Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 799 - 101 Buy a house_3

Lin Jiazhong’s brothers exchanged a glance and started to yell out their grievances.

"Ah, dear Village Chief, you’re really wronging us here. Where have we ever been unfilial? We wanted to take care of our mother, but it’s she who doesn’t want to live with us. She says that staying at home and seeing every plant reminds her of our deceased father, so she stubbornly chose to move out. We tried to stop her and persuaded her, but she just wouldn’t listen."

Having studied for a few years and spent time in town, Lin Jiazhong spoke very convincingly. Watching his brother blithely spout nonsense, Lin Jiaxiao felt a secret amusement and couldn’t help but admire his elder brother.

The old Village Chief scrutinized them intently, trying to discern whether their words were true or false. Lin Jiazhong wasn’t worried, since indeed it was Lady Yang herself who proposed to move out. He had just exaggerated a little, not enough to be lying. He was not concerned even if the Village Chief went to confront Lady Yang.

After watching the two brothers for a while, the Village Chief indeed could not see any signs of lying. He huffed coldly, tapped his walking stick on the ground twice, and said gravely, "Humph! It’s not that your mom can’t bear the sight of every plant reminding her of your dad, it’s that she can’t bear to look at you batch of unfilial scoundrels!"

"Oh, Village Chief, where have we been unfilial? Don’t spit blood accusations!" Accused of being unfilial to his face, Lin Jiaxiao refused to stand for it and immediately began to act tough. Lin Jiazhong shot him an annoyed glance and lifted his foot again.

Having learned from the last lesson, was Lin Jiaxiao about to let him succeed again? He quickly stepped back and avoided Lin Jiazhong’s sneak attack.

Lin Jiazhong, unsuccessful in his attempt, ground his teeth in frustration and rolled his eyes.

The Village Chief, however, landed his walking stick with a thump on Lin Jiaxiao’s thigh, causing him to whimper in pain.

"Just because your older brother can’t kick you doesn’t mean I can’t hit you!"

After giving the fellow a hit with his stick, the Village Chief felt a bit of his anger subside, but he couldn’t help starting to scold again, "Always claiming to be a filial son, then why didn’t you seek a doctor when your dad was ill? And when your dad was at death’s door, why didn’t I see you buying him something he liked to show your filial piety? Now, right after your dad’s death, you’re already dividing the family assets and even driven your own mother out to live elsewhere! You dare call yourselves filial sons? Aren’t you afraid of the villagers pointing at your backbones and cursing?"

At a loss for words, Lin Jiaxiao muttered reluctantly, "That’s not our fault, it’s mom herself who wants to live outside, we can’t control her!"

"Right, you can’t control her! So if you can’t, you just don’t bother?" The Village Chief turned pale with anger. Lin Jiazhong hurried forward to soothe him, rubbing his chest. They had come here to divide the property, not to listen to his lectures. As long as the division was done quickly, that was enough.

"Ah, Village Chief, it’s our fault. If we had been a bit nicer to mom, she definitely wouldn’t have wanted to live on her own. You’re right in scolding us, but now it’s too late anyway. We apologized to mom, but she doesn’t forgive us and is determined to move out. That’s why we’ve come to ask for your help. After you help us with the division, I will bring out some silver to find a good house for my mom in the village. We guarantee that from now on, we will take good care of her, bring her good food and drink every day. We’ll try our best to make her forgive us soon."

"Humph!" The Village Chief gave Lin Jiazhong a glance and said nothing more. He went to the table, took out pen and ink, and it seemed he indeed intended to conduct their family division.

Seeing the Village Chief’s actions, Lin Jiaxiao couldn’t help but give his older brother a silent thumbs up – isn’t the mouth of a scholar indeed effective? Just look at how my brother persuaded the Village Chief with a few words, impressive! freёweɓnovel.com

After clarifying the conditions of Lin Jiazhong’s brothers’ division, the Village Chief wrote them down one by one, and had both of them sign their names and press their fingerprints.

With the division document in hand, Lin Jiaxiao grinned foolishly as if he held a silver note worth hundreds.

Lin Jiazhong was also pleased internally, but he didn’t show it. Instead, he thought about the promise he just made to the Village Chief and asked with hands clasped, "Ah, Village Chief, about the house for my mom..."

The Village Chief rolled his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Where in the village are there empty houses that nobody wants? No one has moved away and isn’t coming back! You two are so filial, right? Fine then, go to town and buy a house for your mom to live in. The houses in town are both pretty and sturdy. And make sure to find a house close to Shande Hall, your mom is getting old, and her health is not good. She’s bound to fall ill every few days, and living near Shande Hall would make it convenient for her to receive medical care."