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? " Chu Mingzhai asked with a smile.
"My wife's surname is Zhang." The servant girl who was one step behind responded.
"Then, Mrs. Zhang, do you want to buy this pair of foxes? One is 50 taels, a pair is 80 taels, the same price." Chu Mingzhai quoted directly.
"Why is it so expensive? It doesn't look like much meat." Mrs. Zhang looked at it and frowned.Couldn't be fooling her.
"Mrs. Zhang, it's not about the meat. Look at how prosperous this fox fur is, and how festive it looks. When you wear it in winter, you will look younger." Chu Mingzhai said with a smile.
"Hehe, is that right? Xiaoqun, what do you think?" Mrs. Zhang happily turned her head and asked the maid behind her.
"Ma'am, you look good no matter what, but wearing fox fur is even more beautiful." The servant girl glanced at Mrs. Zhang and nodded quickly.
"Then buy it! Xiaoqun, give me the money." The maid took out the purse and gave the money, carrying the fox, and followed Mrs. Zhang.
Including the silver from selling wild animals a few times ago, there are more than 100 taels.
Chu Mingzhai went to the restaurant to return the cage. He felt that it was still early, and he was not in a hurry to go back, so he went to the market.
Everything was sold in the market, and Chu Mingzhai was dazzled and overwhelmed.
At this time, a carriage passed by Chu Mingzhai, and a little brother who looked only eleven or twelve years old opened the curtain and stuck his little head out of the carriage.
The baby's fat face, chubby lips, and big eyes rolled around, looking curiously at the market outside.
"Ah, look, there are so many delicious and interesting things outside, shall we go down too?" The little brother happily asked Ah Mo in the car.
"No, we are here to find your father. Let's talk about it next time. Don't put your head outside." Ah Mo pulled the little brother into the car.
"No! Ah! Ah! Just for a while, just for a while!" The little brother buried himself in his grandma's arms coquettishly.
"I said no! Xiao Yi is good! I will let you go shopping next time." Ah Mo pinched his little face.
"Okay! Then next time I must eat a lot of delicious food." The little brother pouted reluctantly.Then next time!
Chu Mingzhai looked at the carriage gradually going away.That little guy is so cute.Chu Mingdi was taken aback.He can't be a pedophile!Chu Mingzhai held his forehead.Hehe, maybe I thought too much, and I still don't know if I can meet again, so it's useless to think so much.Chu Mingdi put this episode behind him.
What should I buy?correct.Chu Mingzhai clapped his hands.You can buy a few bunches of candied haws for your younger siblings.I'll talk about other things after the separation, but now he's secretly saving money.Chu Mingzhai wrapped the candied haws he bought and put them on his chest.Done.It's time to go back.
Chu Mingzhai drove for a while, feeling a little strange, why there was a sound behind him, he frowned, and turned his head to look back.Saw three punks.It turned out to be being followed.I also blame him for being careless. When I bought candied haws just now, I took out all the money.
"Stinky boy, hand over the money quickly, or the uncle will beat you to death..." The leader shook his legs and glanced at Chu Mingdi contemptuously.
"Hurry up, listen to my elder brother, or it will be bad if you lose an arm or a leg..." The number one gangster boy yelled at Chu Mingdi angrily.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we're in a hurry." Little brother No. [-] continued to yell.The gangsters who followed Chu Mingzhai surrounded him.
Chu Mingzhai raised his eyebrows.ah!If the tiger doesn't show his power, he still treats him as a sick cat.
Chu Mingzhai kicked the gangster flying in front of him.Beat up these bastards, rob them along the way, and tell them to get out.
Chu Mingzhai returned to the entrance of the village, and while the villagers were not paying attention, he quietly went to the mountain to catch two pheasants, picked them up and went home.
"Ah, I'm back." Chu Mingzhai smiled and brought the pheasant to him.
"Okay, my brother caught the chicken again!" The younger brothers and sisters jumped up and down happily.They have had meat every day since their brother started hunting.
"Ah Zhai, the mountain is dangerous, don't go all day." Ah Mo quietly told him as he took the pheasant.A Zhai has been hunting every day for the past few days, what should he do if he encounters danger?But if you don't go, you will be nagged by your mother again!Oh, how can this be good?
"Ah Mo, it's okay, don't worry!" Chu Mingzhai comforted Ah Mo softly.
"But..." Ah Mo hesitated to speak.
"It's okay, I'm very careful." Chu Mingdi looked at him tenderly.
"Oh!" Ah Mo sighed and took the pheasant to the kitchen.
"Second brother, younger brother, younger sister, come with me, brother has something to do with you." Chu Mingzhai smiled and beckoned his younger siblings to follow him to the room.
"Okay..." The younger siblings happily followed Chu Mingdi.
"Second brother closes the door, come here again." Chu Mingzhai instructed Chu Mingxing.
"Okay..." Chu Mingxing obediently closed the door and went.
"Okay. Look, what is this?" Chu Mingzhai took out candied haws from his chest and distributed them to his younger siblings.
"Wow..." The younger brothers and sisters danced and held candied haws.It's great to have something to eat, brother.
"Hush, keep your voice down. It will be gone after you are heard." Chu Mingzhai put his finger on his lips to signal.
"Mmm! Mmm!" The younger siblings nodded frantically.Delicious.Brother is getting better and better.
"Remember to wipe your mouth after eating. Don't go out and say it, do you understand? Otherwise, it won't be sold in the future." Chu Mingzhai told his younger siblings with a smile.
"Brother, we know." Why don't you tell others!What if I was robbed!
"Good boy, that brother is going out first, you can eat slowly here. Second brother, remember to close the door." Chu Mingzhai patted their heads and walked out of the room.
☆、7|Stolen
"Grandma, my brother is tired from studying and wants to eat roast chicken today." Chu Mingbao walked out of the room reluctantly.Every time they ask me to tell me whether to sleep or not.
Chu Mingbao is an eight-year-old uncle, the same age as Chu Mingdi's younger sister.The status in this family is only a little lower than his brother, and he can be regarded as a small ancestor.Since he was a child, he would give Chu Mingzhai's family a good look, and he was a bear.Compared with Chu Mingzhai's family of refugees, they can be regarded as white and fat.He either eats or sleeps every day, and pigs don't live as easily as he does.
"My dear grandson, I want to eat grilled chicken today. Okay, grandma will make it right away." Here it comes again, since the uncle's family came back, the lobby brother Chu Mingjin has occupied a chicken every day in the name of being tired from studying and wanting to eat.Not afraid of choking to death.
Chu Mingdi only catches two chickens a day now, and he doesn't want to catch more.If more are caught, they will be sold.Now of the two chickens caught every day, one is eaten by the uncle’s family, and half of the other is eaten by the grandpa and grandmother, and the remaining half can only drink some soup. (Six members of the uncle's family, five members of the second uncle's family, six members of Chu Mingzhai's family, five members of the fourth uncle's family)
Every day, Chu Mingzhai would test a chicken or a rabbit on the mountain, secretly bring it back, and eat it with Dad, Ah Mo, younger brothers and sisters at night.Father may also know the situation at home, and he didn't say anything, but just told him to put away the bones.His father is not very honest either.
There is not much work at home now, so my father and fourth uncle have gone to the town to look for work.Come back at midnight every day.Before dawn the next day, I had to go to work in the town again.The wages are settled every day, and they are collected by grandma, and grandma has never spent half a copper coin on them.They are all for Chu Mingjin to study.
Sometimes the family will go to the town for a while, saying that they want to exchange reading experience with other students.Bah, after reading so many books, I haven't seen where I've grown.
The uncle's family doesn't have to do anything at home, they are happy!The second aunt's natal family, in their Wujia village, is considered a little rich, and it is the daughter of the grandmother's younger sister, and the dowry is also the largest among the four daughters-in-law.If you want to eat, you can also secretly buy it yourself, which is considered the second best in this family.
Before Chu Mingdi came, their family was oppressed and abused all day long.It's better now because he can catch chickens every day.
