Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 121 Proposal to Separate

When the villagers learned that the tribe had exchanged four muskets for thirty acres of wasteland, they all smiled with joy. After all, it was really nice to get something for free.

Moreover, the villagers believed that since they had already arrived in Chang'an, there was no point in keeping these muskets and it would be better to sell them.

Some villagers even instigated Hou Yangmin to sell the three remaining muskets in the clan, and then exchanged them for dollars to distribute to everyone.

There are still ten muskets in the village, but most of them are privately owned, with only three left being collectively owned.

There are two guns in Hou Xiaoge's family, both of which belong to Hou Xiaoge. One is the pistol in Hou Xiaoge's home, and the other is a Hanyang-made gun given to her uncle-in-law for use.

Hou Xiaoge openly had two pistols, one of which he lied and claimed he had sold.

The Mauser pistol is a high-end product and can be sold for more than two hundred dollars in civilian sales. This is why Hou Xiaoge has been rich during this period and no one else has suspected anything.

Hou Yangmin did not tolerate the young man who encouraged him to sell guns, and he kicked him directly.

Although we have arrived in Chang'an now and don't have to worry about bandits and deserters, social security is still very chaotic. Having guns in the village will make it much safer and prevent scoundrels from plotting against us.

When Yangmin was selling those guns, he was so heartbroken that he couldn't sleep for two nights. But he had to sell those guns because he had to use them, and he had no choice but to do so.

Now these young brats in the village come to the city and are dazzled by the prosperity. They think about spending money all day long. These muskets were earned by their older generation with their lives. It’s really like the sons of a bitch selling their parents’ land without any regret.

"They are all bastards. They don't want to contribute to the tribe, but only want to plunder from the tribe. I warned some people that they were sneaking around and extorting money and doing things on their own.

The elders and members of the tribe all saw this situation. If someone offended someone and was sued, the tribe would not care and would expel him from the tribe. "After giving the tribe members carrots, Hou Yangmin did not forget to hit them with a big stick.

In the past few months, Hou Yangmin has also enforced the clan rules several times against those who were disobedient, so his prestige among the clan members has become increasingly stronger.

After everyone had no objections, several elders took their tribesmen, packed their luggage, and headed directly to the village.

Thirty acres of wasteland may not sound like a lot, but it is much larger when converted into meters.

This barren slope is slanted, more than 350 meters long and more than 100 meters wide. In fact, it is far more than 30 acres, reaching more than 50 acres, which is more than enough to build a small village.

The reason why there are more than 20 acres of land is not because the landlord is kind, but because these more than 20 acres of land are all stinking trenches more than five meters deep.

This is also the real reason why Hou Yangmin and a group of clan elders were reluctant to buy this place after seeing it.

When the village was buying land, the landlord forced Hou Yangmin to buy it for one hundred dollars, saying that the village had bought a slope and the trench was difficult to sell.

Hou Yangmin had no choice but to accept it, because the other party was the local tyrant!

"Uncle, although this stinking trench may not look good, in the long run we are really getting an advantage.

We are going to dig the earth from this slope to build a kiln, and there will definitely be a lot of good soil. When the time comes, we will fill all this good soil into the stinking ditch, and that will be more than 20 acres of good land. "Hou Xiaoge looked at his uncle worrying about the stinking ditch and smiled to comfort him.

"Oh my god, how long will it take to fill it up?" Hou Yangmin said with a constipated look on his face as he looked at the hundreds of meters long garbage and smelly ditch.

"When we grow crops, we only need to fill in a little more than one meter, why should we fill it up?

But we need to ask the villagers to keep an eye on it and not let people dump garbage and discharge foul water into the ditch in the future." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"Okay! Let's try it first." Hou Yangmin said helplessly.

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At night, everyone returned to the temporary camp, and Hou Xiaoge called his uncle and aunt's family to stop by.

"Uncle, now that we have settled down, I think we should split up!" Hou Xiaoge looked at everyone, organized his words and said.

"What? What nonsense are you talking about! Why do you think of dividing the family for no reason?" Hou Yangmin stood up directly.

"Uncle, please sit down first and listen to what I have to say." Hou Xiaoge looked at his uncle who suddenly got angry and quickly stopped him.

"Brother, let Heiwa finish speaking first!" Uncle-in-law Zhou Xinmin stood up and pulled Hou Yangmin to sit down.

"Uncle, aunt, and uncle, as the old saying goes, a big tree has many branches. When we were in our hometown, my grandfather and grandmother were still here, so we definitely couldn't split up the family.

But now the two old people are gone, and according to the village tradition, the brothers have to split up the property.

But everyone was fleeing, and staying alive was a problem, let alone dividing the family property. Besides, there was nothing to divide.

Moreover, when fleeing famine, the power of a small family is limited. Only by sticking together can the chance of survival be higher. This is also the reason why no one wants to split up.

After arriving in Chang'an, life was much better than in the Central Plains. Some families had more laborers and began to earn money by doing odd jobs, while some families had fewer laborers and had to rely on the laborers with more laborers, which easily led to conflicts.

So, as you can see, most of the married brothers in the village have started to separate and live their own lives after arriving in Chang'an.

We have three families now. If Erda were here, we would have four families.

As the number of families increases, there will naturally be more people. In the future, there will inevitably be disputes over who manages the accounts, who earns money, and who eats.

Besides, my eldest brother will be turning sixteen next month, and my second brother is already thirteen, so they will definitely talk about wives later.

If this continues, there will be more and more small families, which will be more likely to cause conflicts. So let's follow the old tradition and separate the family and live our own lives.

Of course, separation doesn't mean we will never see each other again. We are still a family and we need to help each other in the future." Hou Xiaoge explained the reason for the separation to everyone in a clear and logical manner.

After Hou Xiaoge finished speaking, the crowd fell silent.

After a long while, Uncle Hou Yangmin finally let out a sigh.

"Heiwa, uncle knows that you are smart and precocious.

But your father is not here, and now it’s just your mother raising you three kids. How are you going to live in the future?

Your father was conscripted into the army to take care of me. If I, as your uncle, separate from you now, I will be criticized by my clan members.

So you'd better not talk about the division of the family, at least wait until you are an adult and can earn money before talking about it." Hou Yangmin sighed and said.

After Hou Yangmin finished speaking, Zhou Xinmin, who was standing beside him, swallowed his words even though he had the idea of splitting up the family.

"Uncle, I have been thinking about dividing the family property for a long time. It must be divided. Besides, I have the ability to support my mother and my younger brothers.

I'll tell you the truth! I have a recipe for braised meat, which can cook good meat as well as difficult meat such as intestines and stomach, so I plan to sell braised meat when things settle down. "Hou Xiaoge shook his head and explained.

"What? A recipe for braised pork!" The adults were shocked.