Chapter 81: Having helped the second brother, naturally I must also help the elder brother.
Shen Mingzhu, although she did not name names, everyone present could tell she was referring to Yang Xuezhen.
Yang Xuezhen’s face turned bright red, and she wanted to storm off in a huff, but she was worried about jeopardizing her brother’s job arrangement, so she had to endure the humiliation and stay.
"As for how to divide the house, Dad, you and Mom discuss it yourselves, or ask the uncles to help. If that doesn’t work, ask the village. How hard can it be to split a household?"
Qin Jinlian was so angry she could have bored two holes in her face, "What exactly are you making a fuss about? A good family, and you won’t be happy until you tear it apart, will you?"
"A good family? What’s good about it?"
Qin Jinlian choked up.
She couldn’t immediately articulate the benefits of not dividing the house, but deep down she thought things were fine as is, with the eldest daughter-in-law being diligent and managing everything at home in perfect order. She was just looking forward to the second daughter-in-law giving birth to a big, healthy grandson.
Once the family was split, both sons would keep to themselves, living their own little lives—then who would care for her, the old woman?
"No way! I don’t agree to divide the house!" Qin Jinlian glared at Shen Mingzhu, "A married daughter is like spilled water. Go out and look, which married woman still interferes with her natal family’s business like you? Aren’t you ashamed?"
"Now you realize I’m a married daughter? When you duped me out of my gold bracelet, when you had me chip in money for the second sister-in-law’s gold necklace, and when you had Pei Yang arrange a job for the second sister-in-law’s brother, you weren’t courteous at all, you didn’t treat me like an outsider, did you?"