【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

"Chief, everyone knows pretty much about my family's situation."

Li Siniu is a shrewd man, but he is exhausted by the affairs at home.

Chief Li nodded. He knew the situation of his people. "Si Niu, how are you going to divide the family?"

"Chief, the child's father and I are going to follow Xiao Qi."

Si Niu's wife is quick-witted and speaks quickly.

Yun Xi looked at her. She was an extremely ordinary middle-aged woman, but her face was distorted with anger, which made her look scary.

Patriarch Li was displeased. "Why should a woman interfere in such a major matter as the division of the family?"

Li Siniu scolded his wife, "Get out, you can go with whoever you want, I'm going to live with the boss anyway."

Si Niu's wife left the main room unwillingly.

Li Siniu said, "Chief, I want to divide the family property into eleven parts, one for each of the eight children, one for me and my wife, and the remaining part for the old man as a share for his support in our old age."

"Well, that's a good idea, but are you planning to split the family without dividing the households, or split the family and divide the households?" Clan leader Li reminded, "It's better not to divide the households after dividing them."

Li Siniu's face was bitter. "Chief, you know what caused this conflict. If we don't separate the households, can I change it?"

"this?"

Patriarch Li remained silent.

Li Siniu looked at the others and asked, "What do you think?"

Li Daniu and the others remained silent. Yun Xi was curious, "Fourth Brother, what if your wife insists on following Seventh Brother's family?"

"Then she will take her share and live with the seventh brother's family." Li Siniu said directly.

"But you also know that the Seventh Brother is not reliable. What if the Seventh Brother gets your wife's share of the family property and doesn't respect her well?" Yun Xi said again.

Chief Li said loudly, "There are clan rules."

Yun Xi was possessed by a nagging spirit, "But what if the Seventh Brother gets the family fortune and pretends to be filial? And what if the Fourth Brother's wife sees the man's true face and wants the First Brother to be filial?"

Li Siniu was surprised. "What should we do?"

Yun Xi suggested, "My opinion is that you and the fourth son's wife should live separately. You control the family finances. Nowadays, no one is short of money. When you are old and can't work anymore, you can just hire someone to take care of you. Why must you rely on your sons? In a hundred years, whichever son is filial will be the one to take care of you?" Then she looked at the clan leader and said, "Everyone is rich now. Why do you still live like a poor person? It seems that only the poor need someone to take care of you in your old age. Why don't the rich need it?"

Patriarch Li muttered, "Rich people also want to have sons."

Yun Xi retorted, "Rich people give birth to sons to inherit their wealth, not to provide for their old age. Patriarch, times have changed."

"We used to be poor, but now every household has reached the level of a small landlord. We can no longer look at things with the same perspective as before." Yun Xi grinned. "Next, I want to rebuild the east pier. It would be even better if it could be brought closer to the village."

Li Siniu calmly considered his situation and said, "Chief, if my wife and I divide up some of the family property, there will still be a lot left. It seems that we don't need our children to support us in our old age."

"Let's do it this way." Patriarch Li looked at Yun Xi meaningfully.

Soon, seven children and a daughter were called in. Li Siniu looked around at his children and said in a deep voice, "After discussing with the clan leader, I have decided to divide the family property into eleven parts. Each of you eight children will have one part, and your mother and I will keep three parts. You, my youngest sister, cannot take your share of land with you. The others must be registered with the government as your dowry. As for filial piety and retirement..."

Li Siniu looked at the clan leader, who pushed the pen and paper to Yun Xi, "Sanniu's wife, please take notes."

Then he said to everyone, "According to the rules, you should give your parents 100 kilograms of rice every year. My younger sister's rice can be counted as a festival gift. You don't have to worry about their retirement. We will hire someone to take care of your parents when the time comes."

When these words were spoken, Li Siniu's eight children were all startled and looked at Li Siniu.

Li Siniu nodded and said that was right. "It's not like before when you have no money and no land. The elderly have to depend on this person and that person for their retirement. Now you don't have to do that anymore. Just live a good life."

After saying this, I felt a pang of sadness in my heart.

The eight children quickly expressed their loyalty. Li Siniu waved them off and returned to the bedroom, bringing out a large money box. He asked Yun Xi to record the money. "Including the money sold today, there are 7,986 taels of silver in the house. Sister-in-law, how much is this money divided into eleven parts?"

After Yun Xi recorded it on the paper, she quickly said, "Seven hundred and twenty-six taels of silver."

"Okay, eldest to seventh, you come and collect the money. I'll keep my younger sister's money for now and put it on her dowry list when I go to Chengdu to do business in a few days." Li Siniu found a scale and weighed out the money.

At this time, Li Siniu's seventh son whispered, "Dad, isn't my little sister's share too much?"

Li Si Niu raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Shut up! You do the least work in the family, and you're secretly happy about the huge share you've received. Instead of blabbing here!"

Patriarch Li also sternly reprimanded him, "Shut up! You have no right to interrupt your elders when they are talking. The money belongs to your father, and he can divide it however he wants."

Li Bahe shrank back in fear. Li Xiaomei glared at her seventh brother. Didn't she do the housework? She had been working since she could walk and worked the hardest. Why couldn't she get a share?

"As for the land, I'll divide it the same way the imperial court divided it. Your mother and I have 40 mu of land, and the eldest to fifth sons have the same amount, 40 mu each. The sixth, seventh, and youngest sister each have 20 mu. You can't take yours with you, so see if your brothers want to buy it. I'll convert it into silver and give it to you later."

At this time, Li Siniu's eldest son said, "I want to buy your little sister's land. I'll pay whatever the market price is."

Li Xiaomei immediately said, "Okay, thank you, big brother. I'll sell it to you."

Chief Li was pleased. "Si Niu, how do we divide the house and the belongings?"

"My wife and I will keep the things in this house. There are still 10,000 kilograms of rice and 1,000 kilograms of millet left, which will be divided into eleven parts. The other two houses will be given to the seven brothers. The pair of silver bracelets left by my mother will be given to my younger sister. Chief, do you think this is fair?" Li Siniu thought for a while and asked.

"So good."

The patriarch expressed his opinion and no one else had any objections.

Yun Xi wrote eleven copies of the family division letter, one for the government, one for the clan, one for Li Siniu and his wife, and one for each of the eight children.

Thus, the farce came to an end. Clan leader Li instructed every household not to tell any details, as this would easily arouse jealousy. Especially since there were thousands of people in Xiaowangzhuang, what if they knew that every household in Lijia Village was so rich and had some ideas about it?

What if my younger sister’s in-laws knew that she had such a large dowry and harmed her? What if the in-laws of the other nine girls knew that their daughters didn’t have such a large dowry and treated them harshly?

In short, the truth is, although we are rich, although we have a lot of money, we should not show off our wealth. We should be low-key and not make a fuss about it.

Fortunately, Lijia Village is far away from Xiaowangzhuang, and there is not much contact between them.