He Sanfeng didn't even bother to look at her infuriating granddaughter, ignoring her completely. The onlookers also paid no attention to Anle's childish words.
Everyone stared at Liu Xiufen, whose face was as black as soot, as she walked out of the house, wanting to see how she would cause trouble.
"Uncle Li, how come you've turned my wife and me into something that's not human?"
This isn't our fault at all!
What can we do if our parents insist on coming with us?
How could I possibly displease them?
If word gets out, wouldn't it make us look like unfilial children?
Li Changsheng chuckled. "Ha, is this even reasonable?"
They've put on this pretense of filial piety!
"When did I say you two weren't human? I never said that."
Liu Xiufen had a long face and spoke in an unfriendly tone.
"But isn't that exactly what you meant? Anyone can see that, right? I asked you to come and divide the family property, not to make fun of my husband and me."
"Alright, since that's the case, let's divide this according to your wishes." Since everyone was here, he had achieved his goal.
He Sanfeng herself admitted that it was their own choice to follow the second son's family, and it had nothing to do with the eldest son's family. It wasn't that they didn't care about supporting their parents!
"Since you don't mind losing face and breaking ancestral rules, then divide it this way, just like we agreed yesterday."
Now that things are separated again, you can't be unhappy about it here, second brother's family!
The entire An family is here to witness this!
The two elders are determined to stay with the second son's family; they even made that clear yesterday.
It would be better to let them die than to live with the eldest son's family. They say that if the eldest son's family supports the elderly couple, it's like forcing them to their deaths, which is unfilial.
I'll say it too, so everyone can hear it!
Li Changsheng turned his gaze to An Daliang, his face full of sarcasm.
“Da Liang, as the village head, I don’t make up lies. Your eldest and second brothers heard you two say these words yourselves yesterday.”
But having done this for so many years, hearing this is quite novel; taking care of one's parents has become the act of an unfilial son.
As he spoke, Li Changsheng shifted his gaze to An Mancang and continued earnestly.
“Mancang, you’ve always been a filial child. Now that things have come to this, you can’t be unfilial at this crucial moment of dividing the family property!”
You should just grant the old couple's wish and be a filial child. Stop clinging to your parents like that.
Your parents feel that living with your second son's family will be a peaceful retirement, while living with you will be pure suffering.
An Mancang pursed his lips and remained silent. The thirty-year-old man's tears fell silently, and he knelt down in front of An Daliang and his wife in a silent protest.
Li Changsheng patted An Mancang on the back and gave the elderly An couple a mocking glance.
"Mancang, don't be stubborn here. What if you push your parents to the point of actually trying to kill themselves in front of you?"
Qiao Qiuniang immediately knelt down next to An Mancang, tears streaming down her face.
"Father and Mother, please come live with us. We will take good care of you and make sure you live a good life."
He Sanfeng glanced at Qiao Qiuniang, who was kneeling down, with a sneer.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you little hussy. Aren't you just afraid that if we go with the second son's family, your family won't get as much wealth?"
Qiao Qiuniang shook her head.
“We don’t want this family’s assets. We’ll build two more rooms in that remote mountain village and bring you two to live with us.”
"Those three dilapidated little houses at the bottom of that mountain, you want me and your father to live there? You unfilial little hussy."
If we, the old couple, were to go there, we'd be starving! You shameless hussy, you want us to go and die there!
"Let's go with the second son's family and get the money back quickly, stop dawdling here." He Sanfeng grumbled impatiently.
Whether this face is good-looking or not is only temporary. In the future, when we live a good life, or a life with money, that's what we'll truly enjoy.
The onlookers in the courtyard couldn't stand it any longer.
"Are those two old folks in the An family senile? Who's forcing whom to live? An Mancang is just unlucky to have these two senile old men stuck with him!"
"Is there any need to say more? They're not even going to give their own kids any face."
"Da Liang, you two old folks can't do this! You've made a terrible mistake!"
"You two old folks should take a good look at your eldest son. He's crying like this in front of his own child."
Although this child is a bit tongue-tied and can't say much, he's a real expert in the fields in our village.
Of the eighteen mu of land your family owns, fifteen mu were reclaimed from wasteland by your eldest son.
That wasteland could become so fertile, isn't that all thanks to Mancang?
"If we're talking about making money, Renmancang has made quite a bit for you."
"Yes, the money you two have earned from the harvest in the fields over the past few years is more than what Mang would earn in several years, right?"
Forget about the harvest money, even if you rented out these medium-quality fields, your family would become a small landlord family!
"Isn't this all the savings that Mancang accumulated for you two old folks?"
"Say no more. The old couple from the An family aren't blind; they're just incredibly biased."
"If you ask me, with the An couple in such a state, it's fine if we don't raise them anymore. No one in the village would dare to say a bad word about Mancang."
"It's not that Mancang is unfilial; it's that the third son of the An family is utterly despicable."
The village elders were all furious. The An family, seeing the faces around them, some angry and some amused, felt ashamed and disgraced their ancestors.
"You're getting old, how could you do something so shameful? Your eyes are really blinded by shit."
"In the end, this matter is not just our family's business, but also your family's private matter. If it is shameful, it is not me who is shameful to our ancestors, but your An family who is shameful to our ancestors."
"..."
Listening to the chatter of the An family, Li Changsheng raised his hand with satisfaction and pressed it lightly.
"Alright, listen to me now, let's split up the family first."
With a gesture and a sound from Li Changsheng, all the chatter around him abruptly stopped, and everyone stared with gossipy eyes, curiously wondering how the family would be divided!
“Da Liang, let’s follow the ancestral rules and give the eldest son’s share to the second son’s family, and give the second son’s share to the eldest son’s family.”
The side house belongs to the eldest son's family, and half of those eighteen mu of land must also be allocated to them.
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