Starting from the next day, as soon as the funeral hall of the Zhang family's old house was decorated, the Zhang family's old house in Jinguang City began to become lively. First, various elders and family members from the Huaiyuan Hall in Yanghe County came to express their condolences formally. Leading figures from various branches also came in an endless stream, and then, representatives of various wealthy families in the entire Youzhou, who received the news, Gaozhou, Mozhou, Tongzhou, Qiongzhou, Yanzhou, Huizhou, and Chaozhou in the Northeast Governor's Mansion Representatives of wealthy families flocked to Jinguang City one after another. After the wealthy families from the Northeast Governor's Prefecture, there were wealthy families and business partners from all over Taixia Prefecture who cooperated with the Zhulong Leader and the Golden Crow Merchant Group.
And the people who came this time were not small people. Among the wealthy families, the people who came were either the family patriarch or the supreme elder. The people who came from each business group were all leaders of the group leader level. Everyone knew that Zhang Tie was in the Zhang family’s old house. , at this time, if the people who came were small people from various families, they probably wouldn't even be able to meet Zhang Tie, so it would be meaningless.
The entire Golden Light City has never been so lively since the day the city was established. The scene in Golden Light City now is almost more lively than when the competition for governor in Youzhou began. In the sky above the entire Golden Light City, Feizhou Traffic was like rain, and the airship landing base outside the city was almost full of airships. Those airships that were originally staying in Golden Light City were transferred elsewhere by the city lord.
Fortunately, the old house had already predicted that there would be a lot of people coming to express their condolences to the old man this time. Therefore, although the mourning hall was arranged in the old house, in order to arrange the mourning hall, the walls of the two courtyards in the old house were demolished that night. The roads were cut off and opened up, and the mourning hall was made wide and large enough, so that there would be no crowding.
Except for the family member Zhang Taixuan who left Jinguang City and returned to Youzhou City due to official business after offering condolences, the three elders of Huaiyuan Hall, Elder Mu Yuan, Elder Mu Yu and Elder Mu En, all stayed at the Zhang family's old house. Among them, there were three family elders helping to greet the wealthy people from all walks of life who came to express their condolences. There was no mistake in the old house.
Zhang Tie is the Supreme Elder of Huaiyuantang. Now the Grandfather of the Supreme Elder has passed away. This is considered a big event in Huaiyuantang. Several family elders are also from Huaiyuantang. They greet each other here both emotionally and rationally. That makes sense.
Nowadays, several of the best inns and hotels in Golden Light City have been contracted by the Zhang family for a long time, and are now used to accommodate these guests.
Because of the large number of people coming, sergeants from the city are now on guard duty on the two streets outside the old house to maintain order.
Zhang Tie put on mourning clothes the next day and greeted people from all walks of life who came to express condolences in the old house. The heads and elders of wealthy families from various states came to the old house to pay their condolences first. Afterwards, Mr. Zhang Haitian was invited to have a few words with Zhang Tie, show his face in front of Zhang Tie, and then he was hosted by the Zhang family to settle down and rest.
There is a saying that when you are poor in the busy city, no one cares about you, but when you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives. This is the way of the world and the way of the world. Zhang Tie is very open-minded and understands this. He has no cynical or pretentious thoughts. Tie knew his role in the old house now, and also knew the thoughts of many people who came to express condolences and worship, so he didn't say much, just let the family make arrangements, and he himself was just like the light. Let nature take its course. At this time, as a member of the Zhang family, the only people who can come to express condolences are guests, which is a human touch and an honor for the old man. Zhang Tie will treat each other with courtesy without breaking the rules. Those who want to see him, Zhang Tie will Tie didn't put on airs, met them calmly, said a few words, and left them satisfied.
Disasters and pain make people mature. The old man's death left the future of the Zhang family in Zhang Tie's hands. Zhang Tie found that he had matured a lot almost overnight.
Many people came to the door, but the gifts given by those who came to the door frightened Zhang Tie and his uncle.
