Uncle Qin was silent. Even if he didn't say anything, everyone knew what he was thinking. It was nothing more than the problem of not having an heir. But how could he say such words?
Grandpa Qin said, "Regarding the matter of inheriting Shoucheng, I just asked the eldest brother, and he disagreed." Uncle Qin
clenched his fists. He actually knew that when he proposed to inherit Shoucheng, there was little hope. When Shoucheng was still young, he was also young. How could he know that he couldn't have a son? Later, his eldest nephew went to serve in the army, so he naturally couldn't bring it up. After all, if something happened to his eldest nephew, he would be scolded if he brought it up like this. But now that his eldest nephew is back, even if he brings it up, the eldest wife will not agree.
Grandpa Qin said, "I have also thought about your matter, so I have a few ideas. I will tell you and you can listen."
Uncle Qin opened his mouth and finally uttered four words in a hoarse voice: "Father, you say."
Grandpa Qin: "If the family is divided, all the things in the family will be divided into four parts, one for each of you three brothers, and we will follow the eldest house, because we will also get land, and the land has income, so we don't need you to support us in our old age. When we are older and our health is not good, you don't have to worry about the cost of seeing a doctor, it will all be borne by the eldest house. This is what I have discussed with the eldest brother and A Fang."
Aunt Qin heard it and thought it was okay. Although it is said that the eldest house will occupy more land, but from ancient times to the present, who doesn't get the biggest share when the family is divided? Moreover, the first wife also paid for the old couple's future doctor's expenses. Although Aunt Qin likes to take advantage of small things, she is not the kind of person who does not know right from wrong.
Aunt Qin immediately said, "We in the second wife have no objection."
Mother Qin was a little unhappy. The old couple followed the first wife, and it was originally such a rule. But in the future, they will have to pay for the old couple's medical expenses. Isn't this a bit too much? But her husband and eldest son agreed, so she didn't say anything. She thought about it again. The eldest son is now an official and has a salary. It is estimated that this relationship is still there. After thinking it through, the unsatisfactory idea was also abandoned.
Grandpa Qin continued, "The following is about the third house. I have four ideas for the third son. The first is to adopt a child within the clan. But this is also troublesome. If you adopt a child within the clan, you can't hide your identity, and the child will definitely know about your own affairs when he grows up. So I thought of the second idea, which is for the third son and his wife to live outside for a year, and then adopt a child back after a year. In this way, no one in the village will know the child's background, and they will just think that the child is your biological child."
Uncle Qin raised his head slightly, but still said nothing.
Grandpa Qin sighed and went on, "The third idea is to find a son-in-law for Sanya. No matter what, Sanya is your flesh and blood. Whether you adopt her or pass her on through adoption, she is someone else's child. But the baby born from a son-in-law will still be your bloodline, your grandson. Wouldn't he be closer to you than one who is adopted or adopted?"
Aunt Qin was very moved when she heard this. In fact, she had always preferred her daughter to find a son-in-law rather than adopting one, but she didn't dare to say it.
Grandpa Qin: "San Ya is looking for a husband. There are so many brothers in the family. Are you still afraid of being bullied? If San Ya marries someone else, it would be a bit of a surprise. The brothers would not have enough time to rush over. What do you think?"
Uncle Qin was silent for a while: "Dad, what is the fourth idea you mentioned?"
Grandpa Qin: "The fourth idea, if you don't agree with the above three, then after we die, our land will be given to A Fang, and the money from the land will be sold as your retirement money until you die. The income from the land will belong to A Fang. You have land to rely on, so you don't have to worry about being alone in your old age. There is nothing to eat. And there is money on hand, so you don’t have to worry about seeing a doctor when you are sick. I have talked to Afang about this fourth one, and Afang agreed. Afang is the eldest son and grandson, and our land was originally given to him. He is willing to use the produce from the land as retirement money for you and your wife. "
Qin Fang was also stunned. According to what they said in the grandfather's room before dinner, he would provide for the retirement of his uncle and aunt, but he didn't say to use the produce from his grandparents' land. Now think about it, the grandfather had an idea from the beginning. His question in the room was just to test his own ideas. How could he let himself suffer a loss?
