Chapter 123

Chapter 123

"Um, Old Wang, Qinghe and his wife have agreed. You should give me your stance quickly.

Two yuan per person per month is not low."

The team leader highly approved of Wang Qinghe's straightforward attitude.

If it were him who had suffered such grievances from childhood, he would never have agreed to support the elderly so easily.

Qinghe is truly a good child.

Wang Shoucheng’s eyelids kept twitching. Was that wolf cub, Wang Qinghe, aware of something? That couldn’t be possible; he spends all his time in the mountains, what could he know?

Could someone have told him?

That shouldn’t be the case!

Could he have overheard him talking with his wife? Or perhaps... because he has treated this wolf cub so poorly, it made him suspicious?

Wang Shoucheng was deeply troubled.

"Look at you! You still don’t agree? If you don’t agree to two yuan per month, then let’s make it even less." The team leader grew annoyed seeing Wang Shoucheng still silent.

Old Wang is really unreasonable. How well did Qinghe speak?

And he’s still not satisfied?

"Don’t... don’t reduce it further." Wang Shoucheng feared that it might actually be reduced.

He looked at Wang Qinghe with great hesitation. This wasn’t about four yuan.

But... why did he specifically mention biological kinship?

If there’s any evidence, wouldn’t the four yuan be gone?

Forget it, if they find evidence, he and his wife might suffer terribly, and it won’t just be about the four yuan.

In this life, he must insist that this is his son!

"Fine, I agree. Team Leader, four yuan it is."

Wang Shoucheng dared not delay any longer. Recently, the topic of biological kinship had been mentioned too many times, making him fearful!

Old Second and Old Fifth need to get their acts together soon; the family relies on them.

"Good, this is perfect. Now that you’ve agreed, I’ll write it down."

Seeing that the matter was almost settled and that Wang Qinghe and his family had already discussed everything at home, the team leader quickly wrote out two copies of the separation agreement.

"Sign here and press your fingerprints, I'll be your witness."

The team leader pushed the agreement toward the two of them.

Wang Qinghe signed his name without hesitation and pressed his fingerprint.

The other members of the Wang family looked at Wang Qinghe and Bai Xiuxiu. With this, they had successfully divided the household, and their hearts itched with envy.

Wasn't that too easy?

Moreover, if the eldest brother could get back what he had paid over the years, couldn't they do the same?

"Alright, everyone go back. Qinghe, do you and Xiuxiu need to have a wall built to separate your part from the rest of the Wang family's courtyard?" The team leader brought up the matter proactively.

Wang Qinghe had left a very good impression on him recently.

"Captain, I can handle this myself." Wang Qinghe had always intended to separate the courtyard.

They didn't plan to live in this courtyard, but they did plan to sell it.

They certainly wouldn't let the Wang family benefit from it.

If they were to sell it, it would be better to have a separate entrance after building a dividing wall.

Who would dare buy it otherwise?

When Wang Shoucheng heard that even part of the courtyard was to be divided, he felt as if his heart was bleeding.

"Captain, I've never seen anyone divide a courtyard when separating households..." Wang Shoucheng tried to save his courtyard, unwillingly.

"Oh, I've also never seen a son raised like yours."

The team leader looked at him with disdain.

"Well, haven't I already repaid him? And I still have to repay him every month. This is the first time I've heard of parents having to return money earned at home to their son.

As a father, I admit I'm biased. This money is compensation for him.

But the courtyard is different." Wang Shoucheng became more agitated as he spoke.

If it weren't for Old Fifth's ungrateful wife, would he have to give the money back to Wang Qinghe so reluctantly?

Forget about the account book; even if the emperor himself came, he wouldn't give a single coin.

Giving money was already painful enough, and now even part of the courtyard was to be divided.

Did those two deserve to live in a separate courtyard? Weren't they afraid they'd trip and die?

Moreover, with a separate courtyard, wouldn't it be harder to steal the children?

"Shut up already. The money your son asked for was all beyond what it cost to raise him. He's already accounted for the food and clothes you provided. I'm currently leading three villages, and I've never seen a father act like this before."

Chen Zhuangshi found even looking at Wang Shoucheng one more time to be annoying.

Wang Qinghe didn't mind and even cooperated, "Dad, we don't want the money or the courtyard. After all, you had two choices, right?"

Wang Shoucheng was immediately speechless.

That spendthrift Old Fifth's wife!

If she doesn't bring me more benefits, I'll make her pay!

"Dad, do you still want the courtyard?" Bai Xiuxiu, seeing him pretending to be mute, asked again in cooperation.

"No, take it all!"

Wang Shoucheng stormed off, and the other members of the Wang family looked at each other in disbelief.

Is Dad crazy? Giving away part of the courtyard?

The eldest brother and sister-in-law have really hit the jackpot. They wish they could get a share too.

After the Wang family left, Chen Jinhua tidied up and prepared to go home with her husband.

Seeing her husband packing things, she was curious, "Why did Old Wang agree today? It didn't seem like he was doing it willingly, but who could force him?"

Chen Jinhua couldn't figure it out.

If Xiuxiu and Qinghe had any leverage, they would have used it long ago. How could the Wang family still control them like this?

"This isn't something we should worry about. As long as Xiao Bai and Qinghe are well, and the Wang family doesn't cause trouble, that's fine. Xiao Bai's sister is serving in the military, leaving Xiao Bai alone in our village. We can't let her suffer here.

Alright, can we go home now? I'm starving."

Chen Zhuangshi explained his stance with a simple smile and urged his wife to go home.

With the division of the household successful, Bai Xiuxiu and Wang Qinghe returned home with their two children. The stove was burning brightly, and Bai Xiuxiu went up to the kang bed, taking out a bag of rice from her space, along with some meat jerky made by Zhao Cuihua and dried shrimp sent by her sister.

She used the meat jerky to make soup and soaked the dried shrimp to stir-fry.

"Qinghe, take some mushrooms from the cabinet on the ground and soak them to stir-fry as well.

We should eat something nice today since we divided the household."

Wang Qinghe carried the two children onto the kang bed, first making a cup of honey water for his wife and then a cup of sugar water for the children.

The two children looked bewildered.

They didn't understand what dividing the household meant; they only knew that their parents had been taking them out often these days.

However, they weren't hungry, and their parents didn't scold them, so they behaved well.

The two children played happily on the kang bed.

Bai Xiuxiu took the honey water from Wang Qinghe and watched him busy himself cooking.

The warmth of the cup in her hands brought her comfort.