Chapter 161 Chapter 161 Legacy
Zhao Ruyue was not surprised at all that Ning Shiqiu gave almost all the family's cash and savings to Ning Shixia.
After all, in his previous life, he was the kind of person who gave all the money he had worked so hard to save for his own study abroad to Ning Shixia, sending her abroad to escape from her original family.
Of course, Ning Shixia’s ability to gain a foothold abroad at that time was also inseparable from her own efforts.
After she successfully started her own business abroad, she not only returned the money to Ning Shiqiu, but also gave him a lot more later.
Seeing how successful Ning Shixia was in her business, Zhao Ruyue thought that Ning Shixia liked doing these things. However, she didn't understand her daughter at all at that time.
If she hadn't always been bothering the children, perhaps Ning Shixia wouldn't have gone abroad in her previous life, and she wouldn't have chosen to do something that could make a lot of money but that she wasn't that interested in.
Zhao Ruyue thanked her luck more than once in her heart that she had never interfered too much in her children's choices in her life.
If, when her child is choosing a major and a school, she thinks she knows everything and uses her own misunderstandings to interfere with her child's choice, and makes her child choose a management or business major, it will definitely delay the child's decision.
"We're almost there," Ning Shaoming's voice brought her back to her senses, "I'll stop at home first and clean out the trunk before going back to the old house. Otherwise, if they have a lot of stuff, there might not be enough space."
Zhao Ruyue let out a long sigh and said, "Then I'll get off at the door and pack some things to take with me. I won't go to the county town to get them. When you come out of the old house, tell me in advance and I'll drive a car there too. We'll take the highway directly to the provincial capital. If Mom needs to be hospitalized, we can all wait there."
Huang Xiuhua's health has been getting worse over the past year. Today, Ningda called all her children and said that Huang Xiuhua could not eat, and asked them to go home quickly and take her to the hospital.
Huang Xiuhua, who was originally raised by Ning Da to be plump and rosy-cheeked, fell ill repeatedly during this year and became emaciated.
In fact, everyone was mentally prepared. She couldn't eat and was afraid that she wouldn't survive this year. Her children had already started preparing many things.
But no matter what, you still have to go to the hospital.
After picking up the people, the group of people in two cars got on the highway and headed straight for the provincial capital.
When they arrived at the provincial hospital, the doctors shook their heads after examining the patient and told them to take the patient home, saying there was no need to treat him any further.
When the drip was on, the liquid in the bottle could hardly enter the body and dripped very slowly.
It's not that the nurse deliberately adjusted the temperature very slowly, but that Huang Xiuhua's body was unable to absorb even these things.
They had no choice but to take the patient back. Before he died, they hospitalized him in the town health center. However, he did not stay in the hospital ward. Instead, he took the IV drip home.
Even though the liquid in the bottle is difficult to enter the body, it is kept hanging.
Even though they know that this is meaningless, the children always feel that doing nothing is not good either. Hanging the drip can make their hearts less tormented and at least make them feel better.
The next afternoon, Ning Danping, who worked at the town health center, came to change Huang Xiuhua's IV drip. Noticing that she was not breathing, she ran out quickly and said, "Grandma seems to be gone."
Everyone didn't react for a moment, and there was silence for a few moments before they suddenly came to their senses.
Ning Shaoming said to Ning Danping, "We need to call the doctor who is in charge of your grandmother in your hospital to come and take a look. Only after the doctor confirms it can we start the rest of the process."
Ning Danping nodded quickly: "I'll go right away."
She rode the small electric scooter she bought for the convenience of going to work, and hurried to the hospital to see a doctor.
When she came back, the adults in the family were arguing. To be exact, it was her mother and her second uncle and aunt who were arguing.
Seeing the doctor arrive, they reluctantly stopped fighting temporarily.
After examining the patient, the doctor shook his head and said, "The patient has indeed passed away. Please accept my condolences."
Ning Shaoming gave the doctor a red envelope according to local customs.
The amount is not much, only fifty yuan. The main purpose is to let people who come to your house and encounter such things, so you have to give them a small red envelope to get rid of the bad luck.
