Chapter 16: Separation
He took a puff of cigarette, paused, looked at Liang Lao Da's family, and asked, "Lao Da, do you want to have your own kitchen like Chen's, or do you still eat together with us two old people? If you still eat together, you don't have to give us the food for retirement."
"Dad, let's eat together. You and mom should still live with us so that we can take care of you." Zhu quickly answered.
She had calculated that if they continued to work with their parents, not only would they not have to give them the two dan of grain, but their parents would also be able to help them work in the fields. The money from selling pork at the end of the year would also be used for her son Wenzhi.
The second and third sons together gave the two elders 4 dan of grain, which is 480 kilograms. The two elders were old and their appetites were not big, so 480 kilograms was enough for their lives for a year.
Zhu was a very smart person. She calculated it in her mind and decided that it would be best for them to live together.
"Okay, okay, then we two old people will still live with the first wife." Old man Liang looked pleased. He had no idea what Zhu was thinking and thought that his eldest daughter-in-law was filial.
"Second brother, where do you plan to build your house?" Old Man Liang continued to ask Liang Laoer.
"Grandpa, let's build our new house next to the three acres of land at the foot of the mountain in the west. There happens to be a large sloping land at the foot of the mountain, which is very suitable for building a house." Qianhuan expressed her idea without waiting for his father to answer.
The house was built on the western slope. Firstly, it was close to the family's fields, making it convenient for farm work in the future.
Secondly, it is far from the old house. Since the family has been separated, she naturally hopes to live farther away. If it is closer, who knows if Old Mrs. Liang will come every now and then to interfere with her family's life.
The third thing is that the slope is very high, and the house is built on it, overlooking the entire mountain village. She likes the feeling of standing on a high place and being able to see more scenery.
Finally, there was a lot of open space on the slope. Although her family didn't have the conditions to build a good house now, they could mark out the land and occupy it first. When they had enough money in the future, they could build a big yard.
"Okay, I'll listen to Qianhuan." Liang Laoer also felt that the sloping land was indeed suitable for building a house, so he listened to his daughter.
"Mr. Village Head, please mark out the vacant land at the foot of the mountain on the west side for our second son to build a house. I'll also ask you to write a land deed." Old Man Liang said respectfully to Old Man Hu, the village head.
Old man Hu agreed, as this was his duty. When an adult man separated from his family and set up his own household, the village head would mark out a plot of land, build a house, write a land deed, and then take it to the county government to get its seal.
"Okay." Old Man Hu nodded in agreement.
"Dear clan elders and village heads, thank you for coming to our Liang family today to be witnesses. The second brother's family is building a house, so we need to trouble your children and grandchildren to come and help build the house for the second brother."
Old Man Liang bowed to everyone again. He was still thinking about his second son's family who needed help building a house.
"Brother Liang, you are too polite. We will definitely ask our family to come and help build the house." One of the elders replied.
Other clan elders also nodded.
This has always been the case in their Yunfeng Village. Whenever a family wants to build a house, the young and middle-aged people in the village will help build it. No one asks for wages, just food.
Today your family builds it, next time his family builds it, and everyone helps each other.
Unless you want to build a blue brick and tile house, you have to pay to hire a professional bricklayer. But the village is poor, except for the village head who lives in a blue brick and tile house, most of the others live in mud-walled tile houses, and those with poor conditions live in mud-walled thatched houses.
The thatched houses were built with local materials. Wood and bamboo were cut from the mountains, and mud was dug by everyone. Thatch was even easier to make, as every household had plenty of it. Strength lies in numbers, and a thatched house can be built in just over a week.
The big family was divided up in front of everyone's witness, and several clan leaders and village heads stood up and said goodbye.
Old Man Liang invited everyone to have some tea before leaving, but everyone said it was getting late and the road was difficult to travel on, so they stopped bothering him.
Old Man Liang did not force everyone to stay. After all, it was getting late. So he instructed Boss Liang, Wen Yong and Wen Zhi to send several older clan leaders home.
