Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Before the two entered the ward, they heard Li Jiandang and his three children discussing the repayment of the money at the stairs.

Li Jiandang is not young anymore. His wife's serious illness made him look ten years older. He knows that he has to give in when he gets older. He can't bear working day and night like before. And he will get sick.

He made a decision immediately, "Each of you will pay 10,000 yuan of the 30,000 yuan owed."

Ten thousand is not a small amount for them. Let's put it this way, this ten thousand yuan will be equivalent to one million in 2023. Think about it, how many people can afford one million in 2023?

Hongxia was extremely dissatisfied with the man's distribution plan. "Dad, I'm a married woman, why should I share equally with them? You didn't buy me a house, I don't want to! I can't afford so much money. I went home and asked for 10,000 yuan. Will my parents-in-law agree? They would rather I get divorced than pay this money."

Li Jiandang was criticized by his daughter and felt guilty. He could not let his daughter divorce for his own sake. He thought about it and only asked her to pay 5,000 yuan. The remaining 25,000 yuan was divided equally between the two brothers.

Hongxia was quite satisfied with the result. Although her parents didn't buy her a house, they at least gave her a dowry and treated her well. It would be too inhumane if they didn't pay a penny.

Hongwu and Hongwen were not satisfied with this assignment, but this was their father's final ultimatum and there was no room for change, so they had no choice but to accept it.

But they can't take out the 10,000 yuan for now. Buying a house has already drained their family's savings. Over the years, they have to pay for the mortgage, living expenses and children's school fees with their monthly salary, and their savings are almost gone. Now the treatment costs 1000 yuan, and they have to sell the house to get so much money.

But they worked so hard to buy the house, how could they be willing? The two brothers hung their heads and said nothing. Li Jiandang got angry when he saw that his two sons did not express their opinions, "Do you still want to save your mother?"

The two sons said nothing. Seeing that they were silent, Li Jiandang called out their names, "Hongwu, speak up! Your mother has always loved you the most!"

Hong Wen was forced to speak, "Dad, you can save my mom, but I can't destroy my family, right? If I sell the house, the three of us will live there, how will the child go to school? Have you ever thought about it?"

Li Jiandang was stumped by his eldest son's question. Yes, my grandson still has to go to school. The city is not like the countryside. Only those who have a house can go to school. His eyes involuntarily turned to his youngest son.

Hong Wen smiled bitterly, "Dad, I forgot to tell you that I'm dating someone. She's a local. If I don't have a house, do you think she will still marry me? Do you want my future children to live in a rented house?"

Li Jiandang was silent again. The youngest son bought the house by himself, and they didn't pay for it. They were too embarrassed to ask him to sell the house. And the youngest son was right, he was not married yet. How could he get married after selling the house? It was impossible for him to go back to the village and marry a country girl, right?

Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua looked at each other and pretended not to know and went to the ward first.

Xu Chunying was sitting on the bed, with her brows lowered, deep in thought, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Seeing Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua coming over, she forced herself to stand up.

Li Jianguo helped her to rock the bed. Zhang Xiuhua brought her some porridge and laid it out one by one. "This is the porridge I asked the chef in the cafeteria to make. I asked the doctor and he said it's easy to digest and it's just right for you."

Xu Chunying did not eat first, but forced a smile and held her hand tightly, "Sister-in-law, we may have to wait a few years before paying you back."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm not in a hurry to use the money. You can pay me back slowly. Am I afraid that you will run away?"

Xu Chunying nodded silently, looked at her, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Xiuhua probably understood why her husband had called the three children out. She couldn't bear to force the three children to give her money for medical treatment. After all, the three children's families were in financial difficulties. She probably had made up her mind that after she recovered from her illness, she would make money to pay off the debt.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't say anything to comfort her, she just patted her hands and said, "Take good care of yourself. You are still so young, am I afraid that you can't pay it back?"

Xu Chunying forced a smile, she was already in her sixties, how could she still be young?

After a while, the four people came back and saw Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo. Li Jiandang felt a little embarrassed. He originally planned to borrow money from his brother and sister-in-law to get by for a few days, but now the repayment was nowhere in sight.

The two sons could only pay back one or two thousand yuan a year, and it would take at least seven or eight years to pay back twelve thousand five hundred yuan. He was too embarrassed to see his younger brother and sister-in-law.

Seeing Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua were about to leave, Li Jiandang hurriedly said, "I'll take you out."

Zhang Xiuhua told Xu Chunying, "Take good care of your health and don't think too much."

Xu Chunying nodded.

When they got downstairs, Li Jiandang was about to open his mouth to apologize, but Li Jianguo raised his hand to stop him, "Brother, I'm not in a hurry to use the money now, you can pay it back slowly, don't force the children, everyone has their own small family, it's not easy for them either."

Li Jiandang's eyes suddenly turned red. He suddenly felt powerless. Why can parents give their hearts and souls to their children, but not vice versa? Each of them only cares about their own small family, but forgets that it is their mother, the only biological mother in their life.

Li Jianguo was silent and didn't say anything. This time he didn't accuse his eldest brother of not being able to teach the children. He just patted his eldest brother on the back and said, "Take good care of your sister-in-law. We can talk about the future later. You have to let the children stand on their own feet."

In his opinion, the three children were spoiled by their eldest brother and his wife.

Li Jiandang was already regretting it now, but fortunately he was not too old to be unable to move, so he should think more about himself in the future. Li Jiandang nodded.

When Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua returned home, Zhang Xiuhua couldn't wait to ask Li Jianguo, "Yaoyao is going abroad in September, how much money are you going to give her?" Yaoyao was not sent abroad by the government, she didn't get a place, so they had to pay for it themselves. Jidong and Youcai both paid 20,000 yuan to go abroad. Giving Yaoyao 20,000 yuan is definitely not enough.

Li Jianguo thought about it. They still had 130,000 yuan of public property, and he also had 70,000 yuan. 200,000 yuan seemed like a lot, and it was definitely more than enough for studying in China, but it would not be enough to go abroad.

Zhang Xiuhua had just received dividends at the end of the year, but she was busy working as Zhuzhu's assistant and had no time to spend it.

Li Jianguo had no choice but to say, "I'll lend it to you first, and I'll return it to you when the brewery distributes dividends at the end of the year."

Zhang Xiuhua thought that studying abroad was a big deal, and this amount of money was not bad, so it was too inhumane, so she nodded and agreed.

This matter is settled.

Just then, Aunt Li Si and several women from the village came to Zhang Xiuhua and asked about Xu Chunying's illness and hospitalization.

So many people heard about Xu Chunying's fall in the field before, but everyone was busy with spring planting and time waits for no one, so no one had the time to gossip. Now the farmers' fields have almost been sown, and everyone is very concerned about Xu Chunying's condition.

Zhang Xiuhua briefly explained Xu Chunying's situation.

Knowing that she had two operations in a row, everyone was in a bad mood and showed sympathy, "It's easy to get sick when you get older. Your sister-in-law used to work too hard and exhausted herself."

Although Xu Chunying is good at quarreling and never gives in, and many people in the village are afraid of her, she is also a good worker.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded in agreement, "She should learn from her mistakes in the future. Take good care of herself."

Everyone also advised each other, "Don't work too hard. Let the machine do the work as much as possible!"

"Machines can help harvest, but we still have to plant and weed ourselves." Aunt Wang Er thinks farming is too hard. "Grain prices are so cheap. Farmers can't make any money at all."

"Who says it's not? It's enough to make a living. No wonder young people are going to the south to work. If I were 20 years younger, I would go to work too."

After talking about Xu Chunying, Aunt Wang asked Aunt Li Si, "What were you busy with yesterday? I saw you leaving the village early in the morning, and you looked so happy. What's the good news? Tell us about it, so that we can be happy too?"

Aunt Li Si waved her hands, looking disdainful. "What are you so happy about? I'm just feeling depressed."

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited, thinking that this was some gossip.

Aunt Li Si explained the whole story one by one.

She had helped to arrange Xiaogou's marriage before, but now the two of them are divorced. Aunt Li Si, the matchmaker, is not a good person at home or abroad. Is Xiaogou's father the one who suffers? He forced Aunt Li Si to help his son find a daughter-in-law again. Aunt Li Si left the village just to help him.

Listening to her complaints, Aunt Wang felt that she was taking advantage of him. "With Xiaogou's conditions, other families would be vying to marry him. Many girls wanted to marry him before."

Aunt Li Si curled her lips, "This is a different time. Before, Xiaogou's conditions were really good, and many girls in the city were willing to marry him. But now he is married for the second time, and no virgin girl would be willing to marry a second-married man. It's not easy for him to find a partner this time, but Xiaogou's father has higher requirements. He must be educated, beautiful, and have good conditions. I'm in a dilemma."

Zhang Xiuhua also heard that Xiaogou's father was forcing Xiaogou to remarry. "So soon? Will Xiaogou agree?"

It’s only been a few days since the divorce. He actually wants his son to remarry. He doesn’t even give his son a break. Isn’t this father too arbitrary?

Aunt Li Si curled her lips, "How can it not be fast? He can't even wait for his daughter-in-law's surgery, isn't it just to hold his grandson as soon as possible? Your Jidong married his son on the same day, and Jidong's child was born, but they still haven't made any movement. Aren't they anxious?"

Zhang Xiuhua didn't quite understand, but no matter how anxious she was, she couldn't let her son get remarried.

Aunt Li Si curled her lips, "Who said it wasn't true? They are a family of stubborn people, they don't love their eldest son, and now they are like enemies. They are always weird when they meet."

Although Aunt Li Si looked down on Xiaogou's father, she still helped Xiaogou find a remarriage partner. If he lowered his standards, he could find a suitable partner. The woman was also very beautiful, but she was not well educated, having only graduated from high school. Xiaogou would have agreed in the past, but he was probably discouraged. After his father arranged the marriage, he walked to the county town at night the next day to work in another place.

You should know that Xiaogou's father had forced his youngest son to return to the county to work in order to force him to come back. Xiaogou could earn 500-600 yuan a month in a big city. In the county, without a suitable major, he could only earn more than 200 yuan.

The puppy's father discovered that his son was missing the next morning.

When he passed by the door of his house, Zhang Xiuhua called him and asked, "Why are you running?"

The puppy's father kept walking, still cursing, "I'm going to find the puppy. You unfilial thing! You're not listening again!"

He chased after his son.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at his back and twitched her lips.

Aunt Wang Er came out from her house and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Xiuhua explained the situation and asked her, "Who do you think is the final winner?"

Aunt Wang said without thinking, "It must be the puppy's father. He has such a domineering temper. He even ruined his son's marriage before."

Zhang Xiuhua disagrees. "If it was when he was a child, his father would definitely win. But the puppy is older now and has become more powerful. He is still using this tactic. It will definitely not work and may even backfire."

People's patience is limited. Children are more ruthless than their parents. Now that the son is older, the initiative is in the hands of the puppy, but the puppy's father still doesn't realize it. This old guy is really stupid.