Mrs. Liu shook her head, with a look of approval on her face, she pulled the person who persuaded her and said in a low voice: "My dear brothers and sisters, how can I not know about this? But you have been in the capital for a while, you should know that the people in the capital How can a house be so easy to buy?"
She said: "Here in the inner city, just a small courtyard costs thousands of dollars. Since Shanbao's father left, Shanbao's mother and I can barely make ends meet, supporting Shanbao's studies. How can there be so much money?" buy house?"
"If we buy it in the outer city, our family can't afford to lose that person," Mrs. Liu said, "Besides, the people living in the outer city are incomparable to those living in the inner city. We can't let the two children get married in the future and let them come from Chongming. Yuan Fangli moved to the outer city to live?"
"Don't say that my in-laws are not happy, even I can't make fun of Shanbao's future."
The person who proposed forced a laugh, she didn't believe that Mrs. Liu couldn't even get a thousand coins. Their family's assets were quite rich, even if they were handed over to some members of the clan back then, she took away a lot.
She still has a lot of land in Longzhou with Zhuangzi, and there is also their Bai family's land in that area, and it is said that there are quite a lot of harvests every year.
The new wheat varieties that were very popular in Longzhou a few years ago, I heard that their family brought them from the south, so they must have made a lot of money.
But Mrs. Liu said that she had no money, so she couldn't mention this, so she could only apologize.
Mrs. Liu did not let her go, pulled her and continued: "I don't know, the expenses of being an official and not being an official are different. His mother and I only need enough food and drink, but the child can't be wronged." .”
She snapped her fingers and said: "People want good Xuan pens, we Shanbao can't use such a good one, but we have to use Hu pens or Shanlian pens, right? They want to use Taohe inkstones, we always have one at home. Chengni inkstone, let alone paper and ink sticks for daily use, how can he hold his head up outside?"
Mrs. Zheng on the side was stunned. They also have these things at home, but the son’s daily use is obviously very common, but the pens, inkstones and paper that the mother said are basically only used for drawing or writing at home. It will only be used when writing.
Mrs. Liu continued, "There are also children's accessories. After all, he is a son of an aristocratic family. Even if he has no father and is less than others, he can't lack too many things. Clothes need to be changed from time to time, and accessories are also indispensable. Welcome to give away I can't be more shabby than my classmates in the past, and keep this decent throwing fee... "
Mrs. Liu didn't say much, she just wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
She said: "Why don't I know that living in Zhou's house is not good, not to mention, when the two children get married after a while, how will his mother and I face this granddaughter-in-law?"
"You are from my own family, I just said that, if it were someone else, I wouldn't say such things, alas, it's because our widows are unemployed, and many things left by our ancestors are gone, so we let the children suffer this grievance .”
The face of the sister-in-law who was held back by her changed slightly, and she dared not bring up this topic again.
When she got back to their house, she still couldn't hold back and called her son, told what she said truthfully, and asked, "What do you mean by what she said?"
Bai Min frowned, "Is she trying to communicate through her mother and clan?"
The old lady said worriedly: "I have the same feeling. It is impossible to say that she is short of money. No one in the clan knows that she is a capable person. The ancestral property made such a big fuss back then, it was because our clan invited her The nephew of my natal family came over, but all the descendants were fine, and after staying for less than two days, the other party changed his voice, took things from the clan, and went to help her instead."
Otherwise, Mrs. Liu couldn't just leave at that time.
"Although there have been few contacts between the two parties in recent years, her family's properties and Zhuangzi are not far away, and all interested people in the family know that the management is not bad," she said: "I believe that Baishan's expenses are high, but who doesn't?" One or two children who are studying? No one else will be so difficult. She said this, I am afraid that she is thinking about the ancestral property of the clan."
Bai Min pursed his lips in displeasure, and asked, "Why did she suddenly mention this?"
The old lady was a little embarrassed. It couldn't be said that she couldn't get used to people, so she took the initiative to bring up the matter of buying a house in the capital, right
Seeing the old lady's reaction, Bai Min vaguely understood something, and asked, "Are there many people there?"
The old lady said helplessly: "We whisper in private, besides me, only your daughter-in-law and younger sister-in-law are here."
Bai Min: ...
The old lady waited for his decision.
Bai Min thought for a long time, and finally said: "Forget it, I will discuss it with the fifth brother. I will also talk to the elder brother. As for how to decide, I will listen to the elder brother."
This eldest brother is naturally Bai Wei, the patriarch of the Bai clan. In the past two years, his father Bai Jing got old and suffered from two illnesses.
And Bai Wei, like most patriarchs of aristocratic families, did not become an official, but concentrated on taking care of the family at home. Now he is very strict about family education.
And the fifth child is Bai Yan who has been closer to the Baishan family of the Zhou family in the past two years. Zhou Zhoulang is still called uncle and nephew.
When Bai Heng heard that they had suffered so badly, he almost vomited blood, "Third brother, why is the old lady talking about these things to their family?"
He said: "In the past two years, I have deliberately avoided this matter. Who doesn't know that Sifang's aunt is so powerful. Back then, so many clan elders couldn't do anything to her. Why did you go out of your way to deliver the message?"
Bai Min said: "The old ladies are comparing each other and making fun of each other, what can I do?"
"What's more, it's not an option to hide this matter all the time." Bai Min sat down on the chair, took a cup of tea and drank it, and said to himself, "If you want me to say, since Sifang is so tough, it's better to give them something."
"Give it to them?" Bai Heng smiled wryly, pointing at himself and asked: "I give it, or you?"
He said: "Even if our two families are willing to give it, what about the other families? They have been in their hands for more than ten years, and what they eat has turned into something. Is it possible for them to spit it out?"
"Can this matter be up to us?" Bai Min said: "To put it bluntly, Sifang was not willing to show it back then, but in the end he did it too? The same is true for us. But it depends on who is more powerful. Weak."
Bai Heng couldn't help muttering, "Their family isn't very powerful, is it?"
Bai Min glanced at him and said, "I just want to return them when they are not powerful, and repair the relationship. If their family is really powerful enough that we have to return it, then it is better not to return it, just find a reason." Just divide their room out."
Bai Heng turned pale when he heard the words, "Branch? Third brother, their family is not far from our direct branch. If word of this gets out, how will our Bai family behave?"
"So we have to take out all those things while Bai Shan is still young, and even buy some more, and find a reason for Sifang. I think the reason given by Sifang's aunt is good, and Bai Shan has grown up. After buying a property and getting married, our family should give him something."