The whole group of people just dispersed like that.
Liang Laoer and his family of three returned to their room. Liang Laoer said to Liu: "Chunxiang, I'm afraid you will suffer after the separation. Now my legs and feet are inconvenient and I can't go to the fields to help with the work. I really feel sorry for you."
"Brother Jun, don't say that. As long as I can be with you, I am willing to endure any hardship. If I really have to say sorry, it should be me who has let you down over the years." Liu said with some guilt.
"Dad, don't worry. I'm here at home and I can help mom with the work." Seeing the young couple so sad, Qian Huan couldn't help but comfort them.
"Qianhuan, Dad is sorry for you. You and your mother have suffered with Dad over the years. Dad knows that grandpa and grandma are partial to each other, especially your grandma, but they are my biological parents and Dad can't do anything about them. Now that the family has separated, the whole family has to rely on you two women to support it, and Dad really feels guilty." Liang Laoer felt really sorry for his wife and daughter.
"Dad, just take good care of your leg injury. Mom and I are not afraid of hardship. Mom, don't you agree?"
"Well, as long as our family is together, Mom won't suffer, not at all."
Liu felt that finding a husband like Liang Laoer was the luckiest thing in her life, and there was no difficulty she could not overcome.
Qian Hua was actually quite moved. Liang Lao Er was really a good husband and a good father. Although he was very filial, he was not foolish.
He and Liu really doted on the original owner. If they knew that their daughter Liang Qianhuan was dead and that he had taken over their daughter's body, they would probably be very sad.
She must be more careful in the future and not let the couple find out. She will live well in place of Xiao Qianhuan and will also be filial to the couple.
Because their own house has not been built yet, Qianhuan's family of three is still living and eating with the people in the old house these days. They can only move out after the house is built.
Qianhuan also formally accepted her identity in ancient times. From then on, she was no longer Qianhuan. She was Liang Qianhuan, who grew up in the Liang family in Yunfeng Village, Qingxi County.
She must cherish this hard-earned new life, rely on her clever little brain and hardworking hands to make a fortune step by step, become a leisurely rich woman in the future, buy a few maids to serve her, go out to travel and see the ancient and pristine scenery when she has nothing to do.
Find a handsome guy you like and have a baby. Yes, just have a baby, not get married.
In modern times, Qianhuan is a golden single woman in her early thirties. She has had several relationships, but each time ended with her getting hurt.
One of them was a date she had just started out in society and was not doing well. The other party's family was relatively well-off, and they looked down on her for not having a good background and a complete family, so they forcibly separated the two of them. She originally thought that the boy had no choice but to do it, but he turned around and married the woman his family arranged for him. The first love ending like this really broke her heart, and made her see clearly the reality and fickleness of men.
When she became capable and her life was getting better and better, the few boyfriends she dated all liked to flirt with other women, and she even caught some of them cheating. With her personality, she couldn't tolerate any sand in her eyes. Even if they flirted with someone, she would immediately choose to break up. In her eyes, love has always been sacred, and she can't tolerate the slightest betrayal.
In modern times of monogamy, it is difficult for her to find a devoted man to accompany her, and the law cannot stop men from cheating. So in ancient times when polygamy was legal, she would not expect any man to love her alone for the rest of his life.
But she likes children very much, so when she grows up, it doesn’t matter whether she gets married or not. The key is to find a handsome man, give birth to a beautiful baby, and then live a prosperous life in ancient times with the baby.
She felt that this kind of life was beautiful just thinking about it. She didn't have to compete with a group of women for a man, and she didn't have to be controlled by her parents-in-law. How wonderful it would be to be a free, rich, beautiful single mother!
As a college student in the 21st century, the knowledge she learns is more advanced and comprehensive than that in ancient times. Any modern common sense might cause an uproar in ancient times. She believes that she can use what she has learned in modern times to live well in ancient times.
However, the extremely scarce material living conditions in ancient times soon dealt a heavy blow to her beautiful expectations for future life, and she also seriously realized that making money was really urgent.