Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 4 Decision
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Mingde finally asked: "Uncle Yongsheng, this wife Mingshun just gave birth..."

"I know what you mean," he sighed: "I don't want to rush into it, but Mingshun finally has a son now, and I want him to record the child's name when he worships his ancestors this year."

His eyes suddenly turned red as he spoke, and his tone was slightly choked: "I couldn't help it back then, and I felt ashamed to live for decades."

Jiang Mingde also fell silent. After all, it was their family's business. Although he was the patriarch, he couldn't interfere in everything, especially if it involved the previous generation.

The custom of the Jiang family in Huangtian Village has always been to worship their ancestors after the autumn harvest. If they want to have a child this year, they always open a family tree and fill in their names during the ancestor worship. Jiang Mingde thought that it is not unreasonable to adopt the family as soon as possible.

It's just that adoption is different from separation. There has never been any reason to adopt with family property. So how will Jiang Mingshun's family of four survive these few months?
He said after careful consideration: "How will Mingshun plan to live in the future?"

This was a matter of ordering his land, Jiang Yongsheng knew it in his heart.

He looked ashamed and said with evasive eyes: "My brother's two acres of land will still be given to Mingshun. The few houses on the slope should be enough for their family to live."

It was hard to mention the two acres of paddy fields, so he continued vaguely: "Your aunt... you know she... the old woman is unreasonable, but she gave me a few children... and she brought up Mingshun... Mr. It’s not good to just ignore her thoughts.”

Seeing Jiang Mingde frowning, Jiang Yongsheng added repeatedly: "The grain harvested from the two acres of dry land was also taken away by Mingshun. If I give him another stone of rice, I won't just ignore them."

In this way, Jiang Mingde thought, even if he had a house, a field, and food, he wouldn't be unable to live.

Although his uncle Yongsheng was a little hasty this time, he still raised his nephew as a son after he had a son, and also helped to marry and have children. Now he has divided a lot of things, which is also the most benevolent and righteous thing.

Now that the matter has been concluded, Jiang Mingde stopped trying to dissuade him and just said one final sentence: "Although that thatched house is still habitable, it is in disrepair after all."

He paused, and when Jiang Yongsheng said nothing, he continued: "Even if we adopt the second house, Mingshun, Minghui, and Mingyao are still brothers. Uncle, please remember to ask his two brothers to help Mingshun repair the house. It’s not a good idea to live in a leaky house.”

Jiang Yongsheng nodded hurriedly. He did not adopt him just to disown his nephew.

According to village regulations, if a family separates and builds a house, it must buy a homestead from the village. You cannot just build a house on a piece of land you like.

Jiang Changsheng bought the land on the slope when he was divided out, but he left it before he could build a serious house. Others in the village said that the feng shui of that land was not good, and no one has built nearby in so many years. house.

Apart from this taboo, the place is actually quite nice. Not only is it close to the river, but the terrain is also open. If there weren't those trees, you could have a panoramic view of most of the village standing in front of the door.

Thinking that he had handled the situation fairly well, Jiang Yongsheng walked briskly toward his home. He heard Yang's sharp voice before he even entered the house.

He opened the door and walked straight to the main room. He had a quarrel with Mr. Yang yesterday because of the two acres of dry land. Now that things had gone as he wished, he didn't want to touch Mr. Yang's brow again.

Ms. Yang was unhappy. She had worked so hard to raise a boy and helped him get married and have children. Now she had to give away two acres of land, which really made her feel unhappy.

Jiang Minghui, his wife, and their children hid in the house, fearing that their mother would catch them and scold them if they went out.He sat upright on the kang, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at the door. When he heard his father's return, he hurriedly followed him out.

Jiang Yongsheng looked at his fussy son and thought that he would be the real eldest son in the future and would help him carry the family, so he scolded him: "A man of dozens of years old, how can he be so flustered?"

Jiang Minghui was always favored at home, and he didn't take a word or two of scolding to heart. He closed the door and asked, "Dad, what's wrong with my eldest brother? Why did he leave with a big baggage so early in the morning?"

After being silent for a long time, thinking that it was nothing shameful and that his family would know sooner or later, Jiang Yongsheng adjusted his tone and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "You all know that your eldest brother is actually my younger brother. Your second uncle’s son, now he will return to your second uncle’s name.”

"What?" Jiang Minghui was shocked. Although he had known for a long time that his eldest brother was not his parents' biological son, he had never thought that he would not be the eldest brother one day.

Jiang Yongsheng knocked on the table and asked him to lower his voice: "It's not like I don't want you to recognize me. Isn't my cousin the eldest brother?"

Alas, Jiang Minghui still sighed. Although his cousin was also his brother, he had begun to feel that something was wrong.

"You will go out in a moment and ask your wife to come out and cook." Jiang Yongsheng nodded out the window, "After dinner, go to town, call your brother back, and let's help your eldest brother clean up the house together."

Jiang Minghui's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing what her husband said.

She didn't have the idea that there were many brothers but she was secretly happy that there would be fewer people to divide the family property in the future.

Ms. Liu couldn't help but smile after receiving the benefit. At this time, she was not afraid of her mother-in-law Yang's scolding. She asked her mother-in-law for food for today's lunch and took her daughter Jiang Jintao into the kitchen.

In the west wing room, the third wife of Jiang Mingyao, Mrs. He, was doing needlework. Everyone lived in the same courtyard, so she naturally had a vague idea that something was going to happen at home.

Only her man is not at home, and her mother-in-law has such a temper, it is difficult for her to ask her father-in-law.

However, she is not afraid that her third wife will suffer a loss. Her husband works as a waiter in a bookstore in town, and her natal father is an old boy. She naturally has full confidence in her relationship with her sisters-in-law. Even her mother-in-law does not treat her like she treats her eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law. Calling and drinking.

Although Jiang Mingshun took a lot of things out in the morning, he has no plans to move out immediately. His wife and son will have to be raised for a while before they are stable, so he would not hurt his family just because of his anger.

When he went out this morning, he suddenly thought that there were things for making maltose in the thatched house. If his two younger brothers or brothers from the clan came to help him move, wouldn't they be seen?
So early this morning I packed up some temporarily unused luggage and moved it up first, so that I could hide it with the things in the house.

When Jiang Mingshun returned to his old house before dinner, he saw his second brother Jiang Minghui sneaking a peek at him, looking like he wanted to speak but didn't dare. He felt moved and sad at the same time.

The feeling of being touched by brotherly love was not fake after all, Minghui still remembered him as his eldest brother.

At the same time, he felt sad because they were obviously the closest brothers, but within one night, their relationship would never be the same again.

(End of this chapter)