Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Things developed too quickly and Chen Shuman couldn't stop it. Her son confessed on his own, which made her extremely angry.

The villagers gathered outside and pointed and talked, and Liu Dashan's face turned as black as charcoal.

Old Mrs. Zhang was even more angry and said, "Humph, even if you say so, so what! You are a family of freeloaders, I have long disliked you. If you want to split up, then so be it, but I tell you, don't even think about taking a thread from me!"

Everyone was so surprised when they saw this. Fingers are different in length and it is normal for parents to be partial to their children, but it is rare for someone like Old Lady Zhang to be so.

Liu Dashan's face turned even darker: "Shut up, I'm still alive, what are you talking about!"

Then he turned to look at Liu Xu, frowned and said:

"Xu girl, get up quickly. Grandpa knows that you are a good child. It was your grandma who was a little out of control before. Grandpa will look after her from now on. Don't talk about dividing the family anymore. Your father hasn't come back yet, and your mother still has to recuperate after giving birth. If you separate from the family, how will you two live!"

Liu Xu thought to herself, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you let me let it go. Do you think I'm stupid?

So, she knelt down and walked a few steps forward, came to Liu Dashan, pulled the corner of Liu Dashan's clothes, and cried, "Grandpa, I know you love me, but you can't always watch over us, otherwise Xuer and mother will be bullied and persecuted again and again. Grandpa, Xuer is really scared. Now I don't know when my father will come back, and my brother is still so young. If something unexpected happens..."

She didn't say the rest, but the meaning was clear.

"Grandpa, Xuer knows you can't bear to part with me (ah, I can't go on), but even if you separate me, Xuer is still your granddaughter! Xuer is really scared by what has happened one after another."

Liu Xu cried so aggrievedly, she thought if this happened in her previous life, she would have been awarded a golden man for her hard work.

Seeing that she was determined to split up the family, Liu Dashan looked unhappy and could not help but feel a little angry:

"Are you really determined to split up the family?"

"Yes, please grant me your blessing, Grandpa!" Liu Xu looked at Liu Dashan with tears in her eyes.

Seeing this, the village chief could not help but persuade: "Dashan, now that things have come to this, just separate Donglai's family!"

Liu Dashan had no choice but to agree.

Seeing this, Old Lady Zhang jumped out again: "If you want to divide the family property, do it quickly, but don't even think about taking a penny from me. Get out of here now!"

The village chief's face darkened immediately after hearing this: "Zhang, shut up! Is it something you, a woman, can decide on? Dashan, what do you say?"

Liu Dashan was very dissatisfied with Liu Xu at the moment. He really wanted to agree with his wife, but if he did that, he would be criticized. Moreover, he felt somewhat guilty towards Xiaoer's family. So he thought for a moment and said:

"Since you insist on dividing it up, I won't say much. There are 13 acres of good farmland and 10 acres of dry land at home. According to the rules, your grandmother and I follow your uncle's family, so the old family gets 4% and you get 3%. I will give you acres of good farmland and acres of dry land. Since you feel uncomfortable staying at home, I will give you the old house. The things in your house are still yours, and you will also get a share of other items."

Liu Xu thought to herself: Well, this cheap grandfather is not too partial. I will take care of him in his old age.

"As for the food for our family, since we haven't harvested in autumn yet, there isn't much left. I will give you half a stone of rice and half a stone of grains. When the harvest comes, you can gather the food from the fields yourself, and there will be plenty left."

Then he glanced at his unhappy wife:

"Old lady, how much money is left in the family? Divide it according to the rules!" After saying this, he sighed. He always felt that although he was a little partial to the eldest son, he was not bad to his son's family. How did it come to this point where he was forced to divide the family?

"Where is the money left at home? Ming'er needs to go to school, and he needs tuition, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone. There are also all the food and daily necessities for the family, as well as the medical expenses for that dead girl. There is no money left. But we don't have any!" Old Mrs. Zhang shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Just go get it if I tell you to!" Liu Dashan said angrily. He had come this far, why would he leave a stain on himself just for that little bit of money?

Old Mrs. Zhang turned around and went back to the house reluctantly.

There were still many villagers in the yard, and they couldn't help but praise Liu Dashan for being a kind man, which made his expression ease.

After a while, Mrs. Zhang came out with a box in her arms, looking dissatisfied. Liu Xu knew without thinking that there must be more than that, but she was already very satisfied.

Liu Dashan took the box and counted it in front of everyone. There were six taels and three cents of silver, two strings of copper coins (one string was worth one thousand coins), and a few scattered copper coins. Liu Dashan took out two taels of silver and divided out five hundred copper coins, which he handed to Liu Xu.

"Xu girl, take it. You will have to rely on yourself from now on." Liu Dashan sighed.

"Grandpa, don't worry, Xu'er will work hard and take good care of mother and brothers."

"Wait, since we have separated from the family, you have to give filial piety to us old couple every year! We eat and live at your uncle's house, so two taels of rice a year is not too much to ask you to give filial piety!" Old Lady Zhang shouted sarcastically!

"Hiss, Zhang is really bold to ask for it. As an adult, I can only save two taels of silver in a year, tut tut!"

"That's right. If we give it all to her, won't Xu's family of three be left starving?"

Liu Dashan's face turned black with anger. This damn old woman is always holding us back!

