Chapter 440
Sanqing and Siqing felt that what their mother said made sense, so they didn't say anything.
After returning home, Sanqing asked Mrs. Tao, "Mom, how much money do we have now?"
"About three hundred yuan. We only have so much after we found all the private money that Old Man Duan hid at home." Mrs. Tao said this, glancing at Sanqing and Siqing with annoyance. "I told you a long time ago to be gentle, but you ignored my advice and beat Old Man Duan to death. If Old Man Duan hadn't died, he would still receive a pension from the factory every month. We just need to snatch the pension from him every month and we can live well. Now that Old Man Duan is dead, the factory won't give him a pension. We will be penniless sooner or later with only those three hundred yuan."
Sanqing and Siqing touched their heads regretfully.
"Mom, we didn't mean to beat the old man to death. My brother and I were holding back. The old man was just too old and couldn't take it." Siqing said.
Old Mrs. Tao thought about how every time she asked Old Man Duan for money, he would inevitably be beaten by Sanqing and Siqing. After being beaten by Sanqing and Siqing for so long, Old Man Duan's body probably couldn't bear it anymore, so it wasn't surprising that he was beaten to death.
"That's enough. He's dead, let's forget about the past." Old Mrs. Tao said, "It's good that he's dead. From now on, it'll be just the three of us living in this house. We don't have to see Old Man Duan's face anymore, and we don't have to listen to his nagging anymore."
Sanqing and Siqing smiled and nodded: "Yes."
But although Mrs. Tao had good intentions, the reality was not so good.
Not long after Old Man Duan died, people from a factory came and wanted to take the house back.
Old Mrs. Tao, Sanqing and Siqing were shocked and angry.
"Why do you want to take the house back?" Sanqing yelled.
The man from Factory 1 said in a businesslike tone, "Originally, this house was allocated to Mr. Duan. Now that he's passed away, and you're not his family, there's no reason for you to inherit the house and live here. Naturally, we have to take it back and distribute it to other workers."
"How are we not his family?" Old Mrs. Tao said with a stern face, "Old Man Duan and I have lived here for so long, everyone has seen it. What reason do you have to say that we are not his family?"
"As far as we know," the man said, "you and Mr. Duan haven't obtained a marriage certificate or held a wedding banquet. According to our factory's rules and regulations, you are not eligible to inherit Mr. Duan's house and continue to live here."
"Old Man Duan and I are both so old, and we're still having a wedding banquet. Isn't that a joke?" Old Mrs. Tao yelled, "If I don't count him as family, and he and I have lived here for so long, isn't he guilty of hooliganism?!"
"I'm just following the factory's rules and regulations. This is the factory's regulation, and I have no choice." said the male comrade.
"What bullshit rules and regulations!" Siqing roared, "I only know that my mother and Old Man Duan are husband and wife. Now that Old Man Duan is dead, my mother should live here! If you kick us out now, you're sending us to die!"
"That's right!" Sanqing echoed loudly: "No decent couple is qualified to continue living here. I don't think anyone else is qualified to live here!"
Old Mrs. Tao narrowed her eyes gloomily and said without any fear, "Old Man Duan and I were a legitimate couple. He died, and not only did your factory not give me any condolence money, but you also wanted to drive us, an orphan and a widow, away. There is no such unreasonable thing in the world."
"That's right, that's right." Sanqing and Siqing waved their arms in agreement.
"I will never leave even if I die. Not only will I not leave, I will also ask the factory to give me some consolation money." Old Mrs. Tao said and sat down on the ground.
The man said helplessly, "Old man, the factory doesn't have such a system. We can't give you condolence money, and you can't continue to live in this house."
"The system is dead, but people are alive! I don't care what the system was in your factory before. We won't move, and I want condolence money! If the factory doesn't give it to me, I will go to the factory gate to make trouble every day!" Old Mrs. Tao looked like a rogue.
The gay man was about to say something when Sanqing pushed his chest hard: "Stop talking nonsense and do what my mother says!"
Siqing also stood in front of him, looking as if they would beat him up if he dared to say another word.
The gay man had no choice but to go back as he was afraid of being beaten.
Seeing this, the aunts who were watching shook their heads and dispersed.
"These three people from the Tao family are really hard to get rid of. I'm afraid they will stay here forever." Aunt Donghong whispered to Chen Guifeng.
"If they had been more frugal, Old Man Duan wouldn't have died so early," said Chen Guifeng.
Chen Guifeng continued, "Logically, it's not their turn to live in this house. Duan Dawei is the only one who's qualified to live there. However, if the three Tao family members refuse to leave, the factory might not be able to do anything about it."
Aunt Donghong nodded: "Yes, the factory doesn't want to make a big deal out of this."
True to her word, Mrs. Tao actually went to the factory gate the next day and made a scene, demanding the factory leaders give her condolence money. The security department couldn't get her out, and no one at the factory was willing to deal with her.
But Old Mrs. Tao was not discouraged and went to the factory gate to make trouble every day. Even Duan Dawei ran into her several times.
"Dawei, is she your grandfather's new wife?" A colleague saw Old Mrs. Tao and joked with Duan Dawei.
This colleague was well aware of Duan Dawei's situation, so he didn't react to his colleague's teasing.
"Logically speaking, now that your grandfather has passed away, you should be the one to move back in. This old lady not only occupies the house and refuses to return it to the factory, but also makes a fuss every day asking the factory to give her consolation money. She is really shameless." The colleague shook his head.
Duan Dawei still didn't say anything.
The colleague continued, "I don't think the factory can do anything about this old woman. I'm afraid your grandfather's house won't be reclaimed, so she'll have to live there. You, your mother, and your child are renting a place outside, but she's living in your grandfather's house with her two sons. She's even trying to get condolence money from the factory and take all the benefits. Are you willing to accept that?"
Duan Dawei didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of thought.
Mrs. Tao had been making trouble at the gate of Factory 1 for five consecutive days. On the sixth day, Mrs. Tao was preparing to go to the gate of Factory 1 to make trouble again early in the morning.
This time, she even prepared Bai Ling. If the leader of Factory 1 still ignored her, she would directly stage a scene of hanging herself at the factory gate, forcing the leader of Factory 1 to come out to see her.
However, as soon as she left the house, the police came to her door.
"Are you Old Lady Tao?" the leading police officer stopped Old Lady Tao and asked.
Old Mrs. Tao looked at the police officers who had come over warily and asked, "What do you want?"
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