Chapter 57 Separation
How could this be possible when the family only had over 400 yuan in savings? Zhang Cuicui also felt that her mother-in-law had hidden half of the money and hadn't taken it out. She couldn't hold back her anger, "Mom, did you hide the rest of the money somewhere else and forget to take it out? Think about where you hid it?"
Liu Pandi didn't say anything, but his meaning was very clear: he thought his mother-in-law had hidden money.
The three daughters-in-law all suspected that she was hiding money, but Old Lady Shen was not angry. She just threw the account book in front of them and said, "How much have you earned and spent over the years? I have recorded every expense in this book. You can see for yourself."
The three sisters-in-law opened the book and looked unhappy. The account was correct. The mother-in-law remembered every expense clearly.
Liu Pandi had a rare moment of thinking and shook his head, "Mom, that's not right, that's not right. When the fourth brother and his wife were in the army, they sent a lot of money home.
And you didn’t even include the pension for the fourth brother and his wife after their death.”
Old Lady Shen's eyes became fierce, and she slammed the table heavily. If the Eight Immortals Table wasn't of good quality, it would have been broken by the old lady.
"How dare you ask that? When the fourth brother and his wife were in the army, did they send the money back to you? They sent it to us. It was the money they gave to us as a token of their filial piety.
What does the pension for the couple after their death have to do with you? That is for my dear baby.
You guys are slacking off all day, the little work points you earn are barely enough for your own food, and you don't even want to think about anything else, but you actually want to covet my sweetheart's money. How dare you be so bold?"
As it concerns her own interests, even if her mother-in-law got angry, Liu Pan was very firm and muttered, "As long as the family is not divided, the whole family will have a share of the family income."
Old Lady Shen picked up the broom in the main room and hit Liu Pan directly with a stick, "You have nothing to lose. I have already told you that the money belongs to my sweetheart."
My mother-in-law did say so, but my three sisters-in-law chose to forget it.
Uncle Shen, the second uncle, and the third uncle all pulled their wives, "Mom has already said that the money is not ours, we can't think about it."
Shen Shuyu poured a glass of water for her grandmother, "Grandma, don't be angry, don't be angry, it's not worth it to get yourself hurt by being angry. Third aunt has a mouth that can't talk, just cover her mouth."
Liu Pandi: “…” Afraid that Shen Shuyu would stuff her mouth with her smelly socks, she pursed her lips and kept silent.
Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia looked at each other, and neither dared to mention the money sent back by their fourth brother and his wife or their pension.
In their hearts, they were still afraid of their mother-in-law.
Over the past decade, the whole family has worked hard every day, but their savings are only over 400 yuan. Li Caixia thinks this amount is pitifully small, and whispered, "Even if we don't count the money from the fourth brother and his wife, the family shouldn't have so little money, right?"
"Huh, you think it's too little too? Then why don't you save money when you spend it?
If I hadn’t spent every penny carefully, we wouldn’t have a single penny saved.”
Li Caixia and the others had nothing to refute. Since their mother-in-law was the head of the household, they didn't have to worry about the family's livelihood. They would ask her for money if they needed anything. They didn't feel that they spent too much, they just felt that her mother-in-law gave them too little.
"Of this 452.30 yuan, each of you three families will get 80 yuan, and my dear will get 80 yuan, and the remaining 80 yuan will be for the two of us.
Don't complain about why you should give it to Guaibao. She hasn't worked in the fields in these years.
My sweetheart didn't work in the fields, but she brought back a lot of game over the years. Look at any family whose faces are as rosy as yours. Isn't it because you guys eat a lot of oil?
Where did the money come from? It was all the game that my sweetheart brought back! Her contribution to the family is no less than yours.
If you really count it, the game she brought back is much more valuable than the work points you earned.
This eighty yuan from the division of the family property is what my dear boy deserves."
Zhang Cuicui, Li Caixia and Liu Pandian: “…” The mother-in-law has already finished speaking, what else can they say?
Each family received 80 yuan. Holding the money in their hands, Zhang Cuicui and the others did not feel happy at all. They had originally thought that each family would get about 200 yuan, but in the end they only got 80 yuan. This was a huge gap.
In fact, eighty yuan is a lot these days when the family is divided. If it were someone else, they would have laughed it off, but they wanted more, so they were naturally not satisfied with this amount of money.
Now that we have separated, we can’t always share the same kitchen. After a tiring day, everyone wants to go home and eat right away. If we take turns using it, we don’t know when we can have dinner.
Old Man Shen said, "There is only one kitchen in the house. We two old people use this kitchen. You three families can build your own kitchen.
It won’t take many days to build a kitchen. Before the kitchen is built, you can use our kitchen.”
Uncle Shen and the others had no objections. As sons, they couldn't snatch the kitchen from their own parents. That would be a mistake.
There were two old hens and a rooster in the house, and it was not enough for each family to get one, so Old Man Shen simply decided to kill them and eat them together to avoid the three daughters-in-law making a fuss.
The separation of the family became a reality, and Uncle Shen and his family were very sad. None of the three brothers wanted to separate, but when they heard that they could eat chicken tonight, three chickens at that, the three grown men smiled.
Eating chicken is good, they have been wanting to eat chicken for a long time.
The specific details of the division were written down on paper. Everyone put their fingerprints on the paper and each family received a division letter. The family was considered divided.
Shen Erzhu didn't say a word from beginning to end. He just came here to be a witness. Everything was settled and he pressed his fingerprints. There was nothing for him to do. "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm going to be busy."
"We'll kill a chicken tonight, you and your sister-in-law can come over for dinner."
"Ah."
After the house was divided, they still had to go to work, so they all went out one by one.
Seeing Uncle Shen walking so slowly, Li Caixia urged him, "Xiangnan, please walk faster. The morning is almost over. We have to hurry to work."
After the family split up, she could no longer slack off at work like before. She didn't want to go hungry, nor did she want to pay for work points.
Only Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong were left at home. "Shuyu, will you accompany me up the mountain today?"
"I'm going to the county town, you go up the mountain by yourself." There was still a Ganoderma lucidum in the space that had not been processed. She didn't plan to sell it, she wanted to send it to her uncle in the army.
As for how to use Ganoderma lucidum, it depends on them.
Shen Shuyu was about to go out with her backpack on her back, but Gu Jiandong held onto her backpack tightly. Shen Shuyu turned her head and saw his brows knitted together.
Shen Shuyu thought he was feeling unwell and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
He shook his head, fingers clasped on the bamboo weaving, and asked carefully, "Shu Yu, can you take me with you? I want to call my parents."
"Okay." Shen Shuyu agreed readily.
She was negligent. Gu Jiandong lived very well in the countryside, but which child doesn't want to be with his parents? She didn't know if Gu Jiandong cried secretly in the middle of the night.
Gu Jiandong's eyes sparkled, and the pitiful look in his eyes just now disappeared. He put on his backpack and pulled Shen Shuyu out.
On the way, Shen Shuyu met Goudan and his friends. Shen Shuyu asked them to help Gu Jiandong cut grass for the pigs. It was just two baskets of grass, not a difficult task. Goudan and his friends patted their chests and said, "Sister Shuyu, don't worry. We will help Brother Jiandong cut his share and will not let the scorekeeper deduct his work points."
Shen Shuyu touched their heads one by one and said, "I'm at ease with you guys doing the job."
The children were noisily running up the mountain with their backpacks on their backs. Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong were both out of the village.
They came out late and the ox cart had already left. Fortunately, Shen Shuyu did not plan to ride in the ox cart.