Chapter 34 Let’s Split Up
Chapter 35 Let’s Split Up
Split up the family?
When Old Mrs. Fang heard this, she became anxious and sat on the kang, cursing her second son for having bad intentions and wanting to break up their family.
The Fang family returned from the countryside more than ten years ago, and relied on the old man's work as a pharmacist in the pharmaceutical factory to support the whole family. Later, the pharmaceutical factory was restructured, and they had to buy the house originally allocated to them with their own money.
But at that time, the old man was old and had little money. The eldest son and daughter in the family had already started their own families. Although they did not explicitly say that they would split up the family, they had already moved out to live separately. Only the second son was left to take care of his parents, and then earn money to support his younger siblings to study and work. In this way, the Fang family has never officially split up the family until today.
Fang Qing's father, Fang Decai, is an honest man. He obeys his parents in everything at home. Sometimes his parents favor others, and they can only endure it just to make their mother happy. However, they have suffered a lot in private. But even so, no one among the brothers and sisters has ever really considered them.
Faced with the old lady's anger and looking at the ulterior motives of everyone in the room, Fang Qing's father finally made up his mind.
"Mom, whether we live together or not, we are still a family. But my eldest sister is in urgent need of money now. Since you want to sell this house, we definitely can't live here anymore. At that time, each family will live in different places, which is no different from splitting up the family."
The old lady didn't want to hear these excuses. She was determined that her second son had bad intentions. "Do you just want to dump me, an old woman, and live a good life? I tell you, no way! As long as I am here, you can't divide this family!"
It seemed that Mr. Fang had been bullied by the old lady for too long, and today he actually had the courage to talk back.
"Well, since you don't want to split up the family, that's fine! I borrowed money to buy this house. Since you want to sell the house, just write me an IOU and I'll agree immediately!"
Father Fang's words made the crying old lady Fang pause for a moment, and then she raised her voice and cried to the sky, as if she could not live anymore.
"What a sin! Ouch, I won't live any longer! Old man, when you're not here... these bastards are bullying me!"
Everyone rushed forward to comfort her. The eldest aunt finally found an opportunity, turned around and started to scold Fang's father with her eyes fixed.
"Oh, my second brother has been a cadre in the countryside for two years. He has a bad temper and dares to talk back to mom as soon as he gets home! You are so awesome! I bought you a house, but your family is so poor. Where did you get the money? Do you think we are three-year-old children?"
Father Fang is usually quiet, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a temper. Facing the ridicule of his elder sister-in-law, he did not back down at all. “Sister-in-law, of course you don’t believe it! When Dad wanted to buy this house, you immediately hid back in your parents’ home, for fear that you would have to pay a penny! But after the house was bought, you immediately came back to hang around the old lady. Don’t think I don’t know what you are up to!…”
The aunt was furious when her purpose was exposed, and she screamed and tried to scratch him.
The uncle standing by couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed his wife by the collar and threw her back, "Shut up! This is a matter between our brothers in the Fang family, it's not your turn to butt in! If you shout again, I'll see if I dare to hit you!..."
The eldest aunt was so frightened by her husband's unprecedented ferocious expression that she didn't know how to react for a moment. She had to keep quiet and hide behind the eldest sister.
The uncle then looked at his second brother, "Decai, you... do you really want to split the family? Our mother is still alive, and it would be embarrassing to tell others about the split..."
Father Fang looked tired, and stepped forward to pat his eldest brother on the shoulder, "Brother, you know me well, I dare to do what I say! You know how our family has lived over the years!
When we bought this house, my eldest sister said she had no money, my eldest sister-in-law was hiding, my youngest sister and Deli were unemployed, so I had to shoulder the responsibility in the end! I went to so many relatives and friends to borrow money to buy this house, but in the end, I still wrote my parents’ names on the house title. Do I have any complaints? "
My aunt and my eldest sister-in-law blushed at these words, and they lowered their heads and said nothing.
When Mr. Fang talked about the hardships in the past, the seven-foot-tall man actually had tears in his eyes. He glanced at his wife who had shared hardships with him for many years, and then glanced at the sensible children behind him, and his heart felt even more sad.
"At first, I understand that you didn't help me. Everyone has to make a living. But now that you have no money, you are eyeing the house. Have you ever cared about my feelings? Are we still relatives, brothers and sisters who grew up together?"
Everyone in the room was speechless after hearing this question. They all lowered their heads in silence. Only then did Father Fang let out a long sigh.
"Brother, I'm really tired! For all these years, I, Fang Decai, will not say how well I have done for this family, but if I go to see my ancestors one day, I can also pat my chest and say that I have a clear conscience! Since my eldest sister is in trouble, let's deal with this house. You can discuss how to sell it, but I have decided on this family!"
Having said this, Old Mrs. Fang, who had just caught her breath on the kang, finally spoke.
"Okay! Second brother, you are really my good son! Since you have said so much, I also want to say something. Let's divide the family, but you have to give me an extra fifty dollars a month! If I have a headache or fever in the future, don't think of abandoning me. Otherwise, I will go to the government to sue you even if I have to crawl!"
Uncle Fang Deli immediately stepped forward to comfort the old lady, "Mom, why are you saying all this? What have we become now that you've said that? When did we stop caring about you? Every family would like to worship you like a Buddha. Oh, don't be angry, your wrinkles can kill a mosquito..."
The uncle's jokes finally made the atmosphere strangely better. The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, patted her son's hand, and kept muttering: My son is still the best, my son is still the best...
Everyone in the room was used to it. The old lady had always been partial to her eldest son, and even his farts smelled good. But no matter how well these people did, they wouldn't get a word of praise.
Thinking about it this way, it's actually a good thing to separate the family so that everyone can live their own lives and avoid getting together and getting annoyed with each other.
The eldest aunt took a look and coughed, "Well, then let's divide it. I have no objection."
Father Fang seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and he no longer had the toughness he had just shown. "We will move out as soon as possible. If mother wants to live with us, I am willing to take care of her until the end of her life. You can discuss the rest, I won't take care of it."
As soon as Fang's father left, the remaining brothers and sisters began to discuss what to do with the house. Finally, it was decided that their eldest aunt, who knew several real estate developers because she worked in a government department, would handle the house issue.
The old lady finally stayed in the eldest house, but she also said that when her eldest son got married, she would live with him.
The aunt curled her lips when she heard this, but she didn't say anything. After all, the sale of the house was hers, and she had been patient for so many years, and finally she had tasted some sweetness.
(End of this chapter)
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