Dividing the family is no small matter, nor can it be done in a short time, but for Chang Yuzhu, she is very happy to worry about this matter. The property of the Marquis's Mansion is divided into seven parts for the inheritor of the title, and three parts are divided among the concubines. Now there are still unmarried sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law in the family, so 15% should be deducted, and the rest will only be divided into 15% for the first, third and fourth rooms.
It's a bit painful to give these things up, but compared to the money I usually spend on these rooms like water, this is nothing.
Unexpectedly, Fang Weijun was in a bad mood.
Chang Yuzhu suppressed her joy and handed him a cup of hot tea: "What's wrong with you, Prince?"
Since the mourning period ended, Fang Weijun no longer had any job. He was willing to start from the Wucheng Bingmasi, but his mother felt that the current situation was chaotic and it would be better for him to stay at home instead of going out and making trouble.
Anyway, the job wasn't very good. A man of Fang Weijun's age would inevitably feel bored staying at home all the time.
He finally wanted to follow his fourth brother's path. Dayong was good at both civil and military affairs. If his fourth brother just made a few calls in the grain transport and maritime transport, he could get a lucrative job. Who would not give him such a favor?
But now we have to separate.
He couldn't help but say, "Everything was going well, I don't know why we have to split up."
Chang Yuzhu thought to herself that he was not the head of the family and didn't know the seven necessities of life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, which were very expensive.
But she also said, "The Marquis also said that when a tree grows big, it needs branches, and when a person grows up, he needs to separate his family. Now, except for my younger brothers and sisters, my brothers and sisters-in-law have all started their own families, and each family has many children. If it continues like this, there will be no place for us to live at home."
Fang Weijun had also heard Chang Yuzhu say that he was already spending more than he earned. He sighed, "It doesn't matter about other people, but Fourth Brother is my biological brother. We brothers have always been good friends. My nephews are still young, and I really don't want them to leave."
This is Fang Weijun's advantage. He values sibling love and even arranges a marriage between his newborn son and Fang Yaqing's daughter Suishun.
Chang Yuzhu naturally knew what kind of person he was, so she said, "I heard that it was Fourth Brother who proposed the division of the family. He is now a Hanlin scholar, and he will have many disciples in the future. He feels constrained in the Marquis' Mansion."
This is understandable, and Fang Weijun was relieved: "No matter what, even if the family is divided, Fourth Brother is still my Fourth Brother. When the time comes, we may get closer."
Since Fourth Brother's future was the most important thing, he had nothing more to say.
Chang Yuzhu smiled and said, "That's right. In the future, you two brothers, one civil and one military, will both serve the country. Isn't that great?"
This pleased Fang Weijun, and he took Chang Yuzhu's hand and said, "I'll trouble you to take care of the mansion in the future."
Fang Weijun was born with a pair of peach blossom eyes. Women in the world like this kind of naughty look the most. No matter how many ambitions Chang Yuzhu had, she was addicted to these eyes after marriage.
She couldn't help but said shyly, "I'm the wife of the prince, and I should have done these things."
Fang Weijun touched her belly and said meaningfully, "It's already three months, you should let me have some meat, you can't let me have only plain food all the time."
Chang Yuzhu became even more shy.
It was common for Fang Weijun to have concubines and maids, but the respect shown to her was rare. She was able to maintain her attraction to men even when she was pregnant, which also shows her charm.
It has to be said that after Fang Weijun experienced what happened with Aunt Ding, although he also had a concubine, he only recognized Chang Yuzhu as his principal mistress.
After a while, the clouds and rain stopped, Fang Weijun got up and went to find Fang Weiyan. Chang Yuzhu was lazy, Juanbi and Zihong both covered their mouths and laughed secretly. Chang Yuzhu said, "You two little hooves, you always make fun of me."
"Madam, I think the prince has gone to look for the Fourth Master." Juanbi said hurriedly.
Chang Yuzhu rarely mentioned the fourth branch and didn't mind. Instead, she said, "Since the family is about to split up, it would be good for the prince to marry a brother. You also know that the prince always values relationships the most."
We're leaving anyway, so it won't affect him at all.
Fang Weijun was really reluctant to part with Fang Weiyan, and Fang Weiyan also told him: "After the family splits up, you will be the head of the clan. If a noble family does not have a clan school, what kind of noble family is it? I will donate 200 acres of land to support the clan school. You must remember to train the children of the clan well. If one of them has a promising future, it will be worthwhile for us to set up this clan school. In addition, if you study hard and gain knowledge, you will not be idle in the future."
"Brother always thinks about me." Fang Weijun was very moved.
