Xie Hui sat there with an indifferent attitude, which made Grandpa Xie's desire to separate the family stronger and stronger.
It is tiring enough to be busy farming in this spring day. If you have to worry about going home, thinking about whether the water you drink or the food you eat is poisonous, this day is simply hopeless.
"It just so happens that there is an old house at the east end of the village, and it can live in after some repairs."
"The family will be separated today, thank you, pack up your and your son's things and go over there."
Whether in ancient times or modern times, Xie Hui has never seen a family separated like this.
What's more, not all the things in this family belong to the old couple.
The client has a simple and honest personality, and he doesn't know how to argue with others on weekdays.
It was fine when his wife was there, but after his wife left, everyone was convinced that offending Xie Kangli would be bad luck.
His elder brother and younger brother both like to be lazy when they are working.
As soon as they say where it hurts or feels uncomfortable, the client will help them finish the work.
When not busy, the client will go to the county to find some work.
Both the elder brother and the younger brother were sent to school for two years, and only the client was asked to work in the fields when they reached the age.
When I was growing up, I went to be a porter for others, for a little money, and I didn't thank my grandfather when I was an adult.
At the beginning, most of the money for his elder brother's marriage was paid by the client.
Now the family is separated, but only the house with a few earthen walls is divided between the father and the son.
"Father, do you think I look like a fool? If this is the case, then I might as well stay at home. My sister-in-law prepares delicious food every day, so I don't have to worry about anything. Whoever makes me unhappy, then I will go to the county town Buy something."
In fact, Grandpa Xie also found out that his distribution was not even enough, but they all want to eat their mouths, so they can only act against their conscience.
Originally thought that according to his youngest son's honest and responsible character, even if it was unfair, he would not jump out and accuse his father.
Now after being pointed out, the old face inexplicably started to feel hot, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth to curse:
"Are you not satisfied with something?"
"Father, do you want me to do the math for you? When you sent your elder brother and younger brother to school, and me to work in the fields, to earn money by working for others..."
Before Xie Hui could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Grandpa Xie.
"Family, why are you so clearly divided?"
After finishing speaking, he didn't dare to look at Xie Hui at all. Obviously, although he said it happily, he was still a little guilty.
"Father, if you treat me as a family, how can I count these things with you?"
In the end, Grandpa Xie gave in, which was to give him a few bowls and a pot.
Nowadays, this iron pot is still a rare thing, and there are only two people in each family at most. When Grandpa Xie said this, the old lady next to him was so distressed that he almost bleeds.
But after he finished speaking, seeing that Xie Hui had no intention of compromising at all, Grandpa Xie was also a little angry.
"Thank you! What do you want?"
"How dare I think about it? I just want to stay at home for a few days without doing any work and have food."
If it is said that this family is good enough to the client, then Xie Hui will not make such a fuss.
But from memory, I know that they only treat the client as an old scalper, and look at their stingy faces now.
Xie Hui felt that even throwing away the things purchased with the money earned by the client was better than giving them to these white-eyed wolves.
Grandpa Xie said to give Xie Hui a pot, and the others felt that they gave Xie Hui too much, let alone what Xie Hui wanted now was more.
But thank you for the threatening words you said before, these people were also panicked in their hearts, and in the end, they could only ask the village chief to come and decide.
"Thank you, old man. In our village, there is no family separated like you."
"Look for yourself, are you like this?!"
The village head is considered an official to these people. Grandpa Xie dared to be presumptuous in front of Xie Hui, but in front of the village head, he only dared to nod submissively and say yes.
"Since there are two members of your family, you have to give them one when you divide the family. The house over there has long been dilapidated and uninhabitable. Seeing that none of the children in your Xie family can really help, I will subsidize two taels of silver. them."
Even in front of the village head, the old lady lost her voice when she heard what he said:
"No! I don't agree! I absolutely don't agree!"
Although some of the money in the family has been saved, in the heart of the old lady, it is all saved for her granddaughter's dowry, and she is reluctant to spend any of it.
Not to mention, it was for the second son who was not obedient at all.
"Village Chief, don't forget, anyone who offends my Lili will be unlucky in the end!"
Others believed what Xie's family said, but the old village head didn't believe it all the time. If it's really a lucky star, how could such a great fortune have been entrusted to come to Xie's family.
Not to mention falling into the palace to become a princess, at least she should go to a dignitary's family to become a rich lady.
"Mrs. Xie, look at how old I am now. Even if I walk from your front foot and lose my back foot, that would be a joy and sorrow."
When Grandpa Xie heard this, he turned his head and gave his old wife a hard look.
