After the marriage was broken off, the husband's family regretted it

Hongmei asked back, "Sister-in-law, what you said is not right. Since ancient times, the yin and yang of men and women have been balanced. Everyone has only given birth to sons. Whose daughters will your eldest, second, and third sons marry? Are you going to be bachelors in the future? There are so many bachelors now. Of course, in this world, people don't mind having a few more bachelors."

"Besides, there are indeed three girls in my eldest brother's family, but they do a lot of work. They feed the pigs and chickens, cook and wash clothes. Even if the work is small, it still needs to be done. Look at you. What kind of work do you do in a day? Everyone knows who eats the most for free in the family."

"My dear sister-in-law, of course you say that, because you also have two worthless girls in your family."

Hongmei said angrily, "Maimiao, don't forget that you are also a woman. You scolded the maids for being worthless, but you are also worthless. Don't think that you are great just because you gave birth to three sons. Look, didn't my younger sister also have her family divided and her relatives cut off after she gave birth to three sons?"

Old Lady Yun slammed the table in anger and shouted, "That's enough, stop talking. Aren't you just thinking about this piece of land? Are you thinking about this money?

I give you two options.

"First, no one should mention the division of money anymore. From now on, if there is anything going on at home, the money will be allocated from me. If Yun Da, Yun Er, and Yun San make money outside, they don't have to hand it all over. They only need to hand over 80%. The remaining 20% can be used freely by your family."

"No matter whether my grandson or granddaughter gets married in the future, I will give them all the gifts and dowries they deserve, and I will treat them all equally."

"The second thing is to divide the family. The fields, hills, chickens, ducks and pigs in the family are divided equally among the three of you brothers. Your father and I don't want the fields or hills. You have all seen your father's situation. Even if he gets better, it will be difficult for him to work in the fields. So your father and I will not take these, but each of you brothers must hand over 40 kilograms of grain every month." The money for the treatment of my old couple's illness will be shared equally by the three of you. In addition, each of you will get taels of silver from me."

"Whether you marry off your daughter or your wife in the future, your father and I will not pay a penny. We old couple don't have any money. There is one more thing I want to make clear. Your father and I will live in this house now. You three brothers need to move out and build your own house to live in."

Mai Miao calculated in his heart, 40 taels of silver, three sons in the family, about 13 taels per son, but there are still house repairs and betrothal money, 13 taels is not enough at all. After the family is divided, I have to do the work of Daya, Erya, and Sanya myself, even the laundry and cooking. Now that the family has not been divided, I have nothing to do.

In this way, the first wife gets the most benefits. The first, second and third daughters in their family are capable and good at work. Their dowries will not cost more than ten taels of silver. The third wife suffers the most. We don’t get much money, but we have more work to do.

My sister-in-law can now easily take out two ginsengs, which shows that she is living a good life. If she sells them, she can get several hundred taels of silver.

If the family doesn't split up, the things and money she gives to my parents will be shared by our eldest, second, and third generation families. At least we won't have to worry about the money for the bride price and the money for repairing the house in the future.

It's not worth it to split up the family. It's not worth it.

Mai Miao immediately knelt down and said, "Mother, I just want to use some money, not to divide the family. Yun San and I are willing to live with you and father for the rest of our lives and serve you forever."

Hongmei and Juhua sneered when they heard this. The weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, with no good intentions. Don't you know what kind of person your brother's wife is? It's just that you think it's not worthwhile to split up the family.

Old Lady Yun looked at Mai Miao and said with contempt in her heart, "If you don't divide the family, you won't have any money. You don't have a penny from selling ginseng. Think about it carefully."

The three brothers, Yun Da, Yun Er, and Yun San, also knelt down and said, "Mom, we three brothers will never separate our family, we are a good family."

Yun San also said, "Mom, if Mai Miao sets her sights on ginseng again, I will divorce her. This damn woman is always thinking about the money, and she likes to cheat and act slyly while working."

Mai Miao looked at Yun San in disbelief: "Boss, you actually want to divorce me? I gave birth to three sons for your Yun family. Daguang, Erguang, and Sanguang all came out of my belly."

Yun San looked at Mai Miao and said coldly, "Any woman can give birth to a child. If you can't give birth to a son, give birth to a few more. At least one of them will be a boy. Besides, look at what you have taught Da Guang, Er Guang, and San Guang. Each of them is lazier than the other."

Okay, third brother, it's because mother is too strict with you. Since you don't want to split up the family, you three brothers should hand over 80% of the money you earn from working outside, and let your wives take care of the rest. Hey, do you six have any objections to this matter?

Mai Miao didn't say anything, and the other five people said in unison that they had no objection.

Okay, let’s get to work.

Old Lady Yun returned to her room and said to the old man, "Old man, I am really old and can't control my daughter-in-law anymore."

"Well, old lady, they are grown up now. In a few years, they will become grandparents."

"Old man, I feel that the division of the family is a matter of time. Although on the surface there is no movement in each branch, they are all dissatisfied."

"Old woman, you are too partial to Mai Miao, just because she gave birth to three sons. You know how she treats the other two daughters-in-law."

"If you want a harmonious family, you have to make it fair tonight. Even if it's not fair, it has to be roughly the same, old woman."

"The eldest and second son's wives are the best. We are not old enough yet. When we can't take care of ourselves in the future, our lives will be miserable if we fall into their hands."

Old Lady Yun felt bad after hearing this. She knew that the third son's wife was not a good person. But she was the only one who gave birth to three sons in the Yun family. The second son had a bad health since childhood. He was not as strong as Daguang, Erguang and Sanguang, nor was he as smart as the three brothers.

The others are just girls, they belong to other families. Old man, I don’t want the Yun family to be extinct.

Alas, the old man sighed when he heard these words.

The next day, when everyone was having breakfast, they waited and waited but Mai Miao, Da Guang, Er Guang and San Guang were nowhere to be seen.

Yun Er said calmly, "You don't have to look. She must have returned to her parents' home with her three sons. She got up early in the morning and packed up her belongings in the house last night. I guessed that she would not be at home today and would go back to her parents' home."

Old Lady Yun said, "Second Brother, Mai Miao took Da Guang, Er Guang, and San Guang away. Go and chase her back."

"Mom, don't worry about her. If she wants to go, just go. Daguang, Erguang, and Sanguang, the three guys eat a lot and are lazy, just like their mother. Don't worry, they won't be able to stay for long. Her wife from her family will be against her, and she will naturally come back in disgrace."