"Mother, big brother!" Tang Zhangnian respectfully saluted Wang Shi and Tang Bainian successively.
Wang Shi didn't say anything, but Tang Bainian's face was not very good-looking: "Why are you here?"
"I invited my second brother here. Mother, what did you just say?" Tang Songnian asked deliberately.
With some guilt, Wang looked away, and murmured for a while, until he inadvertently met Tang Bainian's face that was so black that he could drip ink, took a breath, and finally stammered his answer.
"You, your eldest brother has a good way, but it's just that you are short of money at the moment. I think that anyway, the family's money is kept, so it's better to put it together and give your eldest brother's future."
"So that's the case." Tang Songnian nodded, while Tang Zhangnian glanced at Wang swiftly, and then sat aside with his eyes on the nose.
"Before my father died, 60% of the family's property was divided into three parts, and each of the three brothers had one share. My father left the remaining 40% of the family property to be kept by my mother, and she would divide it with us a few hundred years later. Now Since the eldest brother wants to use the money of the second brother and me, I must file an IOU to avoid confusion in the future." Tang Songnian said again in a slow and slow manner.
Tang Bainian slapped the square table and stood up with a 'huh': "Tang Songnian, don't deceive people too much!"
"Too deceiving? I don't understand what Big Brother said. Isn't it just right to borrow money and pay IOUs?"
"Songnian, how do you talk to your elder brother? We are all in the same family, so what is the difference between each other? Your elder brother is in a hurry to use it, so he gave it to him first. As long as the two of your brothers use it in the future, it will naturally be returned to you. "Wang looked at his son disapprovingly.
Tang Songnian said meaningfully again: "Brother, clear the account, I thought the eldest brother knew exactly what he meant."
Tang Bainian had blue veins on his forehead, calmed down his anger a little, and looked at Tang Zhangnian, who was always silent: "Second brother, what do you mean?"
Tang Zhangnian pondered for a while before saying slowly: "I can trust eldest brother, but the third brother has his reasons. The eldest brother is a gentleman who keeps his word, it is better..."
Better yet, although he didn't say it, everyone present understood it.
Tang Bainian glanced at Wang Shi sullenly, and laughed in anger: "Okay, okay, okay, so they're all waiting for me here!"
Wang opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but as soon as Tang Songnian raised his hand, Mo Yan quickly walked in with the four treasures of the study, placed them on the table one by one, and handed the pen to Tang Bainian respectfully.
"Master, please use it!"
Tang Bainian really wanted to walk away and said loudly that he didn't care about their stinky money, but he couldn't bear it anymore when he thought of the silver taels that were still a long way away, and glared at Mo Yan angrily. Tang Songnian said: "Brother, don't be in a hurry, there is still no conclusion about how much to borrow! I can't let you borrow it all."
Tang Zhangnian breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body relaxed a little.
That is, is it difficult to lend out your entire net worth? There is no such thing in the world! Besides, given his character as a good big brother, it is still a huge question whether he can get it back after borrowing it.
"How are you doing?" Tang Bainian already knew at this time that things wouldn't happen so easily today, but the situation was overwhelming, and the prefect of Wu couldn't wait for a long time, so he asked reluctantly.
Tang Songnian took the abacus handed over by Mo Yan, tapped on it, and said while knocking: "The 40% of the property that my father handed over to my mother, after years of accumulation, the total value has doubled. After two times, according to the distribution ratio set by my father, you are the eldest son, accounting for 50% of the big head, the second brother for 20%, and me for 30%, and now I would like to share with the second brother equally..."
He threw numbers out of his mouth and tapped on the abacus quickly. Mo Yan, who was beside him, took a pen and wrote down every data quickly. The two masters and servants cooperated quite tacitly.
Tang Zhangnian opened his mouth slightly and looked at him in shock.
"… Comprehensive calculation, the eldest brother's income should be 4,000 taels, and the second brother and I each have 2,000 taels. After deducting the real estate, the silver that the eldest brother can control should be 1,600 taels, and the second brother and I each have 800 taels. If the eldest brother has any doubts about the number, please ask someone to recalculate it." Tang Songnian motioned for Mo Yan to hand Tang Bainian the paper on which the data was written.
Tang Bainian's face was gloomy and he didn't answer.
Mo Yan handed it to Tang Zhangnian again, Tang Zhangnian just took it and glanced at it and said, "I have no objection."
In the early years, the world was in turmoil. Although my father was a good trader before his death, after deducting the silver taels for filial piety, the family had not much money left. Before his death, he took out 60% of the family property and distributed it to the three brothers, but he only took 20% of the 60 taels.
Daqi established the country, the war was subsided, and the 40% of the undistributed family property, even though the surplus was more than before, but he thought he could get a few hundred taels at most. This is really a big pie that fell from the sky!
Tang Songnian nodded and continued: "Since the two brothers have no objection, let's take this result. It is impossible for me to lend you all of my eight hundred taels. I would like to give 30%, which is two hundred and forty taels. Big brother, I don't need this interest for a brother. I wonder what the second brother is planning?"
"I'm the same as the third brother." Tang Zhangnian quickly returned to his senses and said in a hurry.
At this moment, he finally understood the purpose of this third brother's invitation to come here. It turned out that he took this opportunity to clearly separate the family business. , can't teach anyone to take advantage of it in vain!
