Chapter 36 What will you repay me with?
"Dad, Third Uncle, and my eldest uncle's family have no money. If you don't split up, what will happen if they keep staring at our food every day? Just now, Rui'er's dried meat was snatched away."
Lin Xiu Ze was filled with righteous indignation.
"What?"
Rui'er's dried meat was snatched away by the eldest wife?
Uncle Lin Er and Uncle Lin San were too tired from carrying their mother, so they sat aside to rest and did not notice that Rui'er had his dried meat stolen.
"We can split up the family, but who will take care of your grandmother?"
Lin Xiu Ze's eyes turned, "How about this, son, try to coax Grandma's money, and then push Grandma to be raised by Uncle. As the eldest son, Uncle should take care of Mother."
Although Lin Xiu Ze knew in his heart that his grandmother favored him the most, he did not want to raise him.
The reason was that her grandmother was always causing trouble and she didn't want her wife to suffer any injustice.
Second Uncle Lin and Third Uncle Lin nodded in agreement.
Old Lady Wang had no idea that her children and grandchildren, who had always respected and listened to her, were unwilling to support her.
Seeing her two biological sons and her grandson looking at her at the same time, Old Lady Wang thought that her children and grandchildren were discussing how to honor her.
She smiled back.
This suddenly made Lin Xiu Ze feel a pang of guilt, but it only lasted for a moment before he put away the feeling.
Lin Xiu Ze came to Madam Wang and rubbed her shoulders. "Grandma, are you tired? Let me give you a good massage."
Madam Wang smiled kindly, "Okay."
She thought to herself that her lovely grandson had really grown up and knew how to respect her as his grandmother.
It’s really worth loving him.
Lin Xiu Ze patiently patted Old Madam Wang for a long time before saying, "Grandma, you must be exhausted from the journey, right?"
Madam Wang smiled and said, "If you're talking about being tired, your father and your third uncle are even more tired."
"Yes, then why not let the grandson carry grandma on his back tomorrow."
The wrinkles on Madam Wang's face smoothed out, and a look of relief filled her eyes. "No need. Just let your second and third uncles carry me."
She couldn't bear to let her lovely grandson carry her, an old lady.
What if her precious grandson gets exhausted?
Lin Xiu Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Grandmother, I just heard a few escorts discussing that this dilapidated temple is often haunted by bandits. To prevent your money from being stolen, please give it to me first. I will keep it for you and ensure that no one can steal it.
I will return it to you after we leave the ruined temple."
Old Lady Wang has lived to this age and is as smart as a human being. As soon as her children and grandchildren stick out their butts, they know what kind of shit they are doing.
Her heart suddenly sank.
Well, she took back what she had just said. It turned out that Ze'er was not concerned about her health, but was thinking about the money on him.
"It's okay. They can't take it away unless they want to kill me."
Seeing that his grandmother was difficult to appease, Lin Xiu Ze immediately changed his tactics and started talking about this and that.
Old Lady Wang was on guard. No matter what Lin Xiu Ze said, she just smiled and joked with him.
After a while, Lin Xiu Ze lost his patience. He shook his arms, which were tired from massaging Madam Wang, and got straight to the point. "Grandma, the eldest branch wants to split up. Do you want to go with us or with uncle?"
Mrs. Wang felt even colder when she heard this.
I see!
I'm afraid that both sons have already discussed it and want the money from her but don't want to support her.
Don’t even think about it!
"I don't agree to splitting up the family. Your grandfather repeatedly told us not to split up the family before he died."
Old Master Lin did give instructions before he died.
The reason why he didn't allow the family to split up was because he was worried about Lin Zhiyi's second uncle, third uncle and fourth uncle. He called Lin Fu to his bedside and repeatedly reminded him to help his three younger brothers.
If Lin Fu didn't agree, he wouldn't be able to close his eyes.
Faced with this biased father, Lin Fu had no choice but to agree.
Old Lady Wang was naturally clear about the old man's intentions. When Lin Fu was convicted later, she regretted it so much that her intestines turned green. If they separated the family, it would be best to break off the relationship so that Lin Fu would not be able to implicate them.
It's too late to say anything now.
"Grandma, my uncle's family said that if you don't agree to divide the family, then the money from our second and third branches, as well as the money from Grandma, should all go to the first branch."
Lin Xiu Ze paused and continued, "They have no money or food, and they're coming to rob our second and third wives."
Madam Wang did see the eldest wife coming to grab food today.
They had only been hungry for one day, and they were already like hungry wolves pouncing on their prey. If it had gone on for a few more days, they would have been driven crazy by hunger.
It seems that her granddaughter was really lucky yesterday and picked up a pheasant.
It may not be the case in the future.
It’s better to split up!
Without the burden of the eldest wife, they can spend their money openly.
But she couldn't just give up the big house so cheaply.
If it were Lin Fu, she, the eldest son, should pay money for not taking care of her.
"Okay, I agree to divide the family. I will go with the second and third wives, but the first wife must pay a thousand taels of filial piety."
Lin Xiu Ze's face lit up with joy, "Okay, I'll inform my eldest cousin right away."
The eldest wife was also very happy when she heard that the family was going to be divided.
Especially Mrs. Song, because of the old master's last words, she could not ask for division of the family, as the master had supported everyone in the mansion for so many years.
Even though the second branch had a grandson and the second brother became a grandfather, he still relied on the first branch for support.
When he heard that Old Lady Wang wanted a thousand taels of money as a tribute, Lin Xiuyan became anxious and said, "Why doesn't she just go and rob her?"
He clearly knew that all the family property had been seized by the imperial court, yet he still made things difficult for the eldest wife.
It turns out that she is not my biological grandmother.
"Let's not divide this family. Our eldest wife has nothing anyway, so we can just eat up what the second and third wives have."
"Don't even think about it. We don't have many second wives."
"Then you go and persuade grandma. We are waiting for you here."
Lin Xiu Ze ran away, and no one knew how to persuade Mrs. Wang, but she actually agreed.
Lin Xiuran's eyes darkened. "Cousin, tell grandma that since we're dividing the family, we should give our eldest branch a little less money. Otherwise, with so many people in our eldest branch, what are we going to do on the journey?"
"Cousin, why are you going back on your word? We clearly agreed not to take any money from us."
Lin Xiu Ze's face showed anger.
"Since Grandmother doesn't care whether we live or die, let's sever our ties. Even if he dies of starvation or illness in the future, we'll have no further ties. Perhaps the court will find out and exempt you from joint liability."
Lin Xiuyan said bluffingly.
"Can the court really forgive us?"
Lin Xiuyan smiled, "That's really possible."
Lin Xiu Ze was instantly moved and ran to report to Old Madam Wang.
Madam Wang was just a concubine's daughter. How could she understand the twists and turns of the imperial court? She immediately made the decision, "Then it's done."
Fearing that they would go back on their word, Lin Zhiyi went to borrow pen and ink, but after asking around, no one had any.
Lin Zhiyi set his sights on Li Wenjing again.
Maybe the deposed prince has it.
He came to Li Wenjing's cart, and Li Wenjing just woke up at this time.
"I do have some here, but what can you use to repay me?"
Lin Zhiyi glared, "What? I have to repay you for using a pen? Li Wenjing, why are you so stingy?"
When he heard the words "Li Wenjing" from Lin Zhiyi's mouth, his eyes narrowed and he looked at Lin Zhiyi.
Good, very good, this is the first time someone calls him by his first name.
Even though he was demoted to a commoner, others would still respect him as "Master Li", but how could this woman call him so easily?
Lin Zhiyi continued to chatter, "After all, my father was convicted because of you, and the rest of us were implicated by you. Don't you feel any guilt at all?"
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