Chapter 48 Seizing Power
Grandmother Huang also heard the argument just now, and remained silent for the first time. She just drank the gruel in her bowl, closed her eyes slightly, and said nothing to everything.

Those in the second room are so spoiled and spoiled, and they need to be taught a lesson.

Otherwise, how would they survive in Qianzhou one by one?

But Xiao Meizi stuck her head out and said with a smile: "Auntie, if you close your mouth, you won't be able to eat!"

When Huang Cui'e saw Xiaomeizi, she immediately fell in love with Wujiwu and added another spoonful to her, "Be good, Xiaomeizi, eat more, and you will be fat and angry to death!"

Xu Zhenying gave her aunt a thumbs up in her heart.

I have to say that Huang Cui'e's words really refreshed her.

It also made her start thinking about a question: How to let the Xu family concentrate power on themselves?
Xu Zhenying likes the feeling of controlling the overall situation. To her, the Xu family is a team that can be used. People are group animals. No matter what they do, manpower training is the most important.From the distribution of grain on the exile road to the land reclamation and farming in Qianzhou, there is always a need for someone to take the lead.

In view of her grievances with her second roommate, she really didn't want to listen to her second roommate's orders.

Xu Zhenying originally thought that if the supplies came back, the distribution rights would be concentrated on her, which would help her better control the Xu family.But then she thought about it, the supplies were too heavy, and she didn't want Miao to carry so much stuff alone, so she might as well spread it out to other rooms as a favor.

The Xu family waited eagerly until the evening. Twenty of them had no intention of looking for wild vegetables. They just waited at the door of the inn, and finally saw Liu Jiejie.

With a cold face, Liu Jie threw the things he was carrying on his shoulders to the ground. The pots, pans, and other pots and pans were broken into pieces, and the crisp sound was heart-wrenching.

How many things must be broken?

Seeing Liu Jiejie's gloomy face, no one dared to step forward to get anything.

But Xu Zhenying was not afraid. He stepped forward and bowed to Liu Jiejie, smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, sir."

Liu Jiejie's eyes were fixed on Xu Deyuan.

Xu Deyuan's back felt numb, and he pretended to have a strong look on his face, but in fact his hands were trembling.

"What are you doing standing around, aunt and aunt, let's move things." Xu Zhenying shouted under Liu Jiejie's gaze.

Huang Cui'e also took the risk. While carefully looking at the stick in Liu Jie's hand, she took away several baggage at an extremely fast speed.

Liu Jiejie finally said nothing.

He didn't know why Bantou Zhao suddenly changed his mind. Maybe he heard some rumors, so he didn't dare to take any action against the Xu family now.

Liu Jiejie walked away with a puff of his sleeves.

When Huang Cui'e saw him leaving, she patted her chest repeatedly and said fearfully: "Mom, you scared me to death. I thought he was going to deal with us again. Sixth girl, you are so brave, aren't you afraid that he will slap you?"

"Don't worry, eldest aunt. Since we have forced him to return the things, we have already broken up with him. Now, no matter how we show weakness, he will not let us go."

Grandma looked worried, "What should we do? We still have a long way to go to Qianzhou -"

"Don't be afraid, grandma, we can't take care of him, of course someone can take care of him."

The fourth aunt looked at her, "Sixth girl, what do you mean?"

Xu Zhenying only said vaguely: "In short, Team Leader Zhao will take care of us in the future."

Miao interrupted and said, "Okay, don't ask. It doesn't matter what happens between them, as long as the things are returned. Let's quickly take stock of these things and see what we have for dinner. What's in everyone's stomach these days?" The soup is all watery, so let’s make something delicious to supplement it tonight.”

Even my grandmother, who has always been very prudent and prudent, said: "What the third family said makes sense. Let's get something good at night. In case someone robs the food again someday, it's better to put it in the stomach earlier."

The younger ones were a little excited when they heard there was something delicious to eat.

"Auntie, what should we have for dinner?"

"I want to eat meat buns."

"I want to eat pig's trotters."

Someone swallowed.

"Why panic? Let's pack our luggage first."

Only Xu Lezhi snorted and turned his head away, "She's really good at winning people's hearts. Now it's great, it's almost her turn to be the head of the Xu family."

Xu Minglu also echoed: "No, dad doesn't care about her, so he just lets her steal the show."

Although Xu Minglu said this, her eyes were fixed on the luggage. She only hoped that she could give more to the second bedroom.

There are many people in the second room, so it stands to reason that they should get the most.

