Chapter 44 Chapter 44 The extra ones are still cheap...
Ye Jing was surprised and suspicious, and followed the steps Ning Shaode gave her: "Yes, yes, I am too surprised, Dad, don't worry about me, continue talking."
Ning Da glanced at Huang Xiuhua, who was now unsure of what the second brother and his wife meant.
She dared to discuss with the old man and proposed a different way of providing for the elderly when the family was divided, also because she believed that the second son was the most filial to her and listened to her the most.
Huang Xiuhua was used to being the boss at home, and she almost had the final say in the family.
Even though the division of the family property had been delayed for so many years and she had prepared herself mentally for so long, she still couldn't accept the fact that she had to live with her son and daughter-in-law and make a living under her son's care while she was still able to work in the fields.
That night, the third son came to the old couple and said that he was willing to give up the small courtyard divided by the old house and instead take the empty land to build his own house.
They were very surprised and couldn't wait to agree to it.
But the third brother came too suddenly, and he wanted to complete the division of the family business before the New Year.
The old couple haven't discussed the issue of retirement yet, so they can only reject the idea of dividing the family that their husband proposed three years ago.
Today, the third brother's family went to visit relatives, and Huang Xiuhua took the opportunity to test the second brother's filial piety towards her.
The second son's answer made her feel that her idea could work, although she did not tell him explicitly that they wanted to change their retirement method.
That's why we invited someone to witness the division of the property this afternoon.
Ning Shaoming looked at his father, then at his mother, and roughly understood the reason for the sudden separation of the family today.
Since they have different ideas about retirement, he doesn't care as long as he doesn't suffer any loss.
After all, he was a little resentful towards his mother, who was not happy to live with them: "Dad, Mom, just tell us what you think. It's easier to discuss whether it will work or not if you tell us, right?"
Ning Shaode had no idea that the reason his mother came to him and said those things today was not because she wanted to keep in touch with him because she had few opportunities to see him throughout the year, but because she wanted to see his attitude.
I also said: "Yes, if you have any ideas, just say it. If you don't bring it up now, you won't regret it when things are settled."
Ning Shaoxian didn't care. His two children had grown up anyway and could not only help with the housework at home, but also help with the work in the fields. He didn't mind if the old man didn't live with him or work for his family.
Huang Xiuhua thought about those old ladies who had relied on their sons and daughters-in-law for their livelihood early on, and what kind of life they lived.
She insisted on her idea: "Then I'll say it, we don't want to follow the old rules for the time being when it comes to elderly care. Now that we can still work in the fields and don't need our son and daughter-in-law to take care of us, we won't live with you anymore. You can just come visit us occasionally when you have time."
Ning Shaode still didn't react, he asked: "Where do you live?"
Huang Xiuhua was shocked when she heard his words, and she couldn't help but look at Ning Da. After the second brother asked this, she didn't dare to say the next words.
Ning Da didn't care about that. He had already said it, so he just said it all at once: "The second brother and his wife don't come back to their hometown often. The house will deteriorate easily if it's empty. We will temporarily live in the yard that was allocated to you in your hometown. Do you agree?"
"Ah?" Ning Shaode was confused. "I am responsible for my parents' retirement?"
According to the rules, when it comes to sharing the burden of caring for parents in their old age, his father should live with his eldest brother's family, and his mother should live with the third brother's family.
As the second son, or the son whose workplace is not in town, he only needs to give more pension money and come back to visit when he is free. He doesn't need to live with either of them.
Of course, if he and his wife are willing to take the elderly to live in the school dormitory, it is not impossible to change the retirement method: one of the parents lives with him, and the one who does not get a share of the parents can give more money for retirement.
But Ning Shaode himself didn't want to do that. He felt it would be embarrassing if he brought some of his parents' habits from their country life to the city and was seen by his colleagues.
Anyway, no matter how it is divided, there is no reason to give all the parents to his house.
Ning Shaode even wanted to suspend the division of the family at this time and asked his wife to call his father-in-law and brother-in-law's family to discuss it again.
When Ye Jing heard what her parents-in-law said, she almost screamed again. She pinched her palms tightly to hold back.
Ning Shaoxian quietly poked Ning Shaoming's arm, and with his eyes and expression signaled him to look at the second brother and his wife, and then look at the old lady's extremely sad expression.
He whispered in Ning Shaoming's ear: "Look, doesn't mom always say that her second son is the most filial? Haha!"
Ning Shaoming was helpless: "Dad hasn't finished yet, don't be too happy. He said that he will temporarily live in the second brother's yard. Don't you know what 'temporarily' means?"
"What's the meaning?"
He soon found out what that meant.
Ning Da felt a little disappointed when he saw that the second brother didn't say anything, but he could understand it.
He explained: "What we mean is that while we can still move, we don't need you to take care of us. We can live on our own and keep some land so we can grow enough food for ourselves. When we are too old to move, we will follow the rules and I will go to the first family and your mother will go to the third family."
As soon as he said this, the second brother and his wife breathed a sigh of relief.
But it was the boss' turn to jump.
"No, it's not divided like that. When you two old people are still able to work, you can farm for the second brother's family to provide them with food and drink. When you are too old to work, you can come to my house and let my wife take care of you?"
