Happy field and happy land

Chapter 26: Separate families

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On the night of the first day of the lunar month, after dinner, the whole family gathered in Lao Zhutou and Yang's house to discuss the separation of the family. /Lao Zhutou and Mr. Yang were sitting on chairs at the east end of the room. Their four sons were squatting on the ground, all holding pipes in their mouths. The wives were sitting in a row on the edge of the kang. Meizi led the children to the west room. , only the lotus flower was stubbornly arched in Fang's arms, refusing to leave no matter how hard it was pulled, and finally she was able to stay in the room and listen clearly.

Mrs. Yang first looked around the room, then tugged on her clothes and said, "Your father discussed it with me last night. I am usually in charge of the family's money and food, so now that we have decided to separate the family, it is still I will draw up this charter. You are all born in my ten-month pregnancy, and the palms and backs of your hands are full of flesh. I will not favor who will help whom. I will wait until the family has discussed how to divide it, and then find Li Zheng Chapter 26 Separate our families to bear witness and establish our identity, then we will be separated from each other from now on."

After she finished speaking, she looked at the people in the room and asked them if they had anything to say. Naturally, no one had anything to say, so she continued: "I thought about it in my mind. When we separate our families this time, we will separate the eldest and the oldest." Second and third, you three brothers are separated. Fourth and Meizi are still with your father and me. We will wait until we get married. We will still live in your father's and my house. When we are a hundred years old, we will give it to you again. The brothers will share it equally. Now that the eldest and second eldest family already have a house, they can continue to live in it. After the Spring Festival, the family will get money to build a house similar to yours. Before that, the third eldest family will temporarily live in the house. The remaining money after the house and the food at home will be divided into four parts and each will take one share. When the fourth child marries a wife and Mei Zi goes out, what should be spent will be shared equally among each family, what are you thinking about?"

These things are nothing worth fussing about, and they can be divided equally. Naturally, everyone expressed no objections, and Mrs. Liu suddenly said: "Mom, there is nothing to talk about these things. Can you tell me how the land at home is divided?" "

The land is the highlight of the family division. The Zhu family has less than forty acres of land in total, but there are good and bad fields among them. The eight acres of fertile land near the foot of the mountain are the best for dividing the family. Chapter 26 It was Yang’s dowry back then. , this piece of land is the most square and neat, and the soil is also dark black soil. If you hold it hard, you can't help but squeeze out oil. Slightly less important is the twelve acres of medium-sized farmland to the west of the village, which was bought at a low price by Lao Zhutou after he first arrived in the village to open up wasteland on his own. There are still five or six acres of scattered wasteland to the south. We had cultivated it for some years in the early years, but the land was not fertilized and became more and more barren no matter how much effort we put in. In the end, because the input and output were really not proportional, the family lived frugally. Yong went to the riverside and bought ten acres of thin farmland.

As soon as the land was mentioned, everyone in the family became silent, and everyone was making calculations in their minds. One acre of fertile land can almost equal the output of two acres of medium-sized fields, or nearly four acres of thin fields. As for wasteland, are there any? No difference.

Mrs. Li was thinking about the eight acres of fertile land, but she couldn't ask for it directly. She thought about it for a few times, and finally decided to test it out in a roundabout way: "The eight acres of fertile land are my mother's dowry, and it saves effort to cultivate and has good yields." , naturally it should be left to my parents."

She knew that it was impossible for her family to monopolize these eight acres of fertile land. The best result would be for each household to be allocated two acres. She made a good calculation in her mind. Yang has always been a person who considers others. She said so. She would definitely refute it, and then she would say something like an equal split.

But what Li didn't expect was that Yang nodded directly and said, "Well, that's what I'm thinking too. The fourth son's land will temporarily belong to your father and me, and it will be divided between him and me when he gets a wife." . If you have no other plans, I will tell you what the second child told me about the division today. Your father and I will plant the eight acres of fertile land first, and the twelve acres of medium land to the west. The eldest and third sons will each have six acres. The second son’s family only wants the ten acres of thin farmland by the river, and I’m thinking of giving him the few acres of uncultivated wasteland. Can you tell me if we can split it like this?”

When Mrs. Liu first heard that it was Lao Er who mentioned the distribution, she listened carefully with her eyes wide open, holding back her energy and waited for Yang to finish speaking before retorting. However, she did not expect that it would be such a division. If she said it like this, it would definitely be Lao Er's family. The biggest disadvantage is that the eight acres of fertile land is now in the hands of her parents. When the old man is gone, it will be divided equally between each family. However, this time her family has six acres of medium-sized land. She is quite satisfied, but she is not satisfied with the second son's family. I felt very puzzled by this behavior and wondered if they had any other plans.

The fourth child suddenly said: "I'm thinking about dividing it into five equal parts. Then my part will be planted with my parents' first, and the other three parts will be given to my three brothers' families."

Li hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, what do you know? Since your second brother said so, he must have his own reasons. Why are you the only one who has more things to do when my mother agrees?"

