"But there are really no more rooms at home, second son's wife, tell me, what exactly do you want?"
Old Man Pei also realized that Li Miaomiao had her own ideas. Instead of letting her make such a fuss, it would be better to see what she wanted.
"I also know that there are only so many rooms in our house and we can't give away any extra ones. Why not give the old house to us mother and son? I don't want the room here."
Li Miaomiao knew that if she didn't mention it, no one would think of the old house. After all, the old house was dilapidated and didn't look like it was habitable at all.
"Old house?"
Everyone looked surprised.
Zhou Fang was wondering why Li Miaomiao wanted the old house. The house was so dilapidated, could there be any good things inside?
Li Miaomiao saw through Zhou Fang's thoughts immediately, so as to avoid unnecessary complications, she raised her chin and said in a pinched voice, "Yes, it's the old house. It would be fine if we hadn't split up, but now that we have, I don't want to live under the same roof with some annoying people who are always picking on each other. Living with such people will shorten my life by several years!"
Li Miaomiao had no intention of being polite to Zhou Fang. The couple from the first wife's house were really not worth associating with.
"You are so lazy and you blame others. You don't want to live with me, do you think I want to see you?" Zhou Fang didn't like Li Miaomiao in the first place, not to mention that they were almost at loggerheads now.
"So you're the one who spread all those bad things about the village, right? Having a sister-in-law like you, who's worse than anyone else, and living with you all the time, I'm worried about being plotted against. The old house is a little shabby, but it's quiet. Anyway, I have many brothers on my mother's side, so repairing it isn't a big deal."
As Li Miaomiao said this, she deliberately glanced at the Zhou family, and her contempt was obvious.
Although the Zhou family relied on their numbers, they didn't dare to say a word when faced with Li Miaomiao's provocative eyes.
The Li family is not only large in number, but also very powerful. More importantly, they are capable and they cannot be provoked.
Zhou Fang felt annoyed again when she saw that her family was so useless, but she was also a little scared when she thought of the Li family. However, seeing Li Miaomiao like this, she no longer doubted what was in the old house.
No one was stupid. She had been to the old house many times and had looted everything there, even a usable basket, let alone anything else. Only a few worthless, dilapidated houses were left.
"Second son's wife, have you really thought it through?" Old man Pei looked at Li Miaomiao.
"I've thought about it. I like the quietness over there. The place is spacious. After I clean up the yard, I can even open a few vegetable plots."
Li Miaomiao did not hide her thoughts at all, showing her love and appreciation for the old house.
"Second sister-in-law, it's spacious and quiet over there, but it's been abandoned for so long, and the roof is leaking, so it's totally uninhabitable."
Pei Guosheng thought that his second sister-in-law, who was spoiled by her parents' family, was unaware of the hardships and trivialities of life. In this way, the other two families would definitely benefit, but he couldn't just watch Li Miaomiao act foolishly.
After listening to what Li Miaomiao said, Pei Guoqiang thought that this method was feasible.
"Although the old house is a bit dilapidated, it can still be lived in after some repairs. However, the conditions will definitely be worse than here. Has Second Sister-in-law really decided?" Pei Guoqiang said after thinking for a while.
"I've decided. It doesn't matter if the conditions are a little worse. I don't like people constantly nagging me and coveting the things I brought from my parents' home!"
Li Miaomiao said this, and her eyes fell on Zhou Fang again, with a sarcastic tone.
Zhang Degen listened to the conversation of the Pei family and understood where the bad things about Li Miaomiao came from. Now it seemed that Li Miaomiao was not that bad. Just for getting a table full of food that night, she did have some skills. At most, she was a little lazy. And from what he said, he seemed to be a sensible person. On the contrary, it was Guotai's wife...
"Okay, Second Brother's wife, since you have made your decision, you can't regret it in the future. The same goes for you."
"Although I, Li Miaomiao, am not a good-tempered person, I keep my word and will never go back on my word!"
"Okay, then it's settled. The second son's wife voluntarily gives up the house here, and from now on the old house will belong to the second son's family. Does anyone have any different opinions?"
"We're all fine with that."
Zhou Fang now knew that there was nothing fishy about the old house. It was Li Miaomiao who was stupid and was eager to agree to it, so she naturally would not disagree.
"Okay, it's settled. However, the conditions in the old house are indeed poor, and I can't just watch the second son's wife and her son live there like this. The materials for repairing the house will be provided by the public. The eldest and third sons, you will bear the burden and take the lead in repairing the house in the old house. This is our own business, the Pei family, and there is no need to ask the in-laws for help."
"Dad, don't worry, we will take care of this matter." Pei Guosheng said quickly
"The fourth child's room must not be touched. We can't let them come back without a place to stay. As for the vacant room..."
"Dad, Chengli is sixteen this year and is about to get married. It's okay for him to sleep with his two brothers on weekdays. But if he gets married in the future, we can't let him sleep with his wife and brothers. That would be a joke. Why don't we give this room to Chengli as his wedding room? After all, he is the eldest grandson of our Pei family." Zhou Fang said hurriedly.
Zhou Fang had no reason to let go of the benefits that were right in front of her, not to mention that what she said was indeed for her son.
"Then let's do this. This room will be given to the eldest wife. But there's no reason to let the third wife suffer any loss. There are only a few rooms in the house, and there's some open space next to the room the third wife currently lives in. We can build another room, and the public will cover half of the cost of the construction."
Zhou Fang was of course not happy to hear that a new house was going to be built for the third wife, but since the public household would only pay half of the money, she also knew that her parents-in-law would not let the third wife suffer such a huge loss, so this was a way to have the best of both worlds.
The houses have been divided, and what remains is money and food.
"The autumn harvest is only two months away, so we won't divide the grain until after the harvest. The money and grain will be divided the same way, five parts in total. We two old people will get one part, and each of your families will get one part."
"Dad, this isn't okay. It's not fair!"
After hearing this division method, the first one to disagree was Zhou Fang. Pei Guotai's face also looked very unhappy, and he obviously had objections to this division method.
Old Man Pei didn't seem surprised at the reaction of the eldest and his wife. Hearing this, he said slowly, "There are four families in total, plus us two old people. How is it unfair to divide it into five parts?"
"Dad, this is obvious. We have more people in the first and third houses, more laborers, and more food. The second house only has two people, and they only eat and don't work. How can this be a fair division?"
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