Good luck every time

She fell asleep quickly and slept for more than an hour.

Li Zhuzi was already sleeping on his back, while the third brother was sleeping soundly against the wall on the other side.

Although tonight is the first night since Sun's death, none of the children in the family, except the eldest sister, are too sad.

Li Zhuzi has no heart at all. Sun has been ill for two or three years and has been taking medicine all day long. His friends always say that if he didn't have a sick mother, the family would definitely be better off.

So in his young mind, Sun, who was extremely fond of him, was actually not that important.

He even often thought that if Sun died, his life might be better.

And the third child is still young.

Sun didn't like her in the first place. Not only did she treat her harshly all day long, but she also always picked Li Zhuzi to bully her. She never had any affection for Sun.

Not to mention Li Ruyi, who had experienced so much in her previous life. Even if she had feelings for Sun, after all that time, all she had left was hatred!

I hate that Sun spoiled Li Zhuzi to no end, I hate that she treated her daughter like an animal, I hate that she entrusted the child to the clan grandmother even after she died, leaving them no hope at all...

The source of Li Ruyi's miserable life was all because of Sun. It was strange that she would be sad about Sun's death!

Looking at the sky outside, Li Ruyi climbed up from the kang and went to the outer room to see his elder sister.

The eldest sister was kneeling in front of the brazier. The villagers brought a lot of paper to burn. She threw it into the brazier little by little, not caring about the heat. She knelt there wiping her tears.

Hearing Li Ruyi's footsteps, she quickly wiped the embarrassment off her face.

"Pan'er, why are you up at this time?"

Li Ruyi agreed.

"Well, I'll get up and take your place, you go back to sleep!"

The eldest sister shook her head.

"I'm not sleepy yet. Why don't you sleep a little longer? I...I want to spend more time with my mother..."

Her expression became more sad.

She is busy during the day and only at night does she have time to talk to her mother.

Seeing her like that, Li Ruyi didn't force her to go to bed. Instead, she found a small stool from home and moved it over, asking her to sit down with him.

"That's perfect. Let me tell you something. Although mom is gone, we still need to have a plan for how we will live our lives from now on."

The eldest sister, who originally wanted to kneel for a while, was stunned for a moment, and the sadness of her mother's death in her heart dissipated a little.

Right!

Their mother is dead, all their money is spent, and there is no food left. How are they going to live in the future?

She went to check and found that there was not much food left. What would these children, who had no money and no food, eat until the crops were harvested from the fields?

The eldest sister stretched her stiff legs and climbed up from the ground, then sat on the small stool with Li Ruyi.

The lights in the mourning hall flickered, and the dim light shone on them.

After leaving the brazier, the sweat on the eldest sister's body disappeared.

She was worried.

Sun used to be the head of the family. Although she was diligent and the main worker at home, she was not good at making decisions.

She thought to herself, maybe this was the reason why her mother pulled her second sister aside to talk at the last moment!

The two sisters sat not too far from each other, close to the door, with their faint shadows falling outside the door, creating a harmonious and quiet atmosphere.

"Pan'er, do you have any plans?"

Li Ruyi has many plans, but the most important premise is that she has to separate from Li Zhuzi.

She organized her words a little.

"Sister, I do have something I want to tell you."

The eldest sister looked at Li Ruyi obediently. She was obviously older, but when Li Ruyi showed such an aura, she would automatically and consciously put herself in the position of a submissive.

"you say!"

Li Ruyi didn't hesitate and spoke directly.

“I want to be the head of the family.”

The eldest sister nodded.

"Okay!"

She agreed readily. Since she was not good at managing the household, she decided to let the second son do it while she continued with her own work.

But she thought the matter was too simple. Li Ruyi's words were just the beginning.

"It's not the kind where the four of us are the head of the household, but the kind where we really set up a female household and I'm the head of the household."

Poor Li Zhaodi was short-sighted and didn't understand what Li Ruyi said at once.

She stared at Li Ruyi thoughtfully for several breaths before she suddenly understood the meaning of the words just now.