Qin Fang: "Don't worry, uncle and aunt, I am here and will not let you be homeless in your old age."
Yang Haiyan and Qin's mother were silent and did not speak. If Qin Fang had not been an official, the eldest wife would have suffered a little in the division of the family. The land of the old couple belonged to the eldest wife, and the medical expenses for illness should have been borne by the third family, but now the eldest wife has borne it. And before the third wife died, if they had not inherited, adopted or found a son-in-law, then the land of the old couple would have to continue to support the third wife. Wouldn't this be a loss for the eldest wife?
But Qin Fang, the eldest wife, became an official, so Qin's mother didn't care about this.
Grandpa Qin: "Third brother, what do you think?"
Aunt Qin saw that Uncle Qin didn't say anything, so she said softly: "I want to choose the third one and let San Ya find a son-in-law."
Uncle Qin glanced at her and was silent again. When everyone thought he was going to adopt or adopt, he finally nodded and said, "Let's find a son-in-law for Sanya." The grandson born from the son-in-law is still his own grandson. With Sanya's brothers at home, Sanya will not suffer any loss. Although Afang has become successful, he can take care of Shoucheng if he adopts Shoucheng, but Shoucheng is really old, and he can't force his eldest brother to let Shoucheng adopt.
In this case, let's take a step back and let Sanya find a son-in-law. If Afang becomes successful in the future, won't he take care of Sanya?
The division of the Qin family was soon decided. Speaking of it, there is no daughter-in-law who doesn't like the division of the family. Especially Erya and Sanya are learning embroidery in the embroidery workshop. They are almost done. In the future, the money earned from embroidering handkerchiefs will belong to the family and will not have to be handed over to the public. How can Aunt Qin Er and Aunt Qin San not agree? Besides
, the first house has more people and eats more, while the second and third houses have fewer people, and the girls can earn money. This must be the plan for the division of the family.
Grandpa Qin: "There is one more thing. Afang's wedding will be in four days. Afang's wedding will be held in the public. After that, each wedding will be held by your own room. You don't have to feel that you are at a loss. If we don't divide the family, they will all be held in the public. The first house will have several more."
Uncle Qin Er and Uncle Qin San didn't say anything. They didn't care about this.
Aunt Qin Er and Aunt Qin San did not say anything. For Aunt Qin San, her daughter would need the support of the brothers of the first house when she found a husband in the future, so she would not care about such a small matter. For Aunt Qin Er, after all, Qin Fang was successful now, so naturally she would not care about such a small matter. In the face of the overall situation, Aunt Qin Er still knew her limits.
Yang Haiyan said at this time: "No need, the wedding banquet for my husband and I should be held by our first house." She did not want the second and third houses to think that they had taken advantage.
Mother Qin: "Yan Yan?"
Yang Haiyan said: "What I mean is that we, the eldest branch, will pay for the wedding banquet ourselves. Of course, the grandpa and grandma will have to support the occasion, and there is no need to mention this matter to the outside world. After all, when Daya got married, the public had already held a wedding banquet for our eldest branch. Since we have separated this time, it is not good for our eldest branch to take advantage."
Grandpa Qin looked at Qin Fang: "A Fang, what do you say?"
Qin Fang: "Listen to Yan Yan."
Grandpa Qin looked at him for a while and said, "Let's do it this way. Next, divide the things that should be divided, and the houses will be arranged according to the current residents. The first house now has three rooms, one for the eldest brother and his wife, one for Afang and his wife, and one for Shouye and Shoucheng. The second house now has two rooms, one for the second brother and his wife, and one for Niudan. The third house has only one room, one for the third brother and his wife. The remaining room is for Erya, Sanya and Siya. This room belongs to the third brother, and when Sanya gets married in the future, this room will be reserved for her, but now let Erya and Siya live in it first. Third brother, do you have any problem with it?"
