"If you have something to say, say it quickly. Don't dilly-dally!" Old Mrs. Shen urged.
"Dad, Mom, there's an old saying that goes, 'When a tree grows up, it will have branches; when a son grows up, he will have to separate from the family..." Before Zhang Cuihong could finish her words, she was hit on the head by the broom thrown by Old Lady Shen.
"Your father and I are not dead yet, and you are already thinking about dividing the family!" Old Mrs. Shen pointed at Zhang Cuihong and said angrily, "Zhang Cuihong, you are cursing us, I will beat you to death!"
After saying that, he lowered his head, picked up the cloth shoes on the ground, and hit Zhang Cuihong.
While dodging the soles of Old Lady Shen's shoes, Zhang Cuihong turned around and shouted at Old Man Shen, "Dad, I'm doing this for our own good, and I didn't say we were going to split up our eldest house!"
"So what do you mean?" Old man Shen put down his pipe and looked at Zhang Cuihong with an ambiguous look.
Although he understood the meaning of his eldest daughter-in-law's words, it was better for her to say it out loud.
"Mom and Dad, now everyone in the third branch of the family, except for my third brother and his wife, has to rely on others for support. We don't earn many work points to begin with, and we can only barely make enough to eat half a meal every day.
Now we have to support a large family with three wives. It won’t be long before we can even afford to eat, not to mention being half full! "
What Zhang Cuihong said was exactly what Old Man Shen was worried about.
Before, he was not too worried because he had Shen Qingli's salary for translating books, but now even Shen Qingli has lost her job. They will really be left with nothing in the future!
"So, what do you want to do?" Old Man Shen asked.
"Mom and Dad, why don't we separate my third brother's family!"
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