Lu Zhengbing pursed his lips and said, "Since you want to split up the family, and my parents agree, let's do it this way."
"During the years when you were away, your eldest sister-in-law and I have been taking care of your parents. In the future, your parents will live with my husband and me. We will divide the family property according to what Dad said. Zhengguo, you should have no objection, right?"
Lu Zhengguo looked at Shen Man. Dividing the family was a matter for the whole family. Shen Man was his daughter-in-law, and he should get her consent for the specific matters of the division.
Shen Man noticed Lu Zhengguo looking at her and immediately understood what he meant.
She looked up at Lu Zhengbing and Zhang Fengxia.
"Brother, sister-in-law, what do you mean by you and your wife are the ones taking care of our parents? Although Lu Zhengguo has not been home for the past few years, as a daughter-in-law, I have done everything I should do."
"My parents were hospitalized because of the news of Lu Zhengguo's death, and I went to take care of them. In the years since I got married, I have done all the housework, obligations and expenses that were my turn, and I have done them without missing a penny."
Thinking of this, Shen Man couldn't help but sneer, "I have no objection to giving the house to you. After all, my parents will live with you in the future and you will take care of them. But we should at least get a larger share of the family's money, so that it is fair."
Although she planned to find an opportunity to divorce in the next few days, she still had to deal with the troubles before the divorce.
Zhang Fengxia's face turned red and blue with anger. She raised her finger and pointed at Shen Man, crying to Lu's mother and father.
"Dad, Mom, during the years when Zhengguo was gone, I think you should know how Zhengbing and I treated you and how we took care of you."
"As for Shen Man, she has indeed taken care of you to some extent over the years, but can she take care of you as attentively as we, my husband and I, can do?"
"When Mom was in the hospital, I took care of her excrement and urine, wiped her body and changed her clothes. Shen Man, on the other hand, didn't know where to find someone to take care of Mom. She simply didn't want to contribute at all."
Zhang Fengxia raised her hand to wipe her tears and looked at Shen Man with red eyes.
"No one can take care of you as well as your family can. Sister-in-law, if you want to slack off or you hate mom, just tell me."
"I'm not an unreasonable person. If you just ask me, I'll be willing to stay by my mother's side all day even if I don't have to go to work."
As she was talking, Zhang Fengxia hugged Lu's mother and burst into tears. Her eyes became red and tears fell down. She cried so pitifully.
"Mom, I really wronged you at that time. You should have told me earlier so that I could take time off to take care of you. I only found out about this after you were discharged from the hospital."
Thinking of the eldest daughter-in-law taking care of her personally and the younger daughter-in-law finding someone to help her, Mother Lu couldn't help but shed tears, and felt so sad in her heart.
"Fengxia, Mom knows how good you are. Don't worry, your dad and I will never let you two down when it comes to the division of the family."
It's no wonder that she likes Fengxia more, she really cares about her, unlike Shen Man, who just threw her to someone else to take care of her. Although that person took good care of her, it was still offensive to think about it.
Besides, Shen Man now works in an office and earns more than the average workshop worker. Zheng Guorou is a high-ranking military officer and earns more than 100 yuan a month.
Even if the family property is divided and nothing is given to them, they should not have any thoughts.
After all, they are the two old people and will have to rely on the eldest brother and his wife to take care of them in the future.
Mother Lu touched Zhang Fengxia's hand, looked up at Shen Man, and sighed, "Second daughter-in-law, your father and I will not live with you two in the future. It is reasonable to give the house to the eldest son's family."
"As for the money, we will divide it according to what your father said. There will be no extra money. If you don't want to, then we won't divide the family. We can just get along in the future."
"You said that you have given a lot to this family over the years, and we all acknowledge that, but I also felt uncomfortable when you asked someone else to take care of me in the hospital."
"Look at you. I am your mother-in-law. It is natural for a daughter-in-law to take care of her. What was wrong with you? You went back to your parents' home and left me, who was unable to move, to other people."
Shen Man glanced at Zhang Fengxia who was still wiping away tears, then looked at Lu's mother and couldn't help but smile sarcastically.
"Mom, she was not a famous person at first. Aunt Gu is my distant relative, and she is also a retired nurse. She is the most scientific person in taking care of patients."
"Auntie Gu is also good at cooking. She takes care of you every day and makes you feel clean and comfortable. You won't deny this, right?"
"If it were me, I wouldn't have Aunt Gu's ability. I was just afraid that you would feel uncomfortable if I took care of you, so I sent a telegram and asked Aunt Gu to come back to take care of you."
"The fees for those few days were calculated by the hour. Just taking care of you cost me a lot of money."
Shen Man sighed, "If you felt it was not okay at the time, why didn't you tell me? Now that it's been so long, you suddenly bring it up and blame me for not taking good care of you. You are just looking for trouble and finding fault with everything."
"Mom, I think you are just idle. You are living a comfortable life, so you want to make me unhappy."
"I think I should ask my mom to come over tomorrow so that we can have a good chat, so that you don't get sick out of idleness and start trouble."
If Shen Man's mother really came, who knows what kind of trouble she would cause to the Lu family. How could she dare to do that?
Mother Lu's face flushed, and she was so frightened that she couldn't speak for a moment. She opened her mouth, but only uttered a few words, "Then...then you can't let anyone come."
Those who stayed in the same ward were all taken care of by their own children, but she was the only one who was taken care of by herself. Don't think she didn't know that there must be many people who talked about her behind her back.
Shen Man curled her lips, only thinking it was funny, "A relative? She is my relative. If it wasn't for me, she would come to take care of you. Would you be able to get better so quickly?"
"You two are now arguing with me. Tell me honestly, is it possible that Aunt Gu is not as good as your sister-in-law in taking care of you?"
She simply extended her hand to the two of them and said, "If you really want to bring this up, then return all the money I paid."
At that time, the original owner really didn't want to take care of Lu's mother's excrement and urine, but she didn't just leave her mother alone. Instead, she spent more than twenty dollars to find an old nurse who had just retired to take care of her.
She had asked someone to do some inquiries about this candidate, and only after confirming that he was a good person did she call him over.