Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

When Tang Guochen left, he had a smile on his face and looked very proud. He thought, "When I, Old Tang, take action, everything goes smoothly!"

Xiaobao put his hands on his hips and pouted, saying, "I'm angry, and the consequences are serious."

"Mother, how could you agree to your bad guy's conditions!"

The little guy ate well, and his face was chubby. Xiao Yunxi couldn't help but pull a handful of it, it was very textured:

"Mom didn't agree."

Xiaobao felt that his IQ was insulted:

"Mom, you clearly said that he would go back once he returns the family property!"

Xiaobao had an expression that said, "I'm young, don't lie to me." Dabao felt that his brother was hopeless:

"Mom said consideration. Do you know what consideration means?"

Xiaobao opened his eyes wide and looked very cute:

"What do you mean?"

"It means that if they return the property, Mom will consider going back, but it doesn't mean she will definitely go back."

Xiaobao scratched his head.

"Can this still happen?"

Xiao Yunxi messed up Xiaobao's hair:

"Young man, you have a lot to learn."

After returning home from planting vegetables, her second sister-in-law Hu Yanhong came to her and wanted her to help make a decision.

Tang Guochen hopes that she will go home and promises to compensate the second wife. No one will dare to bully them at home in the future as long as she withdraws the lawsuit.

"What do you think? Do you want to go back?"

Hu Yanhong's eyes were filled with desperate determination.

"I will never go back, even if I die. But my father-in-law said that my eldest brother is a scholar and knows many adults. Even if my mother-in-law is sentenced, it won't be too serious. He also said that even if I divorce, I can't take the child with me."

A very realistic problem.

There was no concept of custody in feudal society. When a couple divorced, the child would belong to the man and would not follow the woman, unless the woman's family was powerful or the man was a son-in-law.

"With Lord Murong here, Ma Cuilan will definitely not receive a light sentence for premeditated murder. You don't need to worry about that. The issue of the child does need to be considered."

"Sixth sister-in-law, can you tell me what to do, please."

Hu Yanhong's tears welled up in her eyes.

She is a typical feudal era woman, without her own thoughts, career, and even doesn't know how to support herself.

When faced with such a complicated situation, my mind goes blank and I can't think at all.

Xiao Yunxi sighed:

"You want a divorce, Lord Murong can help you. But if you want a child, it will be difficult unless the Ma family agrees. So you must make good use of the bargaining chips in your hand and force the Ma family to give up the child. You can also ask for a large sum of money to plan for your future life."

After she divorced her second cousin, she was no longer a villager of Tangjia Village. If she continued to live there, she would need money to build her own house. If she left the village, she would also need money.

The wisest choice is to negotiate with Ma Cuilan, get the child back, divorce, and ask for money.

"Will they agree?"

"Will do!"

The lightest sentence for premeditated murder is exile, and the most serious is beheading. Ma Cuilan dared not return the property and would definitely not dare to fight the charge of murder.

Because if she doesn't return the family property, she will be imprisoned for two years at most. She can definitely use two years to exchange for 1,000 taels of property, and the Tang family's property is more than 1,000 taels.

When she was counting the goodies "stolen" from the Tang family last night, her titanium dog eyes were almost blinded.

There were at least 10,000 jin of grain, some medicinal herbs, spices, cloth, and good wine, the quality of which was even better than what was in the Ma family's warehouse.

Huanghuali furniture, golden nanmu boxes, and the heavy 800 taels in the boxes,

Including the jewelry box held in Ma Cuilan's arms, the secretly hidden banknotes, land, and shops, the total assets of the Tang family might be more than that of the Ma family.

Ma Bide: I don’t underestimate me!

Xiao Yunxi tried to trick Tang Guochen because she guessed that Ma Cuilan would most likely resist stubbornly, but she didn't know whether Tang Guochen could succeed in persuading her.

After all, her mother-in-law is not that easy to fool.

Things went unexpectedly smoothly. The next morning, Tang Guochen and Tang Huaian found Murong Chen, hoping that he would preside over the case.

Property invasion case,

The Tang family took out 700 taels of silver notes, 4 sets of jewelry and head ornaments, 80 acres of fertile land, 2 shops in Dongshan Town, and 3 shops in Luochuan County, and returned them for 3500 taels.

Xiao Yunxi was really shocked. This bastard Tang Huaiming had such a rich family background.

Strictly speaking, Ma Cuilan returned far less than she had taken. She cried bitterly, saying that her house had been robbed and this was all her fortune.

Xiao Yunxi didn't plan to settle the score with her, because it would all be hers in the end anyway!

Premeditated murder,

The Tang family agreed to a divorce, cut off ties with their two daughters, and paid Daya's medical expenses, mental damages, and nutritional expenses totaling 200 taels.

Among them, there were 100 taels of silver notes and 7 mu of dry land valued at 100 taels. The moment the letter of severance and compensation were received, the case was settled.

Ma Cuilan was taken home by Tang Guochen, and Murong Chen took the opportunity to deal with all the backlog of cases.

Lujiazhuang Military Household Case,

The head of the village and the village chief were exiled, and the villagers who oppressed the military households were punished to varying degrees depending on the circumstances, and the military households' pensions and land were also confiscated.

Many people in Lujiazhuang were imprisoned, and the relationship between the villagers and the military households was bound to become more tense, which was likely to lead to bloodshed in the future.

in addition,

Ma Bide colluded with three village heads and more than ten village heads, and caused hundreds of land occupation incidents, involving the redistribution of nearly 1,000 acres of land.

Many villages have complex internal structures, and future conflicts will become more serious. Murong Chen decided to solve the problem once and for all: re-divide the villages!

Taking Lujiazhuang as an example,

The military households built a separate village, called the Hero Village, and re-divided the gathering area.

The fields will be adjusted nearby, and any overlapping fields will be replaced with equal value and area. There will be no bordering fields between the two parties to avoid future disputes.

The same is true in other villages.

It sounds simple, but there are many trivialities and contradictions in practice. Murong Chen was busy for two days, and the general direction was determined. He left the master to handle it.

Murong Hai had to go back to the county town because there were many follow-up matters that needed his cooperation after he killed Wu Sigui. Before leaving, he went to visit the injured yamen runners and villagers.

The conditions of the village chief and Daya, who were the most seriously injured, have stabilized, though they are still a little weak.

Most of the injured have woken up and passed the critical period, but some still did not survive.

The oldest and most senior ancestor in the village, who was over 60 years old, killed two enemies and fell into a coma after being seriously injured, and had a high fever that wouldn't go away the next night.

He tried physical fever-reducing methods, acupuncture, and herbal medicine, but ultimately he was too old and could not survive, becoming the only casualty to die from the infection.

In the end, 5 people from Tangjia Village died in the battle and 6 people were disabled, including Tang Erbo.

In this era, human life is the least valuable. Life must go on. Being alive is the greatest blessing. There is no need to worry.

The village chief was unable to get out of bed for the time being. He asked his uncle who was not injured to hold a funeral for the deceased villagers and take good care of their families.

After he gets better, we can discuss the future arrangements.

On the day of the funeral, it started to rain.

Familiar and unfamiliar villagers from surrounding villages came to see them off in the rain, not for anything else, but for the courage of Tangjia Village to take up arms and fight against the bandits.

They didn't know that Tangjia Village was facing a well-trained border army.

The incident had not yet been made public, and it was considered an attack by mountain bandits. So on the day of the funeral, more than 20 people were crushed to the grave.

Among them were people brought by horse owners, and 10 were surrendered border troops.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The knife flashed, heads rolled, blood mixed with rainwater, forming red lines along the ravines.