Chapter 416 The Vain Little Aunt 16
Chapter 416 The Vain Little Aunt 16
"I haven't seen him bring any money in these years, especially my little sister. He treats her like a young lady. Who raises a girl like you do? She doesn't work or get any sun, while we work in the fields and she sits back and enjoys the fruits of our labor..."
"Snapped!"
Listening to Xiang Youlu's complaints, Xiang Pozi slammed her chopsticks on the table, her eyes filled with anger.
Such a look made Xiang Youlu shrink his neck unconsciously.
Mrs. Xiang pointed at Xiang Youlu with a strong voice.
"Are you very unconvinced? Do you think your father and I are biased to the extreme? Xiang Youlu, you are really promising. Now you dare to challenge us. Your father and I are giving you face!"
"What's wrong with me doting on your little sister? She's my own daughter, I'm happy, your father and I work in the fields to support our daughter, and you still want to control us?"
Mrs. Xiang and Old Man Xiang didn't think they did anything wrong.
They are biased, but in their own way.
The old couple work in the fields, grow crops, sell vegetables to save money, and use their own earnings to treat their daughter well. Is there anything wrong with that?
When Xiang Youlu was about to retreat, Xiang Pingkang continued to cry in his arms.
"Dad, I want to eat meat!"
Xiang Youlu gritted his teeth and went for it.
"Mom and Dad, let's divide the family. You can't be fair, so why don't we each live our own lives? When you and Dad get old, we will take turns to provide for you in your old age."
"Snapped!"
This time it wasn't the sound of the mother-in-law slamming the table.
She stood up with an angry face and slapped Xiang Youlu in the face.
"You are worse than an animal! You actually wanted to split up the family just because you fed me a bite of food?"
The six people who were eating slowed down their movements.
Especially Xiang Ping'an, who was eating voraciously, was afraid that he would make a noise and get implicated, so he slowed down his chewing of the bones.
Only Xiang Qingcao had excitement in her eyes. She had wanted to split the family for a long time, but had not found a breakthrough yet.
Unexpectedly, Xiang Youlu stood up. If Xiang Youlu divided the family property today, their eldest branch would probably follow suit.
Even though Xiang Youlu was slapped in the face, he still looked stubborn.
"Mom, if you don't want me to leave the family, I hope you can treat me fairly today. There are two chicken legs in my bowl. Just give one to each of the children, and we won't talk about dividing the family."
Unlike other people who eat voraciously, Azhi eats relatively slowly.
She hadn't started eating the chicken legs given by Mrs. Xiang and Old Man Xiang yet. The meat was too tough and she wasn't prepared to eat it at all.
Azhi was just waiting to return it to the old couple in the end, and he had no intention of pushing it around at the dinner table.
"Good, that's great. You are really promising. You are even thinking about the meat in your own sister's bowl. Xiang Youlu, how could we have a son like you? Do you think you are decent?"
"Okay, let's divide the family. Don't you want to divide the family? Divide it together with the eldest brother. If the eldest brother doesn't divide the family, it really won't be your turn. If we want to divide it today, then we have to divide everything."
I didn't expect that Xiang Pozi agreed so quickly and actually agreed to divide the family on the spot.
Xiang Youfu came to his senses and said to the mother-in-law, "Mom, what do you mean? You don't really want to divide the family, do you?"
Mrs. Xiang sneered twice and looked at Xiang Youlu.
"Of course we have to divide it. Aren't some people just waiting for the division of the family?"
In fact, I regretted it not long after I told Youlu about the separation.
He just wanted Xiang Pingkang to eat chicken, and deliberately used the division of the family to scare Xiang Pozi.
Unexpectedly, the other party actually agreed to split the family. Xiang Youlu stood there in a daze, feeling a little overwhelmed.
The old woman quickly took out her box and asked everyone to sit aside with their bowls to eat. When she opened the box, she found some silver and copper coins inside.
"I have twenty taels of silver here, all saved by living frugally over the years."
"A lot of it is money your father earned from trapping rabbits in the mountains and selling their fur when he was still in good health. That is our retirement money, and we cannot give it to you."
"The third brother has not married yet, so he should keep a share. You two brothers should each get five taels of silver. The pig is our support for our old age, so you can't take it away. When we kill the pig during the New Year, we will give you twenty catties of meat each."
"Everyone divide the other things. The land is divided into four parts, one for each person. We didn't include Yunyun. Your father and I will share one part, and you two brothers will each share one part. The third brother will get one part. Is that fair enough?"
Mrs. Xiang was really efficient and divided the house in no time.
She snorted while holding the bowl and continued, "The third brother's room was lent to your second room for a while, but now that we have officially separated, you can no longer live there. I will lock it up tonight, and you will have to figure out a way to deal with it from now on."
During the time when Xiang Youshou was away, Zhou Yan and Xiang Qingtai lived in the empty room.
Now that the family property had been divided, Xiang Pozi asked for it back on the spot. She would not let a son who was causing trouble continue to take advantage of her at home.
Looking at the five taels of silver stuffed into his hand, Xiang Youlu stared blankly at Xiang Pozi.
"Mom, do you really want to split up the family?"
"Why not?"
He sneered twice at the old woman while eating meat.
"Do you really think you can threaten anyone with the division of the family property? I really don't want to serve you anymore, take your widow and get out of here as far as you can, bah."
"Alright, alright, eat and don't bother with them."
As Old Man Xiang listened to Old Woman Xiang cursing more and more vulgarly, he reached out and tugged at the corner of her clothes.
The entire Xiang family is managed by Mrs. Xiang, and old man Xiang is a complete hands-off manager.
Just as he was about to return the money to Youlu, he unexpectedly ran out of the room and towards him.
She put her hand on Xiang Youlu's arm.
"Youlu, I'll go back. Don't make my parents unhappy here."
"Mom and Dad, I want to eat meat."
Xiang Pingkang was still making a fuss about wanting to eat meat, so Zhou Xing'er hugged him and coaxed him softly, "Eat meat. Mom will buy you some meat tomorrow. Let's go back."
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, the money had been distributed, and the land was also owned, Zhou Xing'er pulled Xiang Youlu back to the room.
Even though she was not satisfied with the five taels of silver, Zhou Xing'er still smiled happily thinking that she could be the master of the house.
Unlike his wife who was happily counting five taels of silver, Xiang Youlu was sitting next to her in a daze.
The original intention of mentioning the division of the family was to threaten the mother-in-law and get a bite of meat for her own children.
Mother Xiang actually agreed to split the family on the spot, which was totally unexpected for Xiang Youlu, and at the same time he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
Zhou Xing'er caught a glimpse of Xiang Youlu's distraught look and realized that he was worried about the division of the family property.
She came to Xiang Youlu and acted considerately, her tone even soft and gentle.
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