It is difficult for a man to set up his own household, let alone a young man. Young men will get married in the end, so naturally he will have no share in the family property. At most, he will be given a larger dowry.

Because of this, every family wants to have a son. Only a son can inherit the family business, so that the hard work of the older generation will not be lost to outsiders.

So the village chief naturally wouldn't let Chu Xiao split the family just like that.

"Chu Xiaoxiao, I know you have been wronged over the years, but you are a young man after all. You can't talk about dividing the family anymore." The village chief looked at him seriously.

"You asked me what I wanted, but you said this was not allowed, and that was not allowed." Chu Xiao shook his head helplessly, "Then tell me, what do you want me to do?"

For a moment, the yard was unusually quiet again.

Zhang's mother, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up. "I don't care what you think. Anyway, our family can't afford this daughter-in-law. We must cancel the engagement."

"Then withdraw." Chu Xiao didn't care. He looked down on weak men. "But this engagement was made by my father and Grandpa Zhang. Why don't you go and ask them if they agree?"

"Everyone is dead." Zhang's mother glared at him.

"Yeah, people are dead, so you can just retreat if you want. You're not afraid that they'll come and cause trouble for you in the middle of the night, right?"

When Chu Xiao said this, Zhang's mother's face darkened: "You don't want to cancel the engagement, right?"

"Of course I do." Chu Xiao said, "Why would you find yourself a wicked mother-in-law if you have nothing to do? What's more, your son is not clean, I don't like him."

"You are not clean." Chu Wanwan couldn't stand others slandering her brother Yiju, and shouted loudly: "You were seen naked by Hunter Yan, and now his coat is still in your room. You are the one who is not clean, you don't know how to behave."

"Who?" Chu Xiao was somewhat puzzled. Clothes? Those clothes that smelled like dog belonged to some hunter. Who was this person? Where did he come from? Why didn't he have any memory of him?

"Hunter Yan." Seeing Chu Xiao being humiliated, Chu Wanwan raised her head like a victorious rooster and said, "On the mountain, your clothes were torn to shreds, and you were covered with Hunter Yan's clothes. Who knows what you did before we went up there? You are so shameless that you still think about Brother Yi Ju. You are so shameless."

Chu Xiao didn't try to prove his innocence like the other guys, but instead said, "So, Hunter Yan saved me?"

After saying that, he changed his tone and said with disdain: "But what does this have to do with you? I've already said that I can help you two, the couple."

"Chu Xiaoxiao." Chu Wanwan was so angry that she wanted to go forward and hit someone, but was kicked back and hit Zhang Xiucai, and they both fell to the ground.

"Ah, Chu Xiaoxiao, you actually kicked me." Chu Wanwan yelled and looked at Zhang Xiucai with tears in her eyes: "Brother Yiju, did you see that? Chu Xiaoxiao is really crazy."

Chu Xiao was too lazy to listen to the couple's drama, and turned around to see Zhang's mother who was almost mad with anger.

"I'll cancel the engagement, stop glaring at me," he said, then looked at the village chief, "but I still want to divide the family."

"It's impossible to split up the family." Li Xiulan said, "You, a little brother, can't set up your own family. Besides, we also said it was a dowry."

"Oh, what if I don't get married?" Chu Xiao asked, "I will just continue to work like a slave for you?"

"Chu Xiaoxiao, there has never been a precedent for a young man to be divided up alone." The village chief also stood up and said, "If you get married, then the property left by your father will naturally be divided up for you. These are all considered dowry."

"Get married?" Chu Xiao looked outside the yard. There was no man he liked. If he was asked to marry these people, he might as well stay in the Chu family.

"You've seen it too. Mr. Zhang has broken off the engagement with me. Who am I going to marry now?" Chu Xiao had no choice but to take a step back. "Why don't we make a dowry list for me first, and everyone can be witnesses. When I get married in the future, I can just give it according to the list."

"What do you want?" Li Xiulan asked.

She didn't want to give anything. These things had been used by her family for more than ten years. Now, if they were to be distributed, he would feel like he was digging into her flesh, no matter what it was.

"Although I was young at the time, I am not forgetful. My father should have left me twelve acres of land, so you can give me half. And this house, you have lived in it for a long time, I don't want it, just convert it into ten taels of silver. My father should have more than ten taels of silver at the time, so I don't want it."

Chu Xiao said generously: "That's equivalent to three large brick houses and six acres of land to repay you for the eleven years of raising me like a slave."

The onlookers naturally understood what Chu Xiao meant and couldn't help laughing. It really was a great honor for Chu Xiao to be raised like a slave for eleven years.

"It's not calculated that way. If you get married, you're no longer a member of the Chu family. How can we give Chu family things cheaply to outsiders?" Li Xiulan was unwilling to give away half of the land. That land was the most valuable. "Well, when you get married, I'll give you 20 taels as a dowry, and make you four sets of bedding, two sets of winter clothes, and two sets of summer clothes."

The dowry was naturally generous. It could be said that there was no such good dowry in the surrounding area.

But Chu Xiao doesn't care. He can't relieve the depression in his heart unless the Chu family bleeds a lot.

"Then I won't get married. I think I have God's blessing, and no one will bother me. I'd better start my own business. Don't divide it up. Give me all my father's things, and I'll find someone to marry into my family."

Chu Xiao nodded seriously after he finished speaking, "That's really good. Actually, I'm worried about you guys. You've killed me once, and who knows if you'll do it a second time. It's better for me to start my own business. After all, you should be on guard against others."

Li Xiulan choked.

"The village chief has already said that there is no precedent for a young man to set up his own household." Chu Wanwan couldn't help but interrupt again, "Besides, you have already been seen naked by Hunter Yan, so you should marry him. Otherwise, you have nothing left, so who would marry you and marry into his family? It's even more impossible."

Chu Xiao glanced around and looked coldly at the talkative Chu Wanwan. Why was this person holding on to Yan the Hunter? He didn't even know who this person was. It was impossible for them to get married blindly.

"Chu Wanwan, you have been like this since you were little. Whenever you want something, you push the things you don't like to me. I remember that one time we fell into the river together, and the one who saved you was Li Guaizi from the east end of the village, and the one who saved me was... I can't quite remember, but you insisted that Li Guaizi saved me. Aren't you just disgusted with my weak legs? You can even change your savior."

"I know," a man outside the door shouted at this time, "I know, I was there at that time, and the other one was Hunter Yan."

Chu Xiao glanced sideways, but didn't care. He said to himself, "There are too many such things. This time you wanted Zhang Xiucai, and I gave him to you. But you still insisted on arranging another one for me. So what do you mean?"

The people at the door couldn't help but start discussing: "Yan the Hunter is eight feet tall, with a cold face like a Shura, and even children would be scared to tears when they see him."

"The main reason is that the family is poor. His father's leg has been broken for eight years, and he still needs to take medicine all the time. Besides, few hunters have a good ending. He might not come back one day."

"This Chu Wanwan is really vicious. She actually wants her cousin to be a widow."

"Who says it's not true? But Hunter Yan is already over 20 years old and doesn't have a wife. Seeing a young man in the wilderness, some things are hard to say."

"Oh, could it be true as Chu Wanwan said?"

"Didn't your man follow you up the mountain? Didn't he tell you when he came back?"

"How can you say that?"

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