Chapter 342 Too lazy to pay attention to her
In less than three months, we said goodbye to Grandpa Chen and then Grandma Xi.
Preparing for the funeral again and notifying relatives to come and offer condolences were all done with ease by the Chen family.
At Grandma Xi's request, they buried her near Grandpa Chen's grave, so that the elderly couple could be together every day.
Chen Fangran's grave is also not far from the two of them.
After the funeral and the departure of relatives and friends, everyone sat in the living room, their eyes vacant, lost in thought for a long time.
They were so young, yet they lost their parents like that.
With their parents gone, everyone knows that this family is destined to fall apart.
In previous years, they gathered in Xiaoli Village because their parents lived there.
Now that their parents have passed away, there's nothing left for them to stay in this small Li village, and they'll gradually come less often in the future.
The room was filled with grief. After a long while, Shen Xuecheng ran over, leaned against Chen Fangmin, and called out to her.
"Mom, I'm scared. When are we going back?"
Shen Xuecheng is five years old this year. It was only when Chen Fangmin came that the Chen family and Shen Xuewei met him for the first time.
Shen Jiaying and Chen Fangmin are both good-looking, and their youngest son combines the best features of both of them. Even at a young age, he has a handsome appearance, and he will not be bad-looking when he grows up.
Ever since he secretly learned from his older brother that his younger cousin was Shen Xuewei's younger brother, Chu Dexi had felt very uneasy.
His parents always told him that Shen Xuewei was his older sister, so he felt that Shen Xuewei only had him as her younger brother.
But today, someone suddenly appeared, claiming to be a relative, while he was just a cousin, which made him feel threatened.
The two children spent a few days together, but they didn't get along.
On the contrary, Chu Dexi was very resistant to Shen Xuecheng.
As soon as he saw Shen Xuecheng approaching Shen Xuewei, he immediately grabbed onto Shen Xuewei, preventing her from paying attention to Shen Xuecheng.
Shen Xuewei didn't notice Chu Dexi's thoughts, but she felt that Chu Dexi had become increasingly clingy these past few days.
Fortunately, his clinginess had its limits. He often acted cute in front of her, which slightly alleviated her grief over her grandmother's passing.
As for Shen Xuecheng, to be honest, she hadn't noticed him these past few days.
Although he is her younger brother, they had only met for the first time in the past few days and hadn't spoken a word to each other.
Moreover, she had no intention of contacting him at all.
Between the two children of the same age, Chu Dexi held a more significant place in her heart at that time.
Seeing that Chen Fangmin's eyes were red, Shen Xuewu took out a tissue and thoughtfully handed it to her.
"Mom, don't cry. If Grandma knew what was going on, she wouldn't want you to be so sad."
Shen Xuewen stood blankly to the side, looking at her with worry in his eyes, clutching a tissue in his hand, then silently put it away.
"Okay, Mom, don't cry. Learn martial arts to be filial, and learn literature to be obedient, and Mom will stop crying right away."
Chen Fangmin wiped away her tears and looked up at everyone.
Her attitude wasn't as sharp and aggressive as last time, nor did she put on airs like an older sister.
Having learned from her previous experience, she knew that her younger siblings wouldn't buy into that at all.
"I'm going back to Jinshi. Let's take out the money Mom mentioned earlier and divide it up."
Seeing that her funeral had just ended, they were already eyeing the money left by the old couple, which immediately made the group extremely dissatisfied.
However, before Grandma Xi passed away, she divided the money into six parts, one of which was for her.
Despite her dissatisfaction, Chen Fangli still went to Grandma Xi's room and took out the box that Grandma Xi had mentioned.
This wooden box is the one Shen Xuewei used when she was studying.
In front of everyone, she opened the box, revealing stacks of money inside.
"I went with my mother to withdraw this money. It totaled 300,000 yuan, and there was some loose change left for the younger generation."
She took out the loose change and divided it equally among her grandchildren present.
There were six grandchildren present, all of whom were her and Chen Fangmin's children.
Shen Xuewei remained silent and received a portion.
She touched the crumpled banknotes, and could almost feel the warmth of her grandmother's fingertips on them.
My grandmother hasn't used money in a long time; this money is probably what she saved from selling vegetables and other things.
After the grandchildren's share was settled, the next step was the 300,000 in the box.
According to Grandma Xi's last words, the five Chen siblings each received 50,000 yuan, and the remaining 50,000 yuan was given to Shen Xuewei.
With the money divided, the next step was to deal with Grandma Xi's other belongings.
Chen Fangli took out other things from the box one after another. First, she took out two gold bracelets in boxes and gave them to Chen Fanglan and Shen Xuewei respectively.
“This was bought by Mom before, as a dowry for Alan and Vivi.”
Shen Xuewei opened the red velvet box. Inside, besides the gold bracelet, there was also a square piece of paper.
A girl with big eyes was sketched on the paper; it was roughly recognizable as Shen Xuewei.
Chen Fanglan, standing to the side, had similar items in her box to Shen Xuewei's, the only difference being the girl drawn on the paper.
Grandma Xi couldn't write, so she could only use drawings to distinguish the things given to the two of them.
The remaining items in the box were divided equally among the siblings without Grandma specifying who they were for.
After the items were distributed, Chen Fangli looked at the things in front of her with a somber expression.
From now on, she will be a child without parents.
Shen Xuewei leaned against her and said, "Second Aunt, I'm here. Weiwei will come back to visit you often in the future."
Chen Fangli closed her eyes, suppressing the tears that were about to spill over. "Sigh."
Chu Dexi gently touched her eyelids and asked, "Mom, were you crying just now?"
Chu De'an slapped his hand away and scolded, "You know Mom is crying, yet you still ask? Go away."
Chu Dexi pouted and hid behind Shen Xuewei, afraid that Chu De'an would come over and scold him again.
Chu Fu didn't speak, but just quietly watched the noisy children.
Seeing that Shen Xuewei, who hadn't said a word to her or called her "Mom" once, leaned against Chen Fangli dependently.
The family looked so happy and harmonious, a scene that deeply pierced Chen Fangmin's heart.
Previously, she had ignored and treated Shen Xuewei coldly for various reasons.
Seeing Shen Xuewei being close to others, and recalling Grandma Xi's dying words, whether out of guilt or jealousy, she inexplicably called out to Shen Xuewei.
"Xiao Wei".
Her sudden shout immediately silenced everyone, and their eyes darted back and forth between her and Shen Xuewei.
Shen Xuewei's expression remained unchanged, and she gave no reaction whatsoever, as if she hadn't heard her calling her.
Chen Fangmin raised her voice, "Xiao Wei, I'm calling you, can't you hear me?"
Shen Xuewei rolled her eyes inwardly, too lazy to even acknowledge her.
Chen Fangli stepped in to smooth things over, "Big sister, Mom's gone, and Weiwei is heartbroken. You can say whatever you want later..."
Chen Fangmin angrily interrupted her, "I'm talking to my daughter, what right do you have to interrupt? Do you even have the right to speak here?"
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