Chapter 9: Division (Part 2)
Tian Caihua's eyes lit up. This red brick house was only built two years ago and it was still new! At that time, they didn't have enough money to build the house, and half of it was sent back by Zhou Chenglei. Unexpectedly, he didn't want it and gave it to them.
Tian Caihua finally felt a little more balanced.
"Then this new house will be given to Chengxin, and the old house will be given to Chenglei. Xiaoxia, do you have any objection?" Father Zhou looked at Jiang Xia.
Tian Caihua glanced at Jiang Xia. What could she have an opinion about? They were both planning to divorce, and she wouldn't be staying for long!
Last night Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin said that they were afraid their parents would not agree to the separation, so they kept it a secret from them and said they were not going to divorce, but just separate the family.
In fact, she felt that Zhou Chenglei was worried that his parents-in-law would not be kind to Jiang Xia if they knew they were getting a divorce.
After all, they are not a family anymore, who would be willing to support her for free?
Besides, my brother-in-law is not young anymore, he is 28 years old, almost 30. He stayed in Jiangxia for half a year and then divorced, so he is already 29.
After the divorce, he may not be able to marry a second wife immediately. If he delays, he will be thirty. My parents-in-law will definitely not agree. They always want my brother-in-law to get married and have children as soon as possible.
Only my brother-in-law is honest and kind. A woman who wants to divorce him has been supporting him for half a year for nothing! Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Dad, I have no objection. Whatever Cheng Lei says is what I listen to."
Whatever Cheng Lei said was the truth. She listened to Cheng Lei, which made Zhou's father look a little better.
This is what a daughter-in-law should be like! Tian Caihua got the benefit and didn't mind saying good things. She smiled and said, "Dad, my fourth brother is capable, and my fourth brother's wife is educated. They will definitely be able to earn money to build a house soon, a bigger one than this one."
Zhou Chenglei had no expression on his face, and Jiang Xia, who was sitting next to him, just smiled.
Father Zhou continued, "The fields and lands at home."
Tian Caihua immediately said, "Dad, when the production team divided up the fields and land at home, all four brothers who were honored as ancestors had a share, but my fourth brother's household registration was not there at that time!"
Zhou Chengxin stared at her and said, "Dad hasn't finished talking yet, don't interrupt!"
My fourth brother gave the new house to their family, what else does this woman want? Will she not give the land to my fourth brother and his wife?
This is too much! Tian Caihua glared at Zhou Chengxin. He has no ability and doesn't fight for anything. Does he think he is rich?
Don’t you know that you still have four sons to raise?
The young boy is eating his father out of money. With so little land, what can he eat? And she was telling the truth. Zhou Chenglei did not get any land because his household registration was not there.
Zhou's father didn't care about Tian Caihua, so it was impossible to really make the division of the property fair, he could only try his best.
The house was given to her. Although what she said was true, the land should naturally be divided among the fourth brother and his wife. How could she take all the benefits?
"The fields, private plots, vegetable gardens, and bamboo gardens at home can be divided equally among the three of you brothers. Your mother and I will only keep one acre of land and two plots of land, which will be left to Zhou Zhou in the future."
Tian Caihua was dissatisfied when she heard this and blurted out: "Second brother's family and Zhou Zhou also have it?"
She took advantage of the house, and she tolerated the land being given to Jiang Xia. The second elder and his wife were both on the public rations, so they also had land? And Zhou Zhou was a little girl, and she was going to get married in the future, so how could she also have land? Shouldn't the land of the two elders belong to their eldest wife in the future?
Since ancient times, there has been the eldest son's land. After the old man passed away, shouldn't the land be left to the eldest son? Zhou Chengxin: "Shut up! Otherwise, the house will be divided equally."
Can you say less? Zhou Chengxin was almost mad at his wife. She was not as sensible as Jiang Xia.
Look at Jiang Xia, she has no opinion at all. When you ask her, she only says one thing: listen to Cheng Lei.
Tian Caihua didn't say anything at this point, but she was furious in her heart.
Married a useless man and still pretends to be generous!
He doesn't know that he has four sons. If the house is divided equally, where will his sons live after they get married?
Does he have the ability to build another one?
Father Zhou asked again, "Do you have any objections to Tian and Di?"
Zhou Chengxin: "Dad, we have no objection, this is how it should be divided."
He tugged at Tian Caihua's clothes, and Tian Caihua had no choice but to say, "Let's divide it the way Dad says."
They have a lot of land, so it's enough to eat if they divide it up like this.
Zhou Chenglei: “No.”
He didn't care about the fields. He didn't have much time to farm them, and Jiang Xia didn't know how to farm them. She was too delicate to do it either, and they would be getting divorced soon, so Jiang Xia didn't care.
Father Zhou looked at Jiang Xia who didn't say anything.
Jiang Xia: "I have no objection either."
Father Zhou continued, "The boat at home."
Tian Caihua became anxious again.
Only if you have a boat can you go out to sea to fish and earn money to support your family!
They don't know anything and have no education. How can they survive without a boat? If the three brothers divide it, or divide it into four parts, how can they survive? "Dad, is the boat half for us and the fourth brother?"
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Zhou Chengxin: "Can you please stop interrupting?"
Tian Caihua pouted: "You still don't want people to talk?"
Father Zhou pretended not to hear and said calmly, "The three of us, father and son, will each drive the boat for a day, and we'll take turns."
Tian Caihua had no objection this time. Although she wanted the two brothers to drive for one day each, Zhou's father was still young and capable. She couldn't stop him from driving the boat. What if he wanted her to support him? In addition, the boat was bought from the production team not long ago. It was a half-new boat. At that time, the family didn't have enough money to buy it, so Zhou Chenglei also paid part of the money.
She was just afraid of giving the boat to Jiang Xia.
Father Zhou continued, "We have pigs, cows, chickens and ducks at home. Each of you brothers will have one pig, and your mother and I will have one. Your mother will raise the cows, and you can take them away if you need them. You will each get half of the money from selling them. You will also get half of the chickens and ducks. The chickens are hard to take care of, so give them to your mother."
Tian Caihua had no objection to this. She smiled and said, "Whatever Dad says, that's fine."
"The tables, chairs, farm tools, and bowls and chopsticks at home, Chenglei, please move a set over when you move over." There are many people in the family, and there are two sets of eight-immortal tables piled up in the utility room. They are only taken out and used during the New Year and other holidays when the brothers and sisters get together, but they are all old.
There were extra tables and chairs, and Tian Caihua had no objection to them.
Anyway, the furniture in the hall is already there, and they are all new, so Zhou Chenglei has no reason to move out this set in the hall.
Father Zhou: “As for the money”
Tian Caihua moved her buttocks and sat up straight.
Mother Zhou looked at her two daughters-in-law. One was calm and composed, while the other couldn't hide her narrow-mindedness and looked like she was afraid of being at a disadvantage.
After this comparison, Zhou's mother didn't dislike Jiang Xia so much anymore. It seems that it is better to have a little culture.
Even though she is educated and has a big heart, I don't know if she can live with the fourth child. Don't let her son's true love go to waste!
The son divided up his entire property just to keep her.
Father Zhou glanced at Mother Zhou and said, "Take out the money."
Zhou's mother came to her senses and took out a large bag of money from an old cotton jacket.
Jiang Xia took a look and found it was quite thick!
Then Jiang Xia saw Zhou's mother unwrapping the money wrapped in various wrapping papers layer by layer. The outermost layer was a yellowed plastic film, then newspaper, then faded homespun cloth, and finally a handkerchief. She unwrapped five layers in total before revealing the great unity inside.
Jiang Xia: “…”
(End of this chapter)
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