Zhang Hubing didn't say anything, but Xiang Chunhua was not happy. "Dad, Mom, it's not that we don't want her to live at home, but there are only a few rooms in our house. How can she live there?"
"Besides, right now there is a food shortage. No one in the family can get enough to eat. Now there are several more mouths to feed. How can we live like this? Are we going to let everyone starve to death together?"
Old man Zhang said coldly: "If you are afraid of starving to death, you can go back to your mother's home."
Xiang Chunhua shouted, "Dad, what do you mean?"
Zhang Hubing was also anxious, "Dad, how can you say that? Are you going to chase Chunhua away?"
Old man Zhang closed his eyes, and when he opened them he said to Wang: "Old woman, let's split up our family."
Wang looked at Old Man Zhang in surprise.
Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hulan were also surprised why their father suddenly wanted to split up the family.
Zhang Hubing looked at Old Man Zhang in disbelief.
Wang said, "Old man, what's wrong with you?"
Old man Zhang waved his hand and said, "Let the eldest and second eldest brothers separate and let them live their own lives. We can't let the eldest brother suffer losses all the time."
Wang asked, "Old man, are you serious?"
Old man Zhang nodded and said, "Dajun, go and invite the village head to come and let him be a witness."
Zhang Hujun and Li looked at each other, and Li was 100% willing.
In the past, only Zhang Lao and Zhang Hujun supported the family, and they did all the hard work. Zhang Hubing went to his father-in-law's house every few days and did not do any housework.
After spending these few days together, Li prefers to live with her sister-in-law.
Zhang Hubing didn't expect his father to suddenly say that he would split up the family. He looked at Xiang Chunhua, who had tears in her eyes and looked pitiful and wronged.
"You, you are too bullying..."
Seeing Xiang Chunhua crying, Zhang Hubing was heartbroken and shouted, "Dad, Mom, you two teamed up to bully our second branch..."
Hearing Zhang Hubing's words, Old Man Zhang showed a bitter smile. He never thought that he would raise such a son.
When Wang heard what Zhang Hubing said, she was very angry and felt very disappointed.
It's always like this for the Hui people. As soon as Xiang Chunhua urinates, Zhang Hubing will immediately ignore everything. For the sake of his wife, he can even ignore his parents.
She was a little hesitant at first. If she separated her youngest son, given his character, his life would definitely be difficult in the future.
But now, Wang also thinks it is better to divide it.
The daughter and the younger son don't have a good relationship. If they live together for a long time, the house will probably be in chaos every day.
The children in the house were lying on the doorstep, looking into the inner room; they had not expected it to turn out like this.
Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun also strongly agreed with the separation.
They are a family and will definitely live a better life in the future.
"Hu Lan, have you eaten?" Zhao Guoliang's voice sounded outside the house.
Zhang Hulan came out from the inner room and said, "Uncle Lizheng is here. Please come in. My brother is just about to invite you."
Zhao Guoliang said, "I told you before that I would come to see you later. What does the army want to see me about?"
Zhang Hulan said, "My father is looking for you."
Zhang Hulan took Zhao Guoliang into the inner room and saw that the atmosphere was not right. Zhao Guoliang asked, "What's going on? Are Hulan and Hubing still fighting?"
Zhao Guoliang looked at Old Man Zhang, walked over, and asked, "Old Zhang, how is your leg?"
Old man Zhang moved his body and patted the edge of the bed. "Sit on the bed, headmaster. My leg is fine. I don't feel any pain as long as I don't move."
"I'm glad you're okay." Zhao Guoliang sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "Hu Lan said you were looking for me?"
Old man Zhang sighed and said, "I have something to trouble you with. Our family is planning to split up, and I want you to be a witness."
Zhao Guoliang was surprised and asked, "Why do you want to split up the family for no reason?"
Old man Zhang sighed again, "Alas, we are old, and this family will be divided sooner or later, so we might as well divide it sooner. From now on, they will each find ways to make a living and be the masters of their own families. Let them know whether it is easy to run this family or not."
Zhao Guoliang looked at everyone in the room again. He didn't know what had happened that led to the separation of the family.
However, family division is also a common occurrence. Once an elderly person in the family dies, the brothers in the family will have to divide the family property.
Rather than brothers fighting over the family property after their parents die, it is better to divide it early.
Zhao Guoliang asked: "Then how do you plan to divide it?"
Old man Zhang said, "There are seven rooms in the house, including the kitchen. When the time comes, we will build another kitchen in the east, making it eight rooms."
"My wife and I live in one room, and the main room is for common use. The two brothers each have three rooms. The eldest gets the east end, and the second one gets the west end."
Old man Zhang then asked Wang, "Old lady, how much silver do you have at home?"
Wang said, "Including the money I earned from selling medicine the other day, there are still 2,130 coins left."
Old man Zhang said, "That medicine was earned by Danier and Lao Da. How much money did it cost? Give half to Danier. This is hers."
"I sold 800 coins that day, so I should give Danier 400 coins."
Wang counted out four hundred coins and gave them to Zhang Hulan.
Zhang Hulan took it immediately.
Old man Zhang continued, "There are still 1,730 coins left. The eldest and second brother will each get 800 coins, and the remaining 130 coins will be kept by us."
"The family's land was divided equally between the two brothers. The family's pots, pans, tables, chairs, benches, plows and farm tools were divided equally between the two brothers."
Old man Zhang looked at Zhang Hulan and said, "Daniel, you have no share in the family property. There has never been a precedent of dividing the family property among daughters."
"Dad, I don't need it." Zhang Hulan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Dad, why don't I move out and find a place to live. I don't want to make things difficult for my parents and eldest brother because of me. The family was originally fine, but I caused it to split up when I came here."
Old man Zhang waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I just want to talk about it today."
Since her father had said so, Zhang Hulan didn't say anything else. At worst, she could just take the old couple to live with her in the future.
She had already decided that once she finished her job as Magistrate Wu, if she could get a few taels of silver, she would immediately build a few houses and move out.
Even if they split up, she would still live under the same roof with Zhang Hubing and his wife, so she wouldn't have to worry.
Old man Zhang spoke again: "The food at home..."
Zhang Hulan immediately said, "Dad, you can't share the rice I bought last time. I bought it."
Since it has come to this, she doesn't want to let Zhang Hubing and his wife get away with it.
Unless they change their tempers, they will have no chance of getting any benefits in the future.
Old man Zhang nodded, "Yes, the things you bought that don't move are yours."
Wang said, "Not counting what Dani bought, there are still more than 30 kilograms of brown rice at home."
Old man Zhang said, "The eldest and the second brother will each get 15 kilograms. From now on, we two old men will eat at their two brothers' houses, and each will eat for a month."
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