Uncle Qin: "No problem." Speaking of which, he was not expecting his father to give them an extra room, and he was very touched by this.
Grandpa Qin nodded: "Then it's settled." Then it was about dividing the money. The Qin family had just built a house a few years ago, with two more rooms, so the family didn't have much money. After the division, each household received 600 coins.
Then, Qin's father invited the village chief, the village students, and the elders to witness the division. This was the most peaceful and fair division they had ever witnessed.
Speaking of the elders of the Qin family, they were not the elders in the true sense.
In ancient times, many villagers in villages were from the same village, and everyone had the same surname, but Baili Village was different. There were people with the surname Qin, Han, and others. This was related to the famine after the founding of the Qi Kingdom.
During that famine, the people fled everywhere. The Qin family was originally from Qinjia Village. Everyone in the village had the surname Qin, and they all had the same ancestor. People from Qinjia Village fled the famine and came to Jintian County. Under the arrangement of the county magistrate, they settled here with other refugees. This village composed of different refugees was called Baili Village. This name was given by the county magistrate at that time.
In the old Qin family, only Grandpa Qin and his parents fled here. Later, not long after Grandpa Qin got married and had children, his parents passed away. Furthermore, when Grandpa Qin settled here with his parents, his parents were also injured due to the famine, so Grandpa Qin was the only one in the family.
The elder of the Qin family is a member of Qinjia Village who fled here together. After escaping from trouble, it is important for everyone to live together.
After the Qin family separated, everyone returned to their respective houses.
Mother Qin also called Qin Fang and his wife over: "In four days, Fang and Yanyan will hold their wedding banquet. Do you have any ideas?"
Qin Fang looked at Yang Haiyan.
Yang Haiyan said: "Mother, this is my first marriage too, I don't have any ideas, everything is up to you. By the way, this is a gift from my husband and I to you."
Mother Qin took it and saw that it was a ten-liang silver note. She returned it: "You also need to spend money at the border. If you give it all to me, how will you live? You should keep this money."
Yang Haiyan pushed the money back: "Mother, my husband has a salary, I also have a dowry shop, and my younger brothers and sisters are still young. As the eldest brother and sister-in-law, if we don't take care of the family and spend the family's money, it would be too much. I feel so sorry."
Mother Qin: "But this..."
Yang Haiyan said: "This money is our filial piety to our father and mother this year. We will give ten taels of silver to the family every year in the future. Mother, don't worry about us. We will definitely give it out only when we can afford it. We will never lose ourselves."
Qin Fang: "Mother, just listen to Yanyan." He thought about giving money to the family every year, which was about ten taels of silver a year, until his two younger brothers got married and his sister Si Ya got married. In the future, he would only give some money to his parents for their old-age care, which would not be as much as ten taels. But he didn't expect his wife to say it first and also took out the money.
Seeing her son say so, Qin's mother accepted it and said, "Don't give the money for the wedding, our first house has not split up."
Yang Haiyan: "Listen to my mother."
Qin's father was just setting up from beginning to end.
Then, Qin's mother took Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan to her mother's house. A family that can raise a character like Qin's mother must be good. Qin Fang's maternal family has not split up yet, and like the Qin family, it is very lively. They had lunch there, gave Qin Fang's grandpa and grandma shoes, and then told them the date of the wedding, and they came back.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the wedding.
On this day, the Qin family was very busy, except for Yang Haiyan and several children. Speaking of children, the day before, Erya and Sanya, who were learning embroidery in the embroidery workshop, also came back. Both girls seemed to have a more well-behaved personality. Compared to Erya, Sanya is more well-behaved. Erya has a younger brother, so she is relatively confident, while Sanya has no younger brother. In terms of personality, she is somewhat similar to Aunt Qin San, who feels that she lacks confidence. However, on the day they returned, they brought silk flowers to express their gratitude to Yang Haiyan.
