The best time to separate the family is when everyone in the family is making money and doing well.
Since the last time it was mentioned, Madam Du was already mentally prepared: "We'll listen to Mother."
Madam Wei frowned and said, "Mother... it's good that we live together."
"No good." Old Mrs. Ye rolled her eyes at her. "Yong'er will be getting married next year. Xuan'er and Peng'er will be getting married soon too. There still won't be enough room for everyone."
"Instead of building another thatched hut, wouldn't it be better to just split up and build a spacious one instead?"
Ye Erquan glanced at Madam Wei: "Alright. Mother is right."
Lady Wei dared not utter a sound.
Old Mrs. Ye said, "What I mean is, Daquan is the eldest son, so this house will go to Daquan. We will also give the second son five taels of silver so that you can go out and buy land to build your own house."
“The 30 taels you have are yours to keep. Since Daquan and Erquan delivered the goods last time, you have been paying 10 coins every day, and I will return all of that to you.”
"As for the land, the family has two mu of fertile land, four mu of poor land, and one mu of cassava. You brothers can divide these equally."
"As for our retirement, the money we have is our savings for our funerals, so don't even think about it."
When Mrs. Wei heard that even the eldest son's family didn't get a share of the money in the old lady's hands, she felt better.
Moreover, the land was divided equally. Although the old house was given to the eldest son, his parents were willing to give them an additional 5 taels, which was not bad.
Although 5 taels of silver can't build a house, this old house is too old. It's an adobe house with a thatched roof, and it gets wet and damp and leaks during the rainy season.
Thinking about it, Wei's displeasure completely disappeared, and she was quite willing.
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