Chapter 18 Ayu's sorrow

When the old man's funeral was coming to an end, Taiming still hadn't found a job.Not only that, but there are also various troublesome things around Taiming.One of them is the issue of separation.Taiming didn't think it was a happy thing to divide the family or inherit property, as he always did. If he had inherited property, he might as well donate it to public welfare indifferently.But his mother, Acha, completely opposed Taiming's idea. As soon as she saw Taiming, she tried her best to tell him how important property was, and she also advocated separating the family before Ayu had many children.Hu Wenqing's concubine, Ayu, also has her own views. She hopes that when Hu Wenqing is healthy, this issue can be clearly decided.Taiming's brother Zhigang, as well as Ah San and Ah Si also wish to separate as soon as possible because of their own considerations.After the old grandfather died, Hu Wenqing seemed to have aged significantly, which made everyone feel even more uneasy.

Everyone has their own plans and opinions on the issue of family separation, but the one that most strongly shakes Taiming's heart is the position of his father's concubine Ayu.If Hu Wenqing died, Ayu would be alone and helpless.What Ayu is worried about is that Zhigang, Wenqing's eldest son, is greedy by nature. If he follows his greed, he may arbitrarily dispose of all the property. If Zhigang manages the property arbitrarily, she is a concubine and her child is a concubine, and she is not sure of getting it even if she fights for it, then she will live on the street with her two children in her arms.Because she has been worried about this issue, she hopes to make a clear decision on all issues while Hu Wenqing is still alive. This is also a natural idea.

Taiming felt sympathy for Ayu's unstable position.This made Taiming think that because he stubbornly opposed the separation of the family alone, he realized that everyone around him had to deal with him.Ayu told Taiming in tears, which moved Taiming.Ayu's tears are tears of ignorance, but they are tears shed from the true heart of a person who hopes to live.In comparison, Taiming felt that he was too idealistic.The idealism without blood relationship is just a formality. In front of Ayu, a person who tried his best to imagine for himself in order to survive, Taiming felt that his idealism was powerless, and it was of no help to Ayu.In short, he hoped that this troublesome problem would be resolved at an early date.As for the separation of the family, everything is handled by the parents.

Finally, the arrangement of the separation came.Zhigang used the pretext that Taiming had used a sum of school funds, and asked his eldest grandson Tian to increase some.But mother Ah Cha insisted not to give him any extra land.Opium Bucket, Ah San, Ah Si and others discussed these issues over and over again every night. After about half a month of hard work, the issue of family separation began to take shape.One hundred shi for the grandson’s land, fifty shi for the parents’ pension, fifty shi for the father, and fifty shi for the mother, and the rest of the property was divided into three equal parts, because Ayu’s child was a bastard, and her two sons shared a share.Taiming objected to this kind of special treatment of the concubine, but he had no choice. However, he didn't have the positive sympathy to give up his share of love.

The auspicious day of separation has arrived.The mother's natal family, Ayu's natal family, and sister-in-law's natal family each presented kitchen utensils. From then on, they would be divided into three new families, so relatives or villagers came to congratulate them.It has been decided that father and Ah Yu will live in the back hall, brother Zhigang will live in the building on the left of the front hall, and Taiming will live in the building on the right.Zhigang counts on his mother's retirement land, so he tries to persuade his mother to live with him, but his mother refuses.His mother and younger sister lived with Taiming.The three of them, parent and child, suddenly felt more intimate together, and Taiming seemed to have returned to the mood he had in Japan.He breathed a sigh of relief as the disputed issue of family separation was completely settled.So he seemed to escape from all troubles, and spent most of his days reading in the study.

One day, on his way for a walk, he walked into a tea shop in the village. The tea shop was a single house on the side of the road, connected to a vast field. There were two or three neem trees planted in front of the shop. There are farmers and young people resting on the chairs.As soon as they saw Taiming, they stood up and greeted him, calling Taiming 'Xintoujia (landlord)'. In the past, people greeted Taiming by calling him 'Mr.' or 'Taiming Sang', not 'Toujia'. '.He felt embarrassed about the new 'honorary title'.The tea shop sells a bowl of 'grass jelly' for two cents.The proprietress hastily served a bowl for Taiming to eat.He didn't want to eat it, but he couldn't ignore the kindness of the proprietress, so he had to eat a bowl, but it was delicious. The farmers saw it and murmured happily: "Do as the Romans do". At that time, people with status did not eat fairy grass. Yes, Taiming's easy-going style made everyone feel that he was approachable.

'Xintoujia, most of your fields have collapsed, do you know why? A farmer suddenly asked Taiming like this. It is not possible for the bank of the field to collapse if it does not rain. There must be a sense of ridicule in those words.Taiming replied bluntly, "I don't know. The farmer smiled and said, "It's because you are so kind, and the villagers feel angry about you."Your elder brother shouldn't be like this, and what's more shouldn't be those guys like Opium Barrel, Ah San, and Ah Si.And it's all controlled by Zhida behind the scenes.One hundred stones for Changsun Tian is too much.Look at Ah San, he has started to wear suits recently, it's like "wearing a monkey and wearing a crown". I heard from others that Zhigang gave him a red envelope of 800 yuan, and your mother also gave him a red envelope of 500 yuan. ’ The farmer talked on and on about things he didn’t ask.Taiming didn't feel dissatisfied with the fact that his elder brother got more property, but felt that he was not worthy of sympathy for living with the property he got.

He left the tea shop and strolled along the fields, feeling an indescribable emotion welling up in his heart, filled with a sense of bitterness.The rice seedlings that have just been weeded in the fields have grown to six or seven inches high, and the fields are green.The frogs playing on the bank of the field were frightened by his footsteps, and jumped into the field with a plop.He suddenly thought of the incident when he and his elder brother Zhigang tied small bamboo branches into bundles to beat small frogs and feed ducks when they were young.At that time, elder brother was energetic and chivalrous, always protecting him.But now he is scheming and selfish, he is completely different, he thought so and watched the frogs fleeing.Suddenly he raised his head and saw a man in a loose suit approaching, he was Ah San.Ah San smiled embarrassingly and wanted to walk over.He couldn't help being angry, hatred and anger surged up like waves, and the blood rushed up, making him feel dizzy.Ah San seemed to say hello to him, but it didn't reach his ears. After Ah San passed by, his anger was still hard to dissipate.This was not anger towards Ah San because of the distribution of property, but a disgust for Ah San who had lived as a diner in the Hu family for more than half his life.