However, no matter how much he asked, Chen Yutong would never give him the homestead.
So Chen Yutong’s answer was the same as before.
In response to this, Uncle Chen changed his previous attitude of respecting her choice and helped his son persuade her.
"Yutong, uncle doesn't mean anything special. It's just that you look at your father and mother's situation. You said you wanted them to live on their own, but then you and your husband went to live in the old house and renovated it. That's not safe either."
"You and your man will definitely have to live here in the future. That way it will be more convenient for you to take care of your parents. So you probably won't be able to afford the homestead over there. Why not..."
Chen Yutong admitted that what her uncle said made sense.
But the reason she said that before was just to reject them and avoid ruining the relationship between them. Wasn't that just an excuse?
If she told the truth, wouldn't Uncle Chen's family look even more embarrassed?
She thought they would understand the purpose of her doing this and would never talk about the homestead again.
She couldn't tell whether they were really slow-witted and didn't understand her evasiveness, or whether they just didn't care about her attitude at all.
To be honest, Chen Yutong was angry.
Considering that Uncle Chen was her biological uncle and was helping to look after her father, she suppressed her anger and forced a smile again.
"Uncle, my husband and I haven't decided on the homestead yet. We might find other uses for it in the future, so there's nothing we can do about it..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by her eldest cousin.
The eldest cousin said to her.
"What are your plans for the future? Aren't you all settling down in the city? Isn't it enough to have a house in your hometown now?"
"Besides, if you give birth to a daughter and she gets married, everything else will be managed by our Chen family. In the future, this house will also be inherited by your nephews."
"It's all going to be left to them anyway, and since he needs it now, it doesn't matter if you take it out sooner rather than later. It also saves you the money you'd spend on building and renovating the house later."
After hearing these words, Chen Yutong simply couldn't believe it, and the anger in her heart finally couldn't be suppressed.
She had always known that people in her hometown had a serious tendency to favor boys over girls.
But she kept thinking that it was already 2025, and everyone had learned a lot of new knowledge from TV news and mobile phone software.
They should all be more or less aware that the idea of favoring boys over girls is wrong.
In addition, her ability is considered to be the strongest among the young people in the village, especially among the younger generations of her Chen family.
Many of Chen's relatives have received her help, and their attitude towards her can be described as respectful, even reverent.
She thought that now that this was the case, she would no longer be the kind of girl who was considered "patriarchal" in their hearts.
I didn't expect that in their minds, no matter how capable I was or how successful my career was, I was still just a "girl" after all.
Everything she has now is not hers, but belongs to the "Chen" family.
To be more precise, it belongs to the male members of the Chen family!
Chen Yutong looked at her eldest cousin with indifference, without any regard for kinship, and scolded him directly.
Perhaps to her eldest cousin this was a scolding, but to Chen Yutong, she was just stating the facts.
For example, my eldest cousin was indeed stupid and incompetent since he was very young, and he relied entirely on others when he grew up.
His parents paid for him to buy a house, his parents paid for him to marry his wife, and she even helped him find a job.
In his entire life, he has gained very little through his own efforts, and his current life is almost entirely due to the help of his family and relatives.
His parents were willing to give up everything to let him suck blood, but Chen Yutong was unwilling.
They are just relatives. How could he have the nerve to ask her to give him her family's homestead?
Is it because he is shameless? Is it because he is self-righteous and lacks a correct self-awareness?
What Chen Yutong said was all true, and my cousin didn't know how to refute it.
In the end, he could only glare at Chen Yutong fiercely, and then uttered some harsh words with gritted teeth.
"Chen Yutong, you're amazing! If you have any problems in the future, don't rely on us cousins. I want to see how capable a woman like you is!"
After saying that, my cousin turned around and left angrily.
Uncle Chen's expression wasn't very good at the time either.
It might be that his beloved son was scolded by Chen Yutong, which made him feel unhappy.
But in the end he still didn't say anything, just sighed, handed Chen Yutong's father to her, and turned and left.
At that time, Chen Yutong actually felt that Uncle Chen would no longer help her take care of her father.
After all, she had just scolded her eldest cousin like that, and her uncle must have been holding a grudge against her.
She didn't care what her uncle and his son thought of her. What she was more worried about was where to find someone to take care of her father.
Although the uncle is patriarchal, he has a good relationship with her father.
During this period, after my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, my uncle took care of his younger brother with all his heart.
It is not ruled out that it may be because she gave money, but there must also be a part of the reason that he is her own brother, so she cares more about him.
It was noon when the eldest cousin and uncle were driven away. Chen Yutong wanted to seize the time and find a new caregiver before dark in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, not long after lunch time, Uncle Chen came again.
He acted as if nothing had happened. After arriving at Chen Yutong's house, he asked her with a smile if she had eaten.
He also said that he had just returned home and had finished his meal. If she still had something to do, he would take her father out for a walk and let her take care of her own business.
Chen Yutong then realized that her uncle didn't want to quit.
She felt relieved immediately.
As if he could see what Chen Yutong was thinking, the uncle said something to her somewhat embarrassedly.
"Your eldest cousin was wrong about what happened at noon. Even though you are siblings, he can't take your things away. After all, they were left to you by your parents. You are the owner."
"Yutong, don't worry. Uncle has just gone back and talked to him. Your cousin has also realized his mistake and will not mention this matter again in the future."
"Don't let this matter ruin your relationship. It's just a small matter. It will be over in a couple of days. Don't take it to heart."
Chen Yutong didn't expect her uncle to take the initiative to apologize to her.
However, since both father and son had taken the initiative to hand over the ladder, Chen Yutong naturally would not take it, but would go down the ladder.
Finally, she waved her hand and said a few polite words like she had some problems.
Although she didn't feel that she was wrong, for the sake of her father, she couldn't completely break off relations with her uncle's family.
As for whether my cousin really realized his mistake as my uncle said?
Chen Yutong found it unlikely.
Instead, she thought that her cousin might have changed his attitude in time because he was worried about problems with his work.
After all, his job was introduced through his own connections.
If she could find him a job, she could naturally find a way to make him lose his job.
Although she found it quite ridiculous, for Chen Yutong, if she could really intimidate her cousin with this little thing, it would save her a lot of trouble.
So, the uncle continued to take care of her father.
That evening, the eldest cousin also came and gave Chen Yutong some fried fish made by his wife.
Although she could see that the smile on his face was a bit forced when they came, at least it looked okay on the surface, and Chen Yutong was too lazy to talk to him anymore.
The eldest cousin was showing weakness. The two of them had a quarrel that day, and the matter of him wanting his own homestead was over with Chen Yutong.
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