Chapter 71

Without waiting for anyone else to speak,

Lu Qing said, “Mom and Dad are willing to take 188 yuan, and live with the fifth child, Long Zhiqing, and the seventh child in their old age. The seventh child is not married yet, but he is studying in the provincial capital and has subsidies. As for the other families, when mom and dad can no longer work, each person will contribute money and food and oil in proportion.”

After saying that, she looked at the others, “Do you have any objections?”

Li Ping frowned, “Dad can still work, and he gets nine days of work on weekdays. Should we give all the money to the fifth child’s family?”

She was actually a little unhappy.

Lu Qing glanced at her, “If you don’t want to, you can continue to live with mom and dad.”

Li Ping thought again, even if everyone gave the betrothal money to the old couple, and the old couple gave the money to Long Zhiqing, there would be many more hard days. She was very entangled in her heart, as if it was not a good thing to do.

“Then you will still live with mom and dad…” Lu Qing was getting impatient.

Li Ping: “No, no, no!”

This elder sister-in-law was decisive in doing things, and she didn’t care whether she offended anyone or not. Shen Wu just felt cool.

She didn’t care about the old man’s work points. The work points had to be used for the elderly, and they were not enough for the two of them to eat. It was not much. She just wanted to live her own life alone. As

long as she didn’t get involved too much, it would be fine. She had no objection to such a distribution. Xu Yin didn’t care much about these. She was thinking about other things now.

Everyone else was discussing the division of the family, so she went out quietly.

But everyone else was very serious, and she suddenly stood up, which still attracted people to look at her.

Xu Yin said with a straight face, “I’m going to the toilet.” Xu Yin

would not go to the toilet if she could avoid it.

Shen Wu glanced at her and had already guessed it in her heart. After Xu Yin left, she quietly closed the door .

The team leader wrote several division agreements, which clearly stated what each family got, and the division of rights and responsibilities was also clear…

The team leader looked at the family, “If there is no objection, just put your fingerprints.”

Before others could speak, Lu Cheng on the side shouted, “Hey! There is something else…”

The team leader looked at him.

Lu Cheng felt a little embarrassed to speak again. Seeing the thin and graceful Long Yujiao beside him, he had already let his family down. He couldn’t let Yujiao down again, and he couldn’t watch Yujiao marry another man.

“That… there is also the betrothal money. Third brother, you said that after the family splits up, you will return the betrothal money that Dad gave you so that I can marry a wife.”

The room was quiet, and even the team leader was surprised.

I didn’t expect such a shameless thing to happen.

Lu Xuan gave the money to the old man and the old lady Lu, “This money is what I return to my parents. How to arrange it is up to your parents.”

Seeing that his brother took it, Lu Ye also gave it to the old man and the old lady, “Dad and Mom, I gave it to you. I am not willing to give it to my fifth brother.”

The eldest brother Lu was not willing to take it.

Li Ping was also pinching him madly below.

But he was the eldest brother, and his brothers all took it. It would be so embarrassing if he didn’t take it. He bit the bullet and took out fifteen yuan.

Wang Hua also took it out. She was relieved that the family could split up.

The total amount of money from several families was 60 yuan, which was not a small amount for rural families nowadays, but it was still more than half of the money that Lu Cheng and Long Yujiao had to spend on their wedding.

Although he had lost face, he didn’t have such a big psychological burden this time. Lu Cheng looked at Lu Laoliu again, “Sixth brother.”

Lu Feng didn’t look at his fifth brother, but looked at Old Man Lu, “Dad, I didn’t sleep all night last night. I thought about it, and I still want to marry into the Yang family and be Yang Maimiao’s husband.”

Old Man Lu didn’t respond yet.

The captain stood up with his eyes wide open and looked in the direction of Lu Laoliu, with a face full of question marks.

What’s going on with the Lu family?

He thought they were just here to divide the family, but why are there so many melons one after another? He had never heard of anyone marrying into the family in their village. Wouldn’t that be embarrassing for their ancestors?

