The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

When Lin Dahe got off work and rushed home, it was already dark, so they could only wait until dawn to separate.

Lin Xiaohua no longer has her room since she got married.

The reason is simple: every room in the old Lin’s house is fully occupied.

Fortunately, the weather was hot, so Old Man Lin was sent by Old Lady Lin to sleep on the floor in the main room. He took Lin Xiaohua back to the room to talk privately.

"Xiaohua, come to the point, how did you know that there was a split in the family?"

Old Mrs. Lin felt strange. Shanglin Village and Xialin Village were at least several miles apart. Could it be that the news had reached Xialin Village so quickly?

Lin Xiaohua smiled and replied, "Mom, didn't our neighbor Guihua get married and move to Shanglin Village last year? She happened to be back home, and when she saw me, she pulled me aside and talked to me."

Old Mrs. Lin didn't take it to heart, but instead breathed a sigh of relief.

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The crescent moon hangs high in the sky, and the moonlight scatters in the wind.

However, the families in the Lin family had no intention of looking at the beautiful scenery. Except for the eldest family who were still sleeping soundly, the other two families had their eyes open.

"Head of the family, tell me how our parents are going to divide the family property tomorrow?" Wang Chunxiu had been obsessed with dividing the family property after listening to Lin Xiaoxue's words. Now that the family property is really going to be divided, she feels a little melancholy.

"After we split up the family, where will we live?"

Lin Dahai was an honest man without a strong opinion. After hearing what his wife said, he immediately said, "How about we not separate the family?"

Wang Chunxiu asked with a bitter face: "What do you plan to do when Lichun gets married in two years? Let Lichun and his wife live with Xiaoxue?"

"This... How about Lichun marrying two years later? Xiaoxue will get married sooner or later."

"What about the winter solstice?"

"Winter Solstice is still young."

"No, we have to divide this family. We are both hardworking. We can raise some chickens and ducks and take good care of the crops. Our life will be better than now when we have to ask our mother for money no matter what we do."

"Okay, listen to Xiu'er."

Wang Chunxiu closed her eyes and said to Lin Dahai and herself: "Boss, our future will be more prosperous. Go to bed early, because we have a tough battle tomorrow."

Lin Dahai in the west room tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Zhou Mei was annoyed by his noise and kicked him.

"Are you still sleeping? You're making me unable to sleep."

"Wife, my second brother has sent us a pigeon and half a bag of black noodles. Why do you want to come with us? If you don't come with us, there is no need for our family to split up."

Speaking of this, Zhou Mei became extremely annoyed.

"Who knows what my second sister-in-law is thinking? I think she might have been thinking about splitting up the family business a long time ago, and I just ran into the trap."

"Maybe." Lin Dahe sighed, "My two sisters-in-law have been holding a lot of grudges in their hearts over the years."

Zhou Mei didn't care: "This is not our fault. It's because our elder and second brothers are not good at studying. Go to sleep quickly and don't disturb our son."

Lin Dahe felt guilty for a moment and turned around awkwardly with his back to Zhou Mei.

In fact, his elder brother was as good as him in studying, but his family could not afford the tuition for two people, so he took advantage of him.

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early morning.

The wind blows and the rain falls.

Everyone in the Lin family was so angry that they woke up earlier than the roosters, even Lin Jingzhe, who came back late the night before, was no exception.

Wang Chunxiu got up the earliest, fed the chickens, cooked meals and washed clothes.

Old Mrs. Lin, whose eyes were not eyes and whose nose was not a nose, sat under the eaves with a weird look on her face.

"We are about to split up, but you are still putting on airs for whom? You are trying to show off your ability! Haha."

"Mom, my second sister-in-law is a hard-working person. You just wait and enjoy life in the future!" Lin Xiaohua, who was sitting next to her, tugged at Old Lady Lin's clothes and acted as a peacemaker.

"Second sister-in-law, mother is just a little straightforward, don't take it to heart."

Lin Xiaohua's face was full of smiles, her eyes sparkling with brilliance, and she looked thoughtfully at Wang Chunxiu's face, which looked more energetic than ever.

After a while, she approached Old Lady Lin, smiled and lowered her voice: "Mom, you have to control your mouth after the family is divided, don't curse like that, you are the mother-in-law, how can they not respect you, otherwise the spit will drown them."

Old Mrs. Lin stared at Lin Xiaohua: "When did you become so smart?"

"Mom, you know I have several sisters-in-law. They are all smart and capable. I have suffered a lot. First, I gave birth to two girls, and my mother-in-law didn't treat me well..."

As she spoke, Lin Xiaohua wiped away her tears and rubbed her eyes vigorously. After a while, her eyes were red: "Mom is very stingy with food. There is only one pork shop in the family and it is impossible to divide the family. Your granddaughters are hungry every day."

"You have unsold pig offal, won't your mother-in-law give it to you to eat?" Old Mrs. Lin knew what was going on and didn't continue what she meant.

"A plate of pig offal was eaten by more than 20 people, and each person only took two chopsticks to eat it."

