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The four big-headed brothers originally wanted to come over and make trouble, but they didn't expect that their grandfather would be so unhelpful after they arrived. Now things have completely deviated from their original intention and are developing in a direction that is not favorable to them. However, since the people in front of them are all elders, they can't continue to make trouble and can only wait.

The most influential elders in the clan had gathered together, so how could they have any say? Even their grandfather, smoking a pipe surrounded by others, didn't even dare to speak loudly, as if he was giving in.

The big-head brothers were all teenagers, so how could they not know that what their elders said made sense.

Looking at the thick quilts and cotton-padded clothes that other families wore, and then looking at the thin clothes on their own brothers, they felt ashamed. When had their family ever been so poor? Even Jing Yongqiang's family was inferior to them.

So several people couldn't help but look at their grandfather, hoping that he would say something. The youngest of the four even shrank back, still with tears in their eyes: "Grandfather, I'm cold."

He was shocked and scared last night, and his mother died. He also lay in the wilderness without a quilt to cover himself and endured the whole night. In fact, half of the tears and snot that he and his third brother shed were caused by typhoid fever, not all tears left by crying for the loss of their loved ones.

After all, old people can't bear to see their children suffer, especially their grandchildren who just lost their mother. Jing Yongsheng finally gritted his teeth and stuffed the remaining twenty-five taels of silver into Jing Changning's hands, but he didn't say a word, nor did he say what he wanted to buy.

Jing Changning weighed the change in his hand, frowned, and then asked, "Just buy two tents and food, right?" Even if more than a dozen people died, it would cost a lot of money to buy cotton coats and trousers for the remaining twenty or so people. This little amount is not enough. How can we buy them without making it clear?

Jing Yongsheng finally shed two lines of tears. He threw the pipe in his hand to the ground with a hard heart, took off one of his dusty shoes, carefully lifted up the two layers of insoles inside and took out the paper wrapped in oilcloth. He picked out the smallest denomination, a twenty-liang silver note, and said with a hard heart: "Buy the quilt, cotton-padded clothes, cotton pants, and shoes according to your needs."

After saying this, he put his shoes back on, picked up the pipe at his feet, and without getting up, scolded his four grandsons who looked visibly happy across from him: "Hurry back and ask your father to ask the officials what the rules are. You can't let so many people die without giving us an explanation and still expect us to pay for their burials ourselves."

If he were asked to pay money again, he would be so angry that he would die immediately.

Jing Yongqiang and his second uncle Jing Yongjian couldn't bear it, so after seeing him sit for a while, they stood up and walked inside. Jing Yongcheng thought about it and wanted to stand up too, but was suppressed by Jing Changning who had already stood up: "Father has difficulty walking, so I can go!"

Buying so many things and bribing the officials would cost a fortune, but the Jing family was happy to spend this kind of money. If the families were harmonious and had a smooth journey to Lingnan, spending a little money on bribes wouldn't matter. However, it was easier said than done, mainly because some people didn't know what was good for them. Giving them money would lead to further entanglement, and it would become a bottomless pit.

The escorted prisoners suffered an unexpected disaster for no reason. Logically, they would apply for expenses from the local government and would not abandon the corpse. The county government along the way had to take care of it and send people to investigate the case, even if it was just a perfunctory act.

However, they did admire the old patriarch's ruthlessness. Not only had his first wife died, but the other women who died were also his sons' legitimate wives, having given birth to many children for his family. Now, not to mention asking for help to buy a thin coffin, he was unwilling to even buy a few feet of white cloth. It seemed that he would just let the officials bury them directly with a straw mat and a grave. However, since his family did not care, they would not take the initiative to intervene.

Because of this incident, there was nothing to do when they stopped working. Not only Jing Yongjian's family, but also the women and children of Jing Yongqiang's family came over to chat with them, discussing things. When they had nothing to do, the wives would get together to do needlework, and their relationship became much more harmonious.

The old patriarch went into the room and never came out. The last one to come out was Jing Yongjian and Jing Yongqiang, who explained the situation inside. The officials finally saw that someone had just died and they were making a lot of noise, so they agreed to give them a large bunk bed inside tonight.

Most of the dead were burned into charcoal, and it was almost impossible to tell who was who. In the end, they didn't even roll up the straw mats. They just dug a big pit, carried them out through the back door, and buried them directly in the forest behind.

However, they stopped making trouble only after they burned a lot of paper money and received twenty taels of silver as compensation.

Second Uncle's Wife sighed, "It's a good thing. At least the post station is here. If I want to move the grave and rebury it later, at least I can still find it."

"We don't know if we can come back this time. By the time we want to move it, it might have turned into soil." Such words made everyone very discouraged.

Jing Yongjian added: "After returning home, the old man acted decisively and searched every member of the family. He found more than 400 taels of silver, except for the soles of his own shoes.

However, the three legitimate sons all beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting that they had given the silver and money to their wives, so they burned them all. Otherwise, the silver that came out would probably be more than one or two times more.

The four hundred taels came from the four brothers, the two illegitimate sons and their wives. They were all their usual private savings. After the money was emptied, they were all indignant. Tensions between the legitimate and illegitimate sons were high, but they didn't make a big fuss because of their father-in-law's face. However, the two illegitimate sons were secretly thinking of splitting up the family.

While sewing the soles of her shoes, Daqing's wife made a tut-tut sound and said to Jing Yongqiang's daughters-in-law, "Do you know how much money their family has embezzled from the public treasury? The General's Mansion clearly gives out so much money every year, but I see that they are so stingy during festivals and sacrifices that they never hold grand celebrations. They only buy the cheapest items on the street for ancestor worship. I think if we don't let your father-in-law become independent, he will only be bullied in Lingnan in the future."

The other side immediately responded: "We will stay away from Lingnan. After all, we have divided the family and don't interfere with each other. Everyone in our family is hardworking. We are not afraid of farming or fishing.

They looked down on us before, so don't expect us to show any sympathy now. Everyone in that family is a shrew and lazy. Now that those kids are without their mother to restrain them, they'll probably become even more unruly in the future. We should stay as far away from them as possible."

"Hey, someone just casually pulled out four hundred taels of silver after their house was burned. Maybe they have some hidden somewhere. I think those three widowers will be able to remarry before they even reach Lingnan. Just wait and see, their families will have a lot of fun in the future."

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Don’t complain about the large number of women in the crowd. People who didn’t get together much before now seem to open up and talk like old friends. They get along very well and dare to say anything. It’s really interesting.

After Jing Chunxi had his fill, he lay down and listened to a bunch of gossip. As he listened, he fell asleep again in a daze. This was a good thing, so he could just make up for the sleep he got last night.