"That's right, fourth brother, you haven't married yet, and you don't understand many things about life at home. It's actually a good idea to divide it this way. The ten acres of thin farmland requires a lot of work, and your second brother's family is easy to take care of, and they can farm. A few millet seeds and sweet potatoes are cheap things that don't care about the soil. If they produce more, his family will not have enough to eat." Mrs. Liu also hurriedly cooperated with Mrs. Li.

Fang just sat quietly holding the lotus in her arms, not commenting on anything.

"The eldest and second eldest children have everything in their homes. In the coming spring, we will add a new set for the third eldest family. We only have one cow. Let each family share it for now. You can buy more later when you have money." Yang said to the two daughters-in-law. He glanced at his face and said with the final word: "Our family is originally so poor and destitute. With so many things in common, this is enough to divide it. From now on, each family will have fewer troubles and live peacefully. Happy New Year." Just come back and get together for the holidays.”

Seeing the lonely look on Yang's face, Zhu Yongxin could no longer control his emotions. He called out to her mother, knelt in front of Yang and buried his head deeply between his hands, his shoulders swaying suppressedly.

Ever since the separation of the family was decided on the first day of the new year, Fang's mood has improved. She seems to be working hard inside and outside with endless energy. She doesn't care about Liu's frequent runs. After a few days, I was completely relieved. Feeling Fang's joy, the children in the family all lost their previous caution and became happy.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, when the whole family was having dinner, Mrs. Li suddenly said: "Mom, Bo Kai and Bo Rong are going to take the childbirth examination. My mother-in-law's brother knows a senior official from the government office in the city and said that if he can use the money to dredge the children, , with the knowledge of two children, they will definitely be on the list."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu immediately said vigilantly: "I just went to Tongsheng Examination in February. What are you talking about now? When the house is divided, you can unblock it as you like."

"Ms. Shaoyao, what you said is wrong. If Bo Kai and Bo Rong become successful, it will be our whole family that will benefit. Two talented people will be born in our family at the same age. They will have a bright future in the future. At that time, whether it was the fourth child asking for a wife or Meizi looking for someone else, we didn't have to worry about it ourselves, they would just come to the door." Mrs. Li said, looking at Shaoyao, with a smile that didn't mean anything, and said, "You have gone through so much trouble. I have bound Shaoyao's feet for a long time, not just because I want her to marry into a rich family. Do you think we, girls from a family who are just digging in the dirt, can fly up the branches just because of our small feet? We don't have to rely on family support. Brothers strive for success."

Mrs. Liu was sullen and silent when she heard this, but she had to admit in her heart that what Ms. Li said was very reasonable. But if she takes money from her family to promote relationships, it would mean that her family will get a lot less money, so If she was asked to open her mouth to agree, she would never be able to say it out loud, so she had to lower her head and pick up the rice vigorously, forgetting her daily excuse of not being able to eat because she had a bad appetite.

Seeing that she stopped talking, Mrs. Li turned her eyes to Mrs. Fang again and asked with a smile: "Ms. Bo Rong, what do you think? Opportunities like this don't come around all the time."

Mrs. Fang remained calm, took a chopstick and said, "My Borong is still young. Even if he fails the exam this year, he will just take the exam again in three years. Now that the family's conditions are not good, how can he have the money to smoothen his relationship. If you are destined to win, you will eventually win. If you don't have that chance, just go home and work with your father."

He Hua could clearly see that after hearing this, Mrs. Li had a disappointed expression on her face, and a trace of dissatisfaction that was almost resentful flashed in her eyes. Presumably, Bo Kai was already eighteen years old. He failed to pass the child examination three years ago. One after another, people came to propose marriage, but Ms. Li has always been stubborn and refused to get her son engaged until he passed the exam this year. So this time she asked her son to pass the exam before she would think of spending money to leave. I originally wanted to take Fang with me, but I didn't expect to be rejected outright, so I naturally felt awkward.

Yang stood up and added another bowl of rice and asked, "How much will it cost?"

Mrs. Li's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she quickly put on a smile and said, "Mom, the person who is doing business with my brother is familiar with the master. He said that if others are allowed to come in for forty or fifty taels of silver, if it's for their sake For the sake of face, our family only needs twenty taels."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu almost jumped up with a cry, and shouted before she could swallow the food in her mouth: "Twenty taels, do you have twenty taels after selling all the rooms in our house? I'll marry you." I haven’t had any money to buy a house for so many years, so you are generous and use twenty taels to smoothen your relationship. Not all the young people from all over the country take the exam based on their ability. If you succeed in the exam, you will be lucky because of the virtues accumulated by your ancestors. If you don’t, you will be lucky. That can only be said to be fate.”

Ms. Yang also lowered her eyes and said: "Our family will have to spend money to build a house for the third child's family in the spring, and each family will have to spend money to add a child. After all, there is nothing left.

Seeing what her mother-in-law said, Mrs. Li knew that she would not be able to get the money. She put down her chopsticks and said that she was full. She got up and took the man and her son away. Immediately, Mrs. Li's voice was heard lecturing Bokai from outside the house: "If it weren't for You failed three years ago, so your mother and I don’t need to bother you so much now. If you still fail the exam this time, you might as well just throw yourself into the river. There is no need to come back to make me angry... "

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