Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Sharp Tongue, Soft Heart

Qin Family's courtyard is still quite spacious, not only there is a forecourt, but also a vegetable garden at the back.

In the forecourt, pigs and chickens are raised, and vegetables are grown in the vegetable garden. The pigs and chickens were divided, but the vegetable garden was not. Mr. Qin took it upon himself to help with the gardening, so all family members could eat together.

The family only has one semi-old bicycle, which wasn't divided either. Officially it belongs to Mr. Qin, and whoever needs it, uses it.

After dividing the home, they divided the land. Qin Family Village divided the land only in 1981, at that time the Qin Family had a total of six members: Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin, Qin Yang, and the three members of Brother Qin's family, so the land was divided for six persons.

When dividing the property, Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin's land was divided equally between them, giving Brother Qin a portion for four members, and Lin Chuxia's family received land for two members. Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin only kept a little more than one acre of personal land.

Worried that Lin Chuxia might have objections, Mother Lin explained, "The village will redistribute the land every few years, and by then your household registration will be here, and you'll be able to get land. In these two years, you and Yangyang can have another child, that will add up to land for two people."

The peasants' mentality hadn't shifted yet, everyone relied on land for their livelihood, and the village redivided the lands every few years.

Thus, whenever a family has a wedding or a child is born, they promptly report and update the household registration so that they can get more land during redistribution.

Of course, if there are elderly family members, they also have to deregister them in time because many people are watching. The village cadres directly remove the individuals from the registry.

At this time, no one individually possessed a household registry book, the village had a big one, and the town had a big one, recording all the village's residents, and at year's end, the village accountant would use the registry to report the village population.

It can be said that the village cadres have quite significant authority.

Lin Chuxia also understood this situation, "Mom, I know, this division is quite good, too much land I couldn't manage by myself."

With no objections, the village chief began drafting the document. It must be said, this was the most smoothly handled family division they had presided over.

Whatever the elderly said was accepted, no fighting or scrambling among the children. And Qin Yang's wife, even if she got less, her words still made you feel comforted.

It really is true that one does not enter a family that isn't theirs. The Qin Family in the village was well-regarded for its harmony, marrying such a sensible daughter-in-law.

While the village chief was documenting, he also pondered whether the Lin Family still had any daughters, as his son was also of marriageable age.

While the documents were being written, they discussed the final item, which didn't need to be recorded: the family's remaining assets.

The grain was divided per head, there were no savings, but instead, there was a famine debt of one hundred yuan.

"This one hundred six yuan famine debt will not be divided. Your mother and I borrowed it, we will repay it slowly."

As soon as Mr. Qin finished speaking, Qin Yang was about to say something, but Zhang Guilan intervened, "Dad, with that bit of personal land you have, when would this money be repaid?" She also glanced at Lin Chuxia.

Mr. Qin: "No problem, Yangyang is married now, and your mother and I have no other concerns."

Qin Yang spoke, "Dad, let me repay it, it should be my responsibility."

The money was spent on his marriage.

Yet, Mr. Qin didn't see it that way, "What should and shouldn't be, doesn't every family marry off daughters and take in daughters-in-law? This is the responsibility of your mother and me."

"Second brother isn't completely wrong; if the Lin Family hadn't asked for such a large dowry, Mom and Dad wouldn't have needed to borrow money."

Before Zhang Guilan finished speaking, Qin Han showed dissatisfaction, "Sister-in-law is already part of our family, why bring this up?"

"Why can't I say it? Did I say something wrong?" Zhang Guilan knew it wasn't good to say this in front of Lin Chuxia, but if she didn't say it, she'd been upset for days.

Originally, they had arranged for Lin Family's eldest daughter, but the Lin Family suddenly broke off the arrangement and raised the originally agreed one hundred yuan dowry to three hundred yuan.

She had nothing against Lin Chuxia as a sister-in-law but had issues with how the Lin Family handled things.

Isn't this like duping our Qin Family?

Lin Chuxia could also understand Zhang Guilan's thoughts; nowadays three hundred yuan indeed was a lot, "Sister-in-law, let's do as Qin Yang suggested, we will repay this money."