Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 92

As soon as the field was planted, I had to work hard to pick up worms, and the family was still very busy.

Old Qintou said that this year the fields will still be planted together, and the harvest will be divided at that time, and they will be completely separated when the wheat is planted, but the work still needs to be done by the three families together.

As soon as Xia Zhong was busy, Third Aunt started looking for work.

Early this morning, the third aunt said to Mrs. Zhang: "Mother, the east chamber didn't sleep well, it was hot and humid, and we all got prickly heat."

The heat in June, especially when there is no wind, makes the east chamber even more stuffy, and the sun in the west is even more terrible.Everyone knows that the old Qin's family also wanted to build the West Wing, but they had no money.

Mrs. Zhang was washing the rag, without raising her head, she said: "My mother-in-law used to have a big house, she entered the big yard three times, the south house is covered at the back, and the east and west rooms are complete. What happened?"

The third aunt said with a smile: "Mother, when sister-in-law and the others move out, let's live in the east room."

Just seeing Mrs. Liu coming out, she didn't shy away from it, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you're up." It seems that the family is separated and mother-in-law is not in charge, and she wakes up a little later than before.

Mrs. Liu hummed, said hello to her mother-in-law, and went out to wash herself.

Zhang said: "Even if your sister-in-law and the others move out, your second brother's family will live in the east room. When the time comes, you will bring the girls to live in the east room, and the second brother's family will bring the boy to live in the east room."

The third aunt was not happy when she heard it. Isn't this a run on her for not having a son?But she didn't want to argue with the second sister-in-law, so she smiled immediately: "It's the same for the second sister-in-law to move there, it's better than living by myself." She smiled at the second aunt who just came out, "Second sister-in-law, right, when the time comes You move to the east."

The second aunt hummed, and glanced at Mrs. Zhang, "Mother, shouldn't we ask Li Zheng and my third uncle to talk about the separation?"

Mrs. Zhang also felt that they were separated anyway, so it was better to make it public as soon as possible, so as not to let people guess what happened at home.

Mrs. Zhang glanced at her, "You are in such a hurry, you go and tell your father, I don't care about outside affairs."

The third aunt said to Zhang in a low voice: "Mother, let me see, let's not look for outsiders. Parents are still there, what is there to look for? Besides, our family only has these things, and we still use outsiders to buy them." Counting? It's embarrassing."

People who have houses, land and livestock have hired outsiders to notarize the separation of their families. They have nothing in the Qin family, so it's embarrassing.

Mrs. Zhang thought so too, but she didn't dare to say it casually now, lest she ruin some of the old man's plans again, and she would have to be scolded at that time.

It made Mrs. Zhang feel that she could divide the family by herself, and there was no need to find outsiders. In this way, she could move randomly when the time came.If the big family is having a hard time, they will be separated and let them earn their own money. If they are doing well, let’s talk about it.

But it seems that the eldest daughter-in-law is also very shrewd, maybe she has thought of this a long time ago, so she has to ask someone to witness before separating, or not?The more Mrs. Zhang thought about it, the more she felt that Mrs. Liu was not kind, and she didn't like this eldest daughter-in-law as much as before, but rather hated her.

Looking up and seeing Old Qintou coming in from the outside, Mrs. Zhang asked, "Where did you go early in the morning?"

Old Qin said: "Look for someone to make a table and banquet. When he comes, how can I have a glass of water and wine?"

Mrs. Zhang muttered, "It's fine if you can't separate the family. It's not the family of the other people. You have to find them to eat and drink. The family is already in trouble. How can there be so much spare money for drinking?"But she didn't dare to refute. After all, separating the family is a big deal. If you find someone and don't buy a drink, you will be gossiped and can't hold your head up. Even your own family members can't do it, and outsiders are watching.

Thinking of the proud face of the second sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth, "Then go and cut half a catty of meat."

Old Qin said: "If you don't cut the meat, you can kill a chicken."

When it comes to killing chickens, Mrs. Zhang feels distressed. All year round, she pointed out that those few chickens laid eggs for extra chewing. After thinking about it, she said: "Kill that brooding chicken, it seems that it won't lay eggs. Save the food for nothing." Then she asked Liu to take the chicken and kill it, and then asked Xiurong to cook quickly, and at the same time boiled water to scald the chicken and pluck the feathers.

