Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 4 Who has the last laugh

"That's not the point," Yu Qiutang also smiled, "You don't think that after what happened today, I will continue to call you mom, right?"

Chen Meidi's eyes flashed with resentment, but her expression remained unchanged. "Qiu Tang, dividing the family is no small matter. You must be cautious. Your father was indeed impulsive in punishing Xiaowei today, but it was really for Xiaowei's good. Xiaowei has no father..."

"I have a father, why do you care about me?"

Yu Xiaowei yelled at the side. He hated it most when people said that he and his sister were orphans.

"Oh... yes, my father is gone," Chen Meidi rolled up her sweater and tucked it under her armpit. "He is young and ignorant. If I don't take care of him, he might make a big mistake."

"Your son will make a big mistake!" Yu Xiaowei and Yu Qiushi are of the same age. Yu Qiushi relies on Yu Dejin's power to bully Yu Xiaowei and Yu Xiaoyun. Yu Xiaowei has long hated him.

Yu Qiutang patted his nephew on the shoulder and signaled him not to speak.

He did not tell Chen Meidi and continued to ask his father, "Dad, you don't have to think about it anymore. We have to divide this family today, whether we want to or not..."

"Are you serious, you bastard?"

"You know I never lie!"

Yu Dejin stared at his son for a long while, trying to see any sign of retreat in his eyes, but he was disappointed.

Yu Qiutang's eyes were firm, without the slightest hesitation.

He finally lowered his eyes and asked, "Then if you've made up your mind, then break up. Now that you're strong enough, I can't control you anymore."

At this moment, Yu Qiutang saw that his father's body suddenly became softer, like a balloon that had leaked a lot of air and could only maintain its shrunken shape.

"How do you want to divide it?" Yu Dejin asked again.

"It's very simple. I will bring Xiaowei and Xiaoyun with me and use the old kitchen for the time being. At most... in half a year, we will move out of the troglodyte courtyard." Yu Qiutang answered with great energy, without any hesitation.

After hearing this, Yu Xiaowei and Yu Xiaoyun hurriedly stood beside their uncle. They were waiting to escape from the misery of this family. In the past, they just thought that their uncle was a little weak in character, but a very good person. Now their uncle has become very powerful, and they believe that following their uncle is definitely better than suffering in a big family.

Yu Dejin was not surprised to hear Yu Qiutang say this, and continued to ask: "What about those things? What do you want?"

Yu Qiutang was still thinking, but Chen Meidi said, "Boss, look at what you said. Qiutang is an ambitious child. If you say we are going to split up the family, he will definitely not use the things I bought, and he won't feel comfortable using them."

Yu Qiutang knew what she was planning.

He definitely didn't want him to take anything away, so he wanted to separate from the family.

Such cases of giving away sons without giving anything in return are very common these days. It is not at all uncommon.

There are so many children in a family, and parents will only like some and dislike some, so they will not treat all children equally.

But what Chen Meidi said was indeed correct. Yu Qiutang disdained to use the furniture bought by Chen Meidi.

"I don't want anything else. Just the pot, water jar, and bucket my mother bought, three days' worth of food, and some necessary bowls and chopsticks. I don't want anything else!"

"As for the land..."

"Your mother died before you could divide the land, and you two brothers don't have any land either." Chen Meidi smiled softly, "Don't you want the land either?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you don't give him the land, he will starve to death." Yu Dejin scolded Chen Meidi unhappily, and then after thinking for a while, he said, "I'll give you the one acre of land at the foot of the mountain."

At that time, not all land was contracted to households, and much of the land in the village was still collectively owned. Many women had been married for several years but still had no land, and their children were not allocated any land.

The more than one acre of land my father mentioned was on the edge of the village. In fact, it was not land, but rather a piece of mountain land that our family had reclaimed.

Yu Qiutang nodded without thinking too much.

Although the land was close to the mountains and a bit barren, it was far enough from home to be just enough to cut off ties with my family.

"Okay, then it's settled. Prepare everything for me today, and tomorrow morning, we'll be two families." Yu Qiutang nodded in agreement, looked at Chen Meidi, whose face was filled with joy, smiled coldly, and turned around to go back to his room.

He has been reborn, and with the skills and experience from his previous life, a prosperous life is just around the corner. The more distant he is from these people, and the stricter they are now, the more uncomfortable they will be in the future, and the less reason he will have to pay attention to them.

It’s just a small profit, if you like it, just hold it in your arms.

He was like a victorious general, holding his head high and chest out, walking with firm steps, followed by the two little ones.

Just as he was about to enter the door, he heard Yu Chunmei timidly calling out, "Tangtang, can you take me with you?"

Yu Qiutang was startled, turned around and saw Yu Chunmei looking at him pitifully, her eyes full of pleading.

He reacted immediately.

Yu Chunmei's situation in this family is worse than his. At least he can still work, but Yu Chunmei is disabled and can't even cook. If he separates from the family and leaves her and Chen Meidi's family alone, then...

"Oh, Chunmei, what are you doing? How can you, as a sister, follow your brother? Do your father and I think we can let you down?"

Chen Meidi hurriedly dissuaded him.

Yu Dejin didn't say anything, just frowned.

Yu Chunmei ignored Chen Meidi and continued to plead, "Tangtang, take me with you?"

Yu Qiutang sighed inwardly. In this situation, how could he refuse?

"Okay, Third Sister, let's go together."

"Ok!"

After hearing this, Yu Chunmei hurriedly limped to Yu Qiutang's side. Xiaoyun wanted to help her aunt, but Chunmei dodged her, meaning that she could stand up.

"Chunmei, stop messing around!"

Chen Meidi was anxious and was about to go forward to pull Chunmei, but was frightened by Yu Qiutang's eyes and had to say to Yu Dejin, "Boss, please say something. How can a girl…"

"Go cook, I'm hungry."

For some reason, Yu Dejin, who always obeyed Chen Meidi, did not give his wife face this time.

"you!!!"

Chen Meidi was so angry that she stamped her feet, and her previous calmness was gone.

"Dad, since my third sister is coming with us, her land will also go with us. Now after the millet is harvested, give us the land and don't plant it anymore."

Yu Qiutang glanced at Chen Meidi sarcastically, then took his sister and two children back to his cave.

He knew exactly what Chen Meidi was planning. She was just thinking about the acre of land that her sister inherited from her mother. It was a very flat piece of arable land, close to the canal, so it was very convenient to water and fertilize.

Nowadays, if you have land, you have food. If you want to build a yard, you have to choose the land from your own land. Chen Meidi originally regarded this land as a sure thing, but she didn't expect it to suddenly fly away. She was very angry.

After entering the cave, Yu Qiutang closed the door.

He guessed that his father must be very angry, and Chen Meidi would not give up and would continue to think of ways to trip them up.

But he doesn't care.

If you like to play around, then come and see who has the last laugh.

(End of this chapter)