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Chapter 810: Chapter 813: Forget It
Talking about the Wang Clan only made her angrier. Hadn’t she married Little Wang Clan to Second Brother Tan precisely because she wanted someone more caring?
But what was the result?
Out of all the daughters-in-law, she was the most heartless, only eyeing the silver in their pockets.
Once she had scoured away the silver, her attitude took a sharp turn.
"I must have been blind to let you into the house, giving everything to a good-for-nothing. Why don’t you just go die sooner?"
Wang Clan cursed.
Otherwise, relying on those twenty-odd acres of land, life could still go on, and they wouldn’t have to be in such pain over spending even one wen money like now.
Little Wang Clan frowned, "Xiao Feng is your nephew too. It’s not like he got himself crippled on purpose. How can you say such things?"
He was her brother, and though she resented him, she couldn’t bear to hear anyone speak ill of him.
"Only got to be a lousy scholar and then learned to ride a horse like others, he would have deserved it if he died from the fall!"
Wang Clan looked at him with disdain, so what if he was a nephew?
Could he possibly be more important than silver?
"Dad, please help me persuade mom!" Second Brother Tan said anxiously, grabbing Little Wang Clan’s arm for fear they would start quarreling.
Fueling the fire now would only backfire, wouldn’t it?
He was the last person who wanted to divide the family because if they did, he would have to rely on himself for everything.
How could he live like that?
Though he was over twenty years old, he had never thought about this problem.
Tan Yuancheng pondered for a moment, "This time I think your mom is right. That settles it. It was always split this way before, and your mom hasn’t treated you unfairly."
He was even better at courting favor and avoiding harm than Little Wang Clan; hence he would firmly choose whatever was most beneficial to himself.
Xiao Fu wiped her tears, "Grandma, are you really going to kick us out?"
Wang Clan’s heart softened for an instant, but remembering Xiao Fu’s attitude toward her just moments ago, she steeled herself once more.
As for Xiao Fu, she might as well consider that she had raised a wolf cub.
No matter how much she loved him, he always listened to his mother the most.
"You move out today, or I’ll throw all your stuff out," said Wang Clan with a cold face.
Seeing that the matter was set in stone, Little Wang Clan no longer insisted, now only thinking of securing more property for her family. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
"What about the land you said you’d leave for Xiao Fu’s schooling? You can’t go back on your word!"
Xiao Fu chimed in opportunistically, "I need to study, which requires a lot of silver. You need to divide more stuff for me."
"I can only give you so much. Take it or leave it. That three acres over there is yours, go and harvest it," Wang Clan pointed toward the other side of the paddy field.
With a total of only fifteen acres of land, she had kept only six for herself, already considering past sentiments.
"We’ve been cutting here with Second Brother for half a day. Why should we have to go to the other side?" Little Wang Clan was upset.
Wouldn’t that mean they had spent half a day working for nothing?
Wang Clan glanced at the area they had finished cutting and scoffed, "Oh, you have the nerve to say you’ve been cutting for half a day? Even if you were biting it with your teeth, it wouldn’t be this little!"
Two able-bodied adults had only managed to cut a quarter of an acre in half a day, which was less than what she could do alone!
Seeing that Second Brother and his wife hadn’t moved, Tan Yuancheng reminded them, "Hurry up and go over there. Don’t expect us to help with the cutting this time. Otherwise, we’ll lease the land to someone else to farm, and have an additional income!"
By then, they could live off the rental income.
Little Wang Clan and Tan Zhengyong were almost grinding their teeth in anger, but they had no choice but to head to the other side.
Wang Clan’s stance was clear; the division of the family was final, and what they could give them was already determined. Nothing they said would change anything.
"I must have been cursed for eight lifetimes to marry a useless man like you. Absolutely incompetent at everything!" Little Wang Clan complained.