The peasant family is not a wealthy family, and generally does not separate families out of concern for rules and face, and for wealthy families, living together is also conducive to maintaining the family's style and power.But small households are different, many people live together, it is easy to fish in troubled waters and not work seriously, and it is easy to breed quarrels, so many families separate when their parents are healthy.There is another advantage in this way. Dad advocates separating the family and there will not be too many quarrels. After all, this family belongs to Dad, and he can divide it as he says.This is different from the fact that the old man is not in the clan and his uncles will preside over the family division for the brothers. If an outsider presides over it, he will always be a little bit dissatisfied or haggle over every detail.Father presides over the division of the family, even if there is little bias, the sons can't say anything, after all, they must be filial.

And since Lao Tzu is at home, outsiders come here just to be a witness, to show that they are upright, and there will be no gossip outside.

The second grandpa and the second grandma came together.

When Mrs. Zhang saw that her second sister-in-law had also come, her face immediately became ugly, but she couldn't say it on the surface. She forced a smile and said: "Ah, second brother is a loyal and honest person. If there is any big event, women can join in the fun. Second sister-in-law What a blessing."

Second grandfather Qin Tiezhuang laughed, "What are you doing so delicious?"

The second mother Chang smiled and said: "Hey, brother and sister, why are you still killing chickens? It costs so much, and dividing the family is not enough to make you rich, so why are you still killing chickens?" As she spoke, she tugged on her light blue jacket of fine ramie cloth Son, he raised his hand to support his temples again, revealing a bat-patterned ear-digging silver hairpin inserted on the hairpin, set off by the birthday peach-patterned pendant on the ear, shining brightly and dazzlingly.

How could Mrs. Zhang not see it? She smiled and said, "Oh, Second Sister-in-Law, your hair is combed very brightly. Put on osmanthus hair oil, tsk tsk, look at this shiny hair, it's the same color as that silver hairpin."

The second mama naturally heard that she was teasing her for having silvery white hair and being stinky, so she laughed and said, "Oh, I'm old, I just went to the county the other day, and my daughter asked me to live there. If I don't go, she insists on me." Go, I said, then I will go to the county to see the scene, we bumpkins, people who are almost buried, have no worries about food and drink, but we haven't seen anything, so we went to live for two days."

Mrs. Zhang also knew that she was mocking her family for not having enough food and clothing, let alone looking at the situation. It was a shame to have to split the family.What else did she want to say, Old Qin said: "Don't grind your teeth, hurry up and serve the food and wine, it's time to come in a while."

After a while, Mrs. Guo also came over and gave two catties of meat, but Qin Youliang didn't come, saying that the fourth uncle separated, and it would be good to have the second uncle, third uncle and Li Zheng to testify, and he would not intervene as a junior.

When the third grandpa came over there, he also brought a basket of eggs, and only the second grandpa and his wife came empty-handed.

Mrs. Zhang waited for them to enter the house, and said to Mrs. Liu below: "Hmph, the couple are here to eat, and they don't give away a single chicken feather. They eat and drink for nothing with ten carrots. It's really shameless."

Mrs. Liu didn't say anything, it's all about the elders, it's not easy for her as a junior to intervene, besides, Mrs Zhang taught her daughters-in-law to get along with each other all day long, and now her sisters-in-law are bickering when they come here, so she just Forgot to teach others?

Soon Lizheng came over with pens, ink, papers and inkstones, and Lao Qintou and others hurriedly came out to make room for him.

Li Zheng's surname was also Zhou, and it was supposed to be Uncle Zhou's job, but in order to avoid suspicion, he recommended a member of his family with the surname Zhou.

Zhou Li was entering the house, everyone exchanged a few words, and Lao Qintou was about to treat them to a drink first.

Zhou Lizheng said with a smile, "I'm not busy eating and drinking, let's do business first, don't turn around and get drunk and forget what you did." Then he asked someone to bring up the small kang table, and he opened the inkstone box, which contained pens and ink Everything is ready.

He looked at Old Qin and said, "Fourth Brother Qin, how are you going to divide it?"

Old Qintou said awkwardly: "What is there to divide? The houses are all bare and tattered here. There is no decent household, and there is nothing to divide." He said what the family had discussed before. .

Zhou Lizheng asked in amazement: "Fourth brother, don't you live with the boss's family?" The country people have always been eclectic, mostly for survival, no matter how they divide the family, there are all kinds of methods, and it is not said that they are exactly the same.But why did he see that the old Qin head was partial to his two youngest sons, separated the elders first, and he still worked with the youngest son, and when he was old, he would take turns to take care of the elderly?
Well, it's decent to take care of the elderly in rotation, not to mention that the elders will take care of them.

