Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 141: Girls Can’t Have Private Property
Gu Tang shook his head: "I didn't see it. When I brought the porridge over earlier, the people were still in the house scolding you for being heartless and calling us little ungrateful bastards. I guess they went there when I wasn't paying attention."

Gu Lianshan glanced towards the east wing, feeling somewhat puzzled. "Your grandfather and your uncle had always disagreed with the division of the family. I had expected them to quarrel today, but unexpectedly, the father and son were joking around. Could it be that they had come up with a plan?"

"If the enemy comes, we will fight him; if the water comes, we will block it with earth. What do you care about? No matter how they plot, we will just fight to the death and separate the family."

Gu Tang knew what the father and son were planning without having to think. After all, they were in a difficult position and had to divide the family property. They probably wanted to take more land and houses.

Gu Tang told her father her guess and asked her father to be mentally prepared.

Gu Lianshan had already thought of this: "The clan leader also mentioned this today. If the clan forces us to divide it, we will definitely be able to divide it up. However, I'm afraid we won't get much in terms of land and houses..."

If he can’t get a share, then he can’t get a share. There’s nothing Gu Tang can do about it, because the people here practice the “primogeniture system”.

Although farmers are not very particular about this, if Gu Liansheng is determined to use his status as the "eldest son" as an excuse, their second branch will indeed not get much.

But the ultimate goal of their second branch is not to fight for things, their goal is to divide the family.

As long as they can divide the family property, the second branch doesn’t care whether they get anything or not.

After dinner, Gu Lianshan made tea at home. Gu Tang took Gu Ping'an, carrying a backpack and a basket, and went to the south of the village to invite the aunts who would come to their house to cook in the evening.

Gu Tang picked four people who had good reputations, were tight-lipped, never mixed in with the crowd and told nonsense, and all of them had the surname Gu, so they were of the same clan as the Gu family.

Each person promised to give twenty copper coins, half of which was paid as a deposit first, and the remaining half would be paid after the work was finished in the evening.

The four families were so happy that they didn't know what to do. This was the first time they had earned copper coins.

In this village, every family is related to their ancestors, so when someone has something going on, they often ask someone to help cook.

But since they were all from the same village, they were all rewarded with food and no one ever gave them a penny.

This is really the first time today!
After receiving the copper coins, they also did their best. After finding out what time it was, they waited at home peacefully. They were not allowed to do any work today, so as not to hurt their hands.

After inviting the people, Gu Tang took Gu Ping'an to find those wealthy families and ask if they had pork, eggs, cabbage and other vegetables for sale.

There was another chicken at home, bought from the clan leader last time. She had bought two at the time, but her father had given one away to someone for a banquet. She was afraid someone would steal the remaining one, so she simply put it in the system backpack.

Her father said that there might be more than a dozen people staying for dinner tonight, so one chicken would definitely not be enough.

Gu Tang asked five or six families who were well off, and finally bought two chickens, two ducks, thirty eggs, and a lot of cabbage, turnips, white melon (winter melon), radish (radish), etc.

With so many dishes, she and Gu Ping'an had to make two trips to move all of them back.

Among these five or six families, some have the surname Gu and some have the surname Li.

But no matter who it was, the first thing they asked when they saw the siblings was about their family division.

Regarding the division of the family, instead of letting outsiders make random guesses and fabrications, it is better to "explain" it yourself.

Gu Tang accepted all the questions and told them the truth no matter what they asked.

After all the hard work, the reputation of the two elders of the Gu family and the entire family of the Gu family soon became ruined.

Gu Tang squeezed out from among these gossipy women and continued strolling around the village in a very good mood.

We bought chickens and ducks, and we have eggs. We also brought home all kinds of vegetables, and the only things left are pork and fish.

There is a butcher in Shanghe Village, but he doesn't buy pigs and kill them for sale himself. Instead, he works as a butcher for a butcher shop.

Gu Tang went to his house to ask and bought a three-pound piece of hind leg meat.

As for fish, there are many families in the village who have fishing nets. They use them to fish in their spare time to supplement their family income.

Gu Tang asked one by one and bought four grass carps.

Two weighed more than two kilograms, one weighed more than one kilogram, and the other weighed about three kilograms.

Although the fish are of different sizes, they are not cooked whole. I will chop them into pieces and make fish soup later so that everyone can have some.

When I returned home with the fish, I heard voices coming from the main room.

Gu Tang asked Gu Ping'an to take the fish into the kitchen, then went to take a look in the main room and saw a room full of people, young and old.

Sitting on the main seat were Old Man Gu and the clan leader, one on the left and one on the right. Below the clan leader sat three little old men, who looked kind, but at this moment all had frowns on their faces.

