The female doctor farmed the land, bought a husband and set up a separate household

"Muramasa-sama," Si Chenan knew it was time for him to say something amid the indignation of the crowd. He came to Cao Yin with his wooden stick, "Combining everything that has happened before with the evidence here, the truth is clear, right?"

"This……"

Seeing that he was still unsure, Si Chenan added, "I firmly believe that if Lord Muramasa had not been impartial and handled all matters impartially, the county magistrate would not have entrusted you with this important task and placed the well-being of more than a thousand villagers in Liuyun Village in your hands."

Cao Yin's face turned red when he was praised, but he was still very happy in his heart.

Although Si Chen'an was an exile, he was the eldest son of a general after all. He had been educated and had seen the world, and a man's words were more pleasant to the ear than a woman's.

But if this happens, the Jiang family will be in trouble.

But who can blame it?

They can only blame themselves for being stupid.

"Don't worry, I will definitely give everyone an explanation."

Cao Yin looked at Jiang Qingmei who was dragged back by the women and said coldly, "Girl Mei, you are not a child anymore, why are you still fooling around with your two brothers?"

"Grandpa Muramasa, I am really wronged..."

"Shut up! The evidence is irrefutable. You don't need to quibble." Cao Yin said, "Fortunately, today only your own forest was burned, and no one else was harmed. Otherwise, I would definitely send you to the county government to be punished!"

After he said that, Jiang Qingmei felt relieved.

As long as she is not sent to the county government office, she will be fine. The village head is indeed on her side.

"But if you make a mistake, you must be punished," Cao Yin continued. "Just as your grandma said before, you have to compensate the whole village. Considering that you are still unmarried, I will give 10 coins to each person."

Jiang Qingmei was overjoyed. As long as she didn't suffer, what did it matter if she had to pay some money?

But Jiang Hua's heart was bleeding.

10 wen per person, a total of more than 10 taels of silver!

Adding the number of people burned to death today, dozens of taels of silver are gone!

"Okay, let's get to the bottom of this. The Jiang family will give me the compensation money and I'll distribute it to each household. Let's go."

"Wait a minute." Jiang Sining said, "Cao Cunzheng, my house was burned down, should I pay for it as well?"

"This... ahem, of course you should compensate me."

When Jiang Si Ning heard that she still wanted compensation from her, Jiang Hua started to curse, "You shameless little bastard, you want me to pay you for your two shabby shacks? You're dreaming!"

"It's okay if you don't have to pay." Jiang Sining said to Cao Yin, "Cao Cunzheng, I regret the division we talked about before."

"Divide the family?" Jiang Hua almost jumped up when she heard it. "You still want to divide my family? You're dreaming!"

Cao Yin was almost mad at her.

How much are two straw huts worth? Why not just compensate her?

Now, Miss Ning has gone back on her word, and everything that was agreed upon with great difficulty has to start all over again.

The thought of dealing with these messes made his head explode.

"Old lady Jiang, what the hell are you talking about?"

Some aunts in the village couldn't stand it anymore and began to denounce it.

"When Ning's mother was alive, she gave your family a lot of money. Now that she's gone, you turn your back on it and deny it. Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"

"Let's not count those things. Ning girl belongs to your family. Now she has been separated from you. If you don't give her a single grain of rice, are you still a human being?"

"Why should you poor fellows interfere in my mother's family affairs?" Jiang Hua put her hands on her waist and started to throw a tantrum. "Is it your business whether I divide her things or not?"

"Cao Cunzheng, you saw it," someone said, "If old lady Jiang doesn't share with little girl Ning, will other families in the village do the same in the future?"

"That's great. I have three sons. When we divide the family property, I won't give them anything. I'll just let them take their wives and children and go to Cao Cunzheng's house for dinner."

……

Dozens of women were talking at the same time, making such a loud noise that it seemed as if the sky was falling.

But Cao Yin knew that this matter must not set a precedent, otherwise, how could he, as the village chief, live a peaceful life in the future?

So this one must score.

So he asked Jiang Sining: "How do you want to divide it now?"

"I won't make it difficult for anyone. Let's divide it according to the custom." Jiang Sining said, "The Jiang family has four branches, and my mother makes it five. All the surplus food, money, houses, fields, forests, chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs in that family will be divided into two parts for us."

"Are you crazy? You want so many things from me, but it's impossible!" Jiang Hua shouted, "Even if the king of heaven comes, you can't take even a grain of rice or a penny of land!"

"It's fine if you don't give it to me." Jiang Sining said, "If you don't give it to me, I will go to the county government and sue your Jiang family for violating public order and morality and embezzling the money left by my mother."

Then she looked at Jiang Qingmei again and said, "I will also sue her for deliberately setting the fire and trying to burn my husband and my sister-in-law to death."

"Go ahead and sue me! You can sue me all you want!" Jiang Hua said, "I still don't believe it. You have no evidence. Let's see if the county magistrate will pay attention to you."

"It doesn't matter whether the lawsuit is successful or not." Jiang Sining said, "My fourth uncle will take the provincial examination next year. If there is a lawsuit at home, then... it's hard to say what will happen."

Jiang Hua felt numb instantly.

Just as Jiang Sining said, if the family was involved in a lawsuit, it would really damage the reputation of her precious son. If it affected his provincial examination... Jiang Hua didn't dare to think about it.

When Cao Yin heard this, he also hurriedly advised: "This matter really cannot be taken lightly, you should give in a little."

Jiang Hua gritted her teeth. Although she was extremely reluctant, she had no choice but to accept it.

"You can divide the family, but you can't do it the way she says!"

"I don't want your house either," Jiang Sining said, "How about this, I don't want the house, food, money, or land."

"Then what do you want?"

"I want the mountains." Jiang Sining said, "All the mountains at home belong to me."

Jiang Hua was so angry that she almost vomited blood.

We have more than 200 acres of forest at home, and this shameless little bastard actually wants them all?

Seeing that she was still a little reluctant, Cao Yin became a little impatient and said, "If she wants it, just give it to her. Anyway, the trees have been burned to death, and your family can't open up the land if you keep them."

If a farmer's forest is just a forest, he only needs to pay a small amount of forest tax every year.

But if the land is reclaimed and used to grow crops, it will become barren land, and the land in the mountains and forests is too barren, and the little grain grown is not enough to pay taxes.

Therefore, apart from growing cash crops, very few people would open up wasteland in the mountains.

If we can’t reclaim the land, the trees on the mountain will be gone, and it will take decades for them to grow back into mature timber.

After figuring out the key point, and with Cao Yin urging her, Jiang Hua could only grit her teeth.

"Okay, I'll give it to you." Jiang Hua said, "But after the separation, our two families will be completely clear. Don't come and take my property from now on!"

"can."

The division of the family was thus decided.

Jiang Hua went home and got the title deed to the mountains and forests. All she had to do next was go to the county government with Cao Yin to make changes, and the mountains and forests would then belong to Jiang Sining.

"What are you standing there for? Get back!"

After losing more than 200 acres of forest, Jiang Hua seemed to have lost her soul and returned home with her people cursing.