Separation?
If this money is distributed, Zhang Jizhou's allowance will not reach them.
Huang Hongmei immediately reacted as if someone had robbed her of hundreds of thousands of yuan, and went berserk at the onlookers, yelling, "Get out! All of you, get out! This is our business, what right do you have to talk about it here!"
No matter what, this family cannot be divided!
Over the years, she has gotten used to it. Every month at the appointed time, she goes to the post office to collect a large sum of money and stamps. If she loses this money and stamps, it will be more painful for Huang Hongmei than losing her life.
You should know that even working in a factory in the county town only earns twenty yuan a month.
As for Zhang Jizhou, not to mention how many votes he still has, even just ninety yuan a month is many times better than what others earn.
Without these ninety yuan, how would this family survive?
Although Old Man Zhang doesn't usually manage the household affairs, he knows the family's income very well.
At the beginning of this year, Gouzi Village began implementing land reform, allowing individuals to contract land and farm it themselves.
The Zhang family, including all members of the family, numbered nine, but they did not contract a single plot of land; they only cultivated a small private plot of land.
Normally, only Gao Dashu and Old Man Zhang would go to the fields to work in the early morning or late evening when the weather was cool; everyone else stayed at home like parasites.
The vegetables they grow are barely enough for their own family to eat.
Sell it for money?
That's something you shouldn't even think about.
However, apart from Fang Yan and her son, everyone else in the Zhang family had rosy complexions and were obese.
And then there's Zhang Baocai, who's so fat that he's the only one of his kind in the whole area!
Old Man Zhang knew very well that the reason his family members were so well-fed was entirely due to Zhang Jizhou's subsidies.
Once Fang Yan is separated from the family, the third son will definitely stop giving the family allowances.
Therefore, his conclusion was the same as Huang Hongmei's—the family absolutely cannot separate!
Suddenly, his sinister old eyes widened abruptly: "Separate the family!"
So that's what the third brother's family was after!
Yesterday, she was with her child and her third son. Could it be that the third son wanted to separate the family property?
Could it be that the third brother discovered something?
For a moment, Old Man Zhang was filled with mixed emotions, but no matter how much he thought about it or what he was thinking, he still decided that he absolutely could not split up the family!
Therefore, he made a quick decision, changed his strategy, and abandoned his previous tough attitude.
At this moment, he lowered his head, his tone softening as he spoke to Zhang Zongde, "Uncle De, there might be some misunderstanding in this matter. As a grown man, I shouldn't interfere too much in matters between women. How about we leave it at that for today, and I'll ask Hongmei about it later to see what's going on?"
Making decisions for someone else to divide their property is the same as making decisions for someone else to get a divorce. If things go smoothly afterward, that's fine. But if things don't go smoothly after the division, you'll end up being blamed by others.
Moreover, the third son is away from home most of the year, and his wife is so thin. Zhang Zongde really doubted that a gust of wind could blow her over. He wondered if she could really survive on her own with her child.
So he hesitated, unsure whether he should help make the decision to separate Fang Yan from the Zhang family.
Fang Yan, without the slightest hesitation, cried and said, "Uncle, if we don't separate, my child and I won't live a year before they abuse us to death."
“Uncle, didn’t Buddha say that saving one life is better than anything else? We’re saving the lives of the third brother’s family, and two lives at that.”
Everyone helped to persuade him.
Zhang Zongde pondered for a moment, about to speak, when he heard Old Man Zhang roar like thunder, "You want to split up the family? Don't even think about it!"
He originally intended to retreat in order to advance, and to gloss over the matter today.
Unexpectedly, the third son's family was extremely ungrateful.
Old Man Zhang couldn't help but roar again.
Huang Hongmei chimed in, "With your parents still alive, you're already making a fuss about separating the family. You're clearly a troublemaker, a menace, and someone who'll be talked about behind your back. If you dare to make another fuss about separating the family, I'll go to the army and find Lao San and ask him if it was his idea or yours."
Fang Yan thought to herself, "Go ahead and ask if you want to. What's it to me?"
Anyway, everything that happens to the male lead in the future will be related to the second female lead, so she won't worry about this motherly concern.
However, she naturally didn't say these words aloud, but instead...
Turning to look at Old Man Zhang and Huang Hongmei, he asked them very seriously, "Are you sure you don't want to separate the family?"
"Before your father and I pass away, neither of you should even think about dividing the family property!" Huang Hongmei said firmly and without hesitation.
She and Old Man Zhang had planned this all along. They were determined to take good care of their health and live well, so that they could help Zhang Baocai extract more money from the third son and ensure that Zhang Baocai could live a life free from financial worries for the rest of his life.
Fang Yan adjusted her angle, revealing a seemingly shallow but actually eerie smile to Old Man Zhang from a place where others couldn't see her, and asked seriously again, "Dad, is that what you think too? Are you sure you really don't want to separate the family?"
That's exactly what Old Man Zhang was thinking.
However, Fang Yan's strange smile made him feel a little uneasy, and he hesitated, no longer daring to speak so readily and firmly.
Zhang Zongde's eyes subtly scrutinized Fang Yan for a few moments, a slight smile playing on his lips. The third son's family doesn't seem as weak and easily bullied as they appear.
As for why she remained silent and was bullied by the Zhang family for so many years, that remains unknown.
At least today, Zhang Laowu has really messed up.
Old Man Zhang's real name was Zhang Mushuan. He was the fifth child in the Zhang family. People of the same generation or the older generation usually called him Zhang Laowu.
"Old man, what are you thinking about? Say something." Seeing that Old Man Zhang was frowning and not speaking, Huang Hongmei couldn't help but nudge him with her elbow and urge him in a low voice.
Fang Yan, however, had an expression that said, "I'm not in a hurry at all; you can take your time to consider it."
The more she acted this way, the more uneasy Old Man Zhang felt. He always felt that his third son's wife had dug a huge pit for him, just waiting for him to jump in, and then covering it with soil and burying him in the pit.
Old Man Zhang ignored Huang Hongmei and carefully considered all the disadvantages of not separating the family in his mind.
It would have been better if I hadn't thought about it, but the thought of those two eyebrows under his forehead made me furrow my brow even more.
Because the family doesn't separate, he not only gets a free animal to use, but also ninety yuan a month. Maybe in another year or two, the third son will get a raise, and then he'll get more than a hundred yuan. There's absolutely no downside to this!
Suddenly, it was as if his mind had suddenly clicked...
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