Chapter 167 - Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Dividing the Yard_l (1/2)
Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Dividing the Yard_l
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Lady Yun has already allocated the courtyard. Apart from the main house, the rest of the back courtyards is divided into two halves by a wall, with a small door in the middle.
The men and women of the house live on the east and west sides respectively. The female members live on the west side of the wall and the male members on the east side, conforming to the norms within a large family.
Now that her husband has been promoted and moved to the government city,
it is necessary to establish these rules.
In the future, there will inevitably be ladies and girls invited to visit our house, and it is only right if we adhere to correct etiquette.
The largest and most spacious room on the east side is given to Wei Yichen, and the largest and most spacious room on the west side is given to Wei Ruo. They, being the eldest son and eldest daughter of the main lineage, are entitled to better treatment than their siblings.
Then there were the courtyards of Wei Yilin and Wei Qingwan.
As for the only illegitimate son, Wei Jinyi, Lady Yun dare not make her own decision. She did not want to bear the blame of mistreating the illegitimate son after all the efforts, so she specifically asked Wei Mingting for his opinion.
Wei Mingting took a look at the blueprint of the house and pointed to a room
on the east side of the wall, saying, “That room will do.”
Wei Mingting didn’t choose the largest courtyard for Wei Jinyi either, as it would be inappropriate for an illegitimate son to live in better conditions than the legitimate son.
The first room on the west side of the wall is the one Lady Yun arranged for
Wei Ruo.
Although this allocation was unintentional, the residences of Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi ended up next to each other, now separated by two additional walls than before.
Lady Yun agreed saying, “Alright, that room is for Jinyi, and the names of the courtyards will remain the same as before, without any changes.
Wei Mingting nodded, “Madam can make these decisions.
With her husband’s approval, Lady Yun looked at the arrangements on the blueprint again, and felt very satisfied.
The only thing that fell short was that Qingwan was assigned to the farthest southwest corner.
She didn’t arrange it deliberately. There are only three courtyards on the west side. Apart from the largest one occupied by the eldest daughter, the remaining two are not very good, and the one in the southwest corner is slightly larger, while the remaining one is even smaller.
It was only after entering the courtyard that Wei Qingwan found out that she had been assigned the worst location in the entire house, located in the farthest corner of the southwest of the new Military Prefecture.
The sudden change made Wei Qingwan feel immense pain in her heart.
Didn’t this arrangement imply that she held the lowest status in her parents’ hearts?
in the past, she was the only daughter of the family. Everything good from her parents was given to her first and when they first arrived in Xingshan County and chose the courtyards, her mother had allowed her to choose first.