Chapter 20: Rebirth in the Nineties: The Overbearing Flower Chapter 20: IOU

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Chai Mi

Wang Huirong immediately stood up, not caring that her eldest son's leg was broken, glaring at Chai Mi with an imposing air and saying: "It's just an IOU, isn't it? I'll give it to you."

"Mom, this isn't right..." Chai You De couldn't even care about his leg pain anymore, struggling to get up: "Mom, didn't you say that piece of land was mine? Why did you give it to my eldest brother's family?"

Chai Mi:!!!

Liu Zhanggui:???

Chai Zhongxiao had a dark face, inwardly complaining that his wife Wang Huirong was a short-sighted old woman who spoke nonsense and promised anything without thinking, while also complaining that Chai You De lacked composure.

In Chai Zhongxiao's eyes, his son breaking his leg was pitiable, but that piece of land was the top priority.

A broken leg could be set.

Once the land was gone, it was truly gone.

Common people take food as their heaven; land is their foundation. Now that Reform and Opening-up has begun and the household responsibility system is in place, that land is their guarantee for a lifetime of living.

The so-called "ten thousand hammers and ten thousand trades" is not as good as turning over a clod of earth at home.

Doing anything else involves risk, but only farming guarantees you won't lose money, right?!

The wasteland behind Wuhu Mountain actually had decent soil—not the ordinary blue-green stone of mountain land, but soil thick enough for an iron hoe. If farmed, planting soybeans and sesame for a few years to nourish it, then sorghum and millet afterward, it would surely become good farmland.

It's just that there are too many weeds now, so Chai Zhongxiao coaxed Chai Mi's parents into dealing with it. Once they had dealt with it, he would take it back.

After taking it back, he would pass it to his eldest son.

Chai Zhongxiao didn't think he was very biased, because he felt Chai You De was uneducated, lazy, and gluttonous; if he didn't leave him some family property, wouldn't Chai You De starve to death later?

So Chai Zhongxiao first glared at Wang Huirong: "Don't talk nonsense. That piece of land hasn't been divided yet. After I pass away..."

Chai Mi smiled, smiling especially happily.

Chai Zhongxiao was already in his sixties; with current medical standards, lasting another ten-plus years would be considered a ripe old age. Moreover, in her previous life Chai Zhongxiao hadn't even lived to seventy—he had been literally angered to death by Chai You De's eldest son...

But that's all a story for later.

Just Chai Zhongxiao's attitude alone was quite nasty.

This directly amounted to: that piece of land was his.

"Grandpa, by what you're saying, that piece of land is yours?"

"Chai Mi, you shouldn't divide everything into yours and mine. That's not right... I'm this old; after I grow old, won't all this land and family property still be left to you? Left to your father and your uncle and his two brothers. So I'm just guarding that piece of land for the three of them. So theoretically, that piece of land can also be yours now." Chai Zhongxiao began to speak vaguely: "As long as you and your father work hard and live well, I'll be happier than anything."

Chai Mi almost blurted out: Grandpa, when are you going to "die a natural death"...

But she held it in.

After all, there were too many people around now; saying such things wasn't appropriate.

Although Chai Mi dared to swing a kitchen knife at Chai You De, that was because Chai You De himself deserved a beating...

And he was only an uncle; although chopping one's own uncle wasn't very filial, Chai You De was indeed in the wrong first.

Wang Huirong also had a bad reputation, but Chai Mi wasn't afraid of her. Even if they clashed, it didn't matter.

But her own grandfather Chai Zhongxiao was indeed... hard to evaluate, and hard to deal with.

First, he was old and still a true elder. Second, there were many people present now...

Third, although Chai Zhongxiao didn't handle affairs properly, he still often spoke human speech...