After seeing Wang off, Li's eyes reddened, and she rushed into the house in a hurry.
Seeing that her eyes were all red, Zhao Dayong knew that Wang's visit was bound to be bad news.
"Wasn't the money already settled yesterday? What's wrong now?"
He hadn't intended to ask too much about the affairs between the two women, but judging from his wife's expression, it seemed he couldn't ignore it.
"Why do you look like the sky has fallen? Did you have a fight?"
"Your dear sister-in-law, I don't know what got into her, she came to ask us for the old house, they want the house!"
Zhao Dayong jumped up from the stool in shock. "What did you say? What does the old house have to do with them? Didn't they move away?"
"Yes, they moved away, but you moved away too, have you forgotten? Now that no one lives in the old house, they've started to have designs on it."
Zhao Dayong: ...
"My sister-in-law came to ask if she wanted to stay at home? What did she say?"
Li was heartbroken, crying and talking while wiping her nose.
“What about the old man? If we don’t want the house, how will our two sons divide it? If we do want it, we’ll have to take out even our savings for our funerals. My sister-in-law said they’ll get half.”
Zhao Dayong held his head in his hands, squatted on the ground, looking as if the sky had fallen.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law are shrewder than monkeys; they've probably wanted the old house for a long time, but they've been living there all this time and haven't been able to bring it up.
They're asking for money as soon as they move out. They're shameless. Can't they even be allowed to breathe?
"Go and call Dazhuzi over, and ask him what he thinks."
The eldest son has the most crooked ideas; maybe he can come up with a solution. He's completely out of ideas; his mind is a jumbled mess, a complete mess.
"Big Pillar, what do you think about this?"
He doesn't really care about the old house; he's already moved into a new home and he'll never go back to live there again.
"How about we just give up the old house? Didn't you say the family is out of money? Auntie can give us some money, at least the family won't be too strapped for cash."
Giving him silver would be best, as all the money in the house would likely belong to him in the future. If the old house is left behind, it's hard to say who it will belong to.
“If the old house is gone, you and Sanzhu will have to squeeze into this courtyard with your two families, and there definitely won’t be enough room.”
The biggest drawback of my mother's courtyard is that it is small. When it was built, we thought that my mother would live alone and we wanted to save money, so we didn't build many rooms.
After the three sons got married and had children, the eldest son got married and adopted two more children. There was simply not enough room for them to live together.
Da Zhuzi's expression hardened, and he looked at his father with a serious expression.
"Father and Mother, since you're both here today, let me make this clear: this little courtyard belongs to Dazhuzi. There's no question of the two brothers living together. Whether the house belongs to me or not, it belongs to me."
Remember this: I am your eldest son, the one who will break the pot for you in the future. And right now, I'm the only one still willing to live with you.
Zhao Dayong was furious. When did their house become his?
Because he lives there, is this his? Sanzhuzi also has a house. Erzhuzi also needs to set up a small house when he comes home, so shouldn't all three of them have a share?
I bought this house so my wife and I could retire in our old age. Is the eldest brother even speaking human language?
"Say it again?"
"I'll say it a hundred times: if you dare to give the house to Sanzhuzi, don't blame me for turning my back on you."
The facade has already been torn off, so there's no point in him pretending anymore. This is for the best; finally, he doesn't have to talk nicely to them or give them the runaround. From now on, he's just himself.
It felt great; Da Zhuzi felt incredibly happy right now.
Mrs. Li was extremely troubled. Here it comes again; her eldest son has started acting recklessly again. She didn't know if it was because of the trauma he suffered, but now his words and actions are becoming increasingly outrageous.
Compared to now, the old Dazhuzi was incredibly well-behaved.
"Eldest brother, how can you say that? Sanzhu is your own brother. If you have a share in this house, then he should have a share too. Go and see which brothers in the village can monopolize their family property?"
"Isn't my uncle just monopolizing my grandfather's family property?"
"That's because your master is biased."
"You can be biased and treat me better."
Li was speechless; her eldest son had become obsessed.
Zhao Dayong was extremely troubled. He had only wanted his eldest son to come up with some ideas on how to deal with his eldest son's family.
As it turns out, that scoundrel is completely unreliable and only thinks about getting a good deal for himself.
Son of a bitch!
"Get out, get out of here right now!"
Zhao Dayong doesn't have a son like that; his selfishness is outrageous.
Dazhu patted his behind and left, not forgetting to add a word of advice at the door: "Father and Mother, I don't care whether you buy or sell the old house, or who you give it to. The new house and land must be mine. I don't want to share it with anyone."
Don't push me. I'm scared of myself when I go crazy. You all better behave and listen to me, and stop trying to go against my wishes.
After giving his warning, Da Zhuzi closed the door, leaving only Zhao Dayong, Li Shi, and a maid inside.
The little girl huddled pitifully in the corner, hoping her parents wouldn't see her.
Waaaaah... Big brother is so scary, so terrifying, she's really terrified.
Zhao Dayong stared at the tightly closed door, feeling a surge of anger. Was he threatening him? Was he being threatened?
What if we don't listen to him? Do you think you can lay a hand on them?
"Look at the fine son you raised, does he even look like a human being?"
Mrs. Li was so shocked that her face turned deathly pale, and she forgot to shed tears. She just stared blankly at the door. How could her son do this? He actually wanted everything in the house. How dare he?
If we really gave him everything, Sanzhuzi would probably starve to death. The eldest brother is so selfish, we can't expect him to help the third brother even a little bit in the future.
No, how could her son have become like this?
“Old man, we must find a wife for Dazhu in three years. He’s been thinking about all sorts of things all day long, he’s gone crazy. He wasn’t like this before.”
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