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Chapter 16 Let’s separate the family

That night, everyone in the Li family knew that they were going to separate.

In this regard, some people are happy and some are sad.

The eldest daughter-in-law and her husband must be happy, especially Mrs. Wu. She has been looking forward to the separation for a long time, and now that she can finally separate, she no longer has to live with her sister-in-law who is obsessed with her. Don't mention it in her heart. How enjoyable it is.

The only shortcoming of this split is that she still has to live under the eyes of her parents-in-law. Although the two of them can take charge of the family after the split, their father-in-law is used to taking care of things for a while, so how can he relax? They both really don't want to listen to each other.

But fortunately, they can get 70% of the family property, and the eldest son can also get another share. Thinking of this, she will not worry about this shortcoming.

The third and fourth bedrooms are also happy. Li Jifu and Li Jigui have always been careless about things and don't think much about it. They just think that they can be the masters of the family after the separation, which is enough for them to be happy.

The two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Jiang, also want to live together if they separate their families, so they don’t have to look at other people’s eyes. They are also strong-willed, and the most important thing is that they don’t have to work hard for their eldest brother!
From now on, they can provide for their sons to study if they want, without having to draw lots or listen to other people's opinions. How great is this?
The only thing I'm a little worried about is the second bedroom.

Of course, only Li Jihe and Song were worried.

When Shiliu heard that they were finally going to separate, she wanted to jump up. She was so excited that she didn't sleep well that night.

It's good to separate the families. After the families are separated, it's much easier to do whatever you want. It's much easier to "fool" your parents than it is to "fool" your grandparents!
It was rare for Pomegranate to have dark circles under her eyes. She woke up early in the morning and excitedly took her younger brother Li Rongzhang out to hunt pigweeds. Today it was their second house's turn to do housework. Even though the family was separated today, there was no less to do.

She hurriedly cut the pigweed so that she could come back soon to hear how the families were separated. She had not witnessed the scene of family separation these days. She wanted to see it!
With this idea in mind, Pomegranate hit the pigweed very fast today. It didn't take a long time to hit two baskets full of pigweed on both sides of the Xishui River. They were packed so tightly that she couldn't even Li Rongzhang finally asked Li Rongzhong to call Li Rongzong and Li Ronyu to help him carry it back.

The morning one was fed first, and the afternoon one was fed later, but she couldn't care less about it now.

Just because as soon as I entered the house, I saw the uncle coming. This is the beginning of the family division!
Pomegranate hurriedly picked up the knife and board and went to find a good place under the eaves. While chopping pigweed, she listened to the goings on in the main room with her ears.

As a junior and a girl, she was naturally not qualified to enter the main room to observe such a major family separation event. Among the juniors, in addition to the eldest grandson, only the eldest son of each house was called into the main room.

Nowadays, when a family is divided, unless the old man leaves in a hurry and has no time to separate the family, the clan needs to come forward to help divide the family to avoid quarrels among brothers. Otherwise, it will be done by one's own family.

Father Li specially called Li Yishan here because he respected him as his elder brother and wanted him to come and witness together.

In the hall at this moment, Father Li and his eldest brother Li Yishan were sitting at the top, and then the old Yuan family was sitting on the right. As for the Li Jiren brothers, the four Wu family sisters-in-law, they were standing on both sides of the bottom, and Li Rongsong and others were standing with them. after.

Li Yishan was extremely relieved that his younger brother had finally made up his mind to separate the family. With more children and grandchildren, it was time to separate the family. As he got older, it would be great to enjoy the blessings on his own.

Immediately, he asked: "Brother, how are your families divided? What are the regulations?"

Father Li replied: "Of course it is divided according to the rules."

Li Yishan listened and nodded without saying much. He was here to witness, not to interfere with the division of his brother's family.

"Then let's get started." Father Li responded, looked at the children and grandchildren in the hall, and then said: "You all know about the separation of the family. This is something your mother and I have been thinking about for a few days. As a result, we all live together as a family. Soon, Brother Bai is going to marry a wife, and Brother Zong is also planning to marry a wife. It’s time for this family to be divided."

"Our family has a total of thirty-two acres of land, ten acres of paddy fields, and twenty-two acres of dry fields. As for how to divide it, according to the rules, the eldest son gets 70%, and the four of you, the successor, the successor, the rich, Jigui, and Rongsong will share the rest. Thirty percent——

Of the ten acres of paddy field at the south end of the village, Jiren gets seven acres, and Jiren and Jifujigui each get one mu. For the twenty-two acres of dry land at the east end of the village, from the east end to this side, Jiren gets fifteen acres. , there are seven acres left, one and a half acres for each of the successor, the rich, and the noble, and the remaining two and a half acres are given to Rong Song. This is how the land is divided. "

The couple Li Jiren and Wu in the hall were listening and calculating the accounts. When they understood the calculation, they couldn't help but feel excited.

Dad’s family is divided unfairly!

They got 70% of the twenty-two acres of dry land. It should be four quarters of fifteen acres. I guess my father thought that the four quarters of land was not easy to divide, so he just gave it to them. But four quarters of land cost a lot of money. !

And the remaining 30% will be divided together. Why not give Rong Song a share of the paddy field? What does it mean to just give him two and a half acres of dry land?

An acre of paddy field costs ten ounces of silver, and you can't even buy it if you want to, while dry land is only worth six or seven ounces of silver!

After such a detailed calculation, their eldest brother's house lost almost seven or eight ounces of silver for this land!

Wu opened her mouth, wanting to stand up and say something, but out of the corner of her eye she saw her uncle sitting at the top, so she could only swallow her dissatisfaction.

The uncle does not have a good temper. If they really get into trouble, it will not be easy for the uncle to step in and discipline them later.

Li Jiren was also extremely dissatisfied. He lowered his head and had a sullen face. He obviously didn't agree to let Yizheng succeed, but his father could still make a raft to help the third son and the others.

It just so happened that if he really made a fuss over this matter, it wouldn't look good in front of his uncle, so he could only swallow the loss of silence, but no one knew how he missed his father in his heart.

Father Li glanced at his eldest son specifically, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he continued: "What's left is to divide the grain, money and household items. The grain tax paid for this year's harvest is all in the warehouse. Jiren, you four brothers are all alone." Divide 20% of the food, and your mother and I will keep 20%.

As for money, I have saved a total of fifty-one and a half coins over the years. Your mother and I have two and a half coins left, leaving forty-nine coins, because the three of us, the step-father, the step-rich, the step-gui, have to buy a homestead and build a new house. , all of this requires money, so the three of you will be divided into twelve dangans each, and Jiren and Rongsong will each be divided into six and a half dangans. This house is naturally for Jiren. As for the household items, what are the beds and bedding in each of your rooms? Divide it among yourselves, except for the dishes, chopsticks, pots and pans. From these twelve ounces of money, you can buy them by yourselves.

The remaining pigs and chickens at home were divided equally. Four pigs were killed, one was killed for the New Year, and the other three were sold for cents! "

Li Jifu and Li Jigui became happy when they heard that the food was divided into 20% and they could still get twelve ounces of silver. Huang and Jiang also nodded secretly, twelve ounces of silver! My father and mother are still fair. I thought that even if the food was divided equally, the money would still be divided three to seven. It is not that some families have not divided it like this!
However, as soon as Jiang's eyes rolled, she immediately thought of something. She had thought about it since she learned about the separation last night.

She couldn't change the rule of dividing 70% of the share between the parents and the children, but she couldn't withdraw the share that was hers!

"Dad, I'm afraid you keep forgetting something about this money!"

(End of this chapter)