Shi Meiling invited Uncle An and Old Man An to sit down.
"Uncle An and Grandpa An, please sit down! What are you standing for? Listen to what they have to say and give your opinion!"
Uncle An and Old Man An sat down; they were there to bear witness.
Seeing that An Tanxiao and Shi Meiling were determined to separate the family, An Baogen decided not to try to persuade them any further.
Since you want to split up, then follow the proper procedures.
He first inquired about the reasons for the family division.
"Tell me your reasons for splitting up!"
When it comes to the reasons for the family division, Shi Meiling has a lot to say.
She looked around at everyone, and finally her gaze settled on Wu Pandi, who was desperately hiding behind the second brother.
“Baogen, I’m not afraid you’ll laugh at me, but actually, from the very beginning, the second son’s marriage was never intended for Wu Pandi!”
Wu Pandi disagreed upon hearing this and started shouting loudly.
"Mother, don't talk nonsense. When we were looking at each other, it was clearly Qingsong who also liked me!"
An Qingsong's veins bulged, his head throbbed, and the honest man, driven to desperation, shouted at Wu Pandi.
"Shut up! I was supposed to be set up with Yuelan, but you stopped the matchmaker and told me that Yuelan doesn't like my family background!"
I was so disheartened that I just gave up. As for who the person I was looking for was, I felt it didn't matter, as long as it wasn't Yuelan!
Wu Pandi gets restless whenever Yuelan's name is mentioned.
"you…"
She had barely uttered a single word when she noticed the captain staring intently at her, as if he would ruin her if she dared to utter another word!
She stood there, stunned. How could she forget that Yuelan was the brigade leader's niece!
Shi Meiling glared at Wu Pandi.
Then he continued speaking.
"Under such a twist of fate, after getting married, Wu Pandi always used the issue of family background to make things difficult for the second son. Whenever there was anything left at home during holidays, she would try her best to move it back to her parents' home!"
Shi Meiling looked at An Baogen.
"Baogen, if you ask me, isn't Wu Pandi wrong in this respect?"
An Baogen glanced at Wu Pandi.
"That's definitely not right! You've married into the family, why are you still always thinking about your parents' family?"
Uncle An and Old Man An both shook their heads. This was going too far! It made no sense at all!
Wu Pandi muttered something.
"Besides me, who would marry An Qingsong, whose family background is questionable? What's so great about Gu's family?"
Everyone heard it, but no one paid any attention to her.
Shi Meiling pointed at An Qingbai and asked An Baogen.
"Baogen, you know that the third brother can hunt, right?"
An Baogen nodded.
"The third brother started hunting when he was sixteen or seventeen, and then he would bring the money back to me."
When the first and second wives got married, I gave each of them 30 yuan so they could keep it for emergencies.
Each year, I didn't make them hand over all their work points to the public fund; I always left them a few yuan to keep for themselves! Even if it wasn't much, each household had at least several tens of yuan, which they could use as they pleased!
An Baogen looked at the eldest son and his wife for confirmation.
An Qinghua and Qian Yunshuang nodded when they saw the brigade leader looking at them.
“What my mother said is true; she really did it!”
"Yes, Mother did give it to me!"
An Baogen was puzzled when he heard this.
"Isn't this a good thing? Each branch of the family has some money, so why is it escalating to the point of dividing the family property?"
Shi Meiling told An Baogen helplessly.
"Isn't this the third brother's engagement? Wu Pandi thought I would take back the money that was allocated to the families of the other wives and use it for the third brother's engagement!"
An Baogen disagreed and shook his head.
"Putting everything else aside, Qingbai and Zhuang, the educated youth, each received a 500 yuan reward last year, right? Isn't that enough for their engagement? They could hold an engagement banquet every day for a month without repeating a single one!"
Wu Pandi was dumbfounded. How come she didn't know about this?
She questioned loudly.
"Mom, this isn't fair! How come I didn't know about this money? Nobody told me about it. Am I the only one in the family who didn't know?"
Shi Meiling glared at her.
"Who do you think you are? Do you think everyone revolves around you? Do you think everyone has to tell you everything? Now that you've gone back to your parents' house, who are you going to blame?"
The whole village knows about this except you. Instead of reflecting on your own actions, you turn around and question me? Who gave you the guts?
Wu Pandi was startled by Shi Meiling's questioning manner and took a step back, almost falling on An Qingsong.
She thought An Qingsong would support her, but he didn't. An Qingsong took two steps to the side to avoid her touch.
Shi Meiling didn't bother to say anything more to her and looked at An Baogen.
“Baogen, you saw it, didn’t you? This is how Wu Pandi usually treats us. At the very least, you agree that he is unfilial, right?”
An Baogen sighed. He was like this now, but who knew what he would be like when no one saw him!
"I've seen it, and I have nothing more to say!"
Shi Meiling then spoke again.
"I don't know who Wu Pandi heard it from, but she thinks that Lao San and Zhi Meng will ask her for money. With her meager savings, even if she gave them to them, they might not even want them. She just thinks she has money!"
Zhuang Zhimeng spoke at this point.
She looked at Wu Pandi and gave a mocking smile.
"Ha, I don't know where you got the idea that I would be so poor that I would ask you for money?"
Do you think I'm a sent-down youth, that coming to the countryside has made me a rootless duckweed? That I'm so poor I can't afford to eat?
"Auntie's right, I don't care about your little bit of money at all. The pocket money I've saved up at home for several months is more than all your money in total!"
Wu Pandi opened her mouth, wanting to refute loudly, but found that she couldn't refute it at all. How could she not have remembered that Zhuang Zhiqing's family was very well-off?
Shi Meiling echoed Zhuang Zhimeng.
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