In my memory, whenever something goes against the wishes of the uncle's family, Grandma will use filial piety to oppress them.They said that they were not filial to grandpa and grandma, and disrespected uncle. After Chu Mingjin was admitted to the scholar, they would all be kicked out, and no matter what happened to them in the future, no one would help them.
Chu Mingdi felt that the most important thing now was to separate the family, and it was best to break off the relatives. He didn't want some people who couldn't figure out who they were, to use filial piety all day long to control him.If something major happens in the future, their family will be behind.Relying on my uncle's family is better than relying on myself.No matter what you do now, you are tied up.
Now that he wanted to separate the family, but couldn't think of a way, Chu Mingzhai decided to go for a walk in the village.
Under the big banyan tree in the middle of the village, many villagers often chat and gossip there.Something happened in every household, and most of it spread from there.
"Hey, have you heard?" Aunt A shrank her head pretending to be mysterious.
"If you have anything, just say it! There's nothing so mysterious." Aunt B gave him a blank look.
"I heard that a family member's house in the town was patronized by thieves." Aunt A said loudly.
"How do you know?" Aunt B looked at him suspiciously.
"Stopped by thieves? How come?" Aunt C also doubted him.
"That's right! How could Yuanwai's house be stolen? I heard that Yuanwai's house has a lot of servants, all of them tall and powerful. Who would dare to steal from his house?" Aunt D.It must be a lie.
"Which member is it?" Aunt E was curious.
"It's spread all over the town. It's the newly moved Qiu Yuanwai, who is a very kind person. He lends money to others without charging interest. It seems that a ledger has been stolen." Aunt A
"Isn't it just a ledger being stolen? It's not money, so what's the point." Aunt C.Cut, a ledger is worthless.
"That's not an ordinary account book! It's full of IOUs for lending money to others." Aunt A.Hmph, pretending not to understand.
"IOU? Doesn't that mean you don't have to pay back the money? If I had known, I would have borrowed it too." Aunt C gloated.
"..." Inhumane.
"Doesn't he still have Zhuangzi, shop, fields and so on?" Aunt B.He's an outsider, so the money isn't bad at home, right?
"Well, there were originally. But his father and stepmother secretly changed the title deed, and his father and stepmother also occupied his house. Now their family has also been bought by his stepmother. It's really a crime." Auntie a.Qiu Yuan's family is also quite pitiful.
"Did he not report to the police?" Aunt D.its not right!Does the government care?
"Why didn't you report it! But the official said it's a family matter, and he doesn't care about selling children and girls." Aunt A.Children are the property of parents, so you can sell them as you want.
"What about the ledger? Did you find it?" Aunt E
"I didn't find it! It's useless to say anything now. They will all be sold. Even if they are found, they will belong to the owner. Qiu Yuanwai has done many good things in the past, but the world is cold, and there is no one he helped before. It's none of our business, it's getting late, let's go back to wash and sleep." Aunt A
"Let's go, go..."
……
Where there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather, and children cheating on their fathers can be found everywhere.
There are so many strange things in the world.He hasn't even finished his homework yet!There's no time to think about other people's affairs.Chu Mingdi shook his head and smiled.
Um! !Chu Mingdi was taken aback for a moment, touched his chin, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.He knows how to divide the family.
☆, 8 | use meter
"Father, when will your work in the town end?" In the middle of the night, Chu Mingzhai didn't sleep, and practiced directly until his father came back.
"Come on, in a few days, there is still some finishing work left. What's the matter?" Dad was puzzled.
"In a few days, don't look for a new job, I have something to discuss with you." Then wait a few days, I have already thought of a solution, and I just have to implement it.
"Okay! Dad will go to bed first, and we have to get up early tomorrow." Dad fell asleep very peacefully.What should be known will be known sooner or later, there is no need to rush.
……
A few days passed like this.
"Dad, last time I said I needed to find you, remember?" Chu Mingzhai asked his father with a smile.
"Well, remember! Your father hasn't reached the point where he's getting older and more confused. Tell me, what's the matter?" Dad
"Father, I want to separate the family. It's best to break up the relationship." Chu Mingzhai said with a smile.
"It's not good..." Parents are not separated.
"Don't worry, listen to me first." Chu Mingzhai comforted his father.
"Okay, tell me!" See what flowers you can come up with.
"You've heard about the town, right?" Chu Mingzhai asked
"You mean about Qiu Yuanwai?" Dad asked
"Yeah!" Chu Mingzhai
"That's none of our business." Dad
"Why don't you close it! Think about it if it was us!..." Chu Mingzhai
"We have no money!" Dad
"It's not a matter of money! Dad! Although you don't have a stepmother, grandma is actually similar to a stepmother." Chu Mingzhai
"Hey, how can you say that about your grandma!" Dad
"Think about it carefully." Chu Mingzhai
"But..." Dad
"Fourth uncle's family, we won't mention it for the time being, and it won't belong to us." We can't control them either.Everyone has everyone's responsibilities, they are not our responsibilities.
"Our family has no place in the family. You see, Ah Mo has endless laundry all day long. Now there is nothing in summer, and when it comes to winter, the swelling of the hands has never disappeared. I heard that Ah Mo used to I grew up at my grandma's house, but I was raised by pain. Since I married my grandma, I haven't even been back to my grandma's house a few times, let alone..." Chu Mingdi rolled his eyes at his father with contempt.
"Also, look at your younger brothers and sisters, how much shorter than the children in the village. They are yellow and thin, with thinning hair, and have never had enough food and clothing since childhood. Compared with the uncle's family, we are their servants, and we are younger than the family. It's not as good as it." Well, it's kind of useful, I can already see the anger in Dad's eyes.
"The most important point, you know that Chu Mingjin is now a Tongsheng. How much money has been used from his family since he was seven or eight years old! In the future, he will have to take the exam for scholar and candidate. The family has no money, so grandma's character But you have to sell all your children to him to pay the tuition. Even if the sale is not successful, with the way the uncle’s family treats us now, what can we do after Chu Mingjin is admitted to the scholar? They. When my brothers and sisters and I have offspring, your grandchildren will also be their slaves. Our family will be oppressed by them for generations. Our family has been oppressed for so long, and it is enough to raise grandparents Thank you so much. Do you still want your descendants to live in such an environment?" Chu Mingdi's tongue was dry, and if his father still refused to listen, there would be no way to save him.
"Oh, if you don't tell me, Dad doesn't even know we are suffering so much! You have grown up too! Let Dad think about it again." Dad smiled bitterly, and patted Chu Mingdi's head hard in sadness.Haggard, Dad must have retaliated against him for despising him just now.
Finally it is half done.
"Second brother, come here! Brother has something to ask for you..." Chu Mingdi called Chu Mingxing with a smile.Shaking, my brother smiled, getting more and more sinister.
The next day, Chu Mingzhai and Chu Mingxing chatted in the lobby openly.Except for Chu Mingdi, Chu Mingxing, Chu Mingjin who was reading at home, and Chu Mingbao who only knew how to sleep, the rest of the family went to enjoy the shade under the big banyan tree in the village.
"Brother, do you know about Wu Xiucai in the next village?" Chu Mingxing asked
"Hey! I know! Isn't it about a scholar in Wujia Village who was dismissed by the official?" Chu Mingdi said.
"Scholars will be dismissed too? What a pity! Why would they be dismissed?" Chu Mingxing said.
"I heard it's bad conduct." Chu Mingzhai said.
"Master Guan, you have so many things to do every day, how do you know that he has misbehavior?" Chu Mingxing said.
"It was his family who went to the government to sue him." Chu Mingdi said.
"His family is really stupid. It would be great to have a scholar! You can be exempted from land tax and military service during wars. I don't know how good it is. Why did his family sue him?" Chu Mingxing said.
"It seems to be because, at home, he orders his older brothers and sisters-in-law all day long, and treats them as emissaries. His nephew can't stand it, and risking being beaten to death by the official, he will not be a scholar." Chu Mingzhai.
