allonlinenovel Chapter 132 Awakening
Chapter 132 Awakening
These shops are divided into three parts. One part is the dowry shop brought by Pei, and the other two parts are the shops expanded by the Lin family in recent years. They are evenly registered in the names of the two nephews and can be regarded as the property divided by the eldest branch of the Lin family. The scene is not too ugly.
With the loss of the cloth shop, the Lin family now only has more than 30 Xiangmanlou businesses left. The wealth of the once richest man is becoming increasingly scarce.
The people in Beizhai wanted to make a fuss, but Lin Yiqing silenced them with just a look.
Over the years, Lin Yiqing and Lin Wangyou have taken turns to criticize them, and in fact, they have no fighting spirit anymore.
Next, Lin Dongsheng will be in charge of the family, and maybe things will be a little better...
At this point, the sky was as dark as a curtain.
The Pei family took back the lawsuit and stayed at the Lin family's guesthouse to rest, while Tui Guan Cui also considered the case closed and took his leave with a lantern.
Xu Siyu watched a big show all day and was so tired that she was hanging on Ruier.
Lin Yiqing quickly said goodbye to his parents and helped Xu Siyu back home...
Some storybooks about love and vows became popular in Changjia Mansion.
In these beautiful stories, there is always an old and vicious woman who can't stand her concubine and daughter-in-law, so she deliberately separates them, disturbing the peace of the family and finally ending up being abandoned by everyone.
The story was spread from Xiaoxiang Tower. The audience was mesmerized by the passionate and true love expressions of men and women, and they were even put into the shoes of many people in real life who went to the government office to get their wives divorced.
The New Year was approaching, and on the day before the New Year temple fair in Changjia Mansion, the ladies in the city united together and dragged the madam of Xiaoxiang Tower to the Prince Ming's Mansion to demand an explanation.
The joyful festive atmosphere was mixed with the heartbreaking cries of countless wives.
The Ming Palace had no choice but to invite these women into the palace to comfort them.
On the first day of the new year, the Ming Dynasty's marriage laws were posted throughout the country.
The decree reiterated the principle of not divorcing a wife unless she had committed seven offenses and the principle of not divorcing her husband three times a week. It also overturned the previous policy of encouraging concubinage and added a clause to the marriage law: "A Ming Dynasty man who is forty years old and childless may take a concubine for the purpose of ancestral worship. Violators shall be flogged forty times."
"Madam, this is truly amazing."
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Siyu paid New Year's greetings to Mrs. Hong and expressed her admiration for these ladies.
Xu Siyu knew that Mrs. Hong had also gone to Prince Ming's Mansion.
This immediately made those who had taken concubines or divorced their wives in the previous year become the target of public criticism.
In the outer hall, Hong Wenju, who put aside his official authority and personally greeted Zhao Bo and served him tea, is a reflection of the current efforts to mend the relationship between the masters of each family and their wives' families.
"The ladies are not the most powerful. What is powerful is the writing of the writers." Mrs. Hong and Xu Siyu sat in the inner room, enjoying the service of their daughters-in-law, and felt very comfortable.
Seeing Xu Siyu still didn't understand, Madam Hong finally explained the topic. "The principal of Chongzheng Academy and Master Wang, along with thousands of students, have submitted a petition to the imperial court, arguing that concubines are the root of domestic chaos, and that domestic chaos leads to national unrest. The two masters wrote about how, since Xiaoxiang Tower was established, countless wives and concubines have fought over each other, leading to family breakdown, men who only care about sex, and children who have no wife to raise them. If this continues, I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty will truly be destroyed."
Of course, the Ming Palace must have a ready-made story, and the empathy of those in power made them willing to admit that they were wrong.
"The example of your husband's eldest brother was even reported to Marquis Guang'an. Although he had many children, he gave up his ancestral heritage and his legitimate wife and son for a concubine. Marquis Guang'an didn't want the Ming Dynasty to produce such 'talents'."
The new marriage law also added the following laws: "A concubine cannot be promoted to the principal wife" and "A prostitute's status as a prostitute cannot be changed."
Therefore, Lin Wangyou exchanged the price of leaving home for a future with his concubine.
It really vividly portrays the phenomenon of lust leading to loss of judgment.
On New Year's Eve, Xu Siyu also met with Pei. Having let go of her attachment to men and focusing on her career and children, the woman had recovered well.
She discussed the management of Linglong Cloth Shop with Xu Siyu.
Lin Yiqing informed the Pei family about the Xu family's plan to acquire land in the northwest to grow cotton. Naturally, the eldest brother of the Pei family wanted the two families to cooperate and asked her to strengthen her relationship with the Xu family.
Pei proposed a cooperation, although it was not achieved due to Xu Siyu's insistence. However, Pei tried hard to learn the grace of managing Linglong Cloth Shop, and still got Xu Siyu to say that the two families were relatives and that they would definitely help each other in case of trouble.
Lin Wangyou, who chose to live with his mistress, lived in a quiet two-story courtyard in the suburbs. For the entire New Year, no one invited him to a banquet and no one pursued him.
He wanted to go back to the South House to pay New Year's greetings, but he only saw his aunt at the side door and was then driven away.
In the new year, there should be new hopes, but he feels empty inside and doesn’t know where his hopes lie.
As people calm down, their memories gradually become clearer.
He seemed to recall why he married Jingniang at the age of sixteen according to Lin's father's wishes.
He likes reading, but his clan doesn't allow him to read anymore.
The first path that Lin's father gave him was not to inherit the family business. At that time, Lin Yiqing was still the default heir.
Lin's father wanted to give him some money so that he could make his own way in the world.
However, he had no talent for business, so he chose to help at home.
Later, Jingniang brought the Pei family dyeing workshop to her, and her mother gave her a few shops. Jingniang encouraged him to do a business that they were good at, and they opened Linglong Cloth Shop...
After four years of marriage, Linglong Cloth Shop opened its fourth store.
Jingniang also gave birth to two sons for him.
Suddenly one day, his second brother pulled him up and said he wanted to take the imperial examination.
They passed the exam, and soon after, Lin Yiqing left home.
My father began to rely on him and handed over all the business of Xiangmanlou and the grain and oil shop to him.
But he still loves his Linglong Cloth Shop the most.
So later, when the grain and oil shop gave all the money to Zhou's cousin as a dowry, he didn't think it was a big deal, unlike the people in Beizhai who caused a scandal of misappropriation of property.
As long as he had some money, he would use it to buy other cloth shops and continue to expand the business.
He believed that he had the ability to make the Lin family bigger from another side. Indeed, later on, thanks to the precious dyes brought back to him by the Xu family's caravan, Linglong Cloth Shop became the best cloth shop in the county.
He became the real boss Lin.
When the dynasty changed, the Zhou family fled. They were no longer the Lin family's umbrella of protection, but a death warrant.
The second brother's wife persuaded his father and sister to break away from the Zhou family. His mother made a fuss, but was unable to change the Lin family's decision to donate all the Zhou family's property to save their lives.
A carriage without a canopy is destined to have to be refitted with a shed to provide shade and shelter from the rain.
He began to frequently make friends with new elites and frequently lingered in Xiaoxiang Tower.
Shen Xiner looks very much like someone.
A person he had loved before he was sixteen, but had to give up on because of his incompetence.
Now that he is almost thirty years old, he is no longer the youngster he used to be. Why can't he get his love back?
Xin'er depends on him. She is like a flower that can speak sweetly and always blooms beside him when he is troubled.
He wanted to raise her with the best flowers, soil and spring water in the world, so he brought her into the Lin family.