Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Sheng Nuo thought about it and said leisurely, "Why else? It's all for Chunhua."

"So this money is for my aunt," Xiao Lan pretended to be surprised and said, "Why does my aunt need so much money?"

"No." Chunhua realized that the conversation was about her again and quickly retorted.

"I want this money for myself." Cui said, repeating Chunhua's words. Cui was furious. She took the blame for the eldest brother for asking for money. The eldest brother was so heartless that he dragged her daughter into this for his own future.

"Boss, your mother is possessed. Hurry up and help her go downstairs to rest." Old Master Sheng held his forehead with his hand. He was really afraid that Cui would get excited and say something nonsense, and then all his efforts for so long would be in vain.

Cui was finally helped away, and Sheng Xuan shook his head slightly at Xiao Lan, signaling her to stop while she was ahead and not say anything more.

"Your mother is old and confused. She is asking for too much. How can we do this?" Old Master Sheng tried to make amends. "Your eldest brother is where he is today thanks to the help of you brothers. He knows it well. Now is the time to repay you brothers. How can he ask you for money?" Old Master Sheng said, signaling the eldest brother with his eyes.

"Dad is right. I am where I am today thanks to the help of my brothers. I wanted to take all of you with me when I took office this time, but the third and fourth brothers refused to go, so I only took the second brother. I'm putting my words aside now. I won't fight for any of the Sheng family's assets. I'll leave it all to you."

"Grandpa, we just divided the family property. We followed the example of my third uncle's family. The document written by the head of the village is still here." Xiao Ye quickly opened the document of division of the family property for everyone to see.

The old Sheng family is really a family. The division of Sheng Hao's family is completely based on the Sheng Xuan family. How could Sheng Nuo give all his share to his brothers as he said?

Thinking about the fact that Cui just asked Sheng Xuan's family to pay three hundred taels of silver, it becomes even more worth pondering.

When the old man saw Xiao Ye showing the division document on the spot, he felt embarrassed. Once words are spoken, they cannot be taken back. He said, "The 18 acres of land and the vegetable garden behind the house will be divided between the third and fourth sons..."

"Dad, I don't want these things." Sheng Xuan stood up and refused, "The land at home is enough for us to work on. If there are more, we won't be able to handle it."

"Dad, we don't want any of what you said. The children at home are still young, and I don't want to treat them too badly. The six acres of land we got from the division of the family is enough for me and the child's mother to work on." Sheng Hao also refused.

Sheng Hao's current behavior is completely in line with his third brother. Compared with his parents and the eldest and second oldest brothers, his third brother convinces him more. The third oldest brother is honest and has saved Xiao Tao's life. He feels at ease to follow his third brother.

The fact that Cui forced Sheng Xuan's family to pay three hundred taels of silver completely chilled his heart. "Dad, the house that was originally given to us was built by my father-in-law and eldest uncle. I can't return it to you. But I don't plan to take the six acres of land that was obtained when the family was divided. I will give it to Dad and Mom for their retirement in the future."

Sheng Xuan's words made Old Master Sheng's face completely dark. "Third brother, don't be like this. Your mother is just like that. Don't bother with her."

"Dad, over the years, I think I have done nothing to let down the old Sheng family, my parents, and my brothers. I don't want to mention why my family was separated and lived separately. I dare not even think about it now. Dad, if these lands are not enough, you can just name an amount and I will repay your kindness all at once. Our family can't stand this kind of thing that keeps happening every now and then..." Sheng Xuan knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes.

"What's there to pay back? If it's about paying back a life, our Xiaolan's life would have been returned to the Sheng family long ago. My poor Xiaolan." Zhang said while hugging Xiaolan and crying.

"My sister-in-law needs to save money for her dowry, which has always been the concern of my parents. As brothers, we can only add some dowry at most. How can we ask for a dowry? This is what the child's uncle said just now, but the old lady denied it. Since it is not dowry money, it is the old lady's retirement money. Since it is retirement money, naturally it is not just my family that pays, but the other four families have to pay. If each family pays 100 taels, the four families will pay 400 taels. What delicacies does this old lady want to eat, and how much money can she spend in a year?"

"My parents gave birth to me and raised me. They always wanted me to live a good life. They never asked me for money. When my family couldn't make ends meet, they donated money and manpower to build a house for us and gave us money to spend. Dad, just tell me an amount, and we'll get this matter done in one go. Don't do it every now and then. We really can't stand it anymore. It doesn't matter how much money it is. Even if we have to sell everything we have, we will definitely get this money together." Zhang was determined this time. She was determined to come up with a plan for this matter.

Zhang spoke loudly, and Cui and Chunhua went to Chunhua's room, which was separated by a main room, so they could both hear her words clearly. But Cui was like a clam with its mouth shut, neither making any noise nor coming out to defend herself.

The onlookers outside the room looked at each other in bewilderment, and Mr. Sheng's face turned red and white.

Even a clay figure still has some earthiness. Today, Sheng Xuan and Zhang were pushed to a certain extent by Cui, otherwise they would not have said such sharp words. Usually, the couple were the most gentle, even if they followed Cui and Old Master Sheng, even if Cui's words were unpleasant, they would silently endure it, but today they were really forced to no avail, and they remembered that Xiao Lan was almost killed by the old Sheng family, which undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, and the couple could not help themselves.

At the critical moment when Sheng Nuo was about to leave for Hejian County to take up his post, the old man wanted to settle the matter peacefully. He originally wanted to smooth things over and let the matter go, but he never expected that his honest and dutiful third son would jump out and ask them to come up with a number to save the Cui family.

As the spectators outside watched, Grandpa Sheng felt his head buzzing. This time he was really embarrassed. Not only did Sheng Nuo and his face suffer, but the Sheng family's face was also humiliated.

"Third brother, your mother is just an illiterate village woman, why are you arguing with her?" Old Master Sheng couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and said excitedly, "After all, I am the one who makes the decision in our family, don't argue with her, just pretend she didn't say those words."

As Mr. Sheng spoke, he tried to help Sheng Xuan up.

But this time Sheng Xuan ignored the old man's support and continued to kneel on the ground. "Dad, I'm already in my thirties, I have a daughter and a son, I have to see people when I go out, I have to save face. Dad, I really beg you, let my mother tell us the amount, we will give enough, and we can breathe a little, it's so noisy every day, not only our family can't bear it, even we can't stand up straight in the village."

Instead of being harassed by Cui every once in a while, it would be better to tell her the amount all at once, and the whole family would give her the money, so as to avoid the pain of cutting flesh with a blunt knife.

"That's right, old man, when it comes to killing people, just tell me the number. Sheng Xuan is your son after all, just give him a quick death and stop causing trouble." Sheng Yugui said leisurely as he stood in the crowd.