Chapter 12: Separation
Old man Zhang came out and sat on the main seat, and next to Mrs. Zhang sat down. The village chief is a witness, and Li Xiucai writes the paperwork.
I only heard the old man Zhang say: "That's good, then divide the fields first." Our family has 8 acres of paddy fields and 16 acres of dry fields: six acres of high-quality fields, six acres of medium fields, and four acres of low-grade fields. Two acres of paddy fields in the east of the village, two acres of high-quality fields in the east of the village, and two acres of lower fields; The rest of the land will be cultivated by our old family. ”
After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Chengwen, Zhang Chengwen nodded and said nothing, Li was just stunned for a moment and did not object.
Then the old man Zhang said: "The third child has not yet married, so leave him some land." He gave him two acres of paddy fields, two acres of high-quality fields in the south of the village, and two acres of low-grade fields. As for Old 2, don't be angry, I'm biased with your mother. I will give you two acres of paddy fields and six acres of medium fields. The remaining two acres of paddy fields and two acres of prime fields will belong to me and your mother. I won't live with you while I can work, and whoever will support him when he is old will give him these acres of land. ”
Mr. Zhang's field is divided impartially, and the field is evenly divided. After speaking, he continued: "The current silver in the family is for the third child, and it will cost a lot of money to get the imperial examination and get married in the future." So the money in the family is not given a penny, do you have any objection to this? Having said that, it mainly depends on the attitude of the two daughters-in-law.
Li's face didn't look good, but at this time, she also understood that she couldn't be the master.
After dividing the land, it was time to divide the house, and at this time, the old man Zhang said again: "Our family has a large population, and the house is not enough." The third child is not married, so he can't move out. Da Lang is the eldest son again, and it doesn't look good to move out. After speaking, he sighed and looked at Erlang, who also had a dark face and did not squeak.
Seeing that the second son didn't speak, he looked at Da Lang again and said, "If you move out, you can give six taels of silver, why don't you move out?" ”
Although six taels is a lot, there is not much left after buying a house. The Li family will not do this loss-making business, and besides, she is unwilling to bear this bad reputation. The two old people can at least look at the children by their side, and when they are old in the future, it is just a matter of finishing the meal, so they can get four acres of land.
Li said with a flattering smile: "How can we not serve by the side of the second elder brother and sister-in-law, and the children can't do without the second elder." ”
Old Man Zhang actually wanted Li to say this, lest Li would say something unpleasant and biased in the future. It was decided immediately that the two-bedroom couple would move out.
Erlang doesn't speak, and Dong Xiaoman won't be stupid enough to say yes or no. Anyway, I'm willing to move out, even if it's just to sleep in a thatched house, it's my own home. I don't want to look at Li's face every day, and besides, she still wants to make some money after separation, how inconvenient it is to live together.
The house in the family is the main house belongs to the second elder, the east house belongs to the eldest, and the west house belongs to the third elder. The kitchen and toilet in the backyard are owned by the third and second elders, and there are toilets and kitchens in the east, but they have been idle.
The pots and pans were divided into four parts, and all the animals in the house were also divided into four parts. There is also a fat pig ready to be killed for the New Year, and the family gets twenty catties, and the rest belongs to the second elder. After the division, the third child spoke: "Since the division is over, then I have something to say." I lived with my father and mother because I didn't get married, I wanted those chickens and ducks useless, and the second brother and sister-in-law's family background was too thin, so I gave my share to the second brother. ”
Li didn't care, she just wanted to, and she didn't dare to say that anyway, the big head gave herself the second room, and it didn't matter.
Dong Xiaoman said to San Lang: "Uncle Xie Lu, Uncle Xie, I won't want it with your second brother." These things should be put here in my mother's place, how can my brother and sister-in-law ask for your things. ”
Mrs. Zhang nodded, and was about to say that this daughter-in-law was polite when she heard San Lang flick her sleeves and say, "I don't care, if you don't want me, I'll kill you." ”
San Lang seems to be a man of the same word, if he really made his mind, a hundred cows would not be able to pull it back. Dong Xiaoman took a look at Erlang's face, and saw Erlang nodded slightly and then came down.
