Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 904 - 893: The Time-Traveling Heroine’s Biased Grandmother

"Everyone sit down and listen, Yang Yuhui, Yu Qin, Yuxin, I will start reading now. If you have any questions, bring them up after I finish reading. During this time, no one is allowed to make noise." The Clan Leader glanced around the crowd, especially giving a stern warning to the Yao Family.

"Mrs. Yang Ye of the Yang Family, due to her advanced age, and with her three sons married and settled, has invited everyone here today to witness the division of family assets. The current Yang Family assets are as follows: ancestral house with eight rooms, eight acres of prime paddy field, six acres and three-tenths of dry land, one water buffalo, two hoes, two knives, two pots, fifteen bowls, eight plates, two tables, twelve chairs... and thirty-two taels of silver and thirty copper coins in cash." After finishing the property list prepared by Ye Qiu, the Clan Leader felt a bit parched, "Yang Family’s three brothers, do you have any objections?"

All three shook their heads, somewhat surprised that their mother had listed everything so meticulously. Not only were they surprised, but even the outsiders who were listening were astonished.

The Yao Family, on the other hand, greedily eyed the list in the Clan Leader’s hands, not having expected the seemingly poor Yang Family to have thirty taels in cash, wondering if Granny Ye had secretly hoarded it for herself.

"Since you have no objections to the property list, I will proceed with reading the divisions." The Clan Leader coughed, his voice clearer and louder, "The ancestral house has eight rooms in total. Eldest Son Yang Yuhui gets four rooms, Yang Yuxin gets two rooms, the room Yang Xiaomei left after getting married goes to Yang Yuxin, and the room left after Granny Ye passes will go to Yang Yuqin."

"Huh, this old lady is indeed..." Yao Xuwu was about to flare up when he noticed the dangerous glares from the Yang Family and the clan elders, choking the angry words in his throat.

However, the people outside continued whispering, "Granny Ye indeed favors the eldest and the third, too bad for the second son."

"No wonder the Yao Family is uneasy."

"Even if they’re uneasy, they shouldn’t be here. The Yang Family matters have nothing to do with the Yao Family."

The Clan Leader raised his voice, "Silence!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

After all sounds ceased, he continued, "There are eight acres of paddy field. The eldest, Yang Yuhui, gets two acres, Yang Yuhui gets three acres, Yang Yuqin gets two acres, and Granny Ye retains one acre for herself. The dry land amounts to six acres and three-tenths, with both the eldest and the third son getting two acres each, and the second son getting two acres and three-tenths."

"Eh?" At this point, everyone was stunned. To their surprise, the less-favored second son, Yang Lao San, received the most land. In these times, paddy fields are very valuable, especially the prime ones owned by the Yang Family, where even at a price of ten taels per acre, they would still be hard to find. It seems although Yang Lao San didn’t get any rooms, he did receive the most land, not a bad deal!

Yang Yuqin apparently was also surprised. He looked at his mother with a lost expression, having already prepared himself for receiving little to nothing, yet his mother had given him so much?

His mother did not treat him unfairly! As he thought of his Yue Family being suspicious and ready to make a scene, a great sense of shame washed over him.

"The water buffalo is shared among the three families. Yang Yuqin gets one hoe, while Yang Yuhui and Yang Yuxin share another. Yang Yuqin gets one knife, while Yang Yuhui and Yang Yuxin share another. Yang Yuqin gets one pot, while Yang Yuhui and Yang Yuxin share another. Yang Yuqin gets one table, while Yang Yuhui and Yang Yuxin share another. Each family gets four bowls, with Granny Ye retaining three. Each family gets two plates, with Granny Ye keeping two. Yang Yuhui gets four chairs, Yang Yuqin gets four chairs, Yang Yuxin gets two chairs, and Granny Ye keeps two chairs..."

As the Clan Leader read each item, everyone was filled with nothing but surprise. With such distribution, almost every item favored the second son, who usually received the least; on the contrary, the usually favored third son received the least.

"Wasn’t it said Granny Ye favored the third son the most? Why distribute it this way?"

"Yeah, putting the third son aside, Granny Ye is supposed to spend her elderly years with the eldest son Yang Yuhui, surely he should get more?"

"Don’t forget, there are still thirty taels of silver yet to be divided; maybe the second son won’t get any of that."

"Right, there’s still the silver left to be divided. Thirty taels is not a small amount."

The outside whispers continued to drift into the ears of the three brothers. Yang Yuhui and Yang Yuxin accepted it calmly, but their wives looked somewhat displeased, although they remained silent, which could be seen as commendable.

Meanwhile, Yang Yuqin and Yao Xue Mei felt uneasy, unable to believe their mother distributed it this way. Although they didn’t receive a house, they did get more farmland than the other two families. Could it be their mother cared about them after all?

"Finally, the thirty-two taels of silver and thirty copper coins, three families each take seven taels. Considering the second son, Yang Yuqin, didn’t receive a house, he is allocated an additional four taels for building a house. The rest remains with Granny Ye. As the younger sister of the Yang Family has not yet been betrothed, her dowry will be jointly provided by the three brothers when she marries. With this, the division of the family is concluded. Are there any objections?" The Clan Leader finished reading and took a large gulp of water.

It turned out that the silver distribution again favored the second son the most, leaving everyone in utter shock. Although four taels can’t build a new house, there are many old houses in the village that can be bought for two or three taels, which can be repaired to live in. Who said Granny Ye was biased? It seems she was favoring the second son instead!

"As a mother, this is how I’ve divided it. Do any of you have any objections?" Ye Qiu calmly looked at her three sons.

"No."

"Neither do I." Yang Yuhui and Yang Yuxin responded in succession.

Ye Qiu then turned her gaze to the second son, Yang Yuqin, "And you? Do you have any objections? Not in vain do you bring your father-in-law and mother-in-law over."

"Mother!" Yang Yuqin looked at Ye Qiu in shock, his fists clenched tightly, with a myriad of emotions in his heart, unsure of how to explain, he just kept shaking his head, "No, I didn’t bring them over."

"I only saw them causing trouble. Second, I’ve never treated you unfairly," Ye Qiu stated firmly.

Yang Yuqin felt even more ashamed, recalling how he had pressured his parents to allow him to marry Xue Mei and how he had occasionally been displeased with his mother’s favoritism over the years, he didn’t know what to do anymore.

"Second, I originally planned to divide the family after your younger sister got married. You really didn’t need to be so anxious, sending Xiudan, a little child, to sow discord between the eldest and the third."

"I didn’t, truly it wasn’t me, Mother, believe me," Yang Yuqin said in pain.

"I may be old, but I’m not blind. Whether it’s you or your wife behind it doesn’t matter, you can ask Xiudan yourself if she lied." Ye Qiu seemed unwilling to even look at him, and tears welled up in Yang Yuqin’s eyes on the spot.

He turned his head to look at his daughter, indeed seeing her unable to hide her shock and unease, realizing what actions his daughter had taken unbeknownst to him?

"Since there are no other objections, you three brothers come and place your handprints, five copies in total, each of you three brothers and your mother gets one, and I keep one. Tomorrow, follow me to the county government to handle the household division procedures." The Clan Leader sighed, at least the family division was finally completed.