Chapter 28: My ancestors were rich
Return to the county.
Sister Xiaocao and Ernie have already moved the two families' luggage to the yard rented by Xie Lingjiao, and have thoroughly cleaned it.
Everything is taken care of.
Xie Lingjiao took a hot bath and ate hot meals when she returned home.
“Comfortable~”
The water temperature in the big bathtub was just right. Xie Lingjiao lay in it, all the fatigue from her body was gone.
After washing, take a nap.
She was lucky enough to come back one day earlier than her parents. So even Feather Duster's mother didn't know that she ran away to the mountains while her parents were away.
The grandfather and second uncle who stayed behind to look after the children and luggage were used to her laziness.
No further questions were asked about her whereabouts.
"This is incredible, Jiaobao!"
Xie Lingjiao saw him sitting next to her bed as soon as she woke up. She couldn't wait to share the great discovery in Fucheng with her: "Let me tell you, our ancestor may have been a prominent figure!"
My eyes haven't even been fully opened yet.
Xie Lingjiao vaguely saw two ingots of gold and some silver notes.
"The jade pendant your grandfather gave us has sold so much!"
Xie Lingjiao woke up immediately.
Counted.
Good guy!
Just that piece of jade pendant, her mother sold it for two thousand taels! The ginseng she dug last time sold so well for only a thousand taels!
Damn it, she still hasn't caught up with the good times!
Why not come here when you are rich at home, so that you can still have someone to take care of you while you lie down and eat and drink every day.
Xie Lingjiao felt a little regretful. She looked at the gold and her heart was pounding: "Mom, have you asked Grandpa. Is there any problem with the origin of the jade pendant?"
"After asking, he said that your great-great-grandfather was once a young master from a wealthy family. He doesn't know exactly how rich he was. But looking at this handiwork, our ancestors are very impressive!"
Xiang Lihua gave a fifty-tael silver note to her daughter, "This is easy to take with you. Keep it with you just in case. The other girls will keep it to buy some property."
"Mom, I have money."
Xie Lingjiao took out her remaining banknotes.
Xiang Lihua asked her son to teach her how to count, and she even knew some simple words. She took a look and found that her daughter was quite rich. He didn't give her any more silver notes, and planned to keep them with the original money to use as a dowry for his daughter in the future.
Xiang Lihua: "I'll save it for you. By the way, did you see any man you liked when you went to Xiaoqi Academy? Our family now has money and can buy you a decent dowry. If you like someone, Just tell mom, mom will prepare it for you!”
What is this?
Xie Lingjiao washed herself slowly and replied vaguely to her mother: "It's hard for our family to have money, and we can spend it openly. No matter what, I have to spend my share before leaving!"
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This girl!
Xiang Lihua was reluctant to hit her, so she raised her hand and patted it gently: "Are you stupid? Even if you get married, can your mother miss your share? Let you take it all away!"
She had it all figured out.
Most of the family's money is given to the daughter, and as for the two sons, only some money is left for them to study.
"What, are you still worried that your mother will make you suffer?" Xiang Lihua said with a tigerish face.
She knew her daughter didn't think so.
This girl has a simple mind and cannot be so clever.
She did it on purpose, wanting her daughter to face this problem seriously.
After all, her baby is already seventeen, and her marriage has not yet been decided.
Xiang Lihua usually doesn't talk about it, but she is anxious in her heart.
"Don't worry, mother."
Xie Lingjiao twisted the fine cotton towel she used to wash her face and hung it back up. She was only seventeen now. If you were still a little cub in your last life, what kind of marriage would you get?
She was not in a hurry at all: "Anyway, Xiaoqi and Xiaochi are willing to support me, so it doesn't matter if we don't get married."
Both brothers have been serving her for more than ten years.
If he left suddenly, how could she adapt?
Xie Lingjiao: "I don't want to leave home, I want to stay at home! I will be with Xiaoqi Xiaochi for the rest of my life!" Let them take care of me for the rest of my life!
"..."
Xiang Lihua opened her mouth, but couldn't speak for a long time.
In the past, she was always worried that her daughter was not smart enough and would suffer a loss. Now that I heard that she could say such shameless words, my anxious heart instantly calmed down. It’s okay not to be savvy enough.
You can live a good life if you are thick-skinned!
"Then...when Mom looks at your brothers, find two who are soft-tempered and easy to control." In this way, even if she disappears in the future, no one in the family will dare to chase away her daughter.
"Let's talk about it."
Xie Lingjiao didn't want her brothers to marry someone she didn't like for her own sake.
She also suggested to her mother: "Xiao Qi and Xiao Chi both have their own opinions, let them choose."
But the eldest brother is only fourteen.
It's too early to talk about marriage now.
Xiang Lihua wanted to say something else, but sister Xiaocao outside called them to have breakfast.
Seeing the second uncle's eyes red and a little absent-minded at the dinner table, Xie Lingjiao knew that she was also shocked by the family property left by her great-grandfather.
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I heard from my mother that the second uncle’s beads sold for a hundred taels more than they did.
A total of two thousand one hundred taels.
The two elders who had worked honestly for half their lives had never seen so much money.
I heard my mother say that she didn’t dare to close her eyes when her second uncle came back.
I kept staring at the money for fear of losing it.
"Dad."
After dinner, Xie Lingjiao saw her father take out one thousand taels and give it to her grandfather, "Our jade pendants were sold for a total of two thousand taels. Here are one thousand taels. Give it to dad."
The things were given by the old man.
Xiang Lihua didn't want to keep all the money in her hands.
Xiang Lihua is worried that the father-in-law is still divorced at such an old age and is wandering around with two sons who everyone thinks have no future. Xiang Lihua is worried that the old man is not at ease in his heart.
As the saying goes, money is a man's courage.
Xiang Lihua discussed with the men in her family and handed over a thousand taels of silver from selling the jade pendant.
"How much?"
The old man is having a drink.
The fine wine brought back from Fucheng by my youngest son and daughter-in-law is fragrant and mellow. He drank, feeling extremely satisfied. When he heard that the gadget he gave him was sold for two thousand taels, his hands shook.
Unconsciously, I recalled the days when my family was poor when I was a child.
He thought that his father didn't take a few hundred taels of silver seriously because he was honest and gentlemanly. Looking at it now... maybe it was because his father had seen so many coins that he didn't care?
"Two thousand taels, dad."
Xie Sizhu pushed the banknote to his old father.
Pour him another glass of wine and give the old man time to slow down.
Another glass of wine.
The old man finally recovered and waved his hand, "No, you can keep the money yourself."
He is not Lu Qiuye, and he doesn't want to meddle with the child's money.
But the son insisted on giving it.
He also said that as the head of the family, he should be in charge of money.
The old man couldn't resist, so he accepted it.
The smile on her lips hasn't faded yet.
The second brother's family also handed over two thousand taels: "Dad, the third brother is right. You are the head of the family and you should be in charge of the money."
Because neither of the two married couples dared to accept such a large sum of money.
Now seeing his brother and sister-in-law hand over money to his father, Xie Erzhu thought for a moment and simply took out most of the money.
Half of it was handed over to the public school, and the other half was saved by the old man.
(End of chapter)