After Lu Jiaxin went to sleep, Big Uncle Lu visited Seventh Uncle's home. When he arrived, Seventh Uncle was still discussing matters with the village chief and several elder members from their clan.
Seeing Big Uncle Lu, Seventh Uncle felt reassured. Since Big Uncle Lu was overseeing the matter of Jiaxin subsidizing the education of the clan's children, he now had considerable say in village affairs.
After sitting down, Big Uncle Lu asked, "How are the discussions going?"
Seventh Uncle and the village chief felt they could agree, but they were worried that the villagers might not be willing to accept it since there was no precedent. The villagers, being rather short-sighted, might think that allowing a girl to claim a share of forest land was breaking the rules and harming the interests of the males, and then there might not be enough land to go around if too many applied.
