Old Mrs. Li spoke first, "You Gu family are all heartless people. You take Gu Shan's pension while letting my daughter starve to death. You deserve to die. I'm going to report you to the officials!"
"What right do you have to sue us? That money was clearly given to us by Gu Shan's wife as a token of respect!" When Old Mrs. Gu heard that Old Mrs. Li was going to the government to sue her family, she became anxious and shouted at the top of her lungs.
Upon hearing this, the neighbors who were watching the commotion all rolled their eyes at Old Mrs. Gu.
However, the villagers believed it to be true.
Because Li Xihua was known for her filial piety.
However, in Gu Lili's eyes, this was nothing short of blind filial piety.
In the name of filial piety, she starved herself to death and nearly starved her four children to death as well.
Outsiders all know what kind of person their daughter is, so how could she, as her mother, not know?
At this moment, Old Mrs. Li hated herself even more for raising her daughter to be so kind and weak.
She bit her lip and after a long while, she finally spoke, "Even if it was a gift from her to you, you shouldn't have driven her to such a desperate situation!"
"Yes, how could they take all the money?"
"They only gave us one acre of wasteland, how heartless!"
The surrounding neighbors all spoke out against the second wife of the Gu family.
Seeing that no one was on their side, and with Gu Lili's three uncles glaring at them through gritted teeth, the group lowered their heads and dared not utter a sound, afraid of being beaten.
With red eyes, Gu Lili stepped forward and said, "Uncle Village Head, everyone is here today. We hope that you will make a decision and let our family be divided again. Otherwise, my siblings and I will really have no way to survive."
Gu Lili had no intention of swallowing her anger like her mother.
Today, with my maternal grandparents and the village head all present, we must reorganize the family property.
As soon as Gu Lili finished speaking, Aunt Gu became anxious and said in a shrill voice, "The family was already divided a few months ago, why are we dividing it again!"
How can you eat something and then have it spat out?
Besides, that money was meant for his son's tuition and to buy him calligraphy supplies; how could he possibly hand it over?
“Alright, it’s fine if we don’t redistribute them. Then I’ll take my younger siblings to the county magistrate to have it decided. But if things get out of hand, we don’t know if Gu Shuwen will still be able to stand on his own two feet in the school.”
Gu Lili looked at her second aunt with a cold smile.
She refused to believe that, given that it concerned Gu Shuwen, the second branch of the Gu family would stubbornly insist on not separating.
When Gu Shuwen was born, an old Taoist priest who traveled all over the world told his fortune, saying that he would become a high-ranking official in the future.
As if to prove the old man's words, Gu Shuwen could recite the Three Character Classic at the age of three and the Hundred Family Surnames and Thousand Character Classic at the age of four.
The second branch of the Gu family went to great lengths to send their children to school.
Upon hearing Gu Lili mention her son, Aunt Gu immediately disregarded the menacing Li family members and angrily shouted, "You little slut, how dare you..."
Before Aunt Gu could finish her curse, a loud slap landed on her face.
Gu Lili said coldly, "If you keep nagging, I'll slap you, you believe me!"
After saying that, Gu Lili pulled her trembling right hand back into her sleeve. She had used all her strength just now, and her hand was now sore!
However, this was considered mild. Before the family split up, Gu Lili and Gu Huanhuan were frequently beaten and scolded by their second aunt.
The original owner of this body, like her mother, endured humiliation silently, but Gu Lili could not.
She's vengeful and holds a grudge!
"You dare hit me? I'll tear your face apart!" Aunt Gu cried as she charged at Gu Lili.
Just as Aunt Gu was about to pounce on Gu Lili, the village head angrily said, "Shuwen's mother, if you keep causing trouble, I won't care anymore. Let the Li family confront you in court!"
Gu Lili's three uncles all walked up to her in unison and protected her, afraid that Gu Lili's second aunt might hurt her.
This warmed Gu Lili's heart.
Aunt Gu abruptly stopped in her tracks. If she went to the county magistrate, things would really get out of hand.
But she didn't want to return it.
Ten taels of silver would take the second wife several years to save up, and their son was in school at a time when they needed the money.
The Four Treasures of the Study, even the lesser ones, cost about one tael (approximately 50 grams).
For a moment, Aunt Gu was caught in a dilemma, and after a long while, she could only manage to utter one sentence, "But I can't let this wretched... girl hit me for nothing!"
"Tch, haven't you hit people enough? I've seen it countless times in private," Aunt Zhang mocked.
Aunt Zhang had long disliked this Aunt Gu, who, relying on her son who was good at studying, acted arrogantly and looked down on everyone.
She couldn't stand any of the filthy things they did!
Seeing that Aunt Gu was about to start arguing with Aunt Zhang again, the village headman shouted, "Alright! Stop arguing! Since Lili has proposed to re-divide the family property, as the village headman, I naturally have to stand up for them!"
Seeing the impartial village head, the Li family members remained silent.
Grandma Gu said anxiously, "But..."
"But what 'but'? Say one more word and I'll go to the county magistrate!" the village headman roared.
Old Man Gu and Gu Chuan quickly tugged at Old Lady Gu, signaling him to stop talking.
The reason they dared to pocket the silver was because they saw the eldest son's family as easy targets.
Now, Gu Lili has only fainted from hunger and woken up, but she seems to have become a different person. Not only does she dare to insult and attack them, but the determined aura in her eyes also frightens them.
Old Man Gu absolutely believed that Gu Lili could find the county magistrate, so at this moment he could be considered to have tacitly agreed to the matter of redistributing the family property.
Grandma Gu and Aunt Gu clenched their fists tightly in their anxiety, but in the end, they still dared not say anything more.
Seeing that everyone had fallen silent, the village head stroked his goatee and said to his eldest son with satisfaction, "Dazhu, go back and get the village's land and property registration book."
Gu Dazhu arrived quickly and handed the notebook in his hand to the village head.
The village head held it in his hand and flipped through it for a while before finding the page about Gu Jingsheng's family.
Gu Jingsheng's family has a total of eight mu of fertile land and six mu of wasteland.
The village's farmland is allocated according to the population.
Men over sixteen years of age could be allocated one acre of fertile land and one acre of wasteland.
After marriage, the woman would be allocated an acre of fertile land and an acre of wasteland.
Therefore, women did not receive land; it was all allocated to the men in the family. Women's land was allocated to their husbands' families.
Of course, if you have money, you can also ask the village to requisition the land. The two extra acres that the Gu family had were bought with money from the military pay that Gu Shan brought back.
The village head frowned as he looked at the notebook and said, "Brother Jingsheng, you're too heartless! Both of them are my flesh and blood, how could you do this? It's so unfair!"
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