"You...... What did you say? Li Shuhua looked at Shang Shigong in disbelief, she didn't expect that Shang Shigong would propose to 'split up'.

Shang Shigong's voice involuntarily became a little heavy: "I said, we have separated from the second child. On the second side, I found a way to find him an errand. He's not too young anymore, so there's no reason for us to keep it all the time. What's more, the expenses of this family are all on your own, and you can't go on like this. ”

At first, it was just an impulse to say 'separation', but when he really said it, Shang Shigong found that he was relieved. The stone that had been pressing on my heart seemed to have disappeared suddenly.

At this moment, Shang Shigong suddenly understood that he was not ignorant of Li Shuhua's sufferings before, but he was just deceiving himself and forcing himself not to think about it. The helplessness of Shang Sun and Shang Shigong, as well as the guilt of Li Shuhua, gradually turned into a heavy stone and pressed on his heart, making him uneasy all night.

It was only at this moment, when he said the word 'separation', that he finally got relief.

Yes, it can't go on like this.

Li Shuhua originally planned to take the child back to her parents' house for a period of time until she gave birth to the child. Now listening to Shang Shigong's words, she felt a burst of excitement in her heart, and at the same time changed her mind.

She and Shang Shigong have been husband and wife for many years, and they already know Shang Shigong very well. Shang Shigong is not a repetitive person, on the contrary, he is very responsible. Otherwise, he would not have been filial to the Shang Sun family and took care of the Shang Shixun family everywhere.

At this moment, since he said the words of 'separation', it means that he has made up his mind. Even if she couldn't succeed in the end, the merchant thought so, and she was satisfied.

Li Shuhua's guess was not wrong, since Shang Shigong proposed to split the family the next day, the Shang Sun family made a fuss, and Shang Shixun and Zhang Chunhua did not agree.

Even though Shang Shigong promised to arrange errands for Shang Shixun, he still couldn't let them go. In the noise, it was inevitable that both Shang Sun and Zhang Chunhua pointed the finger at Li Shuhua.

Li Shuhua and Shang Shigong were anxious, and the only thing that satisfied them was that Shang Jinxiu's health gradually improved.

Shang Jinxiu had a high fever after falling into the water, and he almost didn't even get back. Later, although he woke up and Dr. Sun also prescribed medicine, he was not at ease. At that time, Li Shuhua and Shang Shigong's hearts were hanging, until Shang Jinxiu's health gradually improved, and Dr. Sun confirmed that she was fine, and the two of them were completely relieved.

It's just that although Shang Jinxiu's body is fine, the separation of the family has not progressed. The two women, Shang Sun and Zhang Chunhua, were crying and making trouble, and they almost hanged themselves.

In the past, Shang Shigong was compromised early by them in such a fuss, but this time he was rarely tough.

Perhaps because his attitude was too resolute, Shang Sun and Zhang Chunhua finally relented after three days of trouble.

However, without waiting for Shang Shigong and Li Shuhua to be happy, there were new problems in the division of property.

Zhang Chunhua wants the grange and shop in Li Shuhua's hands, which is obviously impossible. Those granges and shops are Li Shuhua's dowries, how can they be given to Shang Shixun's family?

However, Shang Sun's family made it clear that she wanted to favor Shang Shixun's family, and she said: "Since Shuhua married into a businessman, she is a businessman. The things she brought were naturally all merchants' things. Now that you have become a county official, your family is not worried. Your second brother doesn't have an errand yet, you're so ruthless as a big brother? Not only do you want to divide the family, but you don't want to share anything with your brother, are you trying to force him to death? ”

Shang Sun's words were clearly arguing, and Shang Shigong listened to it, and his face became very ugly. No matter in whose house it is, there is no reason to encroach on the daughter-in-law's dowry! But the Shang Sun family is a matter of course!

Shang Sun still refused to give up, she said again: "Besides, I remember when Shuhua was the housekeeper, there was still a lot of silver and land in our family's public account, and you can't use those things, so give them to the second child." ”

Shang Shigong's face changed again, the merchant did have some land at the beginning, but it was all because the Li family saw that they were having a hard time, and they were half sold and half given away! As for the silver, it's even less.

The most important thing is that half of those fields and silver were sent to the Li family as his dowry to Li Shuhua, and later added to Li Shuhua's dowry. The remaining half was also sent to the Zhang family as a dowry gift from Shang Shixun to Zhang Chunhua, but Zhang Chunhua's dowry was very small and did not include these properties.

Shang Shigong didn't know if the Lu Dao Shang Sun clan said this on purpose, or if he really forgot about it. But in any case, the real property of the merchant is nothing but the house in his hometown.

He looked at Li Shuhua in embarrassment, afraid that Li Shuhua would be angry.

But I saw Li Shuhua smile faintly, giving him a reassuring look, and he looked like he was winning.

Shang Sun and Zhang Chunhua began to feel uneasy when they saw her smile, Zhang Chunhua was about to speak, but Li Shuhua took the first step and said, "Yilan, bring the things up." ”

Cai Yilan answered "yes", and did not look at Shang Sun and Zhang Chunhua, and quickly retreated, and when she came back, she was holding a wooden box in her hand.

Seeing the wooden box, Shang Sun's and Zhang Chunhua's faces became a little bad, realizing that the contents might not be ordinary.

Cai Yilan put the wooden box in her hand in Li Shuhua's hand, and there was a delicate copper lock on the box, and after opening it with a key, she took out a thick stack of ledgers from it. Immediately afterwards, he took out another piece of paper that had been carefully folded.

Li Shuhua gently touched the account book with her hand, and then said with a smile: "Since I took care of the house, all the expenses and income of the family have been recorded in it." When I took over, I remembered how many things were in the public account, and I also remembered clearly where those things went. After speaking, she picked up the folded paper, "This is the dowry list when I married in." If there is anything unclear about my mother and younger siblings, you may wish to take a closer look. ”

Speaking of this, she paused, looked at Shang Sun and Zhang Chunhua's faces that had become very ugly, and continued: "Mother said, I married to a merchant, and my dowry is the merchant's. I don't agree with that. No matter where it is, there is no such reason. ”

Shang Sun's face was so angry that Zhang Chunhua got up from his seat in anger, pointed at Li Shuhua and scolded: "Li Shuhua, you have been in charge of the family's accounts all these years, who knows if these account books are true or false?" Besides, how much benefit has the eldest brother gained from doing the county order for so many years? Don't think that if you don't say it, we won't know the way! ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Shuhua and Shang Shigong's faces became very ugly. Li Shuhua almost gritted her teeth and said: "Zhang Chunhua, you can't talk nonsense!" Who doesn't know the way, the old man is a clean official! ”

Zhang Chunhua smiled disdainfully: "Qing Guan'er? How can anyone who is an official be incorruptible? Ah, you better take it to someone else, you can't fool me. ”

"Presumptuous!" "Smack!" Almost at the same time that Shang Shigong couldn't bear to speak, Shang Shixun slapped Zhang Chunhua in the face.

Zhang Chunhua covered his face, looked at Shang Shixun in disbelief, and his voice became sharp: "You actually beat me?" ”

Shang Shixun's face was also not good-looking, and he glared at Zhang Chunhua: "Who told you to talk nonsense?" ”