Chapter 17 [17] Zhang Lancao is full of confidence. …
The two families divided the house and money privately.
That morning, after Tang Youshan's burial, they returned home. Second Uncle Tang first brought up the division of the house, pointing to Tang Yuanyuan's room and saying, "Brother, we have two boys, and this house can't accommodate them. This house will belong to Dayong from now on."
Zhang Lancao immediately said, "Second brother, this won't work. That's Yuanyuan's room. This house can't be divided."
Tang Yuanyuan also said, "Second Uncle, I live in this room."
Second Uncle Tang's eyes widened as he criticized Tang Yuanyuan, the girl, "You child, do you have any manners? Dividing the family property is an adult matter. Why are you, a child, butting in on this? Besides, you're a girl, and you'll get married sooner or later."
Aunt Tang San also agreed, "That's right, Yuanyuan, you're sixteen this year, you can meet someone else. My nephew from my mother's side is a handsome young man, 1.8 meters tall. I'll help you make peace in the next two days. Your house is in your husband's family, not here."
Zhang Lancao: "Third sister-in-law, Yuanyuan still has to go to high school and has no plans to get married for the time being, so this house cannot be divided."
Uncle Tang said, "This house doesn't belong to you, the eldest branch, alone. We should divide it equally. You can't just take it all. How can that be justified? Big brother, you're my real big brother. The person I admire the most is you. You've never taken advantage of anyone in your life. Big brother, you can't take advantage of your second brother, right? Tell me, what's wrong with having two children share one room?"
Tang Aiguo couldn't say it.
Second Uncle Tang also said, "Brother, you are my biological brother. Last year, you and Dad were trapped in the capital and didn't even have the money to go home. Did I borrow money and travel thousands of miles to the capital to pick you and Dad up?"
"You're just going to watch your nephew, who doesn't even have a house and can't even find a wife?"
Tang Aiguo smoked welding cigarettes silently.
Zhang Lancao pushed Tang Yuanyuan behind him and said, "Brother, that's not the case. Although this house belongs to the child's grandfather, you didn't get a share of the house because you live with the old man. The factory allocated houses to both of you after you got married, one for each of you. This is a fair thing to do. How can you take the girl's house just because we have one less boy? That's not the way you act as an elder."
Uncle Tang stared at Tang Aiguo with a look of disappointment and said, "Brother, I never thought you were such a selfish person."
"Let's go. We don't have to set foot in this house anymore!"
Third Uncle Tang also followed suit and said, "Big Brother, I never thought you would become like this. Since you don't recognize your second brother, then you don't recognize me either."
Tang Aiguo flicked his pipe and said, "Stop."
"The west room will be given to Dahu after Yuanyuan gets married."
"That's settled."
Zhang Lancao felt like the sky had fallen. She had thought she had recognized her husband's true face.
Unexpectedly, he could have an even more confused side: "Tang Aiguo, Yuanyuan is your biological daughter, you can't let her have no place to live!"
Tang Aiguo: "Shut up, it's not your turn to make the decision in this family."
Tang Yuanyuan: "This is my room. Why do you decide? I don't agree."
"You didn't help take care of grandpa, but now you're actively trying to divide the family property. I don't agree with this. I won't marry and I'll live in this house for the rest of my life. If any of you dare to take my room, I'll fight you to the death!"
Uncle Tang pointed his index finger at Tang Yuanyuan's face and said, "You're outrageous, little girl! Not only did you piss off your grandfather to death, but now you're trying to piss off your own uncle too? You're such an unfilial thing, you deserve to be struck down by lightning."
Zhang Lancao stood in front of Tang Yuanyuan and said, "Uncle, who are you referring to? You're a junior, pointing at a child and making random accusations against her. How can you be called an elder?"
"Everyone knows that her grandfather died of illness. What nonsense are you talking about?"
Uncle Tang: "You're still trying to hide it. I know everything. It was this damned girl who was so rebellious that she quarreled with her own father. Her grandfather was pissed to death. Otherwise, he would have lived for a few more months, maybe even another year."
Tang Yuanyuan turned her gaze away, and in the corner, the always silent Tang An met her gaze and lowered his head.
This is the good brother she dropped out of school to support.
Zhang Lancao thought it was Tang Aiguo who said that, and rushed over to attack him frantically: "Are you crazy? She is your biological daughter, and you slander her like this, even giving her only room to someone else. Do you have any humanity? I don't agree!"