"Shut up. If you keep yelling, I'll divorce you." Mrs. Zhang was frightened by her husband's words. She wanted to yell but was worried that he would really divorce her, which would be very embarrassing. She could only curl her lips and stand aside without saying anything.

"Xu girl, don't listen to your grandma's nonsense. As for filial piety, just give a hundred coins a month for a year. Your mother is still in confinement, so forget about this year's filial piety and give it next year!"

Liu Dashan’s words shocked Liu Xu again.

She always felt that her cheap grandfather was very partial, otherwise he would not have let her father serve in the army instead of her uncle. Although he did not treat them harshly, he never helped her grandmother and her uncle's family when they bullied them. Now it seems that he is a good old man.

Maybe it was really as he said, because Liu Dongcheng was too weak, and his father had some kung fu skills, so at least he could save his life, so that's why she let her father go.

Here, Liu Dahai helped to write the separation document and gave it to Liu Dashan to sign. Later, Liu Xu also took it back and asked her mother to sign it. The document was made in triplicate. Liu Dahai took the stub and did not stay for long, but told the villagers to disperse.

Liu Xu watched her grandfather's back as he slowly returned to the house. His hunched figure looked a little fragile in the twilight, as if he had suddenly aged a lot, which made her feel a little sad.

Be nicer to him in the future!

However, when she saw the separation document in her hand, Liu Xu was happy. Finally, the family was finally separated. She wanted to take the document and give it a kiss.

Mrs. Zhang followed her old man into the house. Chen Shuman and her son were still there. Except for Liu Chengcai, the other two mothers and daughters looked at Liu Xu with resentment. This damn girl made their family lose face today!

Liu Xu ignored her, called Xing'er who had been with her all the time, and went back to the house.

Chen Lan and the others were still in the room. After all, the incident happened suddenly and they couldn't get involved, so they didn't go out. But they heard everything that happened outside.

Seeing Xu Ruolan's sorrowful expression, Chen Lan patted her hands and comforted her:

"Okay, it's better to separate them. From now on, you two can be the head of your own family and won't be bullied."

"Yes, moving out is a good thing. I wanted to come visit you before, but I was afraid that you would be scolded by your aunt. It will be convenient in the future!" Liu Zhuang also smiled.

"Your old house is also at the west end of the village, right next to my house. It will be convenient for me to see these two precious kids in the future." Grandma Lin looked at the two children with a loving face.

"By the way, Ruolan, have the two children been named?" Chen Lan asked.

"Not yet. I didn't expect there would be two. The names I thought of before are no longer useful." Xu Ruolan smiled gently.

Just then, Liu Xu came in.

"Mom, I've thought of two. Listen to them and see if they're right. The eldest brother is named Cheng Xu, which means the rising sun, and the younger brother is named Cheng Hao, which means the bright moon in the sky. I hope they will be as vigorous and energetic as the rising sun, and as bright and pure as the bright moon. I also hope they can be like the sun and the moon, shining their own unique light on the road of life, illuminating each other, and moving forward together." Liu Xu looked at the two little ones with a hopeful face.

"Cheng Xu, Cheng Hao...Okay, Xu'er is a better name than mother's!" Xu Ruolan nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and then looked at the two little ones tenderly:

"Xu'er, Hao'er, did you hear that? Do you like the names your sister gave you?"

The two babies closed their eyes and reached out to grab it as if in agreement. Their soft and cute look warmed people's hearts.

Grandma Lin and others also had smiles on their faces.

Seeing that it was getting late, several people stood up and said goodbye. Chen Lan and Zhuang Shi agreed with Xu Ruolan to come and help them move tomorrow, and then they left together.

Liu Xu asked Xu Ruolan to feed the child and then rest, while she went to the kitchen to cook.

After a day of hustle and bustle, she was starving. Plus, she was about to leave this home, so she planned to make a good meal for them just for what her grandfather had done today.

It was getting dark and the yard was quiet. Liu Xu looked at the empty kitchen and walked towards her grandparents' room.

The old couple sat in the room, the atmosphere was a bit depressing. Liu Dashan was smoking welding fumes, frowning and saying nothing, while old lady Zhang seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Seeing Liu Xu coming, Old Lady Zhang glared at her and said angrily:

"What are you doing here, you little bitch?"

"Grandpa, grandma, it's getting dark, you must be hungry. My mother just gave birth and is not in good health, so I will cook today."

Liu Dashan glanced at her and signaled his wife to go get it. Old Lady Zhang brought it to her with a grumble. Liu Xu said something and left.

After cooking the porridge, she went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables. After thinking for a while, she went back to the house and took some dried mushrooms that she had dried separately to soak.

Half an hour later, Liu Xu brought two bowls of soft porridge, a bowl of mashed vegetables with garlic, and a bowl of stir-fried mushrooms to Liu Dashan and the others.

I asked the old couple to finish their meal and rest early, and then left without saying much.

Liu Dashan looked at her back as she left, then looked at the food on the table, and his heart was a little moved: his little granddaughter seemed to be quite good.

Mrs. Zhang didn't care about that. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating. When the food entered her mouth, she muttered, "How come this damn girl's cooking is so delicious?"

On the other side, Liu Xu returned to the kitchen, served her and her mother's food, and went back to the house. As for the eldest family, they could eat or not.

The mother and daughter finished their warm meal and Liu Xu cleaned up the dishes.

After a simple wash, Liu Xu climbed onto the bed, leaned on the other side of Xu Ruolan, and fell asleep with a sweet smile.