Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

The ones who spoke were the three elders of the Han family.

The elders are over sixty years old, with gray hair. They walk out of the crowd with their hands behind their backs, exuding an indescribable majesty.

"Since you want to divide the family, we old guys will come to help act as witnesses. Let me make it clear first, Xiu Wen's wife was married in a formal ceremony, so she has a share of the family property. Xiao Zheng is from our Han family, so he should have a share as well." said the leading elder.

"I don't agree." Yang Qiuyue refused without thinking.

"If you don't agree, go to the county and ask the county magistrate to help you divide it." Another elder threatened: "But let me make it clear first, if the county magistrate divides it, he won't do it the same way as us. Whoever owns it, it belongs to him. The land was earned by Xiao Zheng, so it will only be distributed to Xiao Zheng. You can't even take an acre of it."

Yang Qiuyue was unwilling, "Why? My family practices martial arts and farms..."

The elder raised his eyes.

Yang Qiuyue's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally she changed the subject, "We won't ask the county magistrate to divide it. We can divide it ourselves."

The elder nodded and invited the village chief Li Rucheng to be the official witness.

*

The Han family has a total of thirteen acres of paddy fields and eight acres of dry land.

After the division of the family, Han Zheng was given six mu of paddy fields and Li Yu two mu, while Han Zheng was given three mu of dry land and Li Yu one mu.

There were three taels of silver in the public treasury, one tael for Han Zheng and five hundred coins for Li Yu.

As for the house, Han Xiuwen paid half of the money, so Li Yu should have received half. However, Han Zheng and Li Yu didn't want to live here anymore, so the house belonged to Han Xiuwu. As compensation, Han Xiuwu gave Li Yu four taels of silver.

As for the furniture, Li Yu and Han Zheng only took away what was in their respective rooms, plus bowls and chopsticks, a pot, half a bag of salt and half a can of oil, and didn't want anything else.

In the blink of an eye, the land and money were more than half gone. Yang Qiuyue refused to accept it. "I won't sign. I don't agree. Ouch, my stomach hurts. You must give me one acre of paddy field and one acre of dry land."

She tried to make a fuss, but the elders refused to give her face. "If you continue to make trouble, we will go to the county to divide it. Then you won't even get five acres of paddy field."

Yang Qiuyue: “…”

"I...I'll listen to my great-grandfather." Han Xiuwu said to one of the elders with a red face.

The elder looked down on him and snorted, "Since you are willing, just press your handprint."

The document of division of the family was made in four copies, one for Li Yu, one for Han Zheng, one for Han Xiuwu, and one for the village chief.

Li Yu was quite satisfied with this division. In ancient times, women were not valued. It was a pleasant surprise that these elders gave her some land and money. There was no need for her to cause trouble.

Li Yu stretched out his hand, intending to press the fingerprint directly, but at this moment, a girl's voice sounded in the room.

She looked back and saw that it was Han Xiaomei, the younger sister of the Han family.

Han Xiaomei stood at the door and looked at Li Yu and Han Zheng eagerly, "Second sister-in-law, Third brother, I want to go with you."

"No!" Yang Qiuyue retorted, "You can't leave."

Han Xiaomei is already nine years old. She can do housework and is an unpaid laborer. The most important thing is that after raising her for another five or six years, she can be sold to earn a dowry.

Han Xiaomei ignored her and only looked at Li Yu and Han Zheng, "I can do anything, Second Sister-in-law, Third Brother, please take me away."

Li Yu softened her heart. In the original owner's memory, Han Xiaomei was a good person. Just now, Han Xiaomei had not stood up, so she thought she would stay here and did not ask more questions. Now that Han Xiaomei took the initiative to ask, she nodded and said, "You can follow me."

Han Zheng has a good relationship with Han Xiaomei, so he is willing to do so. "Go pack your things later..."

"I don't agree!" Yang Qiuyue interrupted Han Zheng, "Han Xiaomei, you have been eating and drinking my food for these years, you can't leave."

