Old Man Xu hurriedly smiled: "Uncle is serious, you are an elder, everything you say is right, just say what you have." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"In that case, I will also rely on the old to sell the old once." Xu Gongwang nodded, although he was older, his back was still straight.

"There are many families in our village, and there are many families in our Xu family. It is human nature for trees to have large branches. However, I still hope that Ah Hong will think about it clearly, the family is prosperous when there are many people, even if the teeth bite the tongue, let alone between brothers? Everyone gives each other a step, what is there between relatives that cannot be resolved? Don't spoil the family's affection because of a momentary battle of will. Ah Hong, as the head of the family, you must also have a bowl of water, say what you should say, punish what you should punish, and make the rules clear. The elders are fair and have rules, and the younger generations are humble and understand the rules, which is a sign of prosperity. Xu Gongwang stroked his gray beard, took the teacup and dialed the tea with the lid of the cup, blew it and put it down.

Old Man Xu's face was a little red, and he coughed twice unnaturally, and explained, "Uncle is right. If you can really not divide the family, who wants to divide it? Alas, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read! ”

What kind of scripture is difficult to read, Old Man Xu naturally won't say.

But since Old Man Xu has already said this, Xu Gongwang will no longer persuade: "This is your own business, although I am an elder, I can't be disrespectful to the old, right?" Now that you have made up your mind and have your own reasons, I will no longer persuade you. Since it is a separation, you must have a plan in your heart, so let's talk about what kind of division it is? ”

"Good. Then I'll talk about my division, uncles and brothers, you can take a look, and if it's not suitable, you can mention it. All the people present are elders, and Old Man Xu's attitude is very respectful, "I have a total of four children under my name. My daughter Xuelian is already married, so I don't have to worry about it. Now there are three rooms in the family, and our old two are counted as one share, which is four rooms. ”

Old Man Xu glanced at Xu Gongwang's face as he spoke, and seeing that his face was as usual, he continued: "Let's talk about the house first." There are more than 20 houses in the house, including the inverted seat and the backyard, now the house who lives will belong to whom, we live in the upper room, and the backyard will belong to the eldest room in the future, the east across the courtyard and the east side of the inverted seat room to the second, the west across the courtyard and the west side of the inverted seat room to the third. ”

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the eldest son was the one who inherited the heir. After the separation, the eldest son bears most of the parental support responsibilities, and the rest of the children bear only a small part. After a hundred years of parents, the eldest son made a flag, presided over the sacrifice, and offered the tablet, so this era also gave the eldest son considerable rights, and this right was first reflected in the inheritance. Generally, the family is divided, and most of the family property is inherited by the eldest son, and the rest of the heirs can only be divided into a small part. The rules of the Zhuang family are not as strict as those of the big family, but the eldest son will also get more property than the other children.

The Xu family has always regarded itself as a family of cultivation and reading, and pays more attention to rules and etiquette than ordinary villagers, and the old man Xu's family is naturally the same.

Everyone had no objection to Mr. Xu's division of the house, and Mr. Xu continued: "The next thing is the land." There are many people in the family and there is no way to distribute it evenly according to the population. My plan is to give ten acres of land, and I will give the three acres of the west official road to the boss, although the land at the foot of Yinlong Mountain has three acres and two points, but it is a medium field, the second family has a large population, so it will be distributed to the second, and the two acres of land on the side of Shizhuang Yan will be divided to the third. The remaining more than one acre of land in front of the house is regarded as the retirement land of our old couple. Uncles and brothers, do you think this division is appropriate? ”

As soon as Xu Zhibao heard that Old Man Xu said that he would give more than three acres of land to Wulang's family, his face sank, and he opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he was afraid that all the elders present were there, so he had to remain silent.

"There's nothing wrong with this division, but I don't know when Abang will come back, or if he can come back, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to plant these acres of land with Gorou's few women and children." Xu Gongwang glanced at Wulang and Xu Xiangwan, who were standing aside and looking at him, his eyes softened, and he sighed in his heart, the children are pitiful.

Old man Xu obviously also considered this problem, as soon as Xu Gongwang's words fell, he looked at Xu Zhili and Xu Zhibao: "The second family is a laborer in Wulang, the eldest and the third, in the future, we will all help Wulang, whether it is farming or harvesting, when Wulang is too busy, everyone will help do the work, and the land cannot be wasted." ”

Xu Zhili was nothing, and promised on the spot that he would try his best to help the Wulang family and not let the land be barren.

Xu Zhibao grinned: "Uncles, uncles, my second brother doesn't know when he will come back, otherwise we will plant their land first, weigh some grain for the Wulang family every year, and when Wulang grows up and becomes a family or the second brother comes back, we will return the land to them, do you think this is feasible?" ”

This is naturally Xu Zhibao's delaying tactic, no one can say what will happen in the future, if Xu Zhibang comes back or Wulang gets married, who knows what the situation is?

As soon as Gorou's feet moved, he was stopped by Xu Xiangwan, who immediately understood and nodded towards Xu Xiangwan.

Sure enough, without waiting for Wulang to speak, Xu Gongcheng, a clan elder with a bad temper, slapped the teacup on the table: "Don't say these useless, just according to what your father just said, you can help if you can, although Wulang is young, he has less strength, and he is no worse than adults." A family of five points to such a few acres of land, don't want to occupy other people's, can you guarantee that the harvest in the field will be given to others? ”

After speaking, Xu Gongcheng also glanced at Xu Zhibao, obviously expressing disbelief in Xu Zhibao's words.

Xu Gongcheng's words immediately choked Xu Zhibao, he naturally couldn't guarantee that the harvest in the field would be given to the second room, otherwise what would he do with these lands? If you want him to work in vain, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

Xu Gongwang ignored Xu Zhibao, but asked Wulang: "Wulang, do you want to plant this land yourself, or do you want to plant it for your third uncle?" ”

Originally, Wulang thought that the land at home might not be able to be divided among them, but now that he has such a good opportunity, he has a smile on his face: "Uncle Tai and uncles are all Wulang's elders, whether they are in the Xu family or in the village, they are all highly respected, whether they plant this land or not, they are all decided by the uncle and uncle." If we don't plant it, there will be a grandfather, an uncle and a third uncle at home, so naturally we won't go hungry. To plant, Gorou and his sisters are not lazy, so they will naturally try their best to serve the crops well. ”

Gorou's words are cleverly remarked, not only respecting the decision-making power of the elders, but also vaguely expressing his willingness to farm the land.

These words caused Xu Zhili to stare at Wulang for a long time. Wulang has always done more things and talked less at home, Xu Zhili thought that Wulang was the same as Xu Zhibang, he was an honest crop boy, but he didn't expect to be able to say such a thing.