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When Liu Laogen heard that Tao'er actually had a second idea, he couldn't help but frown.

He thought to himself that this brat seemed to have been prepared all along.

But no matter what ideas that brat has, he will never agree to splitting the family property.

So, with a stern face, he asked, "Peach girl, besides not separating the family, if you have a better idea, your grandfather might consider it. Tell me about it!"

"Grandpa, this is what your granddaughter is thinking. Our main house suddenly has four more people, so why don't we move out? That way, our main house will be more comfortable."

Tao'er thought that if she didn't live with the Liu family, she would have far fewer troubles.

It also makes it easier for her to treat her mother's eyes.

"Move out?"

Doesn't that mean we still have to split up?

"Peach Girl, I've already said that dividing the family property is impossible, so don't bring it up again."

Liu Laogen waved his hand, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"Grandpa, you've misunderstood your granddaughter's meaning."

Our eldest son moved out; it's not like we're dividing the family property.

Just like my fourth uncle and his family, they all live in town, but they haven't separated their households.

Living separately doesn't mean splitting up the family; it's just that Old Liu's house has too few rooms for everyone to live in!

I'm doing this for the good of the Liu family.

Tao'er spoke in a tone that suggested she was doing it for everyone's benefit.

"I see. Now that you've moved out, the house is indeed more spacious. But you still have to come back for meals. Won't that be too much trouble?"

Is it also difficult to arrange work?

Liu Laogen wondered what this brat was really thinking.

Could it be that they also want to move to the county town like the fourth brother?

However, he quickly dismissed this guess, arguing that without the support of the family, where would the eldest son's family get the money to live outside?

"Grandpa, what's the trouble? Just arrange things the way they were before."

Our main house just moved to another place in the village, not a very far place.

If Grandpa needs anything, he can just send someone over and let him know.

In addition, we moved, so our whole family has to take care of our own meals and doesn't eat at home anymore.

That way, we won't have to pay those several hundred coins for food, Grandpa, what do you think?

Their main house now has eight people, which will save a lot of food.

"Peach Girl, are you telling the truth? You're not separating the family, you're just moving out, and you don't need to use the public funds for food?"

Aunt Zhao smiled radiantly, holding Tao'er's hand with a much warmer attitude.

"I'm telling the truth, but we just moved out, so Grandpa and the others need to give us some food to tide us over."

Tao'er nodded, her clear eyes revealing no falsehood.

She didn't really care whether she needed grain or not; she couldn't eat millet at all because it hurt her throat.

However, they still had to put on an act; otherwise, Liu Laogen and the others would become suspicious if they didn't ask for any food.

"The money that Iron Hammer earns from hunting and the money that Iron Pillar earns must be handed over to the public treasury."

Fourth Aunt Wei spoke first.

That's his fourth son's money bag.

"Since the family hasn't split up, the money my eldest and second brothers earn will naturally be handed over to the public treasury."

Fourth Aunt can rest assured.

Tao'er readily agreed.

She had already seen through her aunt's thoughts, but she just didn't expose them.

The money from hunting and selling the game is turned over to the authorities, but the amount is entirely up to them.

When her second brother catches prey, she can throw it into her spatial storage, only leaving one or two out for others to see.

She wouldn't be foolish enough to let her second brother hand over all the money from selling the game.

"Since the eldest brother and sister-in-law are paying for medical expenses, can your eldest branch of the family also bear the costs yourselves?"

My fourth son is taking the provincial examination this year, and there are indeed many expenses involved. I'm afraid we won't be able to squeeze out enough money from our savings to pay for your parents' medical treatment.

Fourth Aunt Wei spoke up again.

"Fourth Aunt, what you're saying is going too far!"

We now manage to feed our family of eight ourselves.

She just didn't want to be a burden on the Liu family.

Your fourth branch is doing well; your whole family lives in the county town, eating and drinking well, but you're spending public funds.

Why are you trying to save on my parents' medical expenses now?

Fourth Aunt, don't be too greedy!

Liu Tao'er didn't hold back in criticizing Wei Shi.

Wei's face instantly turned ugly, and she stammered, "You brat, how can you talk like that?"

I was just making a small suggestion. If you disagree, that's fine, but there's no need to be disrespectful.

Tao'er sneered, "The old man who is the head of the family hasn't said he won't treat my parents, yet you dare to say that."

We, the eldest son's family, aren't fools. My parents were timid and weak before, which is why you bullied them. Now that I'm back, I won't let you bully me anymore.

Third Aunt Zhao clicked her tongue a few times and looked at Wei with sarcasm, "Fourth Sister-in-law, Tao is right, one should not be too greedy."

The eldest son of the family is moving out to live elsewhere, and his food is no longer provided by the public treasury. That's already quite good. It saves the public treasury a lot of food!

Now that my elder brother and sister-in-law are injured, they won't even provide them with medical treatment. Isn't that utterly inhumane?

She wasn't trying to help the eldest son's family out of kindness; she just couldn't stand Wei Shi.

"Alright, stop arguing, you're giving me a headache."

Liu Laogen shouted loudly, and everyone fell silent.

After speaking, the old man turned to look at Tao'er, a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked, "Tao'er, can you really do what you just said?"

He did the math and realized that this would really save his family a lot of money, since the eldest son's family now has eight members.

Even if each person eats two steamed buns, that's still sixteen buns in one meal.

Besides, they also have to eat brown rice porridge. Even if it's just thin porridge, half a pound of brown rice has to be cooked in each meal.

Two meals a day consist of one pound of brown rice.

A pound of brown rice now costs three coins.

(One jin is equivalent to 16 liang in later times)

Three coins a day, and you can save ninety coins a month.

This does not include the food.

So Liu Laogen was still willing for them to move out.

"Old man, I brought it up myself, so it's definitely valid."

Now we're just waiting for your nod.

Tao'er said with a serious expression.

Liu Laogen turned to look at the Liu brothers, Tiezhu and Tiechui, and asked, "Tiezhu, Tiechui, do you two brothers agree too?"

Although the Liu brothers did not understand why their younger sister wanted to do this, they believed she had her own reasons, so they nodded without hesitation.

"Grandpa, we agree!"

We'll do whatever our little sister tells us to do.

The two spoke in unison.

Do your parents agree?

Should we ask them?

Liu Laogen wondered what would happen if his eldest son and his wife had a hard time in the future.

Inside the house, Liu Laogen pushed open the doors and windows and shouted, "Dad, your son is useless now."

It's best to leave family matters to the children to make decisions.

They're all grown up now.

Liu Laogen looked up at his honest and simple eldest son and felt that something about him had changed, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"If that's the case, then so be it!"

If you, the eldest son's family, move out, then you can give the rooms you used to live in to the third and fourth sons' families!

The second wife's children are all daughters; they'll belong to another family sooner or later, so there's no need to divide them up.

As Liu Laogen said this, he glanced at his second son and added, "Second son, don't blame your father for arranging things this way."

"That's what happens when you only have daughters!"

Liu Erniu was indignant, but dared not contradict his father.

Seeing that her husband was silent, Madam Xu dared not speak either and could only endure it.

Tao'er sneered. Their main house hadn't even been moved out yet, and this old man was already impatient to divide up their house.

However, she shouldn't meddle too much now, but the house in their main house isn't so easy to divide.

"Grandpa, we haven't moved out yet!"

Aren't you being a little too hasty?

"Of course I have no objection to receiving these houses, but they can't be given away for nothing."

Tao'er looked at her third and fourth aunts, who were already beaming with joy, and said calmly.