Old Zhou Tou sat on a small stool and cut the medicine, and sighed when he cut half of it.
Mrs. Qian didn't care about him, she was also cutting the medicine, and old Zhou Tou sighed again.
Qian raised her eyelids to look at him, and asked, "What's the matter with you? The fifth daughter-in-law said that these medicines are needed urgently, and they will be crushed into powder to make ointment later."
Only then did the old Zhou Tou speed up the action of cutting the medicine, but he still couldn't help but say, "You think we really want to separate?"
Qian Shi didn't speak.
Old Zhou was unwilling in his heart, he muttered: "We are all still alive..."
I always feel that after the separation, the family will be broken up. Now that there is no separation, the fourth child and the others use Man Bao’s official posts as a matter of course, and Man Bao divides the accounts every year. Take it to heart.
But if the family is separated, these matters will have to be re-discussed, otherwise, if there are too many things divided, it will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable.
Old Zhoutou knew that he was not as smart as his old wife, so he asked her, "Aside from other things, if we split up, the ointment business would be from the fourth and fifth families and Man Baolijun. The two of us Cutting medicine for them at home every day, will they have no objection after a long time?"
Therefore, as long as the elderly in the village are still alive, they will not separate their families. The main reason is to serve in the army and pay taxes, and the second reason is that it is difficult for the elderly.
The family is separated, and there are several brothers. Will the old man help the old family with work, or help the second child's family? What about the old three
Especially since their family has six sons.
He can spread his hands and say that he will live with his daughter in the future, but he can't go to Qingzhou to follow Manbao right now, so in the same way, it is too difficult to help this family but not that one.
And... old Zhou Tou muttered: "I just want to cut the medicine..."
Like the elders, he can't do the work in the kitchen. The second and third children are all doing farm work in the house. He can help, but he doesn't want to do it. He is too tired. He is old and can enjoy the blessings. Why do you have to work in the fields again
So no matter how good the family is, there is still one laborer every year. If there are idlers in the family, they will be sent to serve, and if they are not, they will be paid.
No matter what work he does, he will do it for all his children in the end, because part of the money he earns in the end will be handed over to the public office for everyone to share.
Seeing how aggrieved he said it, Qian said, "Ask the children first."
"Why should I ask them?" Old Zhou said, "We are still alive, we just have to make up our minds, just listen to Man Bao, and record all the family business in the name of Lijun. Is it in her name too?"
Qian said: "Now that the family has money, the children have their own livelihoods. I don't know what they think, so I have to ask. I also think it's good not to separate the families, but they must be willing."
She said: "So many properties are handed over to Li Jun at once. If they are unwilling, that is a bad thing."
Old Zhou Tou murmured, "Didn't you say you were not allowed to separate before?"
Mrs. Qian got angry, and put the knife on the chopping board with a bang, and asked, "When did I mess up? Did the family say that the family was separated? When was that time? When is this now? At that time There is nothing in the family. Dividing the family is tantamount to courting death. Even if the family is separated now, they can live well... "
"Okay, okay, what you said is right." Old Zhou felt that Man Bao had learned from her that he always forgets things.
Zhou Zhoulang received a letter saying that something big happened at home, he was asked to come back to discuss the big thing, so he handed over the caravan to the third son, and asked them to continue waiting in Xiazhou for people from the Western Regions, so he brought two people and hurried back up.
Zhou Yilang and Zhou Zhoulang entrusted their family affairs to the village chief, and then went with the caravan from Shangjing.
The two parties came to the capital one after the other, but they have been in the capital for two days, and the old Zhou Tou didn't say anything about it.
Of course, the old Zhou family didn't have any secrets, and they soon learned the reason from their wives and children.
In the past two days, their hearts were on fire, and they all had ideas, but they didn't know what the other brothers were thinking.
Qian felt that since everyone had arrived, there was no need to procrastinate. After they had rested for two days and recovered, and after their respective families had discussed with each other, she asked Xiao Qian to cook earlier. Call the three married sisters Zhou Lixin, Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liru home to discuss this matter together.
Lao Zhou had a large family, including young children, who sat at three tables.
Sitting on the first seat, Mrs. Qian saw that they were almost finished eating, so she turned to look at Old Zhou.
Old Zhou put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth.
Seeing this, the juniors put down their bowls and chopsticks one after another.
Old Zhou saw a few young grandsons, and waved directly: "They can't sit still, let them go out to play by themselves, since everyone is at home today, and the grandsons-in-law are here, let's talk together. "
Fang immediately asked Liutou to take his younger brother, nieces and nieces out to play.
Liutou tightened his face, and led a group of children out with a serious face, "Don't make noise, Grandpa and the others want to talk about big things, let's go play in the garden."
"Then can I go and play with Grandma Zheng?" Mrs. Zheng likes children very much and always gives them snacks. The children of the Zhou family used to like sister-in-law the most, but now they like Mrs. Zheng the most.
Liutou also liked Mrs. Zheng, so he nodded, "Let's go, I'll take you there."
In the room, the old Zhou said: "You should all know why the family asked you to go back to the capital."
At the beginning, the letter was read in front of Zhou Dalang and Friday Lang and Saturday Lang. The old Zhou Tou mainly said this to Zhou Zhoulang, Zhou Zhoulang and Zhou Zhoulang. People's affairs, the family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and accidents may happen at any time. So we have to find a way to avoid it."
"In the old family, Sanniang is an official. After Lizhong, she will go back to Luojiang County to take the county government examination. Lixue has already filled up the official position, so she can't have any relationship with Shang. As for the second family, Liru is married. , this incident has no effect on her, but in the future, Liwei's children will always study and be an examiner, right?"
Now the old Zhou has two grandsons who are officials, as well as the granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law who are officials. His heart has long been raised. He feels that his family is rich now and can afford the education of his children. reading examiner's.
"Furthermore, Man Bao wrote in a letter saying that Liwei is now following his uncle, and there may be good luck in the future, so Erlang's family should pay attention to it," said old Zhou Tou: "Not to mention the third family, Ligu has become an official. His younger brother is still literate, and he will learn medical skills from Man Bao in the future."
After the old Zhou Tou finished speaking, he looked at Wu Tou and asked, "Wu Tou, grandpa is right?"
The five heads nodded blankly, "Yes."
Old Zhou was satisfied, and looked at the remaining three sons, "Your children are still young, but they must be planning now, fourth child, now the family's business is mainly done by you, you say, you Is it going to be a merchant, or what?"
Zhou Zhoulang immediately said: "Of course you can't be a merchant."