I, the one in the heavens, am here to protect my bottom line in all realms.

As for the other brothers and sisters-in-law who got married, except for the eldest wife, they all looked expectant.

In the past, when there were many maids and servants, it didn’t matter whether they lived together or not, but it is different now.

He has to do everything by himself, and the family resources are limited. Jiang's parents will rely on the eldest son for support in the future, so they will naturally prefer the eldest son's family.

These sons and daughters-in-law have to be subordinate to the eldest wife and be bullied and exploited. Naturally, they want to separate and have their own little home to live their own lives.

It's not that I didn't want to do it before, it's just that I didn't dare to do it even if I wanted to. Now someone has come forward to take the lead, and this person has already forced my parents to agree to separate the family before they even got married.

How could they not be moved and take action?

The faces of the first wife and her husband were very ugly, and the children of the first wife also showed hostile eyes.

Although Zhang Chengyuan became the focus, she was not afraid at all. It was just that people were staring at her and people wanted to shave her. So let them stare if they want. It wouldn't hurt her.

Her nonchalant attitude annoyed Jiang's father, Jiang's mother and everyone in the first house, but she also earned anxious looks from others.

Jiang Siyou saw that everyone had different expressions, but no one spoke. He pressed on and continued to ask: "Dad and Mom, are you going to go back on your word?"

Father Jiang was so angry that he slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Rebellious son!"

Jiang's mother also took some action. When her husband was tough, she took a soft approach. Her eyes quickly turned red, and she said with tears in her eyes and a sad expression, "Son, why are you forcing me so hard? As the saying goes, the family will not be divided while the parents are still alive. You want to divide the family right after you get married. If it gets out, how will your father and I live with ourselves?

Just think of it as a plea from my mother, okay? My parents are old, and they just hope that the whole family can live in harmony."

Jiang Siyou did not interrupt. He waited silently for her to finish her words, and then asked again: "Dad and Mom, you promised me before we got married. Are you going to go back on your word now?"

Jiang's mother was so angry that her heart ached. She looked like she was about to collapse. She leaned on her eldest daughter-in-law, looked at him with accusatory eyes, and stopped talking, intending to ask Jiang's father to come.

As expected, Jiang's father slammed the table again, his anger rising higher and higher. He pointed at Jiang Siyou with blazing eyes and asked angrily: "Why do you even abandon your parents and siblings for this woman? Today I will divorce this witch on behalf of my son!"

Jiang Siyou stood up with a cold face as if he had been touched. His aura was no less than his father's: "Father, my son is not dead yet."

It was the first time that the Jiang family saw Jiang Siyou so powerful and imposing, and they were all stunned for a moment.

When he came back to his senses, Jiang's father looked at Jiang Siyou with a complicated expression. After a moment of confrontation, Jiang's father was defeated. He murmured, "Don't you have any attachment to this family?"

Jiang Siyou saw that Jiang's father had restrained his anger, so he also calmed down. Hearing Jiang's father's murmurs, he stated the facts without hesitation and broke his self-deception.

"To this day, father is still unwilling to face the reality?"

Father Jiang fell back into his chair in a daze, ignoring what Jiang Siyou said.

Jiang Siyou didn’t want his plan to fail, so he continued to talk nonsense: “Now it’s different from before, with servants all around, and now I have to do everything myself.

Father and mother, I don’t care whether you did it intentionally or unintentionally, but it is undeniable that eldest brother’s family has always been bullying us younger brothers and sisters, living a life of well-fed and well-clothed young masters and young ladies.

We don't have to do anything, and he just tells us to do it. The resources at home are limited, how does father want to distribute them? Or will he continue to favor my eldest brother's family and let us brothers support them together?
Now I just don't want my wife, whom I sincerely asked for, to compromise for my sake. I don't ask for much property, so why should my father be so angry?"

The second brother spoke up to help: "Dad and Mom, we don't know when we will be rehabilitated, and our family will only grow larger and larger. Our house is no longer big enough to accommodate us.

If you want to divide the family, why not just do it? Your son will definitely be as filial to you as before."

The third brother followed up with a voice: "Yes, Dad, the eldest son of the eldest brother is going to get married next year, and we can't have no wedding house by then."

The fourth brother nodded and said affirmatively: "Third brother is right. Look at us, we can't just squeeze in. Even if we can, the children's future wives can't. If this happens, it will definitely affect their marriages, don't you think?"

Except for the two unmarried younger ones and the eldest brother's family, everyone else expressed their opinions, and all the pressure was put on Jiang's father.

Jiang's mother glared at Zhang Chengyuan hatefully, and looked around carefully at everyone's expressions. Unspeakable disappointment and sadness surged in her heart. She was filled with helplessness, not knowing how it had come to this. She absentmindedly tugged at her husband's sleeve, looking forward to Jiang's father's solution.

Father Jiang gave Mother Jiang a soothing look, then looked at Jiang Siyou with a bitter face, his voice helpless and extremely tired: "Is this family really necessary?"

He watched as all his sons spoke up. He never expected that they had so many grievances in their hearts. Not one of them wanted to divide the family. He felt deeply powerless.

Jiang Siyou nodded without hesitation, which made Jiang's father close his eyes as if he couldn't accept it and was disheartened. He said tiredly: "Forget it, you are all grown up. Since you all want to separate, then just do it. This way you won't have to worry about it all day and feel wronged."

As Jiang's father gave in, Zhang Chengyuan heard many voices of relief, and then he felt a series of burning gazes of admiration.

Zhang Chengyuan kept her head down and did not get involved. When getting along with her husband's family, she always adhered to the principle of not interfering in other people's affairs. When a man is in a good position, he will consider everything for you, but once he is not in a good position, everything will be blamed on the woman.

The division of the Jiang family was directly decided by Jiang's father, and all he needed was a witness. Jiang's father asked his youngest son to find the village chief to be a witness.

While waiting, although there were many people in the hall, it was so quiet that one could hear each person breathing. Everyone had different thoughts, but they were all thinking about how to live in the future.

About a quarter of an hour later, the village chief was invited.

Jiang's father stood up to greet him and explained the situation: "Village chief, I plan to divide the family, and I would like to trouble you to help me be a witness."

The village chief nodded and said, "Okay."

Jiang's mother made way for the village chief to sit down, and Jiang's father began to talk about the family's assets: "Ten acres of land, 267 taels of silver, more than kilograms of grain, a cow, and a number of other items.

Each of you brothers will get one acre of land, and the extra acre will belong to your mother and me. The same goes for silver. Each of you brothers will get 20 taels, and your mother and I will keep 67 taels of the remaining taels, and the rest will be given to your younger sister as a dowry.

The food is calculated as 1,640 kilograms, 164 kilograms per family, and you and your younger sister are counted as one family.

The cow belongs to the boss, and the other items in the room belong to each person. They will use the kitchen together for the time being.

As for this house, it belongs to the eldest brother. After all, he will be the one to take care of me and your mother in our old age. Is there anything you think about this?
Besides, when the family is divided, the eldest son gets 70%, and the remaining 30% is divided equally among the other sons."

(End of this chapter)