vstars Chapter 580: Division of the Clans
Chapter 580: Division of the Clans
The temporary departure of her parents did not affect Fang Nanzhi's life much.
Or rather, she couldn't care less.
She sat in the classroom for two hours every day, went to Zheng's house to study for two and a half hours, and then came back to study medicine with Mr. Zhou for two hours.
It will take another hour to finish the homework.
Occasionally, when I have to go out for a medical consultation, it will take another half an hour.
The little girl was busy as a top, and only occasionally thought about her parents before going to bed.
Just write a letter if you think of it. Mr. Zhou often writes letters to his friends in the capital. It is not difficult to take the little girl with him when delivering the letters.
As soon as Fang Tong and his companions arrived in the capital, they were arranged into a courtyard with three entrances.
This yard belongs to Wu Dong's family and is rented out to the couple.
The yard next door to Wu Dong's home is also his.
The couple didn't go out for three days after arriving in Beijing. The reason was simple: Qian Fengping was sick.
Maybe it was because of the long journey, or maybe it was because she was not used to the climate, but she was vomiting and having diarrhea, and she looked completely exhausted.
After Fang Tong consulted a doctor, he took care of his wife every day and had no time to take care of anything else.
He brought a bowl of black medicine into the house.
Qian Fengping was lying on the couch, her face pale, her eyes closed, but her brows slightly furrowed, showing that she was not sleeping well.
"Wife, wake up. Drink the medicine before going to sleep." Fang Tong put the bowl on the small table and gently woke her up.
Qian Fengping was a light sleeper to begin with. She opened her eyes drowsily and was helped by Fang Tong to sit up halfway, leaning against the head of the bed.
Fang Tong brought the medicine over, scooped a spoonful and blew on it.
"Open your mouth, ah!"
Qian Fengping smiled weakly: "Do you think I'm a child who needs to be coaxed into taking medicine?"
"You are not a child, you are my wife, and a wife needs to be coaxed." Fang Tong said seriously: "Be good, drink the medicine and you will have candy, your favorite osmanthus candy."
Qian Fengping's cheeks were slightly red, and she seemed a little shy.
She took a sip of the medicine and it was no longer hot. Fang Tong simply gave her the bowl and told her to drink it all.
As soon as she swallowed it, the candy was at her lips.
Fang Tong put the bowl away and smiled at her: "You eat, I'll read you the letter from my daughter. My daughter is twelve years old, but she's still so clingy. I received two letters from her in three days."
"Just be happy. When they grow up, they won't miss their parents so much."
Qian Fengping rolled her eyes.
Ever since my husband left Huai'an Prefecture, he has been nagging his daughter eight times a day, and I don't know who is clinging to her.
Fang Tong chuckled.
His daughter is pretty, innocent and cute. Which father can feel at ease if she stays alone in Huai'an Prefecture?
Fang Tong opened the letter and was stunned after reading only two lines.
"What's wrong?" Qian Fengping saw that his expression was wrong and pushed him.
"The Fang family has split up." Fang Tong was stunned.
Master Fang Liu took the lead in forcing people to do so, and Fang Lu continued to incite the clan, causing many people to have opinions about the clan leader.
Do you think Fang Tong would have been forced to leave if the clan leader had not taken any action?
Since Fang Tong's clan was not expelled, they were the clan members of the official. How impressive!
But it’s not in vain that Patriarch Fang has been running the clan for many years.
He directly called a meeting of the clan members, playing the victim and crying miserably even at his old age.
He publicly admitted that he had not done some things well, and in order to make up for it, he planned to open a clan school.
Now all the preparations for the clan school have been completed, and all the children in the clan will be able to go to school as soon as they are born.
Ahem, of course this is just empty talk.
The money Fang Zetian's cheap stepfather gave him was at most enough for him to hire a teacher for four or five years and build a simple school.
If the tribe wants to last long, the children in it must be taught to cultivate themselves.
It’s just a little less than other schools.
After making amends, Patriarch Fang announced publicly that he was ready to abdicate.
From then on, his eldest son would be the new patriarch.
Then his son gave a speech in public, asking him to behave well in the future and lead the tribe to a good life.
Many tribesmen softened their hearts.
I feel that even if the old patriarch has no merits, he has worked hard. According to the clan precepts, it is indeed the patriarch's eldest son who succeeds to the throne.
They can be satisfied, but Master Fang Liu and his companions cannot.
They have done things to this extent. Now that the patriarch's son has taken office, will they have any good results?
In addition, several old men are not optimistic about the patriarch's son.
It's nothing, he's just too honest, without any scheming. He doesn't look like someone who will achieve anything.
Compared to him, Fang Lu is obviously much more capable.
The person in the clan who has the best relationship with Fang Tong now is Fang Lu.
After much commotion, the old patriarch Fang was unable to completely win over the people's hearts, so Sixth Master Fang led some people and proposed to split the clan.
It is not that simple to divide the tribes.
First of all, they are from the same ancestral hall and have the same ancestors.
If the clan is divided, the ancestors must be divided, and the ancestral hall must be built separately.
It’s okay for each person’s two direct generations of ancestors, but if you go further back, they all have one ancestor.
What, that's your great-grandfather?
Bah! My grandfather is my great-grandfather’s second grandson!
So what? I have been the most filial in the past few years. My family visits my great-grandfather’s grave every year!
Just my great-grandfather? I even pulled the grass on my great-grandmother's grave myself!
That's it, won't there be a fight?
After the fight, the ancestors were finally divided, but it wasn’t over yet.
The clan field should also be scored.
If something happens to a family in the clan and they lose all their descendants, the permanent land will belong to the clan.
Generally, the clan leader would give priority to renting land to families with little or no land in the clan, and the rent collected would be considered the clan’s common money.
The money is used to repair graves and buy clan land.
Now both score.
In this regard, because the old patriarch had controlled the clan land for a long time, he took advantage and kept most of it.
After the clan land was divided, there were other clan properties, such as uninhabited houses.
There are so many messy things.
Finally, the people led by the old patriarch Fang belonged to the Great Fang clan, while those who branched out, with Fang Lu as the patriarch, were called the Small Fang clan.
The division of the clan has dealt a heavy blow to the Fang family. Now, in terms of population and people's hearts, they are far inferior to the Qin family.
Patriarch Qin, who had been feeling depressed because Fang Tong was an official, suddenly became cheerful after seeing him.
People are afraid of comparison. Once there is someone who is worse off than himself, Patriarch Qin will know to cherish the present.
At least, his tribe is still united and respects him as the tribe leader.
His grandson was quite promising and had already become a scholar. Anyway, the old patriarch Qin was in high spirits and active in the village again.
By the way, it is worth mentioning that Mr. Fang has joined the Xiao Fang family.
I don’t know whether he was holding a grudge against Patriarch Fang for expelling his grandson from the clan, or whether Fang Lu had done something else, but in any case, he no longer followed Patriarch Fang.
Fang Nanzhi knew all this thanks to Tiezhu.
Tiezhu came from the countryside to bring fruits and vegetables to the little girl and delivered them directly to Zhou's house.
On the surface, he said that he wanted to let the little girl and Mr. Zhou have something fresh to eat, but in reality, he was worried about leaving the little girl alone.
He came to deliver something and chatted, and talked about everything going on in the village.
Fang Tong felt complicated after reading the letter. After this incident, the Fang family was no longer one of the top two families in Mushan Village.
If we want to develop it to its original scale again, I don’t know how many generations of efforts will be needed.
As for Mr. Fang’s affairs, let him be.