Chapter 87 Let's divide the family like this!
As soon as Li Hongjuan's name was mentioned, the people around her were once again in an uproar.
"What? Why is Chunxue giving money to Li Hongjuan? Didn't she already tell Zhong Chengfa to divorce Li Hongjuan?"
"Hey, they're not divorced yet, are they?"
"Even if they really divorced, didn't she still give Zhou Mingli a share?"
"Can Li Hongjuan be like Zhou Mingli? Zhou Mingli is usually so docile and honest! Li Hongjuan is just a cunning, lazy, and good-for-nothing!"
Another person stroked his chin: "I reckon it's probably because Zhong Chengfa doesn't want to divorce Li Hongjuan... Now that they've separated, Chunxue can't control him anymore, so he's even less likely to get a divorce."
"I personally think Chunxue is truly kind and considerate! Who among you said she was mistreating her daughter-in-law before?"
Those who had spoken most vehemently earlier now avoided eye contact.
Qin Biwen stood smugly with her hands on her hips: "Look at you cowards! If I hadn't stopped you, who knows what filthy things you would have said!"
"I told you long ago, Haruyuki isn't that kind of person!"
When Zhong Chengfa heard Zhang Chunxue's words, his eyes lit up immediately: "Mom, you even gave some to Hongjuan?"
Zhang Chunxue said irritably, "I not only gave some to Li Hongjuan, I also gave some to Zhong Hongqing... Are you satisfied now?"
Seeing the anger emanating from her words, Zhong Chengfa immediately shrank back and dared not speak again.
The elders of the Zhong family were genuinely surprised.
Although Zhong Chengfa and Li Hongjuan didn't actually get to the point of divorce, they were not unaware that Zhang Peizhen had sent her eldest daughter-in-law back to her parents' home.
It's easy to imagine how much Zhang Chunxue disliked her eldest daughter-in-law.
Even when the family divided the property, they still made sure to include her share of the food rations.
Liu Cuie, however, was cursing and swearing: "What an idiot! That kind of greedy glutton, just kick her out and you're still giving her rations..."
"Having too much stuff is just overwhelming! I'd rather have it myself than give it to her!"
Zhang Chunxue glanced at her: "If you really want to say it, I dislike you more than Li Hongjuan."
Liu Cuie's face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
She truly wished she could pounce on Zhang Chunxue and tear her face apart.
Turning her gaze away, Zhang Chunxue continued, "In this yard, the front yard belongs to the eldest son, the third son, and Yuanyuan."
"They can fence off their yard if they want; if they don't want to, that's fine too."
"Xiaoxiao and I will share this backyard. I will open another entrance door in the backyard, and we will enter and exit from the backyard side."
"The kitchen and such can be shared by everyone now. But I'll only give the eldest and third sons a month at most; they need to build their own stoves."
"I bought all the pots and pans myself, at most I just gave them a few bowls..."
The three sons had no objection to Zhang Chunxue's division of the family property, especially Zhong Chengren. Apart from getting a small share of the money, he was practically kicked out of the house by his mother—half of that money had to be given to Zhou Mingli.
He was completely indifferent to these things.
Zhong Chengyi has absolutely no cooking skills, so the kitchen and such are of no use to him.
As for Zhong Chengfa, he was already extremely grateful that his mother had shown him leniency by sharing food rations with Li Hongjuan, so how could he dare to say anything more?
Zhong Aiguo asked the three of them and only after confirming that they had no objections did he look at his seventh grandfather and the two elders.
"Seventh Grandfather, Uncle Maolin, Uncle Maoqiao, what are your opinions?"
Zhong Maoqiao clicked his tongue: "What opinions could we possibly have? Aren't we just here to be witnesses?"
Zhong Maolin nodded: "If their own family members have no objections, then let's divide it like this!"
Grandpa Qi, tapping his pipe, said, "Divide it up, divide it up, just like that."
However, Liu Cuie let out a deafening roar: "I disagree!"
Zhang Chunxue immediately gave her three sons a cold look.
The three sons immediately understood and rushed forward, dragging and pulling Liu Cuie out of the house.
Liu Cuie roared in anger, "You three little brats! Let me go!"
Zhong Guoqiang and Zhong Guoyong were also anxious when they saw this. Just as they were about to teach their three nephews a lesson, Zhong Aiguo coughed.
Song Xingzhi spoke coldly, "Everyone else knows to watch the show outside the courtyard. You guys don't know the rules. You come to someone's house to watch the show, and now you want to stay here and not leave?"
Grandpa Qi took a couple of puffs of his pipe, a look of disdain on his face: "So you've come to watch the show... I thought you'd come begging for food!"
Zhong Guoqiang and Zhong Guoyong's faces turned pale and then red. Under the watchful eyes of the others and hearing their mothers' loud and forceful insults coming from outside, they could only slink away.
Grandpa Qi curled his lip and muttered under his breath, "Hmph! Apart from Guosheng, there aren't many good people in the Guoyang family..."
Zhong Aiguo wrote the family division document, affixed the village's official seal, and had Zhong Maolin and Zhong Maoqiao sign it.
Even Grandpa Qi symbolically drew a circle on the document.
When the three brothers returned, all five of them signed the document.
Three copies.
With everything signed, the matter of dividing the family property is considered settled.
Zhang Chunxue took the money out of the iron box and distributed it to everyone according to the pre-calculated accounts.
She gave Zhong Xiaoxiao her share, and Zhong Xiaoxiao returned it to her.
"Mom! I'm still young! And we haven't separated yet, please keep this for me!"
She grinned from ear to ear because she had received a bonus from the county, so she actually had the most savings in the family this time.
Zhang Chunxue also kept Zhou Mingli's share for her, while the rest were given to her three sons.
Seeing that things were settled, Grandpa Qi patted his son's hand: "Guosong! Let's go home, I'm hungry again!"
Zhong Guosong was both amused and exasperated: "Dad! Didn't you just eat two bowls of noodles this morning? Why are you hungry again?"
Grandpa Qi exclaimed in surprise, "What? I ate two bowls of noodles? I don't remember at all. Are you kidding me?"
"I want to eat! I want to eat! I'm hungry! I'm so hungry!"
"Alright, alright!" Zhong Maosong had no choice but to agree. "Let's go! I'll have my wife make you another bowl of noodles when we get home!"
The two were helping each other as they prepared to leave when Zhang Chunxue quickly escorted them to the courtyard gate.
"Uncle Maosong, thank you for your hard work today, Grandpa Qi."
Zhong Maosong was very polite: "It's my pleasure!"
"Chunxue, why don't you go back and pack your things at home?"
Zhong Maolin and Zhong Maoqiao also came out.
Zhang Chunxue thanked them one by one, saying, "Why don't you stay for lunch?"
"No need, it's still early!" Zhong Maolin glanced at Song Xingzhi, who was standing next to Zhong Aiguo, with a somewhat serious expression.
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