Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"I've thought it through. Your mother and I will follow you to take office." Old Master Sheng stated his decision directly.

The head of the Sheng family is still the old man, and since the old man has said that he will follow him, Sheng Nuo naturally dare not object. Otherwise, he will be labeled as unfilial and he will not be able to serve as an official.

If Mr. Sheng wants to go, then Sheng Nuo will always have someone to put pressure on him; and if Cui wants to go, then Wang will also have someone to put pressure on her. If both Mr. Sheng and Cui go, then the second and fourth houses will definitely go as well. Sheng Nuo and Wang suddenly felt a ringing in their ears, which meant that they had been opposing for a long time, but nothing happened.

At this point, Sheng Nuo still wanted to struggle, "Dad, I'm only an eighth-rank county magistrate, and the salary is just a little bit. If all the old people in our family go with us, I'm afraid it won't be enough for food and drink." Sheng Nuo said hurriedly.

"Brother, look at what you said. When we tightened our belts to support you and your father to study, we had to eat coarse food to survive. At most, we can still live our lives as before when we go to Hejian County. We are brothers and a family, so we don't care about these things. We can survive with more money, and we can survive with less money by gritting our teeth." Sheng Kai interrupted Sheng Nuo and said, "Besides, we are all old, how can we eat for free at home? When we go to Hejian County, we can find a job to make money. Brother, don't worry about your salary not being enough. With us helping you, are you still afraid that you can't survive?"

"Let the second brother and the others go. We won't be familiar with the place in Hejian County, and we can help each other if we stay together as a family." Cui said.

The second son was a bad guy, and he was determined to follow the eldest son's family to take office. But this was understandable, after all, every branch of the Sheng family had contributed to the eldest son's official position over the years. It was not possible for the eldest son to kick the others out just because he had become successful.

But the second brother was a lazy person, so Old Master Sheng said with drooping eyelids, "You can go if you want, but after you get there, you are not allowed to show off everywhere like you did in Shengjia Village. You have to discuss everything with your eldest brother."

When Sheng Kai heard the old man say this, he knew that it was a foregone conclusion that he would follow his eldest brother to take up the post. Sheng Kai's face immediately turned into a smile, "Dad, I will listen to you. I promise that when I go to Hejian County, if my eldest brother tells me to go east, I will definitely not go west."

"Dad, since there are so many old people going, I won't go." Sheng Hao finally plucked up the courage and told Grandpa Sheng about his request.

Mr. Sheng already had a plan in mind at this time. When he was at the third son's house just now, he heard Xiao Lan and Sheng Xuan both talking about the fourth son staying. So he was not surprised when Sheng Hao mentioned it at this time, but Sheng Hao's next words caught him off guard.

"Dad, my eldest brother has gone to Hejian County to take up his post. Our wish for many years has finally come true. But now that you are gone, I don't know when you will be able to come back. I don't want to go anywhere. I just want to stay in Shengjia Village. Now that you are gone, we will be thousands of miles apart. Why don't we take this opportunity to live separately?"

Just as Mr. Sheng decided to follow the eldest son's family to take up the post, the fourth son proposed to split the family, and everyone fell silent for a moment. "Fourth son, why are you talking about splitting the family again? Didn't I make it clear to you last time? As long as I am here, this family cannot be split."

Except for Grandpa Sheng, everyone else in the old Sheng family was very silent. Cui was not as excited as she was when Sheng Hao mentioned the division of the family last time. She just sat on the kang with her daughter Chunhua as if she didn't hear anything. As for Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai, they were even more silent.

"Fourth brother, you have contributed a lot to the family over the years. Now that the eldest brother has finally made a future, our family's status will not be what it is now. What are you trying to achieve by moving out and living on your own now? I don't agree with you moving out." Old Master Sheng directly rejected Sheng Hao's request.

"Dad, please let me separate. This has become my only wish." Sheng Hao was not good at speaking and kept repeating these few repetitive sentences. Seeing that Grandpa Sheng did not agree with them separating, he knelt down in front of the old man.

Seeing this, Liu, Xiao Ye and Xiao Tao hurriedly walked up to Sheng Hao and knelt down with him.

Mr. Sheng was shocked when he heard what the fourth son said. It turned out that dividing the family property had become his only thought.

"Grandpa, please let us live separately." Xiao Ye and Xiao Tao said, pulling Grandpa Sheng's trouser legs.

Liu covered her mouth and cried silently.

"Fourth brother, what is your family doing? Our family is happily discussing following your eldest brother to take up his post in Hejian County, but what are you doing?" When Cui heard Sheng Hao say that dividing the family was his only wish, she was unhappy. "Why is it a wish? Did our family lose out on food and drink from your family? Aren't you just trying to make things difficult for me?"

"You have no conscience. We all followed the eldest brother to take up his post, and left your family behind. We don't know how the people in the village are stabbing us in the back. You are slapping your eldest brother in the face, and me and your father in the face. I raised you with great difficulty, and this is how you repay me?" Cui started scolding again.

"Grandpa and grandma, please let us separate and live our own lives. Our whole family will remember your kindness throughout our lives." Xiao Ye and Xiao Tao, brother and sister, kowtowed to Grandpa Sheng and Mrs. Cui.

Liu also kept kowtowing to the old couple. Sheng Hao had no choice but to kowtow as well.

In fact, the reason why Sheng Hao's family wanted to separate and live on their own was that they could not stand the different treatment from Cui family and the old Sheng family always made them work like slaves. In fact, they thought that since the eldest son had finally become an official, the old Sheng family would not have to continue to support him, and their family would no longer have any use value. In this case, let them separate and live their own lives.

But the truth is always the most hurtful, Sheng Hao did not dare to say this to Old Master Sheng. And Sheng Hao also knew very well in his heart that with his eloquence, he could not win the argument with Old Master Sheng. They had endured until the eldest brother was going to be an official, so there was no need to tear each other's faces.

Since there is no way to reason and the truth cannot be told, Sheng Hao's family can only play the sympathy card.

"What are you doing? Do you want to die? Get up quickly! Help them up quickly." said Mr. Sheng.

When Xiaoyuan and Xiaoliang heard the call from Grandpa Sheng, they hurried to help Sheng Hao. But he shook them off and knelt on the ground, kowtowed. Because he knew that if they couldn't divide the family this time, then their family would be tied to the old Sheng family for the rest of their lives.

Old Master Sheng saw the attitude of the Fourth Branch and knew that if he didn't agree to let them separate today, they would fight to the death.

"Dad, as long as my second brother and my eldest brother don't separate, no one will poke the spine of our Sheng family. Just let us separate and live on our own. I heard that many officials' families will set aside a lot of expenses, so this won't affect anything at all." Sheng Hao cried and begged.

"Why divide the family? We are living well here and no one can divide it up." Sheng Nuo stood up and said to Sheng Hao's family.

If Sheng Kai said to split the family, he would definitely agree with it. But as a man who was willing to serve his children, Sheng Hao was unwilling to split the family. The family of the fourth room ate less and worked more. If they were separated, who would do the dirty work at home?