Chapter 236: Mrs. Guo's Family Division
Old man Guo tremblingly took out a handkerchief bag from the house.
"Old man, you can't..." Old Lady Guo looked at the handkerchief and collapsed to the ground.
Old Man Guo ignored him and went straight to the strong man: "Master, this is seventeen taels of silver. It is all the silver our family has."
Old man Guo was reluctant to open the handkerchief bag in his hand to reveal the scattered silver coins inside.
The silver was indeed in small pieces, consisting of one and a half ounces, and two strings of copper coins, which formed a small pile in the handkerchief.
The burly man snatched it away and handed it to the person next to him.
The man took the handkerchief and began to count it.
After counting, the man pointed at the strong man, indicating that it was exactly seventeen taels.
The strong man nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Old Man Guo: "We still need three or two more. Let's come back tomorrow."
"Uncle, our family is really out of money. Please be flexible." Old man Guo nodded and bowed, almost kneeling down to the strong man.
"Old man, I'm not unreasonable. That's all for today. We'll come back tomorrow.
It’s easy to deal with if you don’t have money. I think the girls in your family are pretty. Brothers,” the strong man said and left with his men.
"Oh, God, I don't want to live anymore. Are you trying to kill us? You damn robber, who would borrow ten taels of silver and return twenty?" Old Lady Guo sat down on the ground and cried loudly.
"Life is unbearable. My brother-in-law is idle all day and now he's gambling and borrowing money from loan sharks.
I want to split up the family, I must split up, I'm going to find Dalang." Guo Dalang's wife ran out crying.
"We have to separate the family, we can't live like this anymore.
Why should Gongzhong pay back Guo Erlang? We have children to support, so why should we ask our younger brothers and sisters to pay back the debts of our uncles?"
Guo Sanlang's wife also sat down and started crying.
Hearing how lively things were at the Guo family's place, and since the debt collectors had already left, the neighbors all stuck their heads out to watch the fun.
Some people who were quick-witted knew that it was the second son of the Guo family who owed the debt, so they guessed that the person behind it must have seen that Guo's second son's wife was Gu Yan's sister, so they hurried to Gu Yan's house to report the news.
When Guo Sanlang's wife saw the neighbors gathered around, she immediately talked even more excitedly.
"Everyone, come and take a look. Is there really such a family? They treat their other sons like grass and don't care about the lives of the whole family just for the sake of the second son."
Seeing his daughter-in-law crying so hard, and the whispers of the old neighbors outside made him feel embarrassed, so he hurriedly pulled Old Lady Guo away.
Mrs. Guo received the signal and pounced forward with a roar.
Mrs. Guo did have a lot of opinions about Guo Sanlang's wife. Even though it was indeed Guo Laoer who did something wrong, her son was her son after all, and her daughter-in-law was just her daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Guo couldn't stand others saying bad things about her son.
"You bitch, how can a daughter-in-law slander her uncles? I will tear your mouth apart."
Guo Sanlang's wife was not afraid of her at all. No matter how much she looked at it, the Guo family was not in the right.
Didn’t you see that his own sons Guo Dalang and Guo Sanlang were standing aside without saying anything?
Old Mrs. Guo saw that her other two sons standing nearby also stopped tearing the hands of Guo Sanlang's wife.
Nana asked:
"Why are you two back?"
Guo Dalang looked at Old Lady Guo with disappointment and said:
"This is the trouble caused by the second child. Are you satisfied only if you break up the family of the third child and me? You are also the mother of the third child and me!"
"Boss, please go inside and stop talking. Don't let outsiders laugh at you."
Seeing that Mrs. Guo was speechless, Mr. Guo had no choice but to take action himself.
Guo Dalang smiled bitterly. "It's like this, what face do you still have?" He didn't plan to say anything more to Old Man Guo, and shouted directly into the house:
"Second brother, come out. What are you doing hiding in the house when your man is causing trouble?"
After hearing this, Gu Xiang knew that she had to go out.
Guo Dalang could just ignore it. A man asked his sister-in-law to deal with it. If he didn't come out, he would be drowned by the spit of the neighbors.
Gu Xiang secretly hated Guo Erlang in her heart. If he hadn't gone out to mess around, she wouldn't be in this situation now.
As for dividing the family, Gu Xiang certainly doesn't want to do so.
As the saying goes, the crying child gets the candy. Mrs. Guo favors them, and vested interests like them can certainly feel it.
All these mental activities only took a moment in reality, but Gu Xiang still came out reluctantly.
After seeing Gu Xiang coming out, Guo Dalang didn't waste any words. He just bowed to the neighbors and said:
"Our Guo family has suffered misfortune and has become a laughing stock. Today we are dividing our family, and I would like to trouble you all to be witnesses."
Seeing his son's resolute attitude, Old Man Guo knew that the division of the family property was inevitable.
Old Man Guo stopped Old Woman Guo from speaking and also bowed to the neighbors.
Seeing his father like this, Guo Dalang said nothing and said directly:
"There's nothing much at home, so the house will be given to whoever lives there. As for the things at home, I will split them equally with the third brother. As you all saw just now, all the family savings were used to pay off the third brother's debts, so I won't give him any of the things."
After saying this, Guo Dalang paused, looked at his hunchbacked father, and finally couldn't bear it, so he said:
"As for the money owed, the third brother and I definitely won't take any. As for Mom and Dad, we won't argue with whoever they want to go with. If they want to go with the second brother, we'll follow the current retirement standards. We won't give more than that."
Old Man Guo looked at Guo Sanlang:
"Third brother, do you think so too?"
Guo Sanlang nodded.
"I have the same idea as my elder brother."
"Well, in that case, old ladies, let's follow the boss."
Mrs. Guo wanted to say something, but was stopped by Mr. Guo.
"Old woman, the second son is no longer reliable. If we don't rely on the eldest and third sons, can we really count on the second son for our retirement in the future?"
Mrs. Guo also acquiesced to the result of the division.
"Let's do as our eldest brother says. I'd like to trouble all the neighbors to bear witness to our family's affairs. When the second brother comes back, we will completely separate the family."
Old man Guo bowed to the neighbors again, and his waist suddenly slumped.
Guo Dalang looked at his younger brother Guo Sanlang and said:
"You take care of the house first. I'll go get your sister-in-law. You can also comfort your wife. She's really been wronged this time."
Guo Sanlang nodded and told his elder brother to go without worry.
Gu Xiang wanted to say something, but of course she disagreed since her family didn't get anything.
But it was obvious that Guo Dalang and Guo Sanlang ignored her.
The only one who might support her, Mrs. Guo, said nothing because of the pressure of future retirement.
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