"So that's the case! Was the officer beaten? It hurts! I also heard that the nephew was beaten to death." Chu Mingxing
"Oh, there's no way around it! If I'm not feeling well, I'm sure I hope the people who bully them will be as well." Chu Mingzhai
"Brother, let's stop talking, I'm a little scared." Chu Mingxing patted his chest, suppressing his shock.
"Okay! Let's go, let's catch fish and eat fish tonight..."
The fact that the scholar was dismissed is also true, but it happened a few years ago, and there was still a lot of trouble at that time.
Chu Mingjin overheard the conversation between the two brothers, and vaguely remembered this incident.At that time, he only gloated a little, and put the matter behind him.Fortunately, hearing what Chu Mingzhai and the others said today reminded him.Otherwise, what if Chu Mingzhai learns from that nephew when he passes the examination for scholar?It's better to separate Chu Mingzhai's family from the fourth uncle's family early, and it's best to break off the relationship.There will be no danger to him in the future.The second uncle's family still has some money, and he didn't treat the second uncle's family as a bully, so they won't be divided, and they will be honored when they are admitted as scholars in the future.
Chu Mingjin decided to discuss it with his father today.
☆、9|Separation
Today is a fine day, sunny and sunny.
Just after lunch at noon, Grandpa ordered Chu Mingzhai to invite third uncle and Li Zheng, saying that the family would be separated today.
Li Zheng of Chujia Village is in his forties this year and has been re-elected for four terms.Li is selected every two years.
Chu Mingzhai came to Lizheng's house, and Lizheng and the others had just finished lunch.
"Boy Zhai, what are you doing here? Have you eaten yet?" Li Zheng asked Chu Mingdi to sit down on the stool next to him, stroking his head kindly.Lizheng also quietly gave him some food to take back.
"Hi Uncle Lizheng, my family also ate. Grandpa asked me to invite you to our house to preside over the division." Chu Mingzhai said with a smile.
"Oh, you are finally going to separate! Your family and your fourth uncle's family, people with a discerning eye can tell that things are not going well. Now you can finally separate. Don't be sad, there will be a long time to come!" Li Zheng patted him shoulders.
"Hehe, I'm not sad." Chu Mingdi touched his shoulder with a smile.
"That's good! Have you invited third uncle?"
"His house happened to be having dinner when I went. The third uncle said that he would come to see you later."
"it is good."
……
"Is Li at home?" A voice came from the door.
"Here! The third uncle is here. Let's go to your house now." Lizheng beckoned Chu Mingzhai to follow.
After the three met, they rushed to Chu Mingzhai's house.
At this time, the family was in an uproar.
"Father! Aren't you and mother living well? Why are you so anxious to separate?" The second uncle was puzzled.
"That's right! Father, we don't want to separate yet!" Second Aunt hurriedly persuaded the father-in-law.After the separation, whoever does the laundry and cooks will take care of her.The second aunt is used to ordering the two aunts to do things in this family. Without them, she has no money to buy someone to take care of her.
"Just separate out your third and fourth brother's family." Grandma continued.
"Why? Mother! What did my third brother and I do wrong? We need to separate our two families. Third brother, talk to me too!" Fourth uncle jumped anxiously.
"Father and mother say what they say." Father Chu Mingdi lowered his head, not knowing what to think.
"Mother, we don't want the third brother, the fourth brother's family to be separated. Hey, talk!" The second aunt said to the second uncle. "After they are separated, we will do all the work." The second aunt said to the second uncle in a low voice.
"Father, mother, our family is against it." The second uncle raised his hand to vote.
"Second brother, come here, I have something to tell you." The uncle asked the second uncle to follow him out of the hall.
"Brother, what's the matter? Anyway, my family is against it." After the second uncle followed the uncle out, he voted against his brother again.
"Why are you in such a hurry! Listen to me before publishing." The uncle scolded the second uncle.This younger brother has been so reckless since he was a child.
"Separating both of them, the benefits in the future will be yours. You think, in the future, my family's Ah Jin will be admitted as a scholar and a scholar. What benefits will be promoted in the future? Is it to promote your family or promote theirs?" Uncle He glanced at Er Bo contemptuously.
"But the work at home..." the second uncle thought for a while and asked.
"Why do you only see these petty profits? When Ah Jin is admitted to be a scholar, the family will not have to serve in the military, and the land will be exempted from tax. It doesn't matter how many people you want to buy. If your daughter-in-law is not the daughter of your mother's sister, this benefit will not be worth it. Come to your house." The uncle glanced at the second uncle contemptuously.
"Oh, oh! Then we might as well break up with them. Anyway, the two of them are useless!" The second uncle hurriedly surrendered.
"Hey! I want to too! But dad won't allow it! Why don't you mention it?" the uncle asked the second uncle.It's time for you to show your merits.
"Hey, bro, don't you even look at me? Am I the kind of person who does big things?" I know I'm a good person.
"Hey, you useless thing..." The uncle also had nothing to do with him.
"Hey...Brother, let's go in!" The second uncle pretended to be stupid.
"The child's father, what did the eldest brother tell you?" The second aunt asked the second uncle who walked beside her in a low voice.
"Yes..." the second uncle said in a low voice.
"Mom! I made a mistake just now, and our family doesn't object!" The second aunt smiled and regretted what she just said.
"Second sister-in-law! You just..." Fourth uncle snorted wildly, holding back his anger.
"What did I say? Why don't I remember." The second aunt gave the fourth uncle a blank stare.
"Woooo..." Fourth Aunt and his children all burst into tears.What can I do next?
Grandpa ignored what they said.
"I've already divided up your property for you. There are [-] mu of high-quality farmland, [-] mu of middle-class farmland, and [-] mu of dry land. The house we live in now also has a rough house. Your mother, elder brother, and two My two brothers live here, so I don’t give you any furniture. Which one of you two brothers wants a blank room?” Grandpa asked them.
"For the fourth brother." Father Chu Mingdi returned.Anyway, he secretly hid some money, and the fourth brother knew about it but didn't say anything.
"That's good. I've decided to share the fields with you brothers. There is no distinction between top-grade fields, two acres of middle-grade fields, and four acres of dry land. Is that ok?" Grandpa looked at them intently.
"Father, why do you..." It can be like this!You are our dear father!The fourth uncle looked at his father with tears streaming down his face.
"Father, this is impossible!" Chu Mingdi's father ignored his father's expression.Isn't this going to starve his family and the fourth brother's family to death?
"Why not?" Grandma scolded him angrily.
"When my fourth brother and I first got married, there were only two acres of high-quality field, four acres of medium-sized field, and four acres of dry land. My father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother were all served by the daughter-in-law of my fourth brother and me. The money for working with my fourth brother is handed over to my mother. Our children have to work when they are very young. We have no status at home, and the children are all thin. At first, I thought the family was separated now. I can eat enough and wear warm clothes. Now it seems that my parents want me and my fourth brother’s family to starve to death. I think it’s best for us to break off our relationship, so that we will never see each other again.” Hey, when A Zhai told him to break up the family and break up the relationship He still hesitated.It now appears that he was an idiot before.
"You, you, cough, cough, cough..." Grandpa kept coughing in anger.
"Father, dad, are you okay! Third brother, look, how angry you are with dad." The second uncle helped grandpa beat his back while scolding Chu Mingdi's dad.
"Bah..." Chu Mingdi's father expressed contempt for the second uncle, so he would please him.
"Oh, you unfilial son, see if I don't beat you to death!" Grandma found a stick from nowhere, and swung it at Chu Mingdi's father.
"Mother, don't come again! I'm going to fight back..." Father Chu Mingdi flashed to his elder brother while talking.All of a sudden, the family was in dire straits.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, "Who is it?" Chu Mingxing heard the sound, and hurried out of the hall and walked towards the door.
☆、10|
"Your brother is back, open the door quickly." Chu Mingzhai responded.
"Okay!" Brother finally came back.
"Third Uncle, Uncle Lizheng, good afternoon!" Chu Mingxing said hello with a smile.
"Hello too!" Ri was pinching his face.Looks pretty cute too!
"What happened at home? It's so noisy." The third uncle asked with a straight face.The third uncle has always been a very dignified person.
