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"absurd!

Since ancient times, women have obeyed their fathers at home and their husbands after marriage. Now that you are still a young woman, you must listen to your father.

Liu Tiezhu, Liu Tiechui, have you two lost your minds?!

He was actually willing to listen to a woman in order to avoid giving her fifteen taels of silver.

Are you even men?

Where has the man's backbone gone?

Liu Tianbao was so angry that he pointed at Tao'er and started cursing again.

"Liu Tao'er, you are truly unfilial and disrespectful to your brothers. You actually make your two older brothers listen to you. Aren't you afraid that once your bad reputation spreads, no one will dare to marry you?"

And what about your older brother's reputation?

Liu Jiaojiao also started cursing.

"Our whole family listens to my younger sister. As long as what she says or does is right, we will listen to her."

What does it matter what kind of face you have?

The important thing is that my younger sister is always doing it for the good of our family.

"That's right, my older brother is right!"

My sister is genuinely good to us, unlike some people who, under the guise of doing what's best for us, just make empty promises.

They're crawling on us and sucking our blood!

The two brothers didn't care about their reputation at all.

"You...you are utterly hopeless!"

No wonder he can't find a wife!

With a sister like that, you're destined to be bachelors for life!

Liu Jiaojiao stomped her feet in anger.

"Grandpa, Fourth Uncle, and others all heard it. My eldest and second brothers don't care about these empty titles at all."

Of course I don't care!

As for getting married and taking a wife, that's our own business, and it's none of your concern!

Instead of wasting your time, you should worry about Liu Jiaojiao!

I think she's the one who'll never get married!

Tao'er was still very gratified. Her two older brothers believed in her and loved her without reservation.

"Liu Tao'er, you scoundrel! You're the one who'll never get married!"

Liu Jiaojiao felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and wanted nothing more than to pounce on Liu Tao'er and scratch her face.

"Hahaha……

It's not a question of whether I can get married or not, but whether I want to get married!

And you, Liu Jiaojiao, are truly destined to never get married!

With your ugly appearance, no decent family would even consider you.

Those with poor financial conditions are even less likely to marry a lazy and good-for-nothing wife.

Tao'er did this on purpose; she just wanted to infuriate Liu Jiaojiao.

"Alright, stop arguing, Peach Girl. If your eldest son's family doesn't pay these fifteen taels of silver, we won't help your parents with any money they ask for in the future."

Just don't cause trouble then!

Don't go to the village head and stir up trouble.

We won't contribute a single penny to your older brothers' wedding expenses.

Furthermore, if your fourth uncle passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, he will not show any favor to your eldest son's family.

You'll regret this!

Liu Laogen thought to himself that this girl was indeed filial, and he would compromise for her parents' sake.

Tao'er laughed in anger when she heard Liu Laogen's threat.

Ha! This old geezer actually wants to force her to compromise by threatening her parents' medical expenses and her two older brothers' marriages.

They actually thought they could fool her? How ridiculous!

"Alright, since that's what the old man says, I have no objection."

Since you don't care about our main branch of the family, and you won't even take care of my parents' medical needs, then you might as well just separate us out!

I can make the decision for my parents.

Furthermore, I guarantee that our eldest branch of the family will never need a single penny from you again, nor will we try to take advantage of Fourth Uncle.

Tao'er took the opportunity to propose dividing the family property.

When Liu Laogen heard that the family was going to split up, he immediately became anxious.

The family has separated, and there's no one to do the farm work anymore. From now on, the money for Iron Hammer's hunting won't need to be paid to the public treasury.

Where does the money for the son's education and bribery come from?

When Liu Tianbao heard Tao'er mention dividing the family property, he thought to himself, "Has this girl gone mad?"

How dare they mention splitting up the family!

Since ancient times, the family has never separated while the parents are still alive.

Even he never mentioned splitting up the family.

So he quickly tried to persuade her, "Peach girl, your fourth uncle doesn't mean to kick you out!"

Your parents are both fine, and your mother is alive and well, so how can you bring up the idea of ​​dividing the family property?

Did your grandfather's words cause you to misunderstand?

"Peach Girl, when did I say we were separating the family?"

I'm just saying that from now on, you'll be responsible for your parents' medical expenses, as well as their food and everything else.

Anyway, you're moving out tomorrow.

And since you're unwilling to spend any money or help your fourth uncle, then naturally you can't rely on him for anything in the future!

Liu Laogen quickly explained.

"What a hypocritical father and son!"

Grandpa, you want all the money my eldest and second brothers earn to be handed over to the government.

They didn't give us enough rooms to live in, and made us sleep in the woodshed.

They don't feed us, and now they don't care whether my parents live or die!

How is this any different from splitting up the family property?

Tao'er asked in a clear and distinct voice.

"Liu Tao'er, it's your own choice to move out, not my parents' decision!"

What happened to the woodshed?

It can still be lived in after some repairs!

"You used to be just someone's maid, and now you're being picky?"

Liu Jiaojiao spoke in an imperious tone.

"Peach Girl, so you're angry because there aren't enough rooms!"

I have a spare room; you can stay in one of my rooms.

You don't have to move out!

You can just give us those few taels of silver, and you can continue living in the house, right?

Your grandfather definitely won't disagree.

The fourth son's wife, Wei, immediately smiled and tried to persuade him, but her smile seemed too fake.

"Yes, yes, you can continue to live here. Just give the few taels of silver from the sale of the house to your fourth brother."

"If we can scrape together another ten taels of silver, that should be enough."

Liu Laogen quickly echoed what his fourth wife had said.

Tao'er sneered and shook her head. "Fourth Aunt, you were absolutely adamant about not letting us have an empty room to live in back then."

I came up with a bunch of reasons.

Now they're offering to let us stay here, how ridiculous!

I have now rented a large house, which is enough for my family to live in.

We don't need your charity or fake kindness!

The Liu family is truly full of scheming.

"Old man, since I brought up the issue of dividing the family property today, it's bound to happen sooner or later."

If you disagree now, that's fine too!

When you want to separate the family property, I won't agree. Please think it over carefully!

I'll give you a stick of incense's time to consider.

If you don't agree, I'm going back inside.

Tao'er thought that it would be best if the family could be separated smoothly this time.

She didn't want these people harassing her every day; it was incredibly annoying!

"Peach Girl, wait a minute, let me think about it!"

"That's what Liu Laogen said."

The fourth brother needs money right now. If they can't raise one hundred taels of silver, it will affect his provincial examination, which would be a huge loss and a case of losing more than they gain.

"Alright, Grandpa, you can think about it!"

I'll sit here and wait.

So Liu Laogen and Lao Si whispered to each other for a long time, probably discussing something.

Finally, Liu Laogen spoke up, "Tao Yatou, since your eldest son's family wants to split up, it's not impossible."

But you need to take out twenty taels of silver for your fourth brother.

Also, after the family splits up, we won't interfere with the affairs of your eldest son's family.

But your parents have to give us gifts for each festival. Each gift must be no less than two catties of meat, two sets of clothes for spring and summer, and two sets of clothes for autumn and winter.

And every year, I and your grandmother receive three taels of silver.

Do you agree to these conditions?