Chapter 292 I won’t give you anything
Wu Baoan knew that the fields in Xishan were indeed second-rate fields in previous years.
But now it’s different. Qing Yatou has started to divert water down the mountain, and it won’t be long before the land becomes top-quality farmland.
Although this matter has not been announced to the public, it is almost certain.
He narrowed his eyes and pretended to be dissatisfied, "Auntie, the harvest on that piece of land is poor, I'm afraid it's not suitable to give it to Zhan Liang!"
"Why is it inappropriate? Do you dare to say that it is not arable land?"
Old Mrs. Chen glanced at him coldly.
"We still have about ten acres of land left in our family. Giving him four acres is already the most we can do. Why would he be so picky? If he doesn't want it, forget it."
Wu Baoan sighed in mock helplessness, "In that case, the land belongs to Zhan Liang. I think Zhan Cai has no objection!"
"I have no objection. Let my parents decide everything."
Although Chen Zhancai did not work in the fields, he knew that Xishan was dry and the land there could not grow crops at all, so the land would be worthless even if it was sold.
Wu Baoan nodded. "Okay, then it's happily decided. The four acres of land in Xishan will belong to Zhanliang."
Chen Zhanliang's eyes widened when he heard this. "Village head, that piece of land has been producing poor crops every year. The harvest for the whole year is not enough to feed one person. How could you agree to this?"
"Zhanliang, I think that piece of land is pretty good. Besides, your family only has about ten acres of land left. It's already a lot if your parents can give you four acres. What are you picking on?"
"This, this..." Chen Zhanliang was speechless for a moment.
He couldn't figure out what Wu Baoan was up to. He had just been talking nicely about wanting to gain more benefits for him.
Now, look what happened. Four acres of land that no one wants was divided up. Isn’t this a rip-off?
I wanted to make some excuses, but when I thought about it, my eldest brother's family only got two acres of land, so it was really not a small amount to give him four acres today.
Forget it, let it be!
Chen Zhanliang waved his hand weakly, "Laurie is helping to write the documents for the division of the family property."
Wu Baoan wanted to fight for Chen Zhanliang again, and looked at Old Mrs. Chen, "Auntie, now that the land has been divided, shouldn't we also divide up the house? Otherwise, Zhanliang and his family will have nowhere to live!"
"I've already said that I won't give them the house. They can live wherever they want. I don't care."
Without waiting for Wu Baoan to speak, Chen Zhanliang got stubborn and said, "I don't want the house anymore. Please help me write the paperwork!"
Wu Baoan knew that Old Lady Chen would not budge, so he sighed and said, "Okay, I'll write the separation documents for you right away."
Dabao prepared paper, ink, brush and inkstone. As soon as he picked up the brush, Old Lady Chen stopped him and said,
"Wait a minute. Since they want to split up the family, I have to put forward some conditions."
Chen Zhanliang frowned upon hearing this, "What are your conditions?"
"Chen Zhanliang, I am your mother who gave birth to you and raised you. You owe me this life. Don't think that you will be alright if we split up. You must provide me with pension money."
"Retirement money?" Chen Zhanliang was stunned and asked coldly, "How much do you want?"
"How much?" Old Lady Chen snorted. "I know you don't have much ability, so as your mother, I won't make it difficult for you. Give me 200 coins a year as a filial gift."
Upon hearing this, Sun immediately jumped up and down, "How dare you ask that? The grain from the four mu of land we were given can't even be sold for two hundred coins, and you're asking for two hundred coins right away. I don't have that."
"Shut up right there! It's only natural for a son to respect his father. You think two hundred coins are too much for me? Go and ask around and find out which family supports their parents and doesn't give them three to five hundred coins a year. You're still yelling at me for this little? If you keep yelling at me, I'll go to the government and sue you for being unfilial." Old Mrs. Chen yelled with foam at her mouth.
Wu Baoan quickly spoke to mediate, "Second son's wife, please stop talking. The Daning Dynasty was founded on filial piety. You have to pay for this."
Sun was unwilling to give in, and gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I can give you the money, but everything else has nothing to do with me."
Old Mrs. Chen snorted coldly, "Of course, I have a filial son, so I don't need anyone else to perform filial duties by my bedside."
"Okay, great. Remember what you said today."
Sun ignored her and said to Wu Baoan, "Village Head, you heard everything just now. Please write it down to prevent anyone from cheating later."
"Don't worry, I'll write it clearly."
Seeing that they had no objection, Wu Baoan picked up his pen and wrote the document of division of the family property. Both parties put their fingerprints on it, and the family property was divided.
Seeing Chen Zhanliang and his wife looking worried, Wu Baoan knew their difficulties at the moment and said, "Zhanliang, you two should pack up your things quickly and move to my old house to live for a few days, and then we can make long-term plans."
"Okay, thank you so much, Lizheng." Chen Zhanliang's face lit up and he looked at Sun. "Cuiqin, you and Dabao should hurry back to the room and pack up. We'll move out now."
"Okay, I'll go right away." As soon as Sun turned and entered the house, Old Lady Chen followed and snorted coldly, "I'm telling you, you can take what's yours, but don't even think about taking anything out of this house that doesn't belong to you."
Sun ignored her and quickly packed up.
Just as she was about to carry half a bag of grain out of the house, Old Lady Chen rushed over and snatched it away fiercely, "Put it down, don't touch my grain."
"Are you being unreasonable? These are the grains we bought with Dabao's money. Why won't you let us take them away?"
"Why do you say that? Because this is my home. I'm telling you, except for the clothes you're wearing, don't even think about taking anything else with you."
"You're really going too far." Sun couldn't bear it any longer and snatched it away. "I have to take my things away."
Old Mrs. Chen was stunned at first, but then she reacted and rushed over, holding the rice bag tightly and shouting outside, "Old man, come quickly, someone is trying to steal our food, come and help us quickly."
Upon hearing this, Old Man Chen rushed in with a wooden stick in his hand. "What are you doing, Old Second Brother? Let go now, or I'll fight you to death."
Wu Baoan, who followed closely behind, dragged Old Man Chen out and said, "Uncle Zhonghou, please stay outside and don't cause any more trouble."
After saying that, he shouted at Old Lady Chen, "Auntie, they're packing up their things, why are you messing around? Let go."
"Why? This is my family's food. No one can take it away."
"How can you be so unreasonable!" Looking at the old lady Chen who was throwing a tantrum and making a scene, Wu Baoan was speechless.
Old Lady Chen stretched her neck, glared, and loudly questioned Wu Baoan, "What are you talking about? What do you mean I'm unreasonable? Let me tell you, I'm the most reasonable person. Chen Dabao works for Qing Yatou. I heard he earns ten coins a day, which is three hundred coins a month. It's been more than half a year, so he should earn at least two taels of silver!"
But he didn't hand over a penny. If they want to take the grain now, they have to divide the money Dabao earned equally. Otherwise, they can't take this bag of corn."
"I have no right to control the money Dabao earns, and we don't want the food anymore." Chen Zhanliang said, waving his hand at Sun. "Cuiqin, let's not be angry about this. Let's go."
......
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
