There was nothing to say all night, and when it was dawn, Fang Yingwu got up and stood at the door and looked out a few times. The door of Uncle Xixiang's house was closed, but there was a faint sound in the house.

Presumably they're secretly having breakfast behind closed doors? Fang Yingwu is not afraid to speculate with the greatest malice. He could even conclude that as long as he didn't whisper and beg for mercy, his uncle's family would definitely not take the initiative to ask him to eat. These are all kind-hearted relatives, and it's really boring.

Could it be that a high-achieving student with his own dignity should bow his head and give in to such a little person who can only calculate a few bowls of rice? It's a shame for the traverser!

Faced with the cruel fact that he couldn't eat or was forced to become a sweat farmer, Fang Yingwu finally threw away the shelf of "the ambition of the bird's nest" for the time being, and began to think about a very realistic problem, how to solve the "bird's nest" in front of him.

Now if you don't put down your body and worry about the little people, eating will become a problem, what else can you talk about? As the saying goes, "Enough food and clothing to know honor and disgrace, and to know etiquette and etiquette".

He did have a great interest and motivation to pursue progress, and he experienced the history of emperors and generals who had been used as research materials in his previous life. But if you can't even eat, you still think it's a joke

Fang Yingwu doesn't believe in Buddhism, and he doesn't know what it's like to have an epiphany in Buddhism, but now he feels that he has a feeling of epiphany. One can look up at the starry sky, but one also has to step on a mud puddle, both of which are indispensable.

But it was said that Fang Qingtian, the uncle of the second room, was active in the courtyard, and was about to call Fang Yingwu to go to the field to farm again, when he suddenly heard a few inexplicable sounds from the east wing. This made him suspicious, isn't the eldest nephew hungry and stupid?

If that's the case, it's hard to explain. Although the brother who has disappeared for two years is a nerd who is easy to deal with, and he will not take advantage of him and will not care about himself, but the son becomes stupid, and no one will spare him, in case the brother suddenly comes back one day.

Just as he was thinking about it, Fang Qingtian saw his eldest nephew come out of the house again, looking normal, and he was relieved again. Then he stepped forward and urged: "Today's matter is urgent, Hugh has to rub in the room, hurry up and leave the field with me!" ”

Fang Yingwu was confident, and he was not angry or annoyed when he heard the words, and he arched his hand peacefully: "Wait, don't be in a hurry for this half of the effort, the little nephew has something to say." Since the uncle and elder are unrighteous and unkind first, the little nephew has no choice but to be unrighteous later. ”

"What do you want to say?" Fang Qingtian frowned, not understanding how his nephew seemed to be a different person overnight, making him feel extremely unfamiliar. Compared with yesterday's impetuousness, the calm and indifferent appearance in front of him is even more disturbing.

"There are things in this world that must be agreed upon by both parties, such as partnerships; And some things, as long as one party is willing, such as breaking up. ”

Fang Qingtian didn't know a few big characters, his comprehension ability was limited, and he didn't understand what his nephew meant for a while, so he said impatiently: "What do you mean?" Say it happily and clearly, don't go around in circles. ”

"The meaning is very simple, split up!" Fang Yingwu said categorically.

The word "separation" can be said to be a direct point to the point, and Fang Qingtian's face was instantly ugly.

Of course, he understands very well that the eight acres of land are nominally two public fields, but in fact, because the elder brother is away all the year round and is indifferent to family affairs, they have always been taken care of by their second house, and enjoy all the output, but take care of the nephew's food.

It can be said that this is a foolish account of their second room. Once the family is separated, it will become a brother who reckons with each other, and it is not good to take advantage of it blatantly.

Thinking of this, Fang Qingtian didn't care about going to work in the fields, and said sharply: "Do you want to be lawless, this junior, the family business was passed down to me and your father by my ancestors!" My brother has never spoken, so what qualifications do you have to propose a separation! ”

Fang Yingwu had made up his mind, how could he be frightened by his uncle who deliberately put on a vicious posture? "My father left a letter and entrusted the matter of the long house to my little nephew, so he could naturally make up his mind. As for whether the uncle is willing or not, it doesn't matter, it's like a partnership to do business, if one party refuses to continue, then the gang will naturally break up, how can there ever be a reason to be forced to partner? ”

Brother left this thing? Fang Qingtian didn't expect that he usually wouldn't go through the few broken books in the long house at all, and he couldn't read, so he naturally didn't know about the paper.

