"Just 'helping out your sons'? Ma, you're really something else," Li Man said mockingly, having finally seen his mother's true intentions. "When we split the family assets, Big Brother did the math. There was enough money for all of us brothers to build houses and get married. But you kicked him out, fobbing him off with 250 yuan. It's not that he was being generous by not fighting you on it. He wanted to use that money to cut all ties with the old house."
