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When Chu Laosi heard this, he felt sad. He didn't expect that he was an insignificant person in his parents' hearts. Now, they wanted to give him up and work hard for them to make money just for a tael of silver. How cruel!

Chu Laosi suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Dad and Mom, I came to see my second brother because we are brothers from the same mother. Even neighbors have to come to visit. I won't come in the future. Now I am twenty years old, and your son is still waiting for you to marry me off and give me children to honor you. I beg you not to give your son away." As he said this, he kowtowed to the two elders.

"Fourth brother, when a tree grows big, it branches out. When there are many people, the family will be divided. Your second brother has already been divided out. Now that you have grown up and your parents are old and unable to take care of your affairs, it is time to let you go out and fly solo."

"Dad, Mom, I just came back, I haven't eaten the family meal yet, I haven't done my filial duty yet, are you going to kick me out of the house? How can you be so cruel!"

"Fourth brother, parents have no choice. If you divide the family, one person can eat and the whole family will not be hungry. It is much better than for us to live together." Seeing that old man Chu and his wife agreed to divide the family, Zhou immediately came out to persuade them.

"Village head, it's a good opportunity for you to be here and serve as a witness with everyone to divide the property into ours." Liu quickly struck while the iron was hot.

"Girl He, can you please lend me your house to help the Chu family divide up a branch?" The head of the village couldn't just divide up the branch on the street, after all, he had to write some paperwork, so he had to ask Qinghe if he could go to her house.

"Grandpa Village Head, please come in soon!" The villagers who came to watch the fun went to Qinghe's house together. Because it was a separation of the family, everyone went to Chu Laoer's room.

"Old Chu, how do you want to divide it this time?" After everyone sat down, the village head didn't waste any time and asked Old Chu directly.

Old Man Chu coughed lightly and said, "You know the situation of my family. Last time we divided the family, the second son had a large family, so we gave him one mu of good farmland and two mu of dry land. Now the fourth son has not married yet and eats alone, so one mu of good farmland is enough for him. If you want to grow more land in the future, you can open up wasteland by yourself! In the future, the fourth son will give us 20 catties of coarse grains and 10 catties of fine grains a month, and two taels of silver as pension money for our retirement. The rest has nothing to do with the fourth son."

When everyone heard this, they were so shocked that they were speechless. It's not that there has been a division of family property. The old Chu family did it once some time ago, but I have never seen anyone asking for two taels of silver for retirement. Li was furious in his heart, secretly cursing the black-hearted old Chu family for having no conscience at all.

"Old Chu, it's true that the fourth son is a man. He needs to spend ten taels to marry a wife, but you kicked him out of the house before you even found him a wife. That's fine, but now the fourth son has no way to make money, and you ask him to pay two taels of silver a month for his retirement. How can you ask him to give you money? Do you want him to give you money with his life?"

Old man Chu himself felt that the question was unreasonable and was speechless. He picked up his pipe and started smoking.

"Village head, after the family splits up, the fourth son can go to the second son's house to work, either reclaiming wasteland or building houses. It won't be hard to make money this way!" Liu said out her plan, as if the fourth son going to the second son's house to make money was a foregone conclusion.

"Old lady, don't worry about how much our servants offer. That's not an excuse for you to ask for two taels of silver. Don't try to use the fact that you work for my family as an excuse." Qinghe sneered in her heart. The old Chu family still had a good plan as before. They could split up the family, but they would only give two taels of silver if they couldn't have any involvement in the future.

"Fourth uncle, what do you say? Do you want to come to our house to work? If you come, you can't have any relationship with the old Chu family. You must sever ties with the old Chu family like us. In my opinion, if Brother Ran becomes an official in the future, he can still benefit from the official's influence. If it were me, I would not divide the family." Qinghe looked at his fourth uncle, stated his request, and gave him a meaningful look.

Chu Laosi looked at Qinghe and saw her eyes that could only be understood but not expressed in words. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his parents: "Mom and Dad, how can I be an unfilial person? I will not go to work at my second brother's house, but live with you, my parents, my brother and my sister-in-law, and work with everyone to earn money to support my brother Ran to study and pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar, bringing honor to our Chu family. I will definitely work hard to support my brother Ran to study, and in the future I will become the uncle of the top scholar and benefit from his fame."

"I say, fourth brother, you're thinking about taking advantage of brother Ran before he passes the imperial examination. If he passes the imperial examination, I don't know how you'll drag down brother Ran. Today, my parents said they want to divide the family. Do you have the nerve to drag down the whole family like this?" Zhou thought to herself, if you don't divide the family, how are you going to make money at the second brother's house and how are you going to support brother Ran's studies!

"Okay, everyone stop talking. Today the family is divided. Fourth brother, Dad knows how filial you are. Listening to your parents' arrangement to divide the family is your greatest filial piety." After saying that, he said to the head of the village, "Head of the village, today the family is divided. Fourth brother will be given 20 catties of coarse grains and 10 catties of fine grains per month. I don't want the 2 taels of silver per month for retirement. Just 1 tael per month. The rest has nothing to do with Fourth brother. Please write the deed of division for me."

In order to separate the family as soon as possible, under the mediation of the village head, the old Chu family gave Chu Lao Si one mu of good farmland and two mu of dry land, because a single person could feed the whole family, but they did not give Chu Lao Si any pots, pans, vegetables, fruits, or even a tile in the house, and only asked him to find a way to move out within a month. The deed of separation also required Chu Lao Si to give 20 kilograms of coarse grains and 10 kilograms of fine grains every month, and one tael of silver for retirement money, and the rest had nothing to do with Lao Si, and it was agreed that the two sides would not have any financial dealings other than this.

Everyone watched in astonishment as the Chu family divided up the family. They felt that the fourth child was even more miserable than the second child. They looked at the fourth child and thought he didn't need to eat or drink. They didn't even give him any food or grain and directly kicked him out. Everyone secretly cursed the Chu family for being such a black-hearted family.

Everyone left, and the village head and Chu Laosi stayed behind. "Laosi, what are your plans?" the village head asked Chu Laosi with concern.

"Uncle, my parents have never taken care of me since I was a child. It was my second brother and his wife who took care of me. If he and his wife don't mind, I will follow him and his family from now on." Chu Laosi concealed his loneliness and heartbreak and expressed his thoughts.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, we will be a family from now on and we will live a good life." Chu Lao Er understood his current mood and comforted him.

"Yes, fourth brother, our family is living in harmony and happiness, which is definitely better than before the separation." Qin had tasted the benefits of the separation and could not help but tell the fourth brother about the benefits of the separation.

Seeing that everyone had quickly accepted the fact of the division, Qing He said to Chu Lao Si, "Fourth Uncle, since the family has been divided, you don't have to live in Old Chu's house anymore. You can move here today. I'm going to cook some new food and invite the village head to dinner. You can come and eat with me, so you don't have to go hungry."