Chapter 111: Finally Separated 2

  Because no one responded to Mrs. Xú, the atmosphere couldn't help but turn cold for a moment. Mrs. Xú had wanted to say something else, but was pulled by her sleeve by Chǔ Lìwǎn sitting beside her. The mother and daughter exchanged a glance, and Mrs. Xú saw that Chǔ Lìwǎn slightly shook her head, so she stopped.

  Before long, several elders in the village also arrived. With more people now, the east room suddenly became very crowded.

  There weren't enough seats, and those standing were all stifled. Having no choice, Chu Zhenghai could only have people set up benches and chairs in the courtyard, which was divided into sections right in their own yard.

  Guandashan also had someone prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

  As for this major event of dividing the family property, all family members should be present. However, considering that Chu Yan's second son is studying and third son is working at school, it would take them a while to rush back. As for the eldest son of the Chu family, they have never been home anyway. It seems like everyone can't gather together, so I didn't bring them along. With just these people present, we'll divide the Chu family property.

  The land in the Chu family is actually the easiest to divide, because earlier, Chu Lishou and Mo Shi had already discussed it. If they were to divide the house, they would take a few hectares of poor land on their own initiative, so that the number of hectares they wanted could be slightly more, as long as they worked hard enough, life wouldn't be too difficult.

  So as soon as the number of fields in the family was announced, Chu Lishou spoke up first and said: "Dad, mom, our family has seven mu of inferior land. We don't want much. You just give us four mu of inferior land and that's enough."

  Chu Lixiu's words made Xu Shi's heart skip a beat.

  The old three families have the most people in this house, if they want the best two acres of superior land, even if she wants to stop them, I'm afraid it won't be very effective.

  When Chu Lishou finally announced that they were all low-grade fields, the whole audience, including the villagers who were watching from outside the gate, couldn't help but discuss it in an uproar.

  If they were lucky and the heavens blessed them, they might just be able to make ends meet and feed that whole family of Chu's, but if they encountered a bad year, wouldn't they have to tighten their belts to get by?

  Some people also discussed whether Chu Lishou was short-sighted, saying that his family had the most people, with both boys and girls, and it would not be excessive to give them two mu of superior land.

  Of course, some people also think that Chu Lishou was forced into a corner and had no choice, as long as he could separate from the family, he would be willing to starve.

  All sorts of gossip had reached the ears of those people in the courtyard, and Chu Zhenghai's already unattractive face now looked even more unpleasant.

  "Who wants the inferior land! Even if you want it, it must be after everyone has been allocated their share, and then you can take your portion!" Chu Zhenghai glared at Chu Lishou with a bad temper, and then said to the village head and other elders present: "Village head, elders, this child is really foolish, always thinking of leaving all the good things for us old people. But we old people cannot ignore them. My family has only these fields, according to the allocation, Lao San's family will get three mu of inferior land, two mu of medium-grade land!"

  The Chu family only has two mu of superior land, five mu of medium land and seven mu of inferior land. If it's divided according to Chu Zhenghai's method, then the Chu Zhenghai family won't have any advantage either!

  Everyone showed a very disdainful expression, Chu Zhenghai's heart couldn't help but be surprised for a moment, and he hurriedly continued to say: "My eldest son has been gone for many years, but after all, he is still alive. No matter what, I have to leave him some property. Considering that he is the eldest, I think about giving him one mu of superior land. In the years when he was not at home, my wife and I took care of it together. The remaining one mu of superior land will be divided among the second son's family, but everyone also knows that there is a scholar brother in his household, and the annual expenses are not small either. So, we'll give the second son's family an additional one mu of medium-grade land and one mu of inferior land. The rest will be evenly divided between the third and fourth sons' families. Does anyone present think this division is unreasonable?"