"Clan leader, please help me divide the family property," Wang said calmly.
The clan chief watched as she tried to salvage the situation.
"Have you made up your mind? Once the family is divided, there's no going back. Your father-in-law messed things up because of the family division."
Wang sneered, "They're not the third son; they don't have his abilities."
Clan Chief: ...
"That unfilial son still wants me to continue supporting him and to let him continue his education? What a pipe dream! Let's split it up, I've made up my mind. If this were your child, I'm sure the clan elder would have broken his legs and kicked him out of the house long ago, wouldn't he?"
I only separated from him; I've done more than fair to him.
The clan chief exhaled a deep breath. What do people fear most? Disappointment.
As the saying goes, there is no greater sorrow than a broken heart. This time, Da Wen's wife has completely given up on her own son.
"Okay, go and call the village chief. I'll be there in a bit."
With the approval of the clan chief and eldest uncle, Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and the division of the family was a done deal.
"Dad, try to comfort Mom. She's been angry all the way here, she should calm down by now."
"Go and comfort him yourself, I don't want to."
"Father, if you don't coax her properly, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the prefectural city after the New Year. Am I really going to have to give up my studies? Do you still want to be a patriarch?"
Old man?
Zhao Dawen's ears twitched a few times.
“I want to coax her, but she has to be willing. Don’t you see that your mother doesn’t even talk to me now? All she does when she sees me is make me copy books.”
Sigh, the boy was discouraged.
Last night, after telling my wife what happened, she scolded me, saying that anyone with eyes can see who's in charge in the family, and how could he be helping his father deceive his mother? She said she'd never seen anyone support their own father finding a concubine, and asked if he'd lost his mind.
Sigh, women are petty; one or two of them can't stand having multiple people serving their husbands. His mother is like that, and so is his wife.
There's nothing to say to them, and we can't really connect.
But he was worried because he couldn't let his studies fall behind.
Zhao Jiadong's wife couldn't find Wang Shi, so she asked her husband.
"Do you know where Mom went? She just came back and then disappeared? Did she go to see the milk?"
Zhao Jiadong shook his head and quietly pulled his wife aside to talk to her.
The young woman's eyes widened. "Is it all true? How could Father do that? Has my brother gone mad?"
"Don't say anything. I suspect Mother went to see the clan chief and the village chief. If they come to talk about dividing the family property later, we'll agree."
"Agree to split the family? If we split the family, won't we be at a disadvantage? Everyone says that the eldest brother will have a great future."
“What future is he going to have? Look at him now, what can he possibly achieve? He didn’t even pass the imperial examination. Our father did become a scholar, but he’s still a failure. We shouldn’t end up like our second and third uncles, who raised our eldest brother for years only to end up with nothing.”
My older brother is usually quiet, and I always thought he was alright, but now it seems he's also clueless. It would be more practical for us to split the money and save it ourselves.
Don't worry, even though my handwriting isn't great, I can write decently with time. You'll be fine with me from now on. Don't think about anything else, just live a peaceful life.
"Did Mother say that?"
"Yes, that's what Mother said. We should listen to Mother; she's the one who controls all the family's money. There's no hope for our eldest brother. You should treat her well from now on, understand what I mean?"
The young woman nodded vigorously, like a chicken pecking at rice. The head of the household said that she understood perfectly well, and if she still didn't understand, she would be a fool.
“Mother is unwilling to support my eldest brother, so his education is over. From now on, we'll all be the same. Their family won't be much better off than ours. They might even be worse off. We have Mother, and my eldest brother might cause trouble.”
If we're talking about intelligence, he's the smartest. Living a peaceful and uneventful life is better than anything else.
Why bother with the imperial examinations? Do you really think they're so easy? Look at how many successful candidates there are in our county. We haven't produced a single one in over ten years, okay? Just think about how difficult it is.
If they are mediocre, they should accept their fate. What's the use of thinking about this and that, or always thinking about things that are out of reach?
"Really? My older brother can't go to school either?"
"It's hard to say. Anyway, even if we think about it, it can't be us supporting him. Mother probably won't continue to support him."
The young woman nodded blankly, thinking her older brother still had another ten or twenty years of schooling ahead of him, but it all fell through after just one trip. It's better not to support him; it would be better to save money to raise her own children.
When she got married, her mother told her to listen to her mother-in-law after the wedding, and now she can't go wrong by following her mother-in-law's advice.
"Alright, I'll listen to you and Mother. Let's separate the family."
Zhao Jiadong smiled with satisfaction; his wife was indeed sensible.
After the people arrived, the family realized something was wrong. Zhao Dawen was furious. That wretched woman didn't even ask him a question before going straight to separate the family. Did she even still care about him?
My uncle is the same; he went crazy along with her. If he doesn't agree to the division of the family property, who can? No matter what, he is the head of the family.
"Uncle, village chief, what brings you here?"
"Separate the family."
"I won't separate! Uncle, don't listen to Wang's nonsense. She's just petty and can't stand to see me doing well. It's my home, I'm in charge. I won't separate, absolutely not!"
The clan chief stared coldly at his nephew, thinking him a good-for-nothing. If it were his son, he would have kicked him out of the house right now.
You bastard!
"Mom, can you please stop making a scene? Why did you have to split up the family property all of a sudden? Can't we have a few days of peace? Stop making us a laughingstock all the time!"
Wang's face turned pale. Although she had no expectations for her eldest son, she still couldn't bear to hear him say such things and felt very distressed.
Haha, this is the good son she raised with so much effort!
At this moment, she could truly understand Li's pain.
"Shut up, you have no right to interrupt adults."
The clan chief was even more disdainful, thinking, "What kind of person dares to speak ill of his own mother in front of us?"
Is the village chief confused, and Zhao Dawen unaware of the family division? What are they up to?
“I’ve already decided on the division of your family’s assets, and no one is allowed to object. Da Wen, if you say another word, I’ll get you up the mountain right now and kneel at your father’s grave. You’re not a human being.”
Zhao Dawen was dumbfounded by the scolding. "Uncle, aren't you going to help me? Don't you know what kind of person Wang Shi is? She's almost ruined our family, do you know that?"
The clan chief glared at him. "All I know is that you two are inhuman! One of you took a concubine in the prefectural city and never comes home. The other helped his own father find a concubine—how utterly unfilial! I decided on the division of the family property. What? You have a problem with that?"
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