Liu Changqing looked at Liu Changcai and said, "Brother Changcai, what do you think about this?"

Liu Changcai looked at his two sons and understood Xu Li's meaning: "In this case, please ask the village chief and the county magistrate to be witnesses. I will divide the family property today to prevent Liu Bao from feeling wronged."

Liu Bao opened his mouth but still didn't say a word.

Xiao Zilin and his friends were very considerate and brought writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone and placed them on a table.

Liu Changqing began to draft the documents for the division of the family: "Brother Changcai, what do you want to give?"

Liu Changcai was angry: "Three taels of silver, let them take away the things in their house, and the rest will be their money for our retirement. We don't need them to give us support every month in the future."

When the villagers heard this, they all frowned.

Liu Changqing looked at Liu Bao: "Do you have any opinion?"

Liu Bao smiled bitterly: "I have no objection, but we still need to stay at home until the house is built."

When Yao saw that the dust had settled, she immediately became unhappy: "You live at home, how are the daily necessities calculated?"

Aunt Xiao spoke up at this time: "There is no one living in our old house in the village. If you don't mind it being dilapidated, you can move there temporarily for a while. We will help you repair it tomorrow and it should be habitable."

Liu Bao and Mao thanked Aunt Xiao and decided to pack up and move in tomorrow, and rebuild the house after the spring plowing was over.

Liu Changcai and his family were in no mood to be here. It was New Year's Day and things had turned out like this. They were no longer in a good mood.

Some people also had their own concerns. After seeing Liu Changcai leave, several families gathered around Liu Changqing.

"Village Chief, I want to ask you something."

Liu Changqing looked at the villagers who had gathered around him and probably guessed what they wanted to ask: "Do you want to ask about the division of the family, or do you want to ask about what the county magistrate's people just mentioned?"

"All."

Liu Changqing looked at them and said, "The county magistrate is right. Splitting up the family doesn't mean that the family will break up. It's just for the sake of living a better life. The children will still be filial to you. When you get together during the New Year, your relationship will be even better."

“Will it really have no impact?”

Liu Changqing: "You all live together as a family now, and it looks lively every day. Who doesn't have some selfish thoughts in their hearts?"

The villagers smiled awkwardly. They were afraid that the children would be ignored after being divided up.

Liu Changqing looked at them and shook his head: "If someone is filial, he will be filial to you no matter where he is. If someone is not filial, he may not be filial to you even if you tie him to your side."

The villagers didn't ask any more questions, but went back to drink, chat, or watch the fireworks.

Xu Li watched the farce just now end like this, and he didn't know what to say: "The intrigues in the common people's homes are no less than those in the big houses."

Xiao Chiye poured him a glass of wine and said nothing.

Aunt Xiao just smiled faintly. Such a thing had never happened in their family before, and it would be even less likely to happen now.

As Xu Li drank, he thought about things at home in the capital and felt a headache.

If his father hadn't threatened him to either get married or become a county magistrate, he might not have come here.

After staying up all night, everyone left slowly.

Xiao Chiye and his companions also put away the tables, chairs and benches outside the yard. As for the fragments of fireworks and firecrackers, they would clean them up tomorrow.

Xia Wanniang went to the kitchen to cook dumplings, and after eating the dumplings everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

She accompanied the three children back to the room and saw the three children lying on the bed.

Xiao Zisen held her hand: "Mom."

Xia Wanniang knew that they had taken Liu Daya's words to heart today, and she also knew why they were feeling uneasy now: "They care about what Liu Daya said."

The three children didn't say anything, but they didn't dare to look at her.

Xia Wanniang took off her shoes, squeezed into the bed of the three children, and lay on her side with one hand supporting her head: "I don't know how to say it, because some things may not be believed by you even if I tell you, so why don't you feel it for yourself."

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