The wedding banquet was at noon, and the banquet ended after lunch. Even for relatives who had to travel far away, like Qin Fang's grandparents, they could eat at noon and go back in the afternoon, which would be convenient for them. If they left at night, it would be dangerous.
Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan both put on wedding dresses and worshiped in the hall with the blessings of their relatives and friends. After the worship, everyone started drinking wedding wine.
Weddings in this era were much better than those in modern times, because people in this era started eating as soon as they sat down, unlike in modern times, when they have to go through all kinds of embarrassment and toast.
After the wedding banquet, everyone dispersed. Some women who knew their place would stay and help, and with the three daughters-in-law of the Qin family and Qin Fang's aunts, the yard was cleaned up very quickly. When the yard was cleaned up, Qin Fang's grandparents would also leave, and Uncle Qin would catch up, so he caught up with the carriage to send Qin Fang's grandparents back. The carriage was limited in size and not enough for the whole family, so Qin Fang's grandparents and several children were in the carriage, and the uncles and aunts walked.
After the wedding banquet, the Qin family was considered to be a real separation, and everyone started to eat separately. Fortunately, the second and third rooms had already set up stoves a few days before the wedding banquet.
Yang Haiyan had changed out of her wedding dress, but Qin Fang hadn't changed out. He liked this wedding dress very much. It was dark red and very conspicuous on him. Qin Fang walked in and saw his wife: "Why did you change your clothes?"
Yang Haiyan was speechless: "Aren't we going to the village chief's house to buy land later? How can we go there in wedding clothes?"
The purpose of buying land is to build a house. The couple has discussed this matter and told Qin's father and mother. Once the land is bought, the house can be built. The reason why the land was not bought before was that they didn't want to cause trouble before the wedding banquet, and they were worried that it would affect the wedding day. Now that the wedding banquet is over, even if they go to buy land and cause some words from the second or third room, it won't be a problem.
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin knew that they were going to buy land to build a house. Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan also admitted that this was Yang Haiyan's private money and dowry money. The soap recipe was sold for five hundred taels of gold. In Qin Fang's opinion, this was Yang Haiyan's private property, so the couple unanimously called it the dowry.
Although if the husband's family occupied the woman's dowry and spread it out, it would be unpopular and a lawsuit would be filed. In the matter of the woman's dowry, the law is also biased towards the woman. But if the woman is willing to use the dowry to build a house for the man, what can others say?
Qin's father and mother had no objection to their daughter-in-law using the dowry to buy land and build a house, and they would not feel that they had no confidence. Although they knew that this was the daughter-in-law's money, their son was now an official and would be able to make money in the future. Their son was not the kind of man who needed to be supported by a woman.
However, this house was built by the daughter-in-law, and they would not live in it. They were still used to living in the old house.
The family, Qin Fang and his wife, Qin's father and Qin's mother, went to the village chief's house in a mighty manner.
The village chief saw them and joked with a smile: "Qin Fang, you are still wearing your wedding clothes, why are you here?"
Qin Fang: "Village chief, I'm here to buy land."
The village chief was holding an old pipe, and he was not surprised to hear Qin Fang's words: "Where do you want to buy land? No one is selling good land now." Two years ago, he was saying that Qin Fang had made a lot of money and could send money home after serving in the army. A few days ago, Qin Fang returned home with honor and brought his wife with him. Everyone said that his wife was given by the court because Qin Fang had made contributions. No one lied about this because Qin Fang said it himself. So the village chief was not surprised that Qin Fang came to buy land now.
It is the most simple idea of the common people to buy land when they have money. Silver can be stolen, but can the land be stolen as well?
Regarding the land, Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan also looked at it a few days ago and discussed it with Qin's father and mother. Although it is a bit far from the Qin family's old house, it is in the same village after all. It takes less than a quarter of an hour for them to walk through the whole village. How far can it be?
Qin Fang said, "Village Chief, I want the land on the east side of the foot of the mountain."
