Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 191
When Song Yuan's letter was sent to Jingzhao, Mu Wantang's life was also difficult.

Mu Wantang and her mother, Mrs. Mu, were allowed to enter the Mu Clan’s ancestral hall, which was normally not allowed for women to enter. The mother and daughter were dressed in plain clothes, their buns were clean, and they didn’t even have hairpins or rings. A stool was placed in the yard for Mrs. Xu Mu to sit, and Mu Wantang was with her mother. In front of them were more than a dozen elders of the Mu family, including the elderly Mu Guogong.

"Bai family, your husband will pass away for one year, and the clan has given you nearly a year of grace. Have you found your eldest son?" The clan elder spoke first.

Mrs. Mu shook her head. How could it be so easy to find someone who hadn't heard from him for several years? She had already died as her son.

"According to the rules, you orphans and widowed mothers can't take care of these family properties well, and you should entrust them to the brothers in the clan to take care of them. Although Tang'er is about to get married, it is inconvenient to plan for her in the period of national filial piety and family filial piety. The clan will think about it for you. There are two ways, either adopt a cousin of Tang'er to your husband's name, recognize you as a mother, inherit the family business, provide for your pension and marry Tang'er, or you mother and daughter will save some money to live, and will do it for you in the future. Just think about it." The clan elder's voice was old and indifferent, and his expression did not relax when he said these words.

The expressions of the others are the same, they are all waiting for their mother and daughter to make a decision. The wealth of the Mu family is not just one or two houses and fields from a small family. These people have been greedy for a long time. It's not that the family business is really huge, it took so long to sort out all the properties, and they didn't have the patience to wait until now.

Mu Wantang looked down at Mrs. Mu, they had long been disappointed with these people, and they knew that without their father and brother, they couldn't hold on to these things at all. Now, these people are still willing to leave some money to them, it's just for fame.

Mrs. Mu lost a lot of weight, but her eyes were extremely firm. Faced with the secret persecution of the elders in the clan, she calmly said: "Before my husband passed away, I left a dowry for Tang'er, and we will take this dowry away. We don't want it, just ask the clan to allow me to arrange a marriage for Tang'er myself."

The family property can no longer be kept, and she will never allow these old things to give Mu Wantang to others like an object.

The elders in the clan looked at each other, their old and sophisticated faces were indifferent but ruthless. There were quite a few young women in the clan, including Mu Wantang, as long as they were willing to hand over their family property.

"Where's the dowry list?" The clan elder was worried about them, for fear that they would take away an extra copper coin.

Mrs. Mu had been prepared for a long time, she took out a booklet from her bosom, the young servant took it over and respectfully handed it to the clan elders, after more than a dozen people circulated it, the booklet fell into the hands of Mu Guogong.

There is not much dowry, [-] shops and a few houses and fields, this is really nothing to the wealthy Mu family.

"So much?" The elders in the clan were not satisfied. Even though the money was managed by Mu Wantang's grandfather and father with painstaking efforts, they still don't want to let Mu Wantang's mother and daughter take away too much money. Girl just get out of the house, and don't take away any stitches at the end.

Mrs. Mu was angry: "This is my husband's own handwriting, and his seal is also a witness. Is it possible that it can be faked?"

"Presumptuous, how dare you talk to your elders like this." Someone immediately scolded.

Mu Wantang pressed Mrs. Mu's shoulders to signal her not to get angry. These people have been eyeing the Mu family's wealth for so long. If they hadn't taken care of the Mu family's face to the outside world, they might have smashed their mother and daughter to the bones. Now they finally have If you have the opportunity to take these things away, you will naturally not be polite.

Mrs. Mu calmed down, she held Mu Wantang's hand to look for support, and encouraged herself over and over again. Her husband is gone, her son is missing, no matter how desperate she is, she has to hold on. If she fell down, that would really be pushing her daughter into a tiger's den and a wolf's den.

"Since ancient times, the dowry cannot be stolen. Since your husband has personally testified, I think this list counts." Mu Guogong said.

Mu Wantang looked at him, relying on the little friendship between her father and Mu Guogong, Mu Guogong has taken good care of her this year, and now she can help their mother and daughter, she is even more grateful.

The other clan elders fell silent, although they were extremely reluctant, but Mu Guogong had already spoken, so there was not much point in their rebuttals.

"Clan elder." Mu Guogong looked at the old man in the middle: "The Bai family is the widow of the Mu family's children. Even if she only wants to take the dowry and live with her daughter, the clan can't ignore her. Please invite the clan elders With permission, give them another 3000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as money for the Bai family to support their old age, so that the Mu family can also gain a good reputation for treating widows in the family well."

I have to take out 3000 taels of silver, and the others are even more unwilling.

"Just let them take the dowry, why give more?"

"Mr. Bai herself said that as long as the dowry is required, why bother?"

They all showed greedy faces, but Mu Guogong did not talk to them to argue with them. Even if these people talk about breaking the sky, they can't decide anything. Only the clan elders can make decisions.

The clan elder lowered his eyelids and remained silent for a long time, before he slowly opened his mouth: "The Mu clan values ​​friendship the most, so naturally we can't ignore our children and widows, Bai clan, I will allow you to take away Tang'er's dowry, and I will give you another 3000 taels." In Anyang's old age, if you encounter difficulties in the future, you can also speak to the clan."

These words are really grandiose, but everyone here knows that if the money is divided today, even if their mother and daughter die outside, the Mu clan will not care about them.

Mrs. Mu stood up and greeted Mu Wantang with her: "Thank you, clan elder."

Even though they belonged to their own family, they still have to thank these old things for their charity.

In front of everyone, Mrs. Mu took out all the shop's account books and land deeds, and the items on the dowry list were sent to her on the spot, and 3000 taels of silver bills were also given to her. After counting these things, Mrs. Mu took Mu Wantang away immediately.

The mother and daughter supported each other, and when they walked out of the ancestral hall, their eye circles were red. There were many people waiting outside the ancestral hall. They were all clan members who were waiting for a share of the pie. Seeing their mother and daughter coming out, dozens of eyes fell on them In the box in her arms, it was the same as that group of old things, and they couldn't see their mother and daughter taking away a stitch.

The crowd moved out of the way, and after they got out, they couldn't wait to crowd at the entrance of the ancestral hall, eager to know how much property the Mu family had handed over, and each of them was thinking about how much benefit they could get.

The noise behind her fell in her ears, and Madam Mu finally shed the tears she was trying to hold back. She pulled herself together and hugged Mu Wantang, her voice trembling: "Let's leave Jingzhao and never be with these people again."

(End of this chapter)