Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi? Chapter 123 03.25 – Chapter 123: Chapter 123 Can't Get Through It, Just Get Divorced (2)

Chapter 123: Chapter 123 Can't Get Through It, Just Get Divorced (2)
 

“Of course, we need the house; it's worth more than 200,000!” Yu Qing's eyes bulged, “It was bought for over 400,000. Even if the price drops, it can't possibly fall to 200,000.”

“Fine, let's settle the debt, get the property title back, sell the house, and divorce. Each of us can take a few hundred thousand to start over, and live more comfortably.”

“Who will take care of Little Sister Ye?”

“Whose surname do they have? They'll stay with that person, right? Does Mom want her? You want her to take your surname?”

In that moment, mother and daughter were of one mind, and Yu Qing instantly understood the implication in Ye Nai's words.

Don't fight over the children, and don't cling to that bit of government subsidy. Take the money from the divorce settlement, and first pass the Intermediate Accountant exam before anything else.

“Eh, I…”

Their father, Ye Yu, was about to object but fortunately shut his mouth in time.

With the children all bearing his surname, if Mom didn't fight for them and he didn't want them, would he let the three minors become vagrants?

The whole family looked at him expressionlessly, waiting to hear what nonsense he would spew out.

“If we're really getting divorced, how can I, a grown man, take care of all three young ones? Ye Nai, you're the eldest sister; you need to take responsibility. An elder sister is like a mother!”

“Dad, you're an educated man; don't speak like an illiterate. What's the precondition for ‘an elder sister is like a mother'? I'm asking you, what is the precondition?”

“…Wh-what is it?” Ye Yu was truly stumped.

“‘An elder sister is like a mother' only applies when the parents have lost the ability to work and have no income, or when both parents are dead. Which condition applies to you two? Are you disabled, or are you dead? Are you ghosts appearing to us now? Where are your bodies? Shall I report it to the police?”

“Ye Nai, are you asking for a beating?!” Yu Qing jumped up and cursed, “Getting beat during the New Year is unlucky, I'm telling you, it'll bring bad luck for the whole year!”

Ye Yu was the same, clutching at his chest, gasping for breath, wanting to find a place to sit down, but it was total chaos everywhere. The sofa was overturned, and not a single stool could be found.

Ye Nai spread her hands in a helpless gesture.

“Mom, don't get it twisted. It's Dad who cursed you, not me. He wants me to act as if ‘an elder sister is like a mother,' which would mean either you two are disabled or dead.”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'm alive and well. You curse me to die, I'll chop you first!”

Yu Qing immediately turned her fury elsewhere, grabbing something off the floor and hurling it at her husband.

“Ye Yu, let me tell you, since the children bear your surname, if you want the children, I'll transfer all their subsidies to you. If you don't want the children, I'll change their surnames and take them with me. You choose.”

The subsidy for minors follows the birth mother, adhering to the principle that the mother who gives birth has a claim to funds. As long as the children are there, the mother will have money; as long as the mother is there, the children will have food to eat.

So, when couples divorce nowadays, if the children go with the father, the subsidy must be transferred accordingly. Hence there are irresponsible fathers who, for the sake of subsidies, fight for custody of the children, then neglect them, not spending the subsidies on the children. Even worse, some would tell the children that their mother isn't providing any money, inciting them to resent their mother.

This kind of vile tactic obviously wouldn't work on the Ye Family, mainly because the four children were older, with the eldest already an adult. The three younger ones also knew very well who would provide them with a better life.

In Little Sister Ye's eyes, she would rather stay with her elder sister than with either her dad or mom.

As for her two brothers, Little Sister Ye felt they would surely stay with their dad; boys were prized, and the Old Ye Family wouldn't want to lose their grandsons.

Their names all conveyed a sense of valuing, Ye Yong and Ye Ji, both Yong and Ji suggest the meanings of worship and offering.

The names of the sisters seemed quite casual in comparison, especially the eldest sister's. No one expected to combine two good characters beneath the same radical. Her name, Ye Bing, was chosen just to fit the same radical.

The significance behind the names of the four siblings was something Little Sister Ye had long known; she was young, but not naïve.

Big Sister's place isn't suitable for a child to live. If Dad and Mom get divorced, she can only go with Mom. If her mom only takes her, even renting a place, life would be better than it is now.

“If we really get divorced, how can I, a man, take care of three children? I can take the son at most, Ye Bing is yours,” Ye Yu said annoyed, throwing off the thing that hit him. Upon closer inspection, it was a sofa cushion.

“Sign the agreement, Ye Bing is mine, and she'll take my last name.”

“Fine, I'll sign!”

Hearing what Dad and Mom said, Ye Nai, with her little sister beside her, wasn't surprised at all, but her younger brothers were a bit panicked.

“Big Sister…”

Ye Nai patted their heads to comfort them and whispered some advice.

“Forget it, once they divorce, you'll definitely go with Dad. Think about your names. Even if Dad is willing to let you change surnames, Grandpa and Uncle will jump out against it. The Old Ye Family's grandsons are to be inscribed on their tombstones.”

“But with Dad…”

It wasn't that the brothers looked down on their father, but they were well aware of what he was like at home.

“You're not far from adulthood. Instead of hoping for better days, think about how to get money from him to prepare for adulthood, whether it's to attend university in another place or find a job elsewhere. You'll need funds to start a new life. If you ask him for it when the time comes, he definitely won't have it. You'll have to save bit by bit. Got it?”

“Ah? Can we really get it?”

“The two of you together, one person might have limited ideas, but two can think further. He's the one who insists on having sons. You should cry and make a fuss when necessary. Having money in your own hands is what's most important. Think about the meanings of your names, sacrificial rites and offerings—how can you perform rites and offerings without offerings? He gave you such good names but failed in raising you. He wouldn't be afraid that when he's lying on a sickbed one day, you'll pull out his oxygen tube,” she said.

The two brothers looked at each other and made a decision together.

“Yeah! We'll listen to Big Sister!”

As the siblings discussed their future life, looking back at their parents, there was a trend for the discussion to escalate into fighting again.

“Dad, Mom, take a break. The conditions for divorce can't be negotiated in just a few words. It's getting dark outside. Change your clothes; we're going out to eat.”

“Eat out? Are you treating?” Ye Yu asked impatiently, shrugging off his wife who was grabbing his arm.

“Yes, I'm treating.”

“We're in this state and still going out to eat?” Yu Qing touched her own face, then looked at the colorful bruises on her eldest daughter's face. “Maybe we shouldn't go?”

“What's a fight? It's just eating. Awakeners are fighting and brawling every day. Walking around with multicolored faces is normal for them. Learn from them; don't care so much.”

“Exactly, exactly, the daughter is right. Why care about so much? I want to go to the Seafood Restaurant,” Ye Yu said without any intention of saving his daughter money. “Your grandparents have been living at our house for over three months, and I just found out. They often go there to eat with your uncle's family, and I've never been.”

“Fine, fine, we'll go to the Seafood Restaurant. Hurry and change your clothes; I'll make a reservation now.”

“Awakeners fight every day, huh? And you, an Ordinary person, are also fighting with them?” Yu Qing was more curious about the fighting itself.

“There are local tyrants in the danger zone. They arrived early and divided up the territory. Newcomers who can't fight can't stand their ground and can't even get a job.”

“What does it look like for a girl to be fighting all the time?”

“You all were tied up by debt collectors. It was because I can fight that I managed to drive them away. You're saved, and now you turn your back on me, is that it? Mom, what are you thinking? Is this what your parents taught you?”

“You… I…” Yu Qing was left speechless by her eldest daughter.

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