Lu Xiao said calmly, "I'll listen to my mother too."
"Hey, how come the third brother is the one who suffers? He lives in his own house and yard, and his life is as comfortable as it can be. How can he suffer a loss? And the second brother, our two families got the same amount of house, and in the end he even got a few dozen dollars more. I don't agree with this division, it's unfair."
Zhang Xiu Lan didn't want the family to split up in the first place, and now that it's divided like this, she's even more unhappy.
At this time, the branch secretary spoke, "I think this family got a good share. Lu Laosan didn't make a fuss with you, so you should be content. If you really think Lu Laosan took advantage of you, that's fine. Today, I'll make the decision. You and Laosan's family will switch places. Let Laosan and his wife live in your room, and you can take the children to Laosan's place. But you won't get a penny of this money. Everyone knows how dilapidated the house was when Laosan moved out. Now they have built a wall and a pigpen, which cannot be offset by this 50 yuan, even if you took advantage of Laosan."
Zhang Xiulan curled her lips when she heard this, "Who wants to take advantage of him? We won't move."
They are not stupid and don't care about the condition of the third brother's house. It is still habitable in winter, but if it rains heavily next summer, it will either leak wind or rain on all sides. It is still cheap as long as it doesn't collapse.
Are they stupid? They have a perfectly good house but choose to live in a shabby one?
"If you don't want to trade with the third child, why not the second child? Let Haruki Haruki share a room with you two first, freeing up the room for the second child. That way, you get 50 yuan and the second child gets 20 yuan."
Lu Jie smiled and said, "Okay, we have no objection."
Zhang Xiulan objected even more, "I...we won't switch."
How long do we have to wait for the old lady to return the room to them after she loses it?
Secretary Wang's face darkened, and he snorted coldly, "You can't do this or that, and you're still complaining about being at a disadvantage. You've got the final word? I'll ask you again, is this division okay?"
Zhang Xiu Lan hesitated for a long time before she uttered a single word.
However, opinions arose again when it came to the issue of supporting Lu's mother.
Mother Lu wanted to live alone, and her three sons just needed to give her some food regularly, but Lu Hui refused and only wanted to live with his mother, which caused another chaos.
Fortunately, this is not a big deal. Lu Jie and Lu Xiao just need to provide food on time. As for whether Lu's mother wants to live with the eldest wife, it depends on her.
After the discussion, the branch secretary and the team leader wrote something, and the three brothers came forward to put their fingerprints on it, and the family was officially divided.
After the division of the family, the team leader and the branch secretary were invited to stay for a meal, which was also a farewell dinner for the Lu family.
After dinner, the branch secretary and the team leader left. Jiang Wanwan and Lu Xiao also wanted to leave, but were called into the house by Lu's mother.
Mother Lu took out a small cloth bag from the box, took out a bracelet from it and stuffed it into Jiang Wanwan's hand.
The bracelet is emerald green and very watery, and it is obviously an old item.
Jiang Wanwan knows what's good. Although this thing is not easy to show to the public in this era, it will be a treasure in the future.
As the saying goes, gold has a price but jade is priceless. Considering the Lu family's background, this bracelet must have a history.
Mother Lu pointed at the bracelet and said calmly, "I know you suffered a loss because of the house. Consider this as my compensation. This was a gift from your father. Everything in the house was taken away, and this is all that's left."
"Mom, I don't want it. You can keep it for yourself. I don't feel at a disadvantage."
Jiang Wanwan really didn't feel that she was at a disadvantage. Although the house in the old house was a little better than the one they lived in, it was only a little better.
The entire yard is not as big as theirs. You have to know that they live on the edge of the village and can just fence around the area in front of and behind their house.
When building the wall in the autumn, she deliberately asked Lu Xiao to make the yard bigger.
Just now, when the branch secretary and the eldest sister-in-law suggested that the two families switch houses, she was really afraid that Zhang Xiulan would suddenly think up and switch houses with them.
You should know that houses are not valuable in the future, only land is valuable.
But Mother Lu didn't listen to her. She took Lu Xiao's hand and put the bracelet into his hand.
"I feel much more at ease with your words. Take it. It's useless for me to keep it. I know how much San'er has contributed to this family over the years. I feel at ease if you take it."
Since his mother said so, Lu Xiao did not refuse anymore. The most important thing was that he thought his wife should like this.
He knew about this bracelet since he was very young. His mother said she would give it to her daughter-in-law.
Mother Lu saw through his thoughts and said, "Live a good life with your wife. If you can't keep her, you'll be left with nothing and nothing at all. There's nothing I can do."
She did have selfish motives in giving the bracelet to her third son. She knew how much he loved his wife, and that after the New Year, his wife would most likely go to college, so she wanted to do her best to help her son keep her.
As a few people were talking, they heard a quarrel outside.
"If you don't want to live together, then don't. You can go wherever you want. The family is divided anyway, and no one will care what you do," this is Lu Hui's voice.
Then came Zhang Xiulan's crying and cursing, "You heartless man! I gave birth to two sons for you and you treat me like this? If I had known earlier, you shouldn't have gotten married and should have lived with your mother forever..."
A crisp slap was heard, and Zhang Xiulan ran out of the house with her face covered.
Mother Lu glanced out the window and sighed deeply.
Jiang Wanwan also knew the difficulties that Lu's mother faced, "Mom, why don't you move in with us?"
Mother Lu shook her head. "No, your sister-in-law will be giving birth in a few months. She won't be able to leave her alone then. I'll go to your place when you're pregnant."
Jiang Wanwan suddenly blushed and realized that she and Lu Xiao had been together for such a long time but she was not pregnant.
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