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"Come, we haven't visited Grandfather in a long time. It's time to make a trip there," Qiao Mei said.
The day before yesterday, the staff at the greenhouse had sent over a big basket of fruits. Qiao Mei had not had time to distribute the fruits to the various families yet, so she decided to bring along some fruits with her to give to Xia Jun.
The children had also returned home a few days ago. In order to protect them during the earlier days, they had been told to stay and study in the army base. It was really tough on them to have to live in the army base at such a young age. However, everyone in the Xia family had endured the same thing and had grown up well.
Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang drove two separate cars to send Qiao Mei and the rest to Xia Jun's house. As soon as they entered the compound, they saw the members of the second and third branch families gathered inside the house. However, only the men were present and not the womenfolk.
"What's going on..." Qiao Mei asked softly as she carried the things in.
"They're having a meeting to talk about Xia Xing's issue," Xia Wen said in a low voice.
Qiao Mei hurriedly nodded. She knew the Xia family's rules. The Xia family's meetings were only attended by the men and the women were not allowed to participate. Although Qiao Mei did not agree with this approach, the Xia family had always done it this way and it was not her place to break this rule.
"Alright, I'll pass these to you then. I'll come back another day." Qiao Mei put down all the things after saying that.
When Xia Jun saw who was outside the door, he quickly called out to Xia Wen and said, "Let Qiao Mei and the others in!"
Qiao Mei was someone who had made a lot of contributions to the Xia family. Moreover, Xia Zhe was not at home now, so Qiao Mei could represent him at the meeting. No one there would raise any objections.
Xia Yuan hated the third branch family the most. All of them were only good at scheming, yet they were all fools who kept causing trouble for the Xia family. In the past, he had been overseas, so even if there was any trouble, it did not affect him and the family did not let him know too much. Now that he had returned to the capital and seen everything for himself, he finally knew the weight that Xia Wen carried on his shoulders.
"I'll sign it," Xia Xing said after some thought.
Shao Yin immediately pressed down on Xia Xing's hand and said, "You can sign it! But the Xia family's belongings! We must have a share!"
"Belongings? What belongings?" Xia Wen asked.
"The old house! And the things buried under the old house!" Shao Yin said as she looked at Qiao Mei.
Qiao Mei did not render any help in this whole issue and it was Xia Wen who took charge of everything. If Qiao Mei had contributed this sum of money, Xia Xing might not need to be kicked out of the Xia family!
"My wife left those things to Xia Zhe!" Xia Jun said.
"But it still belongs to the Xia family! Why should everything be given to Xia Zhe! It's not fair! We're also members of the Xia family! We have the right to have a share!" Shao Yin said.
Qiao Mei shook her head resignedly. No wonder she was not asked to attend this meeting. It turned out that she was the ultimate target.
"If you want it, then let's take everything out and split them. Back then, Grandmother had wanted Xia Zhe to protect these things well. Now that the economy is fully open and these things can finally see the light of day, it's indeed time to take them out," Qiao Mei said with a smile.