It was a shabby house with few good tables and chairs inside.
The Liu family was originally a marquisate, but the emperor was old and many of his sons were vying for the throne. The Liu family became victims and were exiled to the northwest by the emperor. It might sound like a serious crime, but in reality, it wasn't a serious one. Being stripped of their official position and demoted to commoners didn't count as a crime.
It is different from those criminals who have to do labor.
The Liu family was large, and the current Liu father had a wife, several concubines, and both legitimate and illegitimate children. After arriving in the northwest, these people began to stir up trouble, each clamoring to divide the family.
"There's only so much food at home, and it's not even enough to eat."
"It would be better if we just split up. If we do, we'll all learn to work hard instead of being lazy all the time."
"My aunt is not young anymore. I heard that children from poor families grow up early, but she has always been doing everything for herself. Do you think we are her servants?"
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At the beginning of their exile, the family had a good relationship with each other and was willing to put in some superficial efforts. But as time went on, conflicts arose. For example, one person thought another had hidden money, and another thought their child was sick but the others refused to pay.
After arriving at their destination, these people lived together, and the former masters had to cook for themselves and were not well dressed. The daughters-in-law watched their mothers-in-law take care of their sisters-in-law, letting them not work and just wait for food while their own children had to work. How could this be acceptable?
It is better to divide the family business sooner rather than later, so that they can take charge of the finances themselves and do not have to give the money they earn to their parents-in-law to support their younger sister-in-law.
"Father." Liu Yanbo, the second-in-command, stood up. He was Liu's father's illegitimate son, and they got married before he was exiled.
At the time, the Liu family was still a marquisate, but already in turmoil. Liu Yanbo's original fiancée was uneasy about marrying him, so the Su family simply gave him their daughter, Su Qiuya, in marriage.
Su Qiuya is a good cook. Since she is not valued at home, she likes to cook more. She also has a stubborn and strong temper. If she had not been knocked unconscious by a trick, she would not have married Liu Yanbo.
But since she has already married, it would be inappropriate for her to leave when the Liu family is in danger.
Su Qiuya's maternal grandfather wanted to rescue her and let her divorce, but she refused. She didn't want to be seen as a heartless person. Even if she was exiled to the northwest, she would always find a way out.
It's just that this family treated Liu Yulian too well. Even though the family was struggling, they still didn't let Liu Yulian work. If Liu Yulian coughed even a little, her parents-in-law would think of giving her good things.
Liu Yulian is only about ten years old, but she has some beauty at such a young age. When she grows up, she will definitely be extremely beautiful.
But what does it matter to them whether the sister-in-law is beautiful or not? They can't sell her for money.
Liu Yanbo himself was not a kind person, and was even a little selfish. He thought that since he had already started a family, he should pay more attention to his own small family. He should have listened to Su Qiuya and separated from the family early. Then, when they had children, they could send them to school. They couldn't just let the children live as villagers in the mountains. What could they teach their children themselves?
Besides, Liu Yanbo is a bastard's son. He doesn't want to work hard for most of his life, only to have everything left to the legitimate son.
"Let's split up." Liu Yanbo said, "If we split up now, we can still be harmonious. If we do it later..."
"Let's split up the family." Liu Yanbo's elder brother Liu Yanjing's legs and feet were not in good condition. He had been injured before and had been dragging his feet and had not fully recovered.
Liu Yanjing was the legitimate son, and he knew these people were just using his sister as a pawn, saying she wouldn't do this or that. Yet, his sister still took care of him. His wife had divorced him, he had two children, and he couldn't do much work, so he spent a lot of money.
This is normal. Even when they were still in the Marquis' Mansion, these brothers had been hiding other things and were treacherous.
"Father." Liu Yanjing looked at his father, "Find a witness and divide the family property."
Father Liu felt bad looking at these people and was reluctant to split up the family so soon. If they did, they would no longer be like one family, but rather several families.
"You...you are just fooling around." Liu's father used to be a marquis, and he had some authority in the family. But he was no longer a marquis, and his concubines had other ideas. They wanted to follow their son.
Those concubines who did not have sons had already thought of ways to leave, or had the marquis's mansion issue a letter of release to let them leave.
Now, the only ones left were the mothers of the three illegitimate sons of the Liu family, and they were thinking about splitting up the family. After the split, they would live with their sons, so that their lives would be easier.
"Master, it's easier for each family to split up. We will follow our sons, and they will give you and your wife some retirement money in the future."
"Yes, then we don't have to compete with you for this bite of food."
“A big tree has many branches, and when it’s time to separate, you still have to separate.”
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Liu's mother had long noticed that these concubines no longer respected her as much as before, especially after she stopped giving them money. This was just how they were; they came along simply because it was difficult for them to leave early.
Mother Liu thought of her daughter, who was still groggy this morning and had always been rather delicate. Meanwhile, these people were clamoring to divide the family property.
"Let's split it up." Mother Liu didn't want to see these people quarreling anymore, so she wrote the paperwork and completely separated the family business. They would live their own lives from then on.
When it comes to talking about pension money, those people still have something to say, for example, they have to support their biological mother, they are poor themselves, and they have children, so they can't come up with that much.
Father Liu's face was gloomy. Even on the way to exile, he had felt that his family was not getting along. Who could have imagined that these people would now want to divide the family, not only not to provide pensions, but also to constantly reduce the amount of money given to parents, fearing that they would use the money to support the old family and their youngest daughter.
When Liu Yulian woke up, the Liu family had already divided up the family property, dividing up the remaining silver, the house, and the pots, pans, and utensils.
Liu Yulian was in a daze and had a dream. She finally remembered that she was a time traveler and was not from this era.
She had read a novel called "The Guilty Minister's Wife [Gourmet Food]," the heroine of which was her second brother's wife, Su Qiuya, whose family background was quite complicated. Su Qiuya was framed to marry Liu Yanbo. She could have relied on her maternal grandfather's family to escape, but she chose not to, not wanting to embarrass them, and also because she believed her husband might still be saved.
When Liu Yulian read the novel, she thought it was quite enjoyable, except that the heroine felt a little depressed at the beginning of her exile. After the heroine arrived at the place of exile, they separated.
After the family split up, the heroine relied on delicious food to make a prosperous life.
"Mother." Liu Yulian watched her mother come in with a bowl of white porridge with some minced meat on it. She knew that her family was in financial difficulty, but her mother was still so kind to her.
It doesn’t matter. Liu Yulian looked at the game interface that only she could see, and her maximum level of life skills in the game came with her.
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