In fact, Mr. Chu had some troubles in his heart.

He sold four acres of dry land today and got sixteen taels. He sold the grain in the land in advance to get eighteen taels. Sooner or later, the people in the village will know about it. No one will believe it if they don't have cash. But the money must be left to the boss.

, I have to pay back thirty taels tomorrow, so there are only four taels left, plus eight taels of cash, Baofeng's dowry, several wives' private money, and miscellaneous things, I can barely make up twenty taels, but I still have to keep it.

For the boss and his son to go to the county to take the exam.

Chu Congrong had heard that there was some rift between Village Chief Li and Mr. Chu. Village Chief Li seemed to be more inclined to his side, so he felt relieved that the family was settled today.

Mr. Chu repeatedly emphasized that the family did not have any money, but he could not give an explanation that satisfied Village Chief Li. Village Chief Li knew that Chu Youxian was seriously injured in the accident, so he turned his attention to Ms. Ye and asked her what she had

idea.

Ms. Ye has always been soft-tempered and has no independent opinions. She is not as sharp-tongued as Mrs. Du. Faced with such a high-pressure situation, she doesn't know what to say, so she can only use her eyes to ask her daughter for help.

"Grandpa, village chief, my mother has not slept a wink day and night to take care of my father, and she couldn't think of anything to say at the moment. Can I say a few words for her?" Chu Congrong understood Ye's thoughts and took over the words.

Village Chief Li nodded and told her to just speak boldly.

"Grandpa, the village chief, eighteenth son, my father is lying in bed now not knowing whether he is alive or dead. The doctor said that even if he is rescued, he will not be able to go back to do heavy work in three to five years. He will no doubt be a disabled person if he cannot work. My fourth uncle has inconvenient legs and feet, and my brothers and I are small.

My mother and third brother alone cannot support our family. From the bottom of our hearts, we are unwilling to split up..."

Mrs. Du became anxious, her eyes widened and she shouted angrily: "I just agreed to separate the families, why are you denying it and going back on it! You have no right to disagree with what my lord has decided!"

Chu Congrong looked serious and shouted sternly: "Shut up! Grandpa the village chief is here, how can you, a mere concubine, have the right to speak!"

"You, you, you... old man, look at how arrogant this bitch is!" Mrs. Du was so angry that she was out of breath!

Mr. Chu was also furious and said: "Damn girl, you are really lawless! She is your elder no matter what, and you have repeatedly insulted your elders. Is this what a granddaughter should say? What if your father were here?

, I must let him beat you to death!"

Chu Congrong snorted and said loudly: "Isn't it true that my grandma is your first wife? After my grandma passed away, I didn't renew the relationship, right? When Mrs. Du came in, she was an equal wife. When did I promote her as my first wife?

Since she is not a concubine! According to the law of Daning, it is not wrong to say that an equal wife is also a concubine! It is truly disrespectful for a concubine to shout in front of the village chief grandfather and the eighteenth prince!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Du's eyes suddenly turned red. She wanted to step forward and grab Chu Congrong, but Master Chu grabbed her and shouted in a low voice: "Do you still want to separate the family?"

Mrs. Chu's eyes turned black and she carried her back in one breath. Chu Youzhi hurriedly pinched the person and finally woke up.

"What do you want, just tell me." Mr. Chu suppressed the anger in his heart. To be honest, he was also frightened by this granddaughter, who was sharp-tongued and unforgiving.

"The eldest uncle in my family specializes in imperial examinations, and if he succeeds in the examination, he will be famous; the fifth uncle will make a fortune day by day in business; the second uncle just handles farm work and has enough food and clothing! It is exactly the same as the three cornerstones of Daning, which shows how good I am in strategizing and far-sightedness.

Incomparably wise! My fourth uncle and I have dragged everyone down, making it impossible for me to live a comfortable life. Considering filial piety and justice, if you want to separate us, let’s do it. If someone is sycophantic behind your back, this is our real treason.

, Unfilial and disloyal! I just beg you, for the sake of my mother, to give us more money and food when we separate, so that we can survive."

This is Chu Congrong's goal to get more money and food. If he doesn't fight for it, the savings will be in vain to benefit the others. Don't waste it.

The words were soft and hard, and Village Chief Li and Shiba Gong nodded frequently. Shiba Gong even opened his mouth and scolded: "Chu Laoliu, look at what a wonderful granddaughter this is, and you are willing to push it out!"

Mr. Chu was so angry that he didn't want to get angry on the spot. He was thinking about how much money he could squeeze out after paying off the thirty taels. After hesitating for a long time, he agreed to give them three taels of silver. The next few people discussed the food and fields around the house one by one.

Finally reached a consensus.

The three houses were allotted an old house, three taels of cash, three chickens, five acres of paddy fields, two acres of dry land, four hundred and fifty kilograms of coarse grains, and one hundred and fifty kilograms of sweet potatoes. The pigs would not participate in the distribution. This is Chu.

Calmly offered to give up. At the end of each year, the three-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments had to give one or two taels of silver to the two elders.

Originally, Chu Youwen and others proposed one or two six cents, and eight hundred cents per person was not much. However, Chu Congrong said that eight hundred cents would be fine for Mr. Chu, while Du could only give four hundred, and the concubine would give half of that.

Mrs. Du felt like a knife had been stabbed into her heart again, and her heart was bleeding crazily!

My heart aches!

A small impatience will ruin a big plan. As long as we can get rid of these bastards quickly, I can bear the pain no matter how hard it hurts!

Chu Youwen chose to give in at his mother's signal. After everyone finally reached an agreement, Mrs. Du took out three small ingots of silver and threw them in front of everyone: "Let them move out today! I deserve to see them more than once."

