Back to the 70s: My Wife is Both Fierce and Crazy

Chapter 24 The Pleasant Division of Spoils 02
He was the youngest of the three brothers and received the most care from his older brothers, so he always followed in their footsteps.

The eldest brother said he was filial to their father, and so he was; the second brother said he would endure it, and so he endured it.

But now I'm telling him that his father is hiding something good from his three foolish sons.

How does he think and how does he deal with himself?

Uncle Bai patted his third brother to express his comfort.

"Alright, it's not too late to know now. If they come again, we'll just refuse to give it to them." After this incident, Uncle Bai has come to terms with it. Filial piety and biological fathers are all nonsense. Only when our own family is doing well is it truly good.

"None of us are as open-minded as Xiaojing. From now on, we should just take care of our own families."

Uncle Bai's eyes reddened. "Second brother, why is he like this? He wasn't like this when we were little." He remembered that when they were very young, their father cared a lot about the three brothers and would always bring them good things as soon as possible.

When did his father stop being his biological father?

Bai Jing really wanted to say that having a stepmother meant having a stepfather, but seeing how heartbroken her two uncles were, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Mother, count out five hundred, and let Second Uncle and Third Uncle's families divide the rest." This money should have belonged to her family, but seeing that Second Uncle and Third Uncle's families were struggling, she felt compassion for them.

Five hundred yuan is enough for her family's household expenses for a long time; at least it can buy a lot of grain to store after the autumn harvest in the team.

After all, nothing is more precious than food these days.

Since the village didn't require coupons for goods, she naturally wanted to stock up on more for home use.

Upon hearing her daughter's words, Luo Chunhua responded without hesitation and began counting the money.

Both families were somewhat stunned when they heard Bai Jing's words.

Aunt Bai was the first to react. "Well, Xiao Jing, let's not divide this money. This money was earned by our eldest brother. What would it mean if we divided it?" She still had that much shame.

Over the years, her father-in-law has taken mostly grain from her family; apart from that, her family has never given her a single penny.

Only the eldest brother gave every penny he received after being discharged from the army to his father-in-law. This money should rightfully belong to the eldest brother's family.

"Yes, your third aunt is right. We've already taken the chicken, what would it mean to take money too? We don't need to share the money with her."

Aunt Bai was distracted by the yellow note, but she was an upright person and wouldn't take things that weren't hers.

With both aunts speaking up, the two uncles naturally wouldn't want to embarrass their wives.

"Listen to your aunts," the two said in unison.

When asked why she was willing to help her two uncles, Bai Jing explained that it was precisely because of their personalities that she was willing to lend them a hand.

"Alright, stop arguing. You can keep the money, and we'll split these yellow slips equally. I don't want to be left without anyone to help me when Grandpa comes looking for trouble." Bai Jing deliberately put on a stern face, but unfortunately, her sallow little face couldn't be serious.

It had a certain charm that made everyone laugh.

"Alright, none of you are as sensible as the children. You all brought back the money and things together, so naturally you get a share. If you delay any longer, we shouldn't associate with each other anymore." Luo Chunhua made the final decision and directly divided the counted money into two portions.

Then he handed it to his sisters-in-law, looking at them and saying, "Don't be polite with Xiaojing. If it weren't for your support, her grandfather wouldn't have let this matter go so easily."

Although she felt most of the credit belonged to her daughter, the fact that her two sisters-in-law had intervened represented the attitudes of both families. Even if her father-in-law was muddle-headed, he wouldn't want to offend all three of his sons.

“These yellow slips will be divided equally among the three of us. Let’s not be coy.”

Since their sister-in-law had said so, they couldn't bring themselves to refuse. "Then let's take advantage of sister-in-law and Xiaojing's efforts, and our two families will also have some savings."

After a while, Uncle Bai and his wife exchanged a glance and agreed to the matter. "But Xiao Jing, if you need anything in the future, just ask. Your uncle may not have much else, but he's quite strong."

"That's right, and your second uncle too. Your second uncle is even stronger than your third uncle."

"Second brother, how can you talk like that?" Uncle Bai glared at his second brother, his eyes full of dissatisfaction. "What do you mean by being stronger than me? I'm strong enough, okay? I can carry 150 jin (75 kg) during the autumn harvest."

"I can carry 200 jin (100 kg)."

These two brothers actually started fighting amongst themselves.

Bai Jing really liked the atmosphere. She watched her second and third uncles argue with a smile, not wanting to disrupt their fun.

However, she divided the yellow strips into three parts, but there were two extra pieces. "I want to take the extra two pieces to the commune to exchange for money. Winter is coming soon, and our families should stock up on some cotton."

Cotton is a precious commodity in their area; you have to buy it in advance.

If you buy now, you can stock up on cotton from all three suppliers by winter.

Upon hearing this, everyone naturally agreed.

“Gold is worth six yuan per gram at the commune now. These two pieces can be exchanged for at least several hundred yuan. Xiaojing, when are you going? Your second and third uncles will go with you.”

Uncle Bai was worried about his niece. If possible, he didn't want Xiao Jing to come forward, since the source of this item wasn't exactly legitimate.

They weren't stupid; they could tell this thing was taken from the landlord's house back then.

Bai Jing readily agreed, "Okay, let's do it the day after tomorrow. There's a big market there, so let's try our luck."

The market was spontaneously organized by villagers from the surrounding area to exchange goods. The commune also supported it, since it was really not easy to get tickets in the countryside.

"Okay, then the day after tomorrow. Your second uncle and I will take leave to go with you."

After finishing their business, everyone put away the money and the yellow slips.

"Second Uncle and Second Aunt, Third Uncle and Third Aunt, you go back and put your things away first. Later, we'll take our baskets and go to the opposite mountain to find the grain cave."

Bai Jing didn't plan to keep more people. With so many precious things in their hands, she felt more at ease letting them take them home first.

What Bai Jing didn't expect was that her two uncles had their wives keep the money, but pushed the yellow slip of paper to Bai Jing.

"Uncle knows you're capable. These things aren't safe for our two families to keep. Now that your abilities have been exposed, your grandfather and stepmother won't dare to come to your house and search. You should keep these things for us for now."

Fearing that Bai Jing might overthink things, he immediately spoke up to explain.

Bai Jing looked at her second uncle with some surprise. This was gold! How could he trust her so much?
How could she not know how trustworthy she was?
I went to a banquet today, hehe, I got back late, sorry!