Farmhouse Qiaofei

Chapter 49

Old man Bai remained silent all this time, as if he had acquiesced.

Everyone began to discuss how to divide the family.

Of course, you can't just divide things into one point and finish it.

In this era, if the land property is recorded in the Yamen, the division of the family must go to the Yamen to register the account, and a notary must be invited to testify to divide the family's things evenly.

Moreover, Bai Chuanbai didn't look like he was in such a mess, so he simply went back to the west side room to change his clothes and clean up.

In the afternoon, I will invite a few highly respected people in the village, as well as Xu's own father, Li Chang Xu, to come and prove the separation.

Bai Laosan's family didn't care about these things.

They just kept silent, left the main room, and went back to the west side room.

Although in the previous fight, under Yan Shu's care, Bai Chuanbai was not seriously injured.

But after all, there are still several wounds and scars.

The two daughters, Bai Shao and Bai Wei, were considerate, one cleaned his wound and the other applied golden sore medicine powder.

"How did it get so big..." Bai Shao felt sorry for Bai Chuanbai, and could not help muttering while taking the medicine.

"What's the matter, Shao'er?" Bai Wei couldn't hear clearly, so she turned to ask her.

"No." Bai Shao shook her head and closed her mouth.

She is helpless.

Although a large part of what happened today came from her arrangement.

For example, she asked Yan Shu to release the three thieves at this time.

For example, it was she who asked Yan Shu for help, asking her father to find a way to owe others some money, and chase after him for debt.

But she didn't expect that Yan Shu would bring Xinghua Pavilion into it and make such a big fuss.

Although this plan perfectly separated her family, and also pulled Bai Chuanqiong out, dragged all the dirty things that the Bai family wanted to hide under the sun, and also broke the old man's face that he had always maintained into chunks.

but……

There's nothing wrong with it, Yan Shu is willing to help, and being able to separate the family successfully is the best ending.

Bai Shao clenched her fists, before she could say anything, Qian's cautious call came from outside.

"Third brother and sister, third brother and sister, my mother said that there are too many people coming to eat at noon, can you help me?"

Mrs. Wu was silent for a moment, stood up, and opened the door of the west side house.

Bai Shao and Bai Wei did not stop Wu Shi, and they also hoped that there would be no mistakes in today's lunch, after all, they were the ones who really wanted to separate the family.

After a while, after giving Bai Chuanbai the good medicine, Liu Baiyunshi sat here with Bai Chuanbai for a while, and the two sisters quietly exited the west side room.

Outside, Mrs. Wu is cooking, Mrs. Qian is lighting the fire, Mrs. Xu is washing the vegetables, Mrs. Sun is cleaning the dishes with Bai Zhi and Bai Ying.

As soon as Qian saw the Bai Shao sisters, she quickly shouted, "Fifth sister, third sister, there is no more firewood, you go and get some firewood."

……

Bai Shao and Bai Wei looked at each other with sad faces, without refusing, turned around and went to the door of Bai's house, and started to pump dry firewood from the middle.

"Sister, tell me, if we want to live here in the future, what's the difference from not having a separate family?" Bai Shao glanced at Bai Wei and said in a deep voice.

"If you don't live here, where do you live?" Bai Wei asked worriedly.

"We can't afford to build a house, but we can rent a house." Bai Shao carried the smoked firewood into her arms, "As long as I can get away from this group of people and never see them again, that's fine."

Bai Wei didn't speak, just holding the firewood, and entered Bai's house with Bai Shao.

Renting a house is almost never considered for farmers in this era.

Everyone is used to living in their own house, whether it is an earthen embryo house or a mud brick house, it is their own, and they are comfortable and comfortable to live in.

But Bai Shao thought about it carefully, 30 taels of silver would definitely not be able to build a house, even if Mr. Bai gave them some more, it would not be enough.

On the other hand, if you rent a house, you don't need much money for a year.

The most important thing now is to find a place where the family can live temporarily, and then save some money to build their own house.

However, looking at Bai Wei's attitude, Bai Shao knew that it might be difficult.

She wasn't in a hurry, anyway, as long as the family was separated, everything could be figured out slowly.

At noon that day, Bai Chuanqiang came forward and invited several respected old people in the village, as well as Xu's father, Li Zhang Xu.

In the past, old man Bai was also one of them, and he was always invited to separate the family.

He never expected that one day, he would invite these old friends to help separate the family.

"Let everyone watch a joke..." Mr. Bai raised a cup of tea and said helplessly.

"Who doesn't have those things." One of the old men, the grandfather of Dachun next door, patted old man Bai's shoulder with emotion, "No matter what, it's your son, and it will always be your son."

"Thank you, old brother. My younger brother here replaces wine with tea. I respect you." Old Master Bai clinked glasses with Grandpa Dachun with some emotion.

The meal was being cooked in full swing outside, and in the main room, after a few old people drank two cups of tea, they called Bai Chuanbai over to start the division of the family.

