The brigade headquarters suddenly became quiet, and Dachao's mother didn't even have time to cry.
"Separate the family? Your parents aren't even dead yet? You want to separate the family?"
In the past, Dachao just said he wanted to move out, but now he is talking about separating.
The captain felt that what Dachao said was quite right. As long as the family was not divided, the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law would keep making trouble.
The captain felt that if he were Dachao, he would be angry to death.
Xiu'er got her husband's approval, and she straightened her back and said with her neck stiff, "Yes, we will divide the family, and we will not give less than what we owe to you two elders every year.
But what belongs to us at home must be taken away.”
Dachao's mother rolled up her sleeves and hit Dachao.
"I will beat you to death, you unfilial son. If I had known you would be like this today, I should have drowned you in the cesspool.
You have grown up to be able to separate from me."
Dachao stood there numbly, allowing his mother to slap him.
Seeing that Dachao was determined to split up the family, his mother wiped away her tears and said directly, "Okay, we can split up the family. You can use half of your savings to support us in our old age."
How could Xiu'er be willing to do that? That was not only Dachao's hard-earned money, but also the money she earned by working on the dam despite the cold and hardship.
But she was also smart: "Okay, I'll give you half. But the family savings also have Dachao's contribution, so you have to share it with us. And the food, not a single cent can be missing!"
There was another round of noise, this time it was caused by Dachao's brother, Dalin.
He had a dark face and said, “Sister-in-law, Dachao earns only enough to make ends meet every year.
Where can I get any extra money?"
Xiuer laughed when she heard this: "Let the captain hear what you said, which family doesn't divide the family money when dividing the family?
Today this family must be divided, and the money must be given to us."
Dachao's mother rolled her eyes and calculated carefully. Dachao had at most a hundred yuan. Even if she gave her half of it, it would only be fifty yuan.
But she had about 200 yuan in her hand. If she divided it among each family, she would have to give out 60 or 70 yuan, which was not cost-effective at all.
"I don't want your money, but I won't share the money in the house with you. You have to give us two old men 50 kilograms of food each every year."
The captain took a deep breath and said, wow, he is really greedy.
Now the maximum amount of support given to each person is 30 kilograms of grain. You should know that a working person can only get more than 300 kilograms of grain in a year.
"Da Chao's mother, you are asking for too much. They are a young couple with no children. If we give you two 100 kilograms of food every year, there will be basically nothing left."
Dachao's mother didn't care about that and finally forced Dachao to go to the village elders for help.
She could only reluctantly agree to the captain's proposal to provide 35 kilograms of food per person per year.
"Captain, you and Secretary He, be witnesses."
The captain lit up his pipe and nodded quickly: "Of course, of course!"
Generally, for such matters, several older people from the Lu family in the village would be called in to serve as witnesses.
He Zhishu wrote the document of division of the family property, clearly stated what was divided, and put his fingerprint on it, and the family property was considered divided.
Xiu'er took the money that Dachao's mother was holding tightly in her hand, but this time she didn't give it to her own brother.
Instead, she stuffed the grain bag on the ground into her brother’s hand and said, “Go home quickly. You have seen today that my sister has divided the family property and now I have to rely on myself.
I have to build a house later, so I guess I won’t be able to help my family much in the future.
Go back and tell mom, I'll go see her when I have time."
Brother Xiuer nodded and said in a muffled voice, "I understand, sister."
Then the group of people walked towards Dachao's house in a mighty manner.
Xiu'er went straight to the kitchen when she got home and picked up an iron pot in her hand.
Dachao's brother Dalin gave his wife a wink, and Honghua quickly rushed to Xiu'er to snatch the pot.
Xiuer held the pot and shouted to the team leader: "There are three pots at home, two iron pots and one clay pot. It's not too much for me to have one."
The captain nodded: "Not too much."
Xiu'er carried the pot into her room proudly.
To buy an iron pot now, one needs an industrial ticket. Except for exchanging with the educated youth or the brigade headquarters throughout the year, where else can they get industrial tickets?
It was already noon by the time Dachao's family had divided the property. Fortunately, the elders in the clan were too old to work.
Otherwise, people wouldn't want to waste time working here.
"We cannot move the house we live in now. We will move out naturally when we build the new house."
"Hurry up, hurry up, and stop getting in my way."
After everyone left, Xiu'er and Dachao sat on the kang in the room.
Xiu'er was very excited, imagining how comfortable it would be to have her own house and no longer have to look at her mother-in-law's face.
He didn't even notice the expression on Dachao's face who was silent beside him.
She waited for a long time, but Dachao didn't reply to her.
He looked at Dachao somewhat embarrassedly.
"Big Super~"
Dachao raised his head, his expression somewhat indifferent: "Life is hard, you just help your mother's family and provide food.
Why did you give me thirty dollars? You know I paid with my life for it. It was almost, just a little bit, and I wouldn’t be able to get it back.
Why?
Xiu'er lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes: "I originally thought that I would help you this time, give you some money, and then I would help you in the future... and we have been oppressed by your mother and cannot afford to buy a house.
My brother said he would return it to us after we get through this period.”
Dachao slammed the table on the kang and said, "He mentioned the house before, has he paid the loan money?
It's not just once or twice. Even if I work very hard, I can't match your repeated support."
Dachao felt extremely sad, as if he was always ranked last in everyone's mind.
It's the same with his mother and with his wife.
Xiu'er quickly hugged Dachao's arm and said, "Dachao, I won't do it again. You see, I told my brother today. Let's separate and live separately.
Don't be angry with me. I feel bad for my parents, they are so old."
Dachao closed his eyes and said the same words every time.
She was not tired of talking, but he was tired of listening.
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