"Mother," Sister-in-law Huang said indignantly, "what do you mean by that? What have we done to wrong Yaya?"
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Huang glanced at her son with a half-smile, "Ask your husband first."
“Husband…” Sister-in-law Huang turned her head subconsciously.
"Stop joking," Huang Shi said guiltily, "There are so many people watching."
He suspected that what he had done in the past had been discovered.
But this is a bit too fast.
He was fine in the morning, but by the afternoon he had finished all the documents for the division of the family register, catching him completely off guard and leaving him no time to react.
That's really... ruthless!
"Husband," seeing this, Sister-in-law Huang's heart sank, "You haven't really done something to betray her, have you?"
His voice, though trembling, also carried a hint of unknown fear.
She didn't try to curry favor with her younger siblings because of the relationship between the two families. She was, after all, the sister-in-law, but that didn't mean she dared to offend anyone.
My second sister-in-law can earn 10,000 to 8,000 taels of silver with just a wave of her hand, and she associates with wealthy families. Only a fool would dare to offend her!
Not hearing Huang Shi's reply, she turned to Old Lady Huang, "Mother, what exactly happened?"
Figure it out yourself.
“Father,” Jiang Nuan ignored the gossip, “if possible, take advantage of the time now and revise the family genealogy.”
"Ya Ya," Old Man Huang's voice was gloomy, "Are you sure you want to push things to the extreme?"
He paused for a moment, then continued, "If we really split up the clan, even if you are the second son's wife, I will not tolerate you."
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Huang felt an uncontrollable surge of anger rush to her head. "As if you've ever tolerated them before."
When our second son was seriously ill, we couldn't bear to spend money on him. Later, we resented Xiao Chuan and his family for being a burden and separated them from us. We watched them suffer without offering any help, and even told others not to help. This is our own grandson! Doesn't your conscience hurt?
"Mother, you've misunderstood Father."
"Shut up," Old Mrs. Huang snapped coldly, "You're no better than me!"
"Mother, I..."
"What do you mean, 'you'? You dare say you didn't know about this? You did such a disgusting thing and still wanted to take advantage of the second wife? Where's your shame?"
Upon hearing this, Huang Shi fell completely silent.
His mother is like a firecracker now, ready to explode at the slightest touch, nothing you say will work.
Seeing this, Old Man Huang glared at the old lady angrily, "Your eldest son is also your own son, why do you have to make things so embarrassing? Aren't you afraid of retribution for being such a heartless mother?"
“Anyone has the right to say that,” Jiang Nuan pulled the old lady behind her and said coldly, “Only you, Father, did not. No matter how heartless Mother is, she did not refuse to treat my eldest brother, nor did she scheme against her own grandson.”
One sentence nearly made Old Man Huang faint.
Doesn't he care about his son? Isn't he just thinking about his family?
With a large family of dozens of people, all the money was used for medical treatment. What were they going to do with all the mouths left?
What grandson are you scheming about? He just thought Dashan was easy to bully, so he wanted Xiaochuan and his brothers to help him out. But his daughter-in-law made it sound like he was utterly wicked.
"Ya Ya, is there any way to turn this around?"
“No,” Jiang Nuan’s voice was firm. “Things have come to this point, and separating is the best thing for both families.”
Having someone like that constantly plotting against you makes it hard to sleep soundly. What if they pretend to be sick or faint and make some unreasonable demands? You're stuck in a dilemma, not knowing whether to agree or refuse.
It's not that she thinks too badly of people, but rather that human nature is unpredictable and one must be wary.
“I can agree to let you take your mother away,” Old Man Huang made his decision, “but you can’t take your anger out on your eldest brother. If he’s in trouble, you have to help him.”
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Huang felt it was very ironic.
She and her youngest son's family combined are not as important as her eldest son.
Suddenly I felt really bad for myself.
"Fortunately," Old Mrs. Huang patted her chest, "I don't have to live with you anymore."
"Old woman..." Old Huang said, expressing his distress, "No matter what, Ya Ya will take good care of you, but the eldest son is different."
The younger daughter-in-law is indeed ruthless, but she is not a heartless person.
She and her husband are still their younger son's biological parents, so she won't do anything about it, but their older son is somewhat distant from them.
"Don't call me that so affectionately," Old Mrs. Huang said, her reluctance completely gone. "My husband is Huang Xu, not you."
"Mother," Huang Shi said, feeling annoyed, "can you please stop making things worse?"
“I’m not your mother, call me Second Aunt.”
“Grandpa,” Jiang Nuan changed her form of address, “I cannot agree to your conditions.”
If that's all there is to it, why would she bother to create so much trouble?
"Why won't you agree?" Old Huang was very indignant. "I accept your resentment, but your elder brother didn't get involved in these matters."
Hearing this, Jiang Nuan curled the corners of her lips, "Perhaps he didn't do anything, but he definitely knew about it. Even if he didn't know, so what? As a beneficiary, it's only right that he's being blamed, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Huang fell silent.
It's not that I've given up, but rather I'm trying to figure out the best way to persuade them.
If these sordid acts are discovered, it's understandable that the younger daughter-in-law would retaliate against him however she sees fit, but that's unfair to the eldest son.
Out of brotherhood, he kept persuading himself to give up.
"You," after a long silence, he took a deep breath to suppress his anger, "Yaya, I really have wronged you, but the eldest branch of the family is innocent, you can't do this."
“If the eldest son’s family is innocent, then we’re not,” Huang Xiaosan retorted indignantly. “Over the years, what have the innocent eldest son’s family ever done for us brothers? Now they want us to help them? Don’t you think that’s unfair, sir?”
"Didn't your uncle and aunt take care of your mother? Do you think your mother has had a peaceful life?"
"My mother didn't pay back?" Huang Xiaosan listed them one by one. "First, she did all sorts of things to elevate the status of the second branch of the family, then she made all sorts of sacrifices for the old house, taught you to read and write and practice martial arts, and even solved the trouble my cousin caused. Wasn't that enough? Did she have to risk her life?"
"This is different."
“It is indeed different,” Huang Xiaosan scoffed. “My uncle and aunt’s so-called care is nothing more than saying a few nice words and occasionally giving me some food. My mother shouldn’t have done so much.”
They're still not satisfied with all these benefits; they're truly insatiable.
No wonder Mother was so decisive in severing ties with them!
“We’ve already separated into different families. Helping is a favor, not an obligation,” Jiang Nuan said softly. “If Father, as the grandfather, can stand by and watch his grandson suffer, why can’t I, as his sister-in-law, do the same? The household registration has already been processed. Whether you acknowledge it or not, the two families have already separated. Wouldn’t it be better to change the family tree without any qualms and save face for each other?”
They are no longer the kind of people who can be manipulated at will; times have changed.
She didn't believe the old man couldn't understand this principle.
The reason they're holding on so stubbornly is simply because they're unwilling to give up.
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