Let them live their lives as they please; we should just mind our own business, isn't that better?
"Shut up! When have you ever taken care of anything in this family? Isn't it me who's in charge?"
I'll say it again, splitting up the family property is not an option!
Old Zhou's good temper, which he had managed to muster up, vanished without a trace after being rebuked like that.
He didn't try to persuade him again, and got up and went inside.
The old woman, who had been sitting on the ground with her legs spread apart, immediately stopped when she saw his actions.
"Old man, old man, stop right there! What are you doing? I'm warning you, don't you dare touch my money! I won't allow it!"
Her guess was correct; Old Man Zhou was indeed preparing to go inside to get the money and then divide the family property.
After hearing her warning, Old Man Zhou ignored him and continued walking inside. A short while later, he came out carrying the money box.
The old woman had been staring at the bedroom door. As soon as she saw Old Man Zhou appear with the box in his arms, she nimbly scrambled to her feet and rushed toward him.
Old Zhou saw it, but showed no emotion. After glancing at her, he calmly gave the order:
"Eldest and second sons, hold your mother back. Third son, go to the brigade headquarters and invite the brigade leader over to be our family's witness."
Those who were called wanted to smoothly separate from the family, so they naturally went about doing what they were supposed to do.
However, the two men didn't just pull her along; instead, they put their arms around the old woman from the front and back.
The old woman certainly struggled, but being rather short, she was no match for the two strong young men, so her struggles were in vain.
After seeing this, Old Man Zhou sat there confidently and began counting his money.
The old woman became extremely anxious when she saw him counting the money in his hand one bill at a time. In desperation, she grabbed her two sons' arms and bit them hard.
The eldest and second eldest sons of the Zhou family were not spared; even through their dark clothes, you could see that they had been bitten and were bleeding.
However, for the sake of the family division plan, both of them stubbornly endured it, neither backing down an inch nor letting go of her.
After waiting for a long time, Old Man Zhou finally finished counting the money and bills.
"Over the years, our family has saved a total of 1,762 yuan and 83 cents, which is not a small amount, but it was not easy to save it."
In my opinion, each of you three brothers should receive 400 yuan, and the remaining 562 yuan and 83 cents can be kept by my wife and me.
After all, all three of your families are going to move out, and your mother and I will be living separately. Do you have any objections?
Everyone was incredibly excited when they heard about this astonishing amount, and when they heard that Old Man Zhou was willing to give their family 400, they had no objections whatsoever.
"No, Dad, we have no objection."
"Yes, we don't. And you and Mother don't need to live alone. You can come with us. We're just separating from the family; it's not like we're abandoning our parents."
“That’s right. As long as we decide how we live our lives, we have no objection to whether you or Mother choose to live with us.”
When Old Man Zhou heard that his son didn't complain about the amount of money, nor about how much he left for the old couple, and was even willing to take them to live with him, he nodded with great satisfaction.
“Your mother and I are still able to move around, so we won’t go with you for now. We’ll go with each of you for a while when we get old, maybe four months each.”
The Zhou family's sons are all very filial, and their daughters-in-law are not particularly difficult people, so they have no objections to this arrangement.
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