Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Mr. Sheng didn't want to split up the family. The eldest son and his family were not at home all year round, and the second son and his wife were not very reasonable. The family was relying on the third and fourth sons.

The third brother has gone out. Can he handle the work in the fields?

When the boss first came to him and said he wanted to arrange a ghost marriage for Xiaolan, he was strongly against it because it was murder.

The eldest brother had not made any further progress since he passed the imperial examination. He wanted to try other ways. If you want to use connections to get rich, you need money. But he couldn't afford such a large sum of money, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb about the ghost marriage and acquiesced.

On the day of the accident, the family prepared dinner, but Xiao Lan hadn't come back yet, so the third brother's family became anxious. He and the eldest brother also pretended to be anxious and helped to look for people, but they didn't lead them to the mountain. The purpose was obvious, they wanted Xiao Lan to die completely.

Xiao Lan was finally found. When the little girl was carried back, Cui couldn't wait to bury her. Even if she still had a breath left, she didn't want to treat her. Anyway, she had the money in the family, so she could wait her out to death.

What they didn't expect was that the third daughter's wife actually had a dowry hidden in the bottom of the box. In the past few years, Cui often pretended to be sick, either with a headache or a heartache. The third daughter's wife was a filial daughter, and her dowry had long been spent by Cui. The cabinets at home were empty, and the hair was clean.

But no one expected that the third brother had a hidden trick up his sleeve.

In the end, Xiaolan survived, but troubles also came.

The boss took advantage of Xiao Lan going out alone to pick wild vegetables to make the move. According to the boss, the move did not go smoothly as it was seen by Zhao Ermaizi from Zhaojiatun.

Zhao Ermaizi didn't say anything at the time. When he saw Xiaolan being pushed down the mountain and her forehead hitting a rock and she was unconscious, he leaned over to try her breathing.

After all, it was the boss’s first time to kill someone, and he was a little confused. “It wasn’t me...she fell down accidentally..." he said as he ran away.

After that, the eldest brother lived in the Sheng family all the time. Zhao Ermaizi never came to visit, but the murder of Xiao Lan by him was discovered by the third brother's family.

The second and fourth sons saw that the eldest son was making a big fuss and could no longer sit still at home, so they came over to watch the fun.

"I don't agree with the third brother's separation. If you continue to make trouble like this, Zhang, I will let the third brother divorce you." Cui couldn't sit still any longer.

"My mother has a son and a daughter. Why do you want to divorce her? Since you don't want to divide the family, then go see the official. You are taking human lives lightly. Now one of you is saying soft words and the other is saying harsh words. Who are you trying to scare?" Xiao Lan didn't bother to be polite with them.

Xiaoting and Xiaowen also stood beside Zhang, glaring at Cui.

"You damn girl, I should have..."

"Big brother, shut up! Third brother, I agree to split up the family." The old man hung his head. "We did something wrong, but we can't write two characters for prosperity with one stroke. We are still a family."

"Big brother, second brother, fourth brother, follow me back to the upper room."

Xiaolan and her family also went back.

"Mom, let's send a message to grandpa and ask them to come over." Xiao Lan suggested to Zhang. Since they were going to split up the family, the Sheng family would not stand on their side. It was not impossible for the Sheng family to kick them out of the house. They were trying to stabilize their family today because they were worried that they would report to the police. If the murder was confirmed, not only the eldest brother, but also the Sheng family would be finished.

Xiao Lan saw that her parents were a little hesitant, and continued, "Dad, Mom, we have several people to feed. You have been working hard all these years, and now you are just talking about dividing the family, but you haven't even come up with a charter."

"Xiao Lan, mother is not confused and knows the importance of things." Zhang said, "The three rooms we live in were built by your grandfather and your uncle. The soil and wood used were brought by your grandfather and uncle. This is our house and no one can take it away. I will find Chunzhu's wife to send a message."

Chunzhu's wife and Zhang are from the same village. They knew each other when they were girls. They were married to Shengjiatun one after another and lived in the same village, so they had a very good relationship.

Chunzhu's family has a mule cart, which they use to travel during market days. Tomorrow happens to be the Xishan market, so his family will definitely go.

Xishan Village is the village where Zhang’s maternal family lives.

"Mom, let me take a message to Aunt Chunzhu." Xiaoting said to Zhang and went out.

The main items of the division of the family property were the house and the land. The house was theirs, but what about the land? Xiao Lan knew that the old Sheng family had thirty acres of land, and if the division was based on the number of households, her family would get six acres.

There are also chickens and pigs in the yard, farm tools, pots and pans, and food for the family... Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui don't know how to divide them, so they have to invite her grandfather and his family to come over.

The old man called the eldest, second and fourth sons to the upper room, and he must be discussing the division of the family property.

We stayed up too late yesterday, and when we had breakfast the next morning, everyone in the family looked unhappy.

In the morning, Mr. Sheng liked to go to the village to smoke and chat with his old friends. Today, he came back in the time it took to smoke a pack of cigarettes. It turned out that the news that his family murdered Xiaolan and arranged a ghost marriage for her to get money had spread. Mr. Sheng made a few excuses, but no one believed him, so he came back embarrassed. He knew that if the boss's reputation was ruined, he would not be able to become an official in the future. His family's reputation was ruined, and he would not be able to marry a daughter-in-law or a daughter-in-law from a good family in the future.

"Third brother, come with me to the village and suppress this matter." The old man lit his pipe, took a puff, and said to the third brother.

"Master, I've been betrothed to a ghost marriage. It's easy to suppress this matter, but it's not hard to bring it up. You've already received the deposit." Xiao Lan took a sip of water and continued, "I'm eating at the same table with you guys now, but I don't dare to pick up my chopsticks, for I'm worried that there's arsenic in my bowl and I'll be harmed again."

Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui were so angry that they fell backwards.

"When a tree grows big, it branches out; when a person grows big, he divides his family." The old man glanced at Xiao Lan and knew that the child's temperament had changed drastically after escaping death. The third brother and his wife also had a lot of resentment towards their family. If the family is not divided, they will not follow his wishes and go to the village to suppress the rumors.

"Today we will divide..." After finishing a pack of cigarettes, Mr. Sheng finally got to the point. Before he finished his words, he heard the sound of a carriage coming from the door, and then the door opened and a group of people walked in.

Xiao Lan turned her head and tears immediately flowed out. She ran over and said, "Grandpa, grandma."

All of Zhang's family members came. The one walking in front was a vigorous and strong old man, about fifty years old, who strode in. Behind him followed a woman of similar age, supported by two wives. Then two men drove in two horse-drawn carriages, and a girl of Xiaoting's age and three boys of Xiaowen's age got off the carriages.