Fang Weiyan smiled and said, "Brothers, how can you be so unorthodox? Also, I have already made arrangements with Dengzhou Wei on my way back to Beijing for your mission. The shipping there is well developed, and you can go there to gain some experience."
"Fourth brother..." Fang Weijun really didn't know what to say.
Fang Weiyan had been doing business in Dengzhou for three years. He had spies there, so there would definitely not be any accidents when he went there. Besides, everyone knew how profitable the maritime shipping business was.
Therefore, Fang Weijun was even more grateful.
Fang Weiyan patted him on the shoulder and said, "What you lack from me now is experience. You must do your job well this time. If you can stand on your own feet, no one can pull you down."
Seeing that his brother had thought of everything so carefully, Fang Weijun could not help but feel ashamed, but he took out a banknote from his sleeve and handed it to Fang Weiyan: "Brother, take it. You are an honest official. When you go out, you will have to attend various social events. Don't worry, this is my private money, no one will know."
Fang Weiyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't worry, I have money in my hand, you don't have to do this, you can keep it for yourself. In the early years, you didn't like carving, you can just use it to buy some fine jade." After that, he said earnestly: "Now you are older, my words may not be right, you should think twice before encountering things."
"Okay, but don't worry, brother. I still have money. You can keep this banknote. This is also a token of my brother's love."
"Well, you really have grown up."
Fang Weiyan had no choice but to accept it.
The skinny little brother before has gradually become sensible, which is a good thing.
When he got home, he handed the banknote to Mi Niang. When Mi Niang saw that the face value was two hundred taels, she couldn't help but ask, "Why is there so much money?"
"Wei Jun gave it to us. Let us go outside and apply it."
Hearing that it was given by Fang Weijun, Mi Niang could not help but nod: "He is quite good."
"He is young and has no experience, how can he accomplish anything? But he has a good heart. He and I are the only ones in this mansion who have the same mother, so our relationship is naturally better than that of others." Fang Weiyan knew that it was he who wanted to divide the family. He felt a little guilty about the division of the family before his younger brother could grow up and the family was divided. He didn't know what would happen in the future.
Mi Niang could also understand that he was willing to give up even the title, after all, he treated this younger brother specially.
Compared to other women, Mi Niang cares more about whether you have the ability. If you don't have the ability, even if you are given a mountain of gold and silver, you may not be able to keep it. Therefore, she does not attach so much importance to money.
In her eyes, Fang Weiyan is her greatest treasure, and she cannot buy the box and return the pearl.
Fang Weijun got his job very quickly, and the family had not yet been divided. When Xu learned that Fang Weijun had fought for him, she was very happy. It was a good thing to be away from the capital and work in a place with more money.
Of course, Fang Weiyan also said beforehand: "After serving as the Dengzhou Guard for three years, I will send him to another place when the time comes for a rotation. He must gain experience anyway."
Because Fang Weijun is the youngest son, and he used to have the advantage, Fang Weijun could not help but have the idea of leaning on a big tree to enjoy the coolness. But now that he is the prince, he can no longer do so.
Fang Weijun was full of confidence and went to take up his post very quickly. However, when Chang Yuzhu saw him in military uniform, she was happy that he could go and make achievements, as it was a great thing. However, she was going to give birth in a few months and was reluctant to let him go.
Fang Weijun told her, "My parents are old, please take care of them. If you feel uncomfortable, just ask your sister-in-law to help. I'll trouble you with other things."
"Prince, I just can't bear to leave you." Chang Yuzhu naturally didn't want to trouble Mi Niang with anything, but she knew that Fang Weijun said this because he thought Ruan was more reliable as his biological sister-in-law, and he did it for her sake.
Fang Weijun stroked her face and said, "Don't worry, I will write to you often."
Mi Niang was also very moved by the peace in Fang Weijun's backyard. It was not like this in Chang Yuzhu's previous life in the palace. It seemed that people were different. Although Fang Weijun was not as loyal as Fang Weiyan, he was very steady and very humane. He did not treat his concubines as slaves. He might not love his wife very much, but he respected her very much and made her feel safe all the time.
"Fourth sister-in-law, thank you very much for this time, Fourth brother." Chang Yuzhu thanked.
Mi Niang smiled slightly: "They are brothers, this is what should be done."
Only then did Chang Yuzhu understand what Xiao Mi Niang meant. You were targeting Fang Wei Yan and wanted to eliminate dissidents, but you could not deny that the family was not supported by one person.
Mi Niang and her had not gotten along in their previous life, so it was good enough for them to maintain a superficial relationship in this life.
Chang Yuzhu, however, looked at her background and suddenly felt ashamed of herself, "I am not as good as her in terms of being a person."
Juanbi was a little surprised to see Chang Yuzhu, who was always arrogant, say this: "Why does the wife of the prince say this?"
