Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Zhang Shanfeng picked up Xiao Lan and said, "Good boy, it's okay. Grandpa is here."

Xin quickly took Xiao Lan from his hands and said, "Child, let me take a good look at her."

Mr. Sheng, Sheng Xuan and Zhang hurried out to greet them.

The two sides greeted each other, and Mr. Sheng invited Zhang Shanfeng and his party to the upper room. When the other rooms saw that Zhang's family had come, they all left.

Zhang accompanied her mother Xin, eldest sister-in-law Fu, and second sister-in-law Liu to meet Cui.

Xiaoting and Xiaowen took the children back to the west wing.

Old Master Sheng asked Zhang Shanfeng to sit on the kang. "Brother, Xiaolan shouldn't have gotten into such a big trouble!"

Old Master Sheng's face turned red, fearing that the Zhang family had already known about Xiao Lan's affairs.

"I'm here this time to take Guihua and the child home, so that she can reconcile with your third child."

There was a sudden thunderclap out of nowhere, and Mr. Sheng was stunned for a moment.

After hearing this, Sheng Xuan immediately knelt down and said, "Father-in-law, it's all my fault..."

Zhang Shanfeng glanced at him and said nothing.

"My father saved your life. I betrothed my younger sister to you because you were honest and decent. But you can't even protect my nephew." Zhang Qingfeng punched him and Zhang Qingnian hurried forward to dissuade him.

Zhang Qingfeng is the eldest son of the Zhang family. He has always cared for his younger sister. When he heard about Xiaolan's ghost marriage, he was devastated. As soon as he heard the news, he and Qingnian hurriedly got on the carriage and the whole family rushed over.

Mr. Sheng's face turned from red to blue, knowing that the Zhang family's punch was meant to hit him. Due to his age, the third son took it for him, "My dear relatives, I promise that this will never happen again."

If the Zhang family is allowed to take Guihua and the child back, their crimes will be exposed, and no matter how eloquent they are, no one will believe a word they say.

Zhang Shanfeng's family is a well-known wealthy family in Xishan Village. A few years ago, there was a severe drought in the village, and the old man took his two sons to the northern prairie to sell horses and made a fortune. The year before last, the old man felt that he was too old and didn't want to travel anymore, so he took his sons back to his hometown to buy mountains and land, and lived a very comfortable life.

Mr. Zhang is a traditional old man. He believes that a married girl is like spilled water. Now that his daughter has married into the Sheng family, she is a member of the Sheng family. He never interferes in their family affairs. But this time the Sheng family wants to murder his granddaughter, and he can no longer sit still.

Zhang and her friends went to see Cui first. "When my daughter got married, she had boxes and cabinets full of dowry, which was unique in our village. Now the boxes and cabinets are empty, and her head is bald. She even used the hairpins at the bottom of the box to treat her child's illness."

Cui's face was burning, and Sheng Chunhua stood by her side awkwardly.

"Xiao Lan is so innocent and young, how could she be so cruel?"

"I don't have a mother's home." Shen began to howl, slapping her thighs.

This is unreasonable, and I'm starting to get angry.

When Zhang's family saw that Cui was being rude and couldn't talk to the old lady normally, they returned to the west wing. The mothers sat on the kang and talked, listening to Zhang's story that Xiaolan was pushed down the mountain by the eldest son of the Sheng family. During the days when she was unconscious, Cui not only didn't give money for treatment, but also kept urging them to bury the child so that they could smuggle the child's body for a ghost marriage.

Several people found it horrifying when they heard it. They thought that the Sheng family was really lacking in virtue.

Xiao Lan was lucky to escape death.

"At that time, we saw that Sheng Xuan was an honest and decent child. We inquired about the old Sheng family and found out that they were a farming and reading family, so we felt relieved to marry you here." Xin hugged Xiao Lan and said sadly, "My poor Xiao Lan, if your mother hadn't married into this family, you wouldn't have almost lost your life."

Xiao Lan thought to herself that if Zhang hadn't married her, she would have been gone.

Zhang was very concerned about her reputation, and she only talked about how she was living a comfortable life in front of her family. She never mentioned the bad things that happened in the Sheng family, for fear that they would worry about her.

"Sister, we are here to take you back this time. The old Sheng family is a devil's den, you can't all get killed in it." Her aunt Fu was impatient and said whatever she thought. "Sister, pack up and follow us back later."

