Three women sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum, crying and wailing, "The village chief is leaving us no way out! He's ganging up on us with the other villagers, forcing us to die!"

The villagers looked at them with disgust, thinking they were shameless. The village chief just thought these shrewish women were so noisy that they ruined his good mood.

"Are all the men from your three families dead? Why don't you drag your wives back? If you keep making a fuss here, then get out of Liujia Village together."

The village chief got angry, and the villagers were still quite scared. The men from these three families were hoping that their wives would make a fuss, because maybe they would get a share of the silver.

Tugen limped forward and knelt directly in front of the village chief. "Village chief, why can't you let my family go? My father has already been punished, what more do you want? If you don't give our family some money, we might freeze and starve to death this winter."

"Your father deserved it. Your family won't freeze to death or starve to death, but they'll die from laziness. Three grown men stay at home all day, doing nothing, and can't even support their own mother. It's truly shameful."

With your kind of behavior, you think you can get something for nothing? Dream on! If you can stay in the village, then stay obediently. If you can't, then move out immediately.

They're all brothers, but look at your older brothers, how do they live their lives? The difference is so huge!

If you were just a little more diligent, you wouldn't be living like this.

"Take your mothers back home, don't embarrass yourselves here."

The village chief scolded Tugen, who felt utterly humiliated. His two younger brothers stood in the crowd, shrugging their necks and bowing their heads.

Tugen stood up and helped his mother up. "Mother, let's go home. From now on, your son will definitely work hard with my two younger brothers so that you won't suffer from cold or hunger."

Tugen, supporting his mother, called out to his two younger brothers in the crowd, "Caogen, Shugen, why aren't you two getting to work? Have you gathered enough firewood?"

Seeing that the villagers were all looking at them, Caogen and Shugen felt embarrassed and quickly squeezed out of the crowd and ran away.

Huang Lanhua spat at Tugen and the others, "What a bunch of cowardly cowards! They let them run away so easily. We didn't do anything wrong, so why should he kick us out?"

"Orchid, you're absolutely right. What did we do wrong? We just wanted to get justice for our family and take back what was rightfully ours. Why are they bullying us like this?"

The two okra sisters were still sitting on the ground crying and shouting, which annoyed the villagers. They were delaying their distribution of the silver. These two women were really annoying.

"The men from both of your families are going to come out and take the person back, forcing me to resort to force."

"Someone go find two ropes, tie them up, and gag them."

When Liu Shuiliang saw that the village chief was serious, he realized that if his wife was tied up, she would fight him when they got back. This woman was very formidable, and he couldn't beat her.

He asked his son to pull his mother up and take her home, but his son refused because he felt ashamed, so he had no choice but to do it himself.

Liu Shuiliang walked up to Huang Qiuqiu, took her arm, and told his wife to hurry home. Huang Qiuqiu knew that making a scene would be pointless; the villagers were already dissatisfied with them, and it would be even more impossible for them to get a share of the village's benefits in the future.

Since her husband offered her a way out, she readily accepted and followed Liu Shuiliang.

Huang Lanhua was left sitting alone on the ground. At that moment, she desperately wished that someone would give her a way out and pull her away.

Grandpa Liu felt ashamed and left. Liu Dahu didn't even go out; he rarely left the house since losing a leg.

She's so embarrassed right now, what should she do? What should she do?

Suddenly, she had an idea. What would happen if they severed ties? If they severed ties, they wouldn't be brothers anymore, and they wouldn't be her daughter anymore.

The daughter was more ruthless than her second uncle. Huang Lanhua suddenly stood up from the ground and pounced on Liu Dawang, who was sitting there. "Second uncle, how can you be so heartless, watching your eldest brother's family being bullied?"

"Don't you even see the kind of life your parents and older brother are living? Waaaaah~~"

"Several women came, tied him up, dragged him away, and gagged him."

Do you think a letter of severance is written casually? Once it's severed, it's severed; stop daydreaming.

Several women stepped forward and dragged Huang Lanhua away, stuffing a rag into her mouth. The entire venue fell silent.

"Fellow villagers, our Liujia Village is a whole. We share the same fate, and we share the same fate. Look at those families. They don't know how to reflect on their own behavior. All they do is throw tantrums and try to get something for nothing."

There are no free lunches; every step must be taken steadily and practically.

I won't go into the rest; you all know what I mean. Now, let's continue dividing the silver.

Shi Tou and Man Cang opened the two large wooden chests, and the dazzling silver coins and gleaming copper coins dazzled everyone. A chorus of frogs exclaimed, "Wow, so much silver! So many copper coins! It's all for us!" Everyone rubbed their hands together, ready to receive the silver.

The room was filled with whispers: "How much will your family get? How much will our family get? Your family is getting a huge advantage, with so many kids!"

We have a son, who will make great contributions to the village in the future. Your family only has daughters, who will all marry out of the village. You are the ones who are truly getting the better deal.

The village chief is fair; he distributed the produce according to the number of people, and he didn't say that girls wouldn't get any. Our daughter will have to stay home for a few more years from now on.

The village chief got a headache from the buzzing noise below. He couldn't hear anyone calling out names. He picked up the gong and banged it hard again. "If any of you keep buzzing around down there, I won't be giving you any money today."

"Everyone whose name is called, come up and collect your money." The hall fell silent; no one spoke.

The village chief and the others had already discussed it and decided that when distributing the silver today, they would first give it to the elderly living alone, so that they could feel at ease.

There are 32 elderly people living alone in the village. Most of them are elderly people whose sons died in the army. They are now lonely and helpless, and their later years are bleak.

They had already counted out the copper coins, 301 coins per string, and the silver had also been divided into taels, so the distribution was very quick.

柳福盛开始念名字,「杨大发1人301文,柳栓牛1人301文,崔大全2人602文……」

The old man who received the copper coins was moved to tears. He never expected that they would receive one, and he kept thanking the village chief.

The people who received the silver were overjoyed. They had never held silver before, so they touched it carefully, looked at it closely, and even bit it in their mouths, feeling that the silver smelled so good!

Everyone started planning how to spend the money.

Finally, the money was distributed to the families that received the largest share. Liu Siyue received 240 taels, 200 taels of silver notes, and 40 taels of silver ingots. The village received 180 taels, 150 taels of silver notes, and 30 taels of silver ingots. The village chief and his two families each received 60 taels, 50 taels of silver notes, and 10 taels of silver ingots.

The villagers were envious when they saw how much money they had received. They were just envious and didn't have any other ulterior motives. They vowed to work hard so that they could get even more money in the future and build a big brick house for their families.

Although everyone received the silver, no one left, perhaps fearing that the village chief had other matters to discuss.

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