.

Life is not bad, but definitely not as luxurious as the Zhang family.

Similarly, he is a pedantic scholar, and he feels that there is no shortage of sons, so why bother to take concubines?As an old wife, he lives well. There are five children in the family, three boys and two girls. The sons all go to school, and the daughter can read and write. She is not blind.

It's a pity that my son is just like him, with mediocre qualifications. It would be great if he can become a scholar in the future. If he is a candidate, he needs to take the exam a few more times... As for the Jinshi, there is no need to think about it.

He went to Beijing to take the exam twice, spending 800 taels of silver each time, but he still failed the exam, including Jinshi.

The Zhang family's support is also limited, and they don't fully support him in the Jinshi exam, so this person feels a little bit of resentment in his heart. If the second master Zhang can pass the Jinshi exam and become an official... the second room will be able to overwhelm the eldest!

Even if there were people in Dafang who passed the Jinshi examination and became officials, they would be later than Erfang. At that time, Dafang would always be a head shorter than Erfang, and would always be suppressed... Of course, he would be happy to see such a thing happen.

The Zhang family was forced to separate by the spirit of the people. There were more guests from outside, and everyone had a reputation. Once you inquired about it, you would know everything.

There is no division of family, but also family division, because the most senior uncle of the Zhang family said that their family was divided before the spirit, the eldest brother accounted for [-]%, he and the two concubines accounted for [-]%, and the family divided [-]% His family property was swept away.

Now, although both of them are descendants, they have to follow the rules of descendants. Ten shares of the family property, [-]% goes to the eldest, and [-]% goes to the second. Hurry up and divide the family!

Obviously, this is the forced separation of families.

In addition, Mrs. Zhang was crying and fussing, and she was about to hang herself!

"Are you thinking that everyone is gone, and our mother and I can do whatever you want? It's a good idea!" Mrs. Zhang stepped on the embroidered stool, and the white cloth in her hand was already hung on the beam of the house, and she was not in the house. In the back house, she is in the main hall at the front. This is the place where the Zhang family met distinguished guests. If she hanged herself here, how unlucky would the Zhang family be?

"Old lady, come down first..."

"Help the stool and don't let the old lady lose her foot..."

Surrounded by a large group of maids and women, who can't care about seeing outsiders at the moment, they surround Mrs. Zhang in the middle, but she stands tall, and everyone can see that this girl who was all the rage 18 years ago The eldest girl of the Ma family, but since she married into the Zhang family, she seldom shows up.

On the periphery of the maids and women, the wife of the Zhang family, with five daughters-in-law, was also shouting to tell the old lady to be careful and discuss anything.

"Negotiate what a fart!" Mrs. Zhang had a shrew expression on her face. She pulled the white cloth with one hand and pointed at Mrs. Zhang with the other. The son drank two extra sips of ginseng soup, and even climbed onto the old man's kang... Mrs. Zhang passed out again after being scolded by her.

And Zhang Shanchang also said: "It just so happens that people from the government are also there. It's very suitable to be a witness."

All three of them came, you talked to each other, and Mrs. Zhang was noisy and happy, and the people in the yamen were also there, and the guests were watching the fun. Master Zhang suddenly understood and smiled sadly: "In that case, Then the family will be separated before death!"

After a while, the Zhang family gathered together.

Ding Tian finally met the second master of the Zhang family... Zhang Yongcheng, this is a 15-year-old young man, he looks like a brother with Zhang's appearance, the most similar to the old man, but he is not as fat as the old man, and looks like a handsome scholar , but wearing the whole body of white filial piety clothes, his expression is sad, but his eyes are very calm.

The Zhang family's family business is very transparent. Their family mainly relies on the output in the fields and renting out the shop to eat rent, and they also operate their own groceries.

In this division of the family, of course the eldest house takes up the lion's share, but although the second house has only one old lady Zhang and one second master, it also takes up four.

become.

They were allocated a large yard with three entrances, four leased shops, a grocery store in operation, and a [-]-acre land outside the city.

The silver was also allocated 4000 taels, and the food was divided into five hundred catties of rice, five hundred catties of white flour, one thousand catties of corn and millet; one thousand catties of other miscellaneous grains, two carriages and ten cattle.