Gu Tang recognized them as the three elders of the Gu clan.

Below Old Man Gu were her father and Gu Liansheng, the former squatting and the latter sitting.

Gu Tang pursed his lips, turned back to the house, moved a stool from his room and brought it to the main room.

Everyone in the room was stunned when they suddenly saw Gu Tang bringing in a stool. After they saw Gu Tang hand the stool to Gu Lianshan, the clan leader and the elders relaxed.

He is filial.

Seeing her father sitting on the stool, Gu Tang smiled and greeted the clan leader and elders.

Then I wanted to quit.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Gu, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly spoke up: "Don't rush out, Si Ya. You were the one who instigated this family division. You still have the family's money in your hands. Why don't you stay and listen to how it's divided?"

Gu Tang's heart skipped a beat, thinking that the old man had found out about the silver he had looted from the east ear room.

Before she could say anything, her father Gu Lianshan shouted in dissatisfaction: "I was wondering why you suddenly agreed to split up the family when everything was fine. Could it be that you have some calculations? I didn't expect that you really have a calculation!
You are throwing dirty water on my daughter in front of the clan leader and elders, aren't you just after the money she saved from collecting herbs?
All her money was stolen by Zhang and her eldest sister-in-law! You're still using the money to poke our second wife's heart, really thinking I don't dare to go to the government office to sue my eldest brother?!

Gu Liansheng's face changed drastically. "What nonsense! That was a dirty thing done by your wife Zhang! She took advantage of your sister-in-law's absence and deliberately threw dirty water on her!"

Gu Lianshan glanced at him and said, "Since you are so sure, why don't we go to the government office together and ask them to investigate thoroughly? If it is true that my sister-in-law has been wronged, my whole family will kowtow to her and apologize!"

Gu Liansheng froze for a moment, a look of panic crossing his face.

Go to the government office? He would be crazy to agree to go to the government office!

Gu Lianshan continued to press forward: "Why don't you say anything? Big Brother, why don't you continue to argue? If that doesn't work, just agree with what I say and let's go to the government office together..."

Gu Liansheng's heart was pounding, and he subconsciously looked at the old man, hoping that the old man would suppress the second brother!

Old Master Gu had a gloomy face and sat stiffly in the main seat, feeling very embarrassed.

He actually forgot the bad things his eldest daughter-in-law did!

I shouldn't have said that just now.

But he was unwilling to give up! The missing deer could be sold for at least one hundred taels of silver!

If he doesn't get the silver, he won't feel comfortable even if he sells the person!

After a moment's silence, Old Master Gu scolded Gu Lianshan: "It's normal for brothers to quarrel with each other, but you are so petty and mean-spirited and hold a grudge!" These words were really infuriating!

In the past, Gu Lianshan would have definitely gotten angry and started arguing with Old Man Gu.

But today is the day for the family to be divided, and he cannot let the clan leader and elders think that he, Gu Lianshan, is an unfilial son who dares to quarrel with his own father!

He turned his face away, suppressed his anger, and pretended not to hear what the old man had just said.

Old Master Gu also knew that with the clan leader and elders present, his second son didn't dare to act presumptuously and simply became shameless.

"Your sister-in-law's whereabouts are unknown. She's probably dead out there, so let's not talk about her anymore. The silver I'm talking about is the deer..."

Having said this, he suddenly stopped.

Probably because he was afraid that the clan leaders and elders didn't know about the deer, Mr. Gu turned around and told them about the deer in detail.

Upon hearing that Gu Tang had caught a live deer in the mountains, the clan leaders and elders looked at Gu Tang in shock.

She can even catch a live deer. This girl is probably not only good at collecting herbs, but she may have also secretly learned some hunting skills from others.

Seeing the clan leaders and elders all change their expressions, Old Man Gu was satisfied and said, "That deer can be sold for at least a hundred taels! Even though it was caught by Si Ya, a married woman cannot have private property. No matter how much she earns, it belongs to the family! That silver should be handed over!"

This is uncomfortable to say, but it is certainly true.

The patriarch and the elders secretly exchanged glances and felt that trouble was coming.

Mr. Gu didn't care what others thought. He just stared at Gu Tang and said, "Si Ya, since we are dividing the family, you should hand over half of the one hundred taels of silver!"

When facing the villagers, Gu Tang could deny the existence of the deer, but when facing the clan leaders and elders, she could not deny that she had never caught a deer.

Everything has its traces, she can't hide this.

But she can mix truth and lies.

"That's exactly what happened, and the deer was indeed sold."

Hearing Gu Tang admit this, Gu Lianshan did not panic and his expression remained calm.