As soon as the doctor left, Ye Jing and Wang Haiyan started arguing again while standing beside Huang Xiuhua's bed.
One said, "Before Mom got sick, she had already said that her jewelry would be left to her grandchildren, but she never said it would be given to the second child. It's not like your family won't get a share, so why are you in such a hurry?"
Another said, "Mom has already promised that all her private property will be given to Shao De. Everyone knows how she treated Shao De in the past. There is no need for me to lie to him!"
My mother-in-law has a gold bracelet, a silver bracelet, a pair of gold earrings, two pairs of silver earrings, and a gold and silver ring.
Some of them were my mother-in-law’s dowry. She was an only child at the time. Although she could not take the family’s land and houses with her and they were divided among her cousins, the dowry was not small when she got married.
My great-grandparents had only one son, my father-in-law, and all the things in the house belonged to him. When they got married and my mother-in-law was the team leader, the family conditions were pretty good, so they were able to save up so many jewelry.
The current price of gold is incomparable to before. It can be exchanged for a lot of money. How could Ye Jing not be anxious?
If the money is distributed to the grandchildren based on the number of people, the eldest and third families have two children, but her family only has one. Her child must be favored by her father-in-law. No matter how you look at it, her family is at a disadvantage.
It would be better to just go for it and make a fuss. Even if it is divided equally among the three Ning Shaode brothers in the end, it will be more beneficial to her family than dividing it among her grandchildren!
Ning Da watched them quarreling coldly for a while, and suddenly slammed the table.
There was a loud bang, which startled everyone.
Seeing their father-in-law's ugly face, Wang Haiyan and Ye Jing dared not say a word.
"I'm not dead yet, it's not your turn to decide those things!"
"But Dad..." Ye Jing wanted to say something.
Ning Da directly took out a piece of paper covered with words and interrupted her: "I have already inquired about it. When the old woman passed away, I can get half of what she left behind. The remaining half is divided equally between me and the four children. If I don't give any to the children, then I will do it according to this. If I go to court, the division will be the same!"
Ye Jing really didn't know this. She always thought that when an old person died, his things would be divided among his sons. If the old person could divide the things in advance, the one who was favored by the old person would definitely get more.
The worst case scenario is that the property can be divided equally among the sons. She subconsciously ignored the issue of her father-in-law being alive, thinking that since her father-in-law was living in the third son's house, she should let the third son be responsible for it. The third son's family was so rich, so of course he would pay a little more.
As a result, now that her father-in-law is the one dividing the spoils, her family gets even less...
Ning Shaode, who had been silent the whole time and watched Ye Jing making a fuss, finally stood up and scolded Ye Jing: "My dad is still here, why are you dancing so happily! Sit down and listen to your elders!"
Huang Xiuhua did say at the beginning that her things would be divided equally among her grandchildren, but she also told the second son and his wife in private that all her things would be given to his family.
At that time, she didn't think that she would spend the last ten years of her life in dementia.
I feel that I might have more things in the future, or that those things will definitely be used up by privately supporting my sons and grandchildren before I die.
When she told the second son and his wife, she did so in private and quietly, so Ningda didn't know.
But when she pretended to be generous and said that she would divide the things equally among her grandchildren, Ningda was there.
Now Ningda will of course divide the children according to the following method.
The items are all jewellery and hard to divide, so we estimated their value based on the current gold and silver prices and calculated how much each person could get.
Those who want larger items will be compensated the difference to those who want smaller items based on the current gold and silver prices.
When dividing things this time, Ning Da also included Ning Meiting's children.
Wang Haiyan and Ye Jing were quite dissatisfied with this, and Ning Meiting was a little embarrassed to ask for it. She was worried that after she took it, her parents' family would make a fuss again, and she would not have peace, and she would be the one to be blamed then.
But Ning Da insisted on his decision: "If Meiting's children can't be divided, then Lao Er's children can't be divided either!"
Ning Shaode and Ye Jing both jumped up: "Why?"
