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Upon hearing this, the village head Chen Shuigen frowned, his tone carrying a hint of authority, "Wang family, dividing the family property and dividing the land and belongings has always been a normal and reasonable process."

What's wrong?

You've divided up your family's cattle but haven't given them any land or supplies. Are you trying to starve them to death?

"If we divide the family property but don't divide the land and belongings, can it still be called dividing the family property?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Wang still stubbornly said, "Village head, even after the family splits up, they still have hands and feet; they won't starve to death."

Even after the family split up, Hammer could still earn money by hunting to buy food and even land.

Tie Zhu could also earn money to support his family by chopping firewood and doing odd jobs.

Where does the claim of starvation come from?

Don't deliberately target us just because you're biased towards Da Niu and his family.

You have to understand that we, the two of us old folks, and all the other family members from the second, third, and fourth households, need to eat!

"Wang, now that the family has split up, how much money the eldest son and his family make is their business, and it has nothing to do with you."

They were skilled at hunting and chopping wood to earn money.

Your other sons are useless because they can't hunt or are unwilling to work odd jobs.

We cannot allow them to take what is rightfully theirs because of this.

Everything must be done according to the rules. Do you really think I'm just a figurehead?

Chen Shuigen had long disliked Wang Shi; she was simply a troublemaker in the Liu family.

"Grandpa Chen is right. We, the eldest son's family, should receive the same share as everyone else, and we will also contribute as much as we are entitled to."

If my grandparents don't want to divide our land among themselves, then we can go to court and ask the magistrate to make a judgment.

Tao'er spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

That old hag, she actually thinks she can't share anything with them? Dream on!

"Brother Liu, you heard it too. Tao said that if you don't give us anything, then we'll ask the magistrate to make the judgment."

If things escalate, your son Tianbao's reputation will likely be affected to some extent.

You should know better than I which is more important.

Chen Shuigen patted Liu Laogen on the shoulder and said.

This Brother Liu is really foolish!

Liu Laogen sighed, "Fine, let's proceed with the normal division of the family property!"

It's all a family matter; it's ridiculous to take it to court.

Our family has a total of 30 mu of land, of which 12 mu are of superior quality, 10 mu are of medium quality, and 8 mu are of inferior quality.

The four brothers, plus the two of us old folks, divided the spoils into five portions.

Tao'er chuckled inwardly; this old man really was a cunning old fox.

Divide it into five portions, and the portion for the elderly couple will be left for the fourth son.

"I disagree. There's already so little land, why should it be divided into five parts?"

Grandpa and Grandma are living with their families now, are they afraid of going hungry?

Even if all the sons are separated by the end of the year, the Liu family will still have four sons in total, and each son will receive grain, money, and festival gifts.

What do they need the land for? When they get old, do they expect their sons to make them toil in the fields?

The old man wanted to make his own plans, but she wouldn't let him have his way.

"Also, I should add that we've given too much grain. Since there are four sons, we can only contribute a quarter of it, which is the share belonging to our eldest son's family."

Apart from this, nothing else needs to be changed: clothing, festival gifts, pork, and three taels of silver a year.

Village head, could you please change the line for "grain"?

Change it to 30 catties of brown rice and 10 catties of cornmeal per month.

"If they agree, that's fine; if they don't, I won't give them a single penny of the extra twenty taels of silver."

Tao'er's words immediately made everyone furious again.

The first to speak was Wang, who almost screamed, "You little slut, do you think your words are nothing but farts?"

That's not what you just said.

Are you making fun of me and your grandfather?

How could our Liu family have produced such a wretched child like you!

"I'm sorry, Grandma, I didn't think of that before. I'm so grateful for your reminder."

I forgot to tell you that the family division document hasn't been signed or stamped with the official seal yet, so it's not valid at all. Therefore, modifications are possible.

This isn't called going back on your word!

Madam Wang looked at the village head and asked, "Village head, is what this brat is saying true?"

The village head then spoke up, "Wang, what Tao girl said is all true."

Your fourth child should know this very well.

Wang looked at the fourth son again, and Liu Tianbao said, "Mother, what she said is all true."

All documents and contracts must be stamped with the official seal to be valid.

This brat knows a lot. Could it be that she was a maid in a wealthy family before?

Thinking of this, Liu Tianbao looked up at Tao'er, his eyes dark and unreadable.

Tao'er pretended not to see it.

Liu Laogen sighed again and said, "Since that's the case, then please make the changes as Tao Yatou suggested!"

In the future, when the other branches of the family divide their property, they can also provide for our elderly parents according to this standard.

Let the four brothers divide the land among themselves!

This girl is unwilling to suffer any loss, but fortunately she is willing to give twenty taels of silver, and even three taels of silver a year in advance, which at least relieved the fourth son's urgent need.

Nothing is more important than the fourth son's provincial examination. This time, we must do everything right to ensure our son succeeds.

This is more important than anything else.

It's just a few acres of land being divided up. When the fourth son becomes an official, he might get not just a few acres, but hundreds of acres.

Wang was so angry she gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do; her disagreement was useless!

The old man and the village head are both here, and they disagree. This brat probably won't give up a single penny.

"Then I'll start dividing it up, Brother Liu."

Chen Shuigen said.

Let's split it!

It's better to break up sooner rather than later!

Now I can finally have some peace and quiet.

Liu Laogen waved his hand, looking somewhat helpless.

The other aunts didn't dare to speak, because if Liu Tianbao stopped talking, what could they, as women, change?

However, they genuinely admired Liu Tao'er; this girl was truly amazing and knew so much!

Even the fourth scholar couldn't do anything about her.

"Then I'll start dividing it."

The Liu family owned twelve mu of top-quality land, which was divided into four parts, with the eldest son's family receiving three mu.

The ten mu of medium-sized land was divided into four parts, with the eldest son receiving two and a half mu of land.

Eight mu of inferior land were divided into four parts, with the eldest son receiving two mu.

The eldest son's family received a total of seven and a half acres of land.

That's right, isn't it?

Chen Shuigen wrote and read aloud at the same time.

At this moment, Tao'er spoke up, "Grandpa Chen, I don't want the chickens and ducks at home, but we want to share one of the pigs."

These pigs were all raised by my mother.

For farm tools, all we need is a hoe and a machete.

We don't need the other bowls, chopsticks, oil, salt, etc.

She can buy new bowls and chopsticks, and as for oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, she already has them readily available in her space.

"No, I don't agree. Husband, we only have two pigs at home. How can we give them to that ungrateful wretch from the eldest son's wife?"

Wang refused to agree no matter what, her eyes practically daring to devour Tao'er alive.

Chen Shuigen glanced at Tao'er, "Tao'er, there are only two pigs, it's hard to divide them. How about we get something else?"

Zhao and Wei also said at the same time, "Grandpa, this pig can't be given to our eldest brother!"

Even if it's divided into four parts, the eldest son's family will only get half a pig!

"Half a pig is fine, I still need it."

Tao'er said deliberately.

"Peach Girl, the two pigs at home aren't that big yet, it's not time to slaughter them."

"How about this, we'll slaughter a pig for the New Year and give your eldest son's family two jin of pork and a piece of lard. Is that alright?"

Having no other option, Chen Shuigen could only ask in a consultative tone.

"Grandpa, you think you can get rid of me with this little bit of food? A pig weighs at least 200 jin during the New Year."

Half a pig weighs at least 80 or 90 pounds; I've lost out big time.

No, no!

Tao'er shook her head.