The afternoon before New Year’s Eve, my mother came to my doorstep with a lot of dishes, like Santa Claus. She later said, “I used to complain that your father always acted like a migrant worker every Time he went to see his son and still had a big bag, but I never thought I would still be like that myself after he left. “
Originally she could have come up a day earlier, but second uncle called on the 28th of the waxing moon, saying that the second compensation payment for grandparents’ homestead arrived before, and agreed to split the money at his house early the next morning. That before the New Year, it is better to put an end to this, each other are in a good mood.
This is also a fortune for the siblings. The summer before last, the countryside to clean up the land, for the closure of the household procedures, where the entire population of the household has died, its Home base at 4500 yuan per square meter compensation to its beneficiaries. Grandparents just happened to fit: they have all died for more than ten or twenty years, and neither lived with their children during their lifetime, nor was the homestead used by their children when they built the building.
In such a case, we can’t find one or two families in our village. According to the calculation, their two cottages that had collapsed were 45 square meters, and the yard was 97 square meters, totaling 436,500. I never dreamed that my grandparents would have such an inheritance to leave to their four siblings, they had lived a hard Life, and the last thing they left behind, as far as I can remember, was not even a few thousand dollars, not enough for a fraction of this time.
At that time to learn the news, second uncle came to my mother to discuss, said the four siblings together to share. Mother said: “Second brother, I still need to come why, you take it is. “Later, I learned that it is not possible to go: policy stipulates that all children must sign, men and women are equal; and there are a lot of documents, seven or eight, second uncle and sister-in-law even write their own names are difficult enough to do these really will not.
My eldest uncle died of electrocution more than 30 years ago, and my great-uncle’s mother had been bedridden for many years, so in the end, it was my mother who took care of it all, and because the four families were in different towns, they ran two land offices and three police stations before and after it was finally done. Of course, before taking the money, but also responsible for the foundation also root good (cleaned up), second uncle said: “just that little old wall bricks, big deal, sweep down to the house behind the ditch forget! “
After paying the tax, each Family can still get 80,000 yuan. After completing the formalities on the way back, my mother said: “Second brother, when you get it, I will share my share with you. My sister-in-law also said yes. Second uncle even said no, now the days are quite good, the policy also said that it is equal for men and women.
At that time, I told me about it, I smiled and asked: “Then how much are you going to give? She also laughed: “Since the mouth, of course, at least five thousand, I am prepared to give 20,000 bar. You know what I think? I thought, this money is also originally fallen from the sky, not to mention that I was originally the adopted daughter of the Chen family, by definition should not take, it does not matter, let off three points, for the good of both. People, which lived a lifetime, to the end and then fight for these also no longer meaningful. “
Last year, the first compensation payment was issued, mother and sister-in-law agreed, each family to give up five thousand; great-uncle mother was seriously ill before that, but her eldest daughter-in-law heard about it, but also very quick: “Then you set the aunt is. This is originally left by grandparents, we do the younger generation, of course, can not compete with the younger uncle. “
This time it was the remaining balance that was also sent down. The mother went over early in the morning and found the second aunt sullen, and did not talk much. This past year, the family did not have a good time, first, the second uncle was diagnosed with prostate cancer, surgery, recuperation can have half a year, and the Epidemic, the family’s oranges are not selling well, the past to buy the Shandong merchants are also less. The second uncle has also aged a lot after this illness.
After dividing the money, as usual, the three families have each let five thousand. On the way back, my sister-in-law complained to my mother: “A sister, I am a solid person, if I say so, last time let five thousand is enough, this time you see the second brother did not even push a push! “
Just returned home, second uncle’s daughter-in-law on WeChat voice call said: “Auntie, this time the total is actually 198,000, my father will listen to you, according to 200,000 points. “The mother understood as soon as she heard it and said, “Then I’ll refund you an extra 500 yuan. “There said: “You can not say that, no no, just to let you know. “
My mother was still a little upset and couldn’t help but spit it out with my second uncle’s daughter: “Your sister-in-law, my second brother and his wife used to be very satisfied, you said she was smart in small things and confused in big things, I didn’t believe it, but now it seems to be true. The last time you took more than two thousand change, why not say? This you want me to talk to the other two to say an extra five hundred dollars, I can not open this mouth. “
Speaking of which, she remembered one more thing: “You want to go back to your mother’s house to see? This morning, your mother’s face is not good, I also heard her mutter a ‘to the Chen family decades, not a penny back to the Lu family’, may be and your father annoyed again. “
Cousin drove back to her mother’s house a said, second aunt was surprised: “Aunt how to know? “It turns out that early that morning, second uncle found the money in his trouser pocket missing a hundred, suspected of falling on the sheet, coincidentally, second aunt sunbathing, shaking sheets, bad eyes, did not pay attention to, may be to blow away. The old couple were both upset about the money and complained to each other, and as they talked about it, the second uncle even said “you always take care of your own brother and secretly give him money” or something. Mother learned, called a phone call to the second uncle: “yuck, you are also old and confused, are seventy and eighty years old, decades of couples, and what to divide the Chen family Lu family! “
A while ago the countryside to improve the river, along the coast into a landscape walkway, the great aunt’s family a small rice mill because it happens to be on the side of the bridge, was also demolished, lost 50,000. Her son learned, came to the door and said: “Mom, you are now enough, the money might as well give me financial management, but also let my wife and children happy. “
Mother said about this, I asked: “That great aunt later gave? “Mother said:” son opened the mouth, can not not give ah. If you do not give, then the next may be the daughter-in-law, grandchildren to borrow what name to ask, rather than this, it is better to fall good, so do not make so ugly. “
I sighed and asked: “Then the great aunt to the son, not afraid of the daughter is not fair? ” “Then again, anyway, she also have another money. But this time, the original demolition to get 50,000 is a happy, the results of a change of hands, but became their own to post out more than 50,000. “
Speaking of these, my mother also sighed: “How many hurt feelings in the countryside, in the end, it is money caused. It can even be said that money is the worst thing, causing many disputes, but sometimes it can be said that money is the best – with money you can not rely on children, do not have to beg and plead, what you want to eat, and do not have to look at people’s faces, they go to buy it. “
In the countryside, “human kindness” does not mean “love In the countryside, “favors” does not mean “love, friendship”, but refers to the gifts, gifts to maintain the friendship between people. As the old saying goes, “A favor is a debt, and it is sold on the back of a wok. “Meaning, these gifts are not debts, but they have to be sold to pay. It used to be said that “talk about money, too hurt feelings,” but now there is a playful saying. “Talk about feelings, too hurt money. “
In the past two years to give my mother red packets for the New Year, she did not want, saying: “I want to come to what? I used to be just happy to get it in my hand, but now I have enough to spend, and then I want your own, I really live confused. I said: “This is the son’s heart. Your money is of course your own, and I will not figure you out. She still refused to take it and gave me a blank look and said, “You think I want to leave you the money? My bank card is written in the name of my grandson. “
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