As soon as he entered the house, Kang Yuanfeng ran over to tell Kang Yueran, "Sister, grandma called a matchmaker to our house this morning and asked twice when you would be back. Sister, the family grandma told you about is definitely not a good one."
Kang Yueran smiled. She was worried about not finding an excuse to get mad. "You go inside and look after mother and Yuanhao. I'll go to the main room to check."
Kang Yuanfeng is now the head of the second house. "I'll go with you."
"No need! Don't worry, even if they combine their strength together, they can't beat me."
In the main hall, Zhao and several people from the main house were present. Zhao asked, "Have you paid back the money you borrowed from Manager Cheng?"
"I heard that grandma asked a matchmaker to come to my house. Is she planning to marry me off?"
Zhao was originally hesitant about this matter. Of course, she could get a betrothal gift by marrying her off, but Kang Yueran's hunting skills were also a steady source of income.
However, Kang Youping was really scared. One night, he dreamed that he was torn to pieces and eaten by several wild wolves. After the three people from the first wife spared no effort to persuade, they finally persuaded Zhao to marry Kang Yueran off.
"You are already fifteen, it's time for you to get married."
Kang Yueran said, "I have something to say, too. I'll go ask the headman later. Let's divide the house today."
Zhao slammed the table and said, "You want to split the family business? Don't even think about it."
Kang Yueran imitated Zhao's slamming of the table, but when she did, it cracked and broke into pieces. "If you don't want to split up, think about which part of your body is harder than this table."
Zhao's hand trembled as she pointed at Kang Yueran, not sure if it was out of anger or fear. "You dare!"
"I won't kill you, but I'll find a chance to cripple you all. I can still do it. If you don't believe me, try it."
"This is unfilial of you. I'm going to the government office to sue you." Zhao suddenly remembered the last time she said she would go to the government office to sue Kang Yueran, and Kang Yueran said he would break her legs. Her voice softened a bit, "I'll tell the clan leader and the village head."
Kang Yueran stood up and said, "I will go and ask the village head and the clan leader to preside over the division of the family."
She narrowed her eyes and threatened, "I have decided not to live with you anymore. Let's separate, and our second wife can move out.
If you insist on not sharing, I don't mind holding another funeral. There are many people out there who don't have enough to eat, so if two refugees who stole food come into your house and accidentally kill you all, it's perfectly reasonable."
The four Zhaos were terrified. Kang Yuanhua had already started to tremble. "You...don't kill us. Let's split up!"
Kang Yueran ignored them and went out to ask for help. The four people in the room took a long time to catch their breath and started discussing in low voices again.
When Kang Hong heard that Kang Yueran wanted to divide the family, he asked angrily, "What did your grandmother do again?" He was angry at Zhao.
Kang Yueran said, half-truthfully, "My grandmother found a matchmaker this morning to marry me off. Her only requirement was a betrothal gift of at least fifty taels."
Wang said bluntly, "Your grandmother has a beautiful idea! Is this marrying off your granddaughter or selling her? Yueran is still in mourning. If you let her get married, won't people criticize her and accuse her of being unfilial?"
Even in the good times of the past few years, the most a farmer could offer as a betrothal gift was twenty taels. Kang Yueran was quite pretty, but life was tough for everyone these days, and to offer fifty taels in a year of disaster made one doubt that they were a good family.
Kang Yueran continued, "If the family doesn't split up, my grandmother will decide my marriage. If she hands over my marriage proposal in private, I'll have to marry even if I don't want to.
Also, I heard from Shopkeeper Cheng that things are very chaotic in town right now, with many people selling their children for food. My mother and brother not only can't earn money but also need to eat every day, and I'm afraid grandma will sell them off."
Kang Hong believed that Zhao Shi could do this. "Come on, Yue Ran, call the clan leader. We will divide the family for you."
When Zhao and Kang Youping saw that the village head and clan leader had arrived, they quickly invited them to the main hall. Kang Yueran also called Kang Yuanfeng to the main hall.
Dividing the family is a big deal and women shouldn't be the ones to make the decision, but the Zhao family's seniority is there; Kang Yuanfeng is still young, and although he is nominally the head of the second house, he is not as thorough as the older Kang Yueran.
Kang Yanshun asked Kang Yuanfeng, "Your sister said she wants to split the family, do you agree?"
Kang Yuanfeng stood beside Kang Yueran and said, "I agree to the division of the family. I am still young and I will listen to my sister."
Zhao quickly stopped him, "I understand the principle of a big tree branching out, but since An Gang is gone and Yuan Feng is still young, I don't feel safe if we split it out."
Kang Hong was furious. "Zhao, You'an's seventh day hasn't passed yet, and he hasn't left far. Aren't you afraid that he will come to find you at night when you say this?"
Zhao's body trembled noticeably twice. Thinking of the benefits that the second branch could bring her, she still said with a stiff upper lip: "Clan leader, village head, I, I don't want to split up the family. I will treat the second branch well in the future."
Kang Hong snorted coldly, "You don't want to split up the family, are you thinking about Yue Ran's betrothal gift? Or do you want to sell the entire second house?"
The matchmaker was hired by Gu. She laughed dryly and said, "Look at what the village head said. How can that be possible?"
She pointed at Kang Youping and said, "Yueran deliberately kicked my husband and caused him to lose his front teeth, but we didn't say anything, did we?" She was mainly afraid and didn't dare to say anything.
Kang Hong retorted, "Do you think the neighbors are blind and deaf? They heard it clearly. It was you who forced Yue Ran to go hunting and pay back the money. Yue Ran said something back, and You Ping wanted to hit her, but he missed and fell."
Kang Youping quickly spoke for himself, "Village head, it was Kang Yueran who really kicked me down. She also said she wanted to take me hunting in the mountains, saying my flesh smelled good, and asked me to go up the mountain shirtless to use my body to attract prey."
Seeing that the village head didn't believe him, Kang Youping pointed to the table on the ground and said, "Look, this is what Kang Yueran just smashed. She said that if we didn't separate, she would kill us. It's true! We don't have that much strength to smash the table like this."
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