"And they are all hard-working people, and if they want to come and split up, without the drag of our big house, it won't take them two years to prepare the children's dowry." Mu Jinghai said with a deep sense of righteousness, but this seems to be a profound and righteous word, but it is not the case when you taste it carefully, just look at the clothes of Mu Jinghai's family of three, you can know that Mu Shanshan's outfit is a few taels of silver, and in Qingshui Village, the average person says that the dowry gift is very generous, that is to say, a little silver is enough for a few nephews in the family to say goodbye, and now this kind of saying is just to get rid of these poor relatives in the family!

Although Mu Jinghai's statement was not right when he heard it, Mu Hong believed Mu Jinghai and thought about it carefully.

"It's not that the family can't get your nephews' dowries, and your second brother also has his own private money, so you don't have to worry about your nephews' dowries." , Mu Hong roughly counted the money in the family and said.

Mu Jingze, Mu Zhiyi, and Mu Yunxue, who had just walked to the door of the main house, happened to hear Mu Hong's words, and the three of them all stopped in unison.

"But what about Dad, the third brother and the fourth brother? A few years ago, in order to tie up the yard where they lived, they sold it, and now the children of the third and fourth brothers are gradually growing up, but their family is still only living in a thatched house, and I am really distressed to look at it as a big brother. Mu Jinghai said, his face was still full of guilt, and he almost didn't wipe his tears and cry on the spot.

"You don't have to worry about this, your third brother and fourth brother are both affectionate and righteous people, as long as Zhiwen can enter the scholar in the future, I think they will also think that the sacrifice is worth it now, and I have also thought about it, after the New Year, let Zhijin and Zhixu go to the rich people in the town to do long-term work, so that they not only have a place to live but also earn some wages for the family, which is more than only doing farm work at home now, and the cost of Zhiwen's study in the future is not to worry." Mu Hong said very reasonably, and he didn't feel that there was any injustice in doing so.

Mu Jinghai didn't expect Mu Hong to say this, a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes, but it was only fleeting, and no one present noticed it.

"Dad's long-term work is no different from that of his subordinates, if it is known in the future that these cousins of Zhiwen go to others to be subordinates in order to study for Zhiwen, how can you let Zhiwen be an official in the future and raise his head among his colleagues, and he must not be said that Zhiwen treats his cousins at home harshly!" Mu Jinghai decided to give Mu Hong a cruel medicine, since he euphemistically said that he couldn't achieve his goal, then he would be more direct.

"This ······" As soon as Mu Hong heard that it would affect Mu Zhiwen in the future, he immediately fell into deep thought.

"Old man, I heard Jinghai say this, I also think that we should divide the family, if you are worried about the cost of studying in the future, then divide the family less to the third and fourth rooms, and let them pay more for their annual filial piety." On the side, a Li who was chatting with Zhou and Mu Shanshan suddenly spoke, but he was thinking about the big house in the big courtyard of the town, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't have a family, he would have to watch the people in the third and fourth rooms do things here, and he would have gone to the town to live with the eldest son to enjoy the blessings, look at the style of the eldest son's family of three coming back this time, even the servants have it, and they will live with the big house in the future, that is the life of the rich wife.

Here Li is fantasizing about the beauty of living with Dafang in the future, and Zhou is hearing his mother-in-law Li say that he wants to live with him, and his face that was already smiling stiff is even more stiff, and he came back this time to split up the family in order to get rid of the mud-legged poor ghost of this family, but he didn't come back to pick up these two old immortals to go to the town to enjoy happiness.

It's just that no matter how reluctant the Zhou family is, Mu Hong nodded when he heard Li's proposal, and secretly began to think about how much fertile land should be given to the big house when dividing the family, and how much filial piety should be given to the second, third and fourth rooms every year to cover the expenses of the big house for a year.

Outside the house, Mu Jing stood quietly listening to the conversation of the people in the house, pursing his lips and not knowing what he was thinking. Mu Yunxue looked at Mu Jingze, who had no expression on his face, and didn't know what his father was thinking, so she had to pull Mu Jingze's sleeve to make Mu Jingze come back to his senses.

Feeling that the sleeves of his clothes were being pulled, Mu Jing quickly came back to his senses, and looked down at the little daughter standing beside him, thin and small, with almost no flesh on her face, and her hair was unusually yellow, and she was wearing an ill-fitting coarse cloth old clothes sewn with patches, which were still the second daughter Xiaoyue's from the past.

Thinking of his second daughter Xiaoyue, Mu Jingze's heart couldn't help but feel guilty again, because her mother felt that she had many children in this room, so she chose to sell her daughter, just because of this, Shuwan didn't know how many tears she touched behind her back.

Mu Jing raised his head and closed his eyes, should the kindness of his parents be repaid by himself with the future of his children?

"Let's go!" Mu Jing lowered his head and took Mu Yunxue's hand with one hand, and took Mu Zhiyi's hand with the other hand and turned around and walked back.

Mu Yunxue looked at Mu Jingze who was pulling him away from the main house suspiciously, his father looked like a simple and honest and hardworking person like the farmer in Qingshui Village, but many times, Mu Yunxue felt that he couldn't guess what his father was thinking, just like now, Mu Jingze's face still had no expression, but what expression, in short, Mu Yunxue couldn't see through.

After returning to the thatched house, Mu Jing instructed Mu Yunxue and Mu Zhiyi to take care of the Chu family, and he took his eldest son Mu Zhijin out of the door, saying that he was going to hunt some pheasants in the mountains and came back to make up for the Chu family.

Mu Yunxue heard that Mu Jing went to the mountains to hunt, and she was happy in her heart, in the past, Mu Jing rarely went up the mountain to hunt because of his busy farming, but although he rarely went up the mountain to hunt, Mu Yunxue had to admire Mu Jing is a good hunter, more powerful than some hunters in the village, as long as Mu Jing went into the mountains to hunt, none of them came back empty-handed.

Because the people in the long house came back today, the Li family cooked white rice very generously, and also slaughtered two chickens fed at home.

"Ouch, damn it, lazy woman, why are you stealing food again, hurry up and work!" When Mu Yunxue came to the kitchen to get some hot water for Li to drink, she just walked outside the kitchen when she heard Li's sharp angry scolding from the kitchen.

"Mother, usually these jobs are done by the third and fourth brothers and sisters, you see that my hands are frozen red, and I won't be allowed to eat some and not come back!" As soon as Li's words fell, Liu's dissatisfied voice sounded in the kitchen, "Besides, my sister-in-law finally came back once, and I didn't ask her to cook to honor and honor your second elder, I really think I am a rich lady!" ”

Mu Yunxue listened to the scolding sound in the kitchen, frowned, turned around and left with the teapot, thinking that it was better to go to Xiaoyu's house to see if there was any hot water.

"Sister Xiaoyu, are you in the house?" Mu Yunxue walked to the door of a thatched hut that was the same as her own and knocked on the door with her hand.