If they offend the village chief, will they continue to live in this village?
"If you listen to me, then follow this. If you don't want to listen and feel that my assignment is not appropriate, I will go and invite the elders of the Xie family to come over and make decisions for you."
Grandpa Xie has a bad relationship with the clan, and he has nothing to do with them during the Chinese New Year, so how dare they ask the clan elders to come and help.
"Village Chief, we must believe you."
In the end, according to the distribution of the village chief, the seven chickens in the family were distributed to two of Xie Hui and the others. An iron pot, five bowls, a wooden basin, a table, a bed, bedding and clothes should be taken away as long as they belong to them.
The other thing that made the old lady feel distressed the most was the ten taels of silver and the one mu of land.
Thanks to the goodness of His Majesty today, this field can be their turn. Otherwise, they have been farming the land of the landlord's house before, and they can only get a little bit of it at the end of the year.
There were two taels for them to repair the dilapidated house, and eight taels for the family division. After the distribution was over, the old lady sat on the ground with a distressed face.
Holding his granddaughter in his arms, he murmured a bunch of curse words.
Originally, it was more, but the old lady said that they would follow the boss when they got old, Xie Hui didn't care about them, and it was only after writing down the notes and stamping their fingerprints.
On the day after the distribution, Xie Hui took these things and went there.
He took a rope, tied it to the paws of the two chickens, and handed the other end to Ningning.
Ning Ning was a little scared when he saw the fierce rooster, but seeing that it was his father who handed the rope over, he reached out to take it.
Let the little guy lead the chicken, Xie went back and forth several times, and moved the things clean.
In order to prevent them from changing their minds after he left, the village chief waited for Xie Hui to finish moving the things, and then left with Xie Hui and the others after seeing Mrs. Xie hand over the money to Xie Hui.
"Thank you, that house of yours is indeed unlivable. First go to my house and live in it for a few days, and then move in after repairing it. It just so happens that my house has just been built and is going to be used by my youngest son to marry a wife."
When Xie Hui heard what the village chief said, he subconsciously wanted to refuse.
Although he had just looked at it, there were only four earthen walls left in the house, which had long been dilapidated due to the sun and wind.
But he still couldn't do it, and went to live in someone else's new house that was going to marry his child to a wife.
The old village head saw that he wanted to reject him, frowned and held Ning Ning's hand.
Ning Ning stood there blankly, she didn't know how to resist being held by someone with her little hand, and stared at his father curiously.
"Why are you being polite to me? If it wasn't for you back then, the grass on my grave would have been as tall as you."
After being reminded by the village chief, Xie Hui finally remembered that there was indeed such a thing in the client's memory.
At that time, after a heavy rain, in order to find the little grandson of the village head's family, the village head followed him up the mountain because of his anxiety.
The mountain was already slippery and difficult to walk after the rain. The client found the child in a hunter's trap.
When there was a sign of a place on the mountain that was about to collapse, I ran away with the village chief on my back and led the child until I ran to a safe place.
No wonder, when distributing those things just now, Xie Hui always felt that the old village head was a little biased towards him.
Later, Xie Hui really couldn't resist the old village head's persuasion, and he was afraid that the old village head would fall at such an age during the struggle, so he could only tell the story up front. If he wanted to trouble the village head, he would go to his house to borrow, but he couldn't help it. The new house was built.
"Alright, I'll let Lao Xiao sleep with his nephew first, and you will live in Lao Xiao's house first."
According to Xie's recollection, there can be a shelter, even if it's just under the eaves, but seeing the uneasy appearance of the old village chief, he didn't continue to shirk it.
The atmosphere of the village head's family is obviously much better than that of Xie's family. They are very enthusiastic about Xie Hui and his son's business.
The village chief has two sons, and the old lady is the head of the house for the time being.
Although Xie Hui and his son didn't look very clean, the old lady of the village head's family greeted them warmly, and even brought some cakes brought by her daughter to Ning Ning.
If it wasn't for Xie Hui back then, her eldest grandson would never have been found, and the old man might not have been able to come back either.
Afterwards, she was terrified just listening to what her old man said.
Now that it was time for Xie Hui to need it, the old lady was more than willing to let her son cut some meat after he finished his work in the field.
That night, lying on the bed, Ning Ning fell asleep very early lying on his side, and the sound of even breathing was especially clear in the quiet night.
Xie Hui held his little hand in the palm of his hand, thinking of how in the daytime, when he ate cakes, he was so greedy that he didn't forget to give half of it to himself, and the corners of his lips curled up.