"Um, the family is discussing divorce!" Chu Mingxing patted his head.
"Oh? Didn't you mean the separation?" Li Zheng was puzzled.
"Hehe, you'll find out when you go in and have a look." Chu Mingxing didn't want to say it.
"Then let's go in!" Li Zheng asked third uncle.
"Hmm!" Li Zheng
"Second brother! What's the matter inside?" Chu Mingzhai grabbed Chu Mingxing and asked.
"It's because..." The two brothers Chu Mingzhai followed behind Li Zheng and the others, muttering.
"What's the matter?" Li asked suspiciously as he watched the people running around the room.
"Lizheng, third uncle, you are finally here! Look, my third brother, who is not filial to his parents, beat me up like this. Oh, oh, it hurts me to death..." The uncle hugged his Zhu Tou hurried to Li to face them.
"Hey, brother, don't talk nonsense! Why did I beat you like this, it's obviously your mother who beat you." Father explained while flashing Grandma's stick.
"You..." Uncle pointed at Father's hand which kept shaking.
"What kind of noise is there!" Third Uncle let out a lion's roar, which shook the ears of the people in the house.
"Chu Youde, tell me!" Third Uncle pointed at Grandpa.The third uncle is the patriarch of Chujia Village. He is over 70 years old this year and is still healthy and strong.
"My family is going to split up. The third child thinks it's unfair and wants to break up the relationship." Grandpa replied quickly.He didn't dare to challenge the majesty of the third uncle.
"Why do you want to break off the relationship? Tell me." The third uncle pointed at Chu Mingdi's father this time.
"My father wants to separate our family from my fourth brother's family. We are only given two acres of medium-sized fields and four acres of dry land. They want us all to starve to death." Chu Mingdi's father said angrily.
"Hehe, Uncle Youde, this is your fault." Li Zheng said with a smile.
"What's wrong with me!? His mother and I don't need them to raise us. We live with my eldest and second sons." Grandpa objected.
"I know that most of your family's land is earned by your three or four sons." Li Zheng squinted his eyes.
"So what, it's only natural for a son to take care of his son and mother." Grandma choked.
"That's not to see if you are like parents..." Father Chu Mingdi curled his lips.
"You unfilial son..." As he said that, he wanted to fight again.
"Stop everything, there's no end to it. Tell me, what's going on?" Third Uncle asked angrily.It was the first time someone in Chu's Village had broken off their relatives.He will retire next year.The next patriarch is Li Zheng.
"I don't care, if we keep getting close, we will share it with my fourth brother. Each of us has eight acres of high-grade farmland, four acres of medium-grade farmland, and four acres of dry land." Chu Mingdi's father began to play tricks.He is now quite enlightened, he doesn't want his family to go back to their previous life, and must break off their relationship.
The uncle and the second uncle looked at each other, "Third uncle, Li Zheng, we also agree to divorce."
"What about you?" Lizheng asked fourth uncle.
"Yeah." Well, it's good to break up the relationship.His heart was broken just now.
"Uncle Youde, what about you?" Li Zheng turned to Grandpa.
"Stop it! Stop it! I can't control them anymore." Grandpa returned to the room.As far as he can pretend, we didn't see him stop us when we were bullied before.Chu Mingzhai pouted in Grandpa's direction.
"That's good. Come in, boy, and get seven pieces of paper from your room." Li Zheng ordered.
"Okay." Chu Mingjin quickly ran into the room.Finally, the marriage was about to be broken, Chu Mingjin smiled gloatingly.
Chu Mingjin covered his expression, stretched out the paper, "Uncle Lizheng, here's the paper." He didn't know that his expression had already been seen by three people.
"Hmm." Li took it with no expression on his face.
"The land can't be divided like Uncle Youde said, and it can't be divided like Ayao said. I'm writing it like this now, third uncle, can you take a look at it?" Li Zheng handed the paper to third uncle. .
"Well, that's fine." The third uncle nodded in satisfaction.
"I'll read it to you, do you have anything to add?" Rizheng glanced at them.
"Chu Youde, Chu Jiaguang, and Chu Jiazong have cut off their relatives from Chu Jiayao and Chu Jiazu from today onwards. The reason is that their parents are partial, their brothers are incompatible, and their property is not evenly distributed. Medium-sized fields, ten acres of dry land, a house, and a rough house. Now the distribution of family property is as follows: the house is allocated to Chu Youde, and one rough house is allocated to the ancestors of the Chu family. Each person is allocated four acres of fine land and two acres of medium-sized land. mu, and two mu of dry land. The furniture is used for each, so I won’t write it in. The grain in the warehouse is also divided into five. With that, what else can I say?” Lizheng asked them.
"This..." Just as Grandma was about to speak, the uncle tugged at the corner of her clothes.Told her not to speak.
"I agree." Uncle
"I agree." The second uncle
"The money we work for...huh?" Father Chu Mingzhai looked at his eldest son who was holding him.Chu Mingzhai shook his head happily.Forget it, I will definitely not come back.Divorce is the most important thing.
"Um, I agree too." Father Chu Mingdi
"I agree too." Fourth Uncle
"Come over here and press your fingerprints. Chu Ming goes in and asks your grandpa to come out." Grandpa came out with a serious face and pressed his fingerprints, and then
He went back to the room with a straight face.
"There are seven copies of the divorce letter, and each person takes one. Those who move can move two days later, do you agree?" After everyone agrees.Li Zheng also accompanied them to the Yamen to go through the formalities.
……
"Third brother, when will your family move?"
"Tomorrow! What about you?"
"My house is tomorrow too, it's too late today, don't be in a hurry!"
……
In the evening, Chu Mingzhai caught five pheasants, and five rabbits came back to roast.I also invited my uncle's family to eat with them.The rest smelled of barbecue from the night.
☆、11|Dead
Before going to bed, Dad confessed to his family that he had secretly saved a few taels of silver during this period, so he didn't have to worry about not having a house to live in.They can build a thatched house first, wait for him to go to work for a while, and build a house after saving enough ten taels.In rural areas, a house built in a dozen or two is considered acceptable.
After hearing this, Chu Mingzhai looked confused.If he said that he now has more than 100 taels, would it hurt Dad's self-esteem.It doesn't matter, it's better than nothing, he thinks his father's ability to fight is quite strong.
"Father, what ah! I hunted a pair of foxes some time ago and sold them for more than 100 taels of silver." Chu Mingdi said to his father with a smile.
"What, you hunted a fox and sold it for more than 100 taels of silver!" Dad excitedly grabbed his arm.
"Stinky boy, your father worked so hard to save a few taels of silver. How can you save so much more than your father?" The child is too capable, and being a father really does not give a sense of accomplishment!
"Yes! Ah Zhai has grown up and is much more capable than your father. Your father is really useless." Ah Mo gave Dad a supercilious look.Fu Lang doesn't need to belittle him!He is still very useful, okay?Alas, he really has less and less status in this family.
"Brother is the most capable!" The younger brothers and sisters circled around Chu Mingdi excitedly.They can also have a house.
"I can't help it, and I don't even look at who I am!" Chu Mingzhai narrowed his eyes triumphantly.In his previous life, he could have become a colonel.
Before Chu Mingzhai went to bed, he took out the silver and handed it to Ah Mo for safekeeping.
……
The next day, just before dawn, Chu Mingzhai's family got up, big and small.
Father has to go to Lizheng to choose a piece of land to build a house.Although they had just broken off their relationship, they had money to buy land and build houses, and the villagers of Chujia Village would have some ideas.But living in this world, it is impossible to live only in the eyes of others.
Chu Mingzhai decided to go to the mountain to buy some large animals to sell, preferably Xiong Xiazi or the like. More than 100 taels is still too little.
He thinks that if you want to build a house, you need to build a good one, preferably the one with three yards.Chu Mingzhai had inquired that it would cost more than 100 taels of silver to build a green brick courtyard with three entrances in the village, including Dilong.There is also furniture, which may cost more than twenty taels.This is the lowest price.
He and his brothers and sisters have to study, and he doesn't want to be illiterate.When the house was built, there was no place to live, so I had to go to the town to rent a house
"My wife's surname is Zhang." The servant girl who was one step behind responded.
