I only heard Old Man Zhao continue: "Let's take advantage of the free time now and discuss how to divide this family first!" ”

"Dad, didn't you say that you would wait for the second brother to come back and discuss together?" Zhao Yongzhong asked.

"That being said, the family really owes you a room over the years, and I have to compensate you well. Tell me what you need to go single in the future? The family can do as much as possible to arrange it for you! Old Man Zhao said with a pleasant face.

Zhao Yongzhong was greatly moved, and hurriedly said: "Dad, just divide your decision, I will listen to you." ”

"Let's not be busy with discussions, let the children eat!" I saw that at this time, Zhao Qiaoshi led Zhao Chengqing to bring the food from the stove. Seeing this, Jiang Shi hurriedly got up to help set the meal.

Seeing this, Old Man Zhao had no choice but to say, "Since the meal is here, you eat first." ”

I saw a large pot of wowotou on the table, a plate of fried bean sprouts, a plate of stewed potatoes and a plate of pickled melons, and a large bowl of pickled vegetable soup.

Zhao Siniang carefully lifted the chopsticks to pick up a bean sprout, and tasted it in small sips. It's not that Zhao Siniang is pretending to be Sven, but she really offended Zhao Qiao's family today, for fear that she would put a handful of salt in the dish, so she didn't dare to eat more.

But to her surprise, the bean sprouts are moderately salty, and although there is no oil or water, they are quite refreshing to eat. I tried the potatoes again, and although they weren't fully cooked, they tasted good. She guessed that this was because Zhao Qiao's family got Zhao Chengqing's ventilation report, for fear that Sanfang would take advantage of Zhao Erniang's matter and take advantage of the family, so she hurried over, so she put the potatoes that were still stewed in the pot.

Although Zhao Siniang despises Zhao Qiao's personality very much, she has to admit that her craftsmanship is not bad.

The others didn't taste it, but the Jiang family knew that this meal was not made by Zhao Qiao's at all, but Zhao Yuanniang's craftsmanship.

As soon as Zhao Yongzhong's family finished eating, Zhao Qiao's family was unusual, and persuaded Old Man Zhao to let them go back to the house to rest, and only Jiang stayed in the hall to clean up the table.

Jiang Shi packed up the dishes and went to the stove to see that the pot and stove had been cleaned up, and the stove room had already been sorted out in an orderly manner. sighed in his heart: Yuan Niang, this child is really a good child, but it's a pity that his life is too hard.

At this time, Zhao Yuanniang, who was in the next room, heard the sound and hurriedly ran out to help in the stove.

I saw that the gown worn by Zhao Yuanniang was full of patches, and the original color could not be seen clearly, and a green cloth skirt was worn underneath, and there were not a few patches on it, but Jiang recognized that it was changed from Song's skirt. Although the clothes are shabby, they fit well, but this shows Zhao Yuanniang's thinness.

Jiang couldn't help but think of Zhao Yuanniang three years ago, although she was also thin, she was not as emaciated as she is now. The Zhao Yuanniang in her memory is a very beautiful little girl, but now her cheeks are sunken and her eyes are blank, because she stays in the stove all the year round and her face is yellow, she really can't see that she is an eighteen-year-old girl in her prime of life.

"Good boy, I don't need your help here. Tired after a busy day, right? Go back and rest! Jiang saw that Zhao Yuanniang wanted to help her wash the dishes, so he hurriedly stopped.

"Third aunt, I'm not tired!" Zhao Yuanniang still insisted on helping Jiang wash the dishes.

The two quickly washed the dishes. When I got out of the stove, I saw the light shining through the hut next to me, and the faint sound of the loom sounded.

"It's so late, and my sister-in-law is still spinning?" Jiang couldn't help but ask.

"Grandma said that Brother Da Lang wants to take the Xiucai exam, and the family does not have enough money, so let my mother weave more cloth to supplement the family." Zhao Yuanniang replied. She thought to herself, it's okay to cook by herself, but the woven cloth is not as good as her mother's weaving, otherwise she can weave it for her.

