Separation

Thinking that his son was about to be beheaded, Mr. Zhuang tossed and turned and didn't sleep well all night. He was woken up in the early morning after staring for a while.

After asking, I found out that someone from the casino had come to collect money from the banker. The interest was compounded, and now it was not fifty thousand taels of silver, but seventy thousand taels.

It is true that the banker has been an official for several generations, but his official position is not high and his ability to collect money is not strong.

Although Mrs. Zhuang was married into a wealthy family, even though Mrs. Zhuang forcibly raised Jiang Changning and stole some of the Jiang family's property.

However, the dealer's ostentation was huge and the expenses were high. The government really couldn't afford 70,000 taels of cash.

"You all broke my son's limbs and you dare to come to my door to demand payment. I'm going to report to the officials and have you arrested." Mr. Zhuang Er said angrily.

"Repaying debts is a matter of course. If you report it to the government, the government will not accept it." The boss said without fear.

The banker comes from a family of officials, so they were a bit wary of it, but now that all the men in the banker are Ding You at home, and with the support of the Baling Palace, they are so unbridled.

The banker couldn't take out the seventy thousand taels of silver, nor was he willing to take it.

The people in the casino are not kind people. The dealers don't want to spend money to eliminate disasters, so don't blame them for taking action. The dealers were made into a fuss, and the nursing staff were beaten to pieces.

They also rushed into the banker's house, not only to drag the banker's female family members and maids to sell, but also rushed into the room to rob the banker's property.

"Stop, stop it all." Mr. Zhuang came out and saw this chaotic scene and shouted loudly.

The thugs in the casino ignored him and continued to plunder the banker's property.

"Stop, you guys stop." Mr. Zhuang went to stop him, but was pushed down mercilessly by the thugs and was thrown to the ground.

"Master!" Mrs. Zhuang helped Mr. Zhuang up, and then screamed: "Master, you are bleeding."

Mr. Zhuang's nose hit the ground and bled.

He touched it, and his hand was covered with blood. He shouted in panic: "Please doctor, please call me a doctor quickly."

The injured people of the banker were not only Mr. Zhuang, but also the second master, the second young master, the third young mistress, and several maids.

The banker was in a mess, injured and disabled, and the thug stopped with satisfaction, "Take out the 70,000 taels of silver, and I will take the people away, otherwise...hehe."

The words were not spoken, but the meaning was expressed clearly.

"Seventy thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. How many days can you give me a grace period?" Mr. Zhuang Er said, holding his dislocated hand.

The boss touched his chin and said, "Okay, don't say we are unkind, just give you three days' grace, and we'll come back after three days."

When the people in the casino left, the bookmakers felt like they were surviving a disaster.

But three days later, if there is no 70,000 taels of silver, the nightmare will happen again.

Seventy thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. The banker's second wife cannot get it, so he must use the banker's capital.

Mrs. Zhuang was not happy and shouted: "Divide the family, separate the family."

She wanted to use money to save her son, how could she pay off her second brother's gambling debt?

Mr. Zhuang had the same idea as her, but he cared about "brotherhood" and did not say anything. He remained silent and let Mrs. Zhuang use one to counter the second couple.

"Sister-in-law, you actually want to separate the family at this time. You are going too far." Mrs. Zhuang Er said angrily.

"The tree is divided into branches, the people's congress divides the family, the parents are gone, and it is inevitable for the brothers to separate the family." Mrs. Zhuang said plausibly.

"Brother, do you think so too?" Mr. Zhuang Er asked.

Mr. Zhuang coughed slightly and said, "Second brother, after the separation, you don't have to move out immediately."

"Separate the families, right? Okay, let's separate them." Mr. Zhuang Er said coldly.

The Zhuang family wanted to separate the family, so they specially sent people to the Jin Palace to notify Jiang Changning, hoping that she could bear witness as Mrs. Zhuang's mother-in-law.

"I won't go." Jiang Changning felt that the Zhuang family had other motives for inviting her to be a witness. After all, the Zhuang family could not enter the palace or see her at all.

That's why I thought of this way and asked her to deliver it to my door in person. Oh, it's really whimsical.

Not to mention that she is pregnant now and should not go out. Just because she knows what the dealer is planning, she will not give the dealer a chance to see her.

Avoidance is sometimes the best way to solve a problem.

Jiang Changning did not go to the banker's house, or even sent someone there, which disappointed the banker's family, but it did not prevent them from dividing the family.

The division of the banker's family was done under the auspices of several elders in the city. Mr. Zhuang hid behind him and asked Mrs. Zhuang to "argue with reason" and said, "We are the eldest family members, so we should share more property."

"This house is our ancestral home, and it should be our eldest son's residence."

"According to the law, the eldest brother should inherit the sacrificial field, how can it be divided?"

Of all the property of the banker, under the distribution of Mrs. Zhuang, the second bedroom only accounted for 10%, which made Mrs. Zhuang very dissatisfied, "Sister-in-law, the eldest brother is the legitimate son, and my husband is not a concubine."

According to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, concubines cannot divide the family property.

"And sister-in-law, Ji Wen is gone, Ji Ke will also be beheaded in the future. Your eldest brother has no direct bloodline, so why are you fighting for so much family property? Are you making wedding clothes for others?" Mrs. Zhuang's second wife said in a bad way.

Mrs. Zhuang.

"Bitch, shut up." Mrs. Zhuang rushed over angrily and wanted to hit Mrs. Zhuang.

So, before the family was divided, the two sisters-in-law started fighting.

However, there was a crowd around and they would not sit back and watch the two fight. Mrs. Zhuang only scratched Mrs. Zhuang's second wife and was pulled away.

Mr. Zhuang frowned and said: "Stop messing around, sit down, Mr. Ge, please continue."

"In addition to this ancestral house, the banker also has a two-entry house in Guizhi Lane and a three-entry house in Xitiepu Lane." Mr. Ge told the banker's family property one by one.

After Zhuang Jike's death, the only direct descendant of the eldest family member was Zhuang Nianyun, while the second eldest member of the Zhuang family had the direct descendant Zhuang Jideng.

Considering this, several elders suggested, "Let's divide it into sixty-four, with the eldest bedroom accounting for 60% and the second bedroom accounting for 40%."

"No, how can it be divided into 40%? At most, it can be divided into 20%." This is what Mrs. Zhuang said.

Mrs. Zhuang Er also spoke out at the same time as her, "No, it should be an equal score."

The two sisters-in-law started to argue again, and it was already a quarter of an hour later when the two of them had an affair.

The expressions of several elders were as usual. They often presided over the separation of families, and saw many brothers and sisters-in-law who were fighting over family property.

After they settled the dispute, the property would be divided between six and four as mentioned before.

The courtyard with three entrances in Xitiepu Lane has been allocated to the second bedroom, and the second bedroom will be moved there at a later date.

Although Mrs. Zhuang Er was dissatisfied with only receiving 40% of the family property, she could not change it.

Mrs. Zhuang was equally dissatisfied when she failed to receive more family property, but she also couldn't change it.

The matter of the banker's family division was finally settled. The family division letter was written in black and white and made in triplicate, one for the eldest brother's house, one for the second house's house, and one copy was submitted to the government for filing.
Chapter completed!