At this time, the village chief said: "Erlang, so you are going to move out of Lu. Have you ever thought about whose house to buy? ”
Erlang's face tensed and he was silent. The village chief knew at a glance that Lu Dao Erlang hadn't thought about it at all, and suggested that he said: "I'll give you two suggestions, one is to buy the old yellow head's house." They have a lot of houses, and the silver of the four taels in the place can buy three bright houses. It's just a little bad, there is nothing in front of the house and behind the house, and it's inconvenient to want to plant a vegetable patch or something. ”
After speaking, he took a sip of the tea bowl, and then said: "In one, there is a broken house by the river, which is not too dilapidated, but it needs to be repaired." The place is big enough, and the yard is not small, but the back mountain is too secluded and infiltrating. If you want it, I'll give you a large piece of land next to it, and the price will be two taels of silver. ”
Dong Xiaoman knew that place, which was a place where women in the village often went to wash clothes. It's only a dozen steps away from there, and it is said that it was left by a desperate person. After the man died, no one lived there, because the river was damp and the mountain behind it was too secluded, so no one wanted to buy the house.
Dong Xiaoman calculated in his heart that this place was better, but he didn't know if Lu Dao Erlang was willing or not. Pushing Erlang's arm, Erlang looked back at Dong Xiaoman and said, "It's better to buy the old yellow man's house, it's clean and bright, and it's easy to eat." ”
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she blurted out: "That's too expensive, just such a big vegetable garden." I think the riverside is good, but the house is too dilapidated and the key place is big. ”
The Li family, who had a big benefit, also made up and said: "Yes, second brother, your eldest brother and I just don't have any money." If you have money, you can buy that place, although it is too quiet, but it is convenient to raise something and wash clothes after the place is big. After speaking, he looked at Dong Xiaoman and sneered: "Your daughter-in-law is so clean, she is willing to take a bath every day, and it saves you from chopping wood and carrying water." ”
Erlang was originally in a bad mood, and waved his hand: "That's it, I'll go back to the house after dividing it." After saying that, he raised his feet and walked away without looking back.
Dong Xiaoman stood up, gave everyone an apologetic smile and followed.
Back in the house, Dong Xiaoman sat beside Erlang and looked at Erlang's lifeless face, feeling a little distressed. In fact, the old man is still partial, they have to take care of the big and think about the small, so they can only give up this second son. At this time, Erlang is like an abandoned child, so he must be a little sad.
"Why do you want to buy such an expensive house? I also think that the house by the river is very suitable, we don't have much silver. "Tempting the man lying on the kang.
"That house was leaking everywhere, and it was broken down for so many years when no one lived in it. That place is big, will you dare to be home alone in the future? The Huang family's house is clean and bright, and the yard is small, and you can still clean it. Erlang closed his eyes and said, it turned out that he was thinking about himself, and the corners of his mouth curled up with a smile and said: "But I still want to live in a larger place, and in the future we will raise some chickens and pigs." Well, grow some more vegetables, and I'll make you more and more delicious. ”
Erlang snorted coldly: "You? What do your delicate hands look like, where can you do that kind of rough work? We don't have so many useless things, in the future, I will go to the mountains to hunt for meat, and I will go to the river to catch fish. Just the two of us can just grow two rows of vegetables to eat, what are you doing? ”
Dong Xiaoman blurted out: "Sell for money." ”
Erlang opened his eyes and glared at Dong Xiaoman and said, "I'm a dead man, can I use you to raise chickens and grow vegetables and sell them for money?" ”
Although the words were rude, Dong Xiaoman was extremely moved for no reason, and she leaned over to hug Erlang, pillowed her head on Erlang's chest and said, "Husband, in the future, the two of us will work together, and our little family will be fine." ”
Erlang stretched out his hand to wrap around Dong Xiaoman on his body, and muttered in his mouth: "Our home." ”
"Well, our home. Husband, let's buy the house by the river. I like to live in a big house and rebuild it when we make enough money in the future. I believe in you, and I believe that you will give me a large, safe, bright and imposing house. ”
Dong Xiaoman began to pour ** soup for Erlang.
"Really? Can I really? Erlang was a little moved, although he also felt that he could, but he just didn't dare to say it.
"Of course, I trust you. You are my husband, and the two of us will depend on each other for our lives in the future. You are my dependence, no matter what you do, I believe you can do it, I believe you can. "I'm sure you can. These six words have always surrounded Erlang's heart, and no matter how difficult it is for him to think of these six words that Dong Xiaoman said.
"Okay, if you like it, we'll buy it." From this moment on, Erlang was the first step in starting his life as a habitual daughter-in-law.
Dong Xiaoman began to pack up her things, her dowry must be taken away. Pack and lock things up first, it's not that they don't trust others, but the main thing is that the family is divided, and they have to take care of their own things.
When they got married at that time, the Dong family gave their daughter a lot of dowry. Just because the Dong family loves their daughter so much, because the Dong family is so capable of the father and son, and because the Dong family basically doesn't have much expense, the family's silver is praised for their daughter every year.
Great, Dong Xiaoman felt that life suddenly had hope. I can finally do what I want to do, but I still have a difficult task before I leave, and that is to clean my new house!
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