Chang Yuzhu said: "If I were in your shoes, I would not necessarily give up the title to someone else, and I would not sincerely support someone else." What belongs to her is hers.
Even if her husband did not want the title, he should let his son inherit it instead of giving it to his brothers, which was impossible for her.
It is even more impossible to allow my husband to help his brother-in-law to this extent. All the reputation should be my own and earned by myself.
She originally thought that Ruan was the same as her. Otherwise, she would not have competed with her in the first place. But now she seems to be wrong. She seems to be good at fighting for power, but now it seems that she doesn't care at all.
Juan Bi breathed a sigh of relief: "I think the Fourth Madam has changed a lot this time. Although she had a good relationship with the Fourth Master before, I always felt that she was very tense. Now, it seems that she has become much softer."
"Only those who have everything they need will look like they have clear eyes and no worries. If they lack something, it won't be like this. And for us women, our husbands are better than everything to us. This is probably what it means that a bird in the hand is worth a thousand in the forest." Chang Yuzhu seemed to be thinking about something.
Life is probably the same. Not everything can be perfect. Choose one that you think is suitable and give up everything else.
She reflected on herself and wondered if she was asking for too much.
Just when Fang Weijun received the letter from Dengzhou Wei, the family had been almost divided.
Mi Niang's family received two thousand two taels of silver and a house with forty-two rooms in Youfang Hutong, as well as a small farm and two hundred acres of land.
At the same time, Fang Weiyan donated these 200 mu of land to the clan to be used as a clan school. He also helped to find several teachers to teach the school. Later, the Fang family relied on this clan school to transform from martial arts to literature.
Of course, this is a story for later. Now Mi Niang is directing people to move. On the surface, the three families have divided the property roughly equally, but the bride's family has her own dowry and other miscellaneous items that must all be moved in and nothing can be left behind.
There was someone crying outside. Envious Brother walked to the door and took a look, then ran back and said, "It's my second aunt and some brothers crying."
It is not convenient for Yu from the second branch to stay in Beijing. And because Fang Weishi had been expelled from the family tree long ago, the family can only arrange for them to return to their hometown in Shaoxing, where they still have ancestral land. I heard that both the Marquis and Xu gave them some private subsidies this time, so they can only rely on them in the future.
Mi Niang touched her son's head and said, "If you leave here, we will be a branch of the family. Your future will depend on yourselves. If you succeed, you will be like your father, and it will be better for you to be outside. If you fail, I will be like your second aunt, alone and helpless."
Being envious of his boy's precocity, he certainly understood such words, and his mother did not hide it from him.
He knew that it was because his second uncle had committed a crime that the second branch of the family could no longer stay in the clan and had no share in the division of the family property.
He raised his head and said, "My son will never have any evil thoughts in the future."
Fang Weiyan, who was not far away, heard this and felt that it was truly a case of teaching by example. With someone on hand to warn, his son naturally did not dare to overstep the line.
As expected, Mi Niang smiled and said, "Of course you can't have any evil thoughts, but this is also his own fault of incompetence. In the future, if you are incompetent, you should be honest and abide by the law, don't have any thoughts, and treat yourself as a blade of grass or a stone. But if you want to live like a human being, you have to surpass others."
The jealous boy thought so. He didn't want to be a blade of grass or a stone. Grass sways in the wind, and stone is exposed to wind and rain. They are all dead things.
"Mom, I have to go recite my lessons."
Mi Niang smiled and said, "Go ahead."
Fang Weiyan shuddered and thought, it has to be you.
Mi Niang slowly walked to Fang Weiyan's side, watching him reading, and couldn't help saying, "I'm there directing them to move, and you're just lazing around here."
"There is no need to have two masters for one matter. If two people are giving orders, who should the servants listen to?" Fang Weiyan smiled.
Mi Niang snorted coldly: "You are so lazy. Why didn't I notice all these little flaws of yours before? If I had known, I wouldn't have married you."
After she finished speaking, she felt a little regretful. It was because of what she said last time that Fang Weiyan almost had a seizure. Mi Niang was about to make up for it, but she saw Fang Weiyan showing his youthful look, "It's too late to say that. Now you are mine for life."
Mi Niang then breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out her hand and clasped his fingers together, and secretly decided that Fang Wei Yan had made such a big fool of himself when he entered the palace in his last life, so this time, she must help him enter the palace as soon as possible and avoid any complications.
She didn't care about anything this time when the family was divided, except Fang Weiyan's reputation. But if anyone stood in her way, don't blame her for killing him.
Thinking of this, her voice became softer, so soft that it seemed like water could drip out of it: "Wei Yan, you are good to me, and I will be good to you all my life."
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