Chapter 264 Great, there are melons at the village chief’s house too!

But looking at Wang Youwei's lifeless face, she decided to tell a white lie.

"Yes, Chu Ruilin asked me to tell you that you must live well. Carry his share and continue to live."

Wang Youwei, who had originally had a blank expression on her face, burst into tears when she heard these words.

"Brother Chu."

She choked up and repeated these three words, crying silently at first and then wailing loudly at the end.

Her crying broke the hearts of everyone present.

"Miss, don't cry, you still have me." Her personal maid Xiaotao couldn't bear it any longer and rushed over to hug her.

Lu Qi and Lu Li also had tears in their eyes.

After crying for a while, Wang Youwei wiped away her tears when she remembered that there were outsiders around.

She spoke in a daze: "But what's the point of me living? Daddy has also had a stroke, and my brother and sister-in-law are also going to drive me away."

It seems like he is asking someone, but also like he is talking to himself.

"According to Article 11 of the Daxia Household Order, if a married daughter is divorced, or if her husband dies without children, and she has not received any share of her husband's property, she shall be returned to her parents' home, and the same rules shall apply to virgin daughters."

Lu Qi spoke aloud and recited the laws of Daxia.

"If you marry and your husband dies without children and you return home, you have the same rights to inherit the family property as an unmarried girl. Your brothers and sisters-in-law have no right to control your dowry. If they insist on encroaching on your personal property, you can report it to the authorities."

Hearing her words, Wang Youwei's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.

She lowered her head and said sadly, "My household registration has not yet been transferred to the Chu family. It is in the hands of my brother and sister-in-law. If I make trouble with the government, I am afraid that my life in the Wang family will not be easy in the future."

【This Miss Wang is so stupid. 】

[Can't we set up a female household? She can just move out. ]

[Why do you have to live with your brother and sister-in-law when you have money? 】

Lu Li couldn't help but complain in her heart.

Even a little two-year-old baby knew how to save the money and run away, so why didn't Miss Wang find a way around it?

Lu Qi felt helpless when he heard Ninth Sister's complaints.

In this world, not every woman can give it her all.

"Daxia can set up female households. Your father gave you so much dowry, you can live alone." Lu Qi reminded.

Wang Youwei was stunned. She had never thought that she could do this.

She spoke subconsciously: "After I move out, I will be alone and will definitely attract wolves. How will I protect these dowries then?"

"The world is different now. Women can study and become officials. If you become an official, would ordinary people dare to touch you? In a few months, it will be the third college entrance examination. You should seize the opportunity." Lu Qi made it clear to her.

Thanks to the hard work of Concubine Shu and others, women gained a place and were encouraged to enact legislation in Daxia to protect some of the rights of women.

Nowadays, women can study, attend court, and serve as officials.

There are many more ways out than in the past.

Although it is not perfect, it is enough to protect a woman like Wang Youwei.

The faint light in Wang Youwei's heart burned fiercely with Lu Qi's encouragement.

Yes, the world is different now, and women can also hold up half the sky.

Why must she live under the control of her brother and sister-in-law?

Seeing that she had rekindled her hope for life, Lu Qi said nothing more and left with Lu Li.

Seeing them coming back, Lu Yanshi said, "Let's go, it's time for us to set off."

He had already sent people to the county governor to obtain information about the relocation of people from several villages.

Lianping Village, which was hit hardest by the disaster, was their next destination.

Many villagers chose to leave when they heard that if they went to Fuso Island, they would be given double the land and resettlement money for building houses, and that the crops they grew in the first year would not be taxed.

But there are also a few people who are nostalgic for their homeland and are unwilling to leave.

So the government selected a village chief from among those who stayed to manage the rest.

After some inquiries, Qu Fufeng found Song Shuisheng, the current village chief of Lianping Village.

"How many of them are they?" Song Shuisheng looked at them suspiciously.

It was obvious that this group of people were of extraordinary status. What were they doing in their small village?

"I have a relative named Niu Dagui. I heard that there was a forest fire here, so I came to see him." Qu Fufeng said with a smile.

“I wonder if they are still here.”

He had already seen from the relocation list that Niu Dagui and his family had moved away, so he just kept talking nonsense.

"Niu Dagui? His whole family has moved away to some Fuso Island." Song Shuisheng shook his head.

I was secretly wondering, does Niu Dagui have such a wealthy relative?

How come he hasn't heard of it?

"I heard that moving to Fuso Island has many advantages. Did they move there for that reason?" Qu Fufeng continued to ask.

"Yes, we all go there for the tax-free gift of land. With such good conditions, who wouldn't want to go?" Song Shuisheng smacked his lips, a little envious.

"Then why didn't you leave?" Qu Fufeng pretended to be confused.

"My ancestral tomb is here, I have to stay." Song Shuisheng sighed.

In fact, he did not stay here voluntarily.

However, his family drew lots and he got the lottery, so he had to stay and look after the ancestral tomb.

"Have all the other members of your family left?" Meng Shanchuan also came up to talk.

"They're gone, all gone. My eldest brother took my parents and several nephews to Fuso Island. Only my wife and I stayed behind." Song Shuisheng's tone was full of reluctance.

"My parents are old, and I thought they would stay. But my eldest brother said that the eldest son should take care of the elderly, and that we couldn't let them follow me, or he would be criticized, so my parents followed me."

Lu Li was listening to Qu Fufeng's nonsense out of boredom. When she heard this, her melon-eating system suddenly started to ring.

Lu Li opened it and her eyes widened.

Great, the village chief also has melons at home!

[You were deceived. Your elder brother never took your parents away.]

Lu Yanshi and Lu Qi heard her thoughts, looked at each other, and tacitly kept silent, waiting for Lu Li to continue.

[This Boss Song insisted on taking the person away for the resettlement money issued by the court. ]

【After all, one more adult means one more acre of land. 】

[If someone dies in an accident on the way to relocation, the funeral expenses can be compensated. ]

【Boss Song then came up with a crooked idea.】

[When passing by Hanjiang, he actually sent his parents to a death kiln! ]

Lu Qi was a little confused. What kind of place is a death kiln?

Instead, Lu Yanshi frowned.

He had heard the legend of the death kiln.

I heard that in some places, when the elderly are old and useless, they will be sent to this cave by their own children. After the elderly enter, their children will provide them with three days of food and then leave them to fend for themselves.

These caves are usually built on river cliffs or hillsides, with small triangular lamp niches inside.

Some were built on stone walls not far from the water, with no doors. When the water rose, it would drown the elderly and wash away the bodies without leaving any trace.

Some have the door sealed, and the children will open it after 49 days, then take out the body and bury it.

【Good guys, not only their family does this, but other families with elderly people also do this. 】

【Don’t these people have a guilty conscience? 】

Lu Li was so angry that her face turned red.