Chapter 86 None of Your Business
Grandpa Qi suddenly realized: "I remember now! Didn't they separate Guosheng and his wife when Maoyang was still alive? I remember Xiaoxiao wasn't even born yet at that time?"
Liu Cuie: "???"
No, don't you remember it very clearly?
Are you deliberately targeting me?
Grandpa Qi was immediately displeased: "Guosheng's family has already separated from Maoyang's family, why is his wife still here wailing?"
He turned to Zhong Aiguo and said, "Aiguo, as the village chief, you should hurry up and ask her to leave! The Guosheng family is splitting up, what is she doing here, an outsider!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Cuie was furious: "Outsider? I'm Zhong Guosheng's biological mother, am I an outsider?"
"I have to be there when they split up!"
Zhong Maoqiao rolled his eyes as well: "You've been separated for over twenty years, what does it have to do with you!"
Zhong Maolin pondered for a moment: "From both a moral and logical standpoint, this matter really has nothing to do with you, Cui'e."
Liu Cuie slapped her thigh in anger: "How can it not have anything to do with me? If the family is to split up, I should get a share of Guosheng's pension!"
Zhong Maoqiao couldn't help but spit out, "We've been separated for over twenty years, Liu Cuie, how dare you say such a thing!"
Just then, Zhong Chengren returned, accompanied by Song Xingzhi.
Zhang Chunxue was also taken aback when she saw Song Xingzhi.
When Grandpa Qi saw Song Xingzhi, his eyes lit up even more: "Oh my! Clerk Song is here too? Please, have a seat!"
He glared at Zhong Maolin, who was sitting on his other side, and Zhong Maolin obediently gave up his seat.
Liu Cuie's face darkened even more.
That old geezer was faking it all along!
Song Xingzhi just smiled and said, "Seventh Grandfather, you all go about your business. I was just invited by Brother Aiguo to come and watch the fun."
Zhong Aiguo scratched his head: "Now that Chengren is back, let's start dividing the family property!"
He looked at Zhang Chunxue: "Chunxue, how do you plan to divide the family property?"
Zhang Chunxue nodded: "That's right, I have three sons and one daughter, plus myself, so it's divided into five parts..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Cuie exploded again, pointing at Zhong Xiaoxiao and jumping up and down: "A good-for-nothing like her doesn't deserve a share of the family property!"
Zhang Chunxue gave her a cold look: "I can divide it however I want!"
Liu Cuie spat on the ground: "Pah! I've never heard of dividing the family property among daughters!"
"Haven't you heard that the Earth revolves around the sun? Does that mean the sun revolves around the Earth?" Zhang Chunxue's contempt was undisguised. "Whether I give some to my daughter or not is none of your business!"
Liu Cuie trembled with anger: "You, you, you..."
She suddenly looked at the three Zhong brothers: "Your mother is going to give what belongs to you to that good-for-nothing Zhong Xiaoxiao, and you don't even have a reaction?"
The three brothers honestly shook their heads.
They knew perfectly well that Zhong Xiaoxiao was Zhang Chunxue's darling, and if they had any objections, Zhang Chunxue might kick them out and leave them with nothing.
Liu Cuie was furious and started cursing at the three brothers: "You useless things! You've been manipulated by that bitch Zhang Chunxue!"
Zhong Chengyi pursed his lips and looked at Zhong Guoqiang and Zhong Guoyong: "Uncle, Third Uncle, do you listen to Grandma?"
Zhong Guoqiang and Zhong Guoyong were stunned for a moment: "Listen!"
Zhong Chengyi nodded knowingly: "Then weren't you also controlled by Grandma... cough, you know?"
Zhong Guoqiang and Zhong Guoyong's faces turned dark.
Liu Cuie was so angry she was about to have a stroke. She jumped up and pointed at Zhong Chengyi, yelling, "How dare you talk like that! Is this how Zhang Chunxue always taught you..."
Zhong Chengyi shrugged: "I didn't say anything!"
"Alright! Stop fooling around!" Zhong Maolin's face also darkened. "Chunxue wants to separate the family, Cuie, what are you doing jumping and shouting here!"
He looked at Zhang Chunxue: "Chunxue, you continue."
Zhang Chunxue then continued, "There are only a few rooms in the house, just like before, one room for each person. I've decided to give Zhong Chengren's room to Yuanyuan."
The elders of the Zhong family stared in shock, then all looked at Zhong Chengren.
Zhong Chengren looked away, feeling somewhat guilty.
Liu Cuie was even angrier: "Give it to that little money-loser Zhong Yuanyuan? I think Zhang Chunxue, you've really lost your mind!"
Zhang Chunxue ignored her and took out a tin box from the room: "All the money in the house is here."
Liu Cuie's eyes immediately lit up, her gaze so intense it seemed she wanted to rush forward and snatch the tin box into her arms.
Zhang Chunxue opened the tin box and took out a small notebook for keeping accounts: "Back then, Guosheng's pension was five hundred yuan. Theoretically, our family of five should each receive one share, but the eldest and second eldest sons spent almost all of that money when they got married. In addition, we have spent some money on their education over the years."
She meticulously calculated the accounts, while Zhong Aiguo asked Zhong Xiaoxiao for a discarded notebook and continued calculating alongside her.
"...So, when you calculate it this way, apart from Xiaoxiao and me, the three brothers have almost spent all of the five hundred yuan. The eldest and second eldest brothers even used the family savings for their weddings... Each of them spent about eighty yuan, so I will give the youngest brother and Xiaoxiao an extra eighty yuan each..."
"The remaining money will be divided into five parts, and half of the second son's share will be given to Mingli."
The onlookers outside immediately gasped in surprise.
Can a divorced daughter-in-law still get a share of the money?
Those who previously said Zhang Chunxue was mistreating her daughter-in-law were now completely speechless.
The girls who wanted to marry Zhong Chengyi started to have their minds working again.
After hearing this, Liu Cuie looked at Zhang Chunxue incredulously: "You gave some to Zhou Mingli, that outsider who was even divorced, but you didn't give any to me?"
Zhang Chunxue sneered: "Mingli brought my granddaughter with her and has worked hard in my family all these years. Of course I should give her a share!"
"As for you, you know in your heart how you treated me and Guosheng back then. Someone like you still has the nerve to claim our family property?"
Liu Cuie jumped up and cursed, "Zhang Chunxue! You unfilial slut! All the money Guosheng earned with his life has been spent..."
Zhong Aiguo slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Aunt Cui'e! I've been keeping a detailed record of every expense! Guosheng's pension has almost all gone to his four children, what nonsense are you spouting!"
"They're obsessed with money!" Zhang Chunxue casually remarked. "So, the family's money is divided up like this. I'll still distribute the grain according to the number of people."
“Me, Xiaoxiao, Mingli, Yuanyuan, the eldest, the second, the third…” She paused, then pursed her lips, “and Li Hongjuan.”
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