Huang Xiuhua was so angry that she slammed the table and said, "What are you talking about? What do you mean by we should farm for the second family? What we mean is that while we can still move, we don't need you to support us. We can farm and feed ourselves. The food we grow will be eaten by us. So we don't need you to support us, right?"
Ning Shaoxian sneered: "Come on, how much can you two old people eat? The extra food will just go to the second brother's family!"
"Brother, how can you say that about our parents!" Ning Shaode stood up again.
He pointed at Ning Shaoxian and scolded him for being unfilial: "Didn't your parents raise you? Our parents raised us when we were young, and we raised them when they are old. Your son is an adult now, and in a few years you will be able to be a grandfather. Even children understand this truth, don't you understand it?"
Ning Shaoxian snorted, "You are a teacher, you are very good at talking, I can't argue with you, but no matter how much you talk, I don't agree with their method of providing for the elderly! If you have the guts, take them both to the dormitory assigned to you by the school, then I will respect you as a man!"
The development of the situation caught Ning Shaoming off guard.
He hurriedly took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him and asked his daughter to quietly run to the kitchen to call his wife over.
Ning Shixia ran away.
Liang Wenjian, who saw her slipping away, also wanted to run away. He had just said that according to the situation of the old Ning family, dividing the family would be easy to handle, but he turned around and slapped his face.
Who would have thought that the problem did not lie with Ning Lao San, who only got an empty residential plot and was the most likely to cause trouble in the eyes of outsiders like them, but with the old couple of the Ning family.
He and several other witnesses looked at each other, and they all thought that these old couple were really capable of making trouble.
Something that could have been done smoothly and well without causing any quarrel or hurting feelings ended up with the two brothers quarreling.
Ning Lao San, who was standing next to them, did not try to persuade them and just sat there watching them quarrel.
It seems that every family has its own problems, and the Ning family is not as harmonious as it seems.
Ning Shaoming had a childhood friend who worked at the village committee. He came over and asked him quietly, "Shaoming, why don't you go and persuade your eldest and second brothers?"
Ning Shaoming spread his hands: "How can I persuade them? Is this something I can persuade them about? Unless my parents change their minds, it will be useless to persuade them."
"So what do you think? Those two are arguing and it's hard to persuade them. We want to understand what you think first."
"What I mean? I don't have any other ideas. Anyway, I only want to take someone to live with my family, no matter if it's my mom or my dad." He did have some complaints about his mother in his heart, but it wasn't to the point where he was unwilling to take care of her in her old age.
Of course, she didn't choose to live in his house in her old age, and he was happy to see that.
The village official nodded, indicating that he understood: "So, you prefer to follow the old rules?"
"Not really. If the elderly don't want to live with me and want to live on their own, I don't object. Anyway, we're not far away, and I can take care of them if they have any problems."
"This..." The village cadres returned to their positions and conveyed Ning Shaoming's intention to Liang Wenjian and other colleagues. They didn't know what to do.
Liang Wenjian took a puff of his cigarette and said helplessly, "If Ning Lao San supports following the old rules, then the eldest and the third brother are against the second brother alone, and we can still persuade him by the minority obeying the majority, but since neither of them objects, it's a bit difficult to deal with."
Over there, the eldest son was arguing with the second son and his wife. The old couple looked miserable and kept asking them to stop arguing, but they refused to give in on the retirement plan.
The eldest brother said that he could not win an argument with their teacher, but he was very smooth and had great talking skills, so he did not lose the upper hand in a one-on-two fight.
Even the second son's wife was so angry that she slammed the table.
The kitchen and the main room were separated by a patio. Zhao Ruyue couldn't hear clearly what was happening in the main room from the kitchen, so she didn't know how loudly they were arguing.
She was called out by her daughter and walked to sit next to Ning Shaoming. She just heard Ning Shaoming quickly explain the whole story in a few words.
Then I heard my second sister-in-law yelling, "Ning Shaoxian, you think you are so powerful, right? You want to call people, right? Then I will call my family members too! Do you really think my family members are vegetarians?"
Zhao Ruyue thought about it and said, "Do you want to ask my family to come? My family is nearby, so it will be quick if I ask them to come."
Ning Da and Huang Xiuhua panicked when they heard this.
The third brother told them last night that he had decided to vacate the homestead, but he and his wife had not yet told his in-laws about it, planning to act first and report later.
The old couple was afraid that this matter would be known by the third son's father-in-law before it was done, which was one of the reasons why they were in a hurry to divide the family today.
Liang Wenjian and the village cadres were asked to come because the third brother and his wife went to visit Zhao's relatives and the old couple of the Zhao family had no time to go and look for them quietly.
Ning Da hurriedly said to Zhao Ruyue: "No, no, your sister-in-law is just talking nonsense because she is angry."
Just as Ye Jing was about to declare that she was not talking nonsense, her mother-in-law twisted her arm hard, and she almost cried out in pain.
This was the first time she was treated like this since she got married.
Thinking about how I had just quarreled with someone, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was so shameful and humiliating to quarrel with someone like that.
Moreover, she had clearly quarreled with Ning Shaoxian in order to support her parents-in-law, but her mother-in-law still treated her like this.
Ye Jing was so angry that she burst into tears: "I will no longer care about your Ning family's affairs. It's not like I don't have a house to live in. At worst, I won't have this yard and never come back again!"
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