Chapter 8 Assigned to the Barren Mountains

The Gu family has always been prepared with both hands, although it is a pity to split the family, they are not afraid, anyway, the account has already been flattened by them. After Gu Sidong and Gu Sixi went out, Qiao Shi and the others also left. Jiang Xuehe thought that they were going back to sort out their things or go back to the house to wait for news, but they didn't expect that when the village chief and Li Zheng arrived, they all appeared in burlap clothes, and all the accessories on their bodies were removed, and at most two chopsticks were stuck on their heads, and they all looked very poor.

In this way, Gu Sixian, who still has a silver hairpin left on her head, looks like she is the least treated?

Jiang Xuehe was stunned, thinking that the group of people in the West Courtyard were really full of acting.

Because Gu Siyan couldn't get up for the time being, this division was carried out in Gu Siyan's house. And Gu Siyan's room has nothing of value except for pen, ink, paper, inkstone and a few calligraphy and paintings, Li Zheng and the village chief can't see the quality of those things, they can only see that the quilt is good, but at a glance, they know that Jiang Xuehexin brought it over, so the image of the Gu family being so poor that they only have an empty shell is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people all of a sudden.

Jiang Xuehe only felt that the people in the West Courtyard were too scheming.

But Gu Siyan is also a capable actor, he is obviously in good spirits, but when Li Zheng and the village chief came in, he coughed several times, Jiang Xue Hefu was so blessed that he hurriedly walked over and closed the door.

"I'm sorry, two uncles, although it will be boring if there are many people in the house and close the doors and windows, but Xianggong is still sick and can't see the wind."

The village chief hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's still Goro's body that matters." ”

There were so many people standing in this room at once, so it was naturally boring. Li Zheng and the village chief glanced at each other, and they both felt that the Gu family was not kind to this matter. Looking at Gu Siyan's face, it was obvious that he needed to recuperate and rest more, where could so many people squeeze in and disturb him. And Gu Siyan was going to separate them just two days after they got married, obviously to get rid of the burden.

Li Zheng took the deed and asked Qiao's, "Are you going to split up now?" Gu Wulang takes fifty percent, and Gu Liulang takes two and a half percent, right? Then the east courtyard of this house belongs to Goro Rokuro, and the west courtyard belongs to you and the other four brothers. ”

Qiao's nodded: "That's the case, and then here is the account book, the two of you can take a look, his father went early, I am not good at managing a woman, and I have spent a lot of money on Wulang's medical treatment over the years, and now there are only twenty taels of silver left, and thirty-six acres and a barren mountain are still there." ”

"Only twenty taels left?" Li Zheng hurriedly took the account book and flipped through it, and then handed it to the village chief, "I really don't see any problems." ”

The village chief also flipped through it, and then returned it to Qiao's. Before Gu Jiaxing died, all the property of the Gu family was notarized, and the land was still these lands, but there were still three thousand taels of silver left. The books have indeed been flattened, and most of the money is going to buy medicine for Gu Siyan's medical treatment, but who believes this?

"And how are you going to divide it?" Li Zheng asked Qiao.

Qiao said: "The house is divided according to what the master said, as for the rest, I think so, you have also measured the barren mountain back then, and it is more than 500 acres." I intend to divide this barren mountain among the two brothers, Gorou and Rokuro, and divide the rest of the land and silver taels equally among me and the four brothers. ”

"Isn't that good? Nothing can be grown on that barren mountain. The village chief shook his head and said, "In my opinion, the fertile land, the ordinary fields, and the barren mountains should be divided separately, so that it is fair to their brothers." ”

Qiao Shi rolled her eyes in her heart, thinking to herself that she gave birth to four sons and two daughters, but she could only get two and a half of the things, what kind of fairness was it? Since the old man was unfair to their mother and son during his lifetime, then she didn't need to be fair to the children left by the slut of the Bai family, she wished that the three of them would die, and they didn't even have to leave the barren mountains and houses to them.

Qiao's fourth daughter-in-law, Li Shi, wiped her tears and said: "The village chief has pity on us, if you really want to divide it as you said, how can we live with more than 20 people in the West Courtyard?" Although it is not kind to give the fifth brother and the sixth brother a barren mountain, the land is big, and it is worth a lot of money to sell, not to mention that there are only four of them in total. ”

Li Zheng and the village chief had a difficult time for a while, although Gu Jiaxing didn't say it explicitly, but his meaning was very clear, either he would give the most and the best to his son-in-law, or he would do what the village chief said. But it is not clearly written in the deed, and it is okay for the Qiao family to take advantage of that loophole.

Moreover, the population of the West Courtyard is indeed too large, many of them are only three or four years old, and they really have to starve to death according to what the village chief said. The two of them agreed to Gu Jiaxing's division back then, because Gu Jiaming had three thousand taels of silver on his face at that time, and according to Gu Jiaxing's division, each room in the western courtyard could be divided into more than one hundred and eighty taels, which was enough for more than ten years in the countryside. But now, although they don't believe that the Gu family can only come up with twenty taels, they can't prove it!

The two thought for a long time and then turned their heads to look at Gu Siyan: "What does Gorou think?" ”

Gu Siyan coughed a few times and said, "I naturally came according to my father's wishes, what did Xue Niang think?" ”

Jiang Xuehe didn't expect that someone would ask her about such a thing, of course she thought that what the village chief said was the best, but the people in the West Courtyard even brought the baby who was still swaddling today, so it was impossible to give up, they really only planned to give Gu Siyan's brothers and sisters three points of a barren mountain.

