Mrs. Song didn't want to divide the family.
The things to be divided up were all the family's fields, houses, and savings. Mrs. Song, who had originally hoped to make a fortune, felt as if her heart was being torn out.
But she didn't dare to say a word in front of the village head and the elders.
The first things to be divided are the fields and houses.
But Zhou Lizheng and several clan elders took into consideration that the third house had no labor force, so the land was directly converted into 5 taels of silver. It was impossible for them to live together, so the house was also converted into 1 tael of silver.
As for the deposit, the old man Song and his wife insisted that they had no deposit and were unwilling to pay even a penny.
Although others don’t know the situation of the Song family, Song Yuehua knows it well.
The village head and the elders are all here, she said slowly.
"You may have forgotten that my father used to pay 200 wen to the government every month when he worked outside. Not to mention, the state government just sent him 20 taels of compensation for his life a few days ago!"
Twenty taels.
For people living in the countryside, they can live a warm life for two or three years.
When Mrs. Song heard that Song Yuehua was planning to take the money, she jumped up without caring about the people around her, pointed at Song Yuehua's nose, and cried and cursed.
"You shameless little bitch, do you know how much it costs to raise a person from childhood to adulthood?"
"Compensate me with twenty taels, that's what I deserve, you conscienceless beast! How can you not die if you want to get this money! How can you not die if you hit your head against the wall!"
"I raised them all this big, but in the end they turned against me and bit me. They are all ungrateful wolves..."
"Shut up."
Zhou Lizheng said calmly. Mrs. Song wanted to cry and shout a few more words, but Zhou Lizheng said, "If you make a scene again, all the twenty taels will go to the third room."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Song suddenly became quiet.
I discussed this with several clan leaders for a long time.
Zhou Lizheng said, "Let's not talk about the deposit first, but for the twenty taels, the third room will get fifteen taels, and the remaining five taels will be used as filial piety. As for the rest, the third room can only take the things in their own room. Do you have any objections?"
Opinion?
Except Song Yuehua, everyone in the Song family has an objection!
Song Lao Er almost couldn't hold back his words, "Uncle Zhou, should I and the eldest brother also share some of these twenty taels?"
"You want to split up the family too?" An elder in the clan was not happy and asked Song Lao Er.
“No, no, no!”
Song Lao Er shook his head repeatedly. He never wanted to divide the family.
"So, do you owe Song Lao San a debt of gratitude for giving birth to him? Or do you owe a debt of gratitude to Lao San's family?" the clan elder asked.
Well, he has no part in this matter.
After Song Lao Er shut up, he looked hatefully at the boss who had been silent the whole time. He had just taken advantage of the situation and brought him along, but this bastard didn't even say a word to help.
Hearing about the grace of giving birth, Mrs. Song's eyes lit up and she quickly replied, "I not only gave birth to the third child, but also raised him. Five taels is too little."
Zhou Lizheng said seriously, "A seven-year-old and a ten-year-old child are taking care of two babies. Have you ever considered how they will survive in the future?"
"You want money to show your filial piety, but for them, it's money to keep alive. You don't understand which is more important, but how can we old people not understand?"
"If you are not satisfied, then for the sake of fairness, let's ask a few people to search your rooms and divide the silver we find into four equal parts. How about that?"
How can you search the house when dividing the family? Isn't this an insult?
Old Song was so angry that his face turned blue, "Brother Zhou, do you really have to side with the Third Brother today?"
Zhou Lizheng sighed and smiled bitterly, "If I really want to protect you, it won't be that easy. Although you are not a human being, I can't help but treat you as a human being. You will get what you deserve, and you won't get what you don't deserve."
The division of the family was finally settled, and the documents were made in four copies, which were kept by each party.
Zhou Lizheng discussed with the elders of the clan and decided to temporarily give the four siblings a place to live in the cowshed at the end of the village.
Song Yuehua and her sister returned to the third house to pack their things.
When Grandma Jin next door found out, she asked her two daughters-in-law to help Song Yuehua move.
All that could be taken away from the three houses were two quilts, some old clothes, two backpacks and a wooden basin.
In addition to these, at the request of the clan elders and the village head, they also received ten kilograms of corn, twenty kilograms of potatoes, a clay pot, a bag of salt, and two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.
There weren’t many things to move, and with two aunts helping, one trip was enough.
Song Yuehua put thick bedding in the backpack and put the twins in it.
The two babies just had their diapers changed and fell asleep again. I’m afraid they will be hungry when they wake up.
How can you be so obedient?
Looking at the little baby blowing bubbles, Song Yuehua felt her heart soften.
After packing, Grandma Jin's second daughter-in-law Tang looked around the third room and asked, "Daya, they said that everything in this room belongs to you, right?"
Song Yuehua put the backpack on her back and said, "Yes, that's what I said."
"Well, you wait!"
Tang covered her mouth and smiled, then turned and went out, shouted twice towards her courtyard, calling her man over.
"Erniu, carry these and help Daya deliver them over," Tang said to Zhang Erniu, pointing at a table and two benches in the room.
Zhang Erniu didn't say anything, just listened to his wife's instructions. He turned the table over and put two benches on it. When he was about to carry it on his shoulders, Tang called him again.
"Erniu, take down the door panel for me too."
Then, Zhang Erniu carried the table and stool in one hand and held the door panel with the other.
Mrs. Song, who had been staring at the third house, saw Zhang Erniu carrying the table and stools out of the house and immediately started shouting, "Bandits! You even dug up three layers of the ground, how come you took everything!"
"You even took down the door, old lady Jin, do you have any shame? You come to someone else's house to plunder. You can't afford to live like this!"
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