But to get her to beg Xu Qingying, even if she was beaten to death, she could not do it.

Several women hurriedly came up to count the remaining supplies, and then sighed. Only Huang Cui'e cursed: "We've finished all these shits and dry food."

Miao also sighed, "Fortunately, except for the dry food, everything else is still there, and the medicine is also there."

Xu Zhenying stood nearby and did not do anything. She only watched the women reclassify and put things away quickly. Then she asked calmly: "Mom, have you finished packing?"

Miao nodded, "It's almost the same. In addition to dry food, we also moved a few bags of millet. The loss is not big." "That's OK." Xu Zhenying clapped his hands and everyone's attention was focused. Xu Zhenying stood in the middle of the crowd, with a still expression on her face. It was that kind of faint smile, as if she was born with this smile, "Now that the supplies are back, it's up to me to redistribute them."

The eldest aunt immediately became anxious, "What's wrong? Why don't we separate this time like last time?"

Xu Degui immediately became anxious and was about to speak, but Miao held him down and glared at him.

Xu Degui secretly wondered, what happened to the Miao family today?
Previously, she went mad and scratched Xu Lezhi without saying anything, but now she acquiesces to Qingying's misbehavior.

He lowered his voice and said: "What do you mean, we are all a family, why do we need to separate ourselves from each other? How can she act like this?"

Xu Zhenying glanced at her indifferently, but she felt inexplicably condescending, "Ordinarily, we are a family, and now on the road to exile, we should unite as one and work together to help each other. But, I am stingy and vindictive, and some people While eating the food I exchanged for the marriage, he scolded me for being shameless, so I just want to make it clear today. It stands to reason that the person who is engaged to the Zheng family is the third wife, so the material exchanged for breaking off the engagement belongs to Three bedrooms are exclusive to each other. Even if our families are not separated, there is no reason for the Zhou Dynasty to use children’s betrothal gifts and dowries as money for the public. Do you think... what I said is true or not? "

Xu Deyuan looked extremely embarrassed. If he still didn't understand that Xu Qingying was targeting him, then he would have spent so many years in the officialdom in vain.

Rather than being annoyed that Xu Qingying broke off the engagement on her own, he was more annoyed that someone in the Xu family did not respect him and dared to challenge his authority as the head of the family.He knew that if he gave in today, the people in the third room would outnumber his second room along the way and even in the future.

Xu Deyuan has been the resource center of the family since he was a child. When he was a child, he would be the first to pay attention to food and drink in the family. When he became an adult, his opinions were respected in all important matters such as sacrifices, marriages and so on. The big ship of the Xu family can only Listen to his orders.

Now that he had just been exiled, he vaguely felt that his status was being challenged.

He originally thought it would be a big house with more men. After all, in a rural area, men must support the family.Dafang's three sons were each born tall and powerful. When they arrived in Qianzhou, they were clearing wasteland, farming, and grabbing water. Which one of them should not rely on Dafang's efforts?
As for the second bedroom, there are only two young men who are underage, and the remaining four girls will definitely become a huge burden by then.

As for the fourth bedroom, the fourth child is idle and the wife does not like to fight over each other. The two of them look very close and have only one daughter, so naturally they do not pose much of a threat.

As for the third bedroom, it was never even within his consideration range.The third child and his wife were both honest and sweet-tempered, and no one would give them a second thought. In addition, they only had one son, who was frail since childhood, so no one would take the third child seriously.

But somehow, Xu Qingying, a girl, dared to break off the engagement on her own, exchanged supplies, and made friends with the Fang family, and in the blink of an eye, Liu Jiejie was eliminated.

This scene gave Xu Deyuan a sense of crisis, and also made him sober up from the chaotic anger in exile.

"Sixth Girl is right. There is indeed no rule in the Zhou Dynasty that children's dowries, betrothal gifts, etc. should be transferred to the public." Unexpectedly, Xu Deyuan actually agreed. Xu Qingying looked at him with a smile, waiting for the turn of his next sentence.

really.

"But..." Xu Deyuan looked around the crowd with a glint in his eyes, "Now that we are exiled sinners, the usual rules are probably inappropriate here, right? Or is it that my niece, as a junior, has such a narrow-minded mind that she treats her elders so little? You feel resentful when you say something angry, and you don't care about the life and death of your elders. You want to take the opportunity of sharing supplies to starve all the elders in the family to death? If this is the case, will it mean that what the elders say in the future does not go to your liking, and there will be a fight between the sisters? Mouth, you want to seek justice? I mean, Liu Yatou, is this how your parents raised you?"