"Is that barren mountain barren of grass?" Jiang Xuehe asked.

Li Zheng said: "That's not it, twenty years ago it was still lush with vegetation, but there was a fire that burned it down, and now there are only some wild grasses and a few crooked neck trees left on the mountain, and they were later bought by the Gu family." ”

Qiao said: "The old man hired people to reclaim the barren mountains before his death, and planted a few tea trees, which were very unpresentable, and then he simply left it alone." However, our Gu family doesn't know anything about farming, Wu Niang's family has been farmers for generations, and my parents are proficient in flowers and plants, maybe you can use it? ”

Jiang Xuehe nodded after hearing this, and said to Gu Siyan: "Since this is the case, then we will ask for three hundred acres of barren mountain, and the rest will be divided among the four brothers, and then four acres of fertile land and five taels of silver, is this okay?" ”

Village Chief Gu hurriedly said, "I think this is very good!" ”

Although Gu Jiaxing asked his son-in-law to score more, it would be good if his sister-in-law took the initiative to let Lina, at least he didn't have to worry about which side would starve to death.

But how could the people in the Western Courtyard be willing? If it weren't for the fact that nothing could be planted in the barren mountains, they would have secretly transferred the barren mountains a long time ago.

Gu Sibei hurriedly said: "This is not appropriate, everyone did notarization back then, and the fifth and sixth brothers, as sisters-in-law, are to inherit the family for our Gu family, so naturally we need to share more family business." It's just that now the family property is limited, and they can only be given the largest piece of land, and it is really ...... for so many people in our West Courtyard to have so many other people."

Gu Sinan also said: "That's right, the fifth and sixth brothers are all scholars who can't farm, and they don't have extra money to hire people to farm, so it's better to take the barren mountain and sell it for money, it is said that when the mountain was bought, it also cost more than a hundred taels." ”

Jiang Xuehe acted as a reason: "But that barren mountain has more than 500 acres of land, which has already exceeded seventy and a half percent of all the land combined, if the brothers ask us for land or sell land for this reason in the future, we can't help but give it, in that case......"

Qiao Shi smiled: "You kid, what are you talking about?" Since I agreed to give it to Goro Rokuro, naturally I won't go back on my word, and the village chief and Li are watching from the sidelines. ”

The Qiao clan and the others in the Western Courtyard didn't believe that there would be a harvest in that barren mountain, otherwise they wouldn't have taken out the barren mountain and divided it. But if there is really a harvest, they can indeed use the deed of separation to go to Gu Siyan to ask for money. Of course, such a plan can only be put in the heart and cannot be said.

Jiang Xuehe said: "Since this is the case, then divide it as my mother-in-law said, we only need the house in the east courtyard and the barren mountain, and the rest of the silver and land will belong to the west courtyard." Also, what about the things that are now returned to each house and every house? ”

Naturally, there is nothing wrong with the people in the West Courtyard, after all, the house on this side of the East Courtyard has long been emptied by Qiao's family, where can there be any good things left?

Gu Siyan didn't have any opinions, but Gu Sixing was a little unconvinced, but he didn't say anything.

Jiang Xuehe looked around, then turned to Li Zheng and the village chief and said, "Then bother the village chief and Li Zheng to be a witness, and then write the same three-point certificate for us." Write down all the money and title deeds and how the house was distributed, and add that no one is allowed to ask the other party for any reason for the land that has been allocated and the income from the land. ”

The faces of the people in the West Courtyard suddenly became unsightly, they deliberately left some space and did not explain it in order to have a chance to exploit loopholes in the future, but they didn't expect Jiang Xuehe to write it out? But just write it, they don't believe that there will be any profit from that barren mountain, and even if they want to sell it, no one will buy it in this remote mountainous area.

Li Zheng wondered: "Why do you have to write three certificates? ”

Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "It's easy to get involved in the matter of separation, if it's okay, I still want to write a copy in each room, and then keep one copy here in Lizheng, and one copy there, so that no one can tamper with it in the future, otherwise it will be clear and clear to take out each other's proofs and compare them." ”

Li Zheng smiled: "Then I will write three copies, one for Goro, one for Qiao's, and I'll keep one copy here." As for the county government, when your land is re-transferred, it will naturally leave a bottom. ”

Jiang Xuehe nodded: "What you said is very true." ”

During this period, Gu Sixi's gaze stayed on Jiang Xuehe, and his wife Qian couldn't help but say sarcastic when she saw that she only hated Jiang Xuehe for being a fox.

"The fifth brother and sister are so anxious to clear up with us, it seems that they have indeed earned that barren mountain."

Jiang Xuehe looked at her and said earnestly: "If the second sister-in-law thinks this barren mountain is good, how about I exchange these five hundred acres of barren mountain with you for thirty-six acres of land and twenty taels?" ”

Qian was choked by her, and she was even more dissatisfied, but she was glared at by Qiao, and she didn't dare to say anything. She knew very well in her heart that her mother-in-law was indeed a bad manager, but she was at least dragging more than two thousand taels of silver in her hand, and she couldn't disobey Qiao's for money.