Fang Caili secretly fell in love with Xu Yunqin at this time, and began to change from a good impression of him to a quiet affection. She also knows that if the two families continue to fight like this, not to mention that her liking for Xu Yunqin can't be exposed prematurely, even if one day in the future, the two of them will not get the approval and support of their respective parents.

Fang Yunqing failed to grow his own grain in the first year of agricultural production, which was a bad thing for Fang Caili, a child who had just taken charge of the family. She hurriedly called several brothers-in-law and brothers to her house to discuss the matter.

Fang Caili said to them: "You all have your own family now, and your little life is getting better and better, but have you also considered that our father's family is getting more and more in trouble." Our family is too old, and too little. The old one is lying on the bed, except for a mouth that can eat, there is no other function, and she needs someone to take care of her at any time; You also know our father's situation, he will only do some hard work in his life, carry burdens and sell goods, and will not farm. This home was originally worried about by my mother, but now, after my mother is gone, no one will clean up this mess. At such a young age, I don't know anything yet, so I called you over today to discuss the affairs of this family. ”

The eldest brother-in-law asked Caili: "Little sister, when our mother is here, none of us need to worry about it." Now that our mother is gone, this burden falls on you, although you are young, but after a year, isn't this family also running well? You have the demeanor of our mother, and I, who is a brother-in-law, am very happy for you? What do you mean today when you say that this family is full of difficulties and old people? My brother-in-law didn't understand, so I asked my little sister to speak up? ”

The second brother-in-law also chimed in and said, "Yes! Little sister, you are much stronger than the two sisters above, they don't know how to run a house like you at all, we will leave this family to you to control, it seems that we are doing the right thing, you don't have to be too modest. ”

Brother Fang Qiuping also said: "Caili, you seem to have a big opinion of your brother and sister-in-law, since you have invited your two brothers-in-law to your home today, you might as well talk about it openly, right?" ”

Fang Caili said at this time: "Brother, my little sister not only has opinions on you personally, but also on the three of you. ”

The three of them then asked Fang Caili: "Little sister, if you have an opinion, you can say it clearly, right?" ”

Fang Caili said angrily: "First of all, for more than a year, you have only cared about a small family like yourself, but you have never cared about how your father's family has survived for more than a year?" This year, my family's grain harvest failed, have any of you come to say hello? I made a preliminary calculation, and calculated that according to the current annual food consumption of my family of four to feed one pig, five chickens, three ducks and one dog, if this continues, my family's food deficit will be about 300 listens next year. I took a closer look at this dead old woman, and it is estimated that the longest-term person will not live to the Qingming season next year. But now there is still a long time before next year's Qingming. Besides, our family is not very wealthy, building a house for my brother, marrying a wife for my brother, my mother being seriously ill, and doing funerals for my mother have already emptied the entire family. Now, even if this old woman is about to have her pigtails braided, you can't help but deal with this matter as a non-proper matter, right? As soon as this old woman dies, even if the coffin board that should be bought is of the lowest grade, it will take a lot of money, and when the time comes, it will entertain neighbors, relatives and friends, how can this funeral escape? Now, we have to plan and prepare early, do you think what Xiaomei said makes sense? ”

The three of them looked at each other, not knowing how to speak, although grandma has not passed away, no one knows how long she will live, but even if Fang Caili estimates that she will live until next year's Qingming Festival, isn't there still a long time? Now, it is unacceptable for Fang Caili to bring up this matter so early. Besides, how can there be a reason why younger generations always look forward to the early death of their grandmother.

The eldest brother-in-law was obviously a little dissatisfied and said to her: "Little sister, let's not talk about grandma's funeral now, grandma is still alive now, is it unlucky to talk about her funeral too early?" ”

Fang Caili said with a dark face: "Brother-in-law, I really don't like to hear you talk like this." Yes, originally, there are so many big men in our family, and it is not my turn to be a little sister here. But, the funny thing is, since our mother left, you yourself said, what is this home still like a home? Now Dad is nominally the head of the family, but what can he do besides taking wine and getting drunk all day long? At the end of the year, the grain in the fields has been harvested every season, but our family, the harvest of a year is only enough to eat for half a year, not to mention, if this continues, more than half of our fields will be abandoned next year. Xiaomei thinks so, if you think Xiaomei's suggestions below are somewhat reasonable, support them, and oppose them if you think they are unreasonable. First, every year in the busy farming season, you must first come to my house to help with the farm work; Second, the family's financial resources have been cut off, and seeing that our father's old wine can't be drunk for a long time, therefore, the funeral expenses after grandma's death must be shared by the three of you; Third, you will subsidize 100 catties of grain to our family every year from next year. ”

When the second brother-in-law heard this, he shook his head and said, "Little sister, you have the above three points, not your brother-in-law said you, every point is a bit excessive." Not to mention the short labor shortage in the busy farming season, and the shortage of manpower to grab the harvest and seeds, it is a fact that there is no time, even if you have time, it will not be your turn to work; The second point is that what will happen to the grandmother a hundred years later, this is not our brother-in-law's family affair, our brother-in-law is just a relative of your family, and there is no obligation to share the funeral expenses at all. Besides, even if grandma passed away, the inheritance left behind was left to your Fang family, and we outsiders did not enjoy the slightest benefit. Of course, if our family's own conditions allow, it is incumbent upon our relatives to give a decent and generous gift; Third, you want us to give your family a subsidy of 100 catties of food every year, little sister, think about it carefully, how many people are eating at your house now? How many people are in the brothers-in-law's house to eat? Although 100 catties of grain is not much, which of our families still has surplus grain in a year? ”

Now only her brother Fang Qiuping has not expressed her position, and Fang Caili is waiting for her brother to also raise objections, so she can completely ignore these relatives as relatives. Or she would announce the dissolution of relations with these brothers-in-law.

Brother Fang Qiuping felt that his sister's suggestions were more reasonable, so Fang Qiuping had no objection to his sister's three opinions.

Everyone discussed and discussed, and finally decided to come over to help during the busy farming season, as for the other conditions, Fang Caili also took a big step, and it was all gone.

In the spring of Fang Caili's eighteenth birthday, her grandmother passed away before her eighty-fourth birthday, and Fang Caili was only 12 days away from Fang Caili's expected grandmother's death next year. Fang Yunqing refused to make a big deal of the funeral for his mother, although his three sisters all cried and cried to make the matter to the village cadres. But the village couldn't convince Fang Yunqing himself, and the three sisters had to watch Fang Yunqing bury his mother hastily. Since then, the three sisters agreed not to be relatives with Fang Yunqing's family anymore and broke off contact.