Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

As the saying goes, even an honest judge cannot judge family disputes. Although the village chief was unhappy, he did not blame Old Man Chen. He asked calmly, "Bring me paper and pen."

Chen Xia immediately brought over a set of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. The village chief picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and said, "Tell me, how do we divide it?"

Qin rushed to say, "Chen Erlang and his family of three should separate and live on their own."

The village chief's hand hesitated as he wrote, but he couldn't help but said, "Qin, have you thought it through?"

Qin nodded vigorously, "Of course!"

The village chief looked at Old Man Chen again: "What about you?"

Old man Chen remained silent, but his expression had already given the village chief the answer.

The village chief sighed, "Erlang has just recovered from a serious injury, Xiuzhi is weak in both energy and blood, and Guoguo is young and ignorant. You separated them. You don't intend to let them live."

"Aren't you afraid that after the family is divided, the villagers will stab your family in the back?"

Chen Xia said, "Village Chief, what you said is not true. We didn't initiate the separation, it was my second brother who kept clamoring for it."

"What we are doing now is just to comply with his wishes. What's wrong with that?"

The village chief sneered and said, "Xiao Xia, I heard that you went to a wealthy family in the city to learn etiquette. Is this what you learned?"

Chen Xia's face turned dark in an instant.

Qin hurriedly pulled her aside, fearing that Chen Xia would say something disrespectful to the village chief in anger.

The village chief asked Chen Lang again: "Do you really want to divide this family?"

Chen Lang said: "Of course not. Given my current situation, how could I possibly split up the family?"

"They...don't want me anymore."

Chen Xia, who had just been quiet for a while, jumped out again and said, "Second brother, you must have a conscience. Your parents have already sacrificed enough for you. Do you still want to use up all their coffin money?"

Chen Lang said sadly, "Xiao Xia, Second Brother is always kind to you, right? You're taking advantage of me and making me feel really bad."

Chen Xia said with a straight face, "Don't misunderstand me, second brother. I did this to give you a good reputation."

"After all, if a grown man eats his parents at home, he will be scolded if it gets out. Besides, my second brother is a scholar. He should know the story of lying on the ice to catch carp."

"From ancient times to the present, only when children devote themselves to their parents can they be praised. Children who exploit their parents will only be branded as disloyal and unfilial."

Chen Lang exhaled and said with a half-smile, "Xiao Xia, it seems that you have learned a lot during this period of time. You even know how to quote from classics."

"Okay, since you've said so much, if I refuse to leave any longer, I'll really become the disloyal and unfilial bastard you've been calling me."

"Village chief, please write a separation agreement."

The family division contract is equivalent to the official documents of later generations. It has a fixed template. The village chief has written this thing many times and has already memorized it. In a short while, four family division contracts were written.

The reason why four copies are needed is that in addition to Chen Lang and Old Man Chen each holding one copy, the village chief will keep one copy, and the last copy needs to be taken to the government office for filing. This is also done to prevent disputes after the division of the family. If things get ugly, they can go directly to court. When the government office takes out the contract, it will be clear who is right and who is wrong.

After the contract is written, there are still many blank spaces on it. These blank spaces are the details that need to be negotiated and determined.

The village chief asked, "How should the land be divided?"

Qin rushed to answer: "They are all ours."

The village chief looked quite unhappy.

The details of the division of the family have always been decided by the men in the family, and women have no right to speak.

Since I arrived, Qin has interrupted me more than once, completely ignoring my authority as the village chief. Now she even wants to express her opinion on something like the division of the family, which is something a woman has no right to interfere with. There is no way the village chief can be happy about it.

"Jiagen, discipline your wife." The village chief said coldly.

Chen Jiagen is the real name of Old Man Chen. After hearing what the village chief said, he immediately glared at Qin, telling her to stop talking nonsense.

Seeing that Qin had calmed down, the village chief continued to ask, "Jiagen, how do you say the land should be divided?"

Old man Chen took out his pipe and smoked it, his brows tightly furrowed.

The village chief was a little impatient: "I'm asking you a question, hurry up and tell me."

Old man Chen exhaled a puff of cigarette and said, "What his mother meant is what I meant."

The village chief's eyes suddenly narrowed into slits.

"Since you're unwilling to share the land, then I'm afraid you won't be willing to share the house, property, and so on with Chen Erlang either, right?"

Old man Chen continued to puff on his pipe, and the smoke was so thick that he looked like he was about to fly away on a cloud.

The village chief sighed and said, "You guys are really not afraid of being criticized."

"I can write this in the contract, but if you get scolded later, don't blame me for not reminding you."

After saying that, prepare to fill in all the blanks.

At this time, Qin kicked Old Man Chen and mouthed the word "subsidy" to him.

Old Man Chen suddenly realized and said hurriedly, "Wait, Village Chief, there is one more thing to write down."

The village chief asked, "What?"

"Erlang can receive a subsidy of fifty coins per month from the government office, and this money must be left to us."

The village chief laughed out loud when he heard this, "Chen Jiagen, you really are willing to sacrifice your reputation."

Old man Chen's face turned red and he didn't know how to refute.

Qin couldn't bear it any longer and said again, "Village Chief, I, an old woman, can't bear to hear you say that."

"What's shameless about that? I raised Chen Erlang with all my heart and soul. We paid for his studies and exams. Besides, we're just splitting up, not severing ties. He still has to fulfill his obligation to support me."

"Asking him only fifty cents a month for a stipend is already the most we can do. If it were any other family, they would have to ask him for several cents a month at least."

The village chief was too lazy to argue with Qin, the shrew, and looked at Chen Lang: "Erlang, what do you think?"

Chen Lang said, "I won't give you a single cent of these fifty cents."

Qin was furious and cursed, "You evil son, you don't recognize your parents now that the family has been divided?"

Chen Lang said: "You don't even treat me as your own son, so why should I treat you as my own mother?"

"Who said I don't treat you as my own son?" Qin roared.

Chen Lang's voice was even louder than hers: "Is there a mother as cruel as you in this world? I only have half my life left, and Xiuzhi is not in good health. After the family division, you didn't give me any of the land, property, or family property. I endured it."

"But you're taking the fifty-cent subsidy the court gave me. You're determined not to let our family of three survive!"

"Mom, don't think I don't know what you're up to. You just want to get a few more months of money from the court before I die. After all, the court won't give you any more money after I die."

"As for my life or death, you don't care at all!"

Qin's hands and feet were shaking with anger. She said, "Chen Erlang, you're a scholar, but this is how the teacher taught you to talk to your mother?"

Chen Lang said indifferently: "How you treat me, I will treat you the same way."

"If you want this fifty cents subsidy, then I will definitely not divide this family."

"And you are also responsible for taking good care of my health. If you dare to abuse me, I will run to the most crowded place in the county and make up a joke about your abuse of me, and tell it ten times a day."

"Maybe I can earn a few dozen coins a day as a storyteller."