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Lu Huan had only heard that the Gao family would split up, but she didn't know the specifics of how.

"Really? Did Uncle say how to divide it?"

"They just went to the ancestral hall, that's why I came to call you, so we can go see the excitement together!" Madam Wen noticed that Lu Huan was still dawdling and hurriedly urged, "Ayan's wife, hurry up. Otherwise, you'll miss the best part of the show!"

Lu Huan finished the rice porridge in the bowl in two gulps, and then put two pieces of rice cake in a handkerchief.

Looking at the exquisite pastries in the steamer, Wen felt a little reluctant.

Lu Huan said with a smile, "Eighth Aunt, you must be tired from your journey. How about we get you some more padding?"

"How embarrassing!"

"There's extra food that Aunt He has made, please don't be shy!"

Wen hesitated for only a moment before pulling out a slightly worn cotton handkerchief from his bosom.

She didn't hold back at all; she picked out one of each, stuffed it into her sleeve, and it bulged out into a big bulge.

Worried that Lu Huan would be unhappy, Madam Wen secretly observed the expression on Lu Huan's face and found that she was still smiling. Suddenly, she felt a little uncomfortable.

The two walked together on the village road.

Touching the warm pastries in her sleeve, Madam Wen sighed, "Madam Zhou is truly blessed to have such a virtuous daughter-in-law as you."

Lu Huan's eyes flickered. "I don't deserve such praise. It's all thanks to the female teacher's excellent teaching!"

"I think you're just too honest! Your stepmother isn't a good person either. She raised you to be so virtuous and obedient, but her own daughter is so cunning and domineering!"

Lu Huan simply smiled and did not echo her sentiments.

Listening to Wen's nagging along the way, Lu Huan felt like they were going out for a spring outing.

A large crowd had gathered outside the ancestral hall, but there were more women than men.

However, Lu Huan quickly figured out the reason—most of the men in the village had gone to work at the charcoal kiln.

Although the days have been longer and the weather has warmed up considerably recently, the demand for bamboo charcoal in the city has not decreased. In fact, because bamboo charcoal is inexpensive and burns for a long time, many city residents are choosing to use it instead of firewood.

Because of its proximity to Yanjing (Beijing), the bamboo charcoal produced in the village sold itself without any trouble. Except for some that remained untouched in the ancestral hall, all the rest was sold.

The men gathered outside the ancestral hall are all notorious lazybones in the village, and the clan chief forbids them from getting close to the charcoal kiln.

Ms. Wen pushed aside an older woman, saying, "Hey, move aside!"

Chen Daniu's wife was pushed so hard that she bumped into her husband. Just as she was about to lash out, she saw that it was Wen Shi and Lu Huan, and her anger immediately subsided.

Her eyes remained wide open, and her tone was somewhat sarcastic, "Da Xun's wife is here too! Oh my, isn't this A Yan's wife? How dare you leave your courtyard and grace us with your presence!"

Wen turned around and glared fiercely at Chen Daniu's wife.

"Can't you speak properly! This is the Gao Family Ancestral Hall, not some lowly place!"

Ah Yan's wife, let's ignore her!

Lu Huan glanced at her casually, then followed Wen Shi's lead and walked into the courtyard.

After they had walked a while, a woman who didn't have a bad relationship with Chen Daniu's wife couldn't bear it and offered some words of advice.

"You haven't learned your lesson from the first time, why are you rushing to offer yourself up again!"

Chen Daniu's wife gritted her teeth secretly, "I'm just not willing to accept this!"

At this moment, Chen Daniu reached out and pulled her, causing her to stumble. He warned, "Alright, what else are you unhappy about! You think our lives are too comfortable?"

On the other side, Lu Huan had already followed Wen Shi into the ancestral hall.

The clan chief has brought out the family genealogy, but the page he turned to was blank.

He frowned and asked again, "Big cousin, are you really going to do this?"

Gao Daliu nodded without hesitation, "Do as I say!"

Gao Dakai gave his son a wink, and Gao Dinglei began writing on the blank family genealogy book.

Wen gently touched Ma Xiangcao's shoulder.

"Fifth Sister-in-law, how did they divide it?"

Ma Xiangcao glanced furtively at the people in the center of the ancestral hall, making sure they weren't paying attention, before whispering, "Uncle separated Dingwei!"

"I know that! How the money and land are divided!"

"My uncle said that since Dinghong learned skills from him, he would divide all the family's land among Dingwei."

Wen's mouth was wide open, big enough to fit a whole piece of rice cake.

"All of it will be allocated to Dingwei? That's over twenty acres of land!"

"How could it be fake! The family division documents have all been written; now all that's left is to add a separate page to the family genealogy!"

"Isn't your eldest cousin afraid that Dinghong will cause trouble by dividing the family property like this?"

Ma Xiangcao slapped her thigh. "Dinghong really didn't cause any trouble. Isn't that strange? I think there must be some inside story we don't know about!"

“I think so too!” Madam Wen narrowed her eyes, glancing at Lu Huan whom she had pulled over, and asked softly, “Huan girl, what do you think?”

“My uncle didn’t make a fuss about dividing the family property, which shows that he and his brothers have a harmonious relationship and had already discussed it at home. They themselves have no objections, so I certainly won’t have any either.”

Ma Xiangcao was somewhat uninterested. "Sigh, I thought I'd come here to watch people pull hair!"

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Lu Huan immediately covered her mouth, afraid that the clan chief and Uncle Gao would hear her.

After Gao Dinglei finished writing and Gao Dakai left with the documents, Lu Huan learned more about the inside story.

Not only did Gao Daliu give away more than twenty acres of dry land, but he also gave Gao Dingwei the courtyard of his main house and most of his money.

He kept only his carpentry tools and mule cart, a considerable amount of timber he had accumulated over the years, and forty taels of silver.

Lu Huan guessed that the forty taels of silver were probably the expenses for his family to rent a house in Yanjing City.

However, she felt that forty taels was still too little.

In fact, the fact that Gao Daliu separated from his family was partly due to the actions of Gao Daliu and his wife.

While Lu Huan was pondering whether to spend some money to buy a small courtyard house on the east side of the Prince of Yan's mansion and rent it to Uncle Gao and his family, the aunts over there were chatting animatedly.

"Oh my, once Dingwei gets the family division documents, he'll be the most sought-after young man in the surrounding villages!"

Wen Shi also caught on, "I must say, Fifth Sister-in-law, you're really quick-witted!"

"What's the use of being good? The Ma family doesn't have any decent daughters!" Kong Shufen, Ma Xiangcao's sister-in-law, suddenly interjected.

"Hey! Could it be that your Kong family has one?"

Kong Shufen smiled smugly, "It's a coincidence that my cousin's youngest daughter is exactly fourteen this year. As long as my sister-in-law likes her, my uncle and aunt certainly won't be picky!"

"Give me a break! With your Kong family's daughter looking like a donkey, I wouldn't even look at her!"

The two sisters-in-law were arguing as they walked towards the fourth house.

As the people in the ancestral hall gradually left, the news spread like wildfire in spring.

Chen Daniu's eyes darted around, and he whispered a few words in his wife's ear before the two hurriedly headed back.

Many families in the village with different surnames thought of their own daughters.

Fang Xiaoyu's mother overheard the gossip outside and sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) wiping away tears.

"If only our Xiaoyu had said she would have chosen Dingwei back then!"