Xu Zhenying raised his eyebrows slightly.

I have to say that Xu Zhenying’s rebuttal is still very powerful.Not telling the facts, but only playing the emotional card, he not only weakened his own reasons, but also incited others to join his team, and even formed an opposition to her.

Second uncle, is his brain going online?You actually know how to use filial piety to suppress you?

Even Xu Degui disagreed and scolded her, "Qingying, what are you going to do? Don't think that because these are the supplies you exchanged, you are taking great credit. Let me tell you, your father is not dead yet. At home, It’s not your turn as a girl to make the decision!”

Miao glanced at her husband and then at Qingying, feeling like a knife was twisting in her heart.

But she felt that her husband was right and so was her daughter, and she didn't like that her second uncle often pointed fingers at Xu Qingying.She thought, now that they are all in exile, they all have the same status as criminals, so why are the second uncle and second sister-in-law still like in Bianjing City, suppressing the third family and blaming Qingying everywhere.

Even if Qingying did something wrong, she and Xu Degui should be the ones to educate her. How could Xu Deyuan, who was the second uncle, scold the daughter of her third wife like this?

This second uncle clearly didn't take her third wife seriously.

Xu Zhenying chuckled and said to Xu Deyuan: "Second uncle is so angry that he knows who I am targeting. You don't need to drag so many people into trouble, and you don't need to label me as an unfilial elder. I can tell the truth. Let me tell you, I am really only targeting the second uncle."

"You!!" Xu Deyuan's face turned red with anger. He never expected that Xu Qingying would not play according to common sense and directly hit the ball straight away.

"Second uncle, you have made a great contribution to changing the Xu family with your own efforts. But you also think about what life the other people had to live in the countryside in order to provide for the second uncle to study alone. The whole family tightened their belts. , the food and drink expenses are not your concern first. You wear a cotton-padded jacket in the winter, and your uncle can only wear a single coat; you eat and drink enough in the restaurant, and your aunt didn't even eat an egg during her confinement. All kinds of things here, you Don’t you even remember it?”

These emotional words made the eldest aunt burst into tears and she couldn't help but glare at Xu Deyuan.

She still remembers that when she gave birth to her first child, her family was extremely poor, so someone from her mother's family brought her a basket of eggs. Her mother was beaten so badly by her father that she couldn't get out of bed for several days.

"So..." Xu Zhenying continued, "After you become famous, it is your duty to repay the other families, and it is also to repay debts. There is no such thing as the big family, the third family, and the fourth family. The entire Xu family I have paid for you to study for more than 20 years, and only after paying off the debt for ten years, the whole family has been sentenced to exile. Strictly speaking, you have once again implicated several of us, am I right?"

The eldest aunt suddenly jumped up, wiped her tears and said, "That's not the truth! If we hadn't been frugal in those days, how could we have paid you off! Just your second wife, you all think that we are blood-sucking debt collectors!" Don’t even look at it. If I, Huang Cui’e, hadn’t worked day and night, how would you have the good life you have now!”

Xu Zhenying patted Huang Cui'e to signal her to calm down.

"So logically speaking, our other houses do not owe you two houses, but are being exiled because of your implication. This is your first fault; you neglected your duties when you were exiled in Yu County, forcing Liu Jie's widowed mother to surrender. Suicide, Liu Jiejie had a grudge against you, so he made things difficult for our Xu family all the way, which is the second fault——"

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the Xu family changed, and Huang said tremblingly: "Then Liu Jiejie... really has a grudge against us? The second child!"

Huang shouted, pointed at Xu Deyuan and said, "What's going on?"

Lian Qiuzhi sat in the corner, glared at him with a sneer, and said quietly: "Why else? Maybe he received some benefits and helped Liu Jiejie's relatives to slander his poor widowed mother for having an affair outside. Liu Jiejie was taken by the family He was expelled from the family and all his property was returned to the clan. In order to prove his innocence, his mother hanged herself within a few days of her return. No wonder Liu Jie hated us to the core. He stole people's money and killed their parents. Isn't this a blood feud?!"

When Huang heard this, he coughed violently in excitement.

Huang Cui'e also jumped to her feet and said: "Second uncle, how can you do things like this? Aren't you the same high-minded guy you used to be?"

Gao Bapi was the former county magistrate of Xujia Village. It was said that even the dogs passing by were not spared and had to be searched for anything valuable.

Therefore, this county magistrate was very famous in several nearby counties. Wherever he went, the villagers closed their doors for fear that something in their home would be taken away by him.

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