Rebirth Counterattack with Space-Chapter 74 - Dividing the Family (Part 3)

“Even if you live with your second brother, it still depends on whether his wife would tolerate you. Plus, you won’t be able to run his household or think about using his resources to subsidize my elder brother.”

Xie Changgen knew his wife’s schemes all too well. “Also, don’t you mind me, a cripple, burdening my elder brother’s family?”

“Oh, what did I even give birth to sons for? I’m old now, and we can’t even stay united as a family without splitting up?”

Tian Xiaoju hesitated as she looked at Xie Changgen’s leg, which had been lame for decades. Though it didn’t affect his walking, he struggled with farm work, and she couldn’t let him be a burden to the elder brother’s family.

“Scream it out wherever you want, whether you’ll follow my elder brother or my second brother,” said Xie Changgen, raising his palm in a threatening gesture.

Tian Xiaoju wailed, instinctively protecting her head as she blurted out, “My elder brother, I’ll follow my elder brother.”

Xie Changgen lowered his hand without actually hitting her.

Xie Changgen saw the complex look in his mother’s eyes.

“Following my elder brother is fine too, but since he’s the eldest son, and Jiabao is the first grandson, they should get a larger share.” As soon as she made her choice to stay with the elder brother, Tian Xiaoju, realizing she could no longer rely on her younger son, disregarded the disappointment in his eyes and immediately spoke up to secure benefits for the elder brother.

Separation might be for the best. Living in two separate households with her sons would mean the old man couldn’t easily hit her anymore. And since a son is still her own, they wouldn’t really abandon her. When needed, she could just cry a little to her younger son, who always had a soft spot for her…

“Fine, but to prevent future conflicts, we need to involve the daughters-in-law’s families as well and invite the village party secretary along with some elders to witness this. We all need to sit down and agree on a formal arrangement.”

Xie Changgen had no objection; he was not blind to the scheming in his wife’s eyes—was she clever or foolish? But since he had proposed the division of the family, he naturally intended to manage the matter thoroughly and avoid any future troubles. His second daughter-in-law was already feeling disheartened, and he could not allow her to become even more disheartened; his second son had to be turned around no matter what.

Dividing the family for the time being, if it meant that his eldest son’s side got an advantage, it wouldn’t matter, as his second son’s side wouldn’t suffer. If the old woman and the eldest daughter-in-law schemed anything in the future, with this division agreement in place, they wouldn’t have a leg to stand on in terms of reason.

In his view, a temporary loss was really nothing. Being able to rule his own house in the future would make everything worth it. Lu Chaoqun was a smart man, and he guessed that he would be even happier about it. So at this point, Xie Changgen readily nodded in agreement.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to see more of his younger daughter-in-law’s character. If she really was the magnanimous, far-sighted woman he had occasionally heard mentioned by his own mother, one not merely focused on short-term gains, then he would surely not let her suffer.

“You better not regret it,” Tian Xiaoju, seeing that things were now settled and she could gain an advantage, stopped making trouble. Her mind was totally focused on figuring out how to take less out of the savings she managed.

In the house of the eldest Xie son, Lin Meizhu was smiling triumphantly at Xie Changgen.

“Didn’t you see how pathetic Lu Aimei looked, huh? She had formula milk, yet wanted to hide and reserve it just for her son? Dream on! Soon our Jiabao and family wealth will also get a share. She already thought of monopolizing it without even splitting the family assets. How I regret not letting our Jiabao and family wealth make a scene over that bag of malted milk powder last time. It was too easy on her,” she fumed.

“Don’t go too far,” Xie Changgen frowned.

“What do you mean, too far, Xie Changgen? Who am I doing this for?” Lin Meizhu shouted, raising her voice.

“Don’t be so loud; I was just saying,” Xie Changgen covered her mouth, whispering an apology, “Alright, alright, whatever you want then.”

“Hmph. It’s all for you and the kids.”

Why does Lu Aimei get to have a good maternal family and a cousin who looks out for her?

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Why can’t her own maternal family, not even her own brothers bother to send things back to her?

When she gave birth to Jiabao and family wealth, her family only sent three pounds of eggs and half a pound of brown sugar. That was all, and her mother kept crying poverty behind her back, even managing to “borrow” ten yuan from the barely saved money she had, not to mention that it was never returned and her mother even scolded her for never looking out for her maternal family, for giving too little.

Both were married into the Xie family; why was there such a big difference?

The more Lin Meizhu thought about it, the more resentful she felt in her heart.

Fortunately, this feeling of unfairness only lingered in her heart for a moment before it dissipated.

Lin Meizhu smugly thought that her in-laws obviously favored her more. What if Lu Aimei had a good maternal family and gave birth to twins? She still faced pressure from her father-in-law and mother-in-law above her, and even her husband listened more to his mother, favoring their own son, haha!

Didn’t they say that marrying is like a woman’s second reincarnation? She might not have been lucky the first time, but the second time around … haha, at least it was a thousand times, a hundred times better than Lu Aimei.