Panic! If they refuse to leave tonight, I promise not to give them a penny, and I can do whatever they want!"

Everyone thought that Mrs. Du was severely provoked by Chu Congrong. Only Chu Youzhi knew what her mother was afraid of. What if someone came to collect her debt tomorrow?

Everyone looked at Mr. Chu in embarrassment. Mr. Chu's face was relatively ugly. What was wrong with the damn old woman? How could she get off the stage by making things so difficult for her?

Village Chief Li wanted to scold Mrs. Du, but was stopped by Chu Congrong.

It turned out that Chu Congrong asked Chu Youde about the situation of the old house, and she said to everyone: "We don't have to make things difficult for the village chief grandpa anymore. It's still early, so just move. Third brother, you stay with the village chief grandpa."

Let's get the deed done first, and let the fourth uncle pay the deposit later. The fourth uncle is responsible for weighing the grain. Mom and I will clean up a house and come out first. Dad can't bear the hardship. Xiaoliu, go take care of dad and drink chicken soup first.

Xiao Qi is responsible for packing some light items. We will start moving immediately!"

Mrs. Du's move is exactly what she wants. Don't you wish we would disappear immediately? I am also afraid of long nights and many dreams.

Village Chief Li said with an appreciative tone: "I passed by that house the day before yesterday and took a few glances to see if it could be livable after tidying it up. However, there are leaks in some places on the roof, but it's unlikely to rain in this weather. Tonight

Just do it yourself, I'll call a few people over tomorrow to help you clean it up."

After hearing this, Chu Congrong thanked him repeatedly and wished he could give the old man a big hug on the spot. What a good man!

The family worked separately, and the progress was much faster than expected.

Mainly because the family didn't have many things, and it happened that the old house was close to Niu Er's house. Niu Er saw them busy, so he brought Niu Xiaohua over to help. Two new people were added at once, and the speed was much faster.

When it gets dark, most of the moving is done.

All the things were just moved over and piled up in a larger room without time to clean up and sort them. Seeing that they were dirty and messy, Niu Xiaohua wanted to invite Chu Congrong to spend the night at her house. Chu Congrong thought that at this critical moment,

I had to stay with my family and share the joys and sorrows with them, so I politely declined.

Mrs. Ye built a stove with a few mud bricks in the courtyard, cooked a pot of corn porridge and vegetables, and planned to deal with it like this on the first night.

Chu Congrong remembered that her father couldn't eat the chicken, so he only drank some soup and chicken blood. The pot of chicken was still good, so he brought it over and gave it to others to eat. Ye was unwilling to give up and planned to cook another round tomorrow.

Chu Congrong told her that eating overcooked food is more harmful to patients, and only fresh food is better, and promised that her father would drink fresh chicken soup tomorrow. Ye was skeptical, but couldn't bear to scold her daughter, so she had to

Let her go.

That night, Chu Congrong and the twins crowded into the same room. They found two old wooden boards and spread them on the floor to make a temporary bed. The twins were at a young and ignorant stage and had no idea about family separation.

Tuo was very excited, finally getting rid of Mrs. Du's beatings and Shiro Wulang's bullying. She no longer had to think about getting up early to work all day long, and no longer had to worry all day long.

Liulang took out a handful of broken silver and some copper coins and handed them to Chu Congrong, which she had asked him to hide before. Chu Congrong took them and counted them carefully. One, two or eight coins, this was the total amount of the three of them during their two trips to the town.

reward.

"Why is it so smelly?" Chu Congrong felt that the broken silver had a smell.

"Hey, I'm hiding under the pig pen, and I'm pressing it down with a stone slab so no one can think of it!" Rokuro said proudly.

"Sister, you don't know, my third brother used to kill a few rabbits and hid more than ten pennies in the soles of his shoes, which were found out. Once he hid it next to the toilet and even the young lady could find it and even beat him.

, because he hid it in the wrong place and the money stinks!" Qi Lang said smugly, imitating Chu Congrong and changing his name to Mrs. Du.

"Lao Liu is so smart, he knows that grandma never goes to the pig pen." Qi Lang complimented.

Chu Congren couldn't help but laugh, this old witch is really powerful, her nose is sharper than a police dog.

"What's even more exaggerated is that my mother went to help someone else's house, and she originally agreed to pay thirty cents. Before the work was finished, the little grandma went directly to the owner's house to ask for it, and she complained that she wanted less, and insisted on the other party paying twenty cents more!

Later, no one in the village dared to ask my mother to work for her anymore."

"One more time..."

The two brothers recounted the dark history of Mrs. Du in detail, which made Chu Congrong feel sad for the whole family. The old witch was also very good at what she did.

The three of them chatted until midnight, and the two brothers finally fell asleep. Chu Congrong could not fall asleep for a long time. She was sweating from moving things, and when she wanted to find water to take a bath, she realized that she had forgotten to take the water tank into account, and she had miscalculated! It was not easy.

Overcoming the discomfort of not taking a shower, I found that there were so many mosquitoes in the house, which was really embarrassing. Moreover, the weather was hot and the house smelled of dust...

Damn you, I really miss the days of air conditioning!

In the room next door, Ms. Ye couldn't fall asleep. She looked at her man like a living dead, and she felt so sad. With her husband and wife so damaged, she felt like the sky was about to collapse! The divided family only had seven acres of land.

So we have to wait until autumn before farming. With three taels of silver, the whole family's future livelihood will depend on this. Not only do they have to take care of food and drink, they also have to buy autumn seeds. My husband needs dozens of coins just for chicken soup every day. Listen to the girl keep going on like this.

, how long can three taels of silver last?
Chapter completed!