Everyone started talking at once, and the old woman became even more flustered.
"You're all just bored and running around in someone's house at night. Get out of here!"
Fang Guangzong lay on the ground pretending to be dead. Now that the old woman was no longer protecting him, Fang Daniu picked him up like a chick and threw him into the yard.
Fang Daniu beat up Fang Guangzong, and no one stopped him. The old woman wanted to, but Fang Daniu looked too scary.
"Brother Da Niu, please forgive me. I was wrong. I will never do it again."
“It wasn’t my idea to come; it was your mother. She insisted on having our cow.”
"Oh dear, I was wrong, I was really wrong."
Fang Daniu beat himself until he was exhausted, while Fang Guangzong had already passed out.
The old woman rushed forward to check.
"Hey Da Niu, what if you kill someone? Now look what's happened, my cow is gone, my cow is gone!"
She was still thinking about the cow.
Fang Daniu's eyes practically killed her.
Looking at the crowd of onlookers in the courtyard, Fang Daniu vigorously wiped his face.
"Everyone can be my witnesses. My mother has wronged me time and time again. It's not that I, Fang Daniu, am unfilial. Therefore, I want to separate from her!"
His words were like a drop of water splashed into a hot oil pan, instantly causing an uproar.
“Da Niu, don’t talk nonsense. Your father is gone. What will happen to this family if you separate from your mother?” some neighbors advised.
The old woman panicked even more.
"Da Niu, you can't split up the family. If you do, how will your younger brother go to school? Who will do all the housework?"
Fang Daniu was utterly disappointed that all she was thinking about at this point.
Things have escalated to this point tonight. If they don't separate, Fang Daniu will never be able to hold his head up in the village for the rest of his life.
“This family must be divided. The villagers must know my difficulties. If we don’t divide the family, my wife and daughter will have no way to survive. What kind of man am I, Fang Daniu, if I can’t even protect them?”
Everyone fell silent.
The old woman had seen how she treated Zhao Shi and Douya over the years, and tonight she did something so shameless. What else wouldn't she dare to do?
"Okay, Da Niu, if you want to split up the family, then split up. Your sister-in-law will be your witness."
"Your aunt will also be your witness."
"I'll be your witness too."
Those who spoke at this time were all people who had a good relationship with Fang Daniu.
Fang Daniu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you everyone. It's getting late, so you should all go home and get some sleep."
Everyone dispersed before the old woman came to her senses.
"Da Niu, are you really going to separate from me?"
Now she's scared.
Fang Daniu ignored her, picked up Fang Guangzong and threw him outside, then pulled Zhao Shi and Fang Qing back into the house.
The old woman was crying and wailing outside, threatening to hang herself, but Fang Daniu didn't open the door to even glance at her.
"Father, why are you back?"
Fang Daniu rubbed her bruised leg with medicated wine.
"I was worried about you and your daughter, so I came back... I'm glad I came back."
As he spoke, he forcefully wiped away his tears.
Fang Qing threw herself into his arms.
"Dad, don't be sad. The three of us will always be together. When Bean Sprout grows up, it will protect you and Mom."
Fang Daniu affectionately rubbed her head.
How utterly pathetic must he be to make such a decision today, causing his wife to suffer for so many years and even changing his daughter's personality drastically?
He's not even as good as a child.
Fortunately, it's not too late to let it go.
They didn't sleep long before dawn.
Neither of them slept well. Fang Daniu and Zhao were thinking about dividing the family property, while Fang Qing was excited.
Finally, they could separate the family property, and she could finally unleash her full potential and get things done.
Now that the family has separated, the old woman can no longer leech off their family!
Even though she hadn't slept well, Fang Qing felt refreshed when she woke up.
After Zhao prepared breakfast, they sat down at the table to eat, and Fang Qing noticed the old woman's tired face.
They probably didn't sleep all night.
At the dinner table, the old woman tried to talk to Fang Daniu, but he didn't even glance at her.
After the meal, Fang Daniu asked the old woman to go with him to the clan chief to divide the family property.
"Da Niu really wants to split up the family? How can you be so heartless? I'm not going, I don't agree to split up the family anyway."
"Alright, if you're not going, I'll invite the clan chief over."
As he spoke, Fang Daniu got up and walked outside. The old woman chased after him for a few steps but couldn't catch up.
Fang Daniu was quick; he brought over an elderly man in his sixties in no time.
The old man entered the house leaning on his cane, and the old woman rushed forward to greet him, crying.
"Chieftain, you must stand up for me! My husband died young, and I've toiled for this family for half my life. Now that I'm this old, Da Niu actually wants to separate from me. Isn't he trying to kill me?"
As the old woman sobbed, Fang Qing had already moved a stool for the clan chief to sit down.
Everyone in Fangjia Village is surnamed Fang, and they all share the same ancestor for several generations. Now that the descendants are growing, a clan head has been elected to manage the family genealogy and ancestral rites.
Therefore, in Fangjia Village, the clan chief holds a higher position than the village chief.
“Da Niu has already explained the whole story on the way here. Wang, you really went too far.”
The old woman sobbed.
"You can't blame me for this. You know my second child still needs to go to school, and school costs a lot of money. Now our family doesn't have a single copper coin left. If it weren't for Fang Guangzong urging me, I would never have done such a thing."
"Clan leader, I know I was wrong. I can't divide this family, otherwise how am I supposed to live? I might as well just die."
A crowd had gathered in the courtyard, mostly people watching the spectacle.
Zhang squeezed through the crowd.
“That’s right. How can a family just split up like that? It would sound terrible if word got out. Our Fang family has never split up.”
She wasn't particularly helping the old woman; she just didn't want Fang Qing and her family of three to have an easy time.
After he said this, several people who were on good terms with the old woman echoed his words.
"Aunties and grandmothers, please don't try to persuade me anymore. I'm determined to divide the family property today."
The clan chief frowned as he looked at Fang Daniu.
"Why are you so stubborn? Even your mother knows she was wrong, can't you forgive her and let the family live a good life together?"
The clan chief didn't side with the old woman either, simply because he didn't want to see the villagers divide their households.
“Clan leader, I have never complained about this family all these years. Everyone has seen how I have treated my mother and Eryou, and how my mother and Eryou have treated me.”
“My mother has persecuted my wife and daughters time and time again. I can’t stand it anymore. You watched me grow up. If you don’t want to see my wife and children separated, then don’t try to persuade me.”
The clan chief sighed when he saw his resolute expression.
“But Er has great potential for future success if he studies now. If you separate from the family now, you won’t be able to benefit from his success later.”
“I have never thought of getting anything out of him, not before, and certainly not in the future.”
The old woman's cries shook the heavens.
"Oh dear, why is my life so miserable? Fang Daniu, you heartless bastard! I gave birth to you and raised you, and you actually want to separate from me for the sake of two jinxes!"
"Unless I die today, I will not agree to split the family!"
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