Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

There are currently ten people in the old Sheng family. Except for Daya, Xiaocao and Cui, all the people in the family are laborers. It is easy for such a group of people to cultivate 18 acres of land. They can raise some chickens, ducks, pigs, and plant a garden of vegetables like ordinary farmers. If they live more frugally, they can't guarantee wealth, but they can have a normal diet like ordinary farmers.

Even after committing such a serious crime, the family was able to survive, live together, have enough food to eat, and have a house to live in. This is already a great blessing.

Finally, Xiaolan's family stated their position, "From now on, please help us. If you find that they have done anything evil, you can punish them according to the village rules, or you can come to our house. We will be very grateful."

"The people of Shengjia Village are honest and upright. Now that we have taken them in, we are giving them a chance to make amends. Therefore, all of us in the village should supervise and discipline them and not let them bring disgrace to the reputation of our village..."

It would be fine if these people could live an honest life, but if they try to take advantage of loopholes and commit crimes, then everyone in the village, from the elderly to children as young as three, can question them and despise them.

The people invited to the banquet today were all quite knowledgeable. After listening to what Shengxuan's family said so thoroughly, they all praised Xiaolan for her courage and responsibility, and for having a kind heart and compassion.

That night, the two elders of the village went to the old house and told Mr. Sheng about the attitude and words of the Sheng Xuan family during the dinner. They also told them that the village head would bring people to take them to find Erlaizi's family tomorrow to resolve the land dispute between the two families.

The next day, the head of the village and others went to Lao Sheng's house. Naturally, they wanted to take them to settle the issues of rent and land with Er Laizi's family.

The result of the matter came out on the same day. For the thirty mu of land, Erlaizi's family should pay the old Sheng family three thousand kilograms of soybeans and one thousand kilograms of sorghum. Because the Sheng family wanted to take back the land in advance, they had to compensate Erlaizi's family with two hundred kilograms of soybeans. In addition, Erlaizi's family had to give all the bean stalks from the six mu of land they harvested this year to the old Sheng family as firewood for the old man and Cui to use during the winter.

The matter was quickly settled, and then the village head led people to move the grain and weigh it.

One thousand two hundred kilograms of soybeans, four hundred kilograms of sorghum and twelve acres of bean stalks were all supplied by Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui. They were jointly kept by their friends Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao and provided to Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui on a monthly basis as needed.

Giving all the food and firewood to the old man and Cui at once was actually for the old couple's consideration. Soybeans can be exchanged for some silver, which can be used to exchange for daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. These will be taken care of by Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao, so that the old man Sheng and Cui don't have to worry about anything.

What Xiaolan's family planned was to let Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui enjoy a leisurely life, without having to work every day. They could just sit at home and play all day, waiting for food and drink.

Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai don't have to worry about the old couple's food, clothing and other expenses, but they also have the responsibility to support the elderly. Their task is to take good care of the old couple and not make them angry all day long.

The old couple don't have to worry about food and clothing. If Grandpa Sheng and Mrs. Cui become dissatisfied because the two of them don't take good care of them, then not only will Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao's family not agree, but all the villagers in the village will spit on them and drown the two people to death.

Besides, the old Sheng family was definitely not at the end of their rope, they still had a house with two entrances in the town. Recently, Mr. Sheng had rented it out, and as for the rent, it was naturally handled by Cui.

Xiao Lan did the math for their family in her mind. Excluding the support from Grandpa Sheng and Mrs. Cui, Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai's families had a total of 2,800 kilograms of soybeans and 600 kilograms of sorghum left, which was enough for them to live on.

To make a living means you need to tighten your belt and live on it. There will be very little oil in each meal, but you won’t starve to death.

Now the old Sheng family is facing a problem. That is, only the old couple have firewood. These firewoods are given to the old couple by the head of the village and the elders for the sake of Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao. These firewoods are definitely enough for the old couple, but if the other two branches of the old Sheng family are included, it will not be enough.

This is not a problem, after all, this is in the village, not in the city. Many farmers have little land at home, and they don't have enough firewood in winter, so the whole family has to go out together to collect firewood. Except for Daya, everyone else can do this.

In winter, everyone is staying at home and there is nothing to do. With so many people in the Sheng family, they can go out to collect firewood every day. This way, everyone can have some work to do, which is great.

The 30 acres of land were recovered, and the next step was to rent out the old couple's land and the 6 acres that Shengxuan got when he split up the family. Xiaolan's family rented the 12 acres of land to Chunzhu's family according to the local land rent.

The old man was very opposed to this result at first. He disagreed with the clear division, and later he strongly opposed renting out the land, saying that he could cultivate it with the descendants of the first and second branches. However, all these objections were persuaded back by the head of the village and the elders.

Old Master Sheng refused to give up and went to find Sheng Xuan and Xiao Wen again. Naturally, the father and son disagreed with the old man's approach.

This matter has been settled.

In the evening, Xiaolan's family reviewed what had happened in the old house.

"My grandfather is obviously on the side of my eldest uncle and second uncle's family now, but my grandma seems to have changed. She doesn't say anything about these things." Xiao Wen said.

"I think the old lady is a little crazy." Zhang said.

Chunhua first married an old man in his sixties, and then was buried alive. This incident was a huge blow to Cui...

"Mom, I think my grandma is much better now than when she first came back. When she first came back, she was indeed a little crazy, but today when we went over to talk about the rent and so on, she listened very carefully... I heard that now she is in charge of what to cook for each meal and how much food to put in. I think it is no different from before, but now she doesn't help the eldest uncle and the second uncle..."

"The old lady is heartbroken. With Chunhua's incident at hand, she probably won't be on the side of these two families like she used to be in this life." Zhang said.