Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

"Second Master, please go to the front yard to discuss things with your Madam." The servant outside the door came to his remote courtyard.

"understood"

Li Changgui changed into simple clothes and came to the reception hall in the front yard.

Sitting inside was the elegant and graceful lady of the house, Madam Zhao, who was drinking tea with a serious expression and looking at the illegitimate sons in the audience.

"Now the master has passed away, and he left behind a will."

"After this month, you will move out. I don't need your support here."

"A bastard can only get 20% of the family property when he divides the family property. The master also said so."

Li Changgui stood in front and listened to what his stepmother said without responding.

The brothers at the back were somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that 20% of the family property was too little for four brothers.

The eldest brother was able to get most of the family property, and they did not dare to protest in front of their stepmother. They could only look at the second brother, hoping that he could say a few words.

Li Changgui faced his stepmother's gaze and looked at her with a calm expression.

"I have no opinion"

Hearing what he said, Madam Zhao lowered her head and took a sip of tea with satisfaction. She looked at the other illegitimate sons below and saw dissatisfaction and jealousy in their eyes.

She was very satisfied that the second son had not caused her any trouble all the year round and lived quietly in the courtyard. Unlike those bastards who whispered in the ears of the master when he was alive and tried to get the family property for their sons, fortunately the master was not a fool, and her father was also a famous fourth-rank official in the capital.

"There are three small villages outside the capital, four three-story courtyards and eight shops in the south city."

"What's left is the house and one hundred acres of land that the master left behind in his hometown."

"Everyone will get 10,000 taels of silver when the family is divided"

When the third son, Li Changle, heard these things, he spoke before the other brothers.

"I want a small farm in the suburbs and a shop in the south city"

He didn't want to go back to his hometown to farm, so he decided to live in the capital, where he could make a fortune. With his brother's relationship, he would not be bullied in the capital.

After hearing what the third brother said, the remaining two younger brothers also reacted and asked for the three-story house and shop in the capital before the second brother.

In the end, the stepmother decided to give each of them three courtyards and divide the shop equally.

Li Changgui gave up his small farm in the suburbs and exchanged it for a house and a hundred acres of land in his hometown.

Mrs. Zhao knew that the house in her hometown had not been occupied for more than 20 years and was already dilapidated. The hundred acres of land was mostly dry land and was not worth much.

The other three brothers had also heard about the old house from their father. It was a dilapidated house that had never been repaired. They were happy to give it to their second brother so that they would not have to compete with them for the fertile fields in the suburbs of Beijing.

Seeing that they had already discussed it, Mrs. Zhao didn't care and signaled the nanny next to her to take out the box that had been prepared in advance.

There were ten silver notes worth one thousand taels in the box and they were given them.

"Those house deeds and land titles will be transferred to your names later, and you will receive them when I return." Mrs. Zhao was impatient to see these illegitimate sons being an eyesore, so she asked them to leave.

"Madam, why did you give them so much silver?"

I heard what the nanny next to me said.

Mrs. Zhao touched her fingernails and spoke casually.

"The damned one is already dead. If I still stingy with my illegitimate son's property and it gets out, it will also damage my reputation."

"Not to mention it will affect my future in Changyu."

"Just send them away as far as possible."

After saying this, Mrs. Zhao stood up and returned to the inner house.

Li Changgui brought the box back to the yard, sent the servants away and put the box into the space.

In this life, he was reincarnated from his mother's womb. His mother was his father's cousin. She had a bad background and was the only one who survived among the weak and sickly family members. Before his parents died, they arranged for her to go to the capital to find her cousin and wrote a letter to her.

Qian knocked on the door of Li's mansion with trepidation in her heart. When Mrs. Zhao heard that her husband's cousin was coming to the capital, she received her in person.

Mrs. Zhao had just married her husband and when she heard that her husband's cousin was coming to visit, she felt uneasy.

In the reception room, Qian Jiaolan was seen wearing a green dress with waist-length hair. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, with a hint of worry in her eyes, and she exuded a weak temperament.

The two of them got to know each other about the situation and waited in silence for Li Jinrong to return from the Ministry of Rites.

In the evening, when Li Jinrong came back and saw his cousin, they greeted each other politely.

Looking at the contents of the letter from my cousin, my expression was filled with mixed feelings.

I notified the housekeeper to arrange a place for my cousin to stay in the other courtyard first.

He had been married to his wife for less than a few months, and in the letter, his uncle suggested that he take his cousin as a concubine and take good care of her.

After the cousin left, the couple didn't know how to start the conversation.

"There is no one left in my uncle's family, only my cousin is left. You know what my uncle means."

Mrs. Zhao read the contents of the letter and knew that she could not stop it. Even if she did not allow her husband to take his cousin as a concubine, there would definitely be a barrier in his heart.

"I plan to take my cousin as my aunt first, and then promote her to a concubine after she gives birth to a child."

Mrs. Zhao was filled with resentment, and she suppressed her temper and demanded that she be allowed to have children only after she gave birth to the eldest son.

Li Jinrong also knew that civil officials valued the eldest son. His father-in-law was also a civil official of the fourth rank and served as a scholar in the Imperial Academy. After passing the imperial examination, he was assigned to the Ministry of Rites as a sacrificial official. With the influence of his father-in-law, no one accompanied him. His position was not important and he had no time to spare every day. He had to rely on Lord Zhao to take care of him in the court, so he agreed to his wife's request.

I asked a matchmaker to pay the betrothal gift and marry my cousin.

Qian Jiaolan has a relatively gentle personality and is not competitive. She gets along well with Madam Zhao in the inner house.

Mrs. Zhao was allowed to have children only after she became pregnant. However, she was not blessed with a poor constitution and showed frequent symptoms after she became pregnant. She gave birth prematurely seven months into her pregnancy. She recuperated for a few years after giving birth to Li Changgui before she died of illness. Before her death, she begged Li Jinrong to take good care of her son.

When Qian Jiaolan was in poor health, she raised her son until he was three years old. She also often privately reminded him not to compete with his eldest brother for the family property, and to live a good and peaceful life.

She also understood the status of a concubine's son in the inner house. There is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. No one outside looks up to him. No matter how high his status is in the future, as long as he is a concubine's son, he will always be inferior to others. She didn't want her child to suffer so much and be looked down upon. She just wanted him to live a stable life, marry and have children, and continue her life.

Mrs. Zhao also paid her respects and greeted her with utmost respect, and did not make a fuss in the backyard like other concubines. She also took good care of the lives of the mother and son, and gave them more monthly allowance and other things than other concubines.

Before her death, Qian Jiaolan told her son about the gold and silver jewelry she had obtained, and she did not believe that the maids or servants in the mansion kept them all by herself.

After his aunt passed away, Li Changgui hid all the things she left behind in the space.

Some valuable personal belongings are also stored in the space.

After his cousin passed away, Li Jinrong left her yard to his son and privately instructed the housekeeper to take care of his daily life.

After he was six years old, he was also taken to the Zhao family to learn to read and write. His eldest brother was chosen by his grandfather to study with the descendants of the Zhao family.

Li Changgui spent a long time there peacefully and without causing any trouble.