Mei Xiaoque was about to ask what was wrong, when she heard Mei Zhongzhong's angry voice: "I don't agree!" What do you mean? Is this to divide me? Yes? Or do I not deserve to live in this new house, and want to drive me into the old house? Wow! It turns out that you are paying attention to this, and you kicked your father out, so you can do whatever you want in this family, right? ”

Mei Xiaotong calmly looked at Mei Zhongzhong and finished his anger before he spoke: "Dad must have not heard clearly, my mother gave it to me, as for you, and three brothers, you can choose whoever you want to live with, and they will not be filial to you!" I just said that I would give you a little bit of something separately, so that you would have some security in your hands, and I didn't say that I wanted to drive you to live in the old house. ”

"Besides, since they are going to split up and each of them is in charge of their own small family, I naturally don't have to be in charge of the family, and I just need to support my mother in the future. I will never interfere in the affairs of my brother and sister-in-law's room, you can rest assured! ”

"No, I heard my little sister tell it so clearly, but I understand it very well! Dad, don't worry, my mother and little sister are rushing to be filial, and your old man also has us! We are the most filial to the family, but it is the eldest son, and it is said that if you go to the sky, you should also be filial to us. Zhou's face smiled and a flower bloomed, for fear that the sister-in-law would regret it, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

Mei Zhongzhong raised her eyes and glanced at the audience, and Mrs. Li lowered her eyes and held a glass of water, unable to see any expression.

Several sons and daughters-in-law could not hide their joy, and suddenly that anger disappeared somehow.

sat on the kang with a buttocks, and it took a long time to cover your face and speak: "You all have hard wings now, I'm old as a father, it's useless, I can't control you!" Divide it, divide it! ”

"There is only one thing, now that your eldest sister has returned to her parents' house, there is no place to live for the time being. I know you, I definitely don't want her to live at home, anyway, now the old house is empty, and he said that he gave it to me, so he gave this old house to your eldest sister and they lived first, so there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain, didn't he? ”

Speaking of this, Mei Zhongzhong's whole person was depressed.

"Also, your eldest sister can't do it if they don't have any income now, I think that the kid in the wood is not bad, and he is honest. Your eldest sister still needs someone to take care of her now, and the wood is inseparable from the body, or our family's business will open the year, and let the wood help the family with chores first. If you can do it, you can also teach him two tricks, so that he can have a craft and become a family in the future. ”

This is exactly what all aspects have been considered for Mei Yongzhen's mother and son.

As soon as these words came out, Zhou retreated first.

It's no problem to raise your father-in-law, but your father-in-law's posture is to raise your eldest sister with you, so who will do it?

For a while, no one answered.

Mei Zhongzhong looked at his sons silently, what does this mean of disgust? Suddenly anger surged into my heart, and I was about to get angry.

Mei Changqing opened his mouth and said: "Give the old house to the eldest sister, and their mother and son can live temporarily." As for learning the craft of wood, don't you know how to be a carpenter, and don't you just pass on the carpenter's craft to wood? Let him have a spring

It's no problem to do chores after our business opens, but these crafts are the crafts of the Mei family, and they are only passed on to the people of the Mei family! ”

When Mei Zhongzhong heard this, he could also see that Mu Tou was an honest child, and he was afraid that he would not be able to learn to do business, so he would learn carpentry by himself, and in the future, he would ask someone to send someone to the town to find a good master like last time to take a belt, and food and clothing would not be a problem.

So I nodded, and it was an agreement.

It can be regarded as Mei Zhongzhong's default to living with the third room.

Now that the agreement has been reached, there is nothing to say, Mei Xiaotong motioned to Tianhu to come over and write the separation agreement.

Tianhu looked reluctant, he didn't want to break up!

But after all, he is a junior, and he can't object to the things that the elders have decided, so he can only sit aside silently.

Pick up the pen and listen to Mei Xiaotong say how to write.

Mei Zhongzhong's mood is still not smooth: "I can't wait for a few days?" Can't wait for the first reunion year of the new house to be separated? ”

Mei Xiaotong smiled: "Before the year, I listed the separation agreement and list, and after the New Year, I invited the patriarch over, how good everyone is harmonious." ”

At the same time, he said to Tianhu: "Only sixty taels of money are written here, and seven taels are left for the New Year's expenses, and if it is not enough, I will make up for it, and the food at home, don't write it yet, just wait until the day of the separation......