"I...I worked." Han Xiaomei argued, "I washed your and brother's clothes, and I also did the housework."

Yang Qiuyue: "That's not true..."

Li Yu: "If you don't want to, I won't sign this division document. I'll go to the county to find the county magistrate and let him make the decision!"

Yang Qiuyue: “…”

Li Yu asked: "Are you willing now?"

Yang Qiuyue bit her teeth hard, "You can let her go with you, but I have to make it clear that the family home has been divided up, and I won't give away a single penny."

If you don’t want it, then don’t want it. Li Yu and Han Zheng looked at each other and agreed.

*

It was still early, so after pressing their fingerprints, Li Yu, Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei prepared to go back to their room to pack their luggage.

They temporarily rented the old house of the village chief, which was on the east side of the village. There were no residents within a hundred meters. The rent was one hundred coins a month. The village chief had already given them the key, so they could go there directly later.

Thinking that the village chief's old house must be dirty after being uninhabited for a long time, Li Yu took out ten coins and gave them to Han Xiaomei, "Go hire two ladies and ask them to help us clean up that side first. By the way, you go with them, and I will help you pack your luggage here."

Han Xiaomei was smart and understood what Li Yu meant instantly. She nodded and ran away quickly.

Li Yu took out another handful of copper coins and gave them to Han Zheng, "Brother Zheng, can you find a few reliable uncles and ask them to help move the furniture?"

Han Zheng hummed, but did not take the copper coin. "I have copper coins."

Li Yu: “…”Okay!

After arranging everything, Li Yu went back to his room to pack up. Ordinary farmers don't have much stuff, so it didn't take long to get everything ready.

An hour later, Li Yu put the last bit of luggage on the cart borrowed from Aunt Wang's house next door, and pushed the cart away from the Han family completely.

The truck that helped move the furniture was in front, and Li Yu and Han Zheng followed behind.

The car was shaking, and the two people were weak and sick. The other villagers couldn't help whispering when they saw it.

"This family is divided. What will we do next? Can we live well with two women and a sickly man?"

"And Li Yu, she looks like a good person now, but she is still young, will she really not marry again in the future?"

"Who knows? I don't think they will have a good life."

Li Yu heard these little words and ignored them.

We’ll see whether we can live a good life in the future. Life is long anyway!

*

The old house of the village chief is at the easternmost end of the village. It is a mud house with three main rooms and a kitchen. It is a bit shabby because no one has lived there for a long time, but fortunately there is nothing broken.

Li Yu stood at the door and looked around, thinking it was OK, especially since the house had a yard and the walls were made of earth, which could block the prying eyes of outsiders.

After parking the car, Li Yu asked his helpers to move the furniture into the house.

There are three houses in total. Li Yu and Han Xiaomei live in one, and Han Zheng lives in another.

The room has been cleaned up, and after the furniture was put down, it suddenly felt like living a normal life.

Li Yu glanced around and nodded with satisfaction.

*

It was already evening when we finished packing everything.

Li Yu and Han Xiaomei cooked a simple meal together.

They didn't bring any food with them, so they went to Wang Dashu's house, which was closest to them, and bought a pound of brown rice and six eggs, and cooked a simple meal.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Li Yu actually wanted to take a bath. Han Xiuwen valued the original owner and prepared a new bathtub, so she brought it along. However, there was little firewood at home, and it was unsafe to go out to collect firewood in the middle of the night, so she had to endure it.

Lying on the bed, Li Yu recalled the experience of the day and felt a little depressed. He was living a good life in modern times, why did he wear it?

Could it be because this Li Yu has the same name and looks the same as her?

When she went to fetch water in the evening, Li Yu looked at the body in the light of the water. The appearance of this body was no different from her modern appearance, with willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes and an oval face. The difference was that this body was extremely thin, and it was obvious at a glance that it had not eaten well and was malnourished.

Forget it, now that you are here, just live your life as it is.

Li Yu was thinking about random things and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, Li Yu was woken up by Han Xiaomei.

"Second sister-in-law, Third Brother is sick again!"