Chapter 116 Grandma, Don’t Divide the Family
For the Zhao family, today is an extremely special day.
But for the villagers in the same commune who heard the news, today was a great day to watch the fun.
I heard that the Zhao family is going to split up.
The Zhao family was considered to be a family with the best living conditions in the brigade, especially He Guizhi. After her husband died, she was a widow who not only supported the family but also raised three children and sent all of them to school to learn to read and write.
Even though everyone used to talk about the Zhao family's youngest son, Zhao Guozhi, being lazy and slacking off behind his back, everyone had their own standards in their hearts and knew that Zhao Guozhi and his wife, as well as their two children, were different from other families in the village.
Because they have ink in their stomachs.
Both husband and wife graduated from high school, which was extremely rare in the entire brigade, or even the entire commune.
Not only the youngest, but even the eldest has received education and has no problem with basic literacy, which is considered top-notch in the entire village.
Not to mention the most enviable second child of the Zhao family, a girl who not only finished junior high school, but also married into the city and ate commercial grain. She was also very promising and capable, and she even found a job as a worker in a factory. Every time she came back, she carried large and small bags, and looked very different from the women in the village.
Therefore, who in the village does not envy He Guizhi? They are both raising children, so how come others can raise their children so well?
On the surface, everyone says that He Guizhi's good life depends on having an obedient and honest eldest son, but secretly, everyone wants to be He Guizhi and have three excellent children, each with their own strengths.
But now this big family that the whole village secretly envied suddenly said they wanted to split up.
It’s so lively, who wouldn’t want to come and take a look?
Nowadays, if you want to divide the family property cleanly and neatly, it is not something that can be done by just getting the family together and saying a few words.
On the contrary, this is a major event that will alarm many people.
So early in the morning, as soon as it was light, He Guizhi ignored the guilt and concessions of her eldest son and daughter-in-law, and told them to go find the surviving elders of the Zhao family, and also found the village head, the village party secretary, the team leader and others, set up a long table and chairs, and waited for her second daughter, Zhao Guoying, to come back and divide the family business.
Zhao Guozhi rode his bicycle to the county town to visit his second sister before dawn.
When they came back, both the brother and sister looked exhausted. When Zhao Guoying saw her mother sitting among a group of relatives and elders, her eyes welled up and she almost burst into tears.
She was the only daughter in the family. Her parents doted on her since she was a child. Her mother loved to talk to her about everything. So when Zhao Guoying was very young, she heard her mother secretly say to her: Yingzi, I tell you, when you grow up and get married and go to your husband's family, you must remember that the person we women should rely on the most is ourselves.
Before she said this, her mother had just covered her chest in anger because of her eldest brother. Zhao Guoying didn't remember what mistake her eldest brother made. She only remembered that her mother warned her very seriously at that time, saying that if you rely on mountains, the mountains will fall, and if you rely on people, they will run away, no matter whether it is your parents' family, your in-laws' family, or your husband and children, they are not you.
At that time, my mother said that she was selling everything she had to support their education so that they could have their own ideas in the future instead of just listening to what others said, like disgusting brainless yes-men.
Zhao Guoying was four years older than his brother at that time. He was already in primary school when he heard these words. He vaguely understood that the disgusting yes-man in his mother's words was actually talking about his father.
Dad was still alive at that time, but his temper was like dough, anyone could knead him. Because of this, Mom had to endure so much injustice, but she could only chew it up and swallow it all.
Later, my eldest brother dropped out of school.
Zhao Guoying pulled his younger brother to hide in the corner outside the door. When he heard his parents reach a rare consensus, he held a stick and forced his eldest brother to kneel down and think things over.
She still remembers how her mother's voice suddenly dropped when she heard her eldest brother's decisive voice.
Disappointed, helpless, and as if pitying someone.
She was afraid of a mother like that.
So she went to school seriously. Not only did she study hard herself, she also always took her younger brother to study with her. Her elder brother had disappointed their mother once, and she didn't want to disappoint her mother a second or third time.
But she still disappointed her mother.
In order to help her elder brother, she impulsively married herself.
This was the first time her mother hit her with a stick.
She was in so much pain that her eyes were filled with tears. Her brother rushed over to protect her, and both she and her brother were beaten by their mother until they screamed in pain.
Her mother scolded her for reading so many books over the years and all of them were wasted.
Her younger brother protected her and said that their father was gone, but if his brother-in-law dared to bully her in the future, he would make him pay the price even if it cost him his own life.
Zhao Guoying didn't have time to be moved, because her mother was so angry that she grabbed her younger brother's ears and beat and scolded him for the whole day. Whenever she saw her younger brother's shadow, she wanted to rush up and beat him with a stick.