When it came to making up for the silver, Mei Zhongzhong suddenly remembered something, and patted the edge of the kang: "No, this family can't be divided like this!" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all looked at Mei Zhongzhong, this family is very well divided, why can't it be divided? What kind of demon moth are you going to make trouble?

"You still have private money! Didn't you give money for the gold, jewelry, and dyeing cloth with Shopkeeper Zheng? What about the silver? Parents are selfless in money! All of your silver belongs to our Mei family, so naturally we have to take it out and share it together! Mei Zhongzhong said as she looked at Mrs. Li.

Sure enough, Mrs. Li, who has been as steady as Mount Tai and has never said a word since she entered the house, has exploded.

"Fuck you! Mei Zhongzhong, I didn't expect you to be such a person! I, Zhang Chuntao, am really blind in my life, why didn't I see it! Others say that good men don't eat family meals, our family is good, it's not that my wife looks down on you, you touch your conscience, in this share of the belongings, the tenth of the ** is earned back by our Xiaotong. "Tian was sold by the second child, and it was bought back by Xiaotong who earned money, and the principal of doing business was the money earned by Xiaotong, and he also borrowed it from Boss Zhang with face!" Even your and the boss's lives were saved by the money my daughter earned! Have you all forgotten? There are also carriages, which my daughter also paid for herself! In this house, there are piles and piles, which one is not purchased by my daughter? ”

"She has a wide heart, and she doesn't care if you are relatives of flesh and blood. I'm her mother, isn't it your mother? You are also the meat that fell from my body, in order for you to live a good life, I put up with it, let her suffer this loss! ”

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! Feelings, you still think about her idea of private room! Tell you, Mei Zhongzhong, you don't daydream! Do you know what a reward is? That's what my mother gave to my daughter! Otherwise, you Mei is loyal to a ball? Also worthy of the reward of the palace lady? ”

"Besides, how much can you give in dividends from the dyeing workshop? Xiaotong wants to support me, an old lady, and buy a dowry for herself, which doesn't cost money? You are too black-hearted, and you even have to worry about your sister's dowry money! ”

"You are all married, married and have lived a good life, and you have forgotten where all the money came from? Which family is separated, and if there is a daughter in this family who is not married, the dowry must not be set aside alone? Set aside your father's pension money? ”

"It's good for you, when you split up at the beginning, I saw that Xiaotong didn't mention it, and you were your brother and sister-in-law's father, but no one brought it up. You are all white-eyed wolves with no conscience! Xiaotong has paid so much for this family, in the end, none of you really thought about her! ”

"It's good now, when I am a father, I still calculate the dowry money of my daughter! Phew! Mei Zhongzhong, don't you want money today? This home is re-divided! My daughter has paid so much money for this family, and she will get married in the future, and she will not have two hundred taels, is she worthy of her? There is also the old lady's pension silver, why do you have Mei loyalty, but I don't have it? Didn't I give birth to you? If you don't give me the pension money, I will go to the yamen to sue you for disobedience!" ”

Mrs. Li is completely out of the way!

All the people lowered their heads in amazement, and Zhou's heart quickly calculated an account, if this is to give the sister-in-law two hundred taels, and then give the mother-in-law pension money, what else is there in this family?

Nothing!

Mei Changgui's face was feverish, he really didn't expect to go up here, and asked Liu Xiaoqiao in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law, why didn't you remind me?" ”

Liu Xiaoqiao's face flushed, how could she say it, she saw that Mei Xiaotong was so generous, and she knew that she still had a lot of private money.

This is not thinking, they don't think about Mei Xiaotong's private money, so they don't leave a dowry for Mei Xiaotong, thinking about it, she can't look down on this idea.

But he said, "I...... I didn't expect ...... either."

Mei Changgui didn't think much about it, he only hated himself for being stupid.

Hurriedly said: "Mother, you are right! We can't divide it like that! We don't want the family silver, keep it for the little sister. When the spring of next year begins, the business opens and makes money, and I will add makeup to my little sister! ”

Mei Xiaoque also hurriedly agreed: "The fourth is right! When we make money in the future, we will add makeup to the little sister and let the little sister marry beautifully! We don't dare to ask for this mother's reward! This is all deserved by the little sister! We have no ability to be brother and sister-in-law, and we take advantage of our little sister so much, if we even want this, then it is really not as good as a beast. ”

Mei Zhongzhong's face next to him immediately darkened.

