Babaoliang Village. The old house of the Li family!
When Zhou Yang and others came over, Li Fengnian was squatting on a pony next to the stove. Sparks from the dry smoke pot in his hand were flickering, illuminating his face.
Sitting on the edge of the kang opposite my father-in-law, his second brother Li Guoqing also held a half-burned cigarette in his hand.
On top of the stove was an enamel teapot with badly peeled paint, and steam was coming out of it.
The mother-in-law on the side was doing needlework on the kang, apparently making shoes with thousand-layer soles for the little ones at home.
There is nothing to say about my mother-in-law's needlework, and Zhou Yang has benefited from it a lot these years.
Most of the bedding at home and the shoes that Bao'er has worn over the years were made by her mother-in-law.
Seeing Zhou Yang coming, Li Fengnian said immediately: "We're done!"
My father-in-law's face seemed not to be well, and he looked a little tired, as if something was bothering him.
"Well, I just sent Wang Ping and Uncle Genwang away!"
Then Zhou Yang turned to Li Guoqing and said, "When did the second brother come back? Why didn't he see the second sister-in-law?"
"I came back in the afternoon. Your second sister-in-law has to be on duty today, so she didn't come back!" Li Guoqing said.
"Oh, so that's it!"
Li Guoqing smiled and said again: "I heard that Xiaowei and Baoer went to the capital?"
"Well, I just left this morning, I guess I've arrived in the capital long ago!"
"Whether you go back or not, let the children spend more time with their grandparents!" Li Guoqing nodded and said.
"Well, that's what I thought too!"
Then Zhou Yang's voice changed and he immediately asked: "Dad, what's wrong with you calling me over so late?"
Li Fengnian did not answer Zhou Yang's question, but said to Li Jianguo on the side: "Jianguo, go and call the third and fourth children over!"
"okay!"
After the eldest uncle turned around and went out, his father-in-law Li Fengnian took a few puffs of dry cigarettes, and then said to Zhou Yang: "I'm thinking about dividing the family while I'm not busy these days!"
After saying this, the father-in-law frowned even more tightly and his voice became a little deeper.
Zhou Yang also understands his father-in-law’s mood at this time!
Separating a family is still taboo in rural areas. What a big family values is luxuriant branches and a prosperous population.
Although families are separated every year, most of them only happen in two situations:
One is that the elderly person in the family has passed away, and the remaining children are not convinced by each other, and they are constantly fighting and intrigues. In this case, there will be a winner.
If they are not separated, if the brothers mix together, not only will the brotherhood be worn away over time, but they may even become enemies.
The second situation is that the family has a large population but few people working, making ends meet and cannot survive. In this case, the family may be separated.
Obviously, this is not the case for the Li family!
But no matter what the reason is, there is always a feeling of fragmentation and disintegration in the family.
"It doesn't matter if we break up, it will happen sooner or later!" Zhou Yang said.
"Yes, sooner or later!"
Li Fengnian is also aware of the situation that the Li family is facing now. You can say that they should not separate the families, but the problem is that their family is too eye-catching now.
As the village's income has increased in the past two years, more has been distributed to the members. There are about 20 people in the Li family, and every time they share money and food, it can cause a sensation.
Not to mention that he is now the director of the commune, even if he was the former village party secretary, he would inevitably make people gossip.
These days, if someone says something, someone will believe it. Once someone believes it, they will report it to the commune or the county.
Not only will the impact be bad, it may also affect other people in the family, such as the second son, daughter-in-law, and even my own son-in-law.
Secondly, the second child and his wife are now officially established and are cadres who are fully supported by the state. Their income no longer needs to be handed over to the family, and they are basically living independently.
It's just that the couple no longer live at home, but the children have always stayed in the village and need to be supported by the old house.
No one would say anything for a short period of time, but as time went by, the other companies would inevitably feel uncomfortable.
In this case, it would be better to separate them thoroughly to avoid conflicts among the brothers in the future.
