Even through the door, Anle could smell the pungent smoke.

Then, when they saw the old man and the child arguing fiercely, An Daliang spoke up.

"Eldest brother, second brother, Changsheng, I prefer my second brother, and I'm thinking of having my wife and I live with his family."

We'll do it according to our wishes.

If we bring the cow back, we don't need the chicken anymore; we'll give it to the eldest son.

The two brothers will each own half of this land. The older brother will have the side room, and the younger brother will live with us in the main house. After we pass away, the main house will belong to the younger brother's family.

As for the money, my husband and I won't give it to either of us. When our youngest daughter gets married, we'll have to prepare a dowry so she can have a grand and dignified wedding."

Liu Xiufen's face fell as soon as she heard that.

"Dad, Second Uncle didn't say that just now. Why is it so little now that it's our Mantun?"

The chickens should go to my family's Mantun. As for the land, according to the custom of supporting the two elders, it should be divided into six mu. My brother and sister-in-law's family got six mu, and my family should get twelve mu.

As for the money, it should be given. You are holding the livelihood of an entire family in your hands. How can we survive without money?

A daughter who gets married is always a daughter who has left home. As the old saying goes, a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. You can't give away all the family's wealth when you marry off your daughter!

This Manyi only has a mouth to eat, and she doesn't earn any money, so how can she get so much? My family pays the most money.

I don't care what happened before, but now that I'm married into this family, I've given you every penny I deserve. When we separate and live together, my share must be given, and you must give at least 40%. The grain should be split equally between the two families, and the bowls, chopsticks, and other utensils should also be split equally between the two families.

If you want to live with us, then do this!

Otherwise, you two should calculate it separately. Anyway, it can't be based on my brother and sister-in-law's family, and my family can't get so little!

My family earns more than anyone else through the family coffers, so now that we've divided the assets, I can't be the one who ends up with nothing.

An Dafeng slammed his fist on the table and roared.

"Nonsense! You shrew, you're clearly trying to take things by force without any reason. Who gave you the right to interrupt?"

"If you follow your method, you shrew, and word gets out, won't everyone in and around the village gossip about the An family behind their backs?"

Liu Xiufen shrank her neck, then immediately adopted a "go all out" attitude. After all, at this point, it would be foolish not to fight for it. The more she could fight for, the more she could gain.

Isn't it her family that earns the most money and supports such a large family?

"Either the two brothers divide the family property equally, or you two can live with the eldest brother's family!"

Either my family takes the lion's share, and you two can live with us!

"You decide for yourself!" Liu Xiufen said, her neck stiff, with a look that said, "Anyway, my Mantun earns the most, so my Mantun should get more."

"Even dividing a family property can be so complicated. I think we shouldn't divide it at all. We should just continue as we are. We were doing just fine before we divided the property, but now that we're dividing it, things are really messing up!"

As An Dafeng spoke, he raised his cane and poked An Mancang with it in exasperation. An Mancang had been standing silently to the side like a wooden statue.

"You call yourself the eldest son in your family? It's been half a day, why don't you say something? Your parents don't live with you anymore, are you just going to stay silent? Are you dead?"

Don't you understand the rules that have been passed down through generations in this village? You just let the second son's family act so recklessly and criticize you behind your back!

"If you don't support your parents in their old age, how will you be able to hold your head high when you leave this world?"

An Mancang pursed his lips and didn't speak, while Qiao Qiuniang, with tears in her eyes, shrank back behind An Mancang because of her soft nature.

"Brother Dafeng, don't be impatient. This kind of ridiculous approach won't work here!" Village head Li Changsheng sighed, looking at An Daliang, who was determined to follow his second son's family, and cursed him.

"Da Liang, you old fool, what wrong did your father do? Why are you so stubborn? I've watched Man Cang grow up, and he seems like a good person to me. He's also very filial to you two."

This family took on all the work without complaint, and they were paid 500 coins a month, which was quite a lot.

Your family is certainly making a lot of money, but why don't you take a look around and see how many people in the surrounding villages can make as much money as Mantun doing carpentry?

How many of them have gone out to learn a trade?

How can you compare Mancang, who has never been to town, to Mantun, who lives in town every day?

On the other hand, Mancang is no worse than other people's children, and they earn about the same amount of money. The old man figured it out: the Liang couple just felt that their eldest son earned too little and were afraid of living a hard life with him.

But he observed that of the two brothers, the elder brother was the most honest and filial.

How could such an honest and kind child let his parents suffer?

The second son's wife is clearly not someone to be trifled with. No matter how much money she earns, it's not guaranteed that she can make life comfortable for the Liang couple.

"Alright, Brother Changsheng, you don't need to persuade me anymore. My wife and I will just follow the second son's family. They should take more to support us. What the second daughter-in-law said is right. The second son has indeed earned a lot in the past few years to support such a large family. When the family is divided in the end, they can't be treated unfairly."

Here's the arrangement: you're the older brother, so please be considerate of your younger brother and take less of what you want. Besides, with so many mouths to feed in your family these past few years, you've certainly eaten a lot, and the expenses haven't been small. It's only right that you take less of what you want.

The outbuilding and six acres of land are yours. Half of the grain from this household will be given to you, and thirty percent of the money will be yours.

An Dafeng stared at his clueless third brother with a livid face.

"Third brother, I don't agree to you doing this. If you dare to do this, I won't call you my brother anymore."

Li Changsheng, being the village head, had handled many family divisions. Upon hearing this, he stopped sighing. No matter how much he tried to persuade them, they wouldn't listen. The old couple from the An family were determined to side with the second son's family. Immediately, a smile appeared on their old faces.

"If we follow what you say, Da Liang, then we not only have to calculate who is taking more than their share, but also who is working harder and doing more work."

As the village head, I feel I have to chime in and say a few words of fairness.

You've made a lot of money in Mancang, but you've also done a lot of work in Mancang. Of your eighteen mu of medium-sized fields, how many mu were wasteland that you reclaimed yourself?

If we really want to divide things so clearly and calculate them so precisely, then let's do the calculations properly!