The old house left to me by my parents was demolished and divided 6 million.
However, after knowing the situation, the second brother and the third sister rushed back as soon as possible to ask for the demolition money.
Back then, in order to take care of them, I gave up my marriage, guarded my hometown, and never married.
Now looking at their sanctimonious faces, I am unwilling and quarrel with them.
Although we were eventually persuaded by the mediator to reach an agreement, our brother-sister relationship basically ended here!
Big brother, I heard that the demolition of the old house can be divided into more than 6 million? ”
The second and third sisters still came back to see me on the last weekend of each month.
I said with a smile as I took the fruit they bought
Yes, after half a lifetime, I can finally enjoy happiness. ”
The third sister looked around the old mansion and patted me on the shoulder: "That's, now you can think about how to distribute this money." ”
At the time, I didn't understand what she meant, and said to myself with a smile
I've thought about it, and after I get the money, I'll go to the county seat to build a three-story small bungalow, and when the time comes, you can come back and see that I have a place to live. ”
Then I will pack another orchard, plant some oranges, and I will save the rest, and I will support Junjun and Lele to marry daughters-in-law in the future. ”
Junjun and Lele are the sons of the second brother and the third sister respectively, that is, my nephew and nephew.
I thought that the second brother and the third sister would be happy to hear this, but I didn't expect the two of them to look at each other and show complicated expressions at me.
I looked at them with some confusion: "What's wrong?" ”
After they looked at each other again, the second brother said to me as if he had mustered up courage, "Big brother, you didn't think about me and the third sister?" ”
Hearing this, I was stunned at first, and then I also joked:
You are all married and have a business, and you want money to earn yourself, and I want to leave it to Junjun and Lele. ”
After saying that, both of them laughed, but their faces were full of embarrassment.
After hesitating for a moment, the second brother said in a deep voice: "Big brother, the third sister and I mean that this demolition money should have our share, right?" ”
The air was a little quieter in an instant, so that's what it meant!
I frowned and looked at the second brother, who instinctively avoided my gaze, and his face was full of Zhang Huang.
I lowered my eyes and sighed.
Seeing this, the second brother immediately explained uneasily: "Big brother, my third sister and I know that you are good to us, but this is the house left by our parents, how can we say that we also have a share?" ”
The third sister on the side also stammered a little and added: "Yes, yes, eldest brother, I have discussed with the second brother, you take half of it, and I and the second brother will take half of the rest, you can see ......."”
Get lost! Get out of here! ”
I angrily picked up the bamboo chair I was sitting on and pointed at them.
The second brother and the third sister were so frightened that they hurriedly withdrew from the house, but the second brother also yelled at me loudly
Shen Guotao! What kind of nerves do you have, let me tell you, we are reasonable to discuss, if you don't agree, we will sue! ”
I threw a bamboo chair at my second brother's feet, and they ran away, not forgetting to scold me when they left.
Looking at the alienated faces of the second brother and the third sister, my heart was like ashes, and the drama of raising a white-eyed wolf would happen to me.
Thirty years ago, my dad left the village and went to the north with a few fellow villagers to work.
My dad had no education, so he could only do hard work on the construction site, and in order to earn more money, he volunteered to stay at night to guard the construction site.
At that time, the conditions were very poor, no more than the workers' dormitories had heating equipment, and the duty room on the construction site was simply an ice cellar in winter.
In order to keep warm, my dad made a charcoal fire and put it in the house, and when he was found by the villagers the next day, he had died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Because it was a tragedy caused by my father's own lack of common sense, the owner of the construction site only gave a little funeral expenses.
After learning the news, my mother fainted at home crying, and since then, her mental state and body have become worse and worse.
Half a year later, when I was going up the mountain to pull bamboo shoots, my mother accidentally fell down the mountain stream, and by the time the villagers carried her back, she was already on the verge of dying.
I will always remember what my mom said to me with the last of her strength before she died:
Taotao, Mom is going to see your father, there is nothing valuable at home, this old house is left to you, you must take care of your younger brothers and sisters. ”
I cried and agreed to my mother, and hugged my second and third sisters tightly in my arms, and my mother squeezed out a relieved smile when she saw it, and then closed her eyes forever ......
That year, my second brother was in my second year of junior high school, my third sister was in my fourth grade, and I had just turned 19.
In order to support this family, I chose to give up the college entrance examination and prepare to earn money for my younger siblings to go to school.
My family still had a few acres of land, but I wasn't very good at farming at the time, so I contracted out, and then I went to work as a laborer in a factory in town.
On weekends, I also helped a relative who was a carpenter, helping out and learning the trade.
When my parents were still there, I had many relatives and I moved around a lot.
But after my parents died, even my closest uncle closed the door to us, for fear that we would ask him for money.
Only my grandmother cares about us, but she's also old, and she can't help make dinner in other ways.
So during that time, I often hid outside the house alone and cried, and that was the first time I felt the pressure of life and the warmth and coldness of the world.
After two years of work, I met a girl in the factory named Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing is a new employee in the canteen, one year younger than me.
Because every time I cook, I always pack up the dishes and take them home, and I eat white rice or white steamed buns by myself, so this also aroused Xiaoqing's curiosity.
After Xiaoqing learned about my family situation, every time she cooked, she would deliberately pack more dishes for me, and sometimes she even packed her own dishes for me to take home.
Gradually, we developed feelings for each other and had a good feeling.