The village chief was stunned: "That is wasteland. Although it is a sloping wasteland, there is no danger of mountain collapse or rock rolling, but wasteland cannot grow crops."
Qin Fang: "I know, I bought it not to grow crops, but to build a house."
The village chief didn't say anything more after hearing this. He was present at the Qin family's division and served as a witness. However, he remembered that the Qin family only divided 600 coins when it was divided. How could they have enough money to buy land?
The village chief: "How much land do you want to buy? Although it's wasteland over there, it costs two taels of silver per mu."
Qin Fang: "I want to buy three mu."
The old pipe in the village chief's hand almost fell to the ground, but he calmed down quickly. Qin's father and mother were both there, and they didn't say anything. It was obvious that the family had discussed it before: "Okay, I'll write the document for you, and then you take it to the county town to transfer the ownership. After the document is written, we will go to the two places."
Qin Fang said: "Village chief, my wife's name is on the document, and she will also be the head of the household for the transfer."
The village chief... calmed himself down, and he looked at Qin's father and mother.
Mother Qin said with a smile: "We just split up the family property. You have seen the money we got from the split up. How can we afford to buy wasteland to build a house? My daughter-in-law is considerate. She saw that Shouye was fifteen years old and Shoucheng was twelve years old. The two brothers-in-law had grown up and were about to start talking about marriage. But they were still squeezed into one room. So she said that they should give up their room and she would buy wasteland to build a house for the couple to live in."
The village chief heard this and could not help but envy them. Whose daughter-in-law is so generous? It seems that the Qin family has married a golden baby.
The village chief took Qin Fang's family of four to measure the wasteland, and then gave Qin Fang the land purchase document: "Remember to transfer the ownership early."
Qin Fang: "Don't worry, we will transfer the ownership tomorrow." Then, he gave the village chief six taels of silver.
The village chief nodded, took the silver and left.
Yang Haiyan looked at the three mu of wasteland. Even one mu of wasteland was too big to build a house, let alone three mu? However, she had her own plans. She wanted to build this house well, according to the shape of a modern suite. However, because the price of modern suites is expensive, each room is very small, but it is different if you build it yourself. It can be built a little bigger.
Not only that, she also wants to make a leisure area in the yard, such as a swing, a stone table... everything can be planned slowly.
Qin Fang saw her looking at the wasteland with longing, and couldn't help asking: "What are you thinking about?"
Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "I'm thinking about our future, thinking about what our house will look like."
Hearing the words "our future", Qin Fang's heart was also filled. What will their future be like? I dare not say anything else, but there must be a group of children surrounding them.
Yang Haiyan said again: "I will finish drawing the blueprints in the next few days. Then we will ask Dad and Mom to help us to ask someone to build it."
Qin's father waved his hand: "No trouble."
Qin's mother: "We are all one family, why are we talking about different families?"
Yang Haiyan went over and took Qin's mother's hand: "When our house is built, the vacant land next to it can be reserved for Shouye and Shoucheng to build a house. In this way, the three brothers' houses will be close to each other. Dad and Mom will live with us in the future. Even if they miss Shouye and Shoucheng's house, it will be a matter of calling them."
Qin's mother didn't understand why she wanted to buy three acres of wasteland at first, but now she understood that it was for Shouye and Shoucheng. She was more satisfied with this daughter-in-law. Moreover, the daughter-in-law's plan also planned for the couple to live in the eldest house. Yes, in their family, Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan are the eldest.
After hearing this, although Qin's father did not say anything, his eyes were also a little happy. A tree grows big and branches out, and their family will definitely split up in the future, but it doesn't matter if it splits up, as long as the heart is still there.
When they returned to the old Qin's house, Grandma Qin hurried over and asked, "Have you bought the land?"
The second and third houses also heard it, and they were surprised. The eldest house bought the land? Because Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan had a wedding banquet at noon, the Qin family did not go to the land in the afternoon and rested all day today.
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