Chapter 51

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

The matter of Chai You Fu's house being built well — Chai Mi was still young at the time, but she went to see it, and it really was a big house.

Chai Mi later figured it out: Chai You Fu must have calculated early on how much money the family had, which is why he was the first to volunteer to separate; otherwise, with someone as smart as him, he wouldn't do something that put himself at a loss.

This issue was only discovered by Chai Zhongxiao when Chai You Fu's house was already halfway built, but the house was already being built, and there was no way to not finish building it, right?

You can't just leave the roof off? Not install windows, right?

Chai Youqing and Chai You De also saw the problem, but there was no way out, they could only accept it.

By the time Chai You Fu was the first to separate and his house was finished, the Chai family's separation could no longer continue.

Because Chai Zhongxiao had no money left in hand.

The money for building Chai You Fu's house was mostly savings from these years, plus the bride price money from the three daughters' marriages. Once the house was finished, there was practically not a cent left.

But the separation had reached the halfway point, and it couldn't just stop, right?

So, the Chai family continued the separation, biting the bullet.

Chai You Fu said at the time that he was taking the main share, so he didn't want land, only the house.

Because Chai Zhongxiao still had the land from the three daughters' marriages — three people's worth — Chai Zhongxiao then said: he still had three people's worth of land, which was also a large asset, and wanted to build a new house behind the old residence, and not build the old residence anymore. Chai Youqing and Chai You De, the two brothers, drew lots to separate.

The one who separated out would get the newly built house behind the old residence.

The one who didn't separate out would still live in the old residence, and be responsible for supporting the old couple Chai Zhongxiao and his wife in their old age, and inherit the three people's worth of land mentioned above.

But there was no money to build a house, so they could only find their own way.

Subsequently, Chai Mi's father and Chai You De together went up the mountain to quarry stone, went to the woods below to steal trees, and with almost no money spent, used stone combined with red earth mud to build the main frame of the house Chai Mi currently lives in.

There was also free wood, so this house was built.

Although this house is cold in winter and hot in summer, at least there is a house.

After that came the old residence's second separation.

That is, Chai Mi's father Chai Youqing and Third Uncle Chai You De separating.

Theoretically speaking, Chai You De moving out would be best: first, Chai You De's wife Che Lianyun is an elementary school teacher with income, so conditions are better.

Chai Mi's mother Su Wan thought so at the time too.

But Chai You De naturally disagreed.

After that, they could only decide by drawing lots.

Thus appeared what Chai Mi said: the lot Chai Youqing drew was a fake.

All of this was a trap.

Because ever since Chai Youqing and his wife got the rear portion, Chai Zhongxiao, on the grounds that Chai You De would have to care for the old couple in the future, actually went and built a house on the old residence too...

This is also the main reason Chai Mi kept wanting to go home to demand money, to demand that seven or eight thousand yuan Chai Zhongxiao borrowed back then.

Actually, that is to say, after the eldest and third separated, Chai Zhongxiao had some money in hand, plus what he borrowed from Chai Youqing, he rebuilt a new house on the old residence too, and that house was built even better.

Chai Youqing and his wife naturally disagreed — after all, it had been agreed the old residence wouldn't be built on; how could a new house be built right after the separation ended?

Afterwards Chai Zhongxiao said then let's each take a step back: the three people's worth of land originally meant for Chai You De, I'll farm myself, and not give to Chai You De.

This matter counted as successfully resolved at the time.

But afterwards... Chai You De still got one person's worth of land, and got a new house. As for the remaining two people's worth of land, Chai Zhongxiao said he would farm it himself.

But then he turned around...