Tang Aiguo pushed Zhang Lancao away in frustration. Fortunately, Tang Yuanyuan hugged her mother and stared at Tang Aiguo hatefully: "Are you my father or someone else's father? If you dare to give the house to someone else, I will never recognize you and will not support you in your old age!"
Tang Aiguo met Tang Yuanyuan's angry eyes and his heart skipped a beat.
Uncle Tang pulled him over and said, "Brother, let's go to our house."
"My sister-in-law has really been led astray by this bitch. She used to be so easy to talk to, but now she even scolds her brother-in-law."
Zhang Lancao was so angry that she almost bit her back teeth. "Tang Aiguo, if you dare to walk out of this house and give up my daughter's house, don't blame me for turning against you and no longer serving you!"
Tang Aiguo's footsteps paused noticeably.
Uncle Tang San said, "Brother, wasn't sister-in-law a very sensible person before? How come she has become like this now? She even threatened you in front of us. Brother, I really feel sorry for you. How did you end up living like this now?"
"A family that can't even read or write, and a girl who betrays her teachers and ancestors, can still be the head of the family. It's better not to stay in this family. Let's go to our house and have a drink."
Tang Aiguo followed his two younger brothers out of the house.
Zhang Lancao now knows what these two brothers-in-law are up to.
He panted and called Tang An over: "Xiao An, you, go with your dad."
Being a girl is already difficult.
If her parents' family didn't even have a house and she was sent away like this, wouldn't she be a different person?
How could she let her daughter follow in her footsteps?
She was so excited that she tightly grasped Tang An's arm and said, "I must, I must help your sister keep the house."
Tang An: "Mom, Dad may not be willing to listen to me."
Zhang Lancao: "Your sister can't rely on your father anymore. You have to stand up for yourself. She is your sister, you can't let her be homeless."
Tang An: "Why are you homeless? Didn't Second Uncle say that you can stay here until you get married?"
Zhang Lancao had to press her heart hard to suppress the pain.
The children are young and don't understand the adults' roundabout ways.
That's right.
"Now they're saying that when Dayong gets married next year, they won't care whether your sister is married or not and will just take over the house."
Tang Anxin said, Second Uncle wouldn’t be like this.
But he looked at Zhang Lancao breathing heavily, his face flushed with anger, and could only respond with, "I know, I'll tell Dad."
Zhang Lancao breathed heavily, not knowing whether to comfort herself or Tang Yuanyuan.
"Yuanyuan, don't worry. Even if your father doesn't listen to us, he still has his son, Xiaoan. He will listen to us. I will definitely keep the room for you."
Tang Yuanyuan saw Zhang Lancao's hand tightly clutching her heart: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? I'll take you to the hospital."
Zhang Lancao shook her head: "I'm fine, I'm just mad at your dad. I'll be fine after a while."
"Pour me a glass of water."
Tang Yuanyuan helped Zhang Lancao sit on a chair, poured her a glass of water, and added some honey: "Mom, drink some water quickly."
Zhang Lancao tilted her neck back, drank a gulp of water, and her breathing finally calmed down. She planned to go to the kitchen again. The business had been suspended for three days, and she was always uneasy. She had to pick it up again so that she could earn a little more in the next two days.
The mung beans were soaked last night, and the jelly is also easy to make, but we are out of jelly at home. Making it now won’t delay selling it in the afternoon. It’s sunny outside, so Tang Yuanyuan naturally took on this job and let her mother have a good rest.
As soon as Tang Yuanyuan went out, several groups of people came to collect debts.
Everyone knows that the Tang family receives gifts and social interactions at a rate of ten yuan per family, which is a considerable income. These days, the factory often defaults on wages, and everyone is short of money, so they all take this opportunity to collect their debts.
It is a common practice to pay off debts with gift money, but the money for the ribbon gift is not with Zhang Lancao. She just asks him to come back in the evening. The debt collectors walked out of the Tang family's courtyard with a smile.
Zhang Lancao roughly calculated that after paying off all the gift money, her family would have little debt left, and her daughter could go to school with peace of mind.
I feel much better now.
Anyway, she would not listen to Tang Aiguo and would never give in. This house belongs to her daughter!
No one can take away her daughter's room.
They only need to wait two more days for their daughter to receive her salary, and then they will go to the border town together to start a business, so that she can support her daughter's education.
She will definitely be able to support this family.
Zhang Lancao is full of confidence.
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