Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Chapter 34: The Fourth Brother Proposes to Split the Family

This was the first time Sheng Hao proposed to split up the family, and everyone fell silent for a moment.

The first to react was Cui. She immediately got up from the kang and slapped Sheng Hao in the face. "If you want to divide the family, wait until I die."

"Fourth brother, everything is fine, why do you want to divide the family property? Besides, we are just going to live in the town temporarily, we are not going to stay here forever." Grandpa Sheng also advised.

Cui refused to give in and said, "Why divide the family? Just kill me." As she said this, she threw herself into Sheng Hao's arms.

Sheng Hao was sitting on the edge of the kang. Unable to withstand Cui's full-force impact, he staggered backwards and finally fell off the kang and stood on the ground. Cui fell forward due to inertia. Sheng Hao was stunned and had no time to catch her. With a loud bang, Cui fell to the ground.

There was a burst of exclamations in an instant, fearing that she would get hurt in the fall.

Cui seemed to be not afraid of the pain. She sat up and cried, "What sin have I committed to give birth to a thing like you? You want to throw me to death? I don't want to live anymore. I'm going to die now."

"Mom, I didn't mean to do that. You bumped into me yourself." Sheng Hao stammered, "Besides, even if I separate, I will still show my filial piety to you when it's time."

"Fourth brother, you have no conscience. You got married and forgot your mother. Are you still holding a grudge against what happened last time? Was it your wife who instigated you to do it? You heartless man, I raised you with great difficulty, and this is how you repay me? I should have strangled you to death when you were born." Cui grabbed Sheng Hao's hand and slapped it while crying.

"Mom, it was my own idea to divide the family. Don't involve the child's mother." Sheng Hao was forced into a corner by Cui and squatted on the ground to argue with her.

"You are determined to separate the family, right? Then just strangle me to death. You can do whatever you want to me. Don't even think about separating the family before I close my eyes!" As she said that, Cui held Sheng Hao's hands tightly with both hands, put them on her neck, and tightened them hard.

Sheng Hao was frightened by his mother's attitude. Tears and snot were streaming down his face. He knelt down in front of his mother and finally gave in. "Mom, we won't split up. We will never talk about splitting up again."

Xiao Lan finally saw the true arrogance of Cui. Her grandmother was really reckless. Such a mother and such a mother-in-law were not something that ordinary people could tolerate. She secretly felt lucky that her family was able to separate. If Cui had done the same thing, her father and mother would not have been able to withstand it.

Naturally, Grandpa Sheng didn't want to send the fourth son away. The fourth son was the most capable one in the family. Besides, they all went to the town, leaving the fourth son in the village. If the villagers knew that the fourth son was sent away at this critical juncture, they would not know how to poke him in the spine.

The specialty of the old Sheng family is that one plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Old Master Sheng hurriedly said to Sheng Xuan, "Hurry up and help your fourth brother get up. We are all a family connected by blood. No one is allowed to mention the matter of dividing the family again."

This incident was just an episode. Everyone helped Cui onto the kang, and Chunhua stayed with her while the others continued to discuss the trivial matters of moving to the town.

"Don't worry, Lao Si, we won't let your family suffer any loss. We will leave enough food for you." Grandpa Sheng pondered for a while and continued, "We can help take care of the house, chickens and pigs. There is nothing left in the fields and the vegetable garden at the back. Maybe we will be back in the spring next year, and then we can plant crops together. The world is in chaos now, so you should lock the door at home."

Sheng Hao nodded mechanically. He had been stunned by the combination of punches from Grandpa Sheng and Cui, and now he was a little listless.

Grandpa Sheng smoked for a while, then turned to Sheng Xuan and said, "Third brother, brothers fight together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. Although you two have separated, our friendship cannot be severed. You two brothers both live in the village, and your doors are close to each other. You should take care of each other if something happens."

"Don't worry, Dad..."

Before Sheng Xuan could finish his words, Xiao Lan interrupted him, "Grandpa, when we live in the village, we will definitely take care of each other with Fourth Uncle, but let me be frank, if we don't live in the village anymore, you have to think about what to do for Fourth Uncle in advance."

Xiao Lan was very uncomfortable with the old man's words just now. He thought that they had no place to go and that no matter what happened outside, their family could only stay in the village.

Mr. Sheng wanted to say something, but suddenly he remembered Sheng Xuan's Yue family. Xiao Lan's grandfather was a capable man. If anything happened in the village, they would not ignore their daughter and son-in-law. Thinking of this, Mr. Sheng nodded and started smoking again.

Everyone was silent for a while. Xiao Lan saw that there was nothing else for her family to do, so she took her father and said goodbye to Grandpa Sheng, saying that there were still radishes at home waiting to be stored in the cellar.

"Xiao Lan, do you think the situation of the refugees will really get worse?" Sheng Xuan returned to his yard, closed the door and asked Xiao Lan.

"Dad, not for now, but this kind of thing is never absolute. I think my grandfather just wants to leave Fourth Uncle behind. Now let them know that we may not be in the village, and it would be good for them to make more plans for Fourth Uncle's family."

Zhang smiled and said, "That's how it should be. My Xiaolan is really thoughtful."

The radishes at home are almost stored in the cellar, and Zhang, Xiaoting and Xiaowen are doing the finishing work.

Xiao Lan watched as the haystacks at home dwindled day by day. The rabbits at home had given birth to another litter of sixteen pups. She was worried that there was not enough hay to feed the rabbits. "Mom, let's kill and dry all the big rabbits at home."

Recently, Zhang has been both happy and worried. There are more rabbits at home, which makes her happy. However, as the number of rabbits increases, their appetite also increases. The haystacks at home have been visibly reduced. She is worried that the little rabbits will starve to death because she cannot feed them all.

Today Xiao Lan asked her to slaughter a big rabbit. After a little hesitation, she agreed. This way, she could at least ensure food for the sixteen baby rabbits.

The next day, Zhang slaughtered seven rabbits. The family heard Xiaoye and Xiaotao crying next door, and vaguely heard that their rabbits were missing.

"Ye'er, Tao'er, the rabbit is lost, so let it be. Wait until spring and ask your father to see if he can catch one, and then you can raise it." Liu advised.

Both children knew that this was their mother's excuse. Rabbits are not that easy to catch. The brother and sister went to the second room angrily.

"Second aunt, did you eat our rabbit?" Xiao Ye said to Shen with tears in her eyes.

Shen was packing her luggage in the house. Seeing the two siblings glaring at her, she felt guilty for a moment and then shouted, "Is this how your parents raised you? How do you talk to your elders?"

"Who ate your rabbits? You raised rabbits secretly and didn't hand them over. How dare you come and question us?" Sheng Liang smacked his lips and spoke in an infuriating way.

Okay, he admitted it. Xiaoye and Xiaotao got angry and started scratching Xiaoliang.

Xiaoliang couldn't handle the whole thing on his own, so Shen hurried forward to help.

The noise was quite loud, and Liu was afraid that her daughter and son would suffer, so she hurried to the second wife's room.

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