Wu Cui's face turned ugly. She looked at her sister-in-law with sarcasm and retorted without any politeness: "What did I say? I told you to fