Now the real estate and land are rented, although the rent is not a lot, but it is still a lot of money to make up for half a year and pay it back.

Before the family was divided, she was the eldest elder in the family, controlling all the belongings left by her ancestors.

Most of the wages earned by her two sons were divided between her, because the family had not yet been divided, and she still controlled the family's finances.

But if you break up, it's a completely different concept.

Once the family is divided, the two sons will be in charge of their own households, and they will inherit the ancestral property and land, and the rent will also go to them.

At that time, she will not only be unable to control the financial power, but also have to look at the faces of her son and daughter-in-law to take money from their pockets to live, far less free and domineering than now.

Li Ying thought about this, and finally knew that she was afraid.

Archie...... Can't be divided, can't be divided. ”

Gu Qi had already made up his mind and said, "Ah Yi has also become a family, and sooner or later this family must be divided among our brothers." According to the old tradition, the first day of the sixth lunar month is the center of the year, and there is no bias towards one side or the other, so most people split their families on that day. I am in charge of the family's belongings for the time being, and the family will be separated on the first day of June next year. ”

"Archie!" Li Ying stood up anxiously, and pointed at her eldest daughter with trembling hands: "Divide ...... What a home! Neither of your sisters is married! They still have to study, they have to get married—what then? ”

You must not divide the family, otherwise she will have nothing on hand.

Controlling the economic lifeline of the whole family and reaching out to your son and daughter-in-law for living expenses - there is a world of difference!

In addition, the two daughters are not married yet. Her daughter was raised by her, where is she willing to let her daughters look down on her in-laws after they marry in the future, so she naturally wants to give a rich dowry, so that her in-laws dare not snub their daughters.

If she only has ten yuan left by her side a month, how can she save a good dowry for her daughter at that time? Ten dollars is not enough for her to spend on herself!

Therefore, whether it is for herself or for her daughter, she must resolutely oppose the separation!

"I'm not married." Gu Xuan said indifferently.

Unexpectedly, no one had the heart to listen to her at this moment.

Gu Qi said calmly: "We will share the tuition and living expenses of my sister's study until she can earn money independently after graduation." When they get married, we will also prepare a dowry for them, and we will never lose the face of the Gu family. ”

Li Ying saw that he had arranged everything properly, and she was so anxious.

"Can't be divided! I can't divide it! I'm not in my seventies or eighties, and I can still cook—"

"No more." Gu Qi interrupted in a deep voice: "You can even lose the few gold jewelry and silver dollars left by your father, and you will lose 1,500 yuan in less than a few months." Mom, no matter how rich our family is, we can't afford you to gamble like this. ”

The more the old mother lived, the more confused she became, and the more disappointed he became.

If it weren't for her addiction to playing mahjong, why wouldn't she even know that the little sister eloped with Chen Erliuzi!

The two younger sisters have grown up, and they don't have to rely on her to take care of them, and she doesn't even know that her daughter can't run away - how can people be trusted!

Gambling can make people lose their minds, once or twice, each time more serious than the other.

He didn't dare to imagine that next time he would owe even more debts, and that not only their brothers and sisters would be harmed, but also their wives and children.

One is prosperous, and one is lost. He is financially constrained, and his wife and children will definitely be affected if they follow him.

Xing'er is really not easy to work hard to make money while going to school. If he had a lot of money, she wouldn't be under pressure.

The younger brother and sister-in-law have just organized a family, and they have been tight-knit all the time, and they have to pay their wages and secretly subsidize their parents' family.

Earlier, if Xing'er hadn't stuffed a quilt for them, they wouldn't have even been able to afford a quilt.

The younger brother and sister-in-law can't even take care of daily necessities, but the old mother loses so much money in one go!

is in the same family, she doesn't think much about the younger generations, and acts recklessly. Therefore, he can no longer let his old mother control this family indiscriminately, otherwise sooner or later there will be greater trouble.

