After paying for the twenty-three mu of land in Nanling, Yue Jiuyue led her three sons, each with their own distinct feelings, home.
"Fourth brother, go to the cellar and get some ginger and brown sugar. Take them to the village chief's house and the families who helped measure the land today. They worked hard today, and they'll have to continue working hard for the next few days. Make sure they don't get cold."
Lin Chaobei obediently went to get the things and then went out.
Lin Chaodong returned home, told Yue Jiuyue what he had done, and then went back to the back.
Lin Chaonan could no longer remain invisible; he had to cook dinner.
"Mom, what are we having for dinner?"
"Do something good."
Celebrate celebration.
Lin Chaonan went to the cellar, took out a chicken, a rabbit, a cabbage, and two radishes, and prepared to put them in a pot to stew together.
Divide into two pots.
Because Yue Jiuyue said that "eating radishes in winter and ginger in summer" is good for your health, their family's radishes are almost gone. Lin Chaonan was thinking a few days ago that he would take some time to go to the village and trade some radishes with someone.
A bowl of chicken, a bowl of rabbit meat, a bowl of fried dough sticks, and a plate of pickled vegetables—this meal was almost as good as the New Year's Eve dinner. Just as Lin Chaodong was about to pick up a second piece of rabbit meat, Yue Jiuyue said:
"Boss, come over and talk to me after you've finished eating."
Lin Chaodong's good mood at the sight of meat vanished in an instant.
He felt like he was being targeted by his own mother and two younger brothers. After dinner, who knew what awaited him? No wonder he couldn't be in a good mood.
"I understand, Mother."
After Lin Chaodong finished speaking, he unceremoniously picked up the second rabbit hind leg, then a chicken leg, scooped up a little bit of vegetables and soup, took four fried dough cakes, and left.
It has exactly six legs. Liu is pregnant and can't eat rabbit meat. What if the baby she gives birth to has a rabbit's mouth? Now that there's chicken to eat, he'll definitely ask his wife to put a chicken leg on his plate.
As for the rabbit leg, he's the eldest brother, what's wrong with him eating a hind leg? Little Man'er is a child, shouldn't her uncle give way to her?
Lin Chaodong cared about such trivial matters as eating and drinking because he knew his behavior was inappropriate, so he tried to justify himself in his mind.
In reality, nobody cares.
The mother and her two children devoured all the food on the table, except for the pickled vegetables. Even Yue Jiuyue was very satisfied with her meal, simply because she was in such a good mood.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Lin Chaodong, as usual, just left the used bowls and chopsticks lying around, not caring who was washing the dishes, because he wasn't going to wash them anyway.
"Hmm, have you finished eating? Have a seat."
Yue Jiuyue didn't speak again, but waited for Lin Chaonan to finish washing the dishes and for Lin Chaobei to boil the water for washing feet before speaking amidst Lin Chaodong's impatience:
"I've already bought land for all four of you brothers, five acres each and a hilltop for each of you. You should figure out how to settle things yourselves this year, and by winter at the latest, you should all move out and live on your own."
“Mother! We should not separate the family while our parents are alive! I am still the eldest son in the family. Even if you want to separate the family, you should separate them!”
Lin Chaodong was immediately unwilling to accept this. As the eldest son, he was obligated to inherit the majority of the family's wealth. If he were to be divided up now, would he still have a share of the family's possessions in the future? Even if he did, he would probably have to share them equally with his three younger brothers, just like today. How could he possibly agree to that?
Not to mention Lin Chaodong's unwillingness, even Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei disagreed with the division of the family.
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