I rely on infrastructure systems to build a prosperous village

Before dawn the next day, Li Lan, Li Chunping, and Li Jianan drove an ox cart loaded with 30 wolf meats straight to the county town.

Lijia Village.

At daybreak, the village chief struck a gong and asked everyone to gather at the open space at the end of the village to distribute wolf meat. When everyone heard about the meat distribution, they happily returned to their houses, picked up their baskets, and hurried to the open space.

In the open space, two wooden tables were put together, with three skinned wolves placed on top. Each wolf looked to be about 50 kilograms. Butcher Li stood behind the table with a knife, ready to divide the meat.

"One person from each family, line up and come to get the meat. Each family will get three pounds of meat, and Lan Yatou and the other six team leaders will each get an extra six pounds of meat. Any problem?" The village chief shouted.

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, there was an uproar in the open space.

"Oh my god, this Lan girl got 6 kilograms of extra meat."

"They're the ones who took the lead. If they didn't, we wouldn't even be able to contribute these three pounds of meat."

"Isn't this a bit too much for them?"

"But 3 pounds of meat is not too little for us." said a woman.

"Isn't it? This is all thanks to Lan, the girl from Mrs. Wang's family. Otherwise, how could we eat meat in this disaster year?" Mrs. Qiu shouted loudly.

"Yeah, it's like a dream."

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"No problem, Village Chief," the people lined up in a loud voice. They were content people.

Mrs. Hua was about to say something, but Old Man Zhou glared at her and quickly shut her mouth. Widow Chen and Li Laizi, who had seen Li Lan's prowess before, lowered their heads and followed the queue to claim the meat.

"Grandma, grandma, mom, go home quickly, your aunt and your third aunt are fighting." Li Run ran over and shouted loudly.

The bustling open space suddenly became quiet.

"What?" He was shocked when he heard his son's words. He didn't even want to take the meat and walked back.

Mrs. Wang grabbed her and said, "After we get all the meat, we'll go back and let them beat us. It's such a disgrace."

"Mom, this... I hope nothing will happen." Zhang swallowed.

"Don't worry about it." Mrs. Wang followed the meat-leading team forward.

After receiving the meat, Wang Pozi and Zhang quickly walked back, followed by many villagers who came to watch the fun. As soon as they arrived outside the yard, they heard a noise from inside and walked in quickly.

Aunt Wang, standing in her own yard, listened to the noise, frowned, and shook her head. She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Aunt Wang and the others return. Then, seeing the crowd gathered outside the Li family's yard, she rolled her eyes and went about her business.

"Mom, what's going on between Aunt Wang and Aunt Chen? Why are they fighting? Weren't they just fine before?" Aunt Wang's eldest daughter-in-law Huang Tao asked in confusion.

Aunt Wang glanced at her daughter-in-law and shook her head: "What do you know? People can change, and their hearts are even more so. This girl Lan worked so hard to make the Li family better, but some people are not satisfied."

Li family.

When Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Zhang entered the courtyard, they saw from afar the two women, Wang and Chen, scuffling, with their children standing beside them, their tears streaming down their faces. The tables and chairs in the main hall were toppled over.

"Enough, why are you hitting me? Aren't you ashamed?" Mrs. Wang handed the meat to Li Hai and shouted.

The two of them were fighting so hard that they didn't notice Wang Po and the others coming in, let alone hear Wang Po's calls.

"Sumei, go and pull them apart. Erlang, go to the farmland and call your uncle and third uncle back." Wang Po gasped angrily.

Zhang quickly stepped forward to pull the two apart. Fortunately, she was also very strong, otherwise she would not be able to pull them apart.

The two who were pulled apart were about to fight, but Wang Pozi stepped forward and slapped one of them. With a loud "slap", both of their faces were hit to the other side. When the two saw that it was Wang Pozi, they immediately became quiet and did not dare to quarrel anymore.

Seeing that the two had quieted down, Wang Pozi sat down on the stool that Li Run had helped her to stand on. She glanced at the two people. Their hair was tied up like a chicken coop, their faces were bruised, and their clothes were messy.

Looking at her two daughters-in-law like this, Mrs. Wang took a deep breath and said calmly, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Mrs. Wang shouted, "Speak. If anyone doesn't speak, I'll let my son divorce her."

When they heard the word "divorce", both of them trembled and knelt down in front of Mrs. Wang.

"Mom, it was my eldest sister-in-law who started it first. I just said a few words to her, and she got so angry that she hit me." Chen from the third room cried.

When Wang heard her say this, she knelt on the ground and almost fainted with anger.

"Enough, why are you crying? Tell me what you said about her." Mrs. Wang said impatiently.

Chen looked up at Mrs. Wang's gloomy face and said with gritted teeth, "I, I, I just said that my uncle and his family had dug up so many bamboo shoots in the mountains and asked me to give some so I could take them back to my parents' home. This is a year of disaster and my parents' home is almost out of food. I just said that and she started scolding me."

"Mom, my family really can't make ends meet anymore. That's why I think so. Besides, since Miss Lan came back with her money, hasn't my eldest sister-in-law also wanted to split the family?"

After hearing what she said, everyone in the hall looked at Wang. Wang looked up at Mrs. Wang, whose face was already as dark as it could be, and felt a little helpless.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, it's not that I want to split up. Before, the whole family supported my brother-in-law's education, and our Dalang never went to school. Now he is 15 years old, and it's time for him to find a wife. And this girl Xing is so old, and she still sleeps in the same room with us. I just want..."

