Chastity Layman

The rain came quietly, and the heavy rain was majestic.

The bean-sized raindrops hit the bluestone slabs of the street, splashing and scattering, and the vendors on the street ran around in panic.

Qin Lang's carriage drove slowly in the rain.

"Go to Qinrenfang."

"At this night, is Sanlang still going to see the Taibao?"

"When you return to the capital, you must first meet Grandpa."

Late at night, heavy rain.

The walls of Qinrenfang have been demolished long ago, and all along the street have been converted into shops, mostly in the form of shops in front and workshops in the back. It is specially designed to open doors and windows facing the street.

During the new planning and renovation of Chang’an City, all the houses along the street in Qinrenfang were remodeled, and the original homeowners also received a lot of benefits, either resettlement and compensation, or spending part of the money themselves, and the remodeled pavement still belongs to them , only modified according to the unified specification design.

But the section of Qi Guogong’s mansion has not been changed, because the gate of Qi Guogong’s mansion was originally opened on the street, and the huge Qi Guogong’s mansion is not short of money. Later, Cui felt that the pavement of half a street was a pity, so in the end only the section of the mansion’s entrance It didn't move, and the two sides were still remodeled.

However, after the renovation, the shops were not sold or rented out, but were operated by the Qin family in the Qinren Mansion. There were gold and silver shops, a silk shop, a money shop, a quality warehouse, and a bookstore. Under her personal management, the thirty-six shops of the Qin family in Qinrenfang became very popular, and even became a famous high-end commercial street in Chang'an.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate, and immediately a member of the Qi family came forward.

"It's Saburo who's back."

Under the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, the coachman greeted the familiar servant.

The servant glanced in the car, saw Qin Lang, and hurriedly saluted, Qin Lang waved his hand, "It's so big night tonight, it's suddenly much colder, it's really hard work for you guys to stay here at night." After finishing speaking, he I took out a few silver coins, but they were newly minted by Guangfu in Lingnan with a face value of one hundred Wen, much smaller than Kaiyuan silver coins.

The servant knew that Sanlang was always generous, so he quickly reached out to take it, and saw five small silver coins in his hand.

"If you are not used to the hundred Wen silver coins in Guangfu in Lingnan, you can go to the Four Seas Bank to exchange them. One coin can be exchanged for hundreds of copper Kaiyuan. You can exchange it at any time." Qin Lang smiled, "My grandfather is in the mansion, right?"

"Ah Lang is here. At dinner just now, we heard the big housekeeper Qin Bo say that Sanlang is going back to Beijing today, and Alang has been waiting for you all night. Later, someone from Pingkangfang Weifu came and said that Sanlang, you were called into the palace by a sage. So A Lang told everyone not to wait."

"We thought you, Saburo, would come back tomorrow."

Qin Lang smiled, the servant turned around and called his companion, brought a big umbrella and led him into the mansion.

Someone else rushed in to report the announcement.

Qin Lang also chatted with them for a while, but he didn't have any identity at all. When the steward came out to greet them, Qin Lang greeted everyone and went in.

"Sanlang is still so approachable." Shi Zhu sighed holding five silver coins, and everyone went back to the concierge. He spread out the silver coins on the table, "San Lang rewarded them with new silver coins minted in Guangzhou, and each one was worth a hundred coins. I will keep all the new things, and I will exchange them for copper Kaiyuan later."

Several servants refused, "This novelty is rare, and it was rewarded by Saburo, one for each person."

There are four people on duty as the gatekeeper, and one person can leave one person.

"That's fine. I'll keep the rest. I'll take out another hundred and twenty dollars and buy some stewed pork tomorrow."

Everyone also shared a silver coin each, and watched and played carefully under the lamp in the room.

While playing with the silver, everyone said that Saburo is getting better and better.

On the other hand, Qin Lang had already entered the inner house accompanied by the steward. Qin Qiong had already fallen asleep, but when he heard that Qin Lang was coming, he got up and changed his clothes again. After dressing up, I asked someone to call Wulang Qin Xun and Qin Guangdao to see my elder brother.

"Come here so late, and disturb Grandpa's rest."

Qin Qiong patted Qin Lang's shoulder with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but I've been estranged from you." On the other side, Cui was as enthusiastic as an old hen that just laid eggs, with a smile all over her face, booing and greeting Qin Lang , and served the tea and water himself, which made Qin Lang very embarrassed.

In any case, the Cui family is also Qin Qiong's continuation, the wife of the head of the Qi family, in the age of etiquette, there is a difference between seniority and inferiority.

"Is the eldest lady in good health recently?"

"Okay, your grandpa was stayed in Beijing by a saint for two years. He seemed to have lost his soul all day long, but he was my companion. When he was not in Beijing before, in such a big Qi mansion, your fifth brother was studying in the library again. Studying, it’s rare to come back once, but I’m deserted here, your grandpa is at home, this mansion has a backbone, and only then does it feel like home..."

Who is the Cui family, Qin Lang knew very well.

It can't be said that the Cui family is double-faced, or mean and mean, a woman with five surnames from a famous family, a lady, knowledge and knowledge, and even etiquette and rules, etc. There is nothing to say. Well-organized, and even very good at managing money, making money in a good way.

