1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 5 Was I this lazy when I was young?

After dinner, Su Jianye looked around.

"Now that we're done eating, let me tell you what I'm going to do!"

"We built eight rooms in total at that time, and we gave them two rooms according to where you live now!"

"Of the two rooms your mother and I are using now, one will be left for your eldest sister, and after we're gone, the one you're living in now will all be available to the three of you. Or whoever wants it can buy it and give the money to the other two families!"

"Do you have any objection to my division?"

The three brothers Su Wenchen shook their heads and said they had no objection.

Only the eldest sister-in-law couldn't help but say something after seeing that no one said anything.

"My eldest sister is married, and she still needs to share the family house! Whose daughter gets to share the family house after she gets married?"

Su Jianye didn't even raise his head and took a puff of cigarette, "Boss, do you mean the same thing?"

Su Wen Zhang quickly shook his head, "I have no objection to giving my eldest sister a room!"

After saying that, he pulled his sister-in-law's arm.

The sister-in-law was displeased when she saw this and started muttering to herself.

"I'm not wrong. It's fine to send some food at ordinary times, but now they even divide the house. If you don't know, you would think it's a marriage to marry into the family!"

"Shut up!" Su Wen Zhang said viciously.

Seeing Su Wen Zhang getting angry, the sister-in-law immediately calmed down.

"Second brother, youngest brother, what do you think?"

Su Wenlie said dully, "I have no objection to giving my eldest sister a room!"

"I have no objection either." Su Wenchen followed.

He remembered that during those three years, there was a disaster and the grain production was reduced...

Their family was able to survive at that time only because of the support from their eldest sister who came from the city, otherwise something would have definitely happened.

And he was the first to bear the brunt.

Because in this era, only by keeping the main labor force can the whole family be saved, so those who can be sacrificed are naturally those who are not yet adults.

At that time, the eldest brother in their family had already reached adulthood, and the second brother was also close to adulthood and could earn work points. Only he was exactly ten years old at that time. He was the type who was not good at anything and had nothing left over after eating.

In addition, he was raised by his eldest sister since he was a child, and in his memory, his eldest sister was almost the same as Su's mother.

Su Jianye nodded with satisfaction.

Fortunately, the few people in my family are the kind who can tell things clearly.

As for what his eldest daughter-in-law thinks, he doesn't need to care, because in this era, as long as the man in the family nods, it means the matter is settled.

Su Jianye continued, "After the houses are divided, what's left is food and money!"

As he said this, he asked Su's mother to take out a locked box.

After opening.

Father Su pointed and said.

"Over the years, the public school has saved a total of more than 760 yuan. Half of it was the resettlement fee I received after the war. I spent some money on building a house and had 300 or 400 yuan left. The rest is the annual surplus of work points!"

"When my eldest son got married, I gave him 30 yuan as a gift. When my second son got married, the price had gone up a bit, so I gave him 50 yuan as a gift."

"Now, youngest brother, I'll give you your betrothal gift in advance. It's the same as your second brother's, fifty yuan! I'll keep it with your mother now, and I'll give it to you when you get married!"

"Do you two have any objections?"

The two brothers shook their heads.

"Dad, you can do whatever you want. We have no objection!"

Su Wenchen immediately raised his hand, "I have an opinion, I can keep it myself!"

"If you have any opinions, just keep them to yourself. When you get married and can be the master of the household, then you can express your opinions!" said Su's father unhappily.

Su Wenchen curled his lips.

Humph, do you have no human rights if you’re not married?
After seeing Su Wenchen sit back, Su's father continued.

"There are still 700 yuan left. Each of your three families will get 200 yuan. As for food, most of the food at home is coarse grains. When the time comes, the eldest and second eldest will share 300 kilograms of coarse grains with your families. If you save enough, you will have enough to eat until the autumn harvest."

"As for the youngest, I'll give you 100 kilograms of coarse grains, enough for you to eat until the autumn harvest. But your work points for picking pig grass won't be much even if the new harvest comes. You'll have to figure it out for yourself in the future!"

"Tomorrow I will go to Lao Li to divide up all the work points for our family. From now on, your work points will be recorded separately according to your family's."

