Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

Everyone knows Zhang Youheng's family. We are all from the same village, so how could we not know what their family situation is like?

"Youheng, don't blame me, your elder brother, for not giving you face. We have discussed this matter in the village committee. In view of your family's situation, we have unanimously decided to let your family split up."

Seeing that my two nephews had gloomy expressions, and then looking at my younger brother's still stubborn eyes, and my own sister-in-law's aggressive look, I got a real headache.

There have been cases of family separation in the village, but most of them were proposed by parents for the good of their children. This was indeed the first case where a son proposed a compulsory separation from his parents.

What does this mean? It means that parents should not oppress their sons too much. Otherwise, in an era where filial piety is the most important virtue, whoever dares to do such a thing will be despised by others.

"Brother, why do you always go against me? Mom and Dad gave all the good things to you, the eldest brother, why do you want to split our family and make everyone in the family restless?"

Grandpa Zhang Youheng's face was distorted, and he spoke to his eldest brother Zhang Yourong with hatred.

The village chief Zhang Yourong's face also changed. He didn't expect that after so many years, his younger brother was still blaming his parents, and might even have extended the blame to his own children. No wonder what happened today. It was also his fault that he, as the eldest brother, didn't see it.

The source of this statement was during the time of Ye Wenwu’s great-grandfather. Just like now, his great-grandfather also loved his youngest son, that is, his grandfather Zhang Youheng.

However, at that time, the great-grandfather and the niece's mistress discovered that they had been over-indulging their youngest son and over-exploiting their other children. Perhaps they realized this in order to make their youngest son live a better life instead of immersing himself in their own world. After all, they were both old, and if they just left their youngest son alone, he would definitely suffer.

Instead of doing this, he would rather take the initiative to divide the family property. In order to compensate his sons, he naturally gave more to his older sons when dividing the family property, and also to help his younger sons get rid of their lazy habits, so he basically gave them nothing.

Unexpectedly, the world is a cycle, and this thing happened again, but this time his younger brother did not notice the situation at home.

"Youheng, it's useless for you to say so much. I don't care if you blame me as your elder brother for this matter. However, the village committee has already discussed it. When the time comes, the remaining grain in the village will be directly allocated to Liguo and Lijun. As for the fields, don't worry. Liguo and Lijun will not stop being filial to you. They will give you 10 yuan every month."

"As for where they live, they don't need you, and they don't need you either. I've already arranged for a place for them to live. There are still a few abandoned houses in the village. Let the two families stay there for the time being."

Village chief Zhang Yourong did not persuade his younger brother Zhang Youheng to agree, because he knew how stubborn his younger brother Zhang Youheng was. When his parents passed away, he did not come to the scene. When his parents passed away, they wished to see their youngest son.

"Brother, why? Why do you say we should split up the family? We don't agree."

Grandpa Zhang Youheng knew the power of the village committee, but grandma Liu Xiaocui didn't, and she continued to make noise in a rude and unreasonable manner.

"Sister-in-law, if you don't agree, you can go to the commune and sue us, but please don't make trouble here."

Village chief Zhang Yourong would not tolerate his shrewish sister-in-law. If it were not for the sake of everyone else's face, he would have been justified in slapping her.

Seeing that the matter was settled, everyone got up and prepared to leave.

But at this time Ye Wenwu stepped out, stood up and shouted:

"My dear elders, I, Ye Wenwu, have something to say."

Several people from the village committee looked at each other in surprise, indicating that this was something that no one knew about. Was it you who arranged it?

Unfortunately, everyone shook their heads.

At this time, the village chief Zhang Yourong said:

"This kid's name is Ye Wenwu. He is the son of Ye Fugui, who grew up eating at other people's houses in our village, and my younger brother's youngest daughter Zhang Kexin."

Everyone knew Ye Fugui, who grew up eating at many people's homes. He was also loved by everyone at that time. They gave him the name. If it wasn't for the fact that they were trying to protect the child of a comrade who died in the village, they would have changed the child's surname to Zhang Fugui.

"Oh, what's up kid?"

This question was asked by the village secretary. He is an elder in the village, one generation older than the village chief, and a veteran who participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan. However, because he participated in the war at that time, when the war ended, his parents had passed away, and he lived alone all his life, and did not get married and have children. In his words, it was mainly because he was afraid of harming a good girl.

"My dear elders, you may not know what happened to my father and mother. You all think that my father and mother ran away from home, but what I want to tell you is not the case."

"My father and my mother were forced to leave the village. My father and my mother grew up in the same village and they loved each other. Unfortunately, my grandfather insisted that my mother marry the 50-year-old divorced cripple in the village. If my second uncle hadn't let my mother out and stayed at home for three months despite being seriously injured, how could I have been born?"

"Also, my parents passed away six days ago. My grandparents knew that my mother had passed away, but they never mentioned to me that they were going to pay respects to my parents. So as a junior, my Ye family doesn't want these grandparents. I want to cut off ties with them."

Everyone's faces turned pale. At that time, the incident only said that Ye Fugui ran away from home and Zhang Kexin ran away to escape her marriage, but it never said that the two of them ran away because of threats. No wonder they were not brought back for decades.

Everyone looked at Zhang Youheng with eyes full of inferiority, especially the village secretary. The child left behind by a sacrificed comrade was actually driven out of their village. He felt a little sorry for his sacrificed comrade.

"Youheng, did you ever do this? I was wondering why Zhang Quezi came to your house to cause trouble. You actually wanted to marry Ke Xin to Zhang Quezi. Do you still have any heart, you beast? If Wenwu hadn't spoken out today, would you have kept it a secret from us all your life?"

The village chief Zhang Yourong's eyes were red as he loudly questioned his younger brother Zhang Youheng.