Chapter 25: Clearly Divided



"Wanfeng, don't cry." Seeing Qi Wanfeng crying, Cao Xiangnan felt so distressed that he reached out to pull Qi Wanfeng to stop him from crying, but could only helplessly reach out to touch the tears on his face.

It doesn't matter if they don't have money, they can find a way, don't they still have three acres of land? At worst, they can just sell the land, and there is no need to cry and ask these people in the Cao family for money. As a man, he can't even support his "wife" and children, so he is unworthy of being a man.

When he saw his mother crying, An An fearfully hid in his mother's arms and was about to cry.

"Be good, mother is okay." Qi Wanfeng reached out to touch the child's head, held back the tears in his eyes, lowered his head and wiped his tears, and seeing his husband looking at him worriedly, he shook his head and told him that it was okay.

Hearing his mother's sharp words, Qi Wanfeng didn't dare to contradict his mother in the past, but now he has to support the family for his husband and can't compromise at this time. Qi Wanfeng looked at his mother and said, "Mom, after Silang got into trouble, Silang's boss sent someone to send him two taels of silver to hire a doctor. I don't want anything else, I just want the two taels of silver for Silang's medical treatment." He has been feeling uncomfortable these days. His mother can be so cold to her own flesh and blood.

His boss also gave him money? Cao Xiangnan didn't know about this. He saw tears in Qi Wanfeng's eyes and felt very uncomfortable. It is true that a penny can drive a hero to death. He is penniless now, and he wants to be dignified and refuse the two taels of silver. However, when he thinks of Qi Wanfeng and the child, the money should be returned to them.

Moreover, now that Qi Wanfeng wants the money, he must find a way to get it.

When the people outside heard this, they gathered in twos and threes and started talking at once. The Cao family wants to divide Cao Silang's family now. Isn't it just abandoning them? Three taels of money per month is more than three taels a year. Many families can't even earn two taels of silver a year. Cao Silang originally paid three taels of money to Chen Zhu every month, which is really a lot.

The boss gave him two taels of silver for medical treatment, but Chen Zhu wanted to put all the money into his own pocket.

What Cao Family Courtyard did at this time was really wrong. When Silang of the Cao Family was able to work, he was a family member. Now that he is disabled, they want to drive away the whole family. They don't even want to give him a copper coin and send him away. This is really unfair. "Where did you get the money?" Chen Zhu's face turned ugly when this matter was exposed. She was the only one at home when someone sent money that day. How did Qi Wanfeng know about it? His eyes rolled. When the money in his pocket was mentioned, Chen Zhu's face changed.

Father Cao looked at Chen Zhu. He was not at home very often and did not care about the family affairs. Chen Zhu was the one who took the money at home and he never cared about it. But he really did not know that Silang's employer had someone send two taels of silver to him, and Chen Zhu had never mentioned it to him.

"This silver...I asked someone to give it to Wuer for his studies. Wuer needs money to buy books and pens every month. Unfortunately, I am a poor mother with no ability, so my Wuer can't even afford to buy pens, ink and paper. Caojia Village has not produced a scholar in a hundred years. If Wuer is ruined by us, it will be the scholar that our Caojia Village has been waiting for for a hundred years. This sin is very serious." Chen Zhu saw that his head of the family was angry and everyone was looking at him. He had to cry and talk about the difficulties of supporting a scholar in the family. This family was penniless, and this money was given to Wuer for his studies as a last resort.

Who is their Caojia Wulang? This is the first scholar in Caojia Village in a hundred years. Whoever destroys this scholar will be the sinner of Caojia Village.

Chen Zhu was crying there, crying and talking.

The village chief Cao Ageng is a brother of Cao Ashan's family. If the Cao family produces a scholar, Caojia Village will be honored, and he, as the village chief, will also be proud. It is important to hire a doctor to see a doctor, but it is also understandable to use the money to help Caojia Wulang study. He looked at Caojia Silang hesitantly, wanting him to forget about the two taels of silver. He hesitated and wanted to speak, "This matter..."

It's really not easy to do!

"Ahem... Father and mother, I also know that my fifth brother needs money to study. Mother gave the silver to my fifth brother to buy books, and I, as his elder brother, can understand. But now everyone knows that the two taels of silver were sent by my former employer to me to hire a doctor for medical treatment." Cao Xiangnan coughed and looked embarrassed, and also expressed his understanding of mother's behavior.

"If people knew that the money for my fifth brother's study was saved from the medicine money of my fourth brother, it would not sound good. If my fifth brother becomes an official in the future, if this matter is known to outsiders, he will also be looked down upon."

Cao Xiangnan grasped his mother Chen Zhu's weak spot with just one sentence, and his weak spot was his youngest son Cao Gaojin.

Chen Zhu's face was extremely ugly. There were so many neighbors standing outside the gate. If this matter was told to others, it would be bad for his fifth son's reputation.

"Cao Jia Silang, what do you think about this matter?" The village chief Cao Agen's face changed, paused, and asked.

"You should ask your mother, mother, what can you do?" Cao Xiangnan threw the question back to his mother.

"Why ask me? I don't have a penny. You forced me to death, but I don't have two taels of silver. Poor me, Chen Zhu, today my son is going to force me to death here just because of two taels of silver." Chen Zhu sat on the ground and cried loudly, saying that his son wanted to force his mother to death.

