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.
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 silent black-and-white movie at ten times the speed. The fleeting glimpses and the fleeting glimpses of the scene are so limited.
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 look closely, this matter is somewhat related to her injury.
The old couple 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 because of the kindness of Doctor Wang that he reduced the medical fees for Daohua's mother, Jiang, because he saw that she was crying pitifully.
Two taels and eight qian of silver, in the northern border area, was enough for an ordinary farmer to live on for several months. After all, just 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 very expensive events.
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, they were more than enough to hire a good matchmaker.
With this money, money for things like tea and wine, shoes and gifts for the matchmaker would be taken care of. If you were more frugal, you might even have a little extra.
After the old couple paid the money, their original plan to find a wife for Erlang had to be postponed for about half a year.
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, at least I could vent my anger.
However, the more the second aunt-in-law spoke, the more she felt aggrieved and the more she felt that her family had suffered a huge loss. At that time, she became so angry that she couldn't help but shout 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 Zhou was a person with a sour face and a hard heart. She had a very stubborn temper and always gave in to soft words rather than tough 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 became angry and agreed immediately.
Even after the second son put a veil on his wife's face, pulled her by the collar, and forced her to kowtow and apologize to the old lady, the old lady still did not give in.
He let the second son's wife bang her forehead on the ground, making loud noises.
In the end, I gritted my teeth and divided the house.
The old couple of the Xia family have been married for more than 40 years and have given birth to more than a dozen children, including five sons and two daughters.
Currently, except for the youngest daughter Xia Yujiao, all six children have started their own families and careers.
Although the youngest 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. They divided the family property into six equal parts, giving one to each son and one to their youngest daughter who was still unmarried.
The house allocated to each family is the one they originally lived in.
The family had a total of one hundred mu of land. The old couple left thirty mu for their coffin, gave twelve mu to each of their sons, and the remaining ten mu was divided between the eldest and youngest daughters, five 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.
Two pigs were slaughtered during the New Year and the meat was divided. 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 a little impressed by the old couple's meticulousness and thoughtfulness.
Because the old lady was determined, the division was fair, and although 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 dividing the family property had already been signed.
She also met Uncle Wang, the village head who came to her house to testify, and Xia Pingkang, the elder brother of the Xia family's grandfather.
After having witnessed the division of the old Xia family, these two had made a detour to visit Xia Daohua, the fourth branch. They also comforted Xia Youtian and Jiang Shi, saying things 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 for the guests.
The two guests chatted while turning their bowls and drinking up the liquid in slurps.
Uncle Wang had sparse hair, which was tied tightly into a pitiful little bun. He wore a net scarf, but 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 older brother of Xia Ping'an, the patriarch of the Xia family, the two brothers don't look much like the same family. Instead, they each have their own unique characteristics. Their most similar feature is probably 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 their bodies are, they will inevitably have headaches and fevers.
Your eldest brother's family lives in town year-round, so you can't rely on them. Your second brother has so many children, and your second sister-in-law isn't a virtuous woman, so let's not talk about them! Your third brother is a man of conscience, but he can't even take care of his own family. Your younger brother is still young and a little confused.
Among so many descendants, you are the most reliable.
Although the family has been divided, you all live together, even though you have divided the property. You should be more alert and take care of your parents and your sister as much as possible!
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 in disdain.
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