Chapter Three Hundred Seventy-Eight: The Partition
At the second watch of the night, seeking your favor.
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Lian Shouren was about to take his whole family with him to assume his new post, Old Master Lian, Lady Zhou wanted to bring Lian Xiuxiu along. Lian Shouyi of the second wife and his family also all wanted to follow, with no one wishing to stay behind. Yet the Lian Family's ancestral home, the undivided gardens, fields, and the chickens and pigs raised in the courtyard all needed someone to look after them.
"The eighteen acres of land can be farmed by you. And there are thirty acres of tenant-farmed land, after this year's harvest. Next year, whether you continue to farm it or give it up, it will all be up to you," Lian Shouren said.
Lian Shouren also claimed he wouldn't fight for the family property, saying it should all go to Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin. Old Master Lian announced that he wanted to give these things to his third and fourth sons as well.