The house deed and land deed were transferred on the spot, because there are people from the yamen, so it is convenient to do everything.

Everyone had a vegetarian meal at noon, crying and howling outside, everything was going on in an orderly manner, but it made Ding Tian feel so cold, because everyone didn't really cry.

The death of an elder is like the death of an outsider, everything is superficial.

Ding Tian whispered to Jin Buhuan in a bad mood: "The Zhang family's family style is so cold-blooded?"

Yihao let Old Uncle Zheng hear it, and Uncle Zheng whispered to the two of them: "The Zhang family was in Uncle's old man's generation, just because of four brothers, they were making a fortune, but the boss was cruel, and he split up before his father's death." When you became a family, there was a lot of trouble at that time! You have been building bridges and paving roads for these years, and you have the least rent. What is it for? In order to get a good reputation, don’t let people always say that their family wants money and is shameless... …”

Both Ding Tian and Jin Buhuan's excited eyes lit up: "Isn't their family a scholar?"

"It's just because I'm a scholar that I value these things, and there are so many names, excuses, and fig leafs." Old Zheng Shu said: "Scholars can speak well, but when they encounter unreasonable ones, they can't help it. Look at Mr. Zhang. lady, talk to us

When he was alone, he was just like them when he was a different person, throwing himself around, crying, making trouble, and hanging himself.

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"Is she really afraid that the Zhang family will torture her?" Ding Tian thought for a while: "At any rate, she is the mother of the Zhang family master in name, even if it is

stepmother. "

"If she was alone, she would be happy to torment Zhang's family and let them live in dire straits every day. Unfortunately, she has a son. In order for her son to not be restrained by Master Zhang, she insisted on leaving this house. No, separation is the first step, and the second step is for her to move." Jin Buhuan saw it clearly, and he admired it: "As long as she leaves this house, she will return to the sea as a dragon and return to the mountain as a tigress." !"

Sure enough, the separation meal was over, and in the end, it was Mrs. Zhang who moved!

"Moving?" Mr. Zhang said with a gloomy face, "Although you were married after my father, you are also the wife of my Zhang family who has been hired into the genealogy. Don't worry, my son will be filial to you in the future and let you grow old." Ann, enjoy, evening, year!"

The last four words were spoken through gritted teeth.

When Ding Tian saw the white-haired Patriarch of the Zhang family, and then the old lady Zhang who was clearly a young woman but dressed in an old-fashioned way, he immediately felt the true realm of the word "ridiculous".

"Enjoy your old age?" Mrs. Zhang immediately sneered: "You said that I will enjoy my old age, but I am afraid that the old man will be buried in the future, and it is time to hold a funeral for me later!"

"How could it be?" Master Zhang said with a gloomy face, "And there is no eldest son, the old lady lives with the second son..." Yang Yong

"That's an ordinary family. I'm only 38 this year, hehe... A 38-year-old young woman, an old lady in the inner house... You go back to the inner house to rest every day... Not only you, but also your five sons, 28 grandchildren... all of them are young..." Mrs. Zhang's eyes suddenly became frivolous, and she glanced at the people outside several times: "You want to keep me here...for what?"

Before Master Zhang could speak, Zhang Shanchang immediately said, "You can't stay!"

Master Zhang looked at Zhang Shanchang angrily: "Cousin..."

"Patriarch, you have to think about it. This woman is so ruthless that she dares to do something that ruins the family style. Do you want to really discredit the Zhang family?" Zhang Shanchang whispered to him: "And her son's future is not as good as it is. It's important, but people can do anything when they have no intention of living! You... your family is still like... You forgot the concubine you took in? People say that you and your father really deserve to be father and son!"

Mr. Zhang's face changed several times. Mrs. Zhang looked at her husband nervously, and she didn't want to keep such a mother-in-law at home.

All these years, she has had enough!

Ding Tian whispered to Jin Buhuan: "Tell me, can they agree to Mrs. Zhang moving out?"

"Yes." Jin Buhuan nodded: "Old lady Zhang is not an easy woman. She must have packed her luggage last night, and now she can move out immediately. I can't do anything to her, but she is the old lady of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family has to give her presents during the holidays... Hehe... Interesting."