Tan Qinghe's face darkened upon hearing his wife's words.
To please their father, the eldest brother always liked to do things that looked good on the surface, and the eldest sister-in-law was also part of the family.
And since his mother doted on the third son the most, he was caught in the middle, neither here nor there, and was the least valued and loved one.
In principle, people in the village are usually assigned to different households after marriage.
However, the third son is not married yet, and with his father around, he has to suppress any thoughts he may have.
Moreover, even if the third brother only brings back 10 yuan a month, that's 120 yuan a year. Not to mention that his salary will increase after he becomes a full-fledged employee.
Working in the coal mine was indeed hard work. On several occasions, he helped his father deliver grain to the coal mine for his third son.
When the third brother came back from the mine, his head and face were covered in black soot that, apart from his teeth and the whites of his eyes, he was unrecognizable.
"Alright, you're the stupid one. You were fooled by your sister-in-law a few times and you rushed to be the first to speak up. Who else should we scold if not you?"
"Think more carefully before you act in the future."
Hearing her husband not help her but instead blame her, Wu He bit her lower lip, furious.
The couple were furious, while Xing Lanhua looked at Tan Dingguo with a worried expression.
"Old man, I think the eldest son's family and the second son's family are really outrageous."
The third brother works so hard, and all the money he earns is hard-earned. The money he gives to the family every month ends up being used by the other two families.
But look at their faces now, they don't care about brotherhood at all.
Tan Dingguo took two puffs of his cigarette, then glanced at Xing Lanhua.
He left all the family affairs between the women to Xing Lanhua, his mother-in-law, to manage.
Why should a grown man like him meddle in his wife's affairs?
I can't afford to lose face as a grown man.
However, his wife was right when she said that he only had three sons, and he couldn't let them ruin the bond between brothers.
The third son is a good one. Let's divide the family property after he gets married!
After exhaling a smoke ring, Tan Dingguo calmly spoke to Xing Lanhua.
Xing Lanhua was stunned. How did the conversation turn to dividing the family property?
"You're being foolish. Once your son is grown up, has a wife and children, he'll definitely have his own agenda, focusing on his own little family and forgetting about everyone else."
No, that would be really strange!
A tree grows big and branches out; our son has grown up, gotten married, and is now an adult. We're both getting on in years; we can't keep worrying about them for the rest of our lives.
If this drags on any longer, I'm afraid the bond between the three brothers will truly be worn away.
Let's separate while there's still some friendship left. That way, if we run into any difficulties later, at least we'll have our brothers to help us out.
Tan Dingguo extinguished the cigarette in his pipe and said earnestly.
Hearing the old man say that, Xing Lanhua was completely distraught.
But she also knew that the old man was right.
But I feel really sad inside.
After all, they were all children born from her womb.
"By the way, about your father, I think you should go back there in person sometime and take a closer look."
I'm afraid their village won't have enough food for the New Year.
It had been a month or so since the eldest son's grain shipment was returned, and Tan Dingguo was worried about his father-in-law's family.
A few days ago, he went to the county town for a meeting and saw Su Chenghai of Changfeng Brigade very carefully; his face didn't look good.
With so many people eating grain, how could he possibly feed so many people for so many days with all that grain in total?
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