The old man didn't take Xie Ronlang seriously at all. Even if Xie Xiuwen mentioned Xie Ronlang's intelligence and so on in his letter, he didn't care.
What the old man cares about is that since they are not of their own blood, there is no need to worry about it at all.
A poor child without a father and mother should be grateful to his adoptive parents for their kindness if he has enough to eat and drink. How dare he even think about thanking his family's property?
That's right!
From the beginning to the end, the old man believed that Xie Xiuwen's future family business should be inherited by Xie Ronghui.
So what if the boss did something sorry to Xie Xiuwen back then?
After all, they are brothers, and Xie Ronghui is his grandson.
Xie Ronlang, haha, is just a wild child that no one wants. How can he be worthy of inheriting the Xie family's family business?
The old man had a good idea, but he never considered that Xie Xiuwen had been away from home for several years. Could he, at his age, still be able to influence his son's thoughts?
Moreover, several elders in the clan at that time testified and made it clear that Xie Xiuwen's family business would not be inherited by Xie Ronghui in the future. For this reason, the old man had nothing to do with Xie Xiuwen.
But the old man is not in a hurry.
There is plenty of time.
Now that Xie Ronghui has been selected as a scholar and will take the imperial examination and become an official in the future, not only can father and son work together in the court, but also with such a promising eldest son, Xie Xiuwen will definitely not give the family property to an outsider again.
Along with the letter, there was also a gift list, which Xie Xiuwen specially copied, just to let his old father and Xie Xiuran see whether he had treated Xie Ronghui, the eldest son, badly.
Xie Xiuran saw the long list of gifts and realized that this was just a small betrothal gift. If there were any betrothal gifts after autumn, it would probably consume a thousand taels of silver.
Xie Xiuran was filled with emotion. This younger brother was indeed reliable. If it were him, he would definitely not be so kind to his nephew.
Of course, Xie Xiuran also thought that if he relied on his own ability, let alone preparing such a generous betrothal gift, he would not be able to get into this kind of marriage.
Sure enough, if his son is adopted under Xie Xiuwen's name, he will only go further.
Along with the letter were sent some recent articles by Xie Rongche and others, saying they were for the old man to read, so that he would have an idea.
Xie Xiuran once again lamented his incompetence.
Now that I think about it, what my father said back then was right.
If they want to get up again in this room, they have to rely on their second child.
Now the second child is already an official of the fourth rank. He is really a proper official of the court. Every year and festival, the county magistrate will send a gift, and he will send it in person. This can be seen from this. , how high their family’s status is now in Gaoyang County.
Now that the Xie family's old house has been rebuilt, the original three-entry courtyard is now four-entry, and there is also an east-crossing courtyard and a west-crossing courtyard, which means that the family has more manpower to look after the house and the courtyard.
Looking at this big house, Xie Xiuran felt that every brick and tile inside seemed to have nothing to do with him.
The third child doesn't go to the county town every day now. After all, in name only, it is Liu Ruolan's dowry, so he can't get too involved, and Liu Erlang goes to the shop less now.
The Liu family bought several dead-deeded servants for the masters to take care of the shop. During this year, Xie Laosan almost only had to go there every month for a formality and look through the books, and he could get ten yuan every month. There are two silver coins left, not to mention other benefits during the New Year.
Since Xie Ronghui was taken away, the Liu family has made the decision for Liu Ruolan. Every year's income from the farm is sent to the Xie family for Xie Laosan to handle.
Xie Xiuwen once wrote a letter to Xie Laosan, asking him to keep 30% for himself and give the remaining 70% to the public servant, so as to prevent the old lady from acting like a monster again in the future and leaving the third house with nothing.
Xie Laosan originally thought of handing them all over to the public school. After all, they were not separated and lived and ate together.
But thinking about my partial mother, I still chose to listen to my second brother.
Now the head of the family is Mr. Xie, and the family's money, house, land, deeds, etc. are now locked in the hands of the old man.
Xie Xiuwen couldn't come back, so he sent the farm's income every year. In addition, the shop would send one hundred taels of silver every year, just as a filial piety from him.
Now the old man has looked away, knowing that the family still has to rely on the second child. The third child is filial, and is down-to-earth and hard-working. He is better than the eldest brother, so he usually shows favoritism to the third child and his family. Even if Xie Xiuran has an opinion I can only hold it in.
After all, he only has two daughters now, and he really doesn't dare to be a monster anymore.
Xie Ronghui's marriage was settled, and the old man was happy, so he would inevitably have a few more drinks.
Xie Ronglan and Xie Rongrong pieced together things and finally figured it out.
The two sisters huddled in the room and complained softly: "Second uncle is indeed partial. Several brothers can be taken to the capital to enjoy the blessings, but he refuses to care about us. Now we are both at the age of proposing marriage, but look at our home Is there anyone willing to take care of it for us?"
Although Xie Rongrong has grown older, she has not grown smarter. Compared with her eldest brother who can marry the daughter of an official family, she just feels that she is a little pitiful person that no one wants.
"Then what can we do? We are a daughter's family, and now that we are old, we can only wait for our parents' orders. Besides, the second uncle doesn't want to see us, so we won't get anything good if we go."
Xie Rongrong thought quite clearly on this point.
Xie Ronglan snorted and said angrily: "How do you know this? The second uncle is now an official. If we go to find him, can he drive us out? Is his reputation gone?"
Xie Rongrong shrank her neck and did not dare to say a word.
Thinking about what happened a few years ago, Xie Rongrong really didn't dare to think about running away again.
Xie Ronglan is fifteen this year, and her family has proposed several marriages, but she is not happy with them.
She was the niece of a high-ranking official in the imperial court. How could those country folk be worthy of her?
A while ago, she went to pay her respects to the old lady, and accidentally learned that the old lady was planning to tell her about a marriage in a county. However, the other party was a merchant, and the family had enough money to live a comfortable life. But don't think of any other future.
If it were left to the past, Xie Ronglan would naturally be willing.
As long as you have money to spend, it doesn't matter who you are.
But now she wants to understand, how can a merchant with a low status be compared with an official?
Not to mention anything else, even the top nine poor men in the county are more prestigious than some small merchants.
Xie Ronglan didn't want to and cried a lot in front of the old lady, finally letting the old lady rest her mind.
It's just that there are two kinds of things like this. At her age, if she doesn't get engaged, she will be gossiped about.
Xie Ronglan made an excuse to go to the village chief's house to talk to her aunt, holding a sewing basket in her hand. Otherwise, she wouldn't even be able to get out of the second door of her home.
"Ah, why don't you look at the road!" Xie Ronglan was hit and said angrily.
The visitor was wearing a long gown. When he saw this, he bowed quickly: "It turns out to be Sister Lan, but it was my brother who was rude."
Xie Ronglan's eyes were suspicious: "Do you recognize me? Who are you?"
