Volume 1: Farmer's Joy 035 Confrontation, Dowry

  Liu Li Chang smiled, "If there's no objection, then it's settled?" He looked at Lian Laodie on the edge of the bed, "Old brother, do you have anything else to say?" As for Li Shi, he was automatically ignored.

  "Alright, let's just leave it at that." Lian Lao Ye didn't even have his pipe in hand, and he awkwardly rubbed his leg with a stiff face. This was definitely not a happy occasion for him. Thinking about the division of the family property, would San Lang have suggested dividing the house if some people hadn't been making such a big fuss? And thinking again about what had just happened with Lian Tian Er, Lian Lao Ye couldn't help but blame Li Shi in his heart...

  If she hadn't failed to teach her son and daughter well.

  Has this family fallen apart?

  And just now, such a humiliating scene was seen by Liu Lichang, an outsider! The more she thought about it, the more suffocated she felt, her face darkening with a scowl, her eyes gleaming with malice as she glared at Li Shi. Coincidentally, this glare also made Li Shi, who was just about to speak, pause in surprise, and at the same time, it also forced her to swallow back the words that had already reached the tip of her tongue.

  Mrs. Li glared at Mrs. Qian with discontent, all this trouble was caused by her loose tongue, if it wasn't for her... But she could only swallow her anger, Mrs. Li thought differently from Lian's father, after all, she was the mother and truly cared about her children.

  It really stirred up trouble, and Tian'er's reputation was gone.

  Who will she marry in the future?

  So Liu Lizheng asked this question, and she didn't make a sound either.

  Equivalent to default.

  Liu Li Chang looked around in a circle, smiled slightly, put down the tea in his hand, nodded, cleared his throat, and was about to speak when Lian Qing suddenly interrupted him, "Uncle Liu, wait a minute, I have something I don't understand, can I ask my father?"

  "Oh, okay, Third Master you ask." Liu Li Chang smiled and let Lian Qing take two steps forward, while he himself picked up his tea cup again and took a couple of sips, slowly savoring the crispy fried garlic peanuts that Fu Qiu Lian had served him in a small dish.

  "What else do you want?" Lian Lao looked at Lian Qing standing in front of him, feeling a sense of helplessness and more complex thoughts about his son being out of control - how did this child become more disobedient as he grew older?

  "Father, mother, if we are to divide the family property, I'd like to ask, does this division include only our shared family assets or also the dowries of my wife and two sisters-in-law?"

  Lian Qing's words made Li Shi's heart skip a beat, and then she sneered. It turned out that he was waiting for her here. She smiled slowly and elegantly, "Third Brother, you said this, what dowry do I have left? Over the years, for the sake of this family, for your studies, my little dowry has been spent. Now thinking about it, I really feel a bit regretful." She pretended to wipe away tears from the corner of her eyes and sighed, "After all, there were some things that my mother left me, but now they're all gone, not even a thought remains. It's also because I'm an unfilial daughter."

  Lian Fei immediately handed over a handkerchief, her mouth as if smeared with honey, "Mother, don't be sad, son will be filial to you in the future and let grandma rest in peace in heaven."

  "Alright, alright, I know you're filial." Li made a gesture of wiping away tears from the corner of her eyes and smiled at Lian Laodao and Liu Lizhang. "It's all my fault, an old woman like me still saying these things in front of younger people, those who don't know might think I'm trying to act superior because of my age... Ah, never mind, let's not talk about this anymore. However, Sanlang, what I just said was truly from the heart, if you don't believe me, go ask your father. All these years, for the sake of this family, I really have..."

  "What are you doing, saying these things? I have it all counted in my heart. Fourth brother, quickly help your mother sit down." Lian Lao Ye scowled, looking at Lian Qing with some displeasure, "Third brother, your father is still here, and yet you're pressuring them like this? Is this how you keep your promise to me?" Lian Lao Ye had gritted his teeth and agreed to the division of the family property because Lian Qing had promised that if he ever had a good opportunity in the future, he would never forget this home or neglect the people in it.

  Now even Lao Die has some doubts.

  Lian Qing smiled and said, "Dad, all these years, have you ever seen me not keep my word? If there has been even one time, no matter what it was, as long as you can think of it, I'll admit it without another word and let you deal with me however you want. From now on, whatever you say goes in this household."

  "...". Even Lao Die thought for a moment, then his face turned dark.

  He really can't think of it.

  Can't remember anything!

  Even if his son was very reluctant to marry Fushi at first, he was infuriated by Fushi several times after marriage, and finally did not divorce her, why?

  It was because at the beginning of their marriage, Qing had promised Fu Lao that he would treat Fu's daughter well and live a good life with her!

  Even Lao Ye was entangled, and Qing's expression remained calm as he smiled at Li Shi, "Mother just said that the family used her dowry, is this what you meant? So, where did the silver we three brothers earned over the years go? Did my father take it behind your back to spend or did he secretly stash it away?"

  "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't."

  Even the old man's jumping feet heard by everyone in the house was a laugh, even his family knew that the old man was afraid of Li Shi coming back and settling accounts with him, but Liu Ri Chang secretly shook his head.

  It seems that the rumors in this village are true after all.

  Lian Jia is the master of this Li family.

  "Son fifteen years old Zhongju, this year twenty, has been sitting in the academy for three years, every month's stipend is not much but also several tens of taels, have you ever given mother less silver in a month?"

  Nothing

  "Big brother, second brother work in the fields every year, harvest grain, and on ordinary days big brother helps other families to earn silver. Big sister, second sister grow some vegetables that can't be eaten, sell eggs laid by chickens at home, exchange for silver, have you ever been shortchanged?"

  "Nothing, I've given it all to you." Li's face turned black as he glared at Lian Qing, this little rabbit, who usually seemed so gentle and didn't bother with household chores, but unexpectedly had such a poisonous heart!

  "What's become of Mother's dowry, then? Why doesn't my son know about it? Father, do you know? Has our family fallen on such hard times that we need to use Mother's dowry?"

  "How could that be, her dowry," even Lao Ye reacted, his words suddenly stopped, looking at Lian Qing, with some annoyance in his heart, "What exactly do you want to say?"

  "My wife's dowry is all in her mother's hands, and if we are to divide the family property, it should be returned to my wife. Moreover, our family originally had only ten acres of land, and my wife brought another ten acres as part of her dowry, which is well-known by everyone in the village. I have no opinion on dividing the family property, but if you want to include my wife's ten acres as part of the family property to be divided, then I must say that as a son, my wife is also a member of this family, and we have no objection. However," Lian Qing smiled faintly and looked at the first and second branches of the Lian family, "I don't want my wife to gain a reputation for being disrespectful to her elders and ignoring her elder sister-in-law. So, I request that all of you, including the mothers and sisters-in-law, bring out your dowries as well, and let's redivide the family property." In other words, aren't you afraid of gaining a reputation for mistreating your daughter-in-law and younger sister?

  At the door, a loud voice suddenly burst out, like thunder, with a few wild and arrogant words: "I'm telling you, brother-in-law, what's the point of saying these things to them? That's my Fú family's stuff! My Fú family's stuff is for my daughter, for my daughter's belly's nephew! Not for those unrelated people! Whoever dares to take charge, I'll drag him to see the official, Old Master Fú will definitely skin him alive!"

  Digression

  Come on, come on, give me some motivation...

  Don't worry, guys, the dowry will definitely not be cheap for others... The next chapter will end with a separation... Bye...