Jiang pushed open the door, only to see that under the faint light, Song was weaving cloth with his hands and feet.

When Song heard the sound, he raised his head and saw that it was Jiang Shi coming in, so he hurriedly stopped what he was doing and beckoned her to sit down.

"Sister-in-law, I'm here to thank you. If it weren't for your one or two pieces of silver, Siniang wouldn't have been able to save it! Jiang was grateful and afraid.

Song smiled gently: "My niece is sick, and I, as the eldest aunt, should contribute, so I don't have to say anything to thank you." ”

Jiang said guiltily: "Although my father-in-law promised Siniang that the money for medical treatment would come from the father-in-law, I don't know if the money can be taken out immediately, and I don't know when the money owed to you will be repaid." ”

"The third brother and sister don't have to worry about this, this money was left to me by my mother before, and I haven't needed it until now," said ...... Song didn't know what to think of, and a trace of gloom appeared on his face.

The two of them talked for a while, and Jiang knew that the Song family had to stay up late to weave, so he was embarrassed to stay longer, so he took his leave.

Along the way, Jiang recalled that in fact, her mother-in-law did not treat her sister-in-law and mother and daughter so badly from the beginning.

Although the sister-in-law was born in a peasant family, her mother's younger brother was angry, and he became an official outside after being admitted to the Jinshi, and although the mother-in-law was dissatisfied with the sister-in-law, she didn't dare to go too far. It wasn't until three years ago that the sister-in-law's younger brother was dismissed, the Song family was convicted and exiled, and the sister-in-law had no family to rely on, so the mother-in-law dared to bully the sister-in-law's mother and daughter.

Originally, the sister-in-law and the daughter lived in the West Wing, but on the second day after learning that the Song family was convicted, the mother-in-law let the aunt and sister-in-law live in the West Wing and drove the mother and daughter out. At first, my mother-in-law planned to let the mother and daughter sleep in the firewood room, but I couldn't see it, so I asked my father to beg my father-in-law. The father-in-law was also afraid of being criticized by others, but he couldn't resist the mother-in-law, so he asked the child and his father to build a room behind the stove to accommodate the mother and daughter.

Since then, the mother-in-law began to desperately call the sister-in-law, mother and daughter, giving them endless work every day, and the child of Yuan Niang is like growing up in the stove.

Thinking about it, this may be a good thing, Yuan Niang stays in the stove every day, and is so smoked that she can't see her original face clearly, so her mother-in-law can beat her less ideas. I heard that last time, my mother-in-law actually wanted to sell Yuan Niang to a widower who killed several wives, but people heard that Yuan Niang's eight characters were not good, so this thing didn't work out.

Alas, what is not good, it's not that the mother-in-law always says that Yuan Niang's life is hard to defeat her father outside, and Yuan Niang's reputation has been ruined. Such a good child, eighteen years old, has not yet decided to marry.

Forget about the sister-in-law, but Yuanniang is her eldest granddaughter, the only blood left by his son, why is she so ruthless mother-in-law?

This old Zhao family is really a wolf's den, fortunately, it will be separated immediately, thinking of this, Jiang's heavy mood finally became a little lighter.

In ancient times, there was no entertainment in the countryside at night, and I went to bed as soon as it was dark. When Jiang returned, the family had already settled.

Zhao Siniang just experienced an inexplicable crossing today, and then she performed a singing and chanting performance, it stands to reason that she should be extremely tired, but she couldn't sleep on the hard kang, and kept burning cakes until Jiang came back.

Suddenly, I heard Jiang ask Zhao Yongzhong in a low voice: "The child is his father, what do you say we can get by dividing the family?" ”

I didn't hear Zhao Yongzhong's response for a long time, and just when Zhao Siniang thought that Zhao Yongzhong was asleep, I heard him mutter: "This...... I don't know very well. But don't worry, Dad is the master of the family, and what should be divided will be given to us. Although Zhao Yongzhong is cold to Zhao Qiao's family, he still trusts his father very much.