"Then, Mrs. Zhang, do you want to buy this pair of foxes? One is 50 taels, a pair is 80 taels, the same price." Chu Mingzhai quoted directly.
"Why is it so expensive? It doesn't look like much meat." Mrs. Zhang looked at it and frowned.Couldn't be fooling her.
"Mrs. Zhang, it's not about the meat. Look at how prosperous this fox fur is, and how festive it looks. When you wear it in winter, you will look younger." Chu Mingzhai said with a smile.
"Hehe, is that right? Xiaoqun, what do you think?" Mrs. Zhang happily turned her head and asked the maid behind her.
"Ma'am, you look good no matter what, but wearing fox fur is even more beautiful." The servant girl glanced at Mrs. Zhang and nodded quickly.
"Then buy it! Xiaoqun, give me the money." The maid took out the purse and gave the money, carrying the fox, and followed Mrs. Zhang.
Including the silver from selling wild animals a few times ago, there are more than 100 taels.
Chu Mingzhai went to the restaurant to return the cage. He felt that it was still early, and he was not in a hurry to go back, so he went to the market.
Everything was sold in the market, and Chu Mingzhai was dazzled and overwhelmed.
At this time, a carriage passed by Chu Mingzhai, and a little brother who looked only eleven or twelve years old opened the curtain and stuck his little head out of the carriage.
The baby's fat face, chubby lips, and big eyes rolled around, looking curiously at the market outside.
"Ah, look, there are so many delicious and interesting things outside, shall we go down too?" The little brother happily asked Ah Mo in the car.
"No, we are here to find your father. Let's talk about it next time. Don't put your head outside." Ah Mo pulled the little brother into the car.
"No! Ah! Ah! Just for a while, just for a while!" The little brother buried himself in his grandma's arms coquettishly.
"I said no! Xiao Yi is good! I will let you go shopping next time." Ah Mo pinched his little face.
"Okay! Then next time I must eat a lot of delicious food." The little brother pouted reluctantly.Then next time!
Chu Mingzhai looked at the carriage gradually going away.That little guy is so cute.Chu Mingdi was taken aback.He can't be a pedophile!Chu Mingzhai held his forehead.Hehe, maybe I thought too much, and I still don't know if I can meet again, so it's useless to think so much.Chu Mingdi put this episode behind him.
What should I buy?correct.Chu Mingzhai clapped his hands.You can buy a few bunches of candied haws for your younger siblings.I'll talk about other things after the separation, but now he's secretly saving money.Chu Mingzhai wrapped the candied haws he bought and put them on his chest.Done.It's time to go back.
Chu Mingzhai drove for a while, feeling a little strange, why there was a sound behind him, he frowned, and turned his head to look back.Saw three punks.It turned out to be being followed.I also blame him for being careless. When I bought candied haws just now, I took out all the money.
"Stinky boy, hand over the money quickly, or the uncle will beat you to death..." The leader shook his legs and glanced at Chu Mingdi contemptuously.
"Hurry up, listen to my elder brother, or it will be bad if you lose an arm or a leg..." The number one gangster boy yelled at Chu Mingdi angrily.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we're in a hurry." Little brother No. [-] continued to yell.The gangsters who followed Chu Mingzhai surrounded him.
Chu Mingzhai raised his eyebrows.ah!If the tiger doesn't show his power, he still treats him as a sick cat.
Chu Mingzhai kicked the gangster flying in front of him.Beat up these bastards, rob them along the way, and tell them to get out.
Chu Mingzhai returned to the entrance of the village, and while the villagers were not paying attention, he quietly went to the mountain to catch two pheasants, picked them up and went home.
"Ah, I'm back." Chu Mingzhai smiled and brought the pheasant to him.
"Okay, my brother caught the chicken again!" The younger brothers and sisters jumped up and down happily.They have had meat every day since their brother started hunting.
"Ah Zhai, the mountain is dangerous, don't go all day." Ah Mo quietly told him as he took the pheasant.A Zhai has been hunting every day for the past few days, what should he do if he encounters danger?But if you don't go, you will be nagged by your mother again!Oh, how can this be good?
"Ah Mo, it's okay, don't worry!" Chu Mingzhai comforted Ah Mo softly.
"But..." Ah Mo hesitated to speak.
"It's okay, I'm very careful." Chu Mingdi looked at him tenderly.
"Oh!" Ah Mo sighed and took the pheasant to the kitchen.
"Second brother, younger brother, younger sister, come with me, brother has something to do with you." Chu Mingzhai smiled and beckoned his younger siblings to follow him to the room.
"Okay..." The younger siblings happily followed Chu Mingdi.
"Second brother closes the door, come here again." Chu Mingzhai instructed Chu Mingxing.
"Okay..." Chu Mingxing obediently closed the door and went.
"Okay. Look, what is this?" Chu Mingzhai took out candied haws from his chest and distributed them to his younger siblings.
"Wow..." The younger brothers and sisters danced and held candied haws.It's great to have something to eat, brother.
"Hush, keep your voice down. It will be gone after you are heard." Chu Mingzhai put his finger on his lips to signal.
"Mmm! Mmm!" The younger siblings nodded frantically.Delicious.Brother is getting better and better.
"Remember to wipe your mouth after eating. Don't go out and say it, do you understand? Otherwise, it won't be sold in the future." Chu Mingzhai told his younger siblings with a smile.
"Brother, we know." Why don't you tell others!What if I was robbed!
"Good boy, that brother is going out first, you can eat slowly here. Second brother, remember to close the door." Chu Mingzhai patted their heads and walked out of the room.
☆、7|Stolen
"Grandma, my brother is tired from studying and wants to eat roast chicken today." Chu Mingbao walked out of the room reluctantly.Every time they ask me to tell me whether to sleep or not.
Chu Mingbao is an eight-year-old uncle, the same age as Chu Mingdi's younger sister.The status in this family is only a little lower than his brother, and he can be regarded as a small ancestor.Since he was a child, he would give Chu Mingzhai's family a good look, and he was a bear.Compared with Chu Mingzhai's family of refugees, they can be regarded as white and fat.He either eats or sleeps every day, and pigs don't live as easily as he does.
"My dear grandson, I want to eat grilled chicken today. Okay, grandma will make it right away." Here it comes again, since the uncle's family came back, the lobby brother Chu Mingjin has occupied a chicken every day in the name of being tired from studying and wanting to eat.Not afraid of choking to death.
Chu Mingdi only catches two chickens a day now, and he doesn't want to catch more.If more are caught, they will be sold.Now of the two chickens caught every day, one is eaten by the uncle’s family, and half of the other is eaten by the grandpa and grandmother, and the remaining half can only drink some soup. (Six members of the uncle's family, five members of the second uncle's family, six members of Chu Mingzhai's family, five members of the fourth uncle's family)
Every day, Chu Mingzhai would test a chicken or a rabbit on the mountain, secretly bring it back, and eat it with Dad, Ah Mo, younger brothers and sisters at night.Father may also know the situation at home, and he didn't say anything, but just told him to put away the bones.His father is not very honest either.
There is not much work at home now, so my father and fourth uncle have gone to the town to look for work.Come back at midnight every day.Before dawn the next day, I had to go to work in the town again.The wages are settled every day, and they are collected by grandma, and grandma has never spent half a copper coin on them.They are all for Chu Mingjin to study.
Sometimes the family will go to the town for a while, saying that they want to exchange reading experience with other students.Bah, after reading so many books, I haven't seen where I've grown.
The uncle's family doesn't have to do anything at home, they are happy!The second aunt's natal family, in their Wujia village, is considered a little rich, and it is the daughter of the grandmother's younger sister, and the dowry is also the largest among the four daughters-in-law.If you want to eat, you can also secretly buy it yourself, which is considered the second best in this family.
Before Chu Mingdi came, their family was oppressed and abused all day long.It's better now because he can catch chickens every day.