She sat up straight instantly, wanting to listen carefully to what was said.

"Pan'er, what did you say?"

Facing her look of disbelief, Li Ruyi repeated what he had just said.

"I said, I want to establish a female household and have her be the head of the household."

The eldest sister was instantly shocked by her shocking idea.

"What? Female household?"

Da Qi also had regulations on female households, but it was difficult to establish female households, and most families were unwilling to do so.

Since Li Dagui's death, the title of Li family head has been under the name of Li Zhuzi.

In order to reduce the head tax, the Li family must cancel the Sun family’s account.

Li Ruyi planned to take this opportunity to separate from Li Zhuzi.

It is not against the rules to divide the family and household. There are also many families who redistribute the household registration in order to protect their property after the death of their parents.

Li Ruyi nodded, solemnly and seriously.

"Yes, I want to establish a female household."

The eldest sister did not understand the court's policies and could only persuade Li Ruyi emotionally to give up this unrealistic idea.

"No, no, there is no such rule. Besides, if we divide it up, what will happen to the pillars?"

Li Ruyi was actually quite relieved at this moment. Her eldest sister's words showed that she instinctively felt that the three sisters were a group.

She looked a little more relaxed and explained her reasons to her elder sister.

"It is for him that we have to score."

As soon as Li Ruyi opened her mouth, the elder sister was stunned. Her empty head couldn't figure out the cause and effect of the matter.

“Think about it, sister. What is our family property? A house and two acres of land. Of course, these things are pillars.”

This was just nice talk, but the two acres of land had become the clan's property and they couldn't take it away even if they wanted it.

Li Ruyi would not explain the reason behind this, she would only talk about topics that her elder sister cares about.

"If we split up, there will still be a lot of unused space in the village, and a lot of empty, ownerless houses. We are two households, so the village can't just make some arrangements for us, right?!"

"So, there is another room!"

"Moreover, the court has a rule that newly settled families can open up one acre of wasteland in their registered place of residence. There is no tax on this acre of land for the first three years. You see, we not only have an extra yard, but also an acre of land. What a good deal."

Pingfang County is located near mountains and rivers, with a vast area and a sparse population. Although the land is not very fertile, there is a lot of wasteland and few workers. Therefore, the imperial court encouraged land reclamation and also wanted to use tax exemptions to stimulate some people to work more.

However, tending to the fields is not an easy job these days, and reclaiming wasteland is even more time-consuming and laborious. Although everyone has been reclaiming wasteland one after another, they are only reclaiming a few acres of land. They don't put it in their names, and they don't pay taxes. They just secretly grow some food and vegetables.

The eldest sister had been commanded for a long time and her brain was not very effective. After being moved by the benefits, she only looked forward to the future and never thought about why Li Ruyi knew all this.

Li Ruyi saw this and continued to persuade him.

"Besides, you are also aware of the true face of our clan members. The two acres of land at home are all clan property. If something unexpected happens in the future, it may be taken back."

"But this acre of land we have opened up is ours. No matter whether it is good or bad, it is a way out after all!"

Li Ruyi's words touched upon the past that the eldest sister most didn't want to recall.

When Li Dagui was alive, the Li family owned more than six acres of land.

Two acres of the land were family assets left by my grandparents, and the remaining four acres were reclaimed by the elders in the family or purchased from other families.

But Li Dagui was a good-natured man who could not resist being deceived and actually included all the land in his family into the clan property.

He died of exhaustion from performing corvée labor, and his clansmen took advantage of the fact that the Li family was half short of male adults and plundered half of their property.

Later, Sun became seriously ill again, and the Li family was often short of money, so the clan members took away a lot of land under various pretexts.

But in just three or four years, only two acres of the Li family's original six acres of land remained.

Li Zhuzi and Lao San did not have a deep impression of this incident. They were young at that time and could not remember much.

But for my eldest sister, who was almost ten years old at the time, the memory of it is still fresh in her mind.