Jiang said: "I don't dare to ask for more, I just want to be able to give our family a few acres of land." As long as there is land in hand, you and I have hands and feet, and the life will definitely be stronger than now! ”

"How can you just have land? The house we live in now will also be given to us! Otherwise, where will our family of six live? Zhao Sanniang interjected.

"I hope that the family will not change the hexagram and help us pay off the debts we owe!" Zhao Sanlang was a little worried.

Zhao Shilang said: "Then it's better to give us five times to pay off the debt, then there will still be money left." With cash, we don't have to worry about the future! ”

It turned out that Zhao Yongzhong's family never dreamed of being able to split up so quickly, although they were exhausted, they were all so excited that they couldn't sleep.

"What did Shiro say? The five yuan is not a matter in the first place, how can the family pay this money? Be kind, and never worry about things that are not your own! Zhao Yongzhong reprimanded.

Although he couldn't see it in the night, Zhao Sanniang guessed that the little brother who had been taught by his father was afraid that his little face would turn red. She was a little distressed, and couldn't help but say: "Daddy and mother make cattle and horses for the old Zhao family, what's wrong with asking them for five times?" That's not enough! Dad didn't listen to my sister-in-law say that the hairpin that her grandmother bought for her and her aunt was more than ten yuan. Where does all this money come from? It's not embezzled from the public! There's daddy's hard-earned money in this! Now we're just getting back what we deserve, not worrying about things that aren't our own! ”

"Dad, sister, you are arguing so much, one says yes, and the other says no. Do you all believe that the family will really pay off our debts for us? Zhao Siniang was busy persuading the two naïve people.

"What? Won't it pay off our debts for us? Zhao Yongzhong and Zhao Sanniang asked in unison.

Jiang also asked: "Didn't your lord say in front of the villagers that he would return it for us?" ”

"Big brother, what do you think?" Zhao Siniang didn't answer, and instead asked Zhao Sanlang.

"I think this is going to happen. Our grandmother is so good to us tonight, she actually asked us to come back early to rest, saying that I am afraid that we will be tired, which is a little weird. Zhao Sanlang muttered.

"Our grandma is yelling at us to come back, doesn't she just want your master to discuss with us how to divide the family? But it is unjustifiable to divide the house and the land to the children unless there is none. But this cash has always been in our hands, and she is not willing to give us even a penny. Now that I want to take out five yuan from her hand, can she agree? I'm going to have to mess around inside. Zhao Siniang said categorically.

"This, this ......" If Zhao Yongzhong had defended Zhao Qiao's family before, but after today's big trouble, he became uncertain.

"I don't know what she wants to do. But Dad, first of all, you must insist that our family has borrowed money from Wuguan Yinzi, but you can't catch up with Ming'er and the second uncle to interrogate, and tell the truth as soon as your heart softens. Otherwise, we won't be able to divide this family! Zhao Siniang advised.

Zhao Sanniang's sisters and brothers, even including the Jiang family, were busy persuading Zhao Yongzhong not to tell the truth, they were really fed up, and finally had a chance to split up, but they didn't want to just be in the soup.

Hearing that Zhao Yongzhong didn't answer, Zhao Siniang persuaded again: "Dad, even if the family gives us five times, don't we still live here?" The days to come will be long, prepare more festival gifts to honor grandma during the New Year's holidays, and won't the money be returned? ”

Zhao Yongzhong thought about it and finally agreed.

"Dad, you can't say anything when you split up, 'Just divide your decision, I'll listen to you.'" That's the kind of thing you can do. Everything has to be thought about for us, and we will live on these belongings in the future! Zhao Siniang told Zhao Yongzhong thousands of instructions, but he was still very worried about the loyal and honest Zhao Yongzhong, thinking to himself, I have to go into battle to stare at it tomorrow, who knows what moths will come out of the old Zhao family, if Zhao Yongzhong doesn't hold on, it will be bad luck.