Chapter 158: Covering a mistake (2)

General, Madam Called You To Farm

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Liu Shan's expression was complicated: “Lizheng*.…..”

*Lizheng (里正) : An official position in ancient china, mainly in charge of household registrations and tax payment.

“You can make your own decision.” Lizheng said, then he looked over towards Su Xiaoxiao, “Daya, please help me with this: No matter who pays the debt, you can be more lenient and give them some more time.”

Su Xiaoxiao said slowly, “The deadline can be extended, but the interest cannot be reduced. It’s 1.8 taels a day!”

Old Mrs. Wu's head suddenly throbbed and said, “Se… Se… Separate the family!”

With so much debt, it's killing her ah!

Liu Shan looked at Liu An’s family again and said, “Do you agree on this?”

Mrs. He glanced at her man and gritted her teeth, “Let’s just separate the family!”

“Liu An?” Liu Shan asked his youngest son.

Liu An summoned up courage and said, “Since big brother and big sister-in-law insist on separating from the family, then I have nothing to say.”

Liu Shan sighed and said, “Then Lizheng is here as a witness. We agree to separate the family.”

He said to Liu Ping and Mrs. Wu, “The coffin’s money of your mother and I cannot be used. The rest of the money we have will be divided into two shares, Liu Ping and Liu An will get half each.”

This distribution method was very considerate for Liu Ping. The rule was to not touch the coffin’s money, and the rest will be divided equally to each son.

What Liu Shan meant was everything that belongs to him and Old Mrs. Wu’s ownership.

If it was in the past, Old Mrs. Wu would have disagreed. But now she was anxious to get rid of 48 taels debt, so she was distracted and didn’t even say a word.

Liu Shan continued, “Our family had a total of five acres of land, and the two acres on the east will belong to you.”

Liu An opened his mouth and gaped, it was the most fertile two acres of land ah.

Mrs. He gave him a glare, told him to keep quiet. Otherwise, if he ruined the separation process, then who was going to pay off the debt?

Liu Shan said again, "The most fertile land has been given to you, so I won’t give you this house. If you really have nowhere to go, you can just tidy up the ancestral house next to the fish pond and live there.”

So the ancestral house will belong to Liu Ping.

Liu Shan said, “If there is anything you are not satisfied with, you can take advantage of the fact that Lizheng and the villagers are here, you have to mention it now. You can’t ask for more later after we have separated.”

“I want nothing more, thank you very much father.” Liu Ping brought Mrs. Wu to kowtow to Liu Shan and Old Mrs. Wu.

They didn't expect to get so many shares. They originally thought that they would be driven out from the house and couldn't take a single penny with them——

The two of them had prepared for the worst.

Mrs. Wu knew in her heart that if it weren't for Su Pangya today, they would not be able to get even half a copper coin.

The next steps were to write a certificate, relocate, and wait for other arrangements. Su Xiaoxiao was a bully, so of course she couldn’t stay to help Mrs. Wu, that would tarnish her image.

However, just as she turned her back to return home, she was stopped by Lizheng.

“Daya, I remember... your husband is literate, can you ask him to help write it?”

The separation of the family was not just a few empty words. The transfer of the ownership of the field and house, were required to go to the Yamen* to do the formalities. Even the specific process of the family separation also had to be written down in black and white, to avoid future disputes.

*Yamen : government office in feudal China.

“Alright.” Su Xiaoxiao responded generously, “For the sake of Lizheng's pride, our Su family will do it.”

Lizheng secretly felt very relieved!

Su Xiaoxiao went to Wei Ting to talk about the success of the Liu family's separation, mainly to show off her wisdom.

She sat across from Wei Ting, with her elbows resting on the table and both her hands on her cheeks, then she said proudly, “How is it? I’m good, right? I’ve said that this method would definitely work!”

She referred to the use of a fake promissory note to ease the process of family separation.

Wei Ting chuckled and said, “You can only scare these rural people. If you really take it to the Yamen for the fingerprints’s check, it will be exposed.”

Su Xiaoxiao snorted, “I’m betting that they won’t make so much trouble and verify it to the Yamen!”

What a joke, she even used Shen Chuan’s name, which villager would think she was lying?

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Comments (1)

07taskky9/29/2023

Thanks for the update!! 🤣🤣