"We can’t, no..." Feng Caie panicked as she heard this, hurriedly tugging at Yang Baichuan, "You need to explain quickly, don’t let her sue..."
"I only acted to protect your nanny..." Yang Baichuan cried out urgently, "You can’t blame me, if you’re going to blame anyone, blame your nanny..."
As soon as the great uncles heard this, their eyes instinctively fell, their faces filled with disappointment.
Yang Anshi frowned.
Yang Baichuan also felt that he may have said something wrong, but now was not the time to explain, all he could do was bow his head and remain silent.
"Dani, you can’t do this." Yang Peili spoke up anxiously, turning to the great uncles as Ruxin ignored him, "Great Uncle, Fourth Uncle, please say something, Rusong is aiming to become a Champion, this lawsuit could ruin everything..."
"Grandfather, I don’t want this either, but we have no way out, nanny isn’t giving us a way to live..." Yang Ruxin’s face was filled with sorrow, "So you tell us, what should we do?"
Yang Peili opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.
"Grandfather, as long as you give us a way to survive, I naturally won’t block your path to promotion and wealth..." Yang Ruxin said, slightly raising her eyebrows, "So, this family..."
"Redistribute!" declared Yang Peili with finality.
An hour later, Yang Ruxin finally obtained Xun Hui’s Selling Covenant, which was actually her ultimate goal. Of course, it was natural she wouldn’t get back the previous properties, but she didn’t care.
Fortunately, the village head and the great uncles still tried their best to fight for some benefits for the main house.
They distributed two hundred kilograms of grain to the main house, along with some daily necessities, and the two pigs in the backyard would be slaughtered during the New Year to share twenty kilograms of meat with the main house. As for the land, it was directly used to offset the Silver needed to redeem Xun Hui’s Selling Covenant. The side room they had previously lived in was also temporarily given to them to reside in, but they would need to set up their own kitchen. As for their retirement, after Rufeng turned twelve years old, their grandparents would receive two taels of Silver for pension each year...
In addition, the second house must compensate the main house with five taels of Silver, which was something Yang Ruxin insisted on fiercely; she could not let the second house get off so easily.
Although Yang Baifu and Feng Caie of the second house were very unwilling, without their agreement, Ruxin wouldn’t sign. In the end, they had no choice but to accept the terms.
Of course, Ruyu also played a role in this, as she reminded her parents that Xun Hui was unconscious, and they would need a lot of money in the future; giving Silver now and then washing their hands of the matter later was a fair deal. Besides, since the family wasn’t split yet, the money was coming from the common fund, so why feel the pain?
Upon hearing this, Yang Baichuan and Feng Caie immediately thought it made sense and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Although Yang Baifu and Yang Baihe were reluctant, they knew that without agreeing, they wouldn’t be able to split the household, which meant future expenses would be even greater.
However, as a result, Yang Baifu came to hate his second brother, feeling that he suffered because of the dispute with the second house, which later led to more troubles, but that’s a story for another time.
The household separation agreements were made in triplicate, with each family keeping one copy and another kept on file in the village, but all three needed to be stamped at the Governor’s Office by the Lizheng to take effect.
Of course, even without the official stamp, the agreements were valid, but Ruxin was willing to spend an extra two hundred Wen to get the stamp from the Governor’s Office, making the agreements more solid, ensuring no future regrets.
Although Li Cheng was the Lizheng, he was after all a member of the Li family; since this was a matter for the Yang Family and with the Clan Leader of the Yang Family present, he remained silent throughout the process, only taking the agreements and hurrying to the county city. If all went well, he would return before sunset. It was best to resolve such matters swiftly.