The eldest Jiang Hai and the second child Jianghu are the main labor force of the Jiang family's several acres of land. They basically work in the fields during the day. Now it's busy farming time, and even lunch is brought to the fields by Jiang Miao's family on the ridge. Feel free to handle what you've eaten.
Apart from Jiang Hai and Jianghu, Jiang Miao and Bai Lan are the ones who contribute the most to the Jiang family. Men are unreliable. In order to keep the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law silent, Bai Lan has always worked the hardest. She can work from morning to night, even in the village. The most picky woman also praised Bai Lan as a virtuous and capable woman.
A few years ago, because of Bai Lan's ability, the third room was fairly balanced, but in recent years, with the two male grandsons of the Jiang family's big room being able to help out, and the second room's orchid and lotus can also help with housework, there is only one two-year-old. His son's third room has become a drag in the minds of the other two rooms. The other two rooms feel that they have made a great contribution to the family, but they are not as good as Jiang Laosan, who has nothing to do. He has suffered a big loss, and the rift between the three rooms has also getting bigger.
"Mother opened a small stove for the third child again."
In the evening when Jiang Hai came back from the field, Xu Xiaocao pouted while waiting for her man to take a shower.
"I saw with my own eyes that my mother scooped up a bucket of rice from her house. It was rice from the new mortar this year. Our ox is still the eldest grandson. Before, my sick mother was reluctant to give our ox white rice porridge."
Don't look at Xu Xiaocao's tough attitude in front of her mother-in-law Jiang Miao. She understands very well that the only person who can really fight against her mother-in-law is her man Jiang Hai. The basis of the challenge.
"It's not that I'm stingy, how old is the third one, and how old is our Daniel? Seeing that Daniel is going to work in the field at a young age, he won't get his grandma's attention when he's sick. I'm a mother. It doesn't feel right in my heart."
Xu Xiaocao automatically ignored the fact that when her son was ill, the old lady took an egg and asked her to cook egg custard for her son. She carefully observed her man's expression. When she saw Jiang Hai's undisguised displeasure, Immediately, I knew it, it seemed that her man couldn't stand the eccentric behavior of the third child Jiang and her mother-in-law as much as she did.
"And this time it was the third son himself, who offended the second housekeeper of Lu Yuanwai's residence. What kind of identity are we? What kind of identity are we? If he hates us, he will just have a drink with the mayor. Saying those few words will make us suffer."
Obviously, the second housekeeper in Xu Xiaocao's mouth made Jiang Hai more jealous than the old lady's partiality.
"The third child is getting more and more outrageous."
Jiang Hai took the water scoop from his wife's hand and washed a few scoops of water at random, then hastily dried his body and put on clean clothes.
"Dai Hai, shall we split up?"
Seeing that her husband also disliked his younger brother, Xu Xiaocao took advantage of the victory to pursue her own ideas: "I'm not unfilial either, you see, the third child has been idle all these years, isn't it because our brothers and sisters-in-law are protecting him? I think he should also be allowed to do so. Now that he has become independent and divided his family equally, he will learn to be sensible when he wants to be the master of the house to support his wife and children."
Xu Xiaocao wanted to split up the family, but she also wanted a good reputation, so she described the idea of getting rid of the scourge of Jiang Liu as wanting to promote the growth of Jiang Liu, and changed her mind to another, her sister-in-law suddenly became clear Righteous.
"Separate?"
Jiang Hai thought about it, but he also wanted to split up the family. His two sons, one eleven and nine years old, were able to help the family. The youngest daughter is four years old this year, and will be able to help in a few years. After doing housework and dividing the family equally, most of the five members of their family are laborers, and life will only prosper.
Besides, Jiang Hai also has some family background. Jiang Miao is partial to his younger brother, but the old lady of the Jiang family hurt the most when she was alive, but his precious eldest grandson, the private house saved by the old lady Jiang in those years has long been carried by her on her back. The son and daughter-in-law were handed over to the eldest grandson.
In addition, Jiang Hai has already saved 18 taels of silver, which is not a small amount in the countryside. After splitting up the family, Jiang Hai doesn't have to hide it. With tuck, the family can eat better and dress better.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hai was even more moved.
