After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 241: Split Family

Gao Zhidu laughed in anger, "What? Is your Mo family incredibly wealthy? You don't have the life of a young lady but you've got the attitude of one. Go eat shit!"

"Pfft!" Huang laughed out loud, feeling much better. "Village chief, that's what I thought too, but my in-laws are so bewitched! If we hadn't been so tolerant, would my sister-in-law have been eating and drinking for free at her parents' house for so long? If word got out about what she did, people would probably come knocking on our door and throwing rotten eggs at her!"
She's so carefree, lying in bed all day long, never leaving it except to eat, drink, and relieve herself. What kind of woman acts like that? Only a prostitute who's slept with a thousand men and tasted by ten thousand men in a brothel would act like that!

"Huang! Don't go too far!" Mo Dali's eyes were red, and he was trembling with anger, which only enraged Huang.

"Is it too much for me to say a few words of truth? Fine! Mo Dali, you've got some nerve! I'm done with this life! You all can make a mess of things yourselves!"

Huang stormed back into the house to pack her things, and soon rushed out of the room.

Mo Dali tried his best to stop her, but Huang bit him hard, and he almost peed himself from the pain.

Huang broke free from Mo Dali and ran away without looking back.

Mo Dali panicked and, clutching his aching arm, hurried after them.

When Chen returned with the village elders, she learned that her sister-in-law had run away. Her expression immediately changed, and she went back to her house to pack her things without saying a word.

Chen's eldest son, Mo Changtai, was extremely anxious. In order to keep his mother, he shouted, "I want to separate from the family! I want to separate from the family!"

When he shouted, Chen stopped moving.

Gao Zhi and the village chief in the courtyard both breathed a sigh of relief. Why did they suddenly feel a sense of smooth flow in their meridians?

Mo Laotian and Guan Shi vehemently disagreed.

Guan even threatened, "You want to separate from the family? You'll only do it if I die! You little brat, even your father wouldn't dare say something like that, and you dare? Believe me or not, I'll kick you out!"

"Fine! Then Grandma can kick our family out. My father just went to the battlefield for this family, and you want to drive my mother away and force us to our deaths!" Mo Changtai clenched his fists and rushed out of the courtyard, glaring at Guan Shi with resentment.

He had only said it on impulse, but now he was thinking about it carefully. His grandparents had clearly lost their minds, neglecting them for the sake of their good-for-nothing daughter. If this continued, they would all be dragged down to death. Separating the family was their only way out. He believed that when his father came back and found out everything, he wouldn't blame him.

After thinking it through, he looked at Mo Laotian and Guan Shi seriously and said, "Grandpa, Grandma, my mind is made up. This family is going to be divided. Everything in the family belongs to you, but my father, my eldest uncle and my grandfather did all the work together. I also helped and contributed my efforts. Logically, our second branch should get a share."

"If Grandpa and Grandma give me what my father deserves, I will still take care of them as they always have. If they don't agree, our whole family will leave with nothing. But I won't be responsible for their care in their old age or their funeral arrangements. After all, my parents have done so much for you all these years and have already repaid your kindness in raising and giving me life."

"Yongtai, how could you say such heartless things! We're family!" Old Mo Tian cried out in anguish.

Mo Yongtai looked resentful. "Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt are the real family. We're all outsiders. For Aunt's sake, Grandpa and Grandma don't care about our reputation, they don't care about our lives. What kind of family is this? My mother did nothing wrong, and I did nothing wrong!" "You mean we were wrong?" Old Mo Tian was heartbroken, tears streaming down his face. "That's your own aunt! She's having a hard time right now, we just wanted to make her feel better! If Shen Yi's wife hadn't given birth to twins, she wouldn't be so upset, and neither would we."

"Enough! Stop taking your anger out on others! The truth is, she is in this situation because of your indulgence and her ungratefulness! She was given a life-saving grace and an arranged marriage, yet you let her cancel it as she pleased. Shen Yi and her wife don't owe you anything!"
They live well because they are kind, hardworking, and able to endure hardship. What else does my aunt have besides being vain, competitive, jealous, lazy, selfish, and vicious?
"Shen Yi's wife is lucky to have given birth to twins; it's her karma that her aunt has ruined her life like this!"

"You bastard!" Guan Shi fiercely stepped forward and punched Mo Yongtai. "How could you talk about your own aunt like that? You heartless dog! If I had known you would turn against your own side, I should have strangled you back then. You want to divide the family property? Fine, then divide it! Get out of here, you whole family! Don't even think about taking a single thing that belongs to me!"

Mo Yongtai allowed Guan to beat and scold him without fighting back.

Chen was heartbroken and pulled Mo Yongtai away, where he started fighting with Guan.

Several village elders then stepped in to mediate the fight.

Gao Zhi instructed the villagers to go after Mo Dali and his wife and tell them what was happening here.

Waiting for Mo Dali and his wife to return.

Looking at the family whose relationship had deteriorated to a freezing point, Gao Zhi said with a solemn expression, "Let's not discuss what to do now. In my opinion, your family should just separate!"

"The village chief is really good at making sarcastic remarks! If the family is divided, who will we old folks live with? How will we live? The second son is still on the battlefield and hasn't come back yet. How can this family be divided?" Guan Shi had also gone from being a daughter-in-law to a mother-in-law. She had only been in charge of the household for a short time, and now she wanted to divide the family. She was unwilling to do anything about it.

Gao Zhi didn't discuss it with her at all, and only looked at Mo Laotian, "Your family's situation is right in front of you. I only give you two choices: either handle it yourselves, or don't let me hear about your family causing trouble and affecting the village's atmosphere again. Otherwise, I will definitely go to the township head and make your family move out of Ximen Village."

The second option is for me to take charge. There's no room for discussion about separating the household. You're the head of the family, so what do you think is the best course of action?

Mo Laotian was in a dilemma. In his heart, he would definitely prefer to handle it himself, but he couldn't make any guarantees and was unwilling to leave the village where he was born and raised. So he could only choose the second option.

Gao Zhi sneered, "It seems you want to divide the family property. Well then, let's do it this way! Let's talk about how to divide it. Yongtai just mentioned that either it should be divided fairly, in which case your son and daughter-in-law will take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die, and you won't have to worry about anything. If you don't want to divide it, they won't make things difficult for you, but they won't have to take care of you in your old age."

Dali and Erli have worked hard and dutifully in this family, and their wives are also diligent and hardworking; everyone in the village can see that. If they were to leave with nothing and abandon you, no one in the village would gossip about them. Everyone knows how to make the right choice.

Old Mo's face was pale, and he looked so helpless. He looked at his eldest son for help, but found that his eldest son kept his head down. His heart sank to the bottom.

After a while, he took a deep breath and slowly stood up. "Alright! Let's divide it fairly. Now, the things in the house will be divided into three parts, one for the eldest son, one for the second son, and one for us, the old couple. If the second son doesn't come back in the future, his son will take care of us."

Mo Yongtai pulled his younger brother up and, in front of all the village elders, promised, "If my father doesn't come back, we will definitely take care of him and fulfill our filial duties."