kvmb Chapter 385: Separation of Households
Chapter 385: Separation of Households
Shi Tan thought that Sihu should not have gone to school for an extra year. What's the point of going there? It would only make the family even tighter. "Don't say that I, as the eldest sister-in-law, don't feel sorry for Sihu. It's just a pity that Sihu was born in our poor family. We and our parents have done our best to let these four children go to school for two years. Even though our father has to work as a carpenter to supplement the family income at such an old age, isn't it all for the children?"
Although Shi Tan felt that the old couple were a little partial, they were actually quite kind to their four children. She had already thought about it, and she had no other intention when she said this to Shi Wu!
After all, Sihu is not a particularly smart child. He is just smarter than his other three brothers. Moreover, Shi Tan saw that Sihu did not like studying. On the contrary, he seemed to like the carpentry work done by his father. But she, as the eldest aunt, could not say this. What if her younger brothers and sisters blamed her in the future!
Wen Yao was chatting with Shi Wang and eating melons using her cell phone, and they were having a great time. At this time, a sound came from another family's house on the east side of the courtyard wall, accompanied by a girl's screams.
"Grandma Shi, that is..." Wen Yao sat up straight, looked to the east, frowned slightly, and felt a tightness in her heart.
"Hey," Old Lady Shi sighed, "That's Gou Ya's voice over there. Gou Ya's mother died of heavy bleeding after giving birth to her, and her father remarried. Now, the stepmother in that family is pregnant, and it is said that it is a boy. Gou Ya is now seven years old, and she is like a four or five-year-old child, almost skin and bones. Last time, my second son's wife felt sorry for her and gave her a steamed bun, but she was beaten again. Our family tried to persuade her, but it was not impossible. Since that time, our family dared not do anything!"
Wen Yao raised her voice, "Sometimes God is watching what you do, especially when there is a pregnant woman at home. If you don't like the child at home, then the children you are looking forward to will not come. They will only come after going through trials." Wen Yao smiled, "For example, if you are looking forward to a son, then a daughter will come first. Only after treating all the children at home equally, you may have a son!"
Old Lady Shi glanced at Wen Yao, then looked to the east, and quickly understood what Wen Yao meant.
It was just that Da Hu's wife was holding her own Dabao, with excitement on her face, "Mrs. Tang, as long as I treat Dabao well, I will have a daughter in the future, right?"
In fact, she also likes a daughter, but after her first child was a son, she was relieved and just wanted a daughter.
Erhu's wife had a cold expression but a smile in her eyes, "My sister-in-law will have a daughter, and I also hope to have a little girl." Compared to a son, after seeing the situation in her mother's family, she actually felt that a daughter was better, but her daughter had to be strong herself!
Sanhu's wife kept smiling and didn't say anything, just sat there quietly.
Old Lady Shi smiled and shook her head. The three grandsons' wives still need to improve. Then she looked at Wen Yao and said, "Mrs. Tang is right. Our family treats all children equally, so we had boys one after another. Later, we wanted a girl, and then we had our third child, Xiaohua. Although the time we look forward to may not come as we wish, it would be difficult to achieve our wish if we don't treat all children equally!"
The sound from the east wall had died down.
Wen Yao used her PHS to check, [Fortunately, no matter whether their family believes it or not, at least they are no longer doing anything, and this stepmother is indeed pregnant with a daughter!]
Hearing how a little girl suffered, she understood better the final persistence of Prince Hui's first wife.
Life is sometimes really difficult for a child without a mother.
What's more, in this Qing Dynasty, 99% of people prefer sons to daughters. There are very few families like Old Man Shi who are looking forward to having granddaughters and great-granddaughters. They can be said to be a miracle family.
Yinzhen was also asking about the family in the east. After he found out, he didn't say much. He also added a little to what his own Yaoyao said. There was nothing wrong in confirming the rumor. After all, it would be good for the children.
Soon the aroma spread out. Wen Yao had wanted to go into the mountains early, so she looked at Old Lady Shi and said, "Why don't we see if we can add a few more dishes? I really want to go into the mountains to hunt. Is that possible?"
"Well...if Madam Tang doesn't mind, we would like to go together. We were thinking of going into the mountains today," Old Lady Shi looked at Wen Yao's eagerness to try, but she didn't let guests go into the mountains together, so she didn't know how to respond.
Yinzhen has already stood up, "Yaoyao, let's go, haven't you always wanted to go into the mountains to hunt and gather wild vegetables? Big Head Uncle, Second Head Uncle, Dahu, Erhu, Sanhu and the others are here with you."
Wen Yao immediately walked towards Yinzhen. After some discussion, none of the women went, only Wen Yao went.
After the group left for the mountains, Mrs. Shi's smile disappeared. She walked into the kitchen and looked at Shi Wu who was cooking. She said coldly, "Old lady, you go to cook for the second lady. Second Tiger's wife, you take Third Tiger's wife to help. Second lady, you come with me!"
Shi Wu looked a little nervous. She handed the shovel in her hand to her sister-in-law Shi Tan, walked out the door, and followed her mother-in-law into the hall. Looking at her father-in-law who was sitting in the upper seat with a serious expression, Shi Wu knelt down with ease, "Dad, Mom, I was wrong."
"..." Old Lady Shi almost laughed out loud. This attitude of admitting mistakes was exactly the same as that of Sanhu and Sihu Yimao, so smooth!
Old Man Shi looked at his wife's almost broken face, somewhat helplessly, glared at her, then looked at Shi Wu who was kneeling on the ground, "I know you want Sihu to study for a few more years. If possible, I want all my grandchildren to study for a few more years, and they can even take the examination for Tongsheng!"
He sighed heavily, "But, Lao Er's family, we can only afford to send the children to school for two years. We don't have any extra money. You are as weak as Da Hu's wife was when she gave birth to Da Bao. Fortunately, Da Hu's place of work can advance one month's salary, otherwise we can't afford to buy medicine."
"You can study or not, you can still survive. The second family and the first family are already giving in. If you still want to insist, your mother and I are going to divide the family property between you. As for whether you want Sihu to continue studying, it's fine. This old woman and I don't care."
In fact, Old Man Shi had wanted to do this a long time ago. To divide the family but not the households, there are more and more people in the family now, and there will be more and more frictions. It is impossible for him and his wife to be completely fair, so the children all have resentment in their hearts.
It would be better to separate now while there is no major friction.
During the conversation just now, Old Man Shi already knew that his grandson was actually a little resistant. Just now he heard his second son say that Sihu wanted to learn carpentry from him.