Ning Da looked at them coldly: "Why? You know it in your heart!"
When he spoke the next words, he no longer looked at Ye Jing, but only stared at Ning Shaode and asked, "Count it yourself. Your mother has been ill for so many years, and your sister has visited her every week, serving her meals, bathing her, wiping her body, and cutting her fingernails and toenails. How many times have you visited her? Have you ever fed her a meal or wiped her hands with your own hands?!"
It can be said that the reason why Huang Xiuhua was taken care of so well was that in addition to Ning Da's own care, her daughter also made a lot of efforts, especially when Ning Shichun's child was born. After Wang Haiyan was busy taking care of her son's grandson, she could not take care of her hometown very well, so it was Ning Meiting who came back to help a lot.
Ning Shaode's heart trembled when he was stared at by Ning Da.
He lowered his head, not daring to look his father in the eye, nor to say a word.
So it was decided to divide the jewelry. The jewelry was to be shared among three granddaughters, two grandsons and two grandsons-in-law, a total of seven people. In fact, not much was left for each person.
No matter how ordinary your family's financial situation is, you can still make up the difference.
Compared to the calculations and quarrels among adults, there is much more harmony among children.
Ning Shichun, as the eldest brother, let his younger brothers and sisters choose first.
Ye Jing didn't want to pay the extra money, so she asked Ning Danjie to just give her a small silver ring and let others pay her the extra money.
Ning Meiting asked her two sons to take the gold ring and a pair of silver earrings that their mother used to wear, to keep as a souvenir for the future.
Ning Shixia wasn't very interested in her grandmother's belongings, and only asked for the remaining pair of silver earrings as a token of her appreciation.
Ning Danping asked for gold earrings.
Ning Shiqiu discussed with Ning Shichun about the remaining silver and gold bracelets and decided to take all the rest and then give them the money.
Ning Shichun thought that he had no interest in his grandmother's belongings. His grandmother loved Ning Shiqiu the most in the past, so he probably wanted to keep one more piece as a souvenir, so he agreed.
With Ningda in charge, the adults with their own ideas did not dare to push the children too much. After a discussion, the children quickly divided the things.
When Ning Shaoxian passed away this time, the children who were still young have now grown up and also have to keep vigil at night.
After staying up until the second half of the night, Ning Shixia finally had a chance to rest for a while. He was just about to lean against the wall and take a nap.
Ning Danjie took advantage of the fact that Ye Jing and Ning Shaode were both snoring and came over quietly: "Xiao Xia, I heard that you were admitted to the military academy, congratulations!"
Ning Shixia opened her eyes forcefully and whispered, "Thank you, second sister."
I didn’t know what to say next. Ning Danjie is one year older than Ning Shixia, but Ning Shixia started school earlier, and they both took the college entrance examination in the same year.
Ning Danjie failed the college entrance examination this year and was not admitted to an undergraduate program. Ning Shixia heard that her second uncle and his wife didn't know what they were thinking and actually let her go to a junior college to study Chinese and Western pastry craftsmanship.
Ning Shixia looked at her second sister's performance and it seemed that she was obviously not very interested in studying this major.
She thought Ning Danjie came over to talk to her about this, but Ning Shixia guessed wrong.
What Ning Danjie said next almost made her jaw drop.
"My parents heard that the policy has been relaxed and my mom is pregnant again. They secretly went to Hong Kong Island for a check-up and found out it's a boy."
Ning Shixia was stunned: "They, they want children! Second aunt is almost fifty, right? Can she bear it? Second uncle's health is not very good either, how will she raise a child in the future?"
Compared to Ning Shixia's surprised expression, Ning Danjie looked calm when she spoke, without any fluctuations in her expression: "In another two or three years, she will be fifty. As for how to support her... they said I don't need to worry about it."
"Second sister, what will you... do?" After being an only child for more than ten years, suddenly having a younger brother is something very few people can accept.
Speaking of this topic, the expression on Ning Danjie's face finally became a little more lively.
She looked at Ning Shixia solemnly and said seriously, "Xiaoxia, can you please do me a favor?"
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