webnovelfull Chapter 279 Shen Zhiqiu's New Clan Rules
Chapter 279 Shen Zhiqiu's New Clan Rules
But this time, her mother didn't say anything, she was just a little dazed, with a complicated look in her eyes, a mixture of happiness and sadness.
As for the men in Shenjia Village, most of them had no objection. Many of them did not think too much about it. They believed that Shen Zhiqiu divided it this way just for convenience, and whether it was a daughter or a wife, they were all family members.
But Mr. Shen had his doubts: "My third son, if we divide it equally according to your idea, after the girl gets married, will this land still belong to our Shenjia Village?
By then, the good land will be divided into pieces, and the daughter won’t know where to marry, and she can’t go back to her parents’ home to farm the land.”
Shen Zhiqiu had already considered the issue that Master Shen mentioned: "Grandpa, I've thought about this. Now the land is divided according to the number of people. Even if we can't settle it at the government office, we can write a certificate and keep it in the clan.
But here comes the issue of the daughters getting married that Grandpa mentioned. After the daughters get married, they cannot take the land with them, but they can choose to let their parents stay in the village where they get married.
Or I can buy similar land from other places as a dowry, or ask my parents to exchange these three acres of land for a dowry of silver. If my parents and brothers are really unreasonable, we can also sell it to other people in our group and exchange it for silver.
Of course, there is another option, which is to let your parents and brothers farm the land, and let them pay 40% rent every year. When you can't live in your husband's family anymore, you still have the confidence to come back.
I hope these rules will be written into our family tree, and in the future our Shen family, no! I hope that all of our Shenjia Village will do this. "
These words are simply too shocking to everyone's cognition, but think about it, these are all to give a guarantee to your own daughter.
At this time, Shen Zhibei suddenly said, "What if the woman wants to remarry?"
This kid is the second child in Shen Zhiqiu’s second uncle’s family. His wife is the one who missed out on fleeing the famine because she always went back to her parents’ home.
At that time, he was thinking about finding a wife, as his two sons could not be without a mother.
But later on, I was beaten by old lady Hua, so I didn’t make it. I have experienced a lot along the way, and I know that some people are worth your efforts, while some people are not worth your efforts at all.
For example, his wife is not worthy. When she married him at the beginning, she had no intention of living a good life with him.
Although she gave birth to two sons, her wife basically did not take care of them except for breastfeeding since they were born.
After the child was weaned, she would go back to her parents' home every few days. Sometimes she would stay there for several days at a time. She didn't care about the child because he was still young.
Now he asked this question because he was thinking of his wife. If Shenjia Village married a wife like that, the land would be distributed to her. What would he do if she took the land and gave it to her parents' home?
Shen Zhiqiu has never paid much attention to his younger brother, mainly because he dislikes him for being confused and a wimp.
But he could probably guess the reason why he asked this question at this time. It might be because he was thinking about what to do if the woman didn't live a good life?
Shen Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Anan, this is a very good question. This is what I think. The land allocated to a daughter-in-law cannot be taken back by the daughter-in-law to her parents' home.
But if you and your wife cultivate your own land, it is okay for the wife to send some food to her parents' home when she sees that they are not doing well.
After all, everyone's daughter-in-law is someone else's daughter. Our daughters should show filial piety, and we should not stop other daughters from showing filial piety to their parents."
Several women discussed it: "Yes, that's right. Hey, even if we fled to Taiji, we didn't inform our parents. I wonder if we will have the chance to see them again in this life?"
As he spoke, he began to wipe away tears.
Shen Zhiqiu could understand, but he still changed the subject in time:
"But if there is a wife who is not virtuous, does not live a good life, and wants to divorce and take the land away, the clan can take the land back.
Of course, if the man is not a good man and wants to divorce his wife, he needs to pay the same amount of money to buy the land back. Of course, the woman can also ask the other party to exchange it with land of the same value, and the land must be purchased from another village.
As for why the wife was not virtuous and the clan had to take back the land after the divorce, it is possible that the man was just a playboy and wanted to marry a young wife again.
He then turned around and threw dirty water on his wife, just to prevent her from taking the land with her. Therefore, once they wanted to divorce, the land would only belong to the clan and not to the man. "
Shen Mazi rolled his eyes: "Old Third, you're just doing useless things. None of us are that kind of person."
The other men also said: "That's right, we are not that kind of people."
The women also said: "This third brother also has his moments of silence. We are all so virtuous, is there any need to add this?
Moreover, we have been fleeing from famine for a long time and are about to settle down. Our future life will be better and better. Who would want to divorce for no reason? Wouldn't that be stupid?"
Li Jingshu looked at him with a smile but said nothing.
I thought: "Is Old Shen going to come up with a modern marriage law?"
The old ladies didn’t object this time. Why?
Because it is basically impossible for an old lady of this age to get a divorce. She has lived most of her life and still has a few years to live. Besides, the old men are also getting older and better at speaking softly.
So this rule is almost useless to them, but the daughters-in-law are young. Even if there are no such people in their generation, it is not easy to escape from famine.
Everyone cherishes each other, but that doesn’t mean the same applies to their grandchildren. It’s good to have such a rule to constrain them.
Even if the land belongs to the clan, it will benefit everyone in the end, better than benefiting outsiders, right?
Shen Youyou, the younger sisters and the older brothers all pretended not to understand. This was not a topic they should be listening to. As for the little kids, except Shen Yuanbao, I guess no one else really understood.
Shen Zhiqiu saw everyone's expressions and said, "I said that these few rules are not aimed at any of us, but because we have a boy at home, and he will get married in the future.
We all know the character of the sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law present here, but we don’t know the character of the newly married ones. These are for future considerations.
Also, brothers, you can guarantee that you are not treacherous, but can you guarantee that the next generation will not be treacherous?"
As soon as these words fell, the boys immediately answered, "Third Uncle (Third Uncle) we don't have any!"
Shen Zhiqiu was embarrassed: "Okay, you don't have it, but what about the next generation? In fact, I also hope that our two are just decorations and no one can use them. I hope that all my descendants and their spouses will live in harmony."
But then Father Shen suddenly said, "We only have 1,000 acres. How do we divide it? Do we have to divide all the land every time we marry a wife?"
Shen Zhiqiu explained: "Of course not, for example, Xiao Xingyun's family has few people, and their family has a total of six acres and eight mu of land. When Xiao Xingyun grows up and gets married, the land will be divided into three parts, and then divided again when he has children.
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to divide the land. After all, as long as there is no separation of the family, marriage of a daughter, or divorce, the land is basically cultivated by the whole family and there is no need to divide the land.
Of course, this also means that our clan will do this in the future, without buying land,
But will I let you stay like this forever? When the time comes, we will develop well, buy more land, and give more land to families who have added population.
Whether you give birth to a girl or a boy, you can get more, so the girls and boys in our Shenjia Village are treated the same, not to mention getting married in the future.
At least you can cultivate more than three acres of land for more than ten years for nothing. Even if your daughter gets married in the future, you should be good to her.
Most girls will not take the land away, but will give it to their families to continue farming, so that they can have a strong backing when the time comes. "