Zhulan had just come to her senses when the children who came to pay New Year's greetings arrived. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren signaled to Boss Zhou to put out the basket with the red envelopes. The children also entered the hall. There were quite a lot of dolls in the first batch, twenty of them were from the families of Patriarch Zhou and several elders in the clan.
After a child finished paying New Year's greetings, Zhulan gave him a red envelope with a piece of candy in it. The child's finger touched the copper coin. The children were so happy that they jumped for joy and ran away to continue paying New Year's greetings.
In the morning, not only children from the clan came to pay New Year's greetings, but also many children from the village. Even the children from the Zheng family next door came. There could be no discrimination during the New Year. All those who came to pay New Year's greetings were given red envelopes. Fortunately, we bought enough candies. Zhulan's family gave out more than a hundred red envelopes. There were really a lot of children who came.
Zhulan's face was stiff from smiling, and she had long forgotten what her little girl said. Her waist was aching from sitting for so long, and since no one would come to pay New Year's greetings after lunch, she lay down and rested until the evening.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the daughter went back to her parents' home. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren took Zhou Laoer back to the Yang family, and the eldest son and his family went back to the Li family. Fortunately, there was Zhao for lunch at the Zhou family. Although her cooking was not as delicious as Li's, it was much better than Xuemei's.
After the second day of the Chinese New Year, people start to pay New Year's greetings to each other. They visit several elders in the clan. There is no time to rest. After going through all these rounds, they gain at least two pounds of weight.
There was an unpleasant episode in the middle. Zhulan's family gave red envelopes with copper coins. Zhu used Rongchuan's New Year's money. Zhu was concerned about the clan leader's warning and did not come in person, but asked her daughter to come. Zhulan knew that if she didn't show up, she couldn't let Rongchuan take care of everything. The Zhang family's affairs had to rely on Rongchuan himself.
Fortunately, Rong Chuan was not stupid and did not give any money to Xue Han. Instead, he gave all the New Year's money to Xue Han. Zhu Lan and Zhou Shu Ren said, "At such a young age, he knows how to hand over money. Not bad, not bad."
In a blink of an eye, it was the seventh day of the first lunar month, the day when the Jiang family split up. In the morning, Zhulan took out the flour and made noodles. On the seventh day, people ate noodles to celebrate their longevity. After eating the noodles, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren accompanied their daughter back to the Jiang family, and the eldest brother was replaced to drive the car.
The child was not brought back and the house hadn’t been lit for a long time. It was the first day of separation, so we had to wait until everything was cleaned up to prevent the child from suffering.
When Zhulan's family arrived at Jiang's house, Jiang Yong had already invited the head of the village and the elders of the Jiang family, and was just waiting for Jiang Sheng and his wife.
The head of the village did not want to meddle in other people's business, and the elders of the Jiang family were smart and did not scold Jiang Sheng. They copied the separation document as Zhou Shuren said, and Jiang Sheng signed and put his fingerprints on it without objection. Zhou Shuren took one of the three copies of the separation document.
Zhulan thought that only Jiang Sheng would be divided out, but she didn't expect that the entire Jiang family would be divided up. The old couple lived with the eldest son of the Jiang family. Jiang Sheng had to pay ten taels of silver for copying books. These days, Jiang Sheng copied two books, and the ten taels were directly paid out. The Jiang family also divided the silver.
The Jiang family didn't have much grain left, most of it was exchanged for silver. Jiang Sheng didn't get any fine grains, but he got 100 kilograms of cornmeal. The rest of the bowls and chopsticks were shared among the family of four. Because they had no land, there was no need to share the farm tools, and poultry was not given to Jiang Sheng either. To put it bluntly, Jiang Sheng got a thatched house to live in and 100 kilograms of grain.
There was no family division banquet at the Jiang family. Jiang's mother was completely resentful of Jiang Sheng. Even though Jiang's mother and the kind-hearted man liked the feeling of being the head of the family, now they couldn't be the head of the family anymore. After the division, they didn't even look at Jiang Sheng. Jiang Yong, on the other hand, was closer to him. She still had hope that Jiang Sheng would pass the imperial examination and exempt the family's land from taxes, so she didn't do anything extreme.
Zhulan took her daughter back to the house. "There is a pot in the house for cooking. What we lack is firewood. I will ask your eldest brother to buy a cart of food. Your village is close to the county. I will go to the county with you to buy everything we need."
Xuemei smiled dryly and didn't move, "Um, mother."
Zhulan asked, "If you have any unspeakable secrets, tell me."