Li Ying cried and begged: "I...... I'm definitely not going to gamble anymore...... It's true. ”

"You can't promise it." Gu Qi shook his head: "You are too obsessed with the mahjong table, you can't change it." In the past, when you were in the capital, you lost some from time to time, and I couldn't stop you from being far away, so I had to pretend not to know. Later, on the side of the small alley, you said that it was just the old lady playing and not gambling, so I let you go. It's all because I'm too careless, I believe in you too much - I almost ruined my family! ”

Fortunately, the group of horsetails did not embarrass the old man, otherwise in such a cold weather, with a dark pier and a choppy seaside, they might have died if they didn't pay attention.

This time the incident was too serious for him to imagine, so he had to stop the loss in time to save himself from causing even more trouble in the future, and it would be too late to regret it.

Li Ying choked: "I'm ...... I really don't dare in the future. ”

Gu Qi said lightly: "Mom, if it weren't for Xing'er and Ma Dali to help, I wouldn't know where to look for you tonight by me and Ah Yi." At present, the family has lost hundreds of yuan, and from the end of the year to the beginning of next year, they have to save money. ”

With that, he took out five dollars from his pocket and put them on the table.

"It's cold, so let's wash your face and feet early."

Then, he wiped his hands and quickly closed the door and went downstairs.

"Archie!"

"Archie!"

Li Ying cried sadly, sobbing again and again, tears and snot all over her face.

Gu Xuan drank the water that his eldest brother was drying and pushed another bowl to her.

Li Ying wiped her tears and ordered: "Ah Miao is not at home, you must tell your eldest brother that you are not allowed to split up, otherwise you will not have a good life in the future." ”

Gu Xuan lowered his eyes and looked at the empty bowl, his voice as cold as ever.

"I won't say."

Li Ying hated that iron could not become steel and said: "If I teach you to speak, you must speak." Ah Xuan, the stakes are very high, if you really break up, then - your sister-in-law and sister-in-law will not pay you tuition, so what will you do? You were born to me, and I will naturally take care of you. Once the family is separated, according to your eldest brother and second brother's strength to listen to your daughter-in-law, we can only wait miserably! ”

Gu Xuan shook his head: "No." ”

"What?" Li Yinghu asked: "What won't?" Where won't? ”

Gu Xuan replied: "The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law will not, and neither will the eldest brother and the second brother." ”

She didn't have much contact with her second sister-in-law, but she knew that her second sister-in-law was a good woman who was kind and honest.

As for the sister-in-law, she has known her for several years, and understands what happened to her at the beginning of the humiliation and burden, until the eldest brother took her back to Yucheng, she is 100% sure that the sister-in-law will still be good to her as always.

Li Ying rolled her eyes: "They are all born from someone else's belly, can they have the same heart as you?" If they are separated, I will not be able to control them, and they will definitely be turned upside down! Especially your sister-in-law! ”

Gu Xuan said coldly: "Mom, if you don't have a sister-in-law, you don't know which corner you want to sleep in tonight, and you don't know how many tears you have to cry." ”

Forehead?

Li Ying was slightly embarrassed and whispered: "I am her mother-in-law, her elder, how can she ignore me." But you're different, you're a sister-in-law. You're going to marry someone in the future, and you're going to ask them to pay your tuition and dowry – she can't be so generous. ”

Gu Xuan couldn't help but ask: "You lost so much money in your family, did your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law scold you just now?" ”

Forehead?

Li Ying was so embarrassed that she couldn't do it, Zhiwu: "You-your eldest brother and second brother are here, is it difficult for them to still want to turn against the sky?" ”

"You worry about yourself." Gu Xuan said lightly: "The eldest brother has always been a good talker, and the sister-in-law is not a stingy person. The eldest brother said that he would pay me tuition, and he would definitely be able to do what he said. I'll work and study and won't drag them down for too long. I don't need any dowry, because I don't plan on finding someone to marry. ”

"Silly don't pull a few!" Li Ying couldn't go on with her, and waved her hand in annoyance: "Go pour me water and wash my feet!" Mari go! ”

Gu Xuan doesn't like to chat either, today is the day she has talked the most in nearly a year and a half, she is tired and doesn't want to continue at all.

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