Old Master Wei has been a wise man all his life. He knows how to do things and even better how to be a person.
Although he was a foreigner living in Beijing, he was not rich, but he had made his own fortune, and his children had no worries about food and clothing. Now that he has passed away, not only his children, but also his relatives and friends have come to mourn after hearing the news. Before his death, Old Master Wei had instructed that the funeral should not be a big deal, and the limit should be 100 yuan. But when the funeral letter was sent, everyone found that in addition to the friends that Old Master Wei had interacted with over the years, there were also the in-laws of Wei Shi and Wei Nian, and Wei Jin's in-laws. These were all important relatives, so they naturally had to be notified. Moreover, Wei Shi and Wei Nian had good friends in Beijing over the years, and they also had to be informed. After calculating it this way, even if the two brothers discussed frugality, they still exceeded the limit. Fortunately, the two brothers were not people who valued money, and the excess was not much. Whoever spent the money would be his own, and there was no need to settle the account.
When it came to the funeral, although the family was mentally prepared, they were all sad when Old Master Wei left. Especially Old Lady Wei, who fainted several times from crying. Wei Jin and Wei Yin had to follow Chen Xuan and Li to serve the old lady, and the four sisters-in-law had to cry together. There were also children to take care of. The other children were grown up, and the youngest Yun Jieer was in junior high school. Only the little girl was only three years old. Now that the funeral was going on, the house was in chaos. Chen Xuan was worried, so she let the little girl stay with her. Fortunately, Uncle Wang was in Beijing, and the two shopkeepers Zhao and Li, as well as Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li, helped to take care of it, and Qin Shu helped to entertain some people in the cultural circle that Wei Nian and Chen Xuan had made friends with. After a few days of sadness and busyness, everyone finally took care of the funeral.
The Wei family's ancestral home is in the countryside of Hebei. These days, people pay attention to returning to their hometowns when their dead are gone. Wei Shi and Wei Nian were originally planning to return to their hometowns to be buried. This matter needs to be told to Old Lady Wei. Old Lady Wei, who was drinking her medicine, disagreed. Old Lady Wei leaned against the quilt, the winter sunset shone through the window, and fell on her gloomy face. "I'm not feeling well now. Maybe one day the old man will think of me in the underworld and call me over. Why rush? When I close my eyes, he can send us back together. No need to make another trip alone."
Wei Shi and Wei Nian both advised Old Lady Wei to be more open-minded. As the two brothers, they were no less sad than others because their father was gone, but they still had to live. Especially since Old Master Wei was gone, the family had to be taken care of by the two brothers. However, Old Lady Wei refused to agree. The two brothers discussed and decided to temporarily store Old Master Wei's coffin in a temple outside the city and give the monks in the temple more money to take better care of it. In this way, Old Master Wei's funeral was paid for.
The Wei family began to observe mourning from then on.
Although Grandpa Wei passed away and the family was divided before he passed away, it was almost New Year and Grandma Wei was ill, so they had to spend the New Year together. Wei Nian discussed with his eldest brother that he would move to the house in Dongjiaomin Lane after the New Year. Wei Shi sighed, "We have lived together for so many years. If you move, Mom will feel lonely."
"The house over there is not far from here, big brother, we are brothers, even if we are not in the same place, we are still close." Wei Nian asked, "Big brother, what is your rule?"
Wei Shi said, "I originally thought that our two families would still live like this. If you move to Dongjiaomin Lane, this house will be too big. I haven't discussed it with your sister-in-law yet, why don't we rent a small house nearby."
The two brothers talked about Wei Yin and Qin Shu again. Qin Shu has been living in the Wei family and pays for accommodation and food every month. However, it's not that she can't afford to live alone. She is good friends with Wei Yin and they are used to being together. Wei Shi meant that Wei Yin should live with the old lady before getting married. However, Wei Shi also said, "We should also ask Ah Yin's opinion. We only have this one sister, and now that Dad is gone, we have to take better care of her. She always has her own ideas. Besides, there is Miss Qin."
As for Qin Shu, Wei Nian said, "She will be a senior this year and will graduate in half a year next year. Just wait and see. Her family has always wanted her to study abroad."
The two brothers talked about the arrangements for their family members. Actually, according to Wei Nian's thoughts, the eldest brother Wei Shi now has two sons and a daughter. If he doesn't buy a big house, he should buy two small houses. In this way, it will be easier for Wei Jie and Wei Ming to get married and separate. Why rent a house? At that time, their father believed that people would return to their hometowns to live in old age. But now it's the era, who would go back to their hometowns? Wei Shi has two sons. Will his descendants live in Beijing in the future
However, since the family was divided after all, Wei Nian couldn't interfere too much in his eldest brother's family affairs. He would just listen to what his eldest brother said.
The two brothers talked for a while, and then went to see their mother. Now that the New Year is approaching, Wei Jin and Wei Yin often stay with the old lady to comfort her. With the New Year's affairs to worry about, the old lady's health is gradually getting better. It is mainly because Wei Jin often persuaded her, "You can't give up now, Ah Yin's marriage is not settled yet. In the future, there will be matters of Yun Jie'er and the little girl, and you will have to help with your opinion."
This person, once he has a positive attitude, will recover quickly. Besides, Mrs. Wei is just too sad, it's not a fatal disease.
In short, Mrs. Wei’s illness was cured before the New Year.
After Old Lady Wei recovered from her illness, Li asked Old Lady Wei to make a decision on something. It was like this. What should be done with the gifts from relatives and friends during Old Master Wei's funeral? After all, favors are always given and given. Now, let's not talk about relatives, but friends. There are friends of Old Master Wei, friends of Wei Shi, and friends of Wei Nian. How should these money be calculated? In other words, these money are now coming to the Wei family, but if your family has something to do, they will come over, and if they have something to do, your family will also go over. This is favor exchange.
