GBP Chapter 28 Asking Shuisheng for help building a house
Chapter 28 Asking Shuisheng for help building a house
If she only gets a few acres of fertile land next to her grandparents' land, they will keep bothering her to do their work. Moreover, she plans to plant turmeric. If her grandparents find out that turmeric can be sold for money, they might do something terrible like forcibly taking her turmeric to sell.
Dry land is dry land, but she has ways to change the soil quality and turn it into fertile land.
The villagers felt that the eldest son of the Shen family had received too little. He had worked himself to the bone for his father and stepmother's family for so many years, and it was as if he had worked for nothing. They wished they could ask for more for him.
In the end, Shen Qingchuan was allocated two abandoned houses at the west end of the village, four mu of dry land, six hundred jin of grain, a pig and two chickens, and five taels of silver.
The village headman immediately sent someone to his house to fetch paper and pen, wrote the document on the spot, stamped it, and notarized it. He also helped them change the property deeds for the two houses.
The division of the family property has now come to an end!
The villagers unanimously praised Shen Qingchuan for his magnanimity and humility towards his parents and brothers. He neither asked for the six brick houses nor the fertile land back, exclaiming that they could not find such a filial son.
Mr. Shen and his wife, Mrs. Sun, were ridiculed and criticized by everyone for being shameless and for seizing the original wife's property, and were completely branded as gluttons.
When Madam Sun thought of the eight taels of silver, she almost fainted, her heart bleeding. But she could only suppress her anger and go home to get the silver. She paid for the doctor's consultation fee that her husband had just paid, returned the three taels that Lin Shuisheng had advanced, and gave her stepson the five taels that he was entitled to when the family divided the property.
Shuisheng carried Shen Qingchuan on his back and carried him back to the Shen family home in one go, placing him on the bed.
Liu wiped away her tears and, holding her two daughters' hands, repeatedly thanked the village head.
Under the strange looks of everyone, the second and third sons of the Shen family did not dare to say a word. They helped their father and pulled their mother back home quickly, feeling that they had lost all face.
After the villagers finished watching the excitement, they dispersed and went home, and the village entrance returned to its usual tranquility.
Shen Xiaotang and her younger sister followed their mother home, and the three of them immediately went inside and closed the door.
Liu lowered her head, somewhat regretful, "Father, I never expected that those words would carry such weight, causing our parents to lose face in public."
Shen Qingchuan sighed, "I never expected..." that his father's affair of eating the offspring of a child would be exposed in public, ruining his reputation.
Shen Xiaotang felt a little guilty. In fact, she had considered this possibility before coming up with the idea last night, after all, she had witnessed the power of online public opinion in modern times.
But no one expected that such a small village as Guihua Village could cause such a sensation.
“Father, I just thought that Grandpa’s refusal to divide the family must be because he wanted to keep you and Mother so that you could continue to farm and work to support the whole family. That’s why I came up with the idea of having you pretend to break your ribs. I thought that if Grandpa saw that you were too badly injured to work, he might give in. I never expected things to go so far as we intended.”
"Tang'er, it's not your fault. You're just a child. How could you have thought of these things? Even your mother and I didn't expect it."
Yes, she's just a six-year-old girl, what bad intentions could she possibly have?
It's clear that the grandfather and stepmother have trapped themselves!
There are no secrets in this world. How can you expect to live a life of peace of mind after doing something immoral?
This turn of events can be seen as a way of avenging my father's biological mother and maternal grandfather's family.
Liu thought her eldest daughter was frightened and comforted her, "Tang'er, don't be afraid. Even the village head has spoken up for us, which means we are not at fault. Let the news spread. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to divide the family property smoothly, let alone get so much stuff."
Shen Qingchuan changed out of his clothes, which were stained with pig's blood, and had his wife secretly wash them for him.
Fortunately, he was quite familiar with someone in the kitchen of Yunlai Restaurant, so he secretly asked him for a bowl of pig's blood and promised to keep it a secret.
He and Shuisheng had been playing together since childhood. Shuisheng had long been dissatisfied with the division of labor in his family and often gave him pointers. Unfortunately, he was too naive to take it seriously before. This morning, he was carrying tofu and eggs to town when he happened to meet Shuisheng on his way to town to get medicine for his mother. After discussing it, Shuisheng immediately supported him and wholeheartedly helped him put on this act.
Although he successfully separated from his family and received a considerable amount of property, the uproar had damaged his father's and stepmother's reputations and caused them to lose face. He felt extremely remorseful, like a child who had done something wrong.
Shen Xiaotang could tell that her father was uncomfortable, and immediately thought that her father was too honest and too foolish.
If things hadn't escalated to this point, they wouldn't have gotten anything if they hadn't separated.
They always pick on the weak. The grandfather ate the leftovers without a care in the world, and the stepmother tormented the father and mother with a sense of righteous indignation. She only used a few tricks to help her parents divide the family property and fight for their rightful share. She was already very generous to leave the first wife's inheritance to the grandfather and stepmother's family.
Once everyone had calmed down, Sun's sharp, veiled insults and swearing echoed through the courtyard.
Sun sat in the middle of the courtyard and started yelling loudly to vent her anger.
"What a tragedy! I've worked so hard to raise my children. Even if I haven't done anything great, I've still put in a lot of effort. Their fingers are of different lengths, their teeth are crooked... and that heartless bastard has turned our family upside down and ruined our reputation..."
After hearing this, Xiaoyu was so frightened that her eyes turned red and she hid behind her sister, never daring to go out again.
Shen Xiaotang knew her stepmother's shameless face. The separation agreement had already been written. If they continued to live together, her stepmother would only cause trouble. She was in a bad mood right now, and who knew what selfish things she might do. The four of them had to move out as soon as possible.
So she went to her father's side and whispered her thoughts.
“Dad, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, and you’ll have to act in this play for at least three months. But we can’t delay planting turmeric any longer, and we can’t stay here any longer. Why don’t you ask Uncle Shuisheng to help us rebuild the house?”
At first, the master was unwilling to divide the family property, so she came up with this idea. She planned to use the three taels of silver to repair the house and have Uncle Shuisheng help them build a new house, which would be the fastest and best way. She would also pay Uncle Shuisheng more wages as a way of thanking him for his help.
Shuisheng's mother is in poor health and needs to take medicine all year round. The family only has five or six acres of land, and the whole family depends on Shuisheng to support them. They also have to go to town to find work. Qinghe Town is not big, and there are not many house repair jobs. If they ask Shuisheng to help them repair their house, Shuisheng will not be idle at home and worry about not having enough money.
Although Shen Qingchuan was slow-witted, he understood his daughter's intention after a little thought.
Shuisheng had just brought him back and had already given him three taels of silver. Without Shuisheng's help, he wouldn't have been able to put on that show and get the extra three taels of silver. He was able to successfully separate the family business thanks to Shuisheng.
“Tang’er, this is a good idea. Usually, your grandparents and uncles don’t go to the fields. Your Uncle Shuisheng helps your mother and me a lot. I can’t save much money by doing this work myself. Let your Uncle Shuisheng do it. He’s efficient and meticulous. We can move over there in a few days.”
So the father and daughter discussed it and decided to ask Shuisheng to help build the house. After Sun finished complaining and went back to the house, Liu secretly went to Shuisheng's house with the money to discuss asking Shuisheng to build the house.
Shui Sheng immediately agreed.
The next day.
Shui Sheng arrived at the Shen family home early, knocked on the door and entered Shen Qingchuan's house to discuss building a house with him.