In my memory, whenever something goes against the wishes of the uncle's family, Grandma will use filial piety to oppress them.They said that they were not filial to grandpa and grandma, and disrespected uncle. After Chu Mingjin was admitted to the scholar, they would all be kicked out, and no matter what happened to them in the future, no one would help them.
Chu Mingdi felt that the most important thing now was to separate the family, and it was best to break off the relatives. He didn't want some people who couldn't figure out who they were, to use filial piety all day long to control him.If something major happens in the future, their family will be behind.Relying on my uncle's family is better than relying on myself.No matter what you do now, you are tied up.
Now that he wanted to separate the family, but couldn't think of a way, Chu Mingzhai decided to go for a walk in the village.
Under the big banyan tree in the middle of the village, many villagers often chat and gossip there.Something happened in every household, and most of it spread from there.
"Hey, have you heard?" Aunt A shrank her head pretending to be mysterious.
"If you have anything, just say it! There's nothing so mysterious." Aunt B gave him a blank look.
"I heard that a family member's house in the town was patronized by thieves." Aunt A said loudly.
"How do you know?" Aunt B looked at him suspiciously.
"Stopped by thieves? How come?" Aunt C also doubted him.
"That's right! How could Yuanwai's house be stolen? I heard that Yuanwai's house has a lot of servants, all of them tall and powerful. Who would dare to steal from his house?" Aunt D.It must be a lie.
"Which member is it?" Aunt E was curious.
"It's spread all over the town. It's the newly moved Qiu Yuanwai, who is a very kind person. He lends money to others without charging interest. It seems that a ledger has been stolen." Aunt A
"Isn't it just a ledger being stolen? It's not money, so what's the point." Aunt C.Cut, a ledger is worthless.
"That's not an ordinary account book! It's full of IOUs for lending money to others." Aunt A.Hmph, pretending not to understand.
"IOU? Doesn't that mean you don't have to pay back the money? If I had known, I would have borrowed it too." Aunt C gloated.
"..." Inhumane.
"Doesn't he still have Zhuangzi, shop, fields and so on?" Aunt B.He's an outsider, so the money isn't bad at home, right?
"Well, there were originally. But his father and stepmother secretly changed the title deed, and his father and stepmother also occupied his house. Now their family has also been bought by his stepmother. It's really a crime." Auntie a.Qiu Yuan's family is also quite pitiful.
"Did he not report to the police?" Aunt D.its not right!Does the government care?
"Why didn't you report it! But the official said it's a family matter, and he doesn't care about selling children and girls." Aunt A.Children are the property of parents, so you can sell them as you want.
"What about the ledger? Did you find it?" Aunt E
"I didn't find it! It's useless to say anything now. They will all be sold. Even if they are found, they will belong to the owner. Qiu Yuanwai has done many good things in the past, but the world is cold, and there is no one he helped before. It's none of our business, it's getting late, let's go back to wash and sleep." Aunt A
"Let's go, go..."
……
Where there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather, and children cheating on their fathers can be found everywhere.
There are so many strange things in the world.He hasn't even finished his homework yet!There's no time to think about other people's affairs.Chu Mingdi shook his head and smiled.
Um! !Chu Mingdi was taken aback for a moment, touched his chin, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.He knows how to divide the family.
☆, 8 | use meter
"Father, when will your work in the town end?" In the middle of the night, Chu Mingzhai didn't sleep, and practiced directly until his father came back.
"Come on, in a few days, there is still some finishing work left. What's the matter?" Dad was puzzled.
"In a few days, don't look for a new job, I have something to discuss with you." Then wait a few days, I have already thought of a solution, and I just have to implement it.
"Okay! Dad will go to bed first, and we have to get up early tomorrow." Dad fell asleep very peacefully.What should be known will be known sooner or later, there is no need to rush.
……
A few days passed like this.
"Dad, last time I said I needed to find you, remember?" Chu Mingzhai asked his father with a smile.
"Well, remember! Your father hasn't reached the point where he's getting older and more confused. Tell me, what's the matter?" Dad
"Father, I want to separate the family. It's best to break up the relationship." Chu Mingzhai said with a smile.
"It's not good..." Parents are not separated.
"Don't worry, listen to me first." Chu Mingzhai comforted his father.
"Okay, tell me!" See what flowers you can come up with.
"You've heard about the town, right?" Chu Mingzhai asked
"You mean about Qiu Yuanwai?" Dad asked
"Yeah!" Chu Mingzhai
"That's none of our business." Dad
"Why don't you close it! Think about it if it was us!..." Chu Mingzhai
"We have no money!" Dad
"It's not a matter of money! Dad! Although you don't have a stepmother, grandma is actually similar to a stepmother." Chu Mingzhai
"Hey, how can you say that about your grandma!" Dad
"Think about it carefully." Chu Mingzhai
"But..." Dad
"Fourth uncle's family, we won't mention it for the time being, and it won't belong to us." We can't control them either.Everyone has everyone's responsibilities, they are not our responsibilities.
"Our family has no place in the family. You see, Ah Mo has endless laundry all day long. Now there is nothing in summer, and when it comes to winter, the swelling of the hands has never disappeared. I heard that Ah Mo used to I grew up at my grandma's house, but I was raised by pain. Since I married my grandma, I haven't even been back to my grandma's house a few times, let alone..." Chu Mingdi rolled his eyes at his father with contempt.
"Also, look at your younger brothers and sisters, how much shorter than the children in the village. They are yellow and thin, with thinning hair, and have never had enough food and clothing since childhood. Compared with the uncle's family, we are their servants, and we are younger than the family. It's not as good as it." Well, it's kind of useful, I can already see the anger in Dad's eyes.
"The most important point, you know that Chu Mingjin is now a Tongsheng. How much money has been used from his family since he was seven or eight years old! In the future, he will have to take the exam for scholar and candidate. The family has no money, so grandma's character But you have to sell all your children to him to pay the tuition. Even if the sale is not successful, with the way the uncle’s family treats us now, what can we do after Chu Mingjin is admitted to the scholar? They. When my brothers and sisters and I have offspring, your grandchildren will also be their slaves. Our family will be oppressed by them for generations. Our family has been oppressed for so long, and it is enough to raise grandparents Thank you so much. Do you still want your descendants to live in such an environment?" Chu Mingdi's tongue was dry, and if his father still refused to listen, there would be no way to save him.
"Oh, if you don't tell me, Dad doesn't even know we are suffering so much! You have grown up too! Let Dad think about it again." Dad smiled bitterly, and patted Chu Mingdi's head hard in sadness.Haggard, Dad must have retaliated against him for despising him just now.
Finally it is half done.
"Second brother, come here! Brother has something to ask for you..." Chu Mingdi called Chu Mingxing with a smile.Shaking, my brother smiled, getting more and more sinister.
The next day, Chu Mingzhai and Chu Mingxing chatted in the lobby openly.Except for Chu Mingdi, Chu Mingxing, Chu Mingjin who was reading at home, and Chu Mingbao who only knew how to sleep, the rest of the family went to enjoy the shade under the big banyan tree in the village.
"Brother, do you know about Wu Xiucai in the next village?" Chu Mingxing asked
"Hey! I know! Isn't it about a scholar in Wujia Village who was dismissed by the official?" Chu Mingdi said.
"Scholars will be dismissed too? What a pity! Why would they be dismissed?" Chu Mingxing said.
"I heard it's bad conduct." Chu Mingzhai said.
"Master Guan, you have so many things to do every day, how do you know that he has misbehavior?" Chu Mingxing said.
"It was his family who went to the government to sue him." Chu Mingdi said.
"His family is really stupid. It would be great to have a scholar! You can be exempted from land tax and military service during wars. I don't know how good it is. Why did his family sue him?" Chu Mingxing said.
"It seems to be because, at home, he orders his older brothers and sisters-in-law all day long, and treats them as emissaries. His nephew can't stand it, and risking being beaten to death by the official, he will not be a scholar." Chu Mingzhai.
"So that's the case! Was the officer beaten? It hurts! I also heard that the nephew was beaten to death." Chu Mingxing
"Oh, there's no way around it! If I'm not feeling well, I'm sure I hope the people who bully them will be as well." Chu Mingzhai
"Brother, let's stop talking, I'm a little scared." Chu Mingxing patted his chest, suppressing his shock.