If you want to talk about debate, ten Fang Qingtian is not Fang Yingwu's opponent, and if he wants to make a move, he is worried about causing trouble, so he can only say angrily: "Whatever you want!" You don't have to regret it! ”

Then his little abacus started quickly again, and if the separation was irretrievable, it was necessary to get as many benefits as possible.

In the matter of family separation, it is customary to find the elders in the clan to coordinate in the middle until all parties are convinced. If you don't agree, you can only go to court.

Shanghuaxi Village is surnamed Fang, Fang Yingwu and his uncle want to separate, so they have to find the second uncle, and only his old man in the village can afford to coordinate the heavy responsibility.

When he heard this, he couldn't help but sigh a few words, knowing that this was a difficult thing to do.

The reason why it is difficult to do is very simple, the requirements of the two sides must contradict each other, and one side must be dissatisfied with the result, so it is almost destined to end up with a complaint. Thinking of this, Fang Zhili shirked and said: "Money and property disputes, you can find the old man in the middle and middle, and the old man and you are all relatives, so it is inconvenient to favor one over the other." ”

The so-called middle-aged elderly are civil dispute solvers set up by the government in the countryside, and most of them are served by prestigious old people in the township, commonly known as the villagers.

Although the village elders are not officials, they are also an important member of the most grassroots organizations in the Ming Dynasty, with simple judicial powers, and can go to the county at any time.

The villager in Huaxi is in the neighboring village of Huaxi Village, but Fang Qingtian is not willing to go to him to adjudicate the matter of splitting the family, he is not familiar with this villager elder, and he is not sure that he will let the high-ranking villager favor him. So he kept saying that Fang Zhili must preside.

Since this is the case, the second uncle Fang Zhili had no choice but to agree. Fang Yingwu didn't care about this, in his eyes, whoever ruled was pretty much the same.

Fang Qingtian was secretly happy when he saw this. Although the eldest nephew has become tough and decisive, he still has too little knowledge of human affairs and does not understand the mysteries. He dared to say that the second uncle's attitude would definitely be inclined to him.

Fang Zhili did make up his mind, according to the concept of respect and inferiority of the elders and the young, he wanted to be slightly biased towards Fang Qingtian.

The reason is clear, the younger generation should be polite to the elders, otherwise they will all be like Fang Yingwu, the little character of the generation, then wouldn't the world be in chaos? As long as it is not too out of line to favor Fang Qingtian, it can be considered fair. Even if Fang Qingzhi came back, he would have nothing to say.

So Fang Zhili led Fang Qingtian and Fang Yingwu to the ancestral hall, and at the same time called more than a dozen backbone figures in the village to listen, in order to be a witness and share his own pressure.

In the ancestral hall, Fang Yingwu glanced at everyone a few times, all of them were acquaintances in the village, and only one face. Eighty percent of them came from other villages to visit relatives, and Fang Yingwu didn't care.

As the initiator of the separation, Fang Yingwu opened his mouth first, and when everyone faced Fang Zhili, he said: "My family's two rooms are now in one vein, and it is difficult to distinguish between public and private property. Therefore, the kid wants to divide the family, and ask the second uncle to make a clear decision. ”

After that, he took out the "power of attorney" left by his father and passed it to the literate people in the crowd, and after confirming that it was correct, it proved that he had the qualifications to separate from his second uncle.

Someone shouted: "This is very simple, all the houses and fields are owned by you in two rooms and one half, and you can make an oath!" It's the right thing to finish quickly, I have to go to the field to plant seedlings, and I can't delay the farming! ”

Fang Yingwu was still there, and he was very calm. But Fang Qingtian was extremely dissatisfied, for fear that he would really judge according to this method, so he hurriedly said to the other party: "You can't be half of one person, I have another way to ask the second uncle to preside over justice." ”

"You say." Fang Zhili nodded and said.