Fifteen acres of land, three acres of land for the two elderly people, and the remaining twelve acres of land, three acres of land for each family.

This, everyone has no objection.

The house on the west is still reserved for Bai Chuanbai, after all, he is also his own son, so it is impossible for them to leave with their bedding.

The pot house originally said that they could use it freely, but Mrs. Liu groaned twice to express her dissatisfaction, so old man Bai changed his words and said to build a small pot house outside for them.

Bai Chuanbai politely refused.

Live animals such as chickens, ducks and pigs are also divided into five equal parts, one for the old couple and one for each of the four sons.

"If you want to eat, take it yourself. These are all mixed together. I'm afraid it's not easy to take apart." Old Master Bai said in a deep voice.

Bai Shao didn't say a word, her house didn't have a chicken pen or a pig pen, if she really took out her share, she couldn't feed it.

"As for the money..." Old Master Bai pondered for a moment.

Finally when it came to the main event, many people including Bai Shao became excited.

"There are still..." Mr. Bai was about to open his mouth to speak, when Mrs. Liu at the side suddenly said sharply, "The family only has 50 taels of silver."

Old Master Bai glanced at Liu Shi in surprise, and after a while, he pressed his brows with some headaches.

He felt ashamed of the third son's family, and wanted to distribute the money evenly to them, and then give a little more as compensation.

But here, Mrs. Liu actually deducted half of the money.

Old man Bai couldn't bear to treat the third child's family like this, but he didn't want to tear the old wife's face, so he lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

"We'll give you ten taels of silver according to the five shares." Liu opened his eyes wide, staring at Bai Chuanbai, as if I gave you a lot of money and you should be grateful.

Bai Chuanbai didn't move, this is what he deserved.

Bai Shao saw through it, but didn't say it.Because she really didn't want to have another twists and turns.

"Okay, then ten taels of silver, three acres of land, and a house on the west side..." Grandpa Dachun repeated the things to be distributed to Bai Laosan's family.

Bai Chuanbai nodded silently, without any objection.

After seeing it, Mrs. Liu couldn't help feeling a little regretful, and she knew that she would say less.

"That's all right, let's divide things up like this, in triplicate, one at Chuanbai's, one at Brother Bai's, and one at ours. If you have no objection, just press your fingerprints." Grandpa Dachun said from another The old man took three pieces of paper in his hand and brought them in front of everyone.

Bai Shao glanced at it, saw that there was no difference with what he just said, so he nodded.

Bai Chuanbai stretched out his thumb, pressed it into the red ink pad, and then pressed it on the rice paper.

Old Man Bai sighed, and pressed his fingerprints slowly.

The head of the village and several elders who were witnesses also pressed their fingerprints.

When everything was over, Bai Shao carefully put away the separation documents belonging to her own family.

"Brothers, you've all worked hard." Old Man Bai shook his head sadly, "Fifth Sister, go and see if the food outside is good. Let's eat when it's ready."

Bai Shao responded crisply, turned around and went outside to talk to Wu Shi.

Wu said that they can eat right away.

For ordinary people's banquets, there must be four stir-fries and two stews.

Because today is such a big event as family separation, Mr. Bai specially asked to cook more dishes.

Wu prepared six stir-fries and three stews.

There are nine large bowls in total, filling the entire table to the brim.

"Come on, brothers, have dinner..." Mr. Bai asked his sons to sit down as companions, poured some white wine, and then called everyone to eat together.

As for the granddaughters and daughters-in-law, they can only carry the bowls, order some dishes, and find a place to eat.

If he is stronger than Mrs. Liu, he can only set up a small table and eat by himself in the east room.

There is no way, this era is too strict for women.

After the meal, the others left one after another, Li Chang Xu went to Mrs. Xu's room to talk with Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Wu and a few sisters-in-law cleaned up the table together, threw away the uneatable food, and kept the edible food for the next meal.

Old man Bai was drunk, half lying on a chair, and said slowly, "Third brother, you don't have any pots and pans... Come here to eat at night."

After the family is separated, it is naturally not easy to eat in one pot.

Bai Chuanbai was very grateful from the bottom of his heart that old man Bai could call him to eat when he didn't have anything.

It's a pity that this gratitude only lasted for a moment before it was washed away by Liu's sharp voice.

"What to eat? They have money, 40 taels of silver. Our whole family doesn't have as much money as them. If you want to separate the family so desperately, don't you just want to steal good food, so you don't have to share it with me. They don't care if you call eat."

Bai Chuanbai stood there in embarrassment, "Father, I don't need...it's okay, I'll go to Jishang tomorrow to buy something for cooking, and I can make do with one meal tonight."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and left the main room with Bai Shao and Bai Wei.

Mrs. Liu looked at their backs, curled her lips, and still said very meanly, "Look, there are delicious food. I have eaten my food for decades, and I have money. After separating, I will I don’t want to eat my food anymore, Baiyanlang, it’s not a thing.”

(End of this chapter)