Yang Haiyan originally thought that Qin Daya would be like her mother, but in fact, she is not like her at all. She is relatively quiet. Because when Qin Daya was born, she had a brother who was several years older than her. She had her brother to support her in everything she did. She had her brother to take care of her when she was bullied or when she didn't have enough food. So her personality was relatively quiet under the care of her brother.
Qin Daya's husband is the second child in the family. Although the second child is most likely to be ignored, the parents of that family are relatively kind, so Qin Daya's life was good after marriage, almost the same as at home.
After they met, Yang Haiyan gave Qin Daya a silver hairpin, which was considered as a dowry from the elder sister-in-law to the younger sister-in-law. Qin Daya accepted it shyly. If it wasn't for Qin's mother's signal, she would not have dared to accept it.
Soon, it was noon.
During the meal, all the Qin family members who had gone to the fields came back. Grandpa Qin looked at the whole family and was very happy because of the large number of people. He was proud that he could make the Qin family have many children and grandchildren during his lifetime.
Grandpa Qin put down his hoe, washed his hands in the yard, and then said, "Boss, Fang, come in."
The two people whose names were called looked at each other, not knowing why the old man suddenly called them, but they still followed the old man into the house.
Second Aunt Qin followed them with her eyes and wanted to go in to take a look, but when she saw Grandma Qin moving a small chair and sitting at the door, she shrank back into her shell.
Yang Haiyan walked to Qin's mother. Not only was Aunt Qin curious, but she was also curious.
Mother Qin had some ideas in mind.
Inside the house, Grandpa Qin said, "Please sit down."
Father Qin always dared not disobey his father's words, but there was a limit to this. But his respect for his father was engraved in his bones, so when Father Qin asked him to sit down, he was a little afraid. But Qin Fang did it.
If it was Qin Fang before he served in the army, he would not dare to do that. But after five years in the military camp, although he still respected his grandfather, the fear in his awe was gone. After all, he was a man who walked down from the corpses of the enemy, and the murderous aura and momentum on him were heavier than the old man.
Grandpa Qin glanced at Father Qin and said with some disdain: "You are not as good as your son."
Qin Fang naturally pretended not to hear.
Qin's father said with a smile: "My son is more promising than me, which is a good thing." It means that his son is good, and he is very happy.
Grandpa Qin cursed, "What a promising young man." Then he directly stated the purpose of calling them in today, "I called you in today to tell you two things. The first is about Afang becoming an official. Grandpa is very happy that our Qin family has a promising grandson." He was really happy. Although he knew that his eldest grandson had risked his life to get his official position, it was also an honor.
Qin Fang said calmly: "Grandpa, thank you for the compliment."
Grandpa Qin said again: "You don't have to be modest. Although I am very happy that you have become an official, this matter should be kept by ourselves. Your grandmother, me, your mother, your father, and your wife are the only ones who know about it. I am not going to make this matter public."
Qin Fang was a little surprised, and Qin's father didn't understand either.
Grandpa Qin said, "Your grandmother and I discussed this last night. Now that you've become an official, we're afraid that your family members will become daring and do something to harm you, so we simply don't tell them and let them live the same way they did before." Grandpa Qin is a smart man. There are so many people who take advantage of others' status these days. If relatives use Qin Fang's reputation to do bad things, they won't know and won't be able to prevent it.
Qin's father didn't say anything. This was his son's business. His son had grown up and didn't need him to make the decision. So he looked at Qin Fang, and Qin Fang said, "Listen to Grandpa."
Grandpa Qin nodded and said, "There is another thing, which is about the separation of the family. Logically speaking, since you have become an official, it is best for you and your family to separate the family. After the separation, your affairs will not affect your family, and your family affairs will not affect you. So, I discussed with your grandmother and decided to separate the family."
Father Qin opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Father."
Although Qin Fang had heard Mother Qin say this before, he was still a little surprised to hear Grandpa Qin say this and to see the family split up so happily.
Grandpa Qin looked at them and smiled: "My grandson, I believe that even if the family is divided, you will help the second and third branches if they need you, right?"
Qin Fang: "Of course I will."
Grandpa Qin: "So, why do we have to split up and drag you along? According to common sense, after the split up, your grandmother and I should follow your eldest family, but the world is vast, and your future life may not be limited to here. Your grandmother and I are getting older, and we will not follow your eldest family, so in the future, we will still be here."
Father Qin immediately said, "Father, my child's mother and I will not leave either. If you don't follow our eldest wife, how can your son live?"
Qin Fang thought for a while and said, "Grandpa, you and grandma will naturally follow our eldest branch. But as my father said, I am at the border now, and my father and mother cannot go there. If there are changes in the future, that is a matter for the future. So after the separation, you will follow us, and when there are changes, we will solve this problem at that time."