Seeing this, Xu Xiaocao did not urge any more, she wanted Jiang Hai to understand the benefits of separation.
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Compared with the big room, the Jianghu in the second room is the real poor person in the Jiang family. The grandmother loves the eldest brother, and the mother loves the younger brother. This is an awkward position that can’t be beaten, because a few bad things that happened at birth have added another disaster. Star's bad reputation, Jianghu has been an invisible person at home these years, working silently and always taking the initiative to provoke disputes.
But although he doesn't pick things up, he also has his own ideas.
"Sister-in-law seems to want to split up."
Liu Cui brought in the clothes that had been dried outside and put them on for Jianghu. If Xu Xiaocao was present at this time, she would be shocked by what she said.
You must know that Xu Xiaocao has never mentioned family separation except in front of his man Jiang Hai, but Liu Cui guessed it, is this still the stuffy gourd in the eyes of the whole family
"what do you think?"
As a bedside person, Jianghu knows how smart and shrewd his seemingly mediocre wife is, so he also attaches great importance to Liu Cui's opinion.
"It's all good."
In fact, whether the family is separated or not, it has the least impact on the second room, but from a woman's standpoint, Liu Cui still hopes to separate the family. After all, which woman doesn't want to be the master of the house.
Besides, the mother-in-law is partial to the third child, and her husband is the second child. Whether the old lady chooses to live with the eldest son or the youngest son she prefers, the burden of old-age care will not fall on their house.
Of course, in this way, the property allocated to the second room will definitely be relatively less, but Liu Cui has clearly seen the status of their room in her mother-in-law's heart, and she has been psychologically prepared for this, so it is not unacceptable.
"I think it's better to split up."
Jianghu didn't know what his daughter-in-law was thinking, but he was more inclined to split up.
He and his daughter-in-law Liu Cui have three children. Jianghu loves his youngest son Jiang Sanniu the most, and plans for this precious son wholeheartedly. His eldest daughter, Lan Hua, is nine years old this year, and will be able to discuss marriage in two or three years. There is also a seven-year-old lotus. These two daughters can earn two betrothal gifts for him if they marry. The next betrothal gift will be returned to the public, which Jianghu is not happy to see.
I heard that someone in the next village sold his daughter to a tooth bank for a total of three taels of silver. The girl was lucky and was bought by a big family in the county to be a maid for the young lady. Don't hold grudges, the money you get every month will be sent home by someone to help your brother.
Jianghu also moved this thought. He is now considering whether it is cost-effective to marry the two girls, or whether it is cost-effective to send the two girls to be maids in a big family.
Most of the people in this era are like this. Their daughters are worthless, and it is not illegal to buy and sell children. There are many people who have similar ideas to Jianghu. According to the original trajectory, Jiang Zhuhua, the third-family member of the Jiang family, was sold by her original partner with her concubine. .
"Look, see what the big room does."
Jianghu put on clean clothes. In his opinion, even if the big house wants to split up, it will take a while to plan, but he never imagined that the split would come so quickly.
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That night, the whole family had two tables to eat. Jiang Miao and the men in the family sat at one table, and the daughter-in-law and granddaughter sat at the same table. The food on the men's table was better, which was reflected in the thicker rice soup. The pickles had an extra drop of canola oil on top.
"Laner, bring these to Fusheng."
Jiang Miao gave his precious son a bowl of porridge, and then took two chopsticks and stirred the porridge with pickles.
Men have to work and can’t be hungry, so this bowl of porridge was fished out of the rice soup at the woman’s table. The old lady put the soup spoon at the bottom of the big bowl and fished two spoons. Basically, this big bowl of rice soup was taken out. Half of the rice grains were taken away, and the rest was some bland soup, which simply could not fill the stomachs of Xu Xiaocao and others.
"Mother, you are too much."
Xu Xiaocao was furious when she saw that the old lady had taken out two spoonfuls of their dinner.
"Isn't that enough to keep your mouth shut?"
Jiang Miao didn't think that he was overdoing it. In addition to this pot of porridge, isn't there a wild vegetable steamed bun? Although this food is not enough, it will definitely not make people starve to death.
"A few little girls don't work, so what's the use of eating so much?"
