70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 35: Prelude to the Family Separation

"Xu Laosan’s wife, what do you mean by this, are you blaming us?" Old Xu’s face turned even darker.

"I wouldn’t dare." Lin Juan realized she had misspoken and lowered her head, not daring to look at Old Xu and the others.

"Dad, what should we do now? We really can’t just fork out one thousand yuan, we don’t even have the money." Xu Hai said discontentedly. He was the first to disagree with giving money, being the eldest son, he wanted the lion’s share when dividing the family assets.

That troublemaker Laosan, he’d warned him, but he thought they were scheming against him, stubbornly insisting on getting involved. Now look at the mess he’s in, serves him right.

"Laosan, the family really doesn’t have that much money. I told you before to be careful, it was a scam, but you wouldn’t listen. Now look at the situation." Old Xu angrily glared at Xu Laosan; children are really a burden.

"Dad, we can’t just ignore third brother." Xu Jiang sighed.

"Second Brother." Xu He looked at his second brother emotionally, he knew Second Brother was the best and would speak up for him.

"But we need to have the money to give." Xu Hai rolled his eyes. The second family had no money, of course, they could say such nice words. Besides, the second family had no sons, even if the family was divided, they wouldn’t get much.

"Dad, how much money is left in the family? Please let us hold out for a bit, we’ll definitely pay you back in the future." Xu He pleaded with Old Xu.

"Dream on, there is no money at home." Xu Hai was the first to oppose.

"There’s not much money left at home, only about four hundred something yuan." Old Xu sighed. The big family needed to eat and drink, making it impossible to save any money. The eldest grandson was grown up, and preparations for marriage needed to be made. The granddaughter wasn’t young either, and preparations for dowry had to be made. Old Xu and Madam Chen planned to leave most of the money to Xu Mumu and her sibling.

"Mom, give me this money for now." Xu He’s eyes lit up. His father-in-law had also provided some money, and they were almost able to gather enough. The money from his father-in-law’s savings was almost all used.

"No, at most you can have two hundred, Laosan. Minghui is not young anymore, he should be looking for a wife, this money is reserved for Minghui’s bride price." Madam Chen refused directly, the eldest grandson still held a significant weight in her heart.

"How about letting Minghui wait a bit?" Xu He’s face stiffened. Losing half the amount meant it wouldn’t be enough.

"What dream are you having, how long should my son wait?" Xu Hai exploded. He already disliked Laosan, and now he was even more annoyed.

"Dad, should we go and talk to Lei about these high interest rates?" Fourth brother Xu Po suggested to Old Xu.

"What leverage do you have to negotiate?" Old Xu took a drag on his leaf-wrapped cigarette, feeling very troubled by Laosan’s situation.

Old Xu’s words silenced Xu Po immediately. The issue Old Xu raised was very real; they didn’t dare provoke those small-time thugs.

"Laosan, how much money have you saved up yourselves?" Old Xu looked at Xu He. Honestly, he was very disappointed in this son, thinking he was the most promising of his children, but didn’t expect him to cause so much trouble.

"Fi-five hundred." Xu Po lowered his head; this was almost all the money his father-in-law had. The rest of the money was just interest, and he had even left fingerprints. That’s why he didn’t dare make a fuss, and that Lei wasn’t someone to be trifled with either, having a dozen or so underlings.

"We can only give two hundred, you’ll have to figure out the rest." Madam Chen said calmly, since Laosan still had some money, there was no need to act hastily. Lin Juan’s family had several relatives; after all, they didn’t have much money to spare.

"Mom, are you just going to leave us to fend for ourselves?" Xu Po looked at his mother in disbelief.

"What else can I do, am I indebted to you?" Madam Chen was also angry, with such a big family, should they just ignore everyone? Didn’t Laosan think before speaking?

"Dad, Mom, over the years we’ve earned quite a bit of money too, now that we need it, you won’t help out." Lin Juan said angrily.

"Yes, you’ve brought money back, but don’t you take things back without paying?" Madam Chen retorted angrily.

"Mom, Dad, let’s divide the family assets." Xu Po shouted loudly, thinking that by dividing the assets, he would finally get his share in hand.

At the word "divide", the entire main room fell silent.

"Laosan, what do you mean, just because Dad and Mom don’t have money, you’re going to pressure them like this?" Xu Hai really wanted the assets divided, but he couldn’t be the one to say it, otherwise, his parents would be very upset. Xu Laosan picked the perfect moment.

"Big Brother, stop pretending to be a good person. I don’t believe you don’t want the assets divided." Xu He said angrily.

"When did I ever want that? We’re discussing your issue now, don’t change the subject." Xu Hai said with a dismissive pout.

"Second Brother, Fourth Brother, do you want the family assets divided?" Old Xu set his gaze on Xu Jiang and Xu Po. The family seemed on the brink of breaking up; the accumulated conflicts over the years suggested that perhaps it was indeed time to divide assets.

"Big Sis." Xu Jiaojiao looked fearfully at Xu Mumu.

"What’s wrong?" Xu Mumu looked warmly at Xu Jiaojiao.

"Big Sis, are we not going to have food to eat in the future?" The little girl only knew that Third Uncle’s family owed a lot of money and couldn’t pay it back, meaning the whole family would have to cover it. Without money, they’d have nothing to eat.

"Don’t worry, we won’t go hungry." Xu Mumu reassured with a smile, the little girl was always thinking too much.

"Really?" Xu Mumu’s words comforted the little girl.

"Of course, with Grandpa and Grandma around, as long as everyone works diligently, we won’t starve." Xu Mumu said with a smile, as the fourth family was quite hardworking, so even with the assets divided, they wouldn’t go hungry.

As for why Xu Mumu was sure of the asset division, it was readily apparent from Xu Xue’s expression that this issue wouldn’t just blow over.

Xu Mumu had excellent ears; she had heard almost everything said over in the main room.

It seemed like Grandpa indeed intended to divide the assets. It was impossible for everyone to take on the debts of the third family. It wasn’t just the first family who didn’t want to, the second and fourth families certainly wouldn’t agree either.

"Stop staring and finish your homework; have you learned everything I just taught you?" Xu Mumu asked calmly. After all, her parents had a bit of secret savings, so it wouldn’t be too tough at the beginning.