"Xiao Lan, go back with your aunt. Let's go back and live a comfortable life." Liu turned to her two sons and said, "Xiao Cheng, Xiao Qiang, go and help clean up."

"Xiaoyan, Xiaohu, you go too." Fu instructed her own children to help.

Xiao Lan blinked her eyes to wipe away her tears, and whispered in Xin's ear, "Grandma, we are going to separate the family this time. We will live a comfortable life if we can live on our own. We have such a big handle on the old Sheng family, so we don't have to worry about them causing trouble again."

Xin hugged Xiaolan in her arms and told her that she had grown up and could succeed.

"I brought two hens and a basket of eggs to nourish Xiaolan." Xin asked Fu and Liu to unload the things on the carriage, including a bag of flour and a bag of rice, a piece of pork belly, a basket of salted duck eggs, two bags of brown sugar, a basket of autumn pears, and a piece of light brown ramie cloth.

Zhang felt a little sorry, "Mom, my family is busy right now, and you brought so many things for my family..."

Xin patted her hands and said, "I'm almost busy at home, don't worry about it. You are my daughter, but you won't be one after you get married?"

Zhang Shanfeng didn't know how to discuss it with Grandpa Sheng, but he invited the head of the village and the elders of the village, saying that they wanted to divide the house before lunch.

When someone comes to the house, they must provide food. Grandpa Sheng asks Cui to prepare the banquet, and they arrange the division of the family.

When Cui heard about the division of the family property, she hurriedly got off the kang and went to take a look. She gave the kitchen key to Chunhua and pointed in the direction of the west wing.

Chunhua understands.

In the kitchen, Xiaolan and Xiaoting were discussing what dishes to cook, and Xiaoyan also came to help.

The three of them will discuss making four hot dishes and four cold dishes.

There was no meat at home, so Xiao Lan thought about it and cut half of the meat that Xin brought over, planning to stir-fry some meat dishes.

Minced meat and eggplant, stir-fried meat with green pepper, stir-fried meat with beans, braised pork, fried peanuts, scrambled eggs with leeks, smashed cucumbers, and dipped pickles.

Zhang was worried about the division of the family, so she and her family went to take a look.

The house Shengxuan lives in now was built by Zhang's family, so it belongs to them naturally. The furniture in the house and the yard to the west were divided among them, but it was not convenient to keep the pigpen and chicken coop in this yard. Grandpa Zhang waved his hand and said that he would bring his son to help them build a new chicken coop and pigpen in the afternoon, and the original ones would be left to the third family.

As for land, the old man also gave their family six acres of land at the foot of Beishan Mountain and a vegetable plot behind the house.

The pots, pans, and utensils were also distributed, and two sets of farm tools were also distributed. This year's crops were harvested, and after drying, they were distributed to their families for a year's rations. Now the rations were distributed based on the number of people, and each person was given one pound of food per day.

"The third brother's family also helped to raise the chickens and pigs at home. We won't divide the pigs for now. We'll give them the pork when we slaughter the New Year pigs." The old man didn't mention the chickens. He knew that these chickens were the lifeblood of the Shen family. Last time, he had a big fight with the second brother's family over the chickens.

Then there was the issue of supporting the old couple. The other families had not separated, so they naturally lived with Grandpa Sheng and Cui. Sheng Xuan was separated and lived alone. He had to pay gifts for the three festivals a year. The amount depended on his own wishes. However, he had to pay one or two taels of silver as support at the end of each year, which was the first in Shengjia Village.

It was hard for farmers to earn a penny from working in the fields, not to mention the one or two taels of silver they had to pay for support every year. However, Xiaolan's family still agreed to it.

The division of the family was settled in this way. After the village head helped to write the document, Mr. Sheng and Zhang Shanfeng read it, and then showed it to the village elders, and then everyone put their fingerprints on the division document.

Everything was settled, and Xiao Lan heard everything in the kitchen. It was much better than she thought that it could be divided like this.

"Is the meal ready?" Mr. Sheng asked Cui.

Only then did Cui realize that Zhang was also here to watch the division of the family property. Her face instantly turned ugly and she hurried to the kitchen.

"Master, are we going to serve the meal?" Xiao Lan asked, lifting the curtain.