"Any questions?"

The eldest and the second oldest looked at each other, and then looked at Su Wenchen.

In their opinion, such a division would have no impact on them, and the one who would suffer the most would be the youngest.

It shouldn't be said that he suffered a loss, but that he would not be able to take advantage of others in the future. Because the two work points that Su Wenchen earned from cutting grass for pigs were not enough for him to eat his fill.

Su Wenchen saw that everyone was looking at him.

"Why are you looking at me? I think Dad's division is very fair. I have no problem with it!"

This surprised the third uncle who was witnessing the event. In his opinion, the youngest child should be unwilling.

Because of this one point, he definitely wouldn't be able to eat enough with his work points, but I didn't expect that he didn't make a fuss at all.

Seeing this, Su Jianye nodded with relief.

Although the younger son is a bit lazy, he is not a bad person after all, and there is still a possibility of saving him! It seems that this division of the family was the right one.

Cough slightly.

"Finally, there are livestock. We have two pigs and five hens at home."

"I'll divide it into three parts, and see which family wants the pig and which family wants the chicken!"

Hearing this, Su Wenchen's eyes suddenly lit up and he said without hesitation.

"I want five old hens!"

Su Jianye said with a straight face, "You can have the chicken, but you are not allowed to kill it! Otherwise, don't have it!"

Apparently he was afraid that his younger son would kill the old hen and eat its meat out of greed.

In this day and age, old hens are known as the chicken butt bank. They are definitely more suitable for laying eggs than eating meat.

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Dad, don't worry, I promise I won't kill you. The most I'll do is eat an egg!"

Su Jianye was skeptical and spoke directly.

"Then the eldest and second eldest, each of you can share one pig."

Obviously in his heart, pigs are much more valuable than chickens, so even if the youngest one is to kill a chicken, he will only kill one at most.

But if this half-grown pig was secretly slaughtered by this kid, it would be a huge loss.

Not to mention that you are not allowed to secretly slaughter pigs at home now.

"Finally, there is the issue of old-age care. Now your mother and I are both able to do the work, so we don't need you to take care of us."

"When we can't work anymore, we'll take turns, living in one family for a year and rotating in turn! Whichever family we live in, the other two will follow suit and give us retirement money!"

"What do you think?"

Obviously, Su's father had his own little ideas about taking care of him in his old age.

Nowadays, the elderly in the village either live with the eldest or the youngest, but almost all of them are unhappy in their later years.

After all, it's hard to be in a good mood after serving for a long time.

Especially those who deliberately bullied their daughter-in-law in the early years. It’s hard to imagine that guy having a good life in the hands of his daughter-in-law.

So he planned to spend a year at each family, so that neither family would be too tired when taking turns.

Moreover, if any family deliberately bullies him, he will have the opportunity to complain to his other two sons.

He just doesn't believe that his three sons are all ungrateful people?
If that were the case, he would accept it.

However, after Su's father finished talking about the issue of retirement, Su Wenjian strongly objected.

"Dad, what are you talking about? Which family in the brigade doesn't take care of their eldest son in their old age? If you do this, others will think that I don't want to take care of myself in my old age."

Su Wenlie was not that intense, he just said it sullenly.

"Dad, if you want, you can live with me then!"

Su Jianye nodded with satisfaction. Even though it was just talk, it was better than those who couldn't even talk.

"What do you say, youngest?"

Su Wenchen was quite accepting of this method of rotating elderly care, because it was quite common in families with many children in later generations.

"I think your idea is great, Dad. If we're not satisfied with the place we live in, we can move to another one!"

"Youngest one!" Su Wen Zhang never expected Su Wenchen to say that.

Su Jianye waved his hand.

"Okay, Boss, it's settled! As for the iron pot, let's not divide it up for now. There are only two big pots in the main room. Whoever cooks can just use whichever one."

"Anyway, I've given you the money, so you can decide what to buy from now on!"

Then he looked at Su Wenchen with surprise.

He didn't expect that his youngest son could understand his ideas. It seems that his youngest son is the most like him. But was I so lazy when I was young?

It doesn’t seem so!
(End of this chapter)