“Mother, when the village divided the family property, the elderly all lived with their eldest sons. If you and Father don’t live with us, won’t people gossip about Yun Shuang and me behind our backs?”

Qian Yunshuang also tried to persuade her.

"Mother, when you and Father get old, come live with us. Qinghua and I will earn work points to support you!"

An Tanxiao spoke at this moment.

"Your mother said we'd see. Your mother and I are still young and can work for another ten years or so. It's too early to discuss who will support us!"

An Qinghua wanted to say something more, but Shi Meiling waved her hand to stop him.

"Alright, we'll talk about who will take care of us when we get old later. Now let's continue talking about dividing the family property!"

An Qinghua had no choice but to shut up and continue listening.

Shi Meiling went back to her room and brought out her account book, which clearly recorded every income and expenditure.

"There is still more than 1,000 yuan in the family. 500 yuan of it is the money that my third brother has given me over the years!"

Don't even think about the 500. I can't give it to you. I can't let the third brother support all of you. It's his duty to support his parents, but supporting his brothers is not his responsibility!

The remaining 500 will be divided equally among the four brothers, 125 per family. The third and fourth brothers will also get their share. Since we're dividing it, let's divide it all!

Everyone else had no objections, but Wu Pandi disagreed.

"Mother, why should the 500 be given to our third brother? He and Zhuang Zhiqing are so rich, why would they care about a hundred or so? Just give it to us!"

Shi Meiling was so angry that her hands were shaking.

"Let me tell you, Wu Pandi, I can give my money to whomever I want. I'll keep your second wife's money safe for now. As long as I'm alive, you can dream on if you want any more money!"

Wu Pandi was completely dumbfounded. Why was the money still being held by her? Wasn't she supposed to receive it immediately? That wouldn't do. How could she help her brother if she didn't get the money?

"Mother, I disagree. Money that belongs to our second branch of the family should be given to us! I won't stop you from giving it to my third brother, okay?"

Wu Pandi desperately tried to signal to An Qingsong with her eyes, hoping that An Qingsong would persuade Shi Meiling to agree to give them the money.

An Qingsong saw it but pretended not to. He did speak up, but what he said shattered Wu Pandi's hopes.

"Mom, please keep this for me. I'm afraid that once the money is in my hands, it will be taken to someone else's house in a few days!"

Shi Meiling breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing An Qingsong's words; he wasn't a fool. She stopped worrying about Wu Pandi.

She then looked at the eldest, third, and fourth sons.

"Please share your opinions!"

An Qinghua shook her head.

"Mom, I have no objection. You can divide it however you like!"

An Qingbai was actually a little reluctant to accept the hundred-odd yuan, but he reassured his mother that she had kept over five hundred yuan for herself, so he agreed.

"Mother, I have no objection either!"

How could An Qinglin dare to have any objections! Since when did it become his place to speak in the family?

"Mother, my eldest brother, third brother, and I all have no objections!"

Shi Meiling divided the money among the eldest, third, and fourth sons, but she kept the second son's money and did not hand it over to An Qingsong.

Wu Pandi was furious! But there was no use in being angry, as no one was on her side. She could only swallow her anger and think about finding a way to get the money back later.

When Shi Meiling divided the family property, An Baogen had already recorded all the details of the division in the family division document.

Shi Meiling was thinking about what else she might have missed when she suddenly saw Zhuang Zhimeng and slapped her forehead.

"Oh, right, one more thing! Your father and I have decided to build a new house for our third son after the double harvest! He can ask your Uncle Baogen for the land for the house himself!"

The third and fourth siblings are currently sharing a room, but it won't be suitable if the third sibling gets married! The third sibling and Zhimeng will discuss what kind of house to build privately!

After she finished speaking and saw that no one reacted, she raised her voice and asked again.

"If anyone has a problem, speak up! Of course, we may not listen, but you can bring it up!"

An Qinghua, as the leader, stepped forward.

"Mom, we all agree to build a house for our third brother, and we won't be unhappy about it!"

An Qingsong quickly responded as well.

"Mother, I don't object to building a house for my third brother. He can't get married without even having his own place to live!"

An Qinglin was the happiest of them all, but he dared not show it, fearing that his third brother would punish him later.

"Mom, I'll help Third Brother build his house!"

Shi Meiling was afraid that the brothers would have conflicts over the house, so she was very satisfied that they said that.

She looked at An Baogen.

"Baogen, this is how we're splitting up! Remember that?"

An Baogen handed the family division documents to Shi Meiling for her to see.

"Meiling, take a look!"

Shi Meiling took the document, glanced at it, and found no problems. She then handed it to An Tanxiao.

"Tan Xiao, take a look too. Is there anything else you want to add?"

An Tanxiao read it carefully.

That's all!

Shi Meiling then looked at Uncle An and Father An.

"What are your opinions?"

Uncle An had no objections.

"I have no objections. The division of the family is perfectly clear!"

Old Man An was somewhat dissatisfied.

“I still think you need to decide on your future retirement arrangements now, and put it in writing. At least there will be some agreement. Otherwise, if you just talk about who will take care of you, and they don’t agree, you’ll have nothing to say.”

Shi Meiling and An Tanxiao exchanged a glance and agreed that what Old Man An said made sense. Since things had come to this point, An Tanxiao decided to share their ideas.

"Meiling and I have our own thoughts; we prefer to live with Lao San."

Our reason for this isn't that the eldest son and his wife are bad, but rather that we'd prefer to live with the third son. So we said we'd wait and see, but we don't know if the third son and Zhimeng would be willing.

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