She glanced at the three granddaughters on the table, and now the family is having a good time. When the harvest is not good, these little girls can't even drink rice soup, let alone steamed buns.
"Mother, I don't like to hear what you say. Dahai and I have worked hard to earn money, and Daniel and Erniu have also started to work in the fields. Can't my plum blossom have a full meal? Why is our family? When cows are horses, some people can lie down comfortably in the house."
Xu Xiaocao felt that the timing was right. She didn't feel sorry for her daughter, but wanted to use this reason to make things bigger and make an excuse for her family.
"I think the fortune-teller at the beginning was wrong. That one is rich and famous. He is a scourge of a prodigal family. Sooner or later, this family will be tossed and defeated."
Xu Xiaocao knew that her mother-in-law didn't like to hear others accuse Jiang San, so she just wanted to say what her mother-in-law didn't like to hear.
Sure enough, Jiang Miao's anger also came up, she put the bowl on the table, pointed at Xu Xiaocao's nose and scolded: "You bastard, when the old lady is easy to bully, if you don't want to live a good life , go back to your Xu family."
Jiang Miao was not guilty at all, Xu Xiaocao disliked her partiality, and if she had the ability, she would take out the money her mother-in-law secretly left to the boss!
When she was the head of the family, there was no money in the family. The money she and the old man worked so hard to earn were all in the hands of the old goddess. In addition, she was a snarky personality. Jiang Miao couldn't believe that there was no such thing in those years. Saving half a penny, it must be that the old goddess handed the money into the hands of the boss before she died.
That's the money she and the old man saved up, why would the boss hide it
So now Xu Xiaocao accused her of being eccentric, and felt that the third child took advantage of their big house. Jiang Miao only thought these words were ridiculous, but she didn't feel guilty.
"Mother, Xiaocao is my daughter-in-law. Over the years, she has fulfilled her duty and gave birth to three babies. You can rush as soon as you say. Besides, Xiaocao's words also make sense. I work hard, It makes no sense that my daughter can't even eat enough to eat. Mother, now the third child has become a father, and we three brothers have their own families. As the saying goes, the smell is good, and the smell is far away. I think it would be better to divide the family earlier. "
Xu Xiaocao was a little guilty when she first heard Jiang Miao's words that she was going to drive her back to her mother's house, but Jiang Hai's words strengthened her determination to separate the family. As long as Jiang Hai didn't drive her away, even if Jiang Miao was her mother-in-law, she would not Eligible to leave her.
"Okay, I said why Xu Xiaocao is so courageous. It turns out that you think so too, boss."
Jiang Miao's eyes turned to the eldest son. She didn't care if the daughter-in-law proposed to split the family, but the son also said the same, so Jiang Miao couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it.
"Your brother is still lying in it, you, the big brother, don't care about him?"
Jiang Miao questioned the boss.
"And the second child, do you think so too?"
She turned around and questioned the second child.
Jianghu did not speak, his expression was simple and honest, and he pretended to be silly and stunned on the side. But sometimes not speaking is also an attitude.
Jiang Miao's heart was a little chilled, could it be that the two older brothers couldn't tolerate the younger brother, the third one
"Okay, all of you have a heart and a heart, do you want to split up the family? This old house was built brick by brick by your father and I, and I will live with the third child. This old house is also owned by the third child. You two My brother is capable, the seven acres of land in the family are divided into four parts, and my share is also the third child, you don't feel bad for him, I am a mother. "
Jiang Miao is so angry that she wants to split up the family, okay, she is in charge of her things, they are so powerful, and they earn their own fortune.
"Mother, it's so unfair!"
Xu Xiaocao shouted loudly, she thought that the old lady might split up the family unfairly, but she never thought that the old lady would be so unfair.
The Jiang family has a total of eight rooms. Originally, Xu Xiaocao thought that the old lady was partial, and would most likely choose to let the third child care for the elderly, but her man, as the eldest son, could be divided into two rooms no matter what.
There is also the field. Since the third child took advantage of the room, the field should be divided equally. In addition, there are chickens, ducks, farm tools, pots and bowls at home, which should be divided equally.
"I'm not just a eccentric idiot in your heart, so I'm eccentric. What can you do with me?"
