Chapter 197: Li Shoucai wants to divide the family

These horse carriages, at a glance, belong to wealthy merchants and rich families in the town.

Li Shoucai pursed his lips, stood in place for a while, and then turned and returned home.

Li Family Old Man saw his son return, thinking he had figured it out, and was about to speak: "Son..."

Li Shoucai said: "Father, let's divide the family."

"What did you say!?" Li Family Old Man stood up abruptly. "Second son, what are you thinking? I know you have resentment in your heart, but you can't think of dividing the family!"

Li Shoucai said indifferently: "The third sister-in-law has already divided out to live alone, why can't we? Father, the family has a total of thirty mu of land, you just divide ten mu for me, and our family will divide out to live alone. In the future, you can support the eldest brother to study as you like, and I will not say a word more."

Li Family Old Man was so angry that he fell backward and cursed: "Don't mention that bitch to me! She is her, you are you. You are my, Li Yongqiang's, own son, how can you divide out to live alone?"

In this day and age, generally, if the parents are not dead, the sons in the family will not divide the family, otherwise it is disharmony in the family and will be laughed at by outsiders.

Moreover, if the second son divides out, who will farm the land in the family, and who will do the work in the family? Although he is very unwilling to admit it, he has to say that now the food and drink of the whole Li family are borne by the second branch. The eldest brother has to go out to study and has no time to manage the family affairs.

"Son, don't think about it." Li Family Old Woman also persuaded earnestly on the side. "If you divide out, are you still a family? We two old people raised you so big, and we don't expect you to be filial to us, we just hope you stay by our side, and the family is harmonious and together..."

Li Family Old Woman played an emotional card, but unfortunately it was useless. Li Shoucai still said coldly: "Father, Mother, anyway, I can't stay in this family anymore. If you want to continue to support the eldest brother to study, our second branch will divide out to live alone!"

Anyway, he will never be that sucker again, letting the eldest brother demand and exploit unscrupulously.

Look at the third sister-in-law. Since she divided out, her life has become more and more prosperous. The money she earns is her own, and she eats whatever she wants, without having to worry about others.

Therefore, he must divide out!

Li Shoucai left his words, turned and returned to the West Room.

Zhu Shi looked at Li Shoucai who returned to the room, and then looked at Li Family Old Man who was panting with anger, not knowing whether to speak for a while.

It was Li Family Old Woman who looked at her and cursed angrily: "What are you still doing! You can't even hold your man, why don't you go and persuade your man!"

"Oh oh." Zhu Shi seemed to have just woken up, hurriedly chased after him, and entered the West Room.

However, after Zhu Shi entered the room and closed the door, she did not persuade Li Shoucai as Li Family Old Woman said, but looked at her man with eagerness: "Are we really going to divide the family?"

The excitement and joy on her face could not be hidden.

Li Shoucai hesitated twice, but still nodded.

Zhu Shi clapped her hands and said excitedly: "Dividing the family is good! After dividing the family, we will never have to endure the eldest branch's laziness and blood-sucking again! However, you only want ten mu of land, is it too little? The family has thirty mu of land. We must at least have fifteen mu. We have two sons, so we can..."

Zhu Shi chattered a lot, and her words were full of unstoppable joy.

Li Shoucai couldn't help but look at her twice and said: "You are more concerned than me, but do you think dividing the family is such a simple matter? Father will definitely not agree..."

Although he said so much hard-heartedly in the courtyard just now, he was still very bottomless in his heart.

"What are you afraid of?" Zhu Shi said disapprovingly. "You see the third sister-in-law can divide out, we think of a way, and we can succeed."

At worst, they will do the same as the third sister-in-law, completely tear their faces, and find the Li Zheng to write a document of breaking kinship.

However, she hid this in her heart and didn't say it. After all, Li Shoucai is the biological son of the Old Li family, and it is probably impossible to let him break kinship...

Li Shoucai sighed: "Let's see..."

This lunch of the Li family broke up in discord.

Li Shoude took Yun Ying back to the East Room, while Sun Shi was kept in the kitchen by Li Family Old Woman to clean and do chores.

In the past, the third sister-in-law did these jobs. Later, she left, and it became Zhu Shi's turn. Until now, her status in the family has plummeted, and all the dirty and tiring jobs in the family are left for her to do.

Yun Ying returned to the East Room and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find something to fill her stomach.

Unfortunately, the pastries and food she brought back from the state had all been eaten.

Yun Ying looked at the empty box and covered her stomach in despair.

This life can't be lived.

Not only Li Shoucai collapsed, but she was also about to collapse.

When can I return to the state?

She turned her head and wanted to ask Li Shoude, but saw that he didn't say a word after entering the room, and his face was very ugly. Obviously, he was stimulated by Li Shoucai's proposal to divide the family.

She didn't ask about returning to Xuzhou again.

Now she is very clear that even if she says it to the sky, without money, Li Shoude cannot take her away from here.

This Li family is really too poor.

I really don't understand why they still want to support a scholar when they are so poor. Do they know how much silver it takes to support a scholar these days?

Just by selling that little grain, it's not even enough for the travel expenses to go to the state to take the exam!

It seems that I can only think of other ways.

Yun Ying swallowed, endured the hunger in her abdomen, stepped forward, and comforted softly: "Shoude, don't worry too much. What the second brother said is all angry words. Don't take it too seriously. When you pass the exam, he will be too late to hug your thigh."

Li Shoude's face improved slightly and said: "I know, these years I have finally dragged down the family, but all this is not what I wanted. I also want the family to live a good life and let the family eat their fill, but thinking about doing all this, how easy is it? So I keep working hard and racking my brains to think of ways to win fame..."

Yun Ying listened to Li Shoude's words and suddenly felt that this person was extremely hypocritical. If he really cared about his family, he wouldn't have been debauched in Xuzhou and lost all the money on him.

She sneered in her heart, but on the surface, she was more gentle and understanding: "I understand, Shoude, you have good intentions for the family. It is they who don't know how to be considerate of you. It is their fault. Don't blame yourself."

"Yun Ying, you are the one who understands me. You are indeed the only confidante I, Li Shoude, have in this life." Li Shoude was moved and hugged Yun Ying into his arms.

"Shoude, the more difficult the situation, the more you cannot give up going to the state to study. We must find a way to make money..."

Yun Ying shrank in Li Shoude's arms and spoke softly, "I see that your third sister-in-law seems to be very rich. Can't we find a way to borrow some from her?"