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

Mrs. Wu took Mrs. Zhao to sit under the pear tree in the yard, and asked her granddaughter to pour a bowl of tea.

Zhao quickly declined, "I still have work to do at home. I'll just say a few words and leave. Please don't bother with any more!"

Song Zhi smiled and said, "It's rare for Grandma Zhao to come home and sit for a while. It won't waste any time to have a cup of tea." After saying that, she turned around and went to get a bowl to make tea.

"Hey... I don't know anything about tea, so it would be a waste if I drank it!"

Mrs. Wu spoke at the right moment, "Look at what you said. It's not a good tea. It's just a tea made from forsythia leaves in the mountains. Since you're here today, it's a good opportunity to try it."

Zhao was also curious about what the Forsythia tea tasted like.

Although my daughter-in-law has learned how to make tea, the family is busy making jelly and supplying forsythia leaves to the county government.

There is simply no extra energy to make tea at home.

Therefore, most villagers in Xiaohezi Village actually don’t know what the tea made from Forsythia suspensa tastes like.

Song Zhi brought two bowls of tea and heard Zhao Shi vividly recounting what had just happened: "You were right not to go just now. Youtian's wife kept holding on to you and refused to teach you a thing."

"Although Hu Lan loves to stir up trouble, at the critical moment she knew that once she was caught, she would be handed over, and no one else would care. The two sisters-in-law quarreled fiercely."

Song Zhi handed over the tea bowl, "Grandma Zhao, drink some water to moisten your throat."

Zhao took the tea bowl with a smile. Perhaps she was really thirsty, so she gulped down most of it. "Not to mention it has a refreshing fragrance."

Then he continued, "Seeing that this stalemate was not going to work, my old man wanted to help Hu Shi, so he asked Hu Shi to grind the beans himself and give them to Youtian to continue making jelly."

"We'll give some of the jelly we make to Mrs. Hu to sell. After deducting the cost of buying the beans from the proceeds, we'll split it in half."

"This way, Youtian's wife won't be able to argue anymore, and Mrs. Hu can also make some money from this jelly, so neither side will be at a disadvantage."

Wu smiled and nodded, "The clan leader is the one who came up with this compromise."

Seeing that Wu didn't seem to care about Hu making money from the jelly business, Zhao patted her hand instead.

"It's also because you're generous enough not to argue with her any further. Otherwise, this old man wouldn't have made such a decision."

Wu spoke frankly, "I'm not unreasonable. One thing is one thing. My family doesn't associate with Mrs. Hu, but it's not right for me to be so overbearing as to not allow the villagers to associate with her."

"As long as she doesn't gossip in front of the kids at home, she can live her life and we can live ours, and we won't interfere with each other."

Zhao nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's the reason."

While he was speaking, Chief Song came home with several elderly elders from the village.

Wu quickly turned around and called her son and daughter-in-law who were busy in the vegetable garden behind the house.

Seeing that Song Youshan and his wife were there, the Song clan leader said to the other clan elders, "I invited you here today to witness the division of the Dashan family."

Just as Clan Leader Song finished speaking, an elder spoke up, "That's ridiculous! Sister-in-law, are you letting them do whatever they want? Have you ever thought about how the three children will survive after they're separated?"

"That's right, sister-in-law, I have to give you some advice on this matter..."

The series of questions left Wu no chance to explain.

Patriarch Song coughed twice at the right time and raised his hand to stop everyone from talking and trying to stop them.

"It's my fault. I didn't explain it clearly to everyone at the beginning. This division of the family is just a formality. The farming of the family land, taxes, corvée and so on will still be done by Dashan and his men."

"We are here today to witness the division of their family property. Do you want to divide up any of the land or house?"

Song Zhi took the lead and said, "The family property and the house will not be divided between us siblings. We will move in next door when the time comes."

"That won't work. Even though there are only three acres of land left at home, we have to give half of it to Xiaokang." Song Youshan said disapprovingly.

"Uncle, we still eat together. It doesn't make much difference whether the land is given to us or not. Even if it is given to us, you still have to work on cultivating it. Why bother with this?"

Song Zhi didn't care about the two or three acres of land. Her uncle was good to her sisters, so Song Zhi didn't want to fight for it.

But Song You insisted, "Don't worry about farming, I'll take care of it, but the land you're entitled to must be given at least!"

At this time, the elder of the clan also spoke up, "That's right. Although we're dividing the family but not the household, if you three sisters move out like this in such disgrace, and then those who don't know the truth spread the news, who knows what unpleasant things will be said."

The Song clan leader also said at the right time: "That makes sense. Your eldest brother still wants to find a wife. If your uncle's reputation as a mean person spreads, I'm afraid it will not be beneficial for your eldest brother to find a wife."

Song Zhi thought about it and realized that it was true. In the eyes of all the villagers in Songjia Village, their sisters moving out was a big deal worth discussing.

Others will not care about the inside story, they will just exaggerate what they have heard.

It was her lack of consideration.

Song Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Then we'll take one acre of land. This land will still be managed by uncle, and when Xiaokang comes of age, this land will be handed over to Xiaokang to manage."