Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 65

If you really divide it up, there is really not much.

The most important thing is nothing more than the house and the land.

In the house, Su Youli's family only had two wing rooms, plus the shed-like space in Yuanguang, no one had any objection to this, and it was still lived by the Li family.

No one had anything to say.

The other is the field, and this is where the differences begin.

Mrs. Su Qian smacked her lips, "The third child has sold a lot of tofu these years, and the craft has been passed on to him anyway. Our family has a total of [-] acres of land and a total of five households. The old man and I will also count as one." In the future, we will have to burrow it into the soil, so we will suffer a bit, and give them the five acres past the stone arch bridge."

The place where the stone arch bridge passes is a small hillside. The soil ridge under the hillside is not a field at all, but land, and it is still an unfertile slope. Although soybeans can be grown, rice cannot be grown. What will they eat next?
At this time, not only the third grandfather, but also Li Zheng's complexion became extremely ugly.Those who come here during the Chinese New Year are not very willing to do such a thing. Does Su Qian think everyone else is a fool or something?If this division is really followed, not only the people in Su Youli's room will suffer, but even if it is spoken out, they will be accused of being unfair.

Seeing that everyone looked worried, Su Youde hurriedly said to the side, "Don't be angry, third uncle, of course it won't be divided like this. The land is originally a sloping field. I don't know if my mother hasn't been in the field for so many years. Our family has a good family." There are [-] mu of paddy fields, [-] mu less, and [-] mu of sloping land. Let’s see how to divide it properly.”

Li Zheng's complexion looked better now, and he nodded.

Mr. Su continued to divide, "There is a whole piece of paddy field. Although it is almost three acres, but fortunately it is close to the road, and it is convenient to discharge water and so on. If you work in the future, it will be good."

Li Shi nodded and said nothing.

Originally, Su Qian's heart was thinking of leaving that field to the fifth child, but the field was already there before, so he didn't say anything.

The third grandfather naturally knew that this was an agreement.

When Mr. Su talked about the division of the family, his face was very sad, especially when the field was divided, he felt very uncomfortable, but he had reached this point, so he had no choice but to continue, "That fourteen acres, the next day If it is divided into six parts, that is more than two acres..."

The paddy field is not very good, it is not so good, but in fact it is very difficult to release water. In order to keep the water in the field, they have to keep vigil there.

Ban Xia thought for a while, then winked at Mrs. Li, and seeing that she didn't respond, she sighed and said, "Grandpa, if we divide our family, we won't be able to plant the fields over there. If there is no water at that time or If you want to plow the land, my brother can’t do it, why don’t you… give us the cattle? Anyway, the cattle used to be herded by my brother.”

She mentioned this to let them not forget that there are cows, chickens and ducks, and it would be strange if they could really give them.

Sure enough, Su Youcai immediately objected, and Su Qianshi also did his part.

They blamed Pinellia one after another, "Do you think this place is so easy to come to? You still want a cow."

"I'll share everything with you, and when the time comes, let parents drink the northwest wind!"

Seeing things froze again.

But Banxia's family obviously had to do nothing else, and because it was Su Youzhang who brought back the news, and then the family was separated again, the third grandfather still guessed something.Instead, he proposed a solution, "This is not a solution. In addition, it is difficult to separate your cows from chickens and ducks. The family does not need to be so clear, and the rest of you have never been separated. I don't think the Banxia family can use the paddy field I'm waiting for this time. It's better to give them the few acres of sloping land. If you don't want to give this cow, just give them the stone mill and the tofu. Banxia Mother is capable, and Yuan Guang will be able to help her in two years, and she can live a good life by selling some things."

It has to be said that what he said was very reasonable, if something really happened to Su Youli, it would not be difficult for Mrs. Li to live with a few children.

Su Qian was very unwilling. In her opinion, the tofu business was her own, so how could she let the third child take advantage of it.But thinking of that cow is also very painful.

Who knew that the third grandpa hadn't finished speaking, "Give them two hens too, these two children are still young, there must be a fill, and the eldest brother, you have a small shed at the head of the town, or Give it to them."

"No!" This has already exceeded Su Qian's bottom line!Originally, I thought there was only five acres of sloping land, plus some odds and ends, but now such a large piece of good field is gone, and I still need stone mills and tofu pickers, and now even the sheds on the side of the town have to be built. ?

However, Mr. Su didn't say much, but nodded in agreement.