Jiang Miao glanced at her two sons angrily, she couldn't eat any more food, and went back to her room panting.
"Even if it's a family split, it can't be this way. Tomorrow I have to invite the clan uncles to come over and talk about it."
Xu Xiaocao glanced at Bai Lan, who hadn't spoken from the beginning to the end. This third younger brother and sister liked to pretend on weekdays, and looked like she was a lazy woman. She was probably overjoyed at this moment. But she will never let her wish.
The old lady in the family is confused, but the relatives of the Jiang family are still clear-headed. Compared with the messed up Jiang Liu, her man, Jiang Hai, is obviously more capable. I believe that the elders of the clan should know that only their big house can pass on this family business for a long time.
Xu Xiaocao snorted coldly, preparing to bring the bowl of porridge that the old lady had given Jiang Liusheng to her.
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to feed the husband."
Bai Lan was the first to pick up the bowl of rice porridge. She hated Jiang Liu, and also didn't have a good impression of the people in the second room. Back then, this Xu Xiaocao was very happy to help Widow Meng suppress their mother and son.
But Bai Lan didn't want to stop the family separation. She wanted to see who Jiang Liu could rely on after the family separation. In this life, she would not be foolish enough to treat herself badly for this man.
******
The Jiang family finally split up.
Although Jiang Miao is an elder, she is a woman after all, and she is weaker than the elders in the clan in terms of voice. However, such matters as dividing the family are also family affairs, and Jiang Miao has great power as an elder.
In the end, Jiangliu had four of the eight houses in the Jiang family, and the other brothers each had two.
Such a division method is not too out of the ordinary, because the Jiang Miao family follows Jiang Liu to support the elderly. In the countryside, it is a conventional consensus that the children in charge of the elderly should divide the family property more, and the elders of the Jiang family cannot fault it.
The family separation in this life is quite different from the family separation in Bai Lan's memory.
In the last life, Jiang Liu didn't get so many things, because he woke up later in that life, and the family spent more money for him. Even Jiang Miao was embarrassed to say that Jiang Boss and Jiang 2 had no brothers. Righteous.
In this life, Jiang Liu woke up early and didn't spend any more money. In addition, his son was still lying on the bed, Jiang Miao's heart was broken, but at this time Xu Xiaocao was still noisy with her over a bowl of porridge and challenged her. As the authority of her family, Jiang Miao couldn't bear it, so under this emotion, she strongly advocated that her precious son should share more of the family property.
"Mother, the second child and I are also your sons. Although the third child is responsible for the old age, his temper... If you don't want to live with the third child in the future, the second child and I can also help you in the old age."
In front of the elders of the clan, what Jiang Hai said was very beautiful.
It also showed filial piety and pointed out Jiang Liu's stubborn and irresponsible nature.
The clan elders on the side looked at the Jiang Hai Jiang Hu brothers with sympathy, but Jiang Miao's expression was a little unkind. Everyone felt that this eccentric old lady would taste the bitter fruit of eccentricity sooner or later.
******
In a blink of an eye, Jiang Liu has been in this world for more than 20 days, and his injuries have also healed. He was able to go to the ground the day before yesterday. Today is the first time he has been allowed by his mother since he came to this world. Walk around the door a few times.
These days, Jiang Liu is also carefully observing the original wife Bai Lan and two-year-old son Jiang Dahu.
The personalities of these two people are similar to those in the original body's memory, but there are obvious differences in their attitude towards him. Although both of them are well hidden, Jiang Liu can still feel the resistance of the two to him.
Jiang Dahu is still a two-year-old child, why did he resist the original father
Thinking about the experience of the previous world, Jiang Liu faintly had a guess, which also gave him an extra headache.
If it really is what he thinks, what should he do to be able to complete the task
With this heavy heart, Jiang Liu walked around the house a few times. Just as he was about to go home, he was stopped by a woman with a charming figure and a spring wave in her eyes.
She dresses up as a woman, smeared with makeup and powder, and looks very charming.
"Brother Jiang."
Her voice was so delicate and timid that it made people smashed to the bone.
Meng Jiao Niang, the concubine of her life! Jiang Liu suddenly recognized the person.