"Xiaohua, your brothers and sisters don't even have the chance to eat pig offal. Jingzhe follows the hunter's youngest son every day and only picks up a few bird eggs. The family is so poor that we can't even afford to eat. You want your eldest brother to borrow some food from the in-laws."

The water thrown out by the married daughter.

How could she not know what her own daughter was thinking?

Seeing that her mother didn't respond, Lin Xiaohua smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

After dinner, Lin Gui and Lin Dajiang invited two elders of the clan.

Under the witness of the clan elders, he presided over the division of the family.

Lin Gui divided the family's food into four parts, looked at his three sons and said, "We old couple can still work now, so divide the food into four parts, and divide the land into four parts. The third son has his current fortune thanks to the support of his two elder brothers over the years, you can't forget your roots, divide the food equally, and the family's land is two acres and four tenths, which is exactly four plots. You, the youngest, will get four parts. If you don't want to farm in the future, you can rent it to your two elder brothers. I hope you have no objection to this division."

Lin Dahe ignored Zhou Mei's expression and shook his head, "Dad, it's based on what you said."

Lin Gui divided the remaining three plots of land together, giving each family one piece. Fortunately, the areas were almost the same, so there was nothing to worry about.

The family's farm tools, backpacks, pots, salt and other items were divided into four parts, and as usual, the third family got the smallest share.

Wang Chunxiu pursed her lips. Although the third brother's land was small, it was fertile land.

"Your parents are useless, so the room you live in now will be divided among you. But there is a condition: the house can be rented to brothers, but not rented or sold to outsiders."

The three sons nodded.

This is their old house, how could they sell it to outsiders?

Wang Chunxiu became anxious when she saw that her father-in-law had divided everything except the two laying hens, the pig they were raising, and the most important money.

She glanced at Li Taohua, hoping she could say something.

But the ladies in the first wife's house all looked at Lin Gui and didn't even spare a glance for her.

Wang Chunxiu lost her patience.

After the family split up, she didn't want to continue living in the old house, but she had inquired and found out that even if she built a thatched house of the same style as the old Lin family's, it would cost two to three taels of silver.

Over the years, my sister-in-law could only do embroidery. She didn't know how to do anything else except farm work, and she didn't even save half a string of money.

Thinking of this, Wang Chunxiu said awkwardly: "Dad, Mom, the money in the family has not been divided yet."

Money is the lifeblood of Old Lady Lin.

When she heard Wang Chunxiu wanted to share the money, she immediately jumped up and pointed at Wang Chunxiu's nose and cursed: "Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror? Did you earn the money in the family? The monthly salary of the third child, the embroidery that your eldest sister-in-law sells from time to time, none of them has anything to do with you, and they didn't say anything, but you, who have nothing to do with them, want to have a share."

"Mom, my second sister-in-law is a hard-working person, and she pays the most attention to the work in the fields."

Li Taohua had known for a long time that Old Lady Lin would not easily give out the money, so she stepped forward to muddy the waters.

"Sister-in-law, you are the only one who cares about me." Wang Chunxiu didn't expect that there was someone in this family who remembered her kindness. Even the person beside her didn't say a word for her. She was immediately filled with sadness.

She looked at Old Lady Lin, "Mom, for so many years, Dahai and I have worked like cows and horses. Even if we have no credit, we have worked hard. I will get married in two or three years before the beginning of spring, and our family must build a house by ourselves. You are pushing us to death by doing this!"

The bearded elder frowned so hard that he could kill a fly. "Lin Gui, is it the woman who is in charge of your family now?"

Lin Gui frowned and tugged at Old Lady Lin: "Take out the money in your home and share it with them."

Seeing the serious expressions of the two elders and Lin Gui, Old Lady Lin dared not disobey and went back to her room to get out a broken wooden box.

"How much money can be saved these days? If we hadn't cut back on food and clothing, we wouldn't have been able to save this much." Old Lady Lin put the wooden box on the table and said, "Some time ago, Xiaoman from our old family fell into the river and spent half a tael of silver on medical treatment. Otherwise, we could have saved five taels of silver."

Lin Gui looked at his three sons and said, "Our family has been poor these years, so don't blame your mother. If we have enough food and drink at home, and someone has trouble and doesn't have money, it will be fatal."

"Here are four taels of silver and half a tael of copper coins. The four taels of silver should be divided into four parts, one tael for each of you, and the half a tael of copper coins will be used as the filial piety money for the three of you this year."

"There are only two chickens in the house, so I'll give them to you. The eggs I've stored during this time will be divided equally among the three of you."

"We'll wait until Chinese New Year to keep the pigs at home, and then sell them for the money and divide it into four parts."

Since the clan elders were there, Old Mrs. Lin didn't dare to act rashly. Fortunately, the two old hens were still there, and she could sell the eggs she laid in the future.

Except for Lin Laosan, Lin Dajiang and Lin Dahai had no extra money to build a new house and still lived in the old house.

There was only one stove in the house and it could not be divided, so the three families still ate in the same main room.

After more than an hour of going back and forth, the Lin family's division was finally clear.

Lin Xiaoman watched with great interest. She found that dividing the family property was really interesting. Even the chicken droppings in the chicken coop were so popular.