"Village head, I know what you mean, but if we don't separate now, I'm afraid we will really break up in the future." Aunt Xiumei sighed, and her tone was not as strong as usual, with a bit of dejection.
Seeing Aunt Xiumei say this, the village chief glanced at Sheng Yanjun and his wife, and couldn't help but call Aunt Xiumei and Uncle Sheng into the house and close the door. Then he asked, "What's the matter? Hasn't your family always been very harmonious? Why do you want to split up?"
Uncle Sheng was still sitting on the side with his head down, not saying a word. Aunt Xiumei spoke up and said, "Village Chief, we have been neighbors for so many years, and you know what my family was like before. For so many years, our parents were incompetent, and our eldest son was an honest farmer. It was all thanks to our second son that we have the life we have today, but now some people are not satisfied... They are all my biological children, and I don't want my second son to be disappointed, and I don't want this family to really break up."
Aunt Xiumei wiped her red eyes while speaking.
The village chief heard Aunt Xiumei say this and knew that she had made up her mind, but he still tried to persuade her, "Isn't Chuanzi dating Nan Zhiqing? Why don't you wait until they get married before breaking up?"
"No, Chuanzi and Nan are both capable and good kids. They don't need these little extras at home."
"Don't the children mind if we split up?" asked the village chief.
"No, Nanqiao is a sensible girl. People in the city don't care about these things like people in our village. It's okay." Aunt Xiumei said as if to comfort herself. In fact, she didn't know whether Nanqiao would mind these things or not, but Nanqiao was so sensible, she should understand.
"Well, let's see what the Junzi family is thinking. We shouldn't try to curry favor with capable brothers, but we can't make things awkward for them either."
"Hey, village chief, I'm sorry to bother you to help me be a witness today," said Aunt Xiumei with a sigh.
"Okay, now that you've made up your mind, let's go," the village chief said, leading the way out of the house.
When they arrived at the yard, Sheng Yanchuan comforted Taohua, while Sheng Yanjun and Huiping sat at the door of their house, one on each side, looking at each other from time to time, as if discussing something.
"Okay, now that we have made up our minds, let's divide the family home today. You two old people, tell me how you plan to divide it, and I will be the witness."
After the village chief finished speaking, Aunt Xiumei pointed to the food beside her and said, "Now my family has 50 catties of white flour and rice, 60 catties of two-coarse flour, and 100 catties of coarse grains."
"Let's save some trouble. Chuanzi is not married yet, and Taohua is still young, so they should be counted together with the two of us. That means we can each get 25 catties of white flour and rice, 30 catties of two-coarse flour, and 50 catties of coarse grains."
Aunt Xiumei paused and turned to look at Sheng Yanchuan. "Chuanzi, you are capable. Mom knows you don't care about these things. The old house will be given to your brother. If you want to build a house in the village when you get married, Mom will give you money. Is that okay?"
Sheng Yanchuan nodded and said, "Mom, it's up to you to decide. I'm fine."
"Okay, OK." Seeing Sheng Yanchuan agree so readily, Aunt Xiumei felt much more comforted.
"Then the old house will be given to you two. There are pots and pans over there, so I won't share them with you. As for the money, we have 672.8 yuan now. Junzi's dowry for marrying a wife is 50 yuan, and we don't favor boys over girls in our family. Taohua and Chuanzi will also get 50 yuan each. There are 572.8 yuan left, which will be divided between you two, 286.4 yuan each. There are not many bills left, so just divide them in half. You can take the other beddings and blankets in your room. The vegetables in the backyard vegetable garden are not ripe yet, and I usually take care of them, so I won't give them to you. These are all the family belongings we have."
Aunt Xiumei said that the village chief had recorded everything that needed to be recorded and copied it in triplicate. When it came time to sign, Huiping disagreed.
"Mom, I accept Chuanzi's 50 yuan dowry, but why is Taohua also 50 yuan? You can't give 50 yuan to a married girl!"
Aunt Xiumei became furious when she heard this.
"I'm not your mother who even takes away my daughter's betrothal gift. My daughter should be the same as my son and should not lack anything. If you are not satisfied, let's talk about how to divide the old house with Chuanzi."
As soon as Aunt Xiumei said this, Huiping immediately fell silent. It was indeed a bargain for their family of three to occupy a yard all to themselves. Even if they were reluctant to part with the 50 yuan, they could only quietly
Aunt Xiumei saw Huiping lowering her head dejectedly, rolled her eyes at her, and then turned to Uncle Sheng and Sheng Yanjun and said
"Okay, if you have no objection, just sign it and move out quickly after signing." She had been annoyed by the couple these past few days. Not only was she tired from working all day, but she also had to quarrel with them every day when she came home. Wasn't that annoying enough?
Uncle Sheng stopped smoking at this moment. Although he was reluctant, he still stepped forward and signed.
Sheng Yanjun was reluctant to step forward. He felt that something was wrong with the division of the family today, but he didn't know what was wrong. Under Aunt Xiumei's urging, he reluctantly signed the contract.
The village chief checked the three statements and distributed them to several people after confirming that the content was correct. He kept the one he was the notary for and then said to Sheng Yanjun:
"Junzi, it wasn't easy for your parents to raise the three of you. Although Chuanzi was able to earn some money working in the town, your parents also had to work every day to earn work points. It should have been the time for you to be filial to them, but something like this happened. But since it has come to this, you should just live your life well and don't make a fuss about it. After all, you are parents. Even if the family is separated, your parents still think about you."
"I know the village chief," Sheng Yanjun said. But Huiping didn't look like that.
Seeing the eldest daughter-in-law in such a state, the village chief had no reason to say anything more. He said hello to Uncle Sheng and Aunt Xiumei and left.
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