Cao Xiangnan's nerves were throbbing. He had seen many scoundrels, but he had never seen such a scoundrel. He wanted to cheat him out of two taels of silver.

"Father, if you don't have the two taels of silver, you can give us an extra mu of land as compensation. Is that okay?" Since there is no money, he can use the land as compensation. He can sell the land and get the money back later. Cao Xiangnan said to his father.

When he asked for the land back, the second son Cao Fuqiang and the second brother Wang Yan jumped out. The second son Cao Fuqiang said, "No, your family of three has only asked for three mu of land, Cao Xiangnan, how dare you ask for so much land! This money is given by my mother to my fifth brother for his studies. If you want money, you should ask my fifth brother instead of asking for the land at home. This land will belong to us in the future."

Sun Bailian, who was outside, looked at the shameless people of the Cao family who treated Qi Wanfeng and his family so badly. They must be easy to bully, right? She was so angry that her chest heaved up and down, and she wanted to rush up and slap the second son of the Cao family in the face.

"Dad, if you don't want to give me these two taels of silver, and don't want to give us an extra mu of land, I can't force you to give them to me. I've been working outside these years, earning three taels and six guan a year, and I've earned more than ten taels of silver in a few years. I gave it all back to you, mom. I have no objection to you talking about dividing the family here today. Qi Wanfeng, I and the children can move out." Cao Xiangnan looked disheartened. He looked at his silent father with cold eyes and said, "Since we're dividing the family, we'll move out and live our own lives in the future."

"Everyone has seen what happened here today. If I, Cao Xiangnan, am lucky enough to make money one day, the people in the Cao family compound will ask me for it as a matter of course. That's not allowed. Don't you agree?"

"Father and mother, you have chosen your eldest brother, second brother and fifth brother to live with you in the compound. I will not care about your future life in the compound. If one day your eldest brother and his family can't even give you a bite to eat, I, Cao Silang, won't mind giving you a bite to eat, that's all! Since we are dividing the family here today, let's do it clearly so that there won't be any confusion in the future."

Cao Xiangnan meant that the family was to be divided. He could give up the two taels of silver, but the affairs of the compound had nothing to do with him. Today, his mother and brothers wanted to force the fourth family to death. Everyone saw it. Since you are not kind, don't blame him for being unjust.

Now that so many people have witnessed that his mother is so partial to him and his brothers are so ruthless, the compound should not try to get anything from them in the future. At most, they can give them a bowl of rice, which is considered filial piety.

"This..." Father Cao hesitated when he heard what the fourth son said.

Chen Zhu, who had stopped crying a long time ago, shouted loudly when he heard this, "Okay, you said it. Divide, let's divide it clearly, and from now on, this side of the compound and the fourth son's side will each live separately, and the two sides will have nothing to do with each other."

For the sake of the two taels of silver, he now doesn't even recognize this fourth son. He is afraid that the fourth son will not be willing to move out! It would be the best if they are willing to move out now, and they don't even want him to give them the silver. Divide the family, and divide it clearly.

"Okay, in this case, let's write it down in black and white." Cao Xiangnan was waiting for this sentence from his mother Chen Zhu. It really made him wait so hard. He had to make a fuss, and the bigger the fuss, the better, so that he would have something to rely on when he gets rid of the Cao family in the future.

Otherwise, in this world where filial piety is the most important thing, if the Cao family comes to them and asks for money, he will be drowned by the spit of the villagers if he doesn't give it!

Because Cao Jiawulang is a scholar, the Cao family has some pens, ink and paper in his room. Cao Fuqiang went to the house to find pens, ink and paper and put them out. Li Zheng thought that he was the only one who could read, and he was thinking about whether to write for him.

"Wanfeng, go and get the paper and pen." Cao Xiangnan motioned Qi Wanfeng to bring the pen and paper to him to write. Fortunately, in his memory, the characters of this era are similar to the traditional Chinese characters of their time. He

picked up the brush and wrote the contract of separation on the paper. It was written clearly. After Cao Xiangnan finished writing, he asked Qi Wanfeng to take it to Li Zheng. After confirming that there was no problem, he handed it to someone to have Cao Adie stamped. When

Cao Ashan saw the paper, he didn't recognize a single word on it, and knew that the family would be divided today. For the sake of this family, he gritted his teeth and put his fingerprints on it. He

couldn't get the two taels of silver, but he did get three guan of money from Chen Zhu. This three guan of money was handed over to his mother by Cao Xiangnan when he came back this time. Chen Zhu's painful look when he took out the money will really make him remember it for the rest of his life! Cao Xiangnan handed the three guan of money to Qi Wanfeng.

The division of the Cao family came to an end, and the people who were watching the excitement outside the door left one by one. What happened in the Cao family compound today could make people in the village talk about it for a long time after dinner.

"We will move out today." Cao Xiangnan felt helpless about being half disabled. He could only say to Qi Wanfeng, "Go outside and see where we can rent a car, and we will move to the old house."

Since he had decided to leave, he would leave early. He didn't want to stay here any longer.

"Okay." Qi Wanfeng knew that they couldn't stay here for another day. If they stayed any longer, they didn't know how their mother would treat them behind closed doors. It was better to leave early. Seeing the child looking at him in a daze, his heart ached, and he touched his head and asked, "An An, let's move to the new house and not live here anymore, okay?"

When the well-behaved An An heard that if he didn't live here anymore, no one would be able to bully his mother and father, he nodded happily and said loudly, "Okay."


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