Chapter 593
According to their age, they could earn enough food for themselves with their current amount of work points, so they didn’t really need extra food. The three sons only needed to provide some symbolic subsidies. When they no longer become capable of working or when the work points were not enough for themselves, the trio would equally divide the work point required to make up for their parents’ loss of income and rations.
This was how every other family operated in the village.
Although Eldest Brother Han lived with the old couple and helped take care of them, his work points have to be calculated separately because he had not divorced Eldest Sister-in-law Han. Therefore, it was considered that he still had a family to support.
Old Lady Han became anxious when she heard this, “Why do we still have to give the work points to them? They have separated, so we now have two families and two accounts. The eldest child belongs to my family, so the work points belong to my family and do not count towards other people’s accounts.”
Listening to her talk was so irritating. Haotian was so angry that he wanted to just burst out and say, “You don’t have to give us then, if you don’t want to!” However, he was stopped by Han Qingsong placing a hand on his shoulder.
His mother had told him to listen to Third Uncle if he needed anything. Therefore, Haotian shut up and pretended that he was just a piece of wood.
Haotian also knew that with Third Uncle and the Secretary Head watching over him, he would not suffer any loss even after separating the family.
Han Yongfang said, “According to what you said, if the Second and Third sons separate, they will also have two accounts. Doesn’t it mean that they wouldn’t have to support the elderly then?”
Old Lady Han choked on her words, feeling resentful of the fact that Han Qingsong had invited the Secretary Head here as a deliberate attempt to defeat her.
Han Yongfang flipped through his notebook again and made some plans. Then, he used most of Eldest Brother Han’s work points to deduct his own rations and took account of the Second and Third families’ contribution in taking care of the old couple. A small part of the account would be used to subsidise the old lady’s work points, but the majority would be allocated to Haotian.