Xiao Zhengning and his wife waited for a while but did not see Erya apologizing, and their dissatisfaction with her reached its peak.
"Erya didn't realize his mistake, so the matter can't be let go like this; with the same surname, brothers and sisters in the family should help each other, and there is no reason to let their own family bring harm." Xiao Zhengning finished unhappily.
Xiao Zhengrong knew that he could not be kind, "Brother, Erya is indeed wrong. I think we will teach her a lesson since she is still young."
"How to teach her? She still doesn't think she did anything wrong. If your sister-in-law and two children hadn't insisted on searching in the mountains, wouldn't even Sanya's bones be found tomorrow?" Xiao Zhengning's eyes flashed with anger, and in a flash, "As long as she has a conscience, she can't deceive her cousin to go up the mountain; she is afraid that she won't be killed if she deceives her into the mountain. If she is pushed into a deep pit, Sanya can't get up, so she can only stay in the mountain." Waiting to die in a pit.”
"Zhengrong, have you ever thought about how scared my third wife was at that time? Your sister-in-law didn't find anyone. How sad would the two of us, mom and dad, Kangkang and Pingping be?" As for the people in the second room, forget it, don't expect it. They can feel sad for Sanya.
Xiao Zhengrong was said to be ashamed and blamed his eldest brother for being unkind. They all admitted their mistake and still clung to him.
Xiao Leshi looked at her daughter with lingering fear, "Second brother, don't blame us. If you want to blame, blame Erya; we really don't dare to live with her anymore. Others are plotting against us. We can guard against it. After all, we don't live in the same courtyard." It’s really hard to prevent your family from plotting against your own family! We can’t risk Sanya’s life, or even the life of our entire family, on the success of your education.”
"For us not to send Erya to the Yamen is already the biggest concession."
Xiao Zhengrong knew that his elder sister-in-law was right, but he felt uncomfortable no matter what happened to him.
Mr. Xiao hugged his granddaughter and said, "Well, Erya's problem is indeed serious. She has a bad mind. It will be a disaster to stay at home. Zhengning and the Zhengning family's request to separate the family is not excessive. Who let our family have trouble? A girl like Erya can't get married at a young age, and she will be kicked out and stabbed in the back; the only choice is to separate the family, and your two houses are divided into two families, so she has no reason to harm the big house."
"Dad!" Xiao Zhengrong was in disbelief.
"There's no point in calling me dad. I have the final say on the separation of the family. Kangkang will ask the village chief and Li Zheng to come over and be witnesses. The reason for the separation will be written in Shuda Branch. Erya's issue will not be written in writing." The old lady wanted to speak several times, but seeing that her husband was extremely firm, she couldn't say anything. Mr. Xiao continued: "After the separation, your family's fields can still be in the name of the boss, and you can pay less tax."
Xiao Hongkang couldn't help but responded, happily pulling his brother and running away.
After Xiao Zhengning passed the examination as a scholar, the financial situation of his family was really difficult, so he gave up continuing the imperial examination. He chose to study in the town academy, where he received two taels of silver every month and extra benefits during the New Year. The Xiao family's life was restored. .
"Mom and dad, Zhengrong is my younger brother. When the family is divided, we will allocate more land to them. I live in the town and have money every month. If I save some money, my life at home will not be too bad."
Old Mrs. Xiao tried to persuade her, but the dead girl in the second room didn't know what was good. She couldn't open her mouth even if she wanted to. After the separation, there were two families. The younger son had no heirs and was rarely gossiped about.
Xiao Zhengrong lowered his eyes and acquiesced. If he could divide more land, life would be easier.
Xiao Hongkang and Xiao Hongping invited three elderly people and the village chief and Li Zheng as witnesses.
"Brother Xiao, sister-in-law, I wonder why you invited us over?"
The first person to speak was Li Zheng. He was slender and tall, wearing a Confucian robe, standing erect and elegant. As a middle-aged man, he had more of an aura of settled elegance.
Mr. Xiao put down his grandson with a smile and stood up to greet him, "Hello Li Zheng and the village chief. Several old brothers are here too, just in time to bear witness to my family. The children are older and the tree has big branches. Today we have divided the family. Wait for me. You and I will have one less thing to worry about after a hundred years."
"Separating the family so early? You and my sister-in-law are tough." Li Zheng didn't know what was going on. He glanced at the second bedroom who was very silent and lowered his eyes. "Your family Zheng Ning still doesn't have a male heir. You guys Are you really willing to separate him out?"
Xiao Lao's second family is not in the spotlight. If the family is really divided, the second house will be destroyed.
People say that if you marry a virtuous wife, a good wife will benefit three generations, but a bad wife will destroy a whole family. There are two people in the Xiao family, and if the eldest wife marries the right one, she will be known as a virtuous person in the village. The second child is timid and loves to join in the fun. He has no achievements at home and cannot even give birth to a son. She doesn't have a good reputation in the village, probably because she doesn't know how to behave.
"If your son is beaten, you can't tie them up." Mr. Xiao said this, which showed that he had made up his mind. Li Zheng and others stopped persuading and followed Mr. Xiao's family separation process.
The family has a total of 20 acres of land, of which the eldest brother is given ten acres and the second son is given ten acres; the house is divided into three rooms for the eldest son, excluding the house of the old couple; the second brother is given two rooms and the kitchen is given to the eldest brother.
The family has fifty taels of silver, and the family has twenty-five taels. Then comes the problem of providing for the two elderly people in their old age. They live with the elder's family, and the second's family gives half a cent of silver as pension money and 150 kilograms of grain every year. .
If the agreement is clearly written and signed by the two heads of the family, the family will be divided.
After the family division was completed, the family was busy dividing the scattered things, such as chickens, ducks, pigs, bowls and chopsticks, etc., which were shared equally between the two houses, but it was not written into the agreement. Liu Lizheng and others had dinner at home and sent Li Zheng and others away. Mr. Xiao sighed.
"The family has been divided. What's the use of sighing? I just said don't divide the family. The second child's family is worthless. If the family is divided, she won't be the head of the family." The old lady was upset.
"Don't talk about it. The second girl in the second family is evil in doing things. If she stays around, she will be prone to disaster. It's not like you don't know how much the eldest family has a precious third girl. The second girl almost harmed the third girl. She stayed far away regardless of the family. , the boss and the boss will never give up."
Old Mrs. Xiao sat down next to the bed and said angrily: "How do the second child and the second child teach their children? Erya and Daya are the same age. One teacher is cowardly and timid, and the other teacher is so courageous that he dares to kill people." .”
"You think we are being unfair? What does a child know? Most of the time, adults are whispering in her ears and they are jealous."
How could Mrs. Xiao not know? But they didn't want to think deeply; there was an endless silence between the two old people, and the family was just separated. What could they do if they asked the second child to do more housework? Who makes their second house weak and have to rely on the first house.
The eldest son was the only scholar in ten li and eight sports. If his family hadn't been poor and couldn't afford the money, he would have been a scholar. The second son's family had not given birth to a son in so many years. In the village, families without sons would be laughed at. dead. It was fine when the family was not separated, but once the family was separated, the life of the second child and his family would not be easy.
Everything was as the two old men had guessed. On the second day after the separation, everyone in the village knew that the two families of the Xiao family had separated. They were very disdainful of Xiao Laoer's family, and many people looked down on him.
