The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 72 - Mother Just Wants a Division of Property_1

Pei Houli stood up, glanced at Lady Fang, and sternly lectured Pei Qin, “Sister Daya!

What are you doing?

Si Ya and Er Lang getting lost in the mountains was their own fault, no one blamed you.

You’re wielding a knife, pointing it at your grandfather, and causing a fuss about separation…”

“Shut up!” Pei Qin sharply cut him off, “I just want a separation today, I don’t want to do anything else.

So, don’t give me your high and mighty principles, I don’t want to hear them!”

“You damn girl, you think you’re so capable now!?” Lady Zhu cursed as soon as she opened her mouth.

Pei Qin looked at her with cold eyes, tossed the kitchen knife into the air where it spun and flew up, then spun down again, and she caught it with one hand, “Separate, or, I’ll give you a chopping!

I’ve had enough over the years!

From now on we, mother and daughters, whether we starve or freeze to death, at least it will be in our own house, where we are the masters!

We won’t have to endure being enslaved!”

“Sister Daya…

you realize that after the separation, your side of the family will consist only of women…” Pei Wenli frowned and assumed a persuasive stance.

Pei Qin scoffed, “I said, I’m going to be my own master!

There’s only one thing, separation!”

“You…” Lady Zhu angrily pointed at her, her words not yet spoken, were choked back by the kitchen knife Pei Qin timely raised.

Pei Qin withdrew her gaze, fixing her eyes on Old Pei.

In this family, Old Pei was the one in charge.

Only with his consent could the separation hope to succeed.

But these past days, seeing her running wild in the house, he probably couldn’t take much more!

Old Pei saw her rebellious and arrogant demeanor, holding a kitchen knife, truly daring to chop people, he frowned deeply, pursed his lips for a while, and looked at Lady Fang, “What does the second daughter-in-law think?”

He was asking Lady Fang to make a decision.

Pei Houli looked at her, then back at Pei Qin, before turning to Old Pei and speaking, “Father!

Just the few of them, if they really separate, what will they do in the future?”

“Without separation, we work like oxen and horses all year round, hardly spending a copper coin yet bearing the reputation of being spendthrifts, getting hit and scolded daily.

After separating, even if life is harder, we’ll have peace of mind!

And who can say, after we separate, we won’t have better luck and live better than you all!?” Pei Qin glanced at Pei Houli with disdain, not wanting to talk to him any longer.

Pei Houli’s face turned very ugly.

Lady Fang raised her head, stood firm, and looked straight at Old Pei, “I also want to separate!

Father, please let us separate!”

Lady Chen didn’t speak, she was conflicted.

She didn’t want to see Lady Fang, that wretched woman, nor the few little wretches she had borne!

Without separation, they did all the work; she could beat and order them around.

But since Pei Qin returned from the mountain, she had been like a rabid dog, biting everyone she saw!

Even the good things couldn’t reach her anymore.

Pei Houli tried to persuade from the side, “It seems easy now to separate, but what will you all eat?

Where will you find the silver to spend?

Sister Daya is of age and needs her dowry prepared.

What about Si Ya and San Ya later?

And San Lang is still small, how will he support the family in the future!?

If you split the family, what will people in the village think?

How will you get by!?”

Lady Fang ignored him and kept her gaze on Old Pei, waiting for him to give an answer.

Inside, however, she was quite uncertain.

Didn’t Qinqin sell for some money?

If the money they got wasn’t much…

They could do embroidery work, earn money by working; they wouldn’t starve!

But as for a place to live, if they had to move out, there was nowhere to go; certainly, they couldn’t end up living in that cave!?

Old Pei looked at San Ya, Si Ya, and Pei Wendong.

Hanging her head low, San Ya whispered, “I’ll listen to Mother and Elder Sister.”

Si Ya pursed her lips and remained silent; she didn’t want the hard-earned silver coins to be taken away.

Pei Wendong nervously picked at his fingers.

“If it goes on like this in this family, either he’ll erupt like me, loot and become a villain, or he’ll be a nobody for life!

Then what’s the point of having given birth to him through Jian Xiao?” Pei Qin sneered with full sarcasm.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Old Pei’s face as he stood up with his hands behind his back, “If you want to split up the family, then split up we shall!”

Lady Zhu opened her mouth to speak, but Old Pei gestured with his hand to stop her, not letting Pei Houli speak either, “Split up!”

“Go get some people to bear witness!

The Lizheng, the village chief, the old men who are old enough to advise!” Pei Qin turned and signaled to San Ya and Si Ya with her eyes.

The two exchanged glances and hastily went out to invite people.

Pei Wendong took over the gunny sack, clutching it tightly.

Pei Wenbo glared angrily and grabbed the sack away in one swift motion.

Pei Wendong’s eyes instantly reddened as he wanted to come over but didn’t dare to fight back.

Pei Qin toyed with a kitchen knife in her hand, “Pei Wendong!

Stand up!

If anyone ever takes something of yours, you take it right back!

If someone hits you, you hit them back—hard!

If you get in trouble, your elder sister will cover for you!”

Lady Fang opened her mouth.

What kind of way to teach a child is this?

Qinqin…

Tears welled in Pei Wendong’s eyes as he looked up at her.

Pei Wenbo was several years older than him; it wasn’t a matter of whether he could beat him in a fight, he simply didn’t dare to hit him.

Seeing him scared and crying, not daring to fight back, Pei Wenbo snorted triumphantly and retreated with the bamboo rat, hiding behind Lady Chen and Lady Zhu.

After the separation, let’s see you eat dirt!

Pei Qin looked up at the sky, angered by these quails before her.

If this boy really ended up spending his life here, she was determined to turn him into a wolf cub!

Sanya and Si Ya had brought the Lizheng and some elders of the Pei family who were of advanced age.

The Pei family had mixed feelings about the Jian Xiao matter, with more criticism than praise.

Upon hearing it was about splitting up the family, Pei Lizheng didn’t say much and simply came to bear witness.

Without waiting for Old Pei to start dividing up property, Pei Qin went straight to the point, “Two rooms will be allocated to us for temporary residence, return our pots and pans, and we don’t want anything else.

However, I want several clauses clearly listed on the disinheritance papers.

First, our branch will not inherit any property, nor provide for the elderly.

Second, after the separation, neither the main house nor anyone else shall interfere with our branch’s affairs, and likewise, we will not interfere with yours!

Third, the Jian Xiao is hereby nullified!”

These words were clearly directed at them.

And the nullification of the Jian Xiao… Pei Houli’s face turned purple with rage as he looked at Pei Qin.

“You say it’s nullified and it’s nullified, just like that!?” Lady Zhu shouted angrily.

“What’s the matter?

Back then, you all knelt and forced my mother to go through with Jian Xiao, forced her to bear a son for the second branch.

Now that the son is here, you still want to continue with Jian Xiao!?” Yun Duo shouted furiously, as the kitchen knife thudded into the table.

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