It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

The villagers were very satisfied with the meal. Some of them saw that the pig offal could be cooked so deliciously, and planned to go to the city to sell jelly tomorrow and buy some back for their families to taste the meat.

But I had no idea that what I made was so different from what I tasted today at home in the mountains.

But this is all for later.

After the villagers left, the kitchen and yard were tidied up and the family finally had some free time.

Mrs. Wu then took her granddaughter back to her room.

Seeing her grandmother's serious expression, Song Zhi couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, what's going on?"

Mrs. Wu pulled her granddaughter to sit down beside the bed. "There's something I need to tell you first. I want to hear what you have to say."

"Look, your uncle told me last night that he wanted to split up the family business. He just didn't think it was appropriate to use your money to support the family!"

"Don't worry, your uncle doesn't mean to ignore you. The division of the family is just a matter of circumstances."

"From now on, all the money you earn will be kept by each of you. There is no need to keep it in the company of your partners."

Song Zhi didn't expect that her grandmother came to her to talk about dividing the family property.

To be honest, she wanted to separate the family from the very beginning. She didn't want to leave her fate in the control of others.

But now, her grandmother told her about this.

At this moment, her heart did not feel relieved that her wish had been fulfilled, but rather heavy.

She moved her lower lip, really not knowing how to start.

She wanted to split the family, but not for money, but because she was afraid of the feudal ethics that women were subject to "parents' orders and matchmaker's words."

Mrs. Wu thought her granddaughter would be worried that her eldest son no longer cared about them after the family split up, so she explained:

"Don't worry, even if the family splits up, your uncle and elder brother will still provide the military service. Even the farm work will be mainly done by your uncle and his family. The output from the fields will be split in half. We won't let the fields allocated to you go to waste!"

Hearing this, Song Zhi felt even more ashamed.

She shook her head and told the truth, "Grandma, I actually want to divide the family property too! It's not because of the wealth."

"Ever since my parents passed away, I've been feeling anxious and uneasy. I'm really worried that if my aunt marries me off, what will happen to Huanhuan and Xiaokang?"

"So the three-day agreement I made with my aunt that day was because I wanted to take control of this family. I couldn't leave the fate of myself, my younger brothers and sisters, in the hands of others."

"After the separation, except for you, grandma, no one else can use their status as elders to force me to do things I don't want to do."

"Grandma, I will raise Huanhuan and Xiaokang to adulthood. This is what I promised you before you passed away. I can't break my promise no matter what."

Mrs. Wu touched her eldest granddaughter's head distressedly, and said in a choked voice, "Grandma, I know, Grandma, I know everything!"

"Raising Huanhuan and Xiaokang is important, but your future is important too. You don't have to take all the responsibility on yourself!"

Song Zhi smiled bitterly. This was the disagreement between the two sides. In the current dynasty, if a girl was over sixteen and still not engaged, it would be impossible for her to find a good family in the future.

But in Song Zhi's opinion, in this era, after a woman gets married, she really becomes a bird trapped in a cage.

They are either trapped in the inner house or bound to a piece of land, living a life that they can foresee the end of at a glance.

Song Zhi would not tell Wu about her rebellious thoughts. She simply said, "Marriage is a lifelong commitment for a girl. If I marry someone with bad morals, wouldn't I be falling into a pit of fire?"

"So, grandma, I don't want to let others control my affairs."

"I am willing to divide this family, but not in the way my uncle said."

"First of all, we only have three mu of land left at home. The rest of the land is rented out by our family. My sister and I are still young, and we can't do much to farm the land, so uncle doesn't have to share the harvest with us."

How can you divide the family and not want the land? Wu immediately retorted: "How can this be possible..."

Before Wu could finish her words, Song Zhi deliberately asked, "Grandma, are you not going to take us brothers and sisters out for dinner?"

Mrs. Wu gently hit her granddaughter and said, "I told you that this is only a nominal separation. When the time comes, we'll have the clan leader and elders witness it. How could I say I won't bring you any food?"

Song Zhi spread her hands. "That's it, isn't it? Since we're still eating together, what difference does it make whether the food is shared or not?"

Even if we give them half of the grain from the fields, there will definitely not be enough for my uncle's family to eat.

The uncle was genuinely kind to the three siblings. Since they had already gotten what they wanted, Song Zhi didn't want to calculate the food count too carefully.

When Mrs. Wu heard this, she also thought it made sense. After all, they were eating from the same pot. If they were to take this matter too seriously, it would be better for them to live their own lives.

Seeing that Grandma agreed, Song Zhi suggested, "Also, I have another idea. Since we've divided it out, I'm thinking of building a few more rooms next to the ancestral home!"

"Huanhuan, my younger brother and I moved in next door because we don't have enough room at home."

"Secondly, the children are growing up and need their own rooms. Is it possible that when the eldest brother gets married, he will still have to squeeze in with Xiao An and Xiao Cheng?"