Grandpa Qin pondered for a moment and felt that this was fine. It was about the future anyway. "Okay. Next, some of the things at home. Divide them into four parts. One for each of you three brothers, and one for us. We are living with the eldest son, and the output of the land will be shared with the eldest son in the future. So we won't let the second and third sons take care of us in our old age. When we get sick and need to see a doctor, the medical expenses will be shared among you three brothers."
Qin Fang thought for a moment and said, "No, since grandma is with us, my second and third uncles don't have to bear anything." After all, my second and third uncles didn't have any money. They didn't tell him about the official affairs and split up the family. He felt bad, but he didn't refuse. People always have selfish motives. Moreover, if the amount of grandpa and grandma's medicine is so large that they need to be borne by my second and third uncles, then my second and third uncles can't afford it. If it's a small amount, he can afford it.
Grandpa Qin looked at Qin Fang and saw that he was very determined. He then looked at Father Qin: "What do you think?"
Qin's father didn't know what to think. He naturally followed his son's instructions: "Listen to Afang."
Grandpa Qin nodded: "Okay. There is one more thing, about the adoption of the third son's family."
Qin's father was stunned at first, then he said frankly: "I... I don't want to adopt." After all, they are his sons. Although brothers are important, can they be more important than his own sons? "I only have three sons, and it's still so dangerous for Ah Fang to stay in the military camp. I..." If something happens to the eldest son, he will only have two sons. To put it another way, even if he has three sons, it is not necessarily guaranteed that he will have grandchildren.
Both sides are sons. In this matter, Grandpa Qin really cannot force the eldest son's son to be adopted.
Qin Fang said, "Grandpa, San Ya can find a son-in-law. The adopted boy is not San Ya's biological son anyway, how can he be as biological as San Ya's own child? As I said, there are also families without sons in the village who want to find a son-in-law. Moreover, if San Ya finds a son-in-law, we are at home, so we don't have to worry about San Ya being bullied. Of course, if San Ya doesn't want San Ya to find a son-in-law, I will take care of them when they are old." He is his biological uncle, and uncles without sons are taken care of by their nephews in their old age. This is the case in every household.
However, it also depends on whether the nephew is willing to support you in your old age.
Grandpa Qin didn't say anything after hearing this: "Let's go eat."
After Qin Fang and Qin's father went out, everyone's attention was focused on them.
Grandpa Qin: "Eat."
Father Qin and Qin Fang originally wanted to talk about this matter with their wives, but Grandpa Qin called for dinner, so they had to put it aside.
Because of the unpleasant lunch yesterday, Aunt Qin restrained herself during lunch today, and the meal was quite harmonious. After finishing the meal, Grandpa Qin said, "I have something to tell you. I just called the eldest brother and A Fang in to discuss the matter. I'm going to tell you now and listen to your opinions. You don't have to think that I'm biased. I called the eldest brother and A Fang in in advance because they are the ones who will suffer in this matter."
Aunt Qin: "Dad, what are you talking about?"
Uncle Qin and others also looked at Father Qin.
Father Qin didn't keep anyone in suspense and said directly: "I plan to divide the family."
Grandma Qin looked calm, because she and the old man had discussed this yesterday.
Uncle Qin: "Father, why do we want to divide the family?"
Second Aunt Qin's eyes flickered, she agreed to divide the family, the eldest wife had many children, and although they also worked, they also ate more.
Uncle Qin thought that he was a family without a son, so he didn't want to split up the family. If he didn't split up the family, he would be with everyone else and not be considered a family without a son. But if he split up the family, he would be an independent family, so wouldn't that mean he was a family without a son
Grandpa Qin: "I will ask each household now, Boss, do you agree to split up the family? If you don't agree, tell me why, and we will solve them one by one."
Father Qin: "I agree."
Grandpa Qin nodded and asked Uncle Qin: "Second brother, do you agree to split the family?"
Uncle Qin didn't have any idea: "I'll listen to my father."
Aunt Qin pinched his waist hard. Uncle Qin took a deep breath, it hurt so much.
Grandpa Qin said: "Just tell me whether you agree or disagree with the division. If you disagree, tell me your reasons."
Aunt Qin didn't wait for Uncle Qin this time. She spoke up herself: "Dad, we agree to split up the family, but I have a question."
Grandpa Qin: "You say."
Second Aunt Qin chuckled and said, "After the family is divided, our second girl doesn't have to hand over the money she earns from embroidering handkerchiefs to the public school, right?" Because it was the public school that paid for the girl to learn, so she wanted to know this.
Aunt Qin's ears twitched. She had always thought that her second sister-in-law was not very smart, but she never thought that she would think of this.
Grandpa Qin: "After the division, the money you earn will be yours, otherwise what is the division? So now, second brother, do you agree? Don't let your wife say it, say it yourself."
Uncle Qin: "I agree."
Grandpa Qin looked at Uncle Qin San and asked, "Where's Uncle San? Why do you disagree?"