Seeing that they were unwilling to stay, Mr. Meng felt a little sorry but did not force them.
"Okay then, if you want to stay here one day, tell me and I'll take you there to settle down.
Actually, this village is quite good. If the Yang family weren't so ruthless, there would probably still be quite a few people here. It's surrounded by mountains on three sides, so there's definitely no shortage of produce. Although there's a little land, there's a lot of stuff in the mountains."
It’s a pity for Mr. Meng.
After the houses were distributed, it was time to distribute the land.
Now, not counting the four brothers of Yongxing, there are still four families. According to the population, each person can get eight acres.
This is the result of everyone's discussion, and it is very fair.
People like Xiu'er and her daughter, who have few people, feel that they may not be able to finish planting the 16 acres of land.
The Wang family consists of three people, and their family owns 24 mu of land, which is more than enough for Wang Liangli to farm.
But who would complain about having too little land?
But this is their limit. No matter how much they divide, they cannot plant all the crops.
If you want more land, you can continue to open up wasteland nearby.
It’s not impossible to create flat land next to it, it just requires cultivation.
Anyway, they don't have to pay taxes here for three years.
The group happily discussed how to divide the land, and now they have a house. They are all very happy and feel that they have truly settled down here.
After the meeting, everyone in the village went back to their homes.
The Meng family still has their own small meeting to hold.
Because the whole family heard what Mr. Meng said last night and thought he wanted to divide the family business.
The whole family was sitting and waiting for him.
“For now, I’m not thinking about splitting up.
It’s unrealistic to say that I have been with you for two hundred years and then separate.
At least we have to wait until the brothers Shu Xia and Shu Qiu get married before we can see the situation.
Your mother and I mean that it would be best if we could remain together forever."
Meng Shuyan saw that after her grandfather said that, her grandmother gave him a blank look.
Then grandpa winked at grandma.
Obviously, grandma didn't know what grandpa said. Grandpa added it on his own initiative and now asked grandma to save face for him.
Chen rolled her eyes at Mr. Meng again and said nothing.
Meng Shuyan saw that her grandfather was obviously relieved.
“Chuckle…”
Meng Shuyan found the eyebrow lawsuit of her grandparents very interesting. It was something she had never seen in her previous thirty years of life, and she couldn't help laughing out loud.
Her laughter was too abrupt, but the giggle of the little baby made people happy. The whole family looked at her and laughed along with her.
"Hey, our little Fubao must have seen something so funny that he's laughing so happily!
Come, grandma, give our Fubao granddaughter a hug!"
Chen's excitement made the whole family jealous.
But Fubao is indeed a rare person.
Now the whole family likes to rush to hold Fubao.
Because this little kid never cries or makes a fuss, is very well-behaved, and is growing more and more cute, everyone who sees him likes him.
"cough!"
Mr. Meng pretended to cough, bringing the family's thoughts back to the previous topic.
"We are here now, and our identities are no longer the same as before. We are common people who come here to reclaim wasteland.
Not to mention anything else, if the government launches any corvee labor or the family splits up, each family will have to provide at least one person.
If we don't split up, you laborers can take turns every year. Even if there is corvee labor every year, it will take several years for each person to get a turn.
In the past, your family's situation allowed you to be exempted from corvee labor, but you didn't have the opportunity to do it. Now, there are plenty of opportunities."
After Mr. Meng said this, everyone came to their senses.
Yes, they are no longer the Yuanwailang family they used to be.
Now we are the people at the bottom of society, even worse than them.
Moreover, given their family's current situation, it is impossible for them to pay the labor service every year.
Given the current small population, even if you pay a lot of money, the government may not necessarily allow you to be exempted from labor service in exchange for silver.
Thinking about it this way, it’s better not to split up the family.
But they didn't think about splitting up.
"We all listen to our parents/grandparents!"
Meng Liqian and Meng Lihou had already fallen asleep, and even Meng Shuyan was drowsy.
Another day passed, and early in the morning, Mr. Meng asked his eldest grandson to drive a carriage to take him and several heads of households to the provincial capital to register the house deeds and land deeds that had been distributed. Of course, the sooner this kind of thing is done, the better, to avoid any more trouble.
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