Aunt Ye was determined to separate the family and went straight out to find the clan elders to make the decision.
A quarter of an hour later, the clan elder and Cui Weizhen were called to Ye's house. Ye Zhenzhen walked over and whispered to him, "Brother Zhen, why are you here too?"
Cui Weizhen looked helpless, "Uncle Seventh and the others invited me here."
He is not only the son-in-law of the Ye family, but also a scholar. The seventh uncle invited him to be a witness.
Yejia Village is a big family, and the whole village is related by relatives. The Seventh Uncle and the others are the same generation as Ye Boshan. Even if Ye Boshan is the village chief, he has to listen to them.
The most fundamental reason is that the family tree is in the hands of the seventh uncle.
Generally speaking, genealogy is in the hands of the clan leader and village chief, but the ancestors of the Ye family had a different idea and set rules to directly separate the two. Ye Boshan was in charge of village taxation, corvee and other government affairs, while the seventh uncle was in charge of the entire village.
They also guarded the population and clan affairs, and even the ancestral hall, so their prestige was no less than that of Ye Boshan.
The seventh uncle and his elders all gathered in the courtyard of the Ye family, "Dayong's wife has explained the whole story to us clearly. Brother, your family is really confused. A bowl of water is not equal. No wonder the big house is not equal. It is also unreasonable to ask for a division of the family."
Excusable."
"Listen to this, seventh brother agrees with Dayong and his family to separate their families?" Ye Boshan asked in return.
The seventh uncle stroked his beard and said, "Although there is no precedent, life is lived by everyone. Dayong's wife's request is reasonable and reasonable. We discussed it and unanimously approved it."
"no!"
Li Erniang shouted, "The eldest brother wants to kick our family away when he has a good son-in-law. How can such a good thing happen? Seventh brother, if you agree with this kind of unvirtuous and unfilial behavior, aren't you afraid of ruining the atmosphere of Yejia Village?"
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Uncle Seventh looked concerned. Wasn't it you, the mother-in-law, who was the first to ruin the morals?
"Mother-in-law, what do you mean by this? When did I say I was not filial to you?"
Aunt Ye grabbed the words and said, "Dayong is the eldest son in the family. After the separation, you two have always lived with us. As long as we have food rations, we will never forget you. How can we not be virtuous and unfilial? The second brother wants to study and get fame and earn his own money."
Is it wrong to take the money away?"
"That's right."
The seventh uncle nodded affirmatively, "Sage Kong once said that you don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality. The big house has provided the second room for studying for more than 20 years. I have done my best. Now I want to provide for my children to study. This is human nature.
.Sister-in-law, you can’t spoil your first child just because you are a stepmother.”
Li Erniang loves fame and is afraid that people will say what she is like as a stepmother. No matter how she abuses her eldest son, she always wears a fig leaf outside.
Being singled out at this moment, he immediately became angry and said, "When did I ruin the big house? Did I miss out on their food or drink? I worked so hard to bring Dayong up, but in the end I can't even fall behind?"
A look of shame appeared on Ye Dayong's face. No matter what, Li Erniang's nurturing kindness can never be erased.
"Being a cow and a horse for these years is enough to repay your kindness."
Aunt Ye glared at Ye Dayong fiercely, her eye circles slowly turning red, "You didn't treat us harshly? Then why did I lose my Sanya? I had money to redeem my second uncle's prostitution money, but I didn't have any money to give me Sanya.
Ya cures the disease? As long as we have a little money on hand, Sanya will not die."
This child has always been a pain in the hearts of the couple. Dayong hugged his head in pain, and could no longer think of any kind of parenting grace. Maybe separating the family is the best way.
Uncle Seventh and others did not know about such secret matters. At this moment, they all showed surprise and looked at Ye Boshan with eyes full of reproach and disapproval.
Ye Boshan seemed to have suddenly aged ten years. He closed his eyes and said, "Okay, I agreed, we will separate the family."
Ye Sanyong, who was sleeping in the house, was pulled out and began to divide the family property.
The Ye family does not have much property, including an ancestral house and 18 acres of ancestral land. Even the money left over from the last sale of the land has been used to buy medicine for Ye Shiming's leg these days, so there is not a single copper in the family.
After calculating the accounts one by one, the faces of the clan elders became more and more contemptuous. They had seen parents who were partial, but they were not so partial. They took the second wife into their hearts and treated the other two as straw.
After discussing with the others, the seventh uncle announced the result of the division, "Dafang is the eldest son and accounts for the majority of the family property. He inherits the ancestral house and eight acres of land, and will shoulder the important task of supporting his parents in the future. As for the second and third families, each will be allocated five acres of land.
, we must pay twenty cash a month in alimony, do you have any objection to this result?"
Ye Boshan had never been so embarrassed. His face was so hot that he had no shame to object.
Li Erniang was different, she just exploded, "I don't agree! Shiming is injured now and can't move. The ancestral home must be left to him! Also, he will have to study in the future. There are six people in his family, and five acres of land is simply not enough.
To make a living, you need ten acres of land!"
"Brother, what do you mean?"
Ye Boshan puffed on his hookah and said nothing, probably acquiescing.
The seventh uncle was amazed, "What about the second bedroom, ten acres of land and the ancestral house, the eldest bedroom and the third bedroom? Dayong still has two children to support, and Sanyong doesn't even have a wife."
Li Erniang's eyes flashed and she said, "They share eight acres of land equally. Brother Zhen has made a promising career, and he will have no worries about living in the big house. Sanyong can feed himself and the whole family will not be hungry. Four acres of land is enough to feed him."
This shameless energy is truly breathtaking.
Ye Sanyong smiled sarcastically, "The eldest brother is the eldest son. He only got four acres of land. He doesn't even have an ancestral home, so he's not afraid of being stabbed in the back. Anyway, I'm idle and not engaged in production. If I have a field, it will be abandoned. All of it will be given to me."
Brother is fine."
"you!"
Li Erniang immediately became anxious, "Are you stupid? If you sell four acres of land, you can still get forty taels of silver! If you don't want it, you might as well give it to your second brother!"
Look, this is my mother. She has never thought about how San Yong will live without her land, because she is afraid that her second wife will suffer a loss.
The chill in Ye Sanyong's eyes became even colder.
Ye Dayong's eyes were bloodshot, "Third brother, I can't take your field. If you are worried about it being abandoned, the field brother can help you take care of it, so that you can have food for yourself in the future."
"It's up to you." Ye Sanyong's eyes flashed slightly, but he turned his head and stopped talking.
Ye Dayong looked at Ye Boshan and Li Erniang again, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed three times, "I know that my parents think I am stupid and don't like me, and they will not be happy living with me in the future. My son is unfilial, and now
I just want to make a request. Since the second brother has inherited the ancestral house and ten acres of land, the second brother will live with the second brother from now on. The third brother and I will pay an alimony of 20 cents per month. Do you agree?"
"agreed, agreed!"
Li Erniang was eager for this and quickly poked Ye Boshan. Ye Boshan seemed to have just come to his senses and said in a low voice, "Seventh brother, just do what Dayong said and write a deed."
The seventh uncle asked Cui Weizhen and other elders of the clan to bear witness and established a written deed, and the Ye family was officially divided.