Just as he was talking, two brothers, Li Jianjun and Li Guoqiang, walked in!
Within a few minutes, the third sister-in-law Wang Lixia and the fourth sister-in-law Zhong Na also walked in holding a child each.
Obviously, they also know what their father-in-law is going to do today!
Li Fengnian looked at a few people, and then said to Li Jianguo: "Boss, where is your wife? Why didn't she come over?"
"Huzi tore his pants, and she is mending the clothes of that careless man!"
"Call someone over here, it's not too late to mend your pants again!"
"okay!"
Soon, sister-in-law Lin Aizhi walked in with a bamboo strip filled with needlework, thimbles and other things, and in the other hand was a pair of black and blue trousers with patches piled on top.
After everyone had arrived, the father-in-law knocked the residue from the dry tobacco pot on the soles of his feet, then coughed lightly and said: "I have told you about the separation of the family before. Taking advantage of the opportunity in the past few days, Let’s divide the time!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jianguo frowned and said, "Dad, why do we have to separate the family during the Chinese New Year? Can't we do it after the Chinese New Year?"
Li Fengnian said calmly: "It's the same whether we divide it late or early. Let's get things done while everyone is not busy during this period!"
Seeing what Li Jianguo wanted to say, his sister-in-law Lin Aizhi glanced at her man and said, "Jianguo, please stop saying a few words and listen to dad!"
When Li Jianguo heard his wife's words, he immediately fell silent!
Li Fengnian stood up from the pony, then opened the big red cabinet in the room and took out a zippered and heavily patinated leather bag.
Then, with everyone's stunned eyes, he took out a lot of money from it.
"This is the money my family has saved over the past few years. It totals 14,600 yuan. I took it all out. I plan to divide the money into 5 equal parts. Each of you four brothers will have one share. Your mother and I will Do you have any objection to keeping a portion?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jianguo immediately frowned and said, "Dad, what about Xiao Wei? Don't you want to give Xiao Wei a share?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang hurriedly said: "Brother, no, we can't take this money!"
Indeed, Zhou Yang never thought that he would have a share in the split of his father-in-law's family.
Let’s not talk about the water thrown by married daughters. There is a local tradition of dividing families and not giving daughters.
What's more important is that the money and food at home are all hard-earned by the father-in-law, mother-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, and they are all their hard-earned money.
He and Li Youwei divided their money and food separately and did not hand it over to the old house, so it was reasonable and reasonable for the father-in-law not to give him a share.
"I will handle Xiaowei's side alone, so you don't have to worry about it!" Li Fengnian said.
As soon as these words came out, the others stopped saying anything, and the room instantly became quiet.
"Dad, we don't have any objections. We all follow your arrangements!" Sister-in-law Lin Aizhi was the first to express her stance.
"Dad, I don't have any objection either!"
"Dad, I listen to you..."
Li Fengnian saw that his sons and daughters-in-law had no objection, and immediately said to Zhou Yang: "Xiao Yang, please calculate how much money each family will get!"
Zhou Yang didn't hesitate, he immediately took out his pen and started calculating!
"Two thousand nine hundred and twenty yuan per family!"
Li Fengnian nodded, and then said again: "Xiao Yang, give them some money!"
"OK!"
Afterwards, Zhou Yang immediately stepped forward, took the bag containing the money, and divided it up.
Since the money in the pocket is all newly taken out, one thousand yuan per bundle, 2920 yuan only needs to count three bundles, and draw 8 "Great Unity" cards from one of the bundles.
Soon, the money was divided into 5 parts.
Under the order of my father-in-law, each of the four uncles took a portion.
Just when Zhou Yang thought he was going to talk about food next, his father-in-law pointed at the remaining money and said, "Xiao Yang, divide the remaining money into two parts!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yang's heart suddenly moved!
PS: The update is finished, sorry, there is still one chapter before 12 o'clock!
