“If their hearts aren’t together anymore, there’s no point in staying together. We’ll divide the household belongings in half, and from now on, we won’t interfere with each other.” Yun Mingwu had been the village chief for so many years and had resolved countless family disputes. When it came to his own situation, he was more decisive than anyone else.
Hearing him say that, Li Rongrong became anxious. "Mingwu, why did we have to talk about this? We can discuss this. We've been doing quite well all these years."
"That's just your opinion. Can you put your hand on your conscience and say that you've treated both children equally?" Yun Mingwu believed that he treated Liu Qingying and Yun Yang the same, and this time he had prepared a dowry for her that was no worse than others, but who knew that they were still not satisfied.
"You keep saying you treat both children the same, so why can't you give Yingying a bigger dowry?"
"Have you forgotten what you said when you first married into this family? You said back then that you would never allow Yingying to change her name, and that you would have no other demands except to treat my child the same way in life."
“Isn’t it different back then? Who knew that Yingying’s biological father would disappear without a trace after the disaster, and all the things he promised her would be gone.”
Yun Mingwu was so angry at her reasoning that he laughed. "So now that you can't find him, you're blaming me for everything? Don't forget, I've been paying for all of Liu Qingying's expenses since she was a child, and I've fulfilled my responsibilities as a stepfather. Now you're helping her take half of the house, so let's just split everything in two and live our own lives peacefully from now on."
Hearing Yun Mingwu's resolute attitude, even starting to call his daughter by her full name, she suddenly felt a little nervous. Li Rongrong gripped her daughter's hand tightly, unsure if Yun Mingwu was forcing her or if he had truly developed feelings for her. "Yingying?"
"Mom, half of what's in this house belongs to you, so why can't I have these things?" Liu Qingying was afraid her mother would back down, so she tightly gripped Li Rongrong's hand.
"And then what? You take half of the family fortune and leave, and then the two of you will live out your old age in Guiyunyang. You've really got a clever plan." Yun Liping, who usually looked down on her cousin, couldn't help but retort.
"This is a family matter, don't interfere," Liu Qingying snapped impatiently at Yun Liping.
"I'm still here, you old codger. When did this become your private matter? Besides, Liping has more say than you. This is our Yun family, not your Liu family." Seventh Grandfather slammed his hand on the table next to him in anger, causing the already uneven table to wobble from side to side.
Liu Qingying was stunned by her seventh grandfather's sudden outburst of anger. In her memory, this grandfather had always been a smiling man who usually didn't concern himself with the affairs of the younger generation. But she never expected him to speak so hurtfully this time.
She tried to say something more, but her mother grabbed her hands tightly and shook her head vigorously.
“Awu, since neither of you wants to be together, then don’t drag others along. But the Yun family isn’t unreasonable. You can divide your shared property as husband and wife, but I, this old man, laid every single brick of this house for you. You’re not allowed to take a single brick.”
Before holding this family meeting, Grandpa Qi had already asked Yun Mingwu for his opinion and knew that his youngest son had made up his mind, so he made it clear that his decision was final.
"Mingwu, you can't treat me like this. I have nowhere else to go but here." Li Rongrong didn't expect things to come to this. In the past, Yun Mingwu would usually give in to Yingying's every whim. Why was it different this time?
“You can go live with your daughter. I believe she will be filial to you in the future. After all, she is your own daughter.” Yun Mingwu didn’t want to take this step, but since they could make such a request, it showed that they didn’t trust their father and son at all. They didn’t even consider whether the family could continue to live after Liu Qingying took most of the family’s belongings.
Grandpa Qi asked Yun Mingwu to list all the items in the house and then copied them into two separate lists. "You can choose from these two lists first. Although we can't get a divorce certificate right now, we can sign an agreement first."
When Liu Qingying saw that they were serious, she panicked a little. She just wanted to bring more supplies to ensure her own safety, but she didn't really want to break up her mother's marriage. Besides, how could she live alone in this world? She had never even thought about taking her mother with her when she got married.
Li Rongrong didn't care about anything else at this point. She knelt down directly before her seventh grandfather, "Dad, I really didn't want to separate..."
Meanwhile, Aunt Wu, along with Wu Shan and Wu Yong, also found their second grandfather.
“Uncle, we really don’t want to do that. If you really ask us to rebuild two rooms, we can find some people to help us and grit our teeth and get it done. Although we can’t use bricks to build houses, everyone builds them with mud bricks.” Aunt Wu felt that her family was being wronged.
Aunt Wu had agreed to the marriage because she thought the atmosphere in Pinghe Village was so good and all the girls were quite outstanding. Especially since this was the daughter of the former village chief, she figured she couldn't be too bad. But this sudden change caught her off guard, and now she doesn't know how to deal with it.
"Captain, I really don't know how to handle this situation," Wu Shan began to complain to his old leader, Yun Zhizhong. "My marriage has turned the house into a mess. If it's like this, I might as well be single."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't generalize. My seventh uncle has already dealt with it today, and there will be a result today. Besides, it doesn't really concern you."
Yun Zhizhong and Yun Zhixin were comforting Wu Shan, knowing that Wu Shan's personality made it impossible for him to make those demands.
Seeing that her attitude was clear, Aunt Wu also explained the purpose of bringing her two sons with her. "It's really not that we want to be picky, it's just that our family's conditions are what they are. If we marry Miss Liu, we would be letting her down, so we don't dare to delay her. We're thinking of just letting this marriage go, and we're hoping that Uncle and Aunt can put in a good word for us."
As outsiders, the Wu family certainly didn't dare to offend the entire Yun family. Although Liu Qingying had gone too far this time, their own family was really in the wrong to want to break off the engagement.
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