Mom scolded him a lot that day, but the one that Zhao Guoying remembers most clearly is: You are ruining yourselves for him now, what will happen in the future? He has his own family now, but what about you? What have you gained? If you regret it in the future, how can I, as a mother, save you? !
My eldest brother is also my mother’s child, and he is the first child who carries all the expectations of my parents.
Mom loves my older brother, but she has never thought of letting the two younger ones sacrifice themselves to help him.
Her mother beat her and her younger brother, but the one who really made her mother angry and disappointed was her eldest brother.
Zhao Guoying never regretted being beaten by her mother before, but she did regret it when she was tortured at her husband's house later. However, after careful consideration, she felt that it was not too bad. Although her life was hard, she had an obedient and sensible son.
But this morning, after she listened to her younger brother's detailed account of the recent changes in the family, she suddenly felt truly regretful.
I regret not listening to my mother.
I regret that I thought that by getting married I could leave my mother to my eldest brother's family.
"Brother is right, I am the one who is wrong." Zhao Guoying avoided the guilty looks of his elder brother and sister-in-law, and in front of everyone, he took his younger brother and knelt in front of their mother.
Zhao Guoying, who was already married, stood up straight, and her face, which was much younger than Zhao Guozhi's, was full of heartache and self-blame.
She looked up and said to He Guizhi, who was sitting on a stool with red eyes, "Mom, you can divide this family any way you want, but my brother and I don't want a penny, we only want mom!"
Zhao Guozhi nodded, his handsome face also showing seriousness, "Mom, in front of so many clan elders, your son will say what he wants to say. You can divide the family, Mom, you can divide it any way you want, I have no complaints, but Mom, you have to give yourself to me, otherwise I will bring my two children to cry to you every day!"
Xingxing was holding the little moon's hand and standing beside its mother. After witnessing this scene, the doubts that had lingered in its heart all night finally became clear, and it had the clearest and most definite answer.
It turns out that when everyone wanted to divide up the family property, what they wanted to take away the most was not the old house or a few banknotes, but their grandma!!
After the child found what he thought was the correct answer, when he looked at the protagonist and Big Dad's family, his eyes were completely different from before.
Before, Xingxing didn’t care much about the plot centered around the protagonist, because apart from the shock caused by the five tombs, Xingxing didn’t have any clear idea of the protagonist’s intentions.
What's more, Xingxing is very clear that after coming to this world, she will not be deceived into going to the mountains to find ginseng, so she will not break her leg and can always stay with her sister, so the tragic turning point of the whole family will not occur, and the plot will naturally not repeat the same mistakes.
It's just different now.
The little boy looked up at his third sister, a solemn look flashing across his clear eyes.
Immediately afterwards, to everyone's surprise, Xingxing, holding her sister's hand, actually knelt forward beside her father and second aunt.
The little moon is confused.
But the stars are serious.
"Grandma, don't divide the family."
Xingxing looked up with her fair and thin face, holding her sister's hand, her clear eyes, black and white, wide open, and she said softly in the silence: "Grandma, Dad is wrong."
He corrected her seriously, "The house cannot be divided randomly. There is only one grandma. If it is divided between Dad and Second Aunt's family, then Xiaoyue and I will not only cry, but also come to grab it every day!"
The child's childish words easily broke the tense and silent atmosphere.
Some people tried to hold back their laughter, while others felt helpless.
Xie Jiaxiu probably knew what was going on in her son's little head. She walked forward, half-knelt in front of her mother-in-law, reached out and held the old woman's old and skinny hand, and said softly, "Mom, Guozhi hasn't found a job yet, and I'm not in good health. The two children are naughty and need someone to take care of them. You can't leave us at this time to follow my eldest brother to enjoy life."
They say that they will enjoy the good life with the eldest family, but in fact, who among those present doesn't know that the source of today's family division is most likely the eldest family?
But Xie Jiaxiu was good at speaking. Her gentle words not only gave face to the eldest son, but also stated her family's choice. She would stand by her husband and children unconditionally and let her mother-in-law live with her family and take care of her in her old age.
The previously serious atmosphere completely relaxed, with some people joking and others persuading.
He Guizhi looked at her large family, grandchildren and children, and her eyes were filled with satisfaction.
She patted her daughter-in-law's hand and nodded, "Mom knows that you are all filial children, but I am old, and you have all started your own families. There will always be some bumps when such a large family lives together."
Just like human teeth and tongue, if they are together for a long time, they will accidentally bite each other. Even if a family lives together for a long time, there will definitely be conflicts.
This was also one of the reasons why she decided to split the family.
So even though her children are filial now, He Guizhi has never thought of regretting it.
Witnessed by clan members and the village party secretary, she slowly announced her long-awaited decision to split the family.
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