After dinner, Hua Min and Su Yan washed the dishes, and Lu Ting took his son to clean the house and the kitchen.
Lu Fengnian drove all the children to the kang room, and asked Lu Chen and Lu Yu to carry the mahogany box in his room from the room to the main hall.
"Xiao Chen, take Xiao Zhong and add some charcoal to the two braziers and prepare a cup of hot tea for everyone."
Chen Yuhe was so happy when she knew that her father-in-law was going to divide the family property among them today.
Although she, Zhong Lingshan and He Na all envied her sister-in-law for having a big house, it was their families' fault that they were not as rich as hers.
No wonder my sister-in-law bought a siheyuan that year, and her family also bought a siheyuan.
I heard from Lu Jin that my eldest sister-in-law's family gave her a jar of gold, so she asked my eldest brother to take the gold and a bag of money to exchange it for a house. I don't know whether it is true or not.
When Zhong Lingshan saw that her elder brother and sister-in-law's house was so big and beautiful, she felt jealous. Lu Chen said that the house was bought by her elder brother and sister-in-law with the gold given to her by her parents and her royalties. She expressed her doubts.
I heard that my sister-in-law’s family’s house is only as big as the Lu family’s ancestral home. Why doesn’t the Su family buy a big house for themselves if they have so much gold?
She suspected that the gold used to buy the house was left by Lu Chen's grandmother, but Lu Chen said that he was present when he took the dowry from his grandfather, and everyone knew what it was.
The big container containing the dowry was smashed by the brothers themselves, so it couldn't be fake, unless grandpa had buried the gold left by grandma separately and finally gave it all to the eldest brother.
Not to mention Zhong Lingshan's suspicion, He Na also doubted this matter, but Lu Yu swore that it was impossible for his grandfather to leave the gold to his eldest brother alone. After all, his second uncle and third uncle were making a big fuss at that time.
When everyone arrived, Lu Fengnian said a few words, recalling his childhood and talking about his mother whom he had never met. As he spoke, his eyes became red.
It was Lu Ting who persuaded him, "Dad, it's New Year's Day, the past is the past, and we should look forward to the new year."
"When I received my mother's dowry from your grandfather, you were all there. At first, everyone shared what could be divided, and then I asked Ting'er to bury the box on the mountain for the rest.
The great movement is over, and no one cares whether you have ancestral antiques and gold. Today we will share them.
Let me be frank, the Lu family's ancestral home left to Yiming will not change. Even if Ting'er's family has a large house, that is their own ability."
Zhong Lingshan muttered, "Big brother and sister-in-law are so lucky. The army gave them a house, the Lu family gave them an ancestral home, and they bought a big house themselves. Even if they have ten sons, they don't have to worry about having no place to live."
Su Yan smiled. She couldn't envy this because the house allocated by the army and the ancestral home left by the Lu family were all thanks to Lu Ting.
Their family was able to buy this big house because she was lucky and brought the planting base from her previous life with her. If she wasn't rich, who would be rich?
Lu Fengnian directly retorted: "If you want to live in a big house, you can save money and buy one yourself later."
Zhong Lingshan remained silent. This was her sister-in-law's house, not the Lu family's ancestral home. Her sister-in-law had invited them over to celebrate the New Year, so she didn't want to make a big fuss. She just hoped that her father-in-law wouldn't be partial when it came time to divide things.
"Dad, the treasures in this box won't be divided among the grandsons, right? My eldest brother and his wife have three sons, but Lu Chen and I don't have any..."
"These things are my mother's dowry. I will only divide them among my children. The bulk will go to you four brothers, and the rest will be left for Shushu."
"What, the sister-in-law also scored?"
Lu Chen tugged at Zhong Lingshan, "You're just kidding. My sister is also my parents' child. She wasn't given to Sister Gu Li."
Lu Ting used a key to open the mahogany box, and took out the antique vases and various small ornaments inside one by one, and also took out the two small jars at the bottom of the box.
"Each of you can take one vase and one ornament. There are 288 silver dollars in total. Each of you can take 50 silver dollars. Each of you can take two large yellow croakers and five small yellow croakers."
Ten liang of large yellow croaker weighs about 302 grams, while one liang of small yellow croaker weighs about 130 grams.
Zhong Lingshan, Chen Yuhe and He Na didn't care how much the antique vases were worth. They couldn't tell whether they were real or fake, but they knew how much gold cost.
In the past, they were not allowed to wear gold rings. After the Great Movement, they can use the gold to make jewelry. A family of seven yellow croakers weighs more than 750 grams, which can be sold for a lot of money. The price of gold is increasing every year, and when it goes up in the future, they can use the gold to buy a house.
Seeing his daughters-in-law giggling as they held large and small yellow croakers, Lu Fengnian couldn't bear to watch. He told Lu Ting and his brothers, "Come and choose the antiques. Once you've chosen, you can't exchange them. Put the remaining ones back in the cages."
Su Yan and Lu Ting had exchanged dozens of boxes of antiques for the space, and gradually learned some knowledge about antiques, so Lu Ting quickly picked out the antique vases and ornaments that belonged to him, and took them directly back to their room and placed them on the antique shelf in the outer room.
There are many valuable antiques in the space, and these left by his grandmother are relatively new, so it is better to put them on the antique display shelf.
After Lu Jin, Lu Chen, and Lu Yu made their choices, they still asked to put them back in the mahogany box and lock it up. "Dad, put ours back in the box too. We'll come back to get them on the day we leave."
Lu Fengnian raised his eyebrows, "You asked me to keep it for you temporarily, but what about the gold?"
Chen Yuhe was very happy. "Dad, gold takes up little space and won't break even if it falls on the ground. Let's keep it for ourselves and have a good luck during the New Year."
"It's up to you. Now that the things have been divided, everyone is happy, right? Xiaochen, Xiaoyu, lock the box and carry it back to my room."
"good."
Su Yan stuffed a few bars of gold into her pocket and sent them into the space. She went back to her room and packed out two fruit plates, one of candy and biscuits, and the other of fruit.
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