"The eldest son and the younger son are sons, so isn't the second son a son? Isn't this a punishment from God~"
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The villagers were chattering, making Mrs. Zhu very embarrassed. Mrs. Zhu scolded the onlookers, "It is outsiders' turn to interfere in our Zhu family's affairs. I can do whatever I like."
"Haha, Aunt Zhu, what you said is not that we are nosy, we just can't stand it. If you act like this, let's see who else dares to marry someone as unreasonable as you in the future. The third child of your family is not married yet. Right? The grandson will have to marry a wife in the future, right? The granddaughter will have to get married, right? Don’t make your reputation bad. "
When someone said this, Mrs. Zhu was really frightened.
In the village, other things are not important, reputation is still very important. If someone spreads lies about it, it will really be troublesome for the Zhu family to marry their daughter-in-law in the future.
Mrs. Zhu frowned. She was forced by these nosy people. Now she had to share some things with Zhu Erhu if she didn't want to.
Zhu Erhu said, "Mom, I don't want any more. Just give me one room of our house so that Lan'er, I, and a few other children can have a place to stay. There are six acres of paddy fields at home, and two Give me one acre of paddy field, half an acre of dry land, and give the rest to my eldest brother and third brother."
Calculating it this way, Zhu Erhu doesn't have much. If the families were really divided equally, they would get more than that.
"Aunt Zhu, Erhu doesn't want much anymore, you have to give it, right?"
Mrs. Zhu did not speak, but looked at Zhu Daniu, asking for Zhu Daniu's opinion.
Although this request sounds like nothing, if you think about it carefully, Zhu Daniu still feels that he has suffered a loss.
"Second brother, you also know that third brother is still studying and can get twenty taels of silver for school expenses for a year. We paid for this money together before the family was divided. If the family was separated, you would have to bear half of it, right?"
After Zhu Daniu finished speaking, some villagers started to complain, "Your third son should also get a share of this land. Does he share a little of the income from the fields every year to Erhu? He also asked Erhu to share half of it. Isn't this obvious? A bully?"
"Even bullies don't do this."
Zhu Daniu was blushing again because he was intimidated, and no one else gave him a chance to counteract his wishful thinking.
So someone suggested, "I think the two tigers can share one-third of the money. In fact, if we divide the family, there is nothing wrong even if we don't share the cost. Aunt Zhu, if the two tigers share one-third of the money, Is this how the family can be divided?”
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The old lady of the Zhu family still didn't know what to say. She couldn't calculate these accounts herself, but looked at Zhu Daniu.
Zhu Daniu calculated it and found that if Zhu Erhu could share one-third of the expenses with his third brother, that would be fine. The other one-third would be enough for the annual harvest of the fields shared by his third brother.
People in the village were watching the family separation, so they couldn't bully Zhu Erhu too much.
In fact, after thinking about it carefully, if he waited for his third brother to get married and separate the family, he would not be able to get so much land.
So Zhu Daniu nodded and said, "Okay, if the second brother can share one-third of my third brother's tuition, then that's it."
Zhu Erhu did not agree immediately, but first asked Mulan for her opinion.