He was just an outsider. Looking around, it seemed that the whole family knew about it. The captain touched his nose a little embarrassedly, “I’m just too surprised, too surprised!”

“Go on, go on, you guys go on.”

He sat down awkwardly again.

Not many people were influenced by him. Old Man Lu stared at his youngest son with red eyes and was furious: “Sixth Brother, have you thought it through? Do you really want to embarrass your parents?”

Lu Feng stared at his father like a little wolf cub, with red eyes.

“Dad, if I don’t marry into the family today, I want to marry Yang Maimiao. Will my family pay for the fifty-yuan dowry?”

Lu Laoliu’s voice seemed calm, but it was broken when he stated it. Shen Wu felt indescribable when she saw the usually lively and cheerful Lu Laoliu like this. What

answered him was a long silence and the sound of Old Man Lu smoking.

Lu Laoliu lowered his head: “I know.”

Old Lady Lu murmured, “Can the country girl Yang Maimiao compare with Yujiao? That Yang Maimiao is not worth fifty-yuan dowry…”

“Mom, stop talking!”

Lu Laoliu suddenly shouted, and his voice shook the whole room.

Old Mrs. Lu didn’t expect her son with the best temper to lose his temper. She covered her chest in fear and said, “How can you talk to me like this!”

“Thank you for taking care of me for so many years. I’ve made up my mind. I want to marry into the Yang family. When the time comes, I’ll let you deal with the money given by the Yang family.” As he said that,

Old Six Lu suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then opened the door and ran out.

Xu Yin, who happened to come out of the west wing, was startled by this sudden incident. Then

Lu Qing chased after him.

The division ended with everyone signing their names and dispersing. But

they didn’t go back to their own homes. They all went to divide things.

The happiest person was Long Yujiao, who smiled at everyone she saw.

While no one was paying attention, she whispered to Shen Wu, “You will envy me too, right?”

Shen Wu ignored her and took her things. She took out the dumplings she brought from the county town. They were already cold, so she fried them again.

When there was no one in the kitchen.

Xu Yin closed the door and handed Shen Wu a letter.

Shen Wu read the contents of the letter, her eyes gradually widened, full of joy. Although she disagreed with Long Yujiao’s marriage in Ning Village, she agreed after learning that Long Yujiao had been dating Lu Cheng for two years. She

wanted to send back a betrothal gift of 88 yuan.

“Xiao Yinyin, how can I live without you here!” Shen Wu sighed while hugging Xu Yin.

Xu Yin chuckled twice: “Sister, this is all for you. You and I hit it off right away…”

She was still imitating her tone.

Shen Wu…

“She and I were just playing around, but you are the real deal. It was all just polite socializing.”

Xu Yin chuckled twice again, “What about Lu Xuan?”

Without any hesitation, Shen Wu raised her hand and swore: “He and I are just sleeping together.”

The successful division of the family and the letter she got were very useful. Shen Wu almost hummed a song while frying the dumplings, and they were a little burnt.

But Lu Xuan didn’t mind. He had been hungry for most of the day, and the dumplings went into his stomach in a few minutes.

Shen Wu was still a little confused: “Is it divided?”

Lu Xuan nodded, “I just told the team leader to approve a place for me to build a yard, and we will build a new house and move in as soon as possible.”

“How much money do we have left?”

Lu Xuan gave her thirteen yuan and fourteen cents. He and Xu Yin got one-third of the wild boar they killed, which was about thirty yuan. In addition, the money from selling ginseng and robbing gangsters was seventy-two yuan. However, she didn’t save money on her daily life. She ate and drank a lot. She went to the supply and marketing cooperative from time to time to buy cotton fabrics, and there was fifteen yuan she gave out today.

After counting, Shen Wu said, “There are still eighty-six dollars and nine.”

The two were calculating the bill when a loud noise came from the door. It was very loud and could be heard from far away. It seemed that there were quite a few people coming.