As for her preference for one son and two daughters born to her, that is also human nature, and it is normal for her own children to love themselves. The concubine Silang Huaidao and Liulang Shandao are usually not well received in the mansion, but the Cui family did not miss their food and so on. Money and so on are often added.

Cui Shi can be regarded as the appearance of most of the headed ladies in this era.

There has never been any blush between the two of them, both of them are decent people, it is good to know some things well, and there is no need to embarrass their faces.

Just like before, Qin Lang often helped the family, helped the Qi mansion run some businesses, and even directly let them invest in shares and share dividends, and enjoy the profits. Not less than a great deal of filial piety.

So earlier Qin Qiong planned to give Qin Lang a gift of five million, which was actually almost all saved by Qin Lang's help.

But Cui didn't think so. She thought that although Qin Lang was promising, the family had already been separated, and the family property was also divided. Although Qin Lang didn't want much at the beginning, it was because he didn't want it. Yes, that's two families.

After the family separation, Qin Lang paid filial piety to his family every year. It was his own filial piety, but those who entered the Qi mansion were the property and family business of the Qi manor. Of course, it was impossible for Qin Lang to take it back, even she was determined He believes that these futures should belong to his son Goro.

Because of this matter, Qin Qiong and Cui Shi had a big quarrel, Qin Lang was far away in the south of Lingnan, but he also heard about it.

He also specially wrote a letter to Qin Qiong and Cui Shi each, saying that Pingli himself had already prepared it, and there was no need for the Qi mansion to bother and work, and the property of the Qi manor would be left to the brothers in the future.

Later, when Cui replied the letter, he told Qin Lang the method of dividing the family that Qin Qiong had promised him, and hoped to get Qin Lang's support, which could be regarded as a testimony.

Qin Lang just smiled at this family division method that was obviously more biased towards the eldest son. In a patriarchal society, the ownership and inheritance of the family business is very complicated, but the bastard really does not have the qualifications and ability to compete with the first son.

Not to mention that the Cui family wants a lot from their sons, but they all want to leave. If they don’t give it to the sons at all, there is actually no place to sue, just like the Tang law clearly stipulates that only the head of the family has the right to own and dispose of the family’s property. For example, although Usually, women may be in charge of the house and manage money, but women do not have the right to dispose of property privately. These are very clear.

In the family, members of the family have no private property at all. All family property belongs to the name of the head of the household and is handled by him. This kind of legal regulation is actually quite different from that of later generations.

Another issue involving property inheritance and division is completely different. First of all, women generally do not have the right to inherit property, nor do illegitimate children born to outsiders, and even slaves and concubines sometimes have no children at all.

Although the concubine's concubine is legally married, he is not a legitimate son, and his inheritance rights are often weak.

It depends on how much your parents are willing to give, not how much you deserve.

At the beginning Qin Lang asked to separate from his family and set up a new family, but he also didn't want to have such family constraints and unreasonable disputes, so he simply went out to live in another, without any property.

In fact, if Qin Lang had not formally separated his family and set up another family, then according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Lang would have no private property. Even if he could make money, all his property should belong to the head of the household, Qin Qiong. The right to dispose of property belongs to Qin Qiong, and Cui, as Qin Qiong's headed wife, actually enjoys the right to distribute and dispose of it.

After he was divided, there were no such troubles, and he was the head of the household.

This is also the early time when he separated the family. After Li Shimin seized the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he called for filial piety as the basis and governing the country with filial piety. So when he formulated the Law of Zhenguan, he made special regulations on the separation of the family. , requiring parents to be present, and brothers not to separate from each other.

That is to say, the family can only be separated after the parents are gone, otherwise it is unfilial and punishable. Such as Qin Lang's previous situation, it is not allowed to separate the family.

"Guangdao, meet your elder brother quickly, why are you so dazed, this kid is quite smart at reading, but now he's going to stay." Cui pulled the fifth child to salute Qin Lang.

The fifth Qin Xun, Qin Guangdao, stood there tall and thin, with many pimples on his face, more like Cui Shi, but there was also the shadow of Qin Qiong in his eyebrows, but he was too thin, like a bamboo pole Yes, tall or thin.

When Qin Lang left the family, the fifth child was only three years old. Now he is thirteen. He is studying in the Chongxian Hall. Feng Songzhou is the governor, and he will also be handed over to him in the future. After all, Qin Qiong is the only son of his own right now, and the others are bastards.

Qin Lang, who is the most promising, has long since set up his own family, and his current prospects are no less than that of Lao Tzu.

Qin Lang sat down beside his brother with his own identity, and asked a few homework questions, "You have to read the books of the sages, but you have to practice martial arts. My grandfather is the God of War in the Tang Dynasty. You will inherit Duke Qi in the future." The position is to be the governor of Songzhou, it is a barbarian frontier, there is no skill in bowing horses, and it is not good at commanding troops to fight, so it will not be able to restrain the barbarians."

"Eat more beef, get up early every day and run ten miles first, then take a shower and change clothes before going to study, listen to me, the effect will be even better."

When Cui heard these words, she felt a little dissatisfied. She didn't want her son to be a general in the future, so she usually didn't let her son practice bow and horse. She only let him study, and he also learned such elegant things as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. . But in front of the promising third son, she still tried her best to keep a smile on her face, and didn't object on the spot.