139: Chapter 139: Equally Divided_1 139: Chapter 139: Equally Divided_1 The village chief glanced at Yang Ruxin, then turned to the two elders, âThird Great-Uncle, Fourth Grandfather, what do you thinkâŠ
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âGirl, are you truly willing to divide?â Third Great-Uncle looked at Yang Ruxin.
âIs there even room for me to disagree?â Yang Ruxin said with a bitter smile.
Third Great-Uncle sighed, âSince itâs like this, then letâs divide.â
The division of the family was supposed to be decided by the men, but the eldest branchâs Yang Rufeng was only four years old and completely ignorant of these matters, so Yang Dani made all the decisions.
Yang Anshi wanted to throw the eldest branch out of the house with nothing, but Yang Peili stopped her before she could finish speaking.
Yang Anshi pursed her lips and said no more.
âWe have thirty mu of land in the family, but the eldest branch has no labor to work it, so I will not divide it,â Yang Peili began to detail the family property.
âThere are five hundred jin of grain in the cellar.
After dividing it into five parts, the eldest branch will get one hundred jin.
Since they are not getting any land, the other branches will give the eldest branch an additional two hundred jin of grain each year, which is enough for their mother and daughters to eat and drinkâŠ
As for the chickens and pigs in the backyard, we will divide the meat when they are butcheredâŠâ
Yang Ruxin scoffed inwardly, how nice it sounded, but she probably wouldnât get even a single grain in the future.
However, it didnât matter, the best outcome would be to have nothing to do with these people of the Yang Family from now on.
âWe have ten taels of silver in the house.
Give two taels to the eldest branch.
However, since Xuâs still needs medicine, I will take charge and give five taels of silver to the eldest branchâŠâ
âFatherâŠâ Yang Baifu was displeased as soon as he heard this.
Yang Peili, however, waved his hand to interrupt his fourth sonâs words and continued to arrange, âAs for providing for the elderly, the eldest branch probably has no capacity as of now, so letâs wait until Rufeng turns twelve before we talk about itâŠâ
The elderâs words sounded truly fair and even as if he intended to support the eldest branch.
âAs for the house, you can have the west wing room you are living in nowâŠâ
Yang Ruxin listened with an expressionless face.
The village chief wrote down the details of the division, then looked up at Yang Ruxin, âDani, do you have anything else to add?â
âDo you all think this division is fair?â Yang Ruxin raised her eyebrows as she looked at those present.
Everyone fell silent, fair my ass!
âGrandfather, how is this different from us being driven out with nothing?â Yang Ruxin looked at Yang Peili again.
âThen what do you want?â
âIf you want a fair division, then all things must be divided equally.
Our share must not be a penny less; otherwise, I will not agree,â Yang Ruxin stated adamantly.
What does it mean to not allocate land because âthere is no labor at homeâ?
They could still rent it out even if they couldnât farm it themselves.
âImpossibleâŠâ Yang Anshi dismissed with a wave of her hand, âYou wishâŠâ
âThen we wonât divide!â Yang Ruxin smiled, âAnyway, our family is already standing on the edge of a cliff, weâre set to die no matter what.
We arenât afraid of anything.
Since my father is already gone, you can take the lives of our family of sixâŠâ
âYouâŠâ Yang Anshiâs eyes blazed with fury, raising her hand to strike.
âGo ahead and hit, with so many witnesses here.
Granny, youâd better kill me and see if you will have to pay with your life laterâŠâ Yang Ruxin didnât dodge, instead facing it head on.
âEnough!â Yang Peili suddenly shouted loudly, followed by a long sigh, âThen letâs divide equally.â
Yang Anshiâs raised hand ultimately did not fall.
Yang Ruxin smiled, âNow thatâs what I call fair.â She paused, âRight, and my motherâs Selling Covenant, having borne and raised children for the Yang Family, it should be voidedâŠâ