The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 8 Lin's Father Wants to Divide the Family Property

Inside the large house at this moment.

Lin's mother was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), while Lin Yan was checking her for injuries. Lin Yu and Lin's father were sitting at the table. Lin Yu was worried about his mother and angry about his grandmother's behavior earlier. Lin's father remained silent. The atmosphere was not good at all.

"Father, Yu'er, don't worry, Mother is fine!" Lin Yan said calmly, glancing at her father. "How about we separate the family? Hasn't Mother suffered enough grievances at home all these years?"

Hearing his daughter's words, Mr. Lin looked guilty. Lin Yan was right; since he broke his leg, it had become inconvenient for him to work far away. He could only find small jobs nearby, and there were many heavy jobs he couldn't do, so he earned less money.

Because of the contrast with the previous times when they earned more, Old Mrs. Lin and Old Mr. Lin's attitude towards the eldest son's wife changed drastically, causing his wife and children to suffer a lot of grievances.

Especially after Lin Yan fell ill not long ago, Old Mrs. Lin refused to spend money to hire a doctor, saying that Lin's mother was already spending money on medicine and that it would be better for her to die if another person became a sickly patient. This incident made Lin's father utterly disappointed in his parents.

Today, Old Mrs. Lin came to the main house again and made a scene. I asked myself if I had done anything wrong to them, but Old Mrs. Lin could say that I was extremely unfilial in front of the villagers.

After thinking for a long time, Mr. Lin said firmly, "Then let's separate! She thinks we're a burden, so let's live separately. It can't be worse than it is now." At least, his wife and children won't be unable to get money when they need medical treatment.

"Really?!" Lin Yu was a little excited when he heard his father say this. His sister was critically ill and his grandmother refused to pay for her treatment, which was a thorn in Lin Yu's heart. He didn't care that his grandmother usually favored his aunt, but she didn't care about his sister's life and didn't deserve to be his family.

Seeing the expressions on his children's faces, Lin's father knew they all wanted to separate from the family, which made him even more determined.

Just then, Li pushed open the door with a gloating look: "Father wants you to talk in the main room! Humph!"

Upon hearing this, Lin's mother stood up from the kang (a heated brick bed) and looked at Lin's father with concern. Lin's father gave her a reassuring look.

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In the main room, Old Man Lin and Old Woman Lin sat on chairs, with Lin's father and mother, as well as Li and Lin's second son standing below them.

Old Lin took a couple of puffs of his pipe, then coughed twice. He said, "Boss, are you really hiding some money?"

“If I had hidden money, how could I not even have money for my daughter’s medical treatment and medicine?” Mr. Lin said angrily.

“Since there’s nothing wrong, then forget it. You talk to your mother properly. Look, this matter has become common knowledge in the village. How will the Lin family face anyone in the future?” Old Man Lin took another puff of his cigarette. “The eldest son’s family is fine too. Don’t blame your mother. She is, after all, your mother. Let’s just let this matter go.”

Li couldn't sit still any longer: "How can you just let it go? What do you mean you didn't hide anything? Do you dare to say you didn't secretly eat meat?"

“That meat was a wild pheasant that Ah Yu and I caught with great difficulty on the mountain. I roasted it on the mountain. There was only a small amount, so there’s no need to share it, right?” Lin Yan had been listening to the conversation outside the door since her father entered the main room. Hearing this, she stepped forward to speak.

Old Mrs. Lin said, "Why don't you take them out and distribute them? All your things should be handed over to me for distribution."

Old Man Lin saw that it was Lin Yan and said, "This is no place for a girl like you to speak. Go back now!"

Lin Yan said sarcastically, "You have no right to ask for my things when I have no right to speak."

"Hey, you brat!" Old Mrs. Lin pointed at Lin Yan and cursed when she heard Lin Yan taunt her.

Old Man Lin tapped the table and said to Old Lady Lin, "Alright. The meat is all gone, so let's put this matter behind us. Don't keep arguing over such trivial matters and make others laugh. But eldest son, you must remember that we are all family now and should support each other. Even if the eldest son hunts something in the mountains in the future, it should belong to everyone."

The second son of the Lin family was timid and would respond to whatever his father said from below. The father, however, grew increasingly dark-skinned as he listened.

"Bring me that pelt. I need to make a glove for He Rui. When it gets cold, all her girlfriends will be so envious of her." Old Mrs. Lin ordered Lin Yan, remembering the wolf pelt.

"I won't give it to you."

"Sigh, what do you want if you don't give it to me?" Old Mrs. Lin shrieked angrily again.

Lin Yan said, "Those are knee pads for my father. He has bad legs, and his legs often hurt when it gets cold. He's your son too, why don't you care about him more?"

Grandma Lin said, "Why is a grown man so delicate? It's okay if it's a little cold."

Upon hearing this, Lin's father shouted, "Enough! That wolf pelt was also found by Yan'er and Yu'er on the mountain themselves. It doesn't count as a kilometer."

"Why doesn't it count? Didn't we just say we all have to pay? Lin Hai, do you not recognize me as your mother anymore?" Old Mrs. Lin said, pointing at Lin Hai.

Old Man Lin, upon hearing this, also reprimanded, "Eldest son, what are you saying? If you're unwilling to hand over the money you earn, the second son's family won't be willing to hand it over either. How will you survive? Now that you're not able to walk easily, you'll have to rely on your brothers to help you."

Lin's father gave a sarcastic, bitter laugh: "Support us. How much of the money I've given to the public treasury over the years has actually been spent on our eldest son's family? If you're really supporting us, why couldn't you afford to see a doctor when Yan'er was sick? Can you honestly say you really didn't have any money?"

"How could I not have spent money on you? Your wife has been taking medicine all year round. If it weren't for me, where would you have gotten the money?" Old Mrs. Lin shouted, sticking out her neck.

"That's all money I earned myself!" Lin's father's words silenced the old lady, who then shouted, "The money you earned should be mine! I'm your mother, you should give it to me!!"

“Then let’s split up. From now on, we’ll spend what I earn ourselves, and I’ll pay your child support on time!” Mr. Lin said in a deep voice.

"What?! Separating the family?! What did you say?! You unfilial son! Don't you even respect your parents?!"

"What? Separate the family?" Lin's father's words startled Old Mrs. Lin, Old Mr. Lin, and Li's second son.

Old Man Lin, thinking he could control his eldest son, said, "Eldest son, without the family's support, how will you manage to live, with your mobility issues, a sickly child, and two children?"

“No matter how we manage, things can’t get any worse than they are now. The money I earn from carpentry isn’t much, but it’s enough to buy medicine for A-Yun and help her recover. But the money I’ve taken from the family fund over the years isn’t nearly enough for her medicine, and she still has to do housework, so her health is getting worse and worse. A few days ago, A-Yan got sick, but Mother refused to pay for a doctor. We’ll manage on our own, even if it’s tough and tiring, I’ll accept it, I won’t let my wife and children suffer like this.” The more Mr. Lin spoke, the clearer he became, and the more he wanted to separate the family property.

“If I can’t even take care of my wife and children, what use is the title of filial piety? I don’t care if you favor my younger sister. But I can’t let A-Yun and the others always suffer.”

“Brother, how can you say that? Your parents raised you, how can you say such unfilial things? Besides, if you go out to work, how will your sister-in-law and the children survive without the family’s support?” Lin Fang also tried to persuade his father.