In Gu Zhixing's mind, Xu Ningyan, his sister-in-law, had now surpassed his elder brother and mother in status, so he naturally obeyed her every word.
She withdrew her fists, which had been raining down on him, and plopped down on Gu Da Kui's lap, giving him the look that said, "Sister-in-law, you talk to her first, and if you can't reach an agreement, I'll keep hitting her."
Gu Dajun looked slightly better, after all, he only took one kick and two punches from Gu Zhiyuan. Although he was still aching, at least he wasn't used as a stool and hadn't been forced to sit on the ground and unable to get up.
He staggered out two steps, steadied himself, and was supported by his wife, Qiao Aiyuan.
Since it was time to discuss such a serious matter as dividing the family property, Xu Ningyan held the gleaming kitchen knife in her hand, leaned against the dining table, and glared at Gu Yong menacingly.
Gu Zhiyuan helped Jiang Yuan to sit down on the sofa.
After the Gu family patriarch and patriarch were brought back to the Gu family, Gu Yong felt guilty and tried his best to make amends.
Fang Dani, the former daughter-in-law, has two grandsons. The granddaughters-in-law are all obsequious and flattering. When they go out, people are very tolerant of them because of Gu Yong. They think their son is the most powerful and fearless.
I only realized today that Jiang Yuan, who used to be the most docile and the one they looked down on the most, actually has such a powerful side.
Previously, I thought that Jiang Yuan and her two children were just like Fang Dani and her two children, and they all had to rely on Gu Yong, so no matter how they bullied Jiang Yuan, she could only endure it.
I only realized today that even this honest woman, Jiang Yuan, is afraid of her own son when she gets angry! He didn't dare to fight back after being slapped twice by Jiang Yuan, and even had to put on a smiling face and apologize.
This made the Gu family patriarch and matriarch no longer dare to treat Jiang Yuan and her two children with the same attitude as before.
She tactfully hid behind her son, not daring to step forward.
After seeing Jiang Yuan and her son sit down, she carefully helped Gu Yong to sit on the sofa opposite.
Fang Dani hesitated for a moment, then picked a seat closest to Gu Yong and sat down. Gu Dajun and Qiao Aiyuan also sat down together.
Only Gu Daikui was left with Gu Zhixing sitting on his bottom, and Zhang Yanan didn't dare to move, standing guard on the side.
Gu Zhiyuan spoke up again: "The children don't need to listen to the family's division of property. Let them go back to their rooms."
Gu Yong and the others then remembered that they were still standing on the stairs, looking anxiously at their grandsons downstairs.
At this moment, Gu Yong was in a very bad mood and waved his hand impatiently: "Eldest son and second son's wives, take the children upstairs and don't come down!"
Qiao Aiyuan hesitated, unwilling to move: "Such a big matter as dividing the family property, we should at least listen to it, right? Otherwise, if an outsider can be present, why can't we listen?"
Zhang Yanan nodded repeatedly.
Gu Yong grabbed the thermos from the coffee table next to the sofa and smashed it on the ground. With a loud crash, boiling water spilled everywhere, and the inner liner of the thermos shattered into pieces.
Gu Yong's words, filled with hostility and oppression, continued: "What, you think I can't make the decisions in this family anymore?"
Having come from the battlefield, once he truly unleashed his power, his iron-blooded aura became uncontrollable.
Qiao Aiyuan and Zhang Yanan trembled with fright.
Gu Dajun was adept at reading Gu Yong's thoughts. Seeing that Gu Yong was on the verge of exploding in anger, he quickly gave his wife, Qiao Aiyuan, a meaningful look, urging her to take the children upstairs. Otherwise, if they really ran into Gu Yong's line of fire, things would only get worse!
With him and his second son, along with their grandparents and a group of children, there's no way the family will be divided unfairly.
There's no need to anger Gu Yong now; wouldn't that just benefit Jiang Yuan and her two children?
Qiao Aiyuan and her sister-in-law didn't dare to say anything more. They quickly got up, went upstairs, and took all the children to their rooms to watch over them.
A hush fell over the room; no one spoke for a moment.
After a while, Gu Yong finally spoke up: "You know what my family's situation is! Over the years, part of my salary has been used to subsidize the people below me, part to subsidize my eldest and second eldest sons, and I still have more than eight hundred yuan left. This house was allocated to me by the army, and it can't be divided. The things in each room are my own."
Jiang Yuan nodded without saying anything.
Gu Yong rubbed his forehead: "I'm sorry to you and your two children. Besides, the eldest and second eldest are already married, while the third and fourth are not. Even if you take the third and fourth children with you, they are still my children! As their father, I have to treat them all equally! I'll go get an advance on my salary tomorrow and try to find others to help me raise two thousand yuan. It's a small token of my fatherly love."
Jiang Yuan didn't speak. She wasn't someone who valued money too much, and she knew that Gu Yong didn't have much money. She was about to acquiesce to the arrangement.
Grandpa Gu was dissatisfied with this arrangement: "Dayong, this is not how the family has ever divided its assets! Dajun is the eldest son, and he will definitely be the one to take care of you in your old age, so naturally the majority of the family's wealth should be left to him! Besides, he and Da Kui have given you several wonderful grandchildren! You gave all the money to the third and fourth sons, leaving not a single penny for the eldest and second sons, and even lent them money! Isn't this equivalent to the eldest and second sons subsidizing the third and fourth sons? Where is the logic in that?"
“This family can’t be divided like this! The third and fourth sons were born to your second wife, and they’re going to live with their biological mother. Why should we give them so much of the Gu family’s money? At worst, we can give them half of that eight hundred yuan, and that will be fair to them!”
The two Gu brothers, standing to the side, nodded repeatedly.
Grandma Gu quickly chimed in, "That's right! We've already been quite generous. Giving them four hundred yuan and letting them take their things is already a good thing! In our village, a woman who tries to leave while taking her child with her would have her legs broken!"
They acted as if they had already done everything they could.
Jiang Yuan was impatient to continue arguing with Gu Yong. Gu Zhiyuan and Gu Zhixing weren't the type to be petty. Although they felt that this distribution plan was simply insulting, since Jiang Yuan hadn't spoken up, their two sons couldn't say anything either.
Gu Zhiyuan thought a little further ahead: "In that case, there's no need to divide the money among us! We'll stay with Mom. After you've completed the divorce proceedings, Zhixing and I will publish a notice in the newspaper to sever our father-son relationship with you! We'll also change our surnames to Jiang, taking Mom's surname! From then on, we'll have no further connection with each other!"
"No way!" Gu Yong and Xu Ningyan said in unison.
Gu Yong looked at Xu Ningyan with a strange expression, not expecting that Xu Ningyan would think the same way as him.
He couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous. He had made a scene earlier and spoken his mind freely, but now that he heard that the third brother wanted to sever ties with his father, the army commander, he must have panicked and given himself away.
Xu Ningyan glared at Gu Zhiyuan and his two children, truly angry at their lack of ambition!
"Bullshit! Why should they get off so easily? Are you stupid?! Aunt Jiang has been raising these ungrateful wretches all these years, and they're about to get a divorce. Why shouldn't they come back? It's better to donate this money than to feed these ungrateful dogs!"
"Bring me paper and pen, and let's calculate everything clearly, one by one! If we don't make it clear, some people will pretend to be ignorant, thinking they're so generous and have given you such great benefits! How much of a bargain have you taken? Have you been sucking up for too long and gotten addicted to it? If the Gu family gets even a penny more than they deserve today, I'll change my surname!"
Xu Ningyan slammed the kitchen knife onto the dining table with a loud bang.
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