His daughter is smarter than him. Since she dares to admit it, she probably has a plan in mind.

Compared to Gu Lianshan's calmness, Old Man Gu and Gu Liansheng and his son were very eye-catching, with no concealment of joy on their faces.

Just admit it. Now that you admit it, you have to hand over half of the silver!
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Gu Tang changed the subject: "The silver I earned from selling the deer has long been spent. Master, if you want to share the silver, I'm afraid it won't be possible."

The joy on the father and son's faces froze, looking a little funny.

Then, Old Man Gu slammed the table and stood up, his face stern as he scolded, "You're so cunning at such a young age! You can't even make up a decent lie! Just listen to yourself, who would believe you?"

Gu Tang lowered her head, making it impossible to see the expression on her face. She only heard her voice trembling as she suddenly talked about something that seemed unrelated to the separation of the family.

This matter was not related to the division of the family. It was that Gu Ping'an listened to Gu Liansheng read an article three times, memorized it, and recited it to Feng Shi, but was suppressed by Feng Shi and was not allowed to go to school.

As soon as this happened, everyone in the room, except Gu Lianshan who had already known about it, changed their expressions.

Old Master Gu and Gu Liansheng, father and son, one was in disbelief and the other was terrified.

The clan leaders and elders all looked delighted!
If Gu Jia Sanlang is really that smart, he should be well supported in his studies.

I don’t dare to think about how high my future will be, but at least I can pass the imperial examination and become a juren!
By then, the whole family will benefit!

After talking about Gu Ping'an, Gu Tang continued, "As soon as the money came into hand, my father used it to use his connections to send Sanlang to Changshan Academy in Bei'an City..."

Everyone gasped, their faces filled with excitement.

Changshan Academy in Bei'an City... It is the most famous and outstanding academy in Bei'an City!

Anyone who has read books knows that the teachers in the book include retired officials, juren who no longer take the imperial examinations, and people who have passed the imperial examinations but are unwilling to become officials.

Anyone who can get in and study there can become a talent even if he is a rotten tree!!!

"The teacher at the academy asked Sanlang to memorize a few articles. He said that after the beginning of next spring, he would be invited to audit the class for a period of time. After that, he would be tested. If he could get an A, he would be officially accepted as his student..."

Excuse!
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room's breathing became heavy.

The clan leaders and elders looked anxious and asked one after another, "Si Ya! Don't lie, are you serious?!"

Gu Tang immediately raised his hand and swore: "If I lie, I will die a miserable death!"

Gu Lianshan's face changed drastically!
Are you crazy? You know it's fake, but you still dare to raise your hand and swear!

Can you just make such a promise without any reason?!

Gu Tang had been secretly watching her father. Seeing that he looked unhappy and was about to explode, she quickly reached out and pinched her father, giving him a cold look.

She had finally come up with such a logically coherent lie, and now she had sworn an oath. If she spoke out and ruined the matter, she would be in big trouble!

Gu Lianshan understood what his daughter meant, weighed the pros and cons, and endured it with a frustrated look on his face.

Gu Tang cleared his throat and continued, "It's so hard to get into Changshan Academy. My father spent fifty or sixty taels of silver to get Sanlang in. He also spent another ten or so taels on gifts for the teacher, and finally paid twenty or thirty taels of tuition. Even auditors have to pay tuition..."

"Of course! Of course! Such a great academy, spending a few dozen taels of silver to get in is already a great honor! And now I've been granted the status of an auditor, which is really hard to find, so of course I have to pay a tuition fee!"

The clan leaders and elders accepted it well and fully approved of the uses of these flowers.

But Mr. Gu and his son Gu Liansheng couldn't accept it!

With this calculation, the one hundred taels of silver were indeed spent as Gu Tang said.

Gu Liansheng's eyes were bloodshot and he couldn't help but throw the tea bowl next to him, shouting that this was not true.

"You're just a little girl who's never seen the world! How could you possibly know how prestigious Changshan Academy is? How dare you make such random comments!"

"What do you mean by auditing? You're just dreaming! Sanlang is as dumb as a pig. He's never even touched a book. Forget memorizing the article after listening to me read it a few times. Even if I teach him every day, I'm afraid he won't be able to remember it!"

"You must have made these things up! Just to embezzle the one hundred taels of silver!"

Gu Liansheng's face was distorted and his eyes were red.

He didn't want to believe it, and didn't dare to believe that it was true!
He studied hard for decades, but couldn't even enter the gate of Changshan Academy!

How could a kid who had never even touched a book get in?
Just because he spent dozens of taels of silver and asked someone to help him get in?!

The more Gu Liansheng thought about it, the angrier he became, and he even took his anger out on the two elders of the Gu family.