"So how do you want to split things?" Eldest Li asked, looking with great interest at his third nephew, who was usually just Li Hua's shadow.
"I'll build my own house. I want a third of the vegetable plot and a thousand yuan. I don't want anything else," Li Man said quickly. 'The family has over three thousand yuan. Mom and Dad are still young. If Second Brother and I each get a thousand, there will still be over a thousand left. The fourth and fifth brothers are still young. By the time they need money, Mom and Dad will have earned more. As for Li Xin, she's just a girl. If there's money for a dowry, great. If not, so be it.'
Li Xiu shot Li Man a look that wasn't quite a smile. 'A thousand yuan. He sure has a big appetite. Isn't he afraid of choking on it?' When Li Xiu had split from the family, he'd only gotten 250 yuan. Of course, he was an exception, but even now, a little over 500 yuan was more than enough to build a house and get married. 'This guy is something else!'