Fang Qingtian immediately said: "At the beginning, my father let my brother study all the time, but I was working as a farmer at home. My brother spent a lot of money on his studies and examinations, and all this money came from my father-in-law, and a lot of it was used to provide for him to be admitted to the examination, but I got nothing. Isn't it all that counted? ”

Fang Yingwu raised his eyes and looked at his uncle in surprise, it turned out that he was not unprepared, he was only afraid that there was a small abacus in it.

I heard my uncle continue: "At the beginning, my family had 12 acres of paddy fields, and I sold 4 acres for my brother's reading exam. If I don't sell the land, I should get six acres if I divide the family now. I have no other requirements, just to take care of the four acres sold by the long house, and let me get the six acres I deserve. ”

According to this plan, six acres of the existing eight acres of land will be divided into two houses. There are only two acres left in the long house.

Fang Yingwu calculated, it was impossible to give himself two acres, and he couldn't let himself get out of production. In other words, if you rent out two acres of land, the rent recovered is not enough for your own food, unless you go to the field and farm the land yourself.

Fang Yingwu secretly sneered a few times, uncle, he simply took these four words to the extreme, I am afraid that this plan has been premeditated, but it is a pity that it is all clever in the wrong place, and it is a small cleverness that is lost because of small mistakes.

However, Fang Yingwu remained silent and looked coldly at the second uncle, the adjudicator.

But seeing Fang Zhili think about it for a moment, he weighed it a few times between the two sides, this kind of separation caused by internal contradictions, there will always be losers. Fang Qingtian is sometimes a bit muddy, and his mind is not broad-minded, if he is dissatisfied, it will be a headache to stir up trouble for his family in the future.

In contrast, Fang Qingzhi in the long room is a decent scholar after all, and Fang Yingwu is young, probably not a scoundrel like Fang Qingtian, it is relatively easy to deal with, it doesn't matter how much grievances there are?

In other words, it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Thinking of this, Fang Zhili said: "There is some truth in what you said, you can do it accordingly." What does Brother Qiu think? ”

The eyes of the other dozen or so people in the ancestral hall looked at Fang Yingwu together, but they saw him unexpectedly smile when they heard the words, and the other party said freely: "The elders are all in charge, how can there be any dissatisfaction with the kid, just do it." ”

Everyone was taken aback, this thing was so happy? How did a very smart young man get confused? Such a loss is said to be eaten?

But Fang Yingwu turned his head and asked: "But the kid also wants to confirm that my uncle has divided four acres of land more than me, which can be regarded as chasing back the money that was spent on my father." So can we think that my father's fame has nothing to do with my uncle since eight years ago? ”

This question made everyone confused, and they didn't know what Fang Yingwu was doing when he suddenly mentioned this stubble.

But Fang Yingwu didn't expect others to answer, and said freely: "The imperial court has grace to scholars, and the students can be exempted from two stones of money and grain at home every year, and they can be exempted from two helmsmen. In the eight years since my father was admitted to Xiucai, my uncle has always been free of money, food, and servitude? This is the special care of our long room for the second room!

Now the kid has the courage to declare on behalf of the long house that since the second room has recovered the four acres of land spent on fame, the long house will also revoke this special care from now on!

Not only to revoke the future, but also to recover the previous care. How much food has been exempted from my uncle's family in eight years, and how much forced labor has been exempted, please ask my uncle to convert it into silver taels and return it to the long house! ”

Fang Yingwu said as soon as he spoke, like a strange peak protruding, and the hall was suddenly silent, and then he realized that although he lived in the same village, Fang Yingwu's family was different from them.

The other subject, Fang Qing Zetian, was dumbfounded, he had indeed forgotten these, selfish people are always used to forgetting the benefits they have received.

In his previous life, as a researcher of Ming history, Fang Yingwu certainly knew that the Ming Dynasty was a social system with strict hierarchies and strict rules. Each level has its own privileges, and the higher the level, the greater the privileges. The path to fame is actually a never-ending path of privilege until you can no longer move forward.

Although Xiucai is the lowest level of the privileged class, his privilege is powerful enough to crush the villagers. With his uncle's self-righteous little calculations, he was doomed to blood in the face of the rules of privilege.

As an authorized privileged agent, if he still can't subdue villagers like his uncle and second uncle, then he should jump into the river as soon as possible, and he won't have any future if he stays in this shijie.

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