Old Qintou was a little embarrassed, and said: "The main thing is not to follow the boss, so let Li Zheng come to witness and witness. I want to divide this way. The sons are all vying to support me, but I think the second and third can't be alone. Take them with me, and when I'm old enough, they can take care of themselves."

Zhou Lizheng knew that the Qin family was very poor, if it wasn't for the purpose of testifying for the boss, he wouldn't have spent money to invite people to come.He sighed, it was all for his parents' thoughts, and he thought about everything for his children, so he didn't know if his children would understand that painstaking effort.

Seeing the separation of the fourth family, the second grandfather and the third grandfather were quite sighing, but there was nothing they could do. The family was poor, and the whole family was together. There must be many conflicts. If this continues, the whole family will starve to death.It's better to divide the family, each depending on his ability, maybe he can support himself.

Then I heard old Qintou talk about how to divide the family. Anyway, he didn't have any property, it was just a few acres of land rented and planted.However, a few people couldn't help opening their mouths when they heard old Qintou say that the old people would give each of them five liters of grain.How much is five liters?If you eat with your belly open during the busy farming season, a laboring man can eat one and a half two liters a day.But the people themselves agreed, so it’s not easy for them to say anything, but they always feel that it’s a bit unkind. It's autumn harvest.Looking at it this way, the elders are really dutiful sons, they understand the sufferings of their parents, they listen to their parents in everything, and they divide them as they say, without making a fuss at all.

Originally, Mrs. Liu was quiet and hard-working. The neighbors were willing to help with anything. Everyone had a good impression of her. Now that the family has been separated, several elderly people have a lot of affection for her and think she is a virtuous daughter-in-law.

In the end, the elders shared a shovel, a two-pronged hook, three sickles, two hoes, one large and small vat, three large and small baskets, a small kang table, one chopsticks, four bowls and two bowls. Plates, two grass mounds, two pots, two brooms, two bedding mats, and a bunch of other odds and ends.

Others are Liu's original dowry, a large wooden box, two hand boxes, a pile of hairdressing and sewing tools, and a toilet.Originally Liu’s dowry was quite a lot, but Zhang’s used it to subsidize the family for so many years, even the original big wardrobe was taken away for the third uncle’s wedding, one toilet was taken away, and the rest was basically left behind. What.

Zhou Suren heard that old Qintou said all these things so seriously and asked him to write them down. He really couldn't bear to write. They are all rich people. Write down how many acres of land, how many rooms, how many animals. head, the number of pigs, and the number of daily necessities.But the old Qin's family is lucky, they are all fragmented chopsticks and bowls, and they are all written down in a serious manner, and they are not afraid of people's jokes. Maybe it is better to keep it for later and say, "I also gave you things at the beginning, and it is a long time. It's a list."

He naturally didn't know that Old Qintou was also acting out of anger, since the eldest daughter-in-law made the division of the family clear, he wrote it clearly, so as to avoid any disputes that he didn't divide things.But Liu's thinking is naturally different from his. Liu's thinking is to write clearly what happened when the family was separated, and if there is anything in his family in the future, it has nothing to do with the separation and is earned by his own family. Don't tell others that it is a separate family.

Anyway, since the Qin family is not afraid, Zhou Suren will naturally write it down. At the moment, even the second mother is not that good at it, and keeps looking at Zhang, with a lot of sarcasm in her eyes.

Mrs. Zhang just pretended not to know.

After finishing writing, Lao Qin took the detailed and clear paper and signed it after Lizheng signed it. The other three people testified with their fingerprints, and the old Qin's father and son handed over the list of consent to Qin Dafu.

Qin Dafu held the thick stack of papers, feeling unable to express what he felt, and handed them to Mrs. Liu, saying, "Daughter-in-law, you will be the head of our family from now on."

Mrs. Liu smiled wryly, it’s okay to have a golden scorpion who is the head of the family by herself, and she doesn’t even have a broken house and let herself be the head of the family, but the family has been separated, and there are her own men and children inside and out, so Liu’s naturally does not care Comparing, with tears in her eyes, "Yeah."

The atmosphere was a little heavy for a while, and a few people didn't have the heart to eat and drink, but since they came, they still had to go through the motions, and they couldn't waste that heart.

