Chapter 2: Separation
However, while everyone's attention was drawn to the mean woman, Xia Daohua had already carefully observed the environment and herself - if she had not traveled through time, how could she have become a little girl of only seven or eight years old?
Her mood suddenly became very complicated.
It is not easy to quickly adjust your mindset and adapt to a new identity.
Some fragmentary images kept flashing through my mind, which should be the original memories of this body.
It's just that it feels like watching a movie at ten times the speed, a silent black-and-white movie. The information that can be captured is very limited, with only fleeting glimpses and brief glances.
What Xia Daohua didn't expect the most was that before she could recognize all the dozens of family members in her new identity, this large and prosperous family actually split up cleanly.
If you think about it in detail, this matter is somewhat related to her injury.
The old couple had originally planned to arrange a marriage for Erlang this year.
But because Xia Daohua was seriously injured in an accident, the old couple couldn't bear to watch their granddaughter die, so they took out some money to pay for her medical treatment.
This treatment cost a total of two taels and eight cents of silver.
Even so, it was thanks to the kindness of Imperial Doctor Wang that, seeing how pitifully Daohua's mother, Jiang, cried, he waived the medical fees.
Two taels and eight cents of silver was enough for an ordinary farmer to live for several months in the Beiguan area. After all, only twenty taels of silver was enough for an ordinary family of ten to live a prosperous life without worries about food and drink for a whole year.
Of course, it is pure dreaming to think that you can marry a wife with these two taels and eight cents of silver.
Weddings and funerals in the Great Chu Dynasty were both huge events that cost a lot of money.
To marry a daughter from a respectable family as a wife, not counting other expenses, the betrothal gift alone would cost ten taels of silver.
However, although these two taels and eight cents of silver were not enough to marry a wife, it was more than enough to hire a good matchmaker.
With this money, all the expenses for tea and wine, shoes and gifts for the matchmaker would be taken care of. If you are more careful with your budget, you might even have some extra.
After the old couple paid this money, their original plan to find a wife for Erlang had to be postponed for about half a year.
The second aunt felt that the old couple were too partial and treated Erlang unfairly.
When Xia Daohua just woke up, her second aunt came over to see what was going on.
But when he saw everyone surrounding the girl Daohua and asking about her well-being, he could no longer suppress the feeling of grievance in his heart.
He was so angry that he started to make a fuss.
I originally thought that even if I couldn't get any money out of it, at least I could vent my anger.
However, the more Second Aunt-in-law spoke, the more she felt aggrieved and the more she felt that her family had suffered a great loss. At that moment, she became so excited that she could not help but shout out that she wanted to split up the family and live separately.
The old man of the Xia family has a gentle temper and is very easy to talk to.
But the old lady, Mrs. Zhou, was a person with a sour face but a hard heart. She had a very stubborn temper and always gave in to soft words rather than hard ones. She had never been bullied by anyone in her life.
When the second son's wife made such a fuss, the old lady immediately got angry and agreed to it immediately.
Even later, when the second son put a slap on his wife's face, pulled her by the collar of her jacket, and forced her to kowtow and apologize to the old lady, the old lady did not give in.
Let the second son's wife bang her forehead on the ground, making a loud noise.
In the end, I gritted my teeth and divided the family up.
The old couple of the Xia family had been married for more than 40 years and had more than a dozen children, including five sons and two daughters.
Currently, except for the youngest daughter Xia Yujiao, the six children have all started their own families and careers.
Although the younger daughter has not yet married, her in-laws have already been decided.
At least on the surface, the old couple managed to keep things fair. The family property was divided into six equal parts, one for each son and one for the old couple and their unmarried youngest daughter.
The room allocated to each room in the family is the one they originally lived in.
The family had a total of 100 mu of land. The old couple left 30 mu for their coffin, gave 12 mu to each of their sons, and the remaining 10 mu was given to the eldest and youngest daughters, 5 mu each.
Each son had to pay 200 wen a month for the old couple's retirement allowance, and each daughter had to pay 100 wen a month as well.
The family's livestock, a cow and a mule, were difficult to divide, so they were left to the old couple. During the busy farming season, each family could come to borrow them.
There were two pigs, which were slaughtered at the New Year and the meat was divided up. There were exactly twelve chickens, two for each family, and two for the old couple.
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There are many such trivial clauses.
After hearing this, Xia Daohua was somewhat impressed by the old couple's meticulousness and thoughtfulness.
Because the old lady was determined, the division was fair, and even though the property was divided, everyone still had to live together in the future, so the whole process was basically harmonious.
It was over without much trouble.
By the time Xia Daohua found out about this, the documents for separation of the property had already been signed.
She also met Uncle Wang, the head of the village, who came to the house to testify, and Xia Pingkang, the elder brother of the old man of the Xia family.
These two, after being witnesses to the division of the old Xia family, had deliberately made a detour to visit Xia Daohua, and they also comforted Xia Youtian and Jiang, saying something like "Those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future."
Rice Flower Mother Jiang brought out two bowls of strong brown sugar water to entertain the guests.
The two guests turned their bowls around and drank up the drinks in slurps while chatting.
Uncle Wang had sparse hair, which was tied tightly into a pitiful little bun and he wore a net scarf. He had a thick, long beard, which was combed smooth and shiny. It was obvious that the owner of the beard took good care of it.
Although Xia Pingkang is the elder brother of Xia Pingan, the father of the Xia family, the two brothers do not look like the same family. Instead, they each have their own characteristics. The most similar thing about them is their thick black hair.
Xia Daohua was very satisfied to find that her grandfather Xia Ping'an was more handsome.
The two respected elders only sat in the fourth room for a while before leaving. Before leaving, they repeatedly told Xia Daohua's father:
"Youtian, your father and mother are old after all. No matter how strong they are, they will inevitably have headaches and fevers.
Your eldest brother's family lives in the town all year round, so you can't rely on them. Your second brother has so many children, and your second sister-in-law is not a virtuous woman, so let's not talk about her! Your third brother is a man with a conscience, but he can't take care of his own affairs. Your younger brother is still young and a little confused.
Among so many descendants, you are the most reliable one.
Although the family has been divided, you all live together in the same place, with your property divided. You should be more alert and try to take care of your parents and your sister!"
Xia Youtian agreed with a simple smile, and Jiang also stood aside and agreed, lowering her eyebrows and smiling gently.
That's what happened to Xia Daohua when she heard about the family division.
After hearing these words, sister Xia Lihua looked disapproving and snorted with disdain.
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