"Okay! Let's go, let's catch fish and eat fish tonight..."
The fact that the scholar was dismissed is also true, but it happened a few years ago, and there was still a lot of trouble at that time.
Chu Mingjin overheard the conversation between the two brothers, and vaguely remembered this incident.At that time, he only gloated a little, and put the matter behind him.Fortunately, hearing what Chu Mingzhai and the others said today reminded him.Otherwise, what if Chu Mingzhai learns from that nephew when he passes the examination for scholar?It's better to separate Chu Mingzhai's family from the fourth uncle's family early, and it's best to break off the relationship.There will be no danger to him in the future.The second uncle's family still has some money, and he didn't treat the second uncle's family as a bully, so they won't be divided, and they will be honored when they are admitted as scholars in the future.
Chu Mingjin decided to discuss it with his father today.
☆、9|Separation
Today is a fine day, sunny and sunny.
Just after lunch at noon, Grandpa ordered Chu Mingzhai to invite third uncle and Li Zheng, saying that the family would be separated today.
Li Zheng of Chujia Village is in his forties this year and has been re-elected for four terms.Li is selected every two years.
Chu Mingzhai came to Lizheng's house, and Lizheng and the others had just finished lunch.
"Boy Zhai, what are you doing here? Have you eaten yet?" Li Zheng asked Chu Mingdi to sit down on the stool next to him, stroking his head kindly.Lizheng also quietly gave him some food to take back.
"Hi Uncle Lizheng, my family also ate. Grandpa asked me to invite you to our house to preside over the division." Chu Mingzhai said with a smile.
"Oh, you are finally going to separate! Your family and your fourth uncle's family, people with a discerning eye can tell that things are not going well. Now you can finally separate. Don't be sad, there will be a long time to come!" Li Zheng patted him shoulders.
"Hehe, I'm not sad." Chu Mingdi touched his shoulder with a smile.
"That's good! Have you invited third uncle?"
"His house happened to be having dinner when I went. The third uncle said that he would come to see you later."
"it is good."
……
"Is Li at home?" A voice came from the door.
"Here! The third uncle is here. Let's go to your house now." Lizheng beckoned Chu Mingzhai to follow.
After the three met, they rushed to Chu Mingzhai's house.
At this time, the family was in an uproar.
"Father! Aren't you and mother living well? Why are you so anxious to separate?" The second uncle was puzzled.
"That's right! Father, we don't want to separate yet!" Second Aunt hurriedly persuaded the father-in-law.After the separation, whoever does the laundry and cooks will take care of her.The second aunt is used to ordering the two aunts to do things in this family. Without them, she has no money to buy someone to take care of her.
"Just separate out your third and fourth brother's family." Grandma continued.
"Why? Mother! What did my third brother and I do wrong? We need to separate our two families. Third brother, talk to me too!" Fourth uncle jumped anxiously.
"Father and mother say what they say." Father Chu Mingdi lowered his head, not knowing what to think.
"Mother, we don't want the third brother, the fourth brother's family to be separated. Hey, talk!" The second aunt said to the second uncle. "After they are separated, we will do all the work." The second aunt said to the second uncle in a low voice.
"Father, mother, our family is against it." The second uncle raised his hand to vote.
"Second brother, come here, I have something to tell you." The uncle asked the second uncle to follow him out of the hall.
"Brother, what's the matter? Anyway, my family is against it." After the second uncle followed the uncle out, he voted against his brother again.
"Why are you in such a hurry! Listen to me before publishing." The uncle scolded the second uncle.This younger brother has been so reckless since he was a child.
"Separating both of them, the benefits in the future will be yours. You think, in the future, my family's Ah Jin will be admitted as a scholar and a scholar. What benefits will be promoted in the future? Is it to promote your family or promote theirs?" Uncle He glanced at Er Bo contemptuously.
"But the work at home..." the second uncle thought for a while and asked.
"Why do you only see these petty profits? When Ah Jin is admitted to be a scholar, the family will not have to serve in the military, and the land will be exempted from tax. It doesn't matter how many people you want to buy. If your daughter-in-law is not the daughter of your mother's sister, this benefit will not be worth it. Come to your house." The uncle glanced at the second uncle contemptuously.
"Oh, oh! Then we might as well break up with them. Anyway, the two of them are useless!" The second uncle hurriedly surrendered.
"Hey! I want to too! But dad won't allow it! Why don't you mention it?" the uncle asked the second uncle.It's time for you to show your merits.
"Hey, bro, don't you even look at me? Am I the kind of person who does big things?" I know I'm a good person.
"Hey, you useless thing..." The uncle also had nothing to do with him.
"Hey...Brother, let's go in!" The second uncle pretended to be stupid.
"The child's father, what did the eldest brother tell you?" The second aunt asked the second uncle who walked beside her in a low voice.
"Yes..." the second uncle said in a low voice.
"Mom! I made a mistake just now, and our family doesn't object!" The second aunt smiled and regretted what she just said.
"Second sister-in-law! You just..." Fourth uncle snorted wildly, holding back his anger.
"What did I say? Why don't I remember." The second aunt gave the fourth uncle a blank stare.
"Woooo..." Fourth Aunt and his children all burst into tears.What can I do next?
Grandpa ignored what they said.
"I've already divided up your property for you. There are [-] mu of high-quality farmland, [-] mu of middle-class farmland, and [-] mu of dry land. The house we live in now also has a rough house. Your mother, elder brother, and two My two brothers live here, so I don’t give you any furniture. Which one of you two brothers wants a blank room?” Grandpa asked them.
"For the fourth brother." Father Chu Mingdi returned.Anyway, he secretly hid some money, and the fourth brother knew about it but didn't say anything.
"That's good. I've decided to share the fields with you brothers. There is no distinction between top-grade fields, two acres of middle-grade fields, and four acres of dry land. Is that ok?" Grandpa looked at them intently.
"Father, why do you..." It can be like this!You are our dear father!The fourth uncle looked at his father with tears streaming down his face.
"Father, this is impossible!" Chu Mingdi's father ignored his father's expression.Isn't this going to starve his family and the fourth brother's family to death?
"Why not?" Grandma scolded him angrily.
"When my fourth brother and I first got married, there were only two acres of high-quality field, four acres of medium-sized field, and four acres of dry land. My father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother were all served by the daughter-in-law of my fourth brother and me. The money for working with my fourth brother is handed over to my mother. Our children have to work when they are very young. We have no status at home, and the children are all thin. At first, I thought the family was separated now. I can eat enough and wear warm clothes. Now it seems that my parents want me and my fourth brother’s family to starve to death. I think it’s best for us to break off our relationship, so that we will never see each other again.” Hey, when A Zhai told him to break up the family and break up the relationship He still hesitated.It now appears that he was an idiot before.
"You, you, cough, cough, cough..." Grandpa kept coughing in anger.
"Father, dad, are you okay! Third brother, look, how angry you are with dad." The second uncle helped grandpa beat his back while scolding Chu Mingdi's dad.
"Bah..." Chu Mingdi's father expressed contempt for the second uncle, so he would please him.
"Oh, you unfilial son, see if I don't beat you to death!" Grandma found a stick from nowhere, and swung it at Chu Mingdi's father.
"Mother, don't come again! I'm going to fight back..." Father Chu Mingdi flashed to his elder brother while talking.All of a sudden, the family was in dire straits.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, "Who is it?" Chu Mingxing heard the sound, and hurried out of the hall and walked towards the door.
☆、10|
"Your brother is back, open the door quickly." Chu Mingzhai responded.
"Okay!" Brother finally came back.
"Third Uncle, Uncle Lizheng, good afternoon!" Chu Mingxing said hello with a smile.
"Hello too!" Ri was pinching his face.Looks pretty cute too!
"What happened at home? It's so noisy." The third uncle asked with a straight face.The third uncle has always been a very dignified person.
"Um, the family is discussing divorce!" Chu Mingxing patted his head.
