The family quarreled a lot and finally invited the old village chief.
That is the grandfather of the current village chief.
The old village chief came over with a cane, glared at Fang Wanghuo with a look of disappointment on his face, and shouted angrily:
"Look at what your wife did! Isn't she immoral?"
Although the old patriarch had retired for many years, his prestige remained. After being scolded like this, Fang Wanghuo could not help but lower his head.
"Yes, I was wrong. I will definitely take good care of Dajuan in the future."
Later, several respected elders came and presided over the division of the family for Fang Wanghuo's family.
At the strong request of the three brothers, their parents were still young and able to work, and did not need the service of their sons and daughters-in-law, so they had to live separately.
The three brothers have lived apart from their parents and pay five dollars a month to their parents for their retirement.
Fifteen yuan is not a small amount of money, and the two old people can do it themselves, so they certainly don’t have to worry about starving to death.
Even if I have no money, can't I still eat in the cafeteria?
So, that's it.
Wang Dajuan pursed her lips, raised her head and said unwillingly, "Jianzhong also has to pay for his retirement! Even if he marries into my family, he's still my son!"
No one expected that she could bring this up with Fang Jianzhong.
Out of respect, Fang Jianzhong never insulted his mother in public, but everyone knew that he had a bad relationship with his mother and had married into the Lao Hua family a long time ago, and had nothing to do with Fang Wanghuo's family.
Haven’t you seen Fang Jianzhong’s son Xiaole calling the eldest brother of the Hua family “grandfather” every day at the Hua family’s house?
When he met his two grandparents, Fang Wanghuo and Wang Dajuan, he didn't even call them and pretended not to know them.
Moreover, more than ten years ago, the Hua family spent a thousand yuan to marry Fang Jianzhong.
This is equivalent to buying out the relationship between Fang Jianzhong and his parents' family with one thousand yuan. At that time, one thousand yuan was really a lot!
You know, in the 1970s, they couldn’t even save a hundred dollars!
Unexpectedly, at this time, she brought up Fang Jianzhong again.
If she insists on pulling it, there's nothing I can do.
After all, Fang Jianzhong is indeed her biological son.
Blood ties cannot be broken.
It is only natural for a son to respect his mother.
So everyone turned their attention to the Hua family.
Wan Qingliu didn't expect that he would end up eating a melon himself.
She wasn't angry, but laughed and said in a friendly tone, "Logically speaking, Jianzhong is your son, so you should provide for him in his old age. But your daughter is married, and she accepted the betrothal gift as repayment for your kindness. You can't expect her to provide for you in your old age, right? The same goes for your son. My family gave you a thousand yuan before."
"You've already paid back the 1,000 yuan for Jianzhong's kindness in raising him. It's a bit unreasonable to ask him for more money, isn't it?"
Wang Dajuan insisted, "What's the point of talking about whether he should get married or not? He's my son, the eldest son in my family. He could have married a wife to continue the family line. Your family should give 1,000 yuan!"
"Providing for my parents in their old age is another matter. If a son marries into another family, the children he has won't have the same surname. Does that mean it's wrong for him to provide for his parents in their old age?"
Wan Qingliu said, "1,000 in 1970—you know how much that was, right? Don't tell me it was my family's own decision. We gave 1,000 just so you wouldn't bother Jianzhong anymore. What surname his children have in the future is none of your business. He'll be with Lili to provide for Aihua and her husband in their old age."
Wang Dajuan's eyes were stubborn. "I don't care. I gave birth to four sons! They must all take care of me in my old age!"
Hua Aihua scoffed, "I think you're crazy about the money! Where did the thousand yuan you collected earlier go? You want Jianzhong to support you in your old age, that's fine. Over the years, I won't tell you how much the money has depreciated, I just want you to pay us back the exact 1,000 yuan. Isn't that too much?"
"If you can return the 1,000, Jianzhong will provide for your retirement without any objection. It's only natural."
Wang Dajuan was speechless. The old patriarch took a deep breath, looked at her, and said in a deep voice:
"Now you have no objection to the division of the family, right?"
Wang Dajuan looked aggrieved: "No problem."
In fact, if it were someone else today, she would definitely make trouble.
But she didn't dare to completely offend the Hua family. If they tried to trip her up, she would have no way to stop them.
In addition, the old patriarch was glaring at her, so she felt embarrassed to continue pestering him.
When the family is divided, the property must be divided. Since the obligation to provide for the elderly is divided equally among the three brothers, naturally, the property should also be divided equally among the three brothers.
The land was divided among the three families according to the number of people, and as for the tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and utensils in the house, this was easy to deal with, and the three brothers did not fight over anything.
Whoever needs it can take it. Everyone needs it. If one person takes it, the other person can give some compensation.
As for the money, Wang Dajuan didn't want to take it out.
But she didn't hide it well, and Jiang Ziying rushed into her room and took out the money.
Counting them is really shocking.
It’s more than 1,800 yuan!
It seems that the 1,000 yuan was definitely not used up.
Fang Jianguo glanced at his mother with a complicated expression, then said calmly:
"We're not unfilial sons, so we don't want too much. Building a new house costs about three hundred dollars, plus we need to buy some other things. So, each of the three brothers will get five hundred dollars, and you can keep the remaining three hundred or so for yourselves."
The old patriarch glanced at Wang Dajuan and said, "I think this makes sense. What do you think?"
Wang Dajuan had no choice but to nod, but she was obviously a little unwilling: "That's it."
The three brothers divided their money and belongings, rented a house in the village to live in temporarily, and prepared to build a new house.
The happiest person was Li Shufen.
In this family, Hua Gaozhi knows how to cleverly take on work that is beneficial to herself and to benefit the family. Jiang Ziying is fierce, cunning and noisy, but only Li Shufen is hardworking and patient, like an old ox being ordered around.
Now that they have separated the family business, they can do the housework themselves and have their own money. They no longer have to worry about being beaten, scolded or exploited by their mother-in-law.
Li Shufen, holding her youngest daughter and taking her three older daughters, followed Fang Jianjun to the rented residence.
The couple cleaned the house together.
From now on, the two of them will have their own little home.
Hua Gaozhi felt so happy!
From now on, she can feed her daughter whatever she wants!
No need to hide from others anymore!
Hua Gaozhi took Fang Yumei's hand and said with a sneer:
"Don't go with your grandma anymore, okay? Be careful or she'll lose you again."
Fang Yumei nodded in fear: "I will never go out with grandma again!"
Fang Jianguo walked ahead in a depressed mood. He probably heard these words, but in the end he said nothing.
Before leaving, Jiang Ziying scolded Wang Dajuan at the door.
Wang Dajuan was so angry that she was shaking.
After venting her anger, she left, feeling extremely relieved.
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