I traveled through time and space to hunt and support my family in ancient times

After Jiang Youcai finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Youtian as if he was a fool. The eldest brother is usually very smart, so how could he not figure out the critical moment?

Li was also confused. Her husband had forbidden her to bring up the matter, so why did she suddenly bring it up? But Li was a thoughtful person, so she suppressed her doubts and kept silent.

Old Man Jiang coughed and said, "In that case, I, as a father, can't say anything. If there is land to be divided, the eldest son should get half of the property. But your parents will live with you and your brother in the future, so I will give you one-third of our house and money. As for the land, I will give you half."

"Don't spend money to build our new house. How much money do you have?"

"You all know how much money mother has. I bought 30 taels of grain before the New Year, and I got 10 taels from the two acres of paddy fields. That's all I have." Liu didn't lie. They were all her own children. The family had spent a lot of money on the youngest son over the years. Now the family assets were all she had, so there was no need to cheat the eldest son.

Jiang Youtian didn't say anything. This family really had this much wealth, and it was all on the surface, so there was nothing much to say.

"As for this money, I should have given you thirteen taels, but you also know that the house will be empty after we move out, so I will give you the two rooms with lights, you see..."

"Dad, our house is several years old, it's not new anymore."

Old man Jiang was stunned, and then he realized that this was Jiang Youtian and not Jiang Youshan, and then he said: "... and Youcai's two..."

Then he turned to Jiang Youcai and asked, "Youcai, do you have any objections?"

"No problem." They were going to the county town to enjoy their lives, and they would not have any use for this house.

"Okay. Let's divide it this way."

Old man Jiang began to calculate in his mind: his family now has six acres of top-quality paddy fields, twenty acres of top-quality fields, ten acres of medium-quality fields, and twenty acres of lower-quality fields.

An acre of paddy field can be sold for five taels, an acre of top-quality field can be sold for four taels, an acre of medium-quality field can be sold for three taels, and an acre of inferior field can only be sold for one tael.

Half of these fields would be given to Jiang Youtian, and the rest would only fetch 80 taels if all were sold. Plus the 40 taels from Liu and the 10 taels from Jiang Youcai... 100 taels for that dead girl, and 30 taels for myself? Would that be enough to buy a house and settle down in Qingzhou?

Jiang Youguang saw his father's hesitation, and turned to Liu and said, "Mother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you love my little sister too much. If we didn't add the 40 taels to the dowry, wouldn't it be enough for us to just scrape together some money now?"

Jiang Youcai also said, "I heard that Youfang was favored by the Jia family. Isn't this all thanks to my third brother? His family's business also benefited from my third brother. Shouldn't we express our gratitude now?"

Fan and Qian stared at Liu with shining eyes, clearly wanting her to go ask Jiang Youfang for money.

Liu was not very willing: "But, if we ask Fang'er for money, will the family be rude to her? That's not good, right?"

"Fang'er didn't..." Liu didn't say the rest of the words. Jiang Youfang was cheated by her scheming sisters-in-law many times after she got married. As a mother, she would never ask for money from her daughter!

Liu's heart was ruthless: "Let's sell all our fields..."

Old Man Jiang sighed, "Just sell it. We've all followed Youguang to Qingzhou, so we can't farm the land."

With the old man's approval, Jiang Youguang immediately smiled and said, "Thanks to the support of my parents and brother over the years, everyone has their own aspirations. If my eldest brother doesn't want to follow me, I can't force him. I will remember your kindness, and I will definitely not treat your second brother unfairly."

Jiang Youtian had been keeping an eye on Jiang Youguang, and saw the flash of gloom in his eyes, which made him more certain that his decision was correct. Knowing that his family treated him well, he just kept it in mind and ignored it. What a joke!

Old man Jiang sighed: "It's a pity that our family used to be a gentry. Forget about the land at that time... If you have money, go to the village head's house and ask him to help sell the land..."

Jiang Youtian's family didn't care about the rest and just went back to the house.

Li closed the door and quickly ran to Jiang Youtian's side: "Dad, why are you suddenly talking about dividing the family? We were worried that he would spend money as an official, but now that he can be an official, if we divide it up, won't it be a good deal for them?"

Jiang Youtian said: "I feel uneasy. Our two families have a grudge against each other. The family over there hates us to death. Why are they suddenly trying to help him buy an official position?"

"What?"

Jiang Youtian sighed, "How would I know why? Anyway, our family won't get involved in this mess. Jiang Youguang is not a good person, he is a disaster, and he wants to bring disaster to us all! Second brother, you are so smart, you offer money and a house, just wait for tears. Didn't you see that the old man still has a trick up his sleeve?"

"You mean Dad gave us half of the land?"

"If you don't live together, why would you give us half of the land? Isn't it to leave yourself a way out? The old man's two rooms are still intact, right? Wait, the old man will talk to us about this in the next two days."

"Then do we agree?"

"Nonsense, he's my father, how can I not agree? The old couple's old age is my responsibility, I will take care of them when they come back. As for that scoundrel Jiang Youguang, once he leaves the house, don't even think about coming back in!"

"What about the second room?"

"Over there, let's talk about it later!"

Early the next morning, the news that Old Man Jiang wanted to sell his land spread throughout the village.

Many people wanted to buy it. The three mu of paddy field was great. The rice yield was high, but it was more labor intensive. But Old Man Jiang wanted to sell it quickly. The inferior field was far from the village and difficult to sell. They were in urgent need of money, so they wondered if someone could buy the paddy field and the upper, middle and lower grade fields together.

There were not many families in the village who could afford to buy more than 20 acres of land at once, so the villagers who were eager to learn the good news spread the news to Jiang Youshan's home.

After hearing this, Jiang Yue went into the cowshed and called Jiang Youshan: "Dad, shall we buy it?"

"What to buy?"

"Buy all of Old Man Jiang's fields. Don't you think our wasteland yields little? Buy some good fields. You are familiar with them. Do you want to buy some?"

"Isn't it too much? The ground is about to thaw, and we still have to plow the wasteland. Dad is too busy."

"Don't worry, I'll hire someone to help you plant the crops. Let's go and tell the head of the village."

Jiang Yue told the village head about the land purchase, and the village head told Old Man Jiang. Old Man Jiang immediately couldn't sit still and walked over with his hands behind his back.

"Your family wants to buy land?"

Jiang Youshan nodded.

Don't you know that I sold the land to raise money for your third brother? I came here just to say that the money from selling the land is also for your girl, why bother? These more than 20 acres of land will be regarded as 100 taels for your family, and you ask that girl to hand over the letter of recommendation!

If Jiang Youshan still had some feelings for his father before, then old man Jiang's words must have worn away those feelings.