Ordinary people stayed behind to clean the houses they were assigned to, and those with Wood Spiritual Roots were responsible for helping to repair the houses first.
She asked those with earth spirit roots to excel in earth-based magic, so she asked them to build the village wall with Zhou Xiaoma. Although this earth wall could not stop the attacks of monsters, the earth wall built by the earth spirit root cultivators could block wind and fire.
Then, she recruited cultivators skilled in wind magic to sweep the streets. This not only allowed them to utilize their specialties to clean the village streets and squares as quickly as possible, but also allowed them to strengthen their control over their spiritual energy. It was simply perfect.
"Ms. Sang Jin, what about me? What do we in the Thunder Department do?" Someone came up to ask Sang Jin.
"As for Lei, then you can be responsible for collecting more firewood. Then distribute it to each household. It's cold at night and everyone is busy cleaning up their homes. Everyone is short of firewood." Sang Jin thought of a good job for them.
"Then we..."
"Others should find ways to do things and don't just sit around doing nothing. I still have to go pick a house." After saying that, Sang Jin ran away.
Father Sang and his team allocated houses based on the number of people in each household. Aside from restaurants and inns, which didn't have their storefronts allocated, any houses that could be lived in were allocated to those who truly needed them.
Households with more than a dozen people were given two adjacent, single-entry courtyards. Households with no more than six people were generally assigned a small, single-entry courtyard. The only remaining large, double-entry courtyard in the village was occupied by the Sang family.
After the yards were divided, some households with good relationships who wanted to be neighbors would apply to Old Man Sang to change their seats.
"Mom, have you ever thought about living apart from Dad? I see there's still a small courtyard with five bedrooms left. Our big house is enough for our whole family. You and Dad will have one room, I'll have one room by myself, and your elder brother will have one room with your younger brother in the future. There's still one room left that can be used as a study." Sang Jin pulled her mother's wrist and shook it.
It’s not that she doesn’t like grandma and second uncle, she just thinks it’s more comfortable to live separately from grandpa and grandma when there are more people around.
"Ask your father about this. I can't make the decision on my own." Zi Shufen thought to herself that it was actually a good idea to separate them. She could live her own life. After all, her and her mother-in-law's personalities didn't mesh. What Xiaojin said was a good idea.
"That's so easy. As long as you and I agree, Dad and brother will stand by us unconditionally." Sang Jin thought there was a chance. Her mother probably wanted to have her own small courtyard to live in alone.
"Then go talk to your father and the others yourself. If they are all willing, I have no objection." Zi Shufen said.
Sang Jin discovered that her mother truly lived for her father. Whatever her father said was the truth. But her father didn't make the final decision on many matters; it was always her mother who had the final say. Ultimately, their eldest wife couldn't make any decisions; she still had to rely on her grandmother.
Never mind, she had to handle the division of the family herself. She went to find her father and eldest brother again, and as expected, neither of them had any objection to the division.
"Grandma, here are your favorite snacks." Sang Jin knew that grandma had given the snacks to the two yamen runners as their food today.
"Oh, it's our little lucky star who understands me." Old Mrs. Zhuang and Mrs. Fang were wiping the dust off the gate with Sang Ling and Sang You.
"Tell me, is there something you need help with?" Old Mrs. Zhuang knew her little granddaughter wouldn't come to her house without a reason. If she came to talk to her, it was definitely because she had something for her to do.
"Our eldest branch wants to separate and live on its own. Please ask Grandpa to grant the courtyard on your right to our eldest branch." Sang Jin knew that Grandpa had given one of the courtyards closest to the Sang family to Zhou Fugui and the other to Zhou Dahe. However, the courtyards to the left and right of the Sang family were not given to anyone else to live in.
Sangshui, or Sang Jin's aunt's family, didn't live on the same street as the Sang family. They chose a small courtyard on the next street over. But it wasn't far from the Sang family either. It was a fifteen-minute walk at most.
"Such a big thing, why don't you go find your grandfather?" Old Mrs. Zhuang didn't want to separate from them. It would not be lively if the family split up.
"I'm afraid that grandpa will beat me, so I came to talk to grandma first. Grandma, what do you say?" Sang Jin pulled on the sleeve of old lady Zhuang and acted like a spoiled child. If it were in the past, old lady Zhuang would definitely scold her and say, "This awful thing, stay away from me."
"You are not afraid of your grandfather scolding you, you are just afraid that your grandfather will not agree. You want to get past me first, and then I will help you persuade your grandfather. Is that right? You little clever kid with a big heart." Old Mrs. Zhuang said with a smile.
She put the snacks into her space ring, which was fully stocked with daily necessities, so she didn't need to go to the city to buy anything for the time being.
"I know, grandma loves Xiao Jin the most." Sang Jin continued to act coquettishly. After all, she was just a child now, so what was there to be embarrassed about?
"Well, there's nothing I can do about you. Come on, let's go find your grandfather. He's lighting a fire right now."
"good."
It was rare for Sang Jin to see her grandfather actually go to the kitchen to help light the fire.
"Xiao Jin is here. Grandpa is roasting sweet potatoes. I'll bring them to you when they're cooked." Father Sang was in a good mood. They had finally settled down. There was such a spacious house to live in. It was much better than the adobe house they had lived in before.
The courtyards here are a mixture of wooden houses and blue bricks.
"Okay, old man, let me tell you about the first wife's affairs." Old Mrs. Zhuang leaned over and whispered in Old Man Sang's ear what Sang Jin had just said.
"Oh, little Sang Jin, go and call everyone from the first and second houses here first. Grandpa also has something very important to announce." Old Man Sang said mysteriously.
Sang Jin immediately went out to find the people from the first and second branches of the Sang family and went to the main hall of the Sang family. Soon, the main hall of the Sang family was filled with eleven people from the Sang family. The main hall had been cleaned spotlessly by Mrs. Zhuang and the others.
There were a few chairs available, but the children who didn't have any stood behind their parents.
"I've gathered you all here today because I have something to discuss. This large courtyard was originally for our Sang family to live in. It's also the largest house in the village that's still well-preserved."
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