Chapter 70: Chapter 70 I Want to Divide the Family
The once slim and small Mother Xia was behind the crowd, silently wiping away her tears, without any noticeable presence.
At that moment, when Grandpa Xia called her, she paused, then wiped away another tear.
Watching the tears on Mother Xia’s face, Xia Chuyi really didn’t know for whom she was crying.
Mother Xia, timid and frail, stepped forward and glanced at Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia.
The faces of Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia had already turned very ugly.
Mother Xia shrank back, then turned to pull on Uncle Xia’s sleeve, saying, “Brother, stop making a scene, grandpa and grandma treat me well… they treat Chuyi well too, we all live well in the Xia Family.”
Her words completely overturned what Uncle Xia had been saying.
“Sister!” Uncle Xia, frustrated as if she was failing to meet expectations, said, “What do you call living well? Stealing Chuyi’s suitor, stealing Chuyi’s job, is that living well?”
“Brother, I know about this, I am aware of everything… The matter with He Qing, it’s that Chuyi was not meant to be with him… Da Mei, the job that Da Mei spoke of… it’s nothing for family members to give and take…” Defending the Xia Family seemed like an ingrained mark in Mother Xia as she hastened to say.
“Did you hear that? They don’t even care themselves!” The foolish Xia Mei once again jumped out, “Exactly, we are all family, what’s wrong with giving and taking?”
“Xia Chuyi gave the marriage arrangement to Xia Lan and even gave her 300 in cash…” Mentioning money made Xia Mei grind her teeth in anger.
“And how about giving the job to me? Second Aunt, you tell me, am I right?” The more Xia Mei talked, the more she felt justified, looking angrily at Mother Xia.
Mother Xia, who was called out, with her eyes reddening, gave a slight nod: “Mmm, Da Mei is… right.”
Uncle Xia was so angry he was practically fuming, but having his own family, especially his own elder sister who once saved his life, undermining him, he was helpless!
“Do you really want a job, Xia Mei?” Xia Chuyi, who had been silent for a long while, suddenly spoke up.
Everyone looked at her.
Xia Chuyi slowly walked forward to face Xia Mei, her gaze fixed on her, repeating, “Xia Mei, I’m asking you, do you really want a job?”
“What do you mean?” Xia Mei, uncomfortable under her stare, was also confused, “Yes, I want a job, so what?”
With a hook of her lips into a smile, Xia Chuyi casually said, “I can find you a job, not this teaching one, working in a factory in the county town, do you want to go?”
Hearing about working in the factory in the county town, Xia Mei’s eyes lit up.
Of course she wanted it, why wouldn’t she?
These days, getting an urban hukou was extremely difficult, going to work in the city and becoming a formal worker was an opportunity to transition from rural to urban status!
“What can you do?” Xia Mei asked eagerly.
“Don’t rush, I have a condition,” Xia Chuyi said indifferently.
“Splitting the family,” Xia Chuyi said each word clearly, her eyes shining, “I want to split the family!”
Like a stone thrown into water, creating ripples.
“What? Split the family?” Grandma Xia heard this and became anxious, pushing Aunt Xia aside, “I do not agree!”
Uncle Xia on the side, now coming to his senses.
“Split the family, right, let’s split the family!” He came over and patted Xia Chuyi on the shoulder, “Xia Mei wants a job? I can help her, on the condition, let the second branch split off!”
“I do not agree, I do not agree! If you want to split the family, you’d have to do it over my dead body! Wuu wuu wuu, my deceased second son, wuu wuu wuu, is someone forcing your mother to die?”
Grandma Xia struck her thighs, wailing to the heavens.
“Do you also want to split away, from the second son’s family?” Grandpa Xia was comparatively calm, his words hitting the mark once again.