"Oh? Didn't you mean the separation?" Li Zheng was puzzled.
"Hehe, you'll find out when you go in and have a look." Chu Mingxing didn't want to say it.
"Then let's go in!" Li Zheng asked third uncle.
"Hmm!" Li Zheng
"Second brother! What's the matter inside?" Chu Mingzhai grabbed Chu Mingxing and asked.
"It's because..." The two brothers Chu Mingzhai followed behind Li Zheng and the others, muttering.
"What's the matter?" Li asked suspiciously as he watched the people running around the room.
"Lizheng, third uncle, you are finally here! Look, my third brother, who is not filial to his parents, beat me up like this. Oh, oh, it hurts me to death..." The uncle hugged his Zhu Tou hurried to Li to face them.
"Hey, brother, don't talk nonsense! Why did I beat you like this, it's obviously your mother who beat you." Father explained while flashing Grandma's stick.
"You..." Uncle pointed at Father's hand which kept shaking.
"What kind of noise is there!" Third Uncle let out a lion's roar, which shook the ears of the people in the house.
"Chu Youde, tell me!" Third Uncle pointed at Grandpa.The third uncle is the patriarch of Chujia Village. He is over 70 years old this year and is still healthy and strong.
"My family is going to split up. The third child thinks it's unfair and wants to break up the relationship." Grandpa replied quickly.He didn't dare to challenge the majesty of the third uncle.
"Why do you want to break off the relationship? Tell me." The third uncle pointed at Chu Mingdi's father this time.
"My father wants to separate our family from my fourth brother's family. We are only given two acres of medium-sized fields and four acres of dry land. They want us all to starve to death." Chu Mingdi's father said angrily.
"Hehe, Uncle Youde, this is your fault." Li Zheng said with a smile.
"What's wrong with me!? His mother and I don't need them to raise us. We live with my eldest and second sons." Grandpa objected.
"I know that most of your family's land is earned by your three or four sons." Li Zheng squinted his eyes.
"So what, it's only natural for a son to take care of his son and mother." Grandma choked.
"That's not to see if you are like parents..." Father Chu Mingdi curled his lips.
"You unfilial son..." As he said that, he wanted to fight again.
"Stop everything, there's no end to it. Tell me, what's going on?" Third Uncle asked angrily.It was the first time someone in Chu's Village had broken off their relatives.He will retire next year.The next patriarch is Li Zheng.
"I don't care, if we keep getting close, we will share it with my fourth brother. Each of us has eight acres of high-grade farmland, four acres of medium-grade farmland, and four acres of dry land." Chu Mingdi's father began to play tricks.He is now quite enlightened, he doesn't want his family to go back to their previous life, and must break off their relationship.
The uncle and the second uncle looked at each other, "Third uncle, Li Zheng, we also agree to divorce."
"What about you?" Lizheng asked fourth uncle.
"Yeah." Well, it's good to break up the relationship.His heart was broken just now.
"Uncle Youde, what about you?" Li Zheng turned to Grandpa.
"Stop it! Stop it! I can't control them anymore." Grandpa returned to the room.As far as he can pretend, we didn't see him stop us when we were bullied before.Chu Mingzhai pouted in Grandpa's direction.
"That's good. Come in, boy, and get seven pieces of paper from your room." Li Zheng ordered.
"Okay." Chu Mingjin quickly ran into the room.Finally, the marriage was about to be broken, Chu Mingjin smiled gloatingly.
Chu Mingjin covered his expression, stretched out the paper, "Uncle Lizheng, here's the paper." He didn't know that his expression had already been seen by three people.
"Hmm." Li took it with no expression on his face.
"The land can't be divided like Uncle Youde said, and it can't be divided like Ayao said. I'm writing it like this now, third uncle, can you take a look at it?" Li Zheng handed the paper to third uncle. .
"Well, that's fine." The third uncle nodded in satisfaction.
"I'll read it to you, do you have anything to add?" Rizheng glanced at them.
"Chu Youde, Chu Jiaguang, and Chu Jiazong have cut off their relatives from Chu Jiayao and Chu Jiazu from today onwards. The reason is that their parents are partial, their brothers are incompatible, and their property is not evenly distributed. Medium-sized fields, ten acres of dry land, a house, and a rough house. Now the distribution of family property is as follows: the house is allocated to Chu Youde, and one rough house is allocated to the ancestors of the Chu family. Each person is allocated four acres of fine land and two acres of medium-sized land. mu, and two mu of dry land. The furniture is used for each, so I won’t write it in. The grain in the warehouse is also divided into five. With that, what else can I say?” Lizheng asked them.
"This..." Just as Grandma was about to speak, the uncle tugged at the corner of her clothes.Told her not to speak.
"I agree." Uncle
"I agree." The second uncle
"The money we work for...huh?" Father Chu Mingzhai looked at his eldest son who was holding him.Chu Mingzhai shook his head happily.Forget it, I will definitely not come back.Divorce is the most important thing.
"Um, I agree too." Father Chu Mingdi
"I agree too." Fourth Uncle
"Come over here and press your fingerprints. Chu Ming goes in and asks your grandpa to come out." Grandpa came out with a serious face and pressed his fingerprints, and then
He went back to the room with a straight face.
"There are seven copies of the divorce letter, and each person takes one. Those who move can move two days later, do you agree?" After everyone agrees.Li Zheng also accompanied them to the Yamen to go through the formalities.
……
"Third brother, when will your family move?"
"Tomorrow! What about you?"
"My house is tomorrow too, it's too late today, don't be in a hurry!"
……
In the evening, Chu Mingzhai caught five pheasants, and five rabbits came back to roast.I also invited my uncle's family to eat with them.The rest smelled of barbecue from the night.
☆、11|Dead
Before going to bed, Dad confessed to his family that he had secretly saved a few taels of silver during this period, so he didn't have to worry about not having a house to live in.They can build a thatched house first, wait for him to go to work for a while, and build a house after saving enough ten taels.In rural areas, a house built in a dozen or two is considered acceptable.
After hearing this, Chu Mingzhai looked confused.If he said that he now has more than 100 taels, would it hurt Dad's self-esteem.It doesn't matter, it's better than nothing, he thinks his father's ability to fight is quite strong.
"Father, what ah! I hunted a pair of foxes some time ago and sold them for more than 100 taels of silver." Chu Mingdi said to his father with a smile.
"What, you hunted a fox and sold it for more than 100 taels of silver!" Dad excitedly grabbed his arm.
"Stinky boy, your father worked so hard to save a few taels of silver. How can you save so much more than your father?" The child is too capable, and being a father really does not give a sense of accomplishment!
"Yes! Ah Zhai has grown up and is much more capable than your father. Your father is really useless." Ah Mo gave Dad a supercilious look.Fu Lang doesn't need to belittle him!He is still very useful, okay?Alas, he really has less and less status in this family.
"Brother is the most capable!" The younger brothers and sisters circled around Chu Mingdi excitedly.They can also have a house.
"I can't help it, and I don't even look at who I am!" Chu Mingzhai narrowed his eyes triumphantly.In his previous life, he could have become a colonel.
Before Chu Mingzhai went to bed, he took out the silver and handed it to Ah Mo for safekeeping.
……
The next day, just before dawn, Chu Mingzhai's family got up, big and small.
Father has to go to Lizheng to choose a piece of land to build a house.Although they had just broken off their relationship, they had money to buy land and build houses, and the villagers of Chujia Village would have some ideas.But living in this world, it is impossible to live only in the eyes of others.
Chu Mingzhai decided to go to the mountain to buy some large animals to sell, preferably Xiong Xiazi or the like. More than 100 taels is still too little.
He thinks that if you want to build a house, you need to build a good one, preferably the one with three yards.Chu Mingzhai had inquired that it would cost more than 100 taels of silver to build a green brick courtyard with three entrances in the village, including Dilong.There is also furniture, which may cost more than twenty taels.This is the lowest price.
He and his brothers and sisters have to study, and he doesn't want to be illiterate.When the house was built, there was no place to live, so I had to go to the town to rent a house
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