Before Wang could finish her words, she was interrupted by Wang Pozi: "You just think that Miss Lan made so much money last time, and when the family was divided, your eldest wife would get a lot too. In this year of disaster, it's enough for Dalang to ask his wife to build another room. There's still a lot left, enough for your family to live on."

"I, I..." Wang was unable to refute and lowered her head again.

The room was silent. Zhang looked at Wang Po, afraid that she might faint from the shock.

After a long while, Mrs. Wang said, "Okay, then we'll divide the family. But the money was earned by Miss Lan, so I have to leave her a share. No one can object to this. Otherwise, the family won't be divided."

Wang and Chen, who were kneeling on the ground with their heads bowed, felt relieved after hearing what Wang Po said. Although they were not convinced that Li Lan would get a share of the silver, they did not say much.

"Mom, mom, I don't agree." Li Chunlei and Li Chunsheng just walked to the door of the main hall when they heard his mother talking about dividing the family property, and they shouted in fright.

Mrs. Wang looked at her two sons who had come rushing over. "Alright, you don't have to say anything anymore. Erlang, go to the village chief's house again and ask him to help act as a witness."

"Mom, the fourth son is going to take the exam for a scholar soon. Dividing the family now will affect his exams." Li Chunsheng advised.

"Okay, Third Brother, your mother knows exactly what you're thinking. Our split up won't affect Fourth Brother's chances of taking the exam. This is what Fourth Brother told me before."

Li Chunsheng was caught in the act and looked at Wang Po in shock, unable to say a word.

Wang Po's eyes flashed as she recalled what the fourth brother said the night before he left.

He said, "Mother, this time the eldest girl plans to let me go directly to the county school after she sells the wild boar meat. Mother, I have no way to repay the eldest girl for this kindness. But mother, do you still remember the Taoist's prophecy from that year? A big tree will have many branches. If it works, mother will divide the family. I can earn money by copying books in the county school. Besides, if I pass the examination to become a scholar, the court will also give me silver. Dividing the family will not affect my examination in any way. The current emperor is a wise ruler."

The main room was eerily quiet.

"What's going on? Why are you arguing about splitting up the family?" The village chief came hurriedly and walked into the main hall.

"Oh, don't mention it. Life is getting better and I have more things to worry about. I'm sorry to trouble you again." Mrs. Wang said with a wry smile.

The village chief looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, shook his head and sighed.

"You don't have to wait for the second and fourth brothers to come back?"

"No need. It's divided like this anyway, whether you come or not." Mrs. Wang insisted.

"We have a total of 30 mu of paddy fields, 8 mu of dry land, and 7 mu of vegetable plots behind the house. Each of you four brothers will have 235 mu of paddy fields, and I'll keep 530 mu. Each of you will have mu of dry land, and each of you will have mu of vegetable plots. I'll let the fourth brother plant his own first. This silver, in addition to the eldest girl's earnings and the silver saved by the public treasury over the years, leaves taels and wen, which can be divided into six parts. Village chief, can you help me calculate how much each part of this silver is?"

The village chief's eyes widened in shock after hearing what Mrs. Wang said. "So much silver! My goodness! No wonder they've all got their eye on this Lan girl! She's incredible!" But despite his shock, he wasn't jealous.

The village chief coughed, thought for a moment, and said, "Divide it into six portions, each portion is 39 taels and 338 wen."

As he spoke, he marveled in his heart, "That's as much as 10 years of other people's income. Tsk tsk, the Li family is going to rise. Of course, with descendants like Li Lan and Li Chunhua, it's only a matter of time. It's a pity that these short-sighted people won't be able to enjoy it."

"Okay, then let's divide it this way. When your father was alive, he also left you brothers some wasteland to build houses. Two plots of wasteland are at the foot of the mountain behind the north end of the village, and one is in the middle of the village. This old house will be given to the eldest, second, third, and fourth brothers. Go out and build your own houses, and I will give each of you 5 taels of silver as compensation."

"I will live with the fourth brother from now on."

"Mom, I'm the eldest, I should support you." Li Chunlei was frightened when he heard what Wang Po said, and said quickly.

At this time, Wang, who was kneeling on the ground, was also shocked. She had only one thought in her mind: she couldn't let her mother-in-law live with the fourth son, otherwise all the money and land of her mother-in-law would be given to the fourth son.

She lowered her head, rolled her eyes, and cried, "Mother, it's all my daughter-in-law's fault. You can blame me, but the head of the family still has to respect you."

Listening to her crying, Mrs. Wang became even more annoyed. She shouted, "That's enough. You evil bastards! My fourth son doesn't even have a family yet, and you're so anxious to separate him and won't let me go. Are you going to kill me?"

After hearing what Wang Po said, Li Chunlei was at a loss for words. Wang also stopped crying and didn't dare to speak again.

……

The Li family was divided up like this. The documents were drawn up and signed. Li Chunping and Li Chunhua were not around, so Old Lady Wang had Li Chunping's eldest son, Li Hang, sign, and she put her handprint on Li Chunhua's behalf.

The village chief sighed, put his hands behind his back and walked away. The people outside the courtyard watched the village chief come out and left in disappointment.

Mrs. Wang stood up and prepared to go back to the house, but unexpectedly she fell down.

"Mother, mother, mother" there was a burst of shouting.

Wang and Chen, who were kneeling on the ground, were also frightened. If something happened to Mrs. Wang at this critical moment, they would probably not be able to survive.