"Okay, I'll do as you say." Li Chenyang got up and went to the kitchen to prepare a meal for his wife.
“Your wife has finished her postpartum confinement period, so she should pick up cooking again. Do you expect me, her mother-in-law, to serve her every day?”
After the full moon celebration, Liu Juan was no longer willing to serve Ye Xiaoxiao. What kind of daughter-in-law is treated like this every day?
"I didn't ask you to do it, I can do it for her."
Li Chenyang thought to himself, "Do you think I wanted to? I'm only doing this because I can't beat her."
Since we just had a banquet yesterday, there are still some leftover vegetables and meat slices that haven't been touched, so today we'll just be cooking two dishes.
As for leftovers, these days everyone eats a lot, and there's not enough for their own families, so how could there be any leftovers? Besides, it was cooked by a professional chef.
Ye Xiaoxiao no longer has to eat indoors, but it's almost October now and the weather is starting to get cooler.
Li Jianguo glanced at his son while eating, wondering if he had told his wife about the family division.
Seeing their expressions, Ye Xiaoxiao took the initiative to bring it up.
"Dad, I heard you're going to separate Yangzi and me and let us live separately?" Ye Xiaoxiao said, and everyone looked over.
"My sister-in-law is moving out. She's dividing the family property. What will happen then..."
The seventh brother looked at the food and felt a little uncomfortable. He thought that after his sister-in-law finished her postpartum confinement, she would finally be able to improve her meals.
"Then, sister-in-law, if we find river clams again in the future, will you still cook them for us?" Old Liu looked at Ye Xiaoxiao pitifully.
“Go ahead and do it. Even though the family has separated, you’re still the eldest brother and sister-in-law. As long as you have food, it’s no trouble for me to cook for you.”
Ye Xiaoxiao didn't care about that; anyway, if she made it for them, her own family could eat it too.
It's just that the sixth kid is too wolfish; he'll be a monster when he grows up. We need to keep an eye on him in the future.
"So you agree?"
Seeing that his eldest daughter-in-law's tone was acceptable, Li Jianguo figured there shouldn't be any problems. He finally felt relieved.
"There are conditions," Ye Xiaoxiao thought, considering asking her father-in-law to help her find a village to be allocated by the brigade.
"What are the conditions? Xiaoxiao, there's no extra money at home."
That's all the stuff we have. We'll have to return all the gifts and stuff that others gave us later.
We can't just take it all out. This is all we have for food, and there are many brothers in the family, so two bags of grain will be enough for you.
We'll give you two acres of land then. You can grow some grains and vegetables there.
Life went on its own eventually.
Upon hearing that Ye Xiaoxiao had other options, Liu Juan immediately began to pretend to be poor.
"Mom, what are you thinking about? I haven't said anything yet!" Ye Xiaoxiao turned her head away from him and looked at her father-in-law instead.
"Then tell me what your conditions are."
Li Jianguo had no idea what else his daughter-in-law could say.
He was planning to give them a little more if they thought the money wasn't enough, but it couldn't exceed one hundred.
"Dad, my condition is that when you allocate land for us, I want it to be the closest to our village primary school. It's next to the main road, which is convenient, and it's close to the school, so it will be close to Hao Hao's school in the future."
Upon hearing Ye Xiaoxiao's words, Li Jianguo immediately knew where she wanted to build the house.
They were located at the westernmost edge of the village, and according to his plan, they designated two courtyards right there in front of it.
In the future, we can just build houses for the eldest and second eldest sons next to each other, so that they will be close to the elderly couple and he can see his grandson as soon as he goes out.
But if we follow what my daughter-in-law says, then it would be five or six hundred meters away from home.
One is in the west, and the other is in the east. He will have to walk for several minutes to see his eldest grandson in the future.
"Isn't this a bit far? It's right next to us. If you're busy in the future, you can leave the kids at home, and your mom can help look after them. It's so far away over there..."
Li Jianguo was still kind-hearted; even though his son was being separated from his family, he still wanted to help as much as he could.
"It's alright, Dad. When the child can run, he'll come over on his own. It's still in the same village, so there's nothing inconvenient."
Besides, he has a bicycle at home; he can just ride it over. How far could it be?
Ye Xiaoxiao ate her meal quite quickly while the child was quiet.
"Also, one hundred yuan is a bit too little. We're the bosses, and this is all the money we're getting after the division of the family business."
"Will this be the case for every brother when they divide the family property? You can't show favoritism, or I'll make a scene."
Ye Xiaoxiao didn't say, "Give me more," but only talked about the future of her younger brothers.
"Can you even compare them? What if prices go up in the future? Back when your dad and I got married, bicycles were nowhere to be found."
Liu Juan was unhappy when she heard this.
"Mom, you really know how to talk. How many years ago was it when you and Dad got married? Was it after Liberation? It must have been right after the war, right?"
There's no war now, and nothing will change much in the next ten years.
I have two conditions: I want the estate to be near the school, and I want an extra hundred yuan.
That's not excessive, is it? Yangzi is the eldest son in your family, and he's earned a lot for the family over the years.
You're not even willing to pay two hundred yuan?
"My family gave me two hundred yuan, even though I married far away. It's not unreasonable for you to give Yangzi two hundred."
Ye Xiaoxiao took a sip of soup:
"Otherwise, let's not separate the family. Anyway, it's quite good at home. I have food and drink, and someone to look after my children."
"If anyone dares to mess with me again, I'm not someone to be trifled with. I think I'm fine."
Ye Xiaoxiao had finished eating while she was talking. She was about to go back inside to hug her son.
Li Jianguo had a headache just thinking about it. He thought about adding Sun Xiuju and Li Yanhong to the mix, and finally agreed.
“Okay, we’ll do it your way, 200 yuan. I’ll go to the village chief’s house to talk about the village matter later.”
"The boys in the family will all help make adobe bricks then. After you divide the property, we'll give you two bags of grain."
"you……"
Upon hearing this, Liu Juan frowned. The main problem was that she had many sons in the family, and even if she had a few hundred yuan left, it wouldn't last long.
"Alright, that's fine. Money can be earned back. If you work hard, you won't starve."
Li Jianguo told Liu Juan to shut up.
It's good now. We were able to smoothly move out the eldest child's family first, and we were able to free up another room in the house.
It'll be perfect to tidy up during the Lunar New Year, and the second child can move in.
After finishing his meal, Li Chenyang went with his father to the village chief's house to discuss matters concerning the village.
The matter of allocating the estate was easy to handle. The next day, Ye Xiaoxiao also went with them to see the estate.
It's only 200 meters from the school, right at the crossroads of the village.
You could open a small shop here if you wanted.
Next year, there will be more and more self-employed individuals, and then she will open a small shop here to sell daily necessities, children's notebooks and pens, and so on.
Li Chenyang doesn't seem to realize it yet, but he's become really lazy after the family split.
If he's lazy, teach him how to do business. He can sit in the shop and sell goods every day. When he has money, he can buy a TV and put it there. Life will be a little easier then.
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