Chapter 1298 Greed
Xia Zijiang was in a very excited mood, with a smile on his face, "Dad, since everyone is here, let's break up quickly. Where is the property you bought for me? Does it have the land deed and the house deed?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, he was about to get the house deed and the land deed. He looked impatient, which made the master and eldest son of the Lu family frown and look at him a few more times.
Madam Lu looked at him, secretly pulled him, and glared at him, her eyes full of threats, and Xia Zijiang calmed down a little.
Xia Shiming is a very upright person, without any scheming, let alone selfishness.
He had separated Xia Zijiang out, mainly because he saw that Xia Zijiang was uneducated, idle and idle, and looked down on him, so he wanted to separate him out and live alone, out of sight.
But when it came to dividing the family, he had no selfish preferences at all.
He said, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at. Everyone knows that my house was separated from the Xia family's ancestral house just a few years ago, and I left the house with no money. Even this house is owned by Yu Niang. Bought for us to live in.”
"In the past few years, thanks to the help of Yu Niang and the Crown Prince, the family has accumulated a fortune. Madam, please take out all the house deeds and land deeds at home."
Xia Shiming said to Mrs. Xia Er.
Mrs. Xia Er said yes and took out the deeds of the ten or so houses purchased in the past two years and placed them on the table in the middle.
Xia Shiming said, "There are six small villages, three shops, and three houses here. I don't favor anyone among my three sons. We are all the same. In the future, when the two younger sons get married, I will take care of these things." They will also be handed over to them. These things will be the foundation of their family in the future. No matter how much they have, I, as a father, can’t do anything about them.”
He is a small fifth-grade civil servant, and his salary for a year is not enough to support a large family. If it were not for the help of Yu Niang, I am afraid that his life would be miserable. Moreover, these properties are only made possible by the money given by his daughter and son-in-law. He had saved up, but he couldn't always count on his daughter and son-in-law to help.
"Brother Jiang is the eldest son. It stands to reason that he will get more than half of the Xia family's property. However, he still has two younger brothers who want to study and marry. Therefore, the property in the family does not distinguish between elders, younger ones, and direct descendants. Common people, all divided equally.”
"Dad, how is this possible? I am the eldest son. In the future, I will provide for you two elders. Shouldn't I get an extra share?" Xia Zijiang's eyes turned red when he saw those red documents, and he wished he could take them all away.
At this moment, he heard that he could only take one third, so he refused and wanted to get more.
Xia Shiming was not angry at Xia Zijiang's rude remarks. Instead, he reasoned with him in a pleasant manner, "You have married a wife, but your two younger brothers have not yet married. If you get an extra share, , that’s fine, but you have to deduct the share of your two brothers’ wives before dividing.”
Xia Shiming's statement was also legitimate and reasonable. Uncle Wang and Master Liao both nodded, "That's how we should divide it." As parents, you can't control your eldest son's marriage and ignore your younger son's marriage, right?
If the younger son has no money to find a wife, then he will not blame his parents?
However, to marry a daughter-in-law, the betrothal gift alone requires a lot of silver. Among these small villagers, the most they only have is one or two thousand silver, which is not enough to even marry a daughter-in-law.
If you want to deduct the share of marrying two wives, then you have to take away at least four or five Zhuangzi. How can this be done?
Xia Zijiang made a quick calculation in his mind and felt that this was not cost-effective, so he changed his mind and said, "Then we will share it equally among the three of us as my father said. However, I am the eldest son, so I should choose the house first."
After Xia Zijiang finished speaking, Mrs. Xia Er's eyebrows jumped a few times. She saw that Xia Zijiang, regardless of the people present, looked at him strangely, stepped forward, picked up a few books, and looked at them carefully.
There were three houses, one in Beicheng and two in Nancheng. They were all houses owned by the second-in-command. However, the houses in Beicheng were cheap and the houses in Nancheng were expensive. After comparing them, Xia Zijiang decided to choose a house in Nancheng. Mrs. Xia Er's eyebrows throbbed and hurt.
Those two houses were prepared by her for Brother Ye and Brother Hai. Now Xia Zijiang has chosen one...and the two houses are still next to each other. From now on, whether it is Brother Ye or Brother Hai, they will be with each other. With Xia Zijiang as a neighbor, can we still live peacefully?
Xia Shiming didn't say anything. Anyway, he had three houses and three sons. No matter which house was allocated to whom, he felt the same.
"Dad, I like this house in Nancheng, so give this one to me." Xia Zijiang smiled and grabbed the house deed in Nancheng in his hand, "The remaining one in the north city and the other in the south city will be left to the two. Third brother, those two houses are not bad.”
"Hey, there is also a house in Beicheng?" Mrs. Lu's eyes lit up. She glanced at her father and brother. When she saw her father and brother nodding slightly, she smiled and asked Xia Zijiang, "Where is it in Beicheng? Is it close to my parents' home? ”
Xia Zijiang glared at her with a straight face, "It's Nancheng."
Huh, houses in Beicheng are cheap. A house for a waiter is at least seven or eight hundred taels cheaper than a house in Nancheng. He is not that stupid to choose a house in Beicheng.
At this time, Xia Shiming spoke, "This house in Beicheng was bought a long time ago. When I bought it, it was 860 taels cheaper than the two houses in Nancheng. I will make up for this money, regardless of you three brothers." Whoever wins must not suffer the loss alone.”
As he said that, he took out two five hundred taels of silver notes from his arms, "This is one thousand taels of silver. Whoever gets the house in Beicheng, this one thousand taels of silver will be provided to him."
That one thousand taels of silver was like an ingot of gold, shining in Xia Zijiang's eyes.
Then, Xia Zijiang began to make plans in his heart.
It's eight hundred and sixty taels cheaper, but it's a thousand taels more expensive. Calculated in this way, it's still more than a hundred taels more expensive than the other two houses...
More than one hundred taels of silver was enough for him to buy a few more fighting cocks.
Xia Zijiang's eyes flashed, and he looked at Mrs. Lu, with an affectionate look, and said, "Look at me, I have ignored Madam's thoughts. Madam, you want to see the house deed in Beicheng because you want to live with your father-in-law and mother-in-law in the future. Is it close?”
When Mrs. Lu saw that he was acting like a family member, she wanted to catch him back so that she wouldn't be embarrassed.
She snorted and said, "As long as your husband decides."
"Then let's live in Beicheng from now on. From now on, we will live close to my father-in-law's house. You can also go back to the capital to visit your father-in-law and mother-in-law more." He said it as if he was very considerate of Mrs. Lu.
In fact, everyone present was not a fool. They all saw that he was greedy for the thousand taels of silver. However, everyone was a scholar. Even if they saw it, no one criticized him or even showed an expression.
(End of chapter)