Han Cheng and Zhao were shocked to hear the news of Yuger's separation. How come there was no sign at all beforehand?
Han Zeyu calmly reassured her parents, "There's a mother-in-law who's oppressing me. I find her annoying. And then there's that old, yet heartless father-in-law. Today he brings home a concubine, and tomorrow he brings out a bastard. There's constant intrigue in the mansion. It's uneasy to live here. Please don't let it affect my husband's imperial examinations. I still want to be a successful candidate! I can't let these trivial matters hold me back."
At first, Su Shien was very touched. His brother Yu was only concerned about his face and was afraid that he would not be able to hold his head up in Yue's family.
But after hearing the latter part, he blinked in confusion, thinking that they were kicked out of the house because they were too annoying. Could it be that he remembered it wrongly?
Han Cheng didn't want his son and son-in-law to suffer any injustice, so it would be better for them to separate and live separately, at least there would be less trouble.
Zhao also felt the same way. She never imagined that the inner house of a wealthy family would be so messy, with three wives and four concubines, and the children were not all born to the same mother. It made her tired just thinking about it.
The Su family did not publicize the division of the family. Master Su found a monk to exorcise the evil spirits, and Mrs. Su Wang ordered the housekeeper to find craftsmen to see what was going on with these pillars.
The carpenter carefully examined the broken part of the beam. The cut was neat, as if it had been cut by something, but it definitely was not a saw, because a saw could not cut such a smooth cut.
As for the load-bearing columns, the fractures were jagged, and it really looked like they were broken by brute force.
Both Mrs. Su Wang and Mr. Su were dissatisfied with the result. They had witnessed such a strange scene with their own eyes that day, and Han Zeyu did not have the Iron Head Kung Fu, so how could it be caused by human beings?
The monk took a tour around the Su Mansion and, after inspection, he also said that the mansion was very clean and there were no demons or ghosts.
The two men sent the master away doubtfully, still finding it unbelievable.
Mrs. Su cautiously asked, "Does Shi En's mother like to wear blue clothes?"
Su Wangshi could not remember what happened twenty years ago. She only vaguely remembered that the woman liked to read medical books and seemed to always dress very simply.
Master Su scolded Mrs. Su Wang in a timid tone, "Don't let your imagination run wild! This happened so many years ago. If it was going to be haunted, it would have happened long ago. It wouldn't have waited until today."
Su Wangshi heard the guilt in his words. Why did she come out to cause trouble? It was because her son's interests were affected.
Thinking of this, Su Wangshi trembled. She had strongly advocated for the division of the family. Wouldn't that woman hold a grudge against her?
"Master, Aunt Bai has just arrived, so you should pay more attention to her. The child is still young and needs more company from her father."
Master Su was speechless. Was Madam chasing him away?
Forget it, the mother and daughter just came in the day before yesterday, so it is normal for Mrs. Su Wang to feel a little resentful. He should not bring bad luck here.
When Master Su was halfway there, he happened to meet the gentle and graceful Concubine Chen. He immediately changed direction and went to the west yard to see the fat girl.
After hearing the report from the little maid, Aunt Bai looked unhappy. She didn't expect that there would be an obstacle in the mansion. She couldn't get angry now. She had to recover as soon as possible before she could make other plans.
Aunt Chen had been preparing for a long time. While the mansion was in chaos, she wanted to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get pregnant with a boy.
The quarrel between the eldest young master and his wife this time only made her more determined that only by giving birth to a boy could she have something to rely on for the rest of her life.
If she could wait until the day of the family division, Master Su would have died by then, and she would have been able to live out her retirement with her son!
Why did Han Zeyu insist on mentioning the green-robed female ghost? It was because he discovered that there were only a few colors of fabric on the market. If he had gone back twenty years, the variety of choices would have been even smaller.
Su Shien's biological mother was a woman who liked to study medical books. She was literate and quite knowledgeable about medical principles. Such a woman would not like bright colors such as red and green, right?
As a female doctor who cures diseases and saves lives, it is not good to wear white clothes every day. It looks so unlucky.
Light green, light blue, moon white, warm yellow, these simple colors don’t seem to be much different from each other.
Moreover, Han Zeyu dared to guarantee that, given Master Su's fickle nature and his love of novelty and dislike of the old, it was impossible for him to remember what color clothes people liked to wear twenty years ago.
Really, if only that suit hadn’t been torn to pieces, he could have gone out and pretended to be a ghost and scared people.
Su Shien breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he threw away the women's clothing, otherwise the Su Mansion would have become a haunted house.
It’s not that he was reluctant to leave the dilapidated house, nor was he worried about the people who stayed inside, but he didn’t want things to get out of hand.
Yu Ge'er's situation could be considered as a resurrection of the dead. If Su Wangshi finds a Taoist master, he is afraid that Yu Ge'er will be harmed.
He doesn't want to be rich and powerful, he just wants to live a peaceful and stable life with Yu Ge'er.
Seeing that her husband was not in high spirits, Su Shien suggested going to see the farm, after all, it would be their property in the future.
When it came to inspecting the territory, Han Zeyu immediately regained his spirits. This was real estate, and he would be a man with a house and land in the future.
After half a day's journey, the two finally arrived at a farm outside the state capital.
Su Shien had never been here before and looked inside curiously.
Han Zeyu was somewhat disappointed. As expected, those estates with thousands of acres were imperial estates, and villas with hundreds of acres only existed among the rich and powerful.
Mrs. Su Wang was not stupid. She specially picked the smallest farm and divided it between the two of them.
The farm has a good geographical location, but unfortunately it only covers an area of 100 mu, and the output of one mu is only about 100 kilograms. The output of potatoes and sweet potatoes at this time does not reach 300 kilograms.
The second branch of the Han family has six people and was allocated a total of 36 acres of land. His family has limited labor and cannot take care of too many fields.
There was a large family in their village that had not yet split up, and the land they were allocated was nearly a hundred acres.
An acre of land in ancient times was not as large as the area in later generations. Therefore, in Han Zeyu's opinion, this manor was too small, probably the size of eight football fields.
Su Shien untimely explained, "The new emperor is benevolent. Since ascending the throne, he has reduced taxes by half. Now, only 25% tax is required per acre of land."
Han Zeyu calculated with his fingers and found that this hundred-acre farm had to pay more than 2,000 kilograms of grain tax.
Judging from Su Shien's tone, he seems quite grateful?
In their time, agricultural tax had been abolished for many years. He never thought that when he traveled back to ancient times, he would have to experience the pain of paying taxes.
After the autumn harvest, all the crops on the farm were harvested, and then a batch of vegetables were planted.
The tenants here don't know about the change of ownership of the farm yet, and they are still busy with their work as usual.
Seeing two strangers coming towards him, Uncle He asked them in confusion who they were.
Han Zeyu took out the land deed and revealed his identity. He was the new small landlord and he would be the owner of this place in the future. They had to plant whatever the owner told them to plant.
Han Zeyu was waving a whip in his heart, tremble, humans! Your leisurely days are over.
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