The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

Zhou Dahai was very quick and made an appointment with the village head for the next evening. He and Uncle Zhou Jiu came over to help divide the property.

The next day, after dinner, the village head and Uncle Zhou Jiu arrived.

The village chief's surname was Zhang, and his family was the wealthiest in the village. From his grandfather's generation until his generation, the position had been hereditary for three generations. His family owned hundreds of acres of land and lived a comfortable life. Just looking at Zhang himself, you could tell his family lived well. Well, a plump, white old man.

Uncle Zhou Jiu, on the other hand, was rather serious, with a dark complexion and a very tall stature. It was said that he had served as a personal guard for the general when he was young. Later, he was seriously injured on the battlefield and almost lost his life. Uncle Zhou Jiu's mother was worried about her son, so she knelt in front of the general and begged him to leave a descendant for the family.

So, Uncle Zhou Jiu returned home. It is said that before leaving, the general gave him a lot of resettlement funds, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Uncle Zhou Jiu's family is the second richest family in the village.

Regarding the division of the family property, in this dynasty, the eldest son usually inherited 70% of the family property and also supported the elderly, while the remaining 30% was divided equally among the other sons.

But Zhou's mother was straightforward and told the village head and Uncle Zhou Jiu directly: "Although we usually have the eldest son inherit the family business, I can still move around now and don't want to cause trouble for my children.

So, for the time being, I won’t go to any other house and will just live in this old house.

Except for the old house which will be inherited by the eldest son, the rest of the family property will be divided into four parts for the sake of fairness: one part for me and one part for each of my three sons.

When the day comes that I can no longer move, I will decide which son I will live with, and then I will give my share to that son.

Before this, I can spend my money on whoever I want, and others cannot have any objections. Even if they do have any objections, they must keep them to themselves.”

Since Zhou's mother had expressed her opinion, what could Village Chief Zhang and Uncle Zhou Jiu say? Every family has its own way of living. Their task was to help gather the family property and make sure there were no problems when dividing it.

The sons naturally listened to their mother, and the daughters-in-law dared not object. Where can I find such a good mother-in-law who is so straightforward, divides the property equally and does not live with me?

Besides, the house itself is inherited by the eldest son in this dynasty, so you can't have any objections in this regard. Just listen obediently.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Zhou's mother started taking things out one by one.

The first thing he took out was silver, a total of two hundred and thirty-four taels and nine hundred coins.

None of the sons had expected that their parents had saved such a large sum of money.

The daughters-in-law were also surprised. They didn't usually see their mother-in-law as being very stingy. How did she save up so much money? The family didn't have much land, and even working as a blacksmith couldn't save so much, not to mention that there was a student who needed money.

Seeing everyone's surprised reactions, Zhou's mother sighed and explained, "There are two hundred taels in here. When you were little, your father went to the front line to deliver knives and he happened to make a contribution. I don't know what exactly he did. The old man was vague and didn't explain it clearly. I only know that in the end, several heads were chopped off in the military camp.

The rest is the money we have saved over the years."

Zhou Dajiang and his wife looked at each other. This was not allowed to be told. It was either a spy or corruption. It was better not to know.

Uncle Zhou Jiu coughed and said, "Since Big Brother Zhou didn't tell you, he must have his reasons. Sometimes it's better to be confused than to understand. Let's divide the silver quickly."

Because the amount was so scattered and had to be divided into four parts, Village Chief Zhang couldn't figure it out and kept twiddling his fingers. Zhou Dajiang wasn't very good at mental arithmetic, but he could do it slowly. So he glanced at his wife and signaled her to hurry up.

Chen Xiuying glared at him and said, "If the four families divide it equally, each family should get 58 taels, 725 wen. If we divide it evenly, each family will get 55 taels, and there will be 14 taels, 900 wen left."

Village Chief Zhang and Uncle Zhou Jiu both swallowed their saliva. As expected of a scholar's daughter, she was so quick to settle accounts.

Zhang and Li also have starry eyes. My younger sister-in-law/second sister-in-law can calculate so quickly, it’s amazing!

Mother Zhou also nodded with satisfaction. She is worthy of being my daughter-in-law. She is much more useful in settling accounts than the village head. I will look for her when I need to settle accounts in the future.

At the same time, he glared at his second son, "You idiot! Don't think I didn't see it. Your mental arithmetic is not as good as your wife's. You've wasted all these years of studying. You might as well just find a piece of cotton and kill yourself!"

Zhou Dajiang felt deeply the contempt from his mother, and could not help but shrink his neck, not looking at her, pretending that he did not exist.

Inwardly, I secretly rebuked his mother. "That's a 985 university, you know? Isn't it normal for a quick brain to work? Your son is just a junior college graduate." Speaking of which, if I take my time, I can also calculate a good valve.

After glaring at her foolish son, Mother Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Then let's round it up. The extra amount belongs to me."

Even though that loser is stupid, I still have to save some money for him to take the imperial examinations, otherwise all the money I've spent on his education for so many years will be wasted. I raised him myself, so I have to bear with his stupidity. Oh, what a sin.

After dividing the silver, Zhou's mother took out the land deed.

The family's farmland totaled 22 mu, of which 12 mu was first-class and 10 mu was second-class. In the village, first-class land cost 12 taels, while second-class sandy land cost 6 taels and sloping land only 5 taels.

Let me explain here why we didn't buy more land at the beginning. The main reason was that Mr. Zhou and the third son were working in the blacksmith shop, the second son was studying, and there was only the eldest son, Zhou, a male in the family, and the elderly, weak women and scholars. If we bought more land, we would not be able to take care of it on a daily basis.

The village head Zhang was in charge of dividing the land: "Each family will have three mu of first-class land, two mu of second-class land, and two mu of other land."

Mother Zhou waved her hand and said, "The remaining two acres belong to me."

Zhou Dajiang glanced at his mother, then lowered his brows and said, "Mom, Xiuying and I have discussed this. We want to plant fruit trees after we divide the property. Sloping land is the best place to plant fruit trees. We want to exchange three acres of first-class land for three acres of second-class land from you. Is that okay with you? I want the land on the hillside."

Zhou's mother: "What? Are you two stupid? How much is this second-class farmland worth? And the harvest is not as good as the first-class farmland. Did the door squeeze your heads?"

Village Chief Zhang also said: "Yes, few people in our village plant fruit trees.

There are so many wild fruits on the mountain, why plant fruit trees? It's a waste of effort. Besides, the fruits aren't sweet and can't be sold at a high price!

Uncle Zhou Jiu also advised: "Fruit trees are prone to pests. If you don't take good care of them, you can easily lose money. Don't do this!"

Dajiang and his wife looked at each other, and Chen Xiuying began to explain, "Before, I read a book on agronomy at home. I forgot the title, but it talked about the planting and management of fruit trees. It's not difficult, so we want to give it a try.

Besides, we don’t just plant fruit trees. We’ll also plant some vegetables, beans, taro, and other grains between the fruit trees, so we won’t lose all our money.”

Everyone has forgotten that the second son's wife can read.

Since the second daughter-in-law has spoken, Zhou's mother has no objection.

"Okay then, I'll give it to you.

"But I won't take advantage of you. I'll give you the remaining two acres of sloping land. Three acres of first-class land in exchange for five acres of second-class land. I don't think anyone dares to say that I, an old woman, am taking advantage of my son."

Village Chief Zhang and Uncle Zhou Jiu, we are the only ones who know about your family division. Who are you implying here? Can't we just keep quiet?