After reaching an agreement, the two parties went directly to the village chief.
When the village chief arrived at the Su family's house, a large crowd of villagers had already gathered outside, all discussing the matter. The village chief's face was grim, clearly displeased with what had happened at the Su family's home.
The Su family was considered a prominent family in Yue Shang Village, but the affairs of the Su family had thrown the entire village into turmoil. In the village chief's eyes, Su Jingxuan had always been a good boy. Although he hadn't spent much time with his purchased wife, he could see that the girl was kind-hearted. Now that the family had fallen into such a state, dividing the family property seemed to be the only solution.
However, the village chief was most concerned about Su Jingxuan. As soon as he arrived at the Su family home, his gaze fell on Su Jingxuan's injured leg.
Despite the excruciating pain, Su Jingxuan nodded to the village chief to indicate that he was alright. Understanding the village chief's concerns, he reassured him, "I'm fine. Although I injured my leg, as long as I rest properly, it shouldn't have too much of an impact."
The village chief frowned and said worriedly, "Given your current situation, once you separate from the family, there may be no turning back!"
"Let's split up! If I don't split up now, I'll end up in the same situation anyway! Maybe even worse!"
Faced with Su Jingxuan's words, the village chief nodded helplessly, ordered his men to prepare all the writing implements, and then turned his attention to the Su family.
"Are you all sure?"
“It’s confirmed!” Su Shan said.
Su Chen wanted to say something, but Su Shan stopped her and even glared at her fiercely.
The village chief naturally saw their undercurrents, and in the end he said nothing more. After putting away the brush, ink, paper and inkstone, he looked at Su Shan.
"Since we're going to split the family property, let's be fair and just. Take over your family's assets, and make sure that the two of them get everything they're entitled to."
There's also silver, house deeds, and land deeds. After all, every household's houses and land are distributed according to the number of people. These things are all on record in the government office, so fairness and impartiality are essential!
Upon hearing this, Su Shan's heart skipped a beat, but he still obediently went inside and quickly brought out all his belongings.
"This is our land deed, this is the house deed, and this is the thirty taels of silver they're asking for!"
“Village chief, we just made an agreement. He asked for 4 mu of land, 30 taels of silver, and 20 dan of grain. We only agreed on that, so we can't distribute it according to the first phase…”
Su Chenshi was very anxious, fearing that if she wasn't careful, the village chief would give them more of his own things.
The village chief wasn't going to listen to their whispering. After looking at all the things, he finally focused his attention on the division of the land.
"Your family's land is for five people. Jingxuan's wife hasn't been allocated any land yet, so I'm not included in that group. Jingxing's wife hasn't been allocated any land either, so she's not included in that group either. Currently, your Su family owns a total of twenty mu of land."
If you divide it among the five of you, each person will only have four mu of land.
Jingxuan is right to ask for four mu of land. These four mu are in different locations; which location should they be allocated to?
Hearing what the village chief said, Su Chenshi finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was no exaggeration to say that Su Jingxuan felt very uncomfortable about giving him any of the land.
“Give them the four mu of land on one side!” Su Chenshi thought that there were indeed four mu of land on the west side, but the location was not very good and the yield was not very good, so he planned to give these four mu of land to them.
The village chief of the four mu of land to the west naturally knew the quality of the land there, so he took a deep look at Su Chenshi and then focused his gaze on Su Jingxuan and his wife.
"The four acres of land he mentioned are very close to wasteland, but the soil quality is not very good, and the harvest is not very good either. If you don't want it, you can choose another one!"
Upon hearing this, Su Jingxuan immediately tried to ask for other land, but Luo Yunhe stopped him.
“Since it’s closer to my piece of wasteland, then I’ll take that piece of land!” After saying that, Luo Yunhe looked at Su Jingxuan and said, “Husband, you can trust me, I will definitely cultivate that land even better!”
Seeing her confidence, Su Jingxuan finally nodded: "I believe in you!"
Seeing that both parties had agreed, the village chief quickly copied the names on the land deed again, affixed his seal, and made two copies. He kept one for himself and handed the other to Su Jingxuan.
"Next is the matter of the house!" The village chief stared at the house deeds in front of him, his brows furrowed tightly, and finally his gaze fell on another new deed, which was for the neighboring yard.
"In my opinion, let's give this place to the two of them!" The village chief was somewhat selfish at this moment, but Su Chenshi immediately stepped forward to stop him when she saw the land deed he took out.
“That land deed won’t do. The place next door is for my youngest son to build a carpentry shop. My son is studying carpentry, and that's for him to rent out rooms. What will my son do if you give it to him?”
"Father, how can we give the neighbor's yard to my eldest brother? That's for my second brother to open a carpentry workshop..."
“We can’t give it to them, it’s ours!” Zhang Lingling also spoke up.
Although Su Jingxing didn't speak, his expression showed that he was unwilling to give up the space.
The village chief's face immediately turned extremely ugly when he saw their expressions.
"If you're unwilling to give him the neighboring house, then give them this yard!"
"How can we give that to him? Where will we stay?"
The village chief was so angry at their shameless faces that his eyebrows twitched. He slammed his hand on the table and pointed at the land deed in front of him.
"You won't give them this courtyard, you won't give them that courtyard, where are you going to let them live? Don't go too far!"
The Su family members looked at each other, none of them daring to step forward. However, each of them had many vacant houses, but none of them wanted to lose them at this time.
“Then, there’s another piece of land, a much bigger one. Give it to him, and if you build a house there, it will be much bigger than this…” Su Chenshi’s voice was very loud at first, but by the end it had become a whisper.
“Su Chenshi, don’t push your luck. You say this place only has a few thatched huts and is a bit big, it’s fine when the weather is good, but where do you expect them to live when it’s windy and rainy?”
"I don't care! Those things happened after the family split up, what does it have to do with me?"
"Anyway, it's just that one plot of land; take it or leave it. I don't have any extra space. Asking me for this courtyard or the neighboring courtyard is simply not going to work!"
Madam Su was determined to go all out; she was absolutely not going to give up this courtyard and the neighboring courtyard to them today.
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