When Mrs. Su heard the old man's question, she angrily said, "What's the matter? Ask the old lady and hear what nonsense she just said?"
Su Weiguo hurried over upon hearing this and asked Xu Guixiang, "Mother, what's wrong? Did you make her angry?"
"Grandpa, Dad, it was you, it was you who made grandma angry. It has nothing to do with mom." Su Wan didn't want her mother to take the blame for her anymore, so she quickly stood up and made a statement.
Su Weiguo quickly looked at his daughter again, "Wanwan, what did you say? Look how angry your grandma is."
"Dad, grandma complains about you every day for not working and spending money recklessly. I guess the second and third aunts must have opinions about you, so I think it's better to separate the family.
If the family is divided, they won't be able to control you anymore, and you and mom won't have to live under their control every day, so I told grandma about this. When grandma heard it, she got angry and beat both you and mom. "
Su Wan's words sounded like she was complaining to her father.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Su Weiguo immediately said to Old Lady Su: "Mom, Wanwan is a child who doesn't know much. Sometimes she just does whatever she wants. You can just scold her, why did you hit her?"
It's fine that you hit Wanwan, but why did you hit Guixiang as well? Mom, you are old, you can't lose your temper like this anymore, you have to take care of yourself. The children are ignorant and made you angry, you can tell them when you get back and teach them a lesson later."
Old Mrs. Su rolled her eyes in anger, "Old man, look, look, this is the good son you raised, do you mean to beat your wife and children because of dissatisfaction?
Su Weiguo, you are really great. You forgot about your mother after you got married, right? In your heart, is your mother so unreasonable?
That girl is just a child, but your wife is already over 40 years old. How can you join in on the fun? When your daughter-in-law said to separate the family, she immediately shouted for separation too.
Ask her if you have wronged her."
Su Weiguo looked at Xu Guixiang again after hearing this, "Mother, did you really say that?"
"Yes, that's what you said. Wanwan has been raised in someone else's home since she was born. You have never fed her milk or washed her diapers. You always feel that you owe the child.
So I just wanted to be as nice to her as possible and let her do whatever she wanted.
But look at our whole family, everyone dislikes Wanwan. They dislike her because she doesn't work. The fine food she eats has to be bought by Wanwan herself, and everyone has a lot of opinions.
The kid had just said that he wanted to go to college, and everyone was worried about paying the tuition, so they had a lot of things to say.
The child comes back to recognize his parents, not to be bullied. I don't want to see my child being abandoned like this every day.
As long as we divide the family, these problems will no longer exist. We can spoil her however we want, and no one can interfere."
Xu Guixiang said a lot in one breath, and Su Weiguo felt that what his wife said made sense, but it was not easy to divide the family.
He sighed, lowered his head and remained silent.
Old Man Su had already lit his pipe without knowing when. He took a few puffs in a row, and seeing that no one was saying anything, he
I looked towards the second and third sons' houses.
"What do you two think? Why don't you tell me?"
Su Weidong was about to open his mouth but was stopped by He Ailian's eyes.
He Weidong had heard from his wife that day that he did not agree to split up the family at first, but after He Ailian analyzed the pros and cons with him, he also felt that it was a good idea to split up the family.
He Ailian didn't let the man speak because she was afraid that she would regret it again.
Now she saw that Old Man Su didn't seem angry, so she became bolder.
"Dad, I've just told mom that if sister-in-law really wants to split up, I support her."
Old Man Su nodded. It seemed that the third family had already planned to split up.
"Where is the third family?"
Su Weimin looked at his wife Cao Xiaohua. The two of them had already analyzed the matter carefully.
"Dad, Xiaohua and I will listen to you and mom. It's up to you and mom whether to separate or not.
But I personally don’t want to split up, because Xiaohua is going to give birth in a few months, and she will have to stay in confinement. If I go to work, I won’t be able to take care of my mother and child. If I don’t go to work, then my whole family will have to starve.”
After hearing what Su Weimin said, it seemed that it was indeed quite difficult to go there.
Old Man Su took another puff of his cigarette, then Liang said, "If I remember correctly, Xiaohua gave birth in the winter. There was not much work to do in the fields at that time, so you basically didn't have to go out to work. You could have stayed at home to take care of her and the child."
"Old man, you don't really agree to separate the families, do you? Let me tell you, each family has its own difficulties. If we all help each other out, we can still make ends meet. If this is really divided, I'm afraid we'll just go hungry."
When Old Lady Su heard that there was something wrong in what Old Man Su said, she immediately became nervous.
After all, they were all her children and grandchildren. Although she showed some favoritism, she didn't want to see any of her children go hungry.
"Old woman, we are getting older day by day, and one day we may not be able to get up after lying down.
Splitting up the family property is not all bad. While we two are still here, we should give our brothers a fair share. Otherwise, when we are gone and we split up the family property at that time, it will be a bloody fight.
Think about the old grandson’s family at the east end of our village. After their parents passed away, the brothers quarreled every day.
Later, they couldn't make ends meet anymore, so they started to split up because there was an extra bowl and everyone wanted it. As a result, because of this bowl, the four brothers fought and two of them were hospitalized. You definitely don't want to see your brothers end up like this, right?"
After hearing what Old Man Su said, Old Lady Su remained silent.
The incident that Old Man Su was talking about happened last year. She certainly didn't want to see her son fighting to the death over such a small thing.
"Old family, if you want to split up the family, let's put aside Xiaowan's college entrance exam for now and talk about your Haiyang. Your Haiyang is getting married at the end of the year. Do you have the money to hold a wedding banquet for him?
It's time for Haibin to get engaged. Do you have the money to help with the betrothal gift?
And we only have a few houses, how should we divide them? Have you thought about this?"
Originally the Su family had only three main rooms. Later, when the three sons got married, they built three more rooms on the east side.
Later, when the grandchildren grew up, they built two or three more rooms on the west side.
Fortunately, our yard is quite big, otherwise we would not be able to live here.
If the family were to be divided, it would be difficult to allocate the nine houses.
Now that the families have separated, they certainly can’t mix everything in one pot anymore. Every family must have a kitchen.
Nowadays, it is difficult to find a place to live, so where can we find extra space for a kitchen?
Both Su Weiguo and Xu Guixiang were stumped by the question. This was indeed a big problem.
Everyone was stumped by this question. Even He Ailian felt that the plan to split the family might fail, when Su Wan suddenly stood up.
"Master, I do have a solution. I wonder if you are willing to listen to it."