Can this eldest son speak, can he speak?

Does this mean that he is not as good as a beast who is Lao Tzu?

Mei Zhongzhong didn't really want to divide the little girl's private room, no matter how partial he was, it didn't reach the point where he didn't distinguish between right and wrong.

It's just that I just looked at Mrs. Li, the old husband and wife have been for most of their lives, and they are actually getting old, and they have to separate their families.

Divide the family, just split the family, can't the old couple be separated?

Just because of such a trivial matter many years ago, the two of them had to be separated.

Especially today, after entering the house, I didn't even look at myself and didn't say a word.

Mei Zhongzhong held his breath in his heart, he knew where Mrs. Li's reverse scales were, and sure enough, one poke was accurate.

As long as it is related to Xiaotong, the old woman is like the she-wolf who protects her cubs.

Mei Zhongzhong couldn't say anything.

Everyone has expressed their position, and Mei Changqing himself has to express his position: "Mother, little sister, don't worry!" Next year, our business will do better, and when the time comes, we will keep you as the most beautiful girl in our Lingshan Village, not our Shiqiao Town. ”

"Fart! Your sister-in-law is recruiting a son-in-law at home! It's Hua Hao who got married! "Mrs. Li is catching someone and spraying someone at the moment.

Mei Changqing was very helpless, then you just said that your father calculated the dowry of her little sister? Where can I use the dowry if I don't marry?

Mother, I'm afraid I'm also confused!

Mei Xiaotong then stood up and made a round: "Okay, mother, let's divide it like this!" Everyone is a family, so there's no need to worry about it so much! ”

Mei Zhongzhong was silent and sat aside to smoke.

"Will we do the business in partnership next year, or will we do it separately? Do it separately, and divide the money today. "Since Mei Xiaotong wants to split up, she has to cut through the mess quickly, first distinguish clearly, everyone has received everything, and when the time comes for the New Year, even if Mei Zhongzhong wants to regret it, it will be too late.

"Naturally, it's a partnership." Now everyone's opinion is unanimous.

Tianhu wrote five copies of the agreement in duplicate, showed everyone that it was no problem, and then pressed his handprint.

After pressing the mudra, they divided the things, in fact, there are so many things, and the real thing to share is the sixty taels of silver.

So the family was twelve taels of silver, and divided it into five parts.

Mei Zhongzhong was about to get his share, but Mei Changqing stretched out his hand: "Dad, you will be supported by our three rooms in the future, don't worry about this silver matter." ”

Mei Zhongzhong knocked over with a cigarette pouch pot: "Fart!" This is your Lao Tzu and my silver, why give it to you! ”

"Dad, don't say that, in the future, your food, clothing, birth, old age, sickness and death will be paid by our three rooms, if you take the money and turn around and stick to the eldest sister, then what should we do in the three rooms? We have three children in the third room, and I plan to send Xiaojuan and Xiaoduo to study, and I hope that you will subsidize us more. How can I say it, I am also your son, Xiaojuan and Xiaoduo are also your grandsons, aren't they? Mei Changqing said with a hippie smile.

This sentence made Mei Zhongzhong hesitate for a moment, but Mei Changqing has a long history, and he really has no credibility, so he can't be deceived of his pension money.

So after thinking about it, he divided five taels of silver: "Just give this to you, and send Xiaojuan and Xiaoduo to the private school next year!" I'll keep the rest. ”

At the same time, he turned around again and faced Mei Xiaotong: "In the future, the money from selling grain in this field, as well as the dividends from doing business, will only give me half, and the remaining half will be given to the third child, so that they can provide for their children to study!" Mei Xiaotong didn't expect Mei Changqing to have such a vision, and would actually consider letting the children study.

If she doesn't split up, she also plans to start the New Year, let Xiaojuan and Tianbao go to study, and then come back to teach Xiaoque.

The brothers of the Mei family, including Mei Xiaotong and Tianlong and Tianhu, all knew a few words because of Mei Chang'an's relationship before, Tianhu was smarter and could write and calculate.

