Chapter 97: Divided
Su Qiuyan wanted to continue speaking after being scolded by her mother-in-law, but the next second she met her husband's angry eyes and she softened instantly.
"Hmph," Sun Erni snorted coldly.
Yang Fugui glanced at his little daughter and explained, "I can still earn money now, but Xiumin is still young, so we have to save money for her schooling and marriage. You know in your hearts that although we said we paid for her food expenses over the years, ten yuan a month is definitely not enough."
The food at their house is not that good, but in order to supplement nutrition, my wife would buy meat, fish, eggs, etc. from time to time. If there are no tickets, they will buy them at high prices, and the money will naturally be spent.
"Mom, how about we move at the end of the month?" Li Huifen thought that since she had already paid the food expenses, she should eat first before moving.
Sun Erni nodded indifferently and didn't want to talk much.
Su Qiuyan also knew that the family was bound to separate at this point. She looked towards the kitchen and asked, "The kitchen at home is so small, how can we cook?"
"Why can't you do it? I'm starving and I'll let you do it first, so you don't have to accuse me of mistreating you." Sun Erni looked at Su Qiuyan sarcastically.
Su Qiuyan's eyes turned red. "Mom, don't take it out on me. It was Dad who said we should divide the family property, and I don't want to! Otherwise, we won't divide it."
"Hmph, it's all your fault." Sun Erni didn't buy her nonsense.
Yang Fugui knocked on the table and said, "We already have two coal stoves at home. Give them to the second and third sons. Your mother and I will buy a new one. There is only one knife at home. You can buy it yourself. You can also prepare the oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar yourself."
"Dad, what about us? Don't we have a coal stove?" Li Huifen couldn't help herself when she saw that her father-in-law had finished speaking and hadn't mentioned them yet.
"Buy it. I'll buy you a new one. Just ask your mother for money." Yang Fugui now feels that having too many sons is a sin, a huge sin.
"Oh, okay, thank you, Dad." Li Huifen agreed happily.
Jiang Xinbai didn't understand how they developed into a family. She secretly glanced at her mother-in-law again. She thought her mother-in-law should be able to help take care of the child, right?
Su Qiuyan could naturally think of what Jiang Xinbai wanted. Since her eldest sister-in-law Li Huifen was going to move away, she would naturally have to take care of the two children by herself. She could also take good care of Lili at home, so the only ones left would be the third sister's family.
Thinking of this, she looked at her mother-in-law and said falsely: "Mom, although we have separated, we are still a family. It is inconvenient for me to be pregnant, so Lili may have to trouble you again."
"I see you are very capable. You take care of the child yourself. I won't get involved." Sun Erni was angry and naturally would not agree to what Su Qiuyan said.
Su Qiuyan was waiting for her to say this, and immediately replied: "Then you can't be partial, and you can't take the third brother's family."
Sun Erni finally reacted, "Okay, wait for me here, I'll take care of whoever I want, why do you care? Are you the mother-in-law or am I the mother-in-law?"
"Jinwei, look, you said I was overthinking it. Mom is just partial..." Su Qiuyan complained to her husband.
"Er Ni, we must treat everyone equally." Yang Fugui said.
Sun Erni glared at him, old man, asking him to split the family, how could she ignore her eldest grandson. Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something and smiled smugly, "Okay, let's treat them equally, right? I helped raise the children of the eldest and second sons until they were two years old, so naturally the third son's children should also be raised until they are two years old. This is fair, and it's all thanks to your father's reminder."
"Mom, how can it be the same? At that time, my eldest sister-in-law and I were both at home taking care of the children, so you just lent a hand. Now the third child and the others are all working..." Su Qiuyan was still arguing, thinking that if they didn't want to take care of the children, then no one would take care of them, and if they had to take care of them, then they could take care of them together.
Jiang Xinbai thought for a while and said, "Mom, I will give you ten yuan every month and you take care of the children for me. I don't want to be like some people who just want to take advantage of them." As he said this, he glanced at Su Qiuyan, as if she was the only one who could talk.
"Who are you talking about?"
"Whoever should speak up should speak up."
"Hey, Jinwei, look, this is how she bullies me..."
Yang Jinwei was really upset. "So what do you want? Is it reasonable for you to not let mom take care of the third child? People paid mom to take care of you but you don't want to, what do you want? Tell me."
"I don't want anything, I just want fairness." Su Qiuyan also shouted back.
"If it really doesn't work, then just separate!" Yang Fugui suddenly said, if you can't live together, then break up.
"Dad, what do you mean? You want me to divorce Jinwei? I'm still pregnant with his child, how can you say that?" Su Qiuyan looked at her father-in-law in disbelief.
"Then look at what you have done. You have been making trouble all night, saying this is not allowed and that is not allowed. Do I have to give you the whole house? You will be satisfied only when the eldest and the second eldest get out." Yang Fugui was also angry and yelled back with a dark face.
"I, I, I didn't mean that..." Su Qiuyan was also a little frightened. She had never seen her father-in-law get so angry since she got married, and she was frightened for a moment.
"Okay, since you have said it's unfair that the third brother and his wife both go to work and don't take care of the children, then, Erni, you can charge the third brother five yuan a month for letting them take care of the children. I don't think anyone would dare to say it's unfair. You eat and drink at my expense, and yet you dare to take advantage of me. Yang Jinwei, you are a coward. You let a woman lead you by the nose. You are really promising." Yang Fugui couldn't bear it anymore and said a lot of things in a row.
Su Erni looked up and inadvertently saw the shadow beside the window at the door. She quickly pulled Yang Fugui and said, "Stop talking, stop talking. If the whole building knows about it, how can you save face?"
"Humph, if you know it, you know it. I want to see who everyone will say is unfilial." Yang Fugui shouted with a stiff neck.
"Okay, it's their fault, stop shouting." Sun Erni followed his words and patted Yang Fugui on the back to comfort him.
For a moment, no one dared to speak. Jiang Xinbai looked towards the room worriedly. Xiaobao didn't wake up despite such a loud noise. Even Zhenzhen and the others were frightened and had tears in their eyes, looking like they were crying.
"Let's eat. They've already made me full of anger before I even have my meal." After venting his anger, Yang Fugui finally remembered that he was still hungry.
"Okay, okay, let's eat." Sun Erni pulled him down to sit down.
Jiang Xinbai, who was already full, picked up a few plates on the table with great discernment and said with a smile, "They are all cold. I'll go heat them up."
"I'll help Xiaobai." Yang Jinsheng also picked up two plates and slipped into the kitchen.
That night, no one spoke until the end of the meal, but Yang Jinwei silently took on the task of washing the dishes. Jiang Xinbai was happy to be free and was about to go back to her room, but when she passed by her sister-in-law Yang Xiumin, she whispered a reminder, "Xiumin, my parents are in a bad mood recently, don't mention those things."
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