Old Mrs. Li was hit because she was not paying attention. Five finger marks quickly appeared on her face.

"what!"

"You dare to hit me."

Old Mrs. Li never thought that the old man would dare to fight with her, ever since she hooked up with his original wife, Li Gui, who had just passed away.

She was never slapped again. After so many years of good life, she had forgotten the life when she was treated like an animal in her parents' home.

The slap from old man Li was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

Regardless of the fact that her arm had not been bandaged yet, Mrs. Li stood up from the stool and scratched Old Man Li with her good hand.

Since Old Mrs. Li didn't do much work, her nails were quite long, and after just a few scratches, several bloody scratches appeared on Old Man Li's face.

"You crazy bitch."

Old man Li felt hurt when he was grabbed and he subconsciously fought back, but he failed to control the force and caused secondary injury to old lady Li's arm.

The village chief didn't expect that it was just a division of the family property. He watched a farce of a couple fighting and yelled, "If you continue to fight, get out of the village."

As expected, the village chief’s words were so intimidating that the two of them separated immediately.

Not wanting to continue watching this terrible thing, the village chief made a prompt decision and divided the family as he had said.

Old man and old lady Li were afraid of being kicked out, so they had to nod in agreement.

Seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, Li Mengyue quickly took out the paper and pen she had prepared in advance.

"Grandpa Village Chief, please help me write the documents for the division of the family property."

The village chief looked at the paper and pen in front of him and knew that since things had come to this point, there was nothing wrong with writing a document to divide the family.

He had written many official documents since he became the village chief, but he had never written a document on the division of the family property.

But he also knew how to write it, so he wrote it with a flourish, and in just a few moments, the three documents on division of the property were completed.

After the village chief signed his name, Li Mengyue quickly picked it up, put it in front of her father, and motioned for Li An to sign.

Ang Lee signed his name without hesitation.

When he got to Old Man Li, he looked at his second son, trying to make a final attempt to keep him.

But Li An had long given up any hope for his father, so he turned his head away and simply pretended not to see it.

Old man Li had no choice but to sign his name on it.

The village chief gave one copy of the division document to Old Man Li and one copy to Li An, and he took the remaining copy back to keep.

In this way, Ang Lee separated from his parents.

The village chief saw that the matter was resolved and was about to leave, but Li Mengyue stopped him.

"Grandpa Village Chief, are there any vacant houses in our village? I would like to rent them first."

"Yue girl, even though we have separated, you can still live here, you don't have to move."

"Grandpa Village Chief, I know you mean well, but I still want to move out. I'm afraid I'll be sold out when I sleep at night."

Village Chief Li heard about Yue girl being sold, but he was not very clear and wanted to know more about the details.

Hearing Li Mengyue mention this, he naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. After a little thought, he said to Li Mengyue: "There are a few houses in the east of the village. No one lives there. They are the property of the village. You can live there first."

"Okay, thank you, Grandpa Village Chief. I'll pay the rent according to the market price."

Village Chief Li wanted to wave it off, but when he thought of the only five hundred coins in the village account, he said uncomfortably, "One hundred coins a month. Oh, no, eighty coins will do."

Li Mengyue knew that people in the village had a hard time, and she also knew that the village chief would not ask for rent if possible.

She was not short of money, so she would not argue over a mere twenty cents. She simply said, "Grandpa Village Chief, just one hundred cents."

The village chief knew that it hadn’t rained for several months and that this year’s grain production would be reduced. He wanted to increase the village’s income if possible and provide assistance to needy families when needed.

You should know that every year there are people who die of starvation or freezing in the village.

Especially in winter, when it snows heavily, some villagers’ houses will be crushed by the snow, and whole families will freeze to death in their sleep.

As the village chief, he was unable to lead the villagers to live a good life, and he blamed himself every time he encountered such a situation.

Taking the hundred coins given by Li Mengyue, the village chief looked at the sky and walked away worriedly.

When the villagers saw that Li An had made the distribution, they all took their bowls and went home to rest for a while before going back to work in the fields in the afternoon.

Even though the rice in the fields was wilting, no family was willing to give up. Instead, they worked harder than before, just hoping to produce more food.

Li Mengyue saw the village chief off, turned back to her parents, and told them that they were going to move to an empty house on the east side of the village.

In fact, after such a mess at home, Ang Lee didn't really want to continue living at home.

Everyone would see each other every day, which was more or less awkward. Now that he had a new place to go, he naturally agreed.

After settling the house issue, Li felt relieved when her daughter came back and went back to her room to pack her things.

But in the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Li, with the help of her daughter and son, packed up all her belongings.

Knowing that the old house would not give anything else, Li Mengyue carried her father, mother and two younger brothers, carrying clothes and quilts, and went to the house on the east side of the village.

When the family arrived at the house at the foot of the mountain, they saw that the house was in a dilapidated state as it had been uninhabited for a long time and was deserted.

I saw that the yard was full of weeds, some of which were even taller than my calves.

Li Mengyue put her father down, picked up a wooden stick from the side, and knocked on the grass for a while. After making sure there were no snakes or insects, she went in.

Although she was not afraid of these things, now that her parents and brother were here, she naturally had to consider their safety.

When she entered the house, Li Mengyue saw a room on the left. There was a big hole in the roof. When she went to bed at night, she could look up and see the starry sky.

Although the weather is not cold now, living in such a room is somewhat romantic and needs to be repaired as soon as possible.

The house was indeed very shabby, but what satisfied Li Mengyue was that there were enough rooms. Her parents lived in one room, her two younger brothers lived in one room, and she lived in one room. There was also an empty room that could be used as a storage room to store things that were not used in daily life. There was also a kitchen on the west side.

At present, it is sufficient as a place to stay in the short term.

The only thing that bothered her was that there was no tool to weed the weeds. She was extremely reluctant to pull them all out with her hands.

Just as she was thinking about going to her neighbor to borrow some lawn mowing tools, she heard someone talking outside.

When I walked out, I saw my uncle, aunt and their two daughters, cutting the grass in the yard with sickles.

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