Chapter 149: Too Late for Regrets – Division

After saying this, he tried to go inside, but was stopped by one of the gangsters: “I’m telling you, Luo Bin, deal with your family matters later. First, pay us the money you owe.”

Luo Tiancheng in the main house was ashamed; there were already people knocking on the courtyard outside. He didn’t want the reputation of the main house’s children to be tarnished by Luo Bin.

He came out and asked, “How much does Luo Bin owe you exactly?”

One of the gangsters replied, “He owes us seventy yuan.”

Luo Bin looked up and said, “You’re lying. It’s clearly only sixty yuan.”

The gangster responded, “That ten yuan is the interest from the past few days.”

Luo Tiancheng definitely didn’t want to pay this money, but he also wanted to quickly send these people away to avoid tarnishing his children’s reputation, which could affect their future marriages.

So he said to his younger brother Luo Tianming, “Give them the money and send them away.”

Reluctantly, Luo Tianming had to hand over the money, although his elder brother’s expression was very grim now.

He knew that his nephew Luo Tao had been considering marriage prospects recently, and he worried that today’s incident could cause further trouble, which was really troublesome.

After paying off the money and sending the people away, his sister-in-law Qiao Juan came out of the house and directly said, “Tianming, it’s been a while since we returned from the farm. The children are all grown up now. Shouldn’t we consider dividing the family?”

Luo Tianming knew that splitting the family was inevitable, and it would be better to avoid conflicts by doing so, so he nodded in agreement.

Seeing her younger brother-in-law’s agreement, Qiao Juan said, “Let’s discuss it again when your siblings come back tonight.”

After saying that, she turned and went back to her own room, thinking to herself that the family was finally going to split.

But she couldn’t help but think about the few houses in the courtyard. After the split, where would everyone live? Her eldest son was currently in a relationship and would soon marry. What about the bridal chamber?

Just as she was thinking about this, she heard shouting from the next room, “Why are you hitting me?”

“I’m your father. If you don’t behave, should I not discipline you?”

“You’re my dad, so what? Did you raise me? My parents in the countryside never laid a finger on me. If you can’t treat me well, why did you even bring me back?

Who in this family treats me like family? Is it you guys, or those so-called brothers and sisters? Which one of them didn’t look at me like garbage? You just returned from the farm to the city, so what?”

Luo Tianming felt uneasy hearing his eldest son’s words. Back then, when the family faced difficulties, he and his young wife Feng Hui were naive and just wanted to find a stable family for their son, hoping to shield him from hardships.

That’s why they arranged for the child swapping at the hospital. But while the child did live peacefully in the countryside for a few years, it seems his values have been warped.

He knew his eldest son couldn’t integrate well with the other children in the family, but he didn’t expect him to say these things. He regretted deeply the decisions they had made years ago.

In the afternoon, the entire family returned home. The Luo family didn’t have much to argue about. With just two rooms in total—one for each family—and a general store for each, the kitchen was allocated to the eldest son’s side. However, today the money spent on behalf of Luo Bin precisely covered the cost of this kitchen.

Each family received 120 yuan, marking the formal division of assets. The living arrangements remained unchanged temporarily, with plans to reconsider after Luo Tao’s marriage.

Meanwhile, Luo Qiao was busy catching fish at the mountain pond. It was the agreed time, and once again, she did not exceed 300 kilograms.

She had prepared dinner in advance in her space and then, after finishing her work, she went straight to the pond. Only after catching enough fish did she quickly head back.