Half a year later, seeing that I hadn't confessed, Xiaoqing took the initiative to ask me:
Guotao, do you mean anything to me? ”
I was embarrassed, but I didn't dare to respond.
After all, my family situation is not very good, and I promised my mother to take care of my younger siblings, so I don't have the energy to fall in love at all.
Later, I wrote a letter and told Xiaoqing all my inner concerns.
After Xiaoqing found out, not only did she not flinch, but also took the initiative to say that she was willing to be with me and help me share the cost of taking care of my younger siblings.
I was very moved and secretly determined that I would not marry Xiaoqing in this life, but unfortunately we had been dating for less than half a year, and we were beaten by Xiaoqing's aunt.
Xiaoqing's aunt was the factory's treasurer, and when she found out about our relationship, she immediately approached me:
Shen Guotao, although you work hard and are very good to Xiaoqing, you can't give her a good future with your current ability. ”
I know you still have younger siblings to take care of, and I don't want Xiaoqing to be in such a good year, because of you, and bear the pressure that doesn't belong to her. ”
That time, Xiaoqing's aunt told me a lot, and I thought about it a lot.
Indeed, I shouldn't be so selfish, I'm not worthy of Xiaoqing, and falling in love with her is delaying her good future.
So after hesitating for two days, I still broke up with Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing cried and asked me why, I endured the pain and didn't say a word, just ruthlessly asked her not to come to me again.
A month later, perhaps because she didn't want to see me, Xiaoqing left the factory, and since then, I have put all my thoughts on taking care of my younger siblings.
Fortunately, the second brother was very competitive, and four years later, he was admitted to an undergraduate program with the top ten grades in the school.
On the day I got the admission letter, my second brother and I hugged each other tightly, crying with joy, feeling that the suffering I had suffered before was worth it, and at least I could give an explanation to my heavenly parents.
Second brother, you don't have to worry about tuition, the eldest brother is desperate to provide for you to graduate from college, if you have the ability to continue to study in graduate school, the eldest brother will also support you! ”
On the day I took my second brother on the train to school, I handed him a full 2,000 yuan in cash, which was my salary advance to my boss.
My second brother is also very sensible, and since he went to college, he has been working and studying, so he has helped me reduce a lot of burden.
The third sister didn't study very well, and after failing the college entrance examination, she went to work in a factory in the city.
Seeing that the second brother and third sister have grown up**, I can finally relax a little, and at this time, there are elders in the village who come to introduce me to the object.
However, after Xiaoqing's incident, I felt a little inferior, and I thought that I had to earn some money for my second brother and third sister to get married in the future, so in the end I refused.
In the next ten years, the second brother and the third sister got married and started a family.
I remember crying a lot at my third sister's wedding, because I finally fulfilled what my mother told me before she died, and I also fulfilled my responsibility as an eldest brother.
Seeing that I was about to enter middle age, after careful consideration, I chose to resign from the factory, go back to my hometown, and live an idyllic life of growing vegetables and raising fish.
During this period, my second and third sisters often came to visit me, and later brought their children with them, and the family became lively again.
In the blink of an eye, it's another decade.
Only this time, I didn't expect that they actually came for the demolition money.
The day after my second brother and I fell out, they and a couple of mediators came to my door.
Big brother, we will always remember your kindness to us, but one yard is one yard, the old house is left by my parents, and my third sister and I should be able to get a compensation. ”
Seeing the second brother's righteous and awe-inspiring face, my anger didn't come out in one place:
Back then, I worked hard to earn money for you to read, and all the books went to the dog's belly! Without my care, would you be where you are today? Now you have the face to ask for money? ”
When the second brother looked at me, he was like a fighter waiting for him, and his eyes were full of hostility:
Since you say so, let's settle the score! ”
I graduated from junior high school to university, and you sponsored me for 8 years, and half of the expenses after college were earned by my own work-study, right? ”
The third sister went from the fourth grade to the third year of high school, and you also sponsored it for 8 years, and then she worked on her own to support herself, right? ”
When we got married, you helped me pay the bride price and gave the third sister a dowry, we all remembered it, but did the money return to you in the end? ”
The second brother said righteously, and the third sister continued to echo and nod on the side.
Looking at the two faces I once loved the most, now I have a disgust that goes deep into the bone marrow.
I tried to restrain the tremor in my voice: "Then what I have paid for the most youthful 8 years, how can I calculate it?" ”
The second brother seemed to have expected me to say this, nodded his head, and responded with a serious face
It's true, but after my third sister and I got married, I came to see you every month, and I gave you red envelopes every Spring Festival, which has been more than ten years. ”
Besides, eldest brother, the third sister introduced you more than once before and after marriage, but you chose not to have a family, you can't always use this to morally kidnap us, right? ”
The second brother is worthy of being a top student who has studied in college, and he is the first to speak and the truth is reasonable.
It's just that family affection can really be measured by red envelopes?
Besides, when my mother passed away, she said that the house was left to me, although there was no black and white, but they were also there, didn't you count it in your heart?
Thinking of this, I felt a sense of melancholy in my heart, and I looked away and waved my hand, not wanting to say anything more.
In the end, under the persuasion of the mediator, we reached an agreement, and when the demolition money was paid, I would take 4 million, and the remaining 2 million, and the second brother and third sister would share it equally.
Looking at the backs of the two of them leaving, I knew that our brother and sister relationship had basically come to an end.