Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 411 - 382: Playing the Good Guy Blindly

Mr. Sun actually knows that his eldest son’s family earns the most money and puts in the most effort. He originally planned to give Sun Dalin some more in private, but now that he has the fifty taels from the Li Family, it’s fair for the oldest family.

Sun Dalin was deeply moved when he heard his father wanted to give him the fifty taels of silver. However, he was also worried that the other families wouldn’t be happy, so he tried to sneak a glance at his brothers’ expressions.

Seeing Sun Dalin like this, the brothers immediately understood what he was thinking and quickly assured that they had no objections.

Each family gets eighty taels, they’re already very satisfied. Back when they were in the Northern Land, they wouldn’t have dared to dream of getting so much silver after splitting the family.

After dividing the grain evenly, Mr. Sun turned to his wife, "You handle dividing up those little bits and pieces in the house among them."

Mrs. Sun nodded. In fact, now that the house, money, land, and grain were divided, there was little left to be divided, just some pots, bowls, and farm tools, all of which were quite worn out and wouldn’t really matter whether divided or not.

"Each of you will cook separately in the future, add a kitchen behind your own houses. The original kitchen will belong to the fourth family." As Mr. Sun spoke, he pulled out his smoking pipe and filled it with tobacco leaves. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Previously, when the family was poor and had many members, he seldom smoked. Now, seeing the family life getting better over the years, he smokes a bag every day.

Sun Dalin stammered, "Father, before my house is built, I still need to eat with you all for a while, you see..."

Mr. Sun nodded, "Of course, weigh your own grain. When the fourth son’s wife cooks, you bring the rice for that day and cook it together. As for vegetables, it’s summer now, leafy greens are everywhere, so just cook and eat those casually."

Sun Dalin agreed, and the brothers went out together to weigh the grain.

At this time in the village, there wasn’t a big scale. They weighed the grain using dou (a traditional measurement unit).

Usually, ten dou of grain would fill a big hemp bag, about one hundred twenty pounds.

The brothers opened the granary and quickly divided up the grain, each taking a bag.

After dividing the coarse grains, they divided the fine grains. The brothers didn’t mind whose bag was fuller and happily divided the grain.

After dividing the grain, they each took the silver they received back to their homes, giving it to their wives to manage.

As for the land deeds, they had to wait to update their names through Village Chief Qi, so they hadn’t received them yet.

Sun Dalin also gave the silver to his wife for safekeeping, knowing that Mrs. Li had no family here, relying only on him and the four sons, and thus not fearing Mrs. Li secretly supporting her own family.

The wives were all happy receiving the silver, looking forward to better days ahead, except for Sun Dalin’s wife who wasn’t cheerful, still feeling suffocated from the beating she received during the day!

Yet despite feeling wronged, she didn’t dare complain to Sun Dalin, only silently putting the silver into the cabinet and locking it up.

Sun Dalin was annoyed seeing his wife’s demeanor, "Father already gave us sixty taels more and promised us housing money, what else are you dissatisfied with? If you keep sulking, I’ll divorce you!"

For years Sun Dalin’s wife had suppressed the honest and straightforward Sun Dalin, but in recent years, with the Sun Family’s improving fortune, Sun Dalin wasn’t afraid of her anymore. As Sun Dalin said, previously when you scared me with leaving, now I’m not afraid. If you don’t want to stay, you can leave. I have money; I can still be single, and find someone younger than you.

So her old tactics of intimidating Sun Dalin were no longer effective.

Not only was it ineffective, but it also turned around. Now it was Sun Dalin threatening to not want her anymore, frightening Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li was truly afraid that if Sun Dalin got vicious, he might really kick her out. So, though upset, she didn’t dare to yell and curse at Sun Dalin like before.

Moreover, since her father-in-law gave them the Li Family’s fifty taels, she felt a lot more balanced inside.

Sun Dalin’s wife was convincing herself inwardly and was about to force out a smile to please Sun Dalin when Sun Manyu entered with her swollen face.

"Father, I heard Grandpa gave you the Li Family’s fifty taels of silver? That money is mine, I want to keep it myself!" Sun Manyu entered and immediately demanded Sun Dalin hand over the Li Family’s fifty taels of silver.

Sun Dalin, already angry with Mrs. Li, felt even angrier seeing Sun Manyu’s entitled manner.

Had it not been for the sight of Sun Manyu’s swollen face and her bruised neck, he would have hit her with the fire stick again.

Sun Dalin snapped, "Since you were divorced and came back, the money naturally should be managed by me."

The fifty taels of silver from her marriage were given with great reluctance. He would never give her these fifty taels again.

Moreover, a woman returning to her parent’s home after three years of marriage was looked down upon.

"I wasn’t divorced; Li Wenyuan wrote a separation letter, not a divorce letter." Sun Manyu shouted loudly.

Sun Dalin raised his voice too, "What are you yelling for? No wonder the Li Family said they didn’t want you; look at you, acting like a mad ghost."

"Mother, look at father, he won’t give me the silver and calls me a mad ghost!" Sun Manyu whined to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li dared not support Sun Manyu as she once had; she also had to gauge Sun Dalin’s mood, not daring to lash out at him like before, as Sun Dalin would really hit her now.

Honestly, back in the Northern Land, she was beaten too, each time instigated by her father-in-law. But at that time, Sun Dalin was only symbolically hitting, never harsh. Now it’s different. Without her father-in-law’s goading, Sun Dalin also beat her.

Truly, men change when money is abundant; with money comes the confidence, and they start seeing everything as unpleasant.

"You, being sent back by your husband’s family as an abandoned woman, what do you need money for?

And let me ask you, was what your mother-in-law said true? Did you really spend all that fifty taels of silver?" Sun Dalin’s wife wisely joined in disciplining Sun Manyu.

Hearing Mrs. Li’s question, Sun Manyu, who was originally stubborn, instantly felt guilty and lowered her head.

I can’t tell the truth, otherwise, I’ll surely get scolded and beaten.

Sun Manyu thought that since her family and the Li Family had torn things apart, whatever she said her parents wouldn’t go to the Li Family to confront them. So she lied, "I still have more than half of the fifty taels. It’s just in the camphor box among my dowry. The Li Family returned the box but took the silver, and they said they charged them two hundred taels; all because of Grandpa being foolishly generous!"