The third grandpa's complexion is now a little better, and he doesn't look at Su Qian's at all. "What's there to shout about? It's hard to live in that shed now? What's more, what does that tofu picker have? It doesn't take much money to buy it, but Ban Xia and the others just don’t have that kind of strength, a broken thatched shed plus a stone mill is worth nothing, so is it possible to divide the cattle or the pigs? Yes, give them one of the piglets too.”

The third grandpa also thought that the previous ones were almost enough. Even if it didn’t take advantage of the three-bedroom division, it would not be a big loss. The few acres of sloping land were easier to take care of, and they could grow soybeans and the like, which was just right for grinding tofu. As for the future, we can only take one step at a time.

"The third child is my own nephew, I want to watch it." The meaning is self-evident.

That's all the big things, Banxia thought about what she had at home, two acres of good fields, five acres of sloping land, no cattle, a pig baby, a stone mill, and a tofu picker The ready-made ones, plus the shed at the head of the town, she knew about it before, the shed is dilapidated, but the place is quite spacious.

Such a result is quite satisfactory.

On the one hand, I am grateful to the third grandfather for speaking out, on the other hand, they are afraid of long nights and dreams, so they do not dare to go too far.

Having reached this point, Mrs. Li has no embarrassment, "What about grain and vegetable fields?"

I kept arguing about this for a while, and it was resolved quickly. There was no ready-made vegetable plot, but there was a small piece of wasteland behind the wing room where Ban Xia and the others lived, and it would be left for them to make a vegetable plot in the future, and the food was also sold on the spot. Put baskets and sacks in the attic and divide them into three rooms.

At this point, even if it is completed.

Mr. Su's voice was a little hoarse.

And Su Youde stood up and greeted a few people, "It's the Chinese New Year, it's still so cold, it's hard for Lizheng and third uncle, come over and have a casual meal."

Ban Xia was still a bit reluctant, "Grandpa Li Zheng, haven't you written the list yet? What if you leave and it's not ours? By then, my brothers and sisters and I will starve."

Su Qian's face became ugly. Hearing from Ban Xia, her face became longer, but she was well-behaved and didn't say anything. Anyway, it was just a list, and things were real. Really.

Seeing what Ban Xia said was funny, Li Zheng nodded in agreement, "Let's write this one, it can be regarded as a testimony, and there will be less right and wrong in the future."

It's not that Su Qian doesn't know. If it's true that Su Youli has an accident and can't come back, it's not impossible for her to drive Li Shi away. It's always safer to write it down in black and white. Logically speaking, there are people This was done, but most of the separated families were just a verbal agreement, and they all lived well like this, but this family... He shook his head.

The list was naturally written by Yuanfeng, and Banxia was afraid of losing money, so she stared at it and kept reminding, for example, if it is more than two acres of paddy fields, how much is two acres?Where is the location, finally including food, stone mills, and things placed in the three houses, Ban Xia also asked Ban Xia to say it again, and it finally became words falling on it.

Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, "Well, this is ours, right? If someone says no, Grandpa Lizheng is here, Grandpa Third is here, and there is a yamen!"

Hearing what Banxia said, everyone had different expressions on their faces. Mrs. Su Qian was patient, the third grandfather was a little sad and pity, Lizheng and others had a lot of meaning, and the most complicated one was Mr. Su, who faintly I feel that something is wrong, I don’t want to be like this, but I don’t know why I have come to the present step by step, I feel regret and fear, mixed with annoyance and mixed feelings.

But no matter what the reaction is, by this time, the separation of the family has become a foregone conclusion.

Ban Xia held the list in her hand and carefully put it into her bosom.

Then he greeted them for dinner.

As soon as they heard about the family separation, people like Lin and Zhou naturally huddled in front of them, as if they were afraid of losing money. Wu Mei, Yuan Chen and Gu Ya'er were in the kitchen, so there was no need to do anything, just Warm up the previous dish.

At this time, the work was done, and they were placed on the table one by one.

Everyone is as clear as a mirror, this is something that a few daughters-in-law should take care of, they all praised Wumei, while the people on the side said it was cooked indiscriminately by pinellia, and they were both surprised and thought that the second and third families were kind people, and they were all on the same scale. .

The guests were naturally Mr. Su and Mrs. Li brought Pinellia, and Mrs. Sun also came to help.

It took quite a long time until I sorted it out again. Looking at the grain pots and pans in the room, Li-shi sat down on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ban Xia has been looking for opportunities to talk to her, but she always turns around and is busy.

It's the same now, seeing that Ban Xia was about to speak, Li Shi took the conversation away again, although she looked very tired, but she held on, "Ban Xia, don't be afraid."

Ban Xia leaned against Li's arms, "Mother, Dad will be back soon."

(End of this chapter)