The food and wine prepared by the Qin family is very simple, but it can be seen that it took a lot of thought. There is a pot of braised chicken nuggets, a large plate of scrambled eggs with leeks, and sliced ​​meat fried with various seasonal vegetables. Although there is little meat, there are plenty of vegetables in the vegetable garden , so this banquet is not too shabby.

While eating, the second mother thought for a while, and then said: "I don't think you have prepared anything for the elders when you are separated, so how about it, since my second aunt came to drink with shame, I will send it to you." It’s the old family’s way of eating, pots and pans.” Although we don’t get along very well with Mrs. Liu on weekdays, Mrs. Liu is very respectful to her. If there is anything that needs help, just say hello, Mrs. Liu will also Helping happily, never shirking, unlike the Qiu family and Lu family, the second mama thinks that the Liu family is kind, and she is not guilty of helping.Liu Shi, if she helped, she will remember her kindness, and if there is a need in the future, she will repay her.But those two sisters-in-law are different. If you give them things, she will still think that you didn't give them enough, not good enough, or that they are tattered.

The second grandfather can listen to the old woman, and he agrees.

At this time, Mrs. Guo, who was talking at the front door, also came in and said with a smile: "Big brother found a house and moved out?"

Qin Dafu said that he hadn't done it yet, and planned to look for it here, rent two rooms to live in first, and try to build two thatched huts by himself in the coming year.

Mrs. Guo smiled at Qin Dafu: "Your elder brother and I have thought about it a long time ago. We still have two vacant houses in our house. Why don't we let the eldest brother and his family live there."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, that's not okay, how can I bother you, we rent two rooms to live in first."

Guo said angrily, "You look down on sister-in-law. If you feel bad, you can rent my house. It's empty anyway."

Mrs. Liu still wanted to refuse, but Mrs. Zhang over there said: "What's wrong, your sister-in-law's house has free space, and if you are idle, you are idle. It is better to be cheaper than your own people."

Mrs. Guo hurriedly said yes, and Mrs. Liu kept silent when she saw her mother-in-law speak, but she still made up her mind not to go to Qin Youliang's house.

The third grandpa over there said: "You don't want to argue, our second family is going to wander around the county, the three rooms are empty, let's live there. But the inside is really empty, everything has been taken to the county and basically nothing is left behind What, the inside and outside of the house are all in tatters, so you have to clean them up yourself. Besides, I think his sister-in-law is also interested, so let me help with a few catties of food."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "Thank you, Third Master. My sister-in-law has already helped a lot. She often comes to help us order food and so on. Today, she even sent meat. I dare not ask for it again." It's her mother-in-law, Liu Shi feels that she doesn't know what she means, but if she accepts her good intentions after the family is separated, when she mentions that matter, I'm afraid there will be trouble.It's better to reject such an idea from the beginning, anyway, I haven't been very close to Guo Shi all along.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Guo didn't look so good-looking, but she didn't say anything, just smiled.

Seeing that they had finished helping, Zhou Suren said with a smile: "I, who is in charge of the work, can't help but say, how about this, I will also send some farm tools, so as not to be too busy to work."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly pushed Qin Dafu, and the two thanked Qin Dafu for their kindness, "Uncle Lizheng, I can't ask for any more things from you."

Zhou Suren chuckled, "It's nothing, the good ones I can't give away are just old household items that I'm using. If you feel bad about it, just treat it like I'm lending it to you."

Qin Dafu was busy and thanked.

Seeing them all like this, the second aunt and the third aunt were quite uncomfortable. They didn't think it was the favor and good karma that Liu Shi and Qin Dafu earned in their daily life, they just thought it was the parents-in-law who deliberately favored the eldest family.

The two sisters-in-law were mumbling below, and the second aunt was especially unhappy. She originally wanted to split up, and it was better to make decisions on her own than to be stared at by her mother-in-law.

After the wine and everyone left, Old Qin still wanted to give Lizheng money as usual, but he couldn't come up with the usual one or two hundred dollars, only twenty.Zhou Suren didn't even look at it, and sighed: "Fourth brother, you said you asked me to come, why did you still do this? Could it be that I came here to ask for your money? Take it quickly. We separated, children Be more competent, and life will get better."

Old Qin didn't say anything, but nodded, "Thank you very much."

As soon as the banquet was over, Qin Dafu's family began to move.

(End of this chapter)