Now that the old man is gone, Mrs. Wei doesn't care about anything anymore. She waved her hand and said, "You guys discuss it. From now on, apart from Ah Yin's marriage, I won't care about anything else. I'll just wait for you to show your respect."
Li let the two brothers make the decision, and later they separated the accounts. The things that came with the old house's big room were still kept in the big room, while the things and accounts that came with Wei Nian's friends were kept by Chen Xuan.
Furthermore, after the funeral, everyone in the Wei family was in a bad mood because of the death of the old man. The shopkeepers, clerks, and employees in the shop were all looking forward to the New Year. This matter could not be neglected. Everyone had been busy for a year, and business had to continue. In the past, they bought New Year gifts together, and this year they did it together. Because business was good this year, the New Year gifts and red envelopes were slightly increased, and everyone's work could not be in vain.
However, the New Year's Eve celebrations before and after the New Year were all cancelled. It was a taboo for bereaved families not to visit other people's homes in the first year, fearing that they would bring bad luck to the family. Therefore, this year's New Year's Eve dinner was eaten by the Wei family alone. Since it was the first year without Grandpa Wei, the New Year's Eve dinner was not very tasty. Grandma Wei shed a few tears, but was persuaded to stop.
The two brothers told the old lady that Wei Nian and his family were going to move out after the Chinese New Year. Old lady Wei always listened to her husband when he was alive, and listened to her son when he passed away. Although she was reluctant, she was relieved when she heard that Wei Nian was going to move to a small western-style building. She said, "I have never lived in a building in my life. When your eldest brother settles down here, I will go over to take a look and help you settle down."
"Mom, you can go ahead and live there. I'll reserve the largest and most sunny room for you."
Old Mrs. Wei, "Okay, I'll live with my little girl then!" Thinking about having a small Western-style house to live in in the future, Old Mrs. Wei was not too sad about her second son moving out.
As for Wei Yin, she has her own house. Because of her business, she plans to live with Wei Nian first, and when her house expires, she will take it back and live there herself. Anyway, her house is next to her second brother, so it's the same.
Qin Shu also lived with Chen Xuan, and she and Wei Yin still shared a room. Wei Nian started to arrange the move, and Chen Xuan had some opinions about it. Their own house was originally rented out, and the contract signed with the other party was for one year. If they regretted it, they would have to pay back double the rent. Chen Xuan thought, even if they moved out, it would take a long time to rent a house for half a year. As a result, Wei Nian was so extravagant, but he didn't want to return the double rent. The family who wanted to live there could live there. Wei Nian would never return the double rent just to force them to move out. Wei Nian also rented a big house in Dongjiaomin Lane, and the rent alone was 150 yuan per month. Chen Xuan was heartbroken and not very happy. Wei Nian specially took Chen Xuan to see the house. Of course, the house was not only expensive, but also had a complete set of mahogany furniture, solid wood floors, and Western-style carpets in the bedroom. The bathroom was decorated in a proper Western style, with marble floors, a toilet, a shower, a snow-white porcelain bathtub, a half-height mirror, and a washstand. Even the faucet was made of antique and exquisite brass, which was extremely high-end.
Chen Xuan just felt bad about money. The house had been cleaned, and Chen Xuan and Wei Nian sat on the western sofa to discuss, "We will spend a lot of money when we go abroad, Brother Nian, we are unfamiliar with foreign places, and it is a place where we spend money. Let's be frugal. This house is of course good, and I like it very much, but the rent for one month here is enough for us to rent a small yard for a year. Let's save for a year, and when our house is taken back, we can live in our own house and not have to pay rent, okay?"
Wei Nian immediately looked extremely regretful, slapping his forehead and saying helplessly, "That's right! Hey, why didn't I discuss this with you earlier? I've already paid the money, but they won't refund it!"
Chen Xuan was almost mad at Wei Nian to death.
What made Chen Xuan angry was not only that Wei Nian rented such a nice house without consulting her, but also the little girl, who did not inherit Chen Xuan's frugal style at all. Mom and Dad were coming to see the new house, and the little girl was a troublemaker. The older she got, the more she liked to join in the fun, so she wanted to come along. Wei Nian always obeyed his daughter, so he brought her along. The little girl went crazy when she came, running up and down the stairs, running to every room, and yelling "Dad, this house is so big!", and then "Dad, this cabinet is big too.", and then you couldn't see her at a glance, she pretended to lie in the bathtub, and her two chubby arms were waving to pretend to paddle.
Wei Nian especially saw Chen Xuan's unhappy expression and asked his daughter, "Girl, your mother thinks it's too expensive, so we have to rent a small courtyard to live in."
The little girl said heartlessly, "What are you afraid of? My dad makes money! I will make a lot of money in the future! I will live in a better place than here!"
Wei Nian made his daughter laugh out loud, and he held her up and threw her up twice, and the little girl screamed with joy. Chen Xuan thought that since the old man passed away, she hadn't seen Brother Nian so happy for a long time. The little girl was a noisy person, but children knew how to read adults' faces, and she had been very well behaved in the past few months. With a sigh in her heart, Chen Xuan no longer objected to renting a house.
Regarding her daughter's education, Chen Xuan privately said to Wei Nian with great concern, "Brother Nian, do you feel that our little girl is a big cannon?" She spoke in a very loud tone, which was not true at all.
Wei Nian choked on his tea, which landed on the ground.
The author has something to say: ps: The first update is here!! The second update will be in the evening!