He glanced at Tang Songnian gratefully, knowing that the third brother was intending to help him. The big house is not good at business, and the third house is an official. Even if he has the ability to make money, he can't stand the toss.
After a tit-for-tat confrontation between you and me, Tang Bainian threw down two IOUs with a dark face, and left angrily with two thousand and eighty taels worth of silver notes.
Wang Shi's lips moved, and he tried to speak several times, but was interrupted by Tang Songnian.
Finally, after Tang Zhangnian left with gratitude and contentment, Wang shi said bitterly to his son, "What are you doing? How can you do this to your younger brother? It is about your eldest brother's future, you, what are you doing... "
"Let's not talk about whether the eldest brother's plan can be accomplished. Today, my mother gave all my money to help the eldest brother to seek his future. What about the second brother? The second brother is also the son of the father, and he also has a share of the property left by the father. Are you willing to let the big brother move the share that belongs to you?"
"If the second brother is in urgent need tomorrow, where should mother get it for him?"
"Mother, I don't owe Tang Bainian, and the second brother doesn't owe him either!" Tang Songnian said calmly and slowly.
"Besides..." He sneered, "Mother treats him with kindness and cares for him, even... She can even exchange the life of her own son for his life, but has he ever accepted your love? Consider you an elder?"
Wang Shi's face turned pale, and he muttered: "After all, you are still blaming me for what happened back then. But, how do you know that it's hard for your stepmother! If there is anything wrong with him, not only will his mother be stabbed in the spine, but also You can't avoid being pointed at."
"I only know that as long as you have a clear conscience and an open heart, you will not be afraid of any strange eyes in the world. Besides—" He paused, and finally couldn't hold back, "Besides, since mother knows that stepmother is difficult, why did she still want Agree with this marriage?"
"You..." Wang Shi's face turned pale, looking at his son in disbelief.
Tang Songnian had already regretted when the words fell, and when he saw the pale face of his biological mother, his regret became stronger, but he didn't know what to say to ease the scene.
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Right in the house.
At this moment, Mrs. Ruan was talking to the old woman who came to answer the question. Cuiwen and Biwen had their own errands, so there were only two people in the back room, Zhou Ge'er and Xu Yunyao.
Xu Yunyao is still learning to walk with a pair of short legs. Now she can walk a few steps without being helped, and she can speak a lot, even though she can only speak single words.
No matter how Ruan Shi and Cui Wen Bi Wen coaxed them, she refused to call her father or mother, and every time she just pretended to be stupid and smiled sweetly at them, making everyone's hearts melt away. Ignore this matter.
Brother Zhou was still holding his cloth tiger, and he had a lot of fun listening to the tiger's cries. After a while, he grabbed the tiger's tail and swung it hard, swiping it. He grabbed his hand and let go, and the whole 'tiger' slammed into Ruan's basket on the round table with bundles of cotton threads.
The basket was swaying, and finally fell off the table under the unbearable force. It just fell at the feet of Xu Yunyao, who was walking over, and several bundles of cotton threads were also hung on her body.
Xu Yunyao was taken aback, one fell to the ground before he could stand still, and stared at Brother Zhou who ran over to pick up the cloth tiger.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and before Xu Yunyao could react, he saw Brother Zhou's eyes roll, and the tiger holding his cloth turned around and ran out, shouting as he ran: "" Mother, sister knocked over your basket!"
What? !
She widened her eyes in disbelief, and then hurriedly tugged at the cotton thread on her body, but the more she was in a hurry, the tighter the cotton thread was, so anxious that her little face flushed red and she inadvertently raised her eyes. , slammed into Ruan's eyes full of disapproval.
no, not me, not me...
Ruan Shi stroked his forehead and rushed forward to rescue his daughter, who was wrapped in a cocoon, but the thread that had been neatly tidied up turned into a mess and was completely useless.
She deliberately taught her a lesson with a straight face: "Bao Ya is not a good child if she is not obedient. You have damaged all of your mother's cotton threads, so don't be naughty next time!"
Xu Yunyao was both wronged and angry, especially when she saw Brother Zhou who was sticking out his tongue from behind Ruan Shi, he was even more angry.
"Do not… "
not me.
She shouted loudly, but she couldn't utter the last two words, which made her cry more and more anxiously.
"No, no..." Not me not me.
Seeing that her daughter has done something wrong, she still doesn't know how to repent. Even if she has a good temper like Mrs. Ruan, she frowned at this moment, but she still taught patiently.
"It doesn't matter if you do something wrong, you are still a good boy if you can correct your mistakes."
Xu Yunyao slapped on the embroidered pier angrily, shouting loudly while slapping, "No... no... no..."
not me not me not me!
Ruan Shi frowned and patted her daughter's little butt lightly, "Don't say no, it's a good thing that the scissors were never put in the basket, otherwise what would happen if it fell and hurt yourself?"
Thinking of this possibility, Ruan Shi couldn't help but be afraid for a while.
Although Ruan Shi's beating didn't hurt at all, Xu Yunyao felt deeply insulted, but no matter how hard she tried to explain, she couldn't say a word completely, and she became more and more angry. Fa slapped the embroidered pier hard, and screamed with a small milk voice: "No..."
I'm so pissed off, I'm so pissed off, how can there be such a stupid woman in the world! !