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Unconsciously, it was evening on the first day. After twelve o'clock in the evening, although the lights of the Zhang family's old house were brightly lit and the door was open, according to the rules, no one would come to the mourning hall after twelve o'clock in the evening. Those who had not yet Those who express condolences will not come until after sunrise the next morning. The mourning hall will be set up for seven days. After seven days, there will be "big collection" and "first sacrifice". Then there will be the first mourning, the seventh day, the funeral, and the burial ceremony. It took forty-nine days for the old man's funeral to be completely completed.
Of course, this is also the custom of large families in Taixia. For ordinary people from small families, the funeral of the elderly can be completed in three or seven days.
"... The Moh family of Mozhou Jianaitang gave a gift of 17 million gold coins, the Qian family of Tongzhou governor gave a gift of 3 million gold coins, the Gu family of Gaozhou Deruntang gave a gift of 3 million gold coins, the Wang family of Qiongzhou Baoshitang gave a gift of 3 million gold coins, Huizhou The Liu family, the governor of Chaozhou, gave a gift of 3 million gold coins, the Xiong family of Chaozhou Tianyuantang gave a gift of 2 million gold coins, the Hong family of Chaozhou Sixian hall gave a gift of 6 million gold coins, the Zhu family of Yanzhou governor gave a gift of 4 million gold coins, Yanzhou The Sun family of Zhoujixintang sent a gift of 2 million gold coins, and..."
In a room next to the mourning hall, Zhang Tie, who had been socializing all day, sat on a chair and listened quietly to Zhang Su's father holding a gift list and reading it in front of him.
This thin gift list seemed to be of great importance to Zhang Tie's uncle. His hand holding the gift list was trembling involuntarily, and his voice was also trembling.
There was a long gift list, listing the names of hundreds of families who came to express their condolences today. The sum of the gifts on the gift list was astronomical. It took Zhang Tie's uncle several minutes to put together today's gift list. The gift money was reported to Zhang Tie.
And this gift list only includes the names of families who received gifts worth more than one million today. Those whose gifts are less than one million are not on the gift list.
Not to mention anything else, this gift list was just a gift from the Mo family of Jianaitang. It was already several times larger than the entire family property of the original Galaxy Shipyard in the old house. No wonder Zhang Tie's uncle was nervous.
In addition to Zhang Tie's uncle, several other uncles in mourning clothes from the old house are in the room at the moment. Zhang Tie's father is also in the room. Everyone has their ears perked up and listening to the gift list with shock on their faces. Those numbers, every number reported on it, made them feel like stars were flying in front of their eyes and their mouths were dry. Even if Zhang Tie's father was usually indifferent to money, he was also shocked at this time.
Zhang Yang was also listening, sitting on the chair next to Zhang Tie, drinking tea, and his indifferent eyes swept across the faces of several uncles from time to time.
"I was outside just now, and I heard a cousin say that this time the old man passed away in such great glory, the family was so embarrassed just to receive gift money. These money are regarded as the old man's inheritance. Later, everyone will divide the gift money. , each member of the family can have at least several million gold coins. All the descendants of the Zhang family are billionaires, and they can spend more in ten lifetimes. Everyone can live a peaceful life. I don’t know how many uncles there are. Does uncle think so too?" As soon as Zhang Lin finished speaking, Zhang Yang put down the teacup in his hand and spoke before Zhang Tie could speak.
Zhang Yang's face was smiling, but there was not much warmth in his words, but a bit of coldness.
Zhang Tie glanced at Zhang Yang calmly. Of course he would not doubt his brother's words. He just didn't expect that among the children in the old house, in just one day, some of them would be dazzled by the money on the gift list. My head was spinning, and I was actually thinking about how to divide the money and the gold coins on the gift list.
This is only the first day. In the following days, more people will come, and more gold coins will be accumulated on the gift list. No wonder some people are interested in the money.
Is this money the old man's inheritance? Of course, it can be said that on the surface, but in fact, anyone who is not mentally ill will know what is going on. These gift bills are not so much for the old man as for Zhang Tie's feelings. If the Zhang family Without Zhang Tie, let alone Mr. Zhang Haitian, even if Count Changfeng Zhang Taixuan died, others would not be so polite.
Under Zhang Yang's gaze, some of the uncles were calm, while others had embarrassed looks on their faces...
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