Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Old Madam Guo seemed a little embarrassed. She raised her right hand, indicating that Ye Changyan didn't need to be polite, and spoke.

"I'm glad you woke up. Nothing happened. Go back to your room and get some rest."

The old lady knew that the old man loved this grandson the most, but this grandson was not his own. Even if Ye Changyan was very promising in studying, she never put him on the same level as Dalang and Erlang.

"Madam, now that my grandson has woken up, everything is fine." Ye Changyan looked towards the shrine behind the old lady, his eyes reddening.

"When Erniu told me that my grandfather had passed away, I refused to believe it. But now my grandfather's spirit tablet is right in front of me. Grandfather, why don't you wait to see me?"

Ye Changyan's tears were like pearls that had broken off the string, falling one by one. Ye Changyan walked towards the shrine, took out incense from the altar, lit it on the candle on the altar, and then knelt down to pay homage to his grandfather's spirit tablet.

Everyone on the side was silent, watching Ye Changyan burn incense to the old man. The people in the third room and the old lady had tears in their eyes, while the people in the first and second rooms looked at each other.

Just when Ye Changyan finished paying homage to Old Man Ye, he felt two vibrations on his arms. Along with these two vibrations, a glimpse of intuition suddenly flashed through Ye Changyan's mind, and this intuition seemed to tell him that he should choose to split the family.

Ye Changyan secretly wondered why such a flash of intuition suddenly appeared. He couldn't figure it out for a while.

After paying homage to his grandfather, Ye Changyan stood up from the mat and bowed to the old lady Guo.

"Grandma, I once told grandpa that if I had a promising future, I would definitely repay you. Now that you are gone, I will keep my promise and repay you for your kindness."

When the old lady heard what Ye Changyan said, her face turned red and she slightly tilted her body to one side. For a moment, she didn't know how to respond.

When the people from the first and second houses heard what Ye Changyan said, they became very anxious. They were afraid that the old lady could not handle Ye Changyan's emotional appeal. When they were thinking about how to respond, they heard Ye Changyan speak again.

"I was standing outside the side door earlier and accidentally overheard my uncle and aunt's difficulties. I know a little about the family situation. My eldest and second cousins are indeed old enough to get married. Our third branch has not contributed much to the family over the years. As my grandmother said before, a big tree has many branches. I am willing to split the family."

When everyone heard what Ye Changyan said, there was an uproar.

Ye Changyan carefully sorted out the original owner's memories. He believed that without Grandpa Ye, the Ye family was like a collapsed building, and now the Ye family was like a pile of loose sand.

The intuition that suddenly flashed through his mind made Ye Changyan feel inexplicably consistent. Since his judgment and intuition were consistent, he chose to split up.

Inside the main hall, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. After a moment of shock, everyone came to their senses, and the first and second wives each started to make their own plans.

The old lady looked at Ye Changyan thoughtfully.

Only the people in the third room looked at Ye Changyan in disbelief.

"Sanlang, do you know what you are talking about?"

Ye Xiaozheng, the third son of the Ye family, knew that his son had always been very opinionated, but this matter of dividing the family could not be agreed to so rashly, so he pulled his son over and asked Ye Changyan anxiously in a low voice.

"Dad, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Seeing that his mother and his younger brothers and sisters were looking at him with puzzled expressions, Ye Changyan nodded to them quietly.

"Sanlang, uncle, I know you are a good and sensible child. I didn't make a mistake in choosing you."

Hearing what Ye Xiaowen, the eldest son of the Ye family, said, Ye Xiaowu, the second son of the Ye family, also hurriedly followed suit.

"Sanlang is indeed well-educated and well-mannered. All these years of studying have not been in vain."

Ye Changyan turned around and bowed to the old lady again: "Since grandma has proposed to divide the family, I guess there must be an arrangement. I wonder how grandma plans to divide it?"

Now that it had been brought up, the old lady calmed down and no longer looked embarrassed. She spoke amid the expectant looks on the faces of the first and second wives.

"Sanlang, you are a sensible child. You should be considerate of the difficulties at home. When you have a promising future, I, an old woman, will not expect anything in return from you. As long as you agree to this division of the family, it will be considered as a reward for the efforts your grandfather and I have made for you over the years."

As she spoke, the old lady took out the method of dividing the family that she had prepared long ago from her sleeve. Everyone else in the third room was very shocked, but Ye Changyan was not surprised at all. He stepped forward and took the piece of paper from the old lady's hand.

Ye Changyan unfolded the paper and saw the specific content of the division of the family. He did not react as violently as the old lady and the first and second wives had predicted. Instead, Ye Changyan's mouth corners curled up and he looked calm.

The old lady and the first and second wives worked out a method of dividing the family property. They gave five acres of the more than one hundred acres of good farmland to the third wife, and gave her several thatched houses on the farm to her. In addition, they also gave her ten taels of silver as money for moving.

Ye Xiaozheng, the third son of the Ye family, almost fainted after reading the plan to divide the family. He had expected the first and second wives to be cruel, but he had not expected them to be so cruel. Ye Xiaozheng had a rough idea of how much wealth the family had. Such a method of dividing the family was tantamount to kicking his entire family out of the house.

Ye Xiaozheng couldn't help but step forward to argue, but Ye Changyan grabbed his father's hand and gently pressed the palm of his hand to comfort him. Then he smiled at his father and turned to look at the old lady.

"Grandma, I agree to your proposal for dividing the family property."

When the old lady and the people from the first and second wives heard this, they all suspected that Sanlang had been beaten stupidly by the robbers. They had expected Sanlang to bargain, but they didn't expect Sanlang to agree so readily.

The old lady and everyone in the first and second houses could not contain their ecstasy. At this moment, Ye Changyan's voice was heard again.

"But I have two requests."

Sure enough, there is no such good thing. It seems that he has not completely turned stupid. The old lady glanced at everyone in the third room and spoke.

"What do you think."

"First, I hope to ask the village head and elders to come forward and issue the division documents according to the division method proposed by my grandmother."

Everyone was stunned when they heard what Ye Changyan said. However, the people from the first and second houses were even happier. If they had this document of separation, it would completely prevent the third house from sticking to them in the future like a dog-skin plaster.

The old lady's mind raced. Could it be that this child had become stupid from studying so much?

"anything else?"

"Several of my cousins don't like reading, so I hope to distribute all the books in the house to our three rooms."

The old lady and everyone in the first and second wives sighed in their hearts, saying that he was indeed a nerd. The old lady saw the third son and his wife whispering, and was afraid that they would do something bad to stop them, so she spoke up quickly.

"Okay, I agree to both of your requests. Then why not wait for a better day? You, the eldest brother, go and invite the village head, and the second brother and the eldest and second brother, go and invite the elders in the village."