The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you sitting on the ground?" Li Taohua asked knowingly.

She reached out to help Old Lady Lin and pulled her up.

"Dad, what's going on? Taohua and I took the kids out to pick wild vegetables, but now the house has become like this?" Lin Dajiang looked confused and asked Old Man Lin who remained silent.

"What else could it be for?" Mrs. Lin felt so ashamed that she said with a gloomy face, "It's just because of stuttering."

Li Taohua despised it in her heart.

It’s just because of stuttering.

It was so easy for my father-in-law to say this. My mother-in-law was stingy with everyone except Old Man Lin and the third son.

The good ones are all close to these two.

When it comes to who makes the thickest porridge at home, it's always Old Man Lin and the third son.

The clothes in the house have the thickest cotton, and they belong to Old Man Lin and the third son.

She got the advantage and still acted like a good kid. Now she even felt ashamed of the commotion she had caused. Li Taohua even began to feel sorry for Old Lady Lin.

"You can't make a scene in front of others. Let's talk it out as a family behind closed doors." Lin Dajiang pretended to persuade the old couple.

"Yes, mother, calm down. We are all family. It is only right that you be nice to your third brother. She is a scholar that was raised by me and my second brother. It is said that studying requires one's brain, so she deserves to eat better." Li Taohua smiled sincerely.

"Second sister-in-law, you are such a fool. Why are you arguing with mother? Isn't it mother who has the final say in our family?"

Li Taohua pulled this and that, and now she was pulling Wang Chunxiu's arm.

"Second sister-in-law, we didn't say anything when mom sent a bag of food to third brother this morning. Now third sister-in-law wants to eat some sparrow meat, just let her eat it. At worst, we adults can keep some, but at least we have to leave some for the baby in third sister-in-law's belly."

"My third brother is my mother's lifeblood. How can you be so ignorant? A harmonious family is the foundation of everything. Why can't you be more patient?"

The chattering of people watching the fun became even louder.

Li Taohua had just helped up the three crying people from the second branch when the village head stepped into the yard of Lao Lin's house.

"Why are you making so much noise? Aren't you ashamed?" The head of the village looked at Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin.

Old Mrs. Lin felt that she had done nothing wrong. She just loved the third child a little more.

"You've come at the right time, head of the village. My second daughter-in-law is a troublemaker. She's been causing unrest in our home all day long."

"Mother, you are biased towards my third brother's family. We can't even afford to eat, but you still brought half a bag of food to my third brother. My poor Dongzhi, not only does he not have enough to eat, but he is also beaten and scolded by my third brother's wife."

Wang Chunxiu cried and complained about all the injustices she had suffered in the past few years.

"When mother wanted to support my third brother, our two families said nothing. We saved money and had to provide for him. But he failed every time he went to the exams, and he spent a lot on tuition and travel expenses. Did we say anything?"

"According to the rules, our family has not divided up, and the wages earned by my third brother should be handed over to the middle master. In this case, where does my third brother's wife get the money to buy white flour every day?"

"Today, Jingzhe's kid brought back some bird eggs and sparrows. Mother wanted to take the biggest pigeon to my third sister-in-law, and also brought some food. But my third sister-in-law came home and snatched food from the kids. Uncle Lizheng, please give us your opinion!"

After saying that, she pulled Dongzhi over and said, "Uncle Lizheng, look at how thin this kid is. And my eldest brother's Guyu is also very thin. Look at Lixia, she is almost as tall as Guyu and Dongzhi."

"Brother Lin Gui, please say something." The head of the village looked at old man Lin who was standing aside without saying a word with a dark face.

A big tree has many branches. If he were to say, since the Lin family has become in such a mess, it would be better for them to split up and live their own lives.

This will save the village from quarrels every day, which would then be told by the newly married young wives in the village and make people from the surrounding villages laugh at Lin Village.

“Ahem.” Old Man Lin coughed a few times. “We are still alive, so there is no reason for us to split up.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the village head Lin Dazhu's face turned as black as a pot of charcoal.

With a shudder, he remembered that Lin Dazhu's family had split up years ago.

"Brother Lin Gui, do you think it's okay to see your family in such a mess?" asked the head of the village with a stern face.

"The Lin family, just divide it up. Let your useless self make a living. Wouldn't it be better for you to follow the third brother to the town and enjoy life?"

"Yes, yes. In the future, you don't have to hand over your third son's wages. You can eat and drink delicious food in town. Oh, I'm so jealous!"

The crowd who were looking for fun and excitement talked to each other and finally arranged the whereabouts of the two elders of the Lin family.

"Dad, Mom, please give us a way to live. If you don't divide the family, we little ones will starve to death. It is said that a son is the apple of his mother's eye. He should get married two years after Lichun. Do we have the money for him? Can we give Lichun a room in our house?" Wang Chunxiu hugged Lin Dongzhi and cried, her tears dropping on the ground.

"Mom, it's the twelfth day of Jingzhe in our family. When you assign a room to Lichun, don't forget Jingzhe in my family. Let him get married earlier so that you and dad can hold your great-grandson." Lin Dajiang smiled naively.

Lin Gui looked at the adobe house in his home and fell silent. It seemed that the family division today would not be possible.

"Even if we split up, Taiga has to be present."

"Head of the family?" Old Mrs. Lin said in disbelief: "We can't divide the family. If we do, our family will fall apart."

Lin Xiaoman watched the fun from the sidelines without thinking it was a big deal.

She felt that Old Lady Lin had been accustomed to enslaving her two sons and their wives for years, and now that the family was divided, she could no longer enslave and command them so righteously.

Old Man Lin sighed: "Divide them, divide them. If you don't divide them when the children grow up, they will become enemies in the family!"

"Brother Lin Gui, cut the Gordian knot. When we divide the family, we should invite the elders to preside over the division. Don't make a fool of yourself again."

The village head dispersed the onlookers, said something heartfelt and left.

Lin Dahai said timidly: "Dad, should I go and call Dahe back?"

Lin Gui waved his hand and said dejectedly: "Go ahead."

After everyone entered the house, Lin Dajiang quietly went out alone.

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Before Lin Dahe arrived, an uninvited guest came to the old Lin family.

"Mom." The Lin family's courtyard gate was useless. When the people in the old Lin family heard the call, the person had already walked into the main hall.

"Xiaohua, why are you here?" Old Mrs. Lin grabbed her daughter's hand and wanted to talk to her.

Before she could say anything, Lin Xiaohua affectionately put her arm around Old Lady Lin's.

"Mom, I heard that our family is going to split up. I think there must be someone who is so blind that makes you unhappy. I came to persuade you."

"Who else could it be? The shameless little bitch from the second brother's family, I thought she was a nobody, but I underestimated her."

Lin Xiaohua was secretly delighted. Fortunately, her younger brother worked as an accountant in the town. Otherwise, if he came after the division of the property was completed, he would not get any share.

"Mom, why are you so angry? Even after the family was divided, the two elder brothers and the younger brother are still your sons. How can you and Dad be left out of the filial piety?"

"You two can follow me later. If the village is not busy, you can live in the town for a while. Don't you envy others?"

Lin Xiaohua stood up and tapped her back and massaged her neck. The old lady Lin felt very comfortable and the pressure in her heart gradually subsided.