If the conditions of the Mei family were better, Tianhu might be able to go to school for a few years, but it is a pity that the conditions of the Mei family could only afford Mei Changan alone.

In this way, Tianhu also secretly worked hard to learn to read and write, otherwise now all these things that are usually written at home are his handwriting.

Mei Xiaotong used to be pampered at home, and Mei Chang'an, in order to please Mrs. Li, really enlightened her personally, and taught her to recognize a few hundred words, and she could also write some, although the writing was not very good-looking, but in the village, this is already extremely rare.

Mei Xiaotong's predecessor was reluctant to work because he was lazy, and he happened to follow Mei Changan to recognize words and be idle and decent, but he really knew hundreds of words in his belly.

It's just that since the Mei family has been a leopard, Mei Changan is no longer at home, and he has become a showman, so no one teaches him.

Tianhu has the heart to teach his younger brother, but Tianbao thinks that learning this is worth it to run around the mountains with his friends outside for fun, and he doesn't learn whether he lives or dies.

There is a spoiled child like Zhou, a mother with no vision, so forget it.

In the third room, Mei Changqing was not at home, and Xiaoque and Xiaojuan followed Tianhu to recognize their names.

Mei Zhongzhong later became older, and with Mei Chang'an Zhuyu in front of him, none of his grandchildren could surpass him, and the condition at home was not mentioned.

Not to mention anything else, what Mei Xiaotong planned at the beginning was that no matter whether the business in this family continues or not, it is always better for the children to know how to read.

I didn't think about it, and before I could bring it up, it was going to be separated.

However, Mei Changqing, the third brother who looks like a fool, actually has this vision, which is really impressive.

This is a serious matter, Mei Xiaotong nodded very happily.

Zhou couldn't sit still when she heard it, and she began to listen to her father-in-law's request, which was to support her eldest sister, so she was naturally not happy.

didn't expect the third child to be a slippery head, and actually used to send the child to study, coaxing the father-in-law to take the initiative to take out half of the money and future dividends.

That's a lot.

immediately pushed Mei Xiaoque: "In charge, my father should be the boss of us, otherwise if you say it, won't others poke our backbone?" ”

Mei Xiaoque glared at her, since

Knowing to poke the backbone, why didn't you let yourself talk about it just now?

He was also a little hesitant at the time, but he was also afraid of supporting the eldest sister, to be honest, the eldest sister's temperament, crying at every turn, with his father's eccentricity, he was afraid that he would suffer a loss and not please him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he hesitated, the third child spoke first, which made Mei Xiaoque embarrassed.

No matter what you say, he is the eldest son, and in general, his father and mother follow the eldest son.

But their family is good, the mother follows the little sister, and the father follows the third child, which seems to be how unfilial the big house is!

Originally, her heart was like a cat scratched for a while, and Zhou also added to the chaos, thinking that he didn't know, and when she saw her father loosen his mouth and give half of the dividends, she turned red.

I didn't ask to support my father and mother before, but now I know that there is a benefit, so I catch up, Zhou is shameless, he still wants face.

blushed and said, "Dad, even if you split up, you are also our father!" How many of our sons' homes, you can live in whoever you want, who can say half a word? Besides, after this separation, we are all the masters of the house, and there are a lot of things we don't understand, so we have to ask my father and little sister when the time comes. ”

Barely got the conversation over.

After doing business for half a year, Mei Xiaoque, an honest person, has also become more flexible, knowing that in the future, everyone will have to do business together, since the business has been divided, then simply order, don't hurt the harmony between the brothers for this little money.

In the past, there was a little sister in the middle of the town, everything was a little sister, they just listened to the little sister, earned money and put it in the public school, and only gave them monthly money.

After that, the money earned will be distributed to each family, but you have to be cautious and cautious.

These words softened Mei's face a little.

Zhou's couldn't help it, what a big advantage did the third child take, didn't he just send his children to study? Tianlong and Tianhu are older, but Tianbao can still go to school.

At the moment, he also said: "Dad, we will also send Tianbao to school next year, you see-"

Mei Xiaoque's face darkened, and she was about to pull Zhou's family.

Mei Zhongzhong is not happy, so he separated, and one or two took a fancy to his own pension silver?

"I-" Before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Zhou.

(End of chapter)