The brothers divided the property among themselves in the main house. They didn't invite the village head or elders, and they didn't find any witnesses. This was Guan Lao Da's order, and no outsiders were allowed. After all, there was a lot of money, so between brothers, a few more or less didn't matter. After the division, the brothers took the money and bills back to their own rooms. They didn't leave the food in the kitchen, but carried it back together.

After returning to their rooms, they told their wives about the process and results of the division, and they were all shocked. After settling their belongings, the brothers went out together. They had just sent the younger child to the fields to call the village chief. They wanted to divide the households and also ask for a homestead.

After discussing with the brothers, the eldest brother decided not to move out. Because the old house was made of bricks and tiles and had many rooms, when the family property was divided, he gave each of his four younger brothers 70 yuan, which was equivalent to buying the old house. The four brothers then built new houses and moved out.

70 yuan was a lot of money. Back then, one yuan could buy ten kilograms of Grade C grain, enough to feed the whole family for a week. If you were building an adobe house, you could make the bricks yourself for free, and there was plenty of wood in the mountains for beams. The rest was roof wood and thatch, which could be found nearby. Besides the windows and doors, which cost money, that meant the labor and food costs for building the house.

It's already mid-August, we have to hurry up and build the house.

The five people and the village chief arrived at the brigade headquarters one after another. The village chief had no idea that the Guan brothers had separated themselves, and he thought they were looking for him to inquire about the old man and his wife's situation or to visit them in the county to give them some clothes or something. Even if their parents were spies or murderers, the verdict had not yet been announced. As children, they should fulfill the basic filial piety of being children, otherwise they would not be worthy of being human. The village chief, who had been imagining things all the time, couldn't help but show satisfaction on his face. After sitting down, he picked up the large teacup with the words "Serve the People" printed on it and listened to the business talk after the eldest brother Guan's endless flattery. Before he could drink the teacup, the steaming teacup fell on the table.

The village chief thought there was something wrong with his ears, but then he thought it was not right. He realized that what he had just heard was exactly what he heard.

As soon as their parents were taken away, the brothers completely split up the family property. They even humbly demanded the land and foundation to build a house. Didn't the Guan family say they were broke when they split up with Guan Lao Er last year? How come these brothers have money after the split six months later? So much money that they can just ask for the foundation and build a house?

Under the urging of his brothers, the village chief remained motionless, as if to say, "If you don't explain clearly to me, I will definitely not do it for you." Helplessly, Guan Lao Da, as the representative of Party B, told the truth: his parents would definitely not come back, and life had to go on. The brothers knew the temperaments of their wives, and living together would definitely lead to more and more conflicts and frictions. So, they decided to go all out and split up the family.

As for the money, nothing was mentioned and the village chief was too lazy to ask. Once he knew what was going on, he really didn't care. Let the family be garbage, it's garbage. It doesn't affect his family anyway.

I took the village household registration booklet, divided the households among my brothers, wrote a formal division document, had them sign and fingerprint it, and left it in a drawer for record.

In the past, when a village split up a household, it had to obtain a separation certificate from the village and go to the commune police station to handle it. Since the first half of last year, the commune has assigned a village police officer to each village to manage household registration. Of course, this village police officer is also a local villager and is responsible for managing the village household registration.