After the little girl and the others had gone far away, Zhou's father stood up, picked up the broom and went upstairs. Zhu Hang followed for two steps, then stopped, hugged his frightened daughter, and pleaded with Zhou Niao and Zhou Hua, "Big brother and third brother, you two go with us and take a look. Don't make Dad angry."
Zhou Niao nodded and let go of her son's hand. "Go follow grandma."
When the two brothers arrived at the living room on the second floor, they heard ghostly howling sounds coming from the third floor.
On the third floor, there was a father and daughter, one who beat silently, while the other held his head and howled without begging for mercy.
After beating him up, Zhou's father took a deep breath and said, "Second brother, you're 40 years old this year. This is the last time you'll be beaten. From now on, your mother and I won't beat you again. You'll be on your own. Spend the New Year on the second floor!"
"Dad?" Zhou Yu felt panicked and scared when he heard his father's words.
Father Zhou turned and went downstairs. Seeing his eldest and youngest sons, he waved and said, "Go back downstairs for the meeting."
Except for Zhou Xiang's family and Zhou Yu, the rest of the Zhou family sat together, and everyone felt heavy in their hearts.
After a long silence, Zhou's father finally spoke: "We all feel guilty towards the fourth child. The separation of the family was the beginning of her disappointment in the family. After the separation, she hardly ever came home, only coming back occasionally during the holidays. But the second child is still pushing her away. Eldest and third child, I know you don't like coming back to this home, and I don't like it either.
Originally, this family was in tatters, and the people were lazy and scattered. It was the fourth sister who held this family together. Unknowingly, she had become the pillar of this family. Now that the pillar is gone, the family has fallen apart. Without her, the Zhou family is like a pile of loose sand.
Seeing everyone's heavy expressions, Zhou's father continued, "The original intention of the fourth son to build these two buildings for the family was to hope that everyone could live together in harmony, but now, some people have become too arrogant and can't find their place.
I want to spend my life with Lao Si. I don’t want to stay in such a big building, waiting for the holidays every year. There are only a few holidays a year. I don’t want to wait year after year. How many years can I live? I don’t want to wait. Only by following Lao Si can I feel at ease.
Big brother and little brother, if you don't like this house, you can renovate the building and convert it into a four-story villa while the town is still under construction. Separate it one by one so that you don't have to face the people you don't want to see.
To put it bluntly, after the building was renovated, the second sister no longer had the right to live here. The right to live here was the way out that the fourth sister gave her, but she stubbornly stood in the way, demolishing her way out and leaving her with no way out.
Father Zhou turned to Zhu Hang and said, "Over the years, you've been busy making money, and you've given it all to the second son to keep. Her heart has become inflated. What I said just now wasn't to drive you away. I wanted to drive her away and make her sober up."
"Dad, I understand," Zhu Hang felt extremely guilty. He was indeed responsible for his wife's condition. As his father-in-law said, his wife was inflated by money. "I will tidy up the north end building and move back in. Whether this place is demolished or not, I will move back."
It's over, this family is completely broken up. This is the sentence that has been lingering in Zhou's mother's mind. Her husband just said that he wanted to live with the fourth child, without asking her or mentioning her, as if she didn't exist.
Why on earth was this happening? How had things come to this? I was being abandoned by everyone, and my second son was almost done for, so what was the problem?
Zhou Niao looked at his brother, "What do you think?"
"I agree with the demolition and reconstruction. Even if we live in adjacent villas, it is better than living in your own home and having to obey other people's opinions. When my sister comes back to her parents' home in the future, she can go to whichever house she likes." Zhou Hua's face was as dark as ink.
"Okay," Zhou Niao nodded, "I also agree to demolish and rebuild."
The town didn't know what my sister was thinking, so they kindly left the house untouched. They did it out of my sister's consideration, but someone didn't understand! It's fine to demolish it, but if it's demolished, the original agreement will be invalid.
"Then I'll tell the town after the New Year. But I don't have any money right now, so could you lend me some, big brother?"
"Can."
Seeing that his eldest brother agreed without hesitation, Zhou Hua stood up and pulled his eldest brother away, "Dad, no matter what you think, we still have to celebrate this New Year. I'm going to talk to my eldest brother."
"Go, go!" Father Zhou felt much more relieved because his two sons had a good relationship.
Sitting down in his eldest brother's studio, Zhou Hua whispered about the Xishan Health Park incident, "...So I'm heavily in debt now. I know that eldest brother originally had a considerable stake in the company, so I asked you to borrow money. After all, my sister has already agreed to lend me two million."
"That's not right!" Zhou Niao looked at his brother in confusion. "Back then, you, Zuo Heng, and Ji Bin all had shares in the company. It's been over ten years. How could the three of you only invest a total of five million and run out of money?"
"Hehe," Zhou Hua laughed dryly, "Big brother is really considerate. We bought another 5 kilometers to the south, and we plan to keep these 5 kilometers closed to the public."
"Then the two extra houses my sister requested, and the villa Mei Zi mentioned about building in the south, are they all on the land that is not open to the public?"
"Smart," Zhou Hua chuckled softly. "Big brother is amazing. I didn't even know that the 5 kilometers were indeed bounded by the canyon that Mei Zi mentioned. Back then, we laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain on the south side of the canyon and saw that the southern section was more beautiful. So, we jointly purchased it in our names."
"My sister doesn't know and doesn't take it seriously because she trusts you," Zhou Niao was not overwhelmed by his brother's praise. "You said it's a joint venture in name only. Is my sister's name included?"
"Of course I did," Zhou said, his neck stiff. "I paid two installments and wrote my sister's name on it."
"Alright!" Zhou Niao patted his brother's shoulder. "Although you mean well, I don't know if my sister will accept your kindness."
"Brother~" Zhou Hua pulled on his brother's arm, "You are not allowed to let anything slip. Besides, now that you know, you are an accomplice. The law does not punish everyone, hahahaha."
"Your smile is so ugly," Zhou Niao said with disgust. He took out his wallet from his backpack and pulled out a bank card. "Here! This is the last dividend my uncle gave me. I heard there's 20 million in it. It's all for you. I invested in your share and your sister's share. I don't need a separate villa. My sister and I can live here. Remember to build an extra room for your sister's."
"Brother," Zhou Hua's eyes moistened, "You don't need so much. Aren't you still going to demolish and rebuild this building?"
"Here!" Zhou Niao stuffed the card into his brother's coat pocket. "With all the trouble you guys have been doing, I'm guessing I'll have to add more funds. If I keep this money, I'll just earn some interest. It's useless. I still have the dividends from the past, which is more than enough."
"Hehe," Zhou Hua smiled foolishly with red eyes, "Big brother is richer than me."
"I don't have much money to spend. You have a wife and in-laws to visit, and friends to socialize with."
Zhou Hua put away his bank card and quietly asked his elder brother, "Brother, won't you find me a sister-in-law?"
Zhou Niao quickly shook his head, "No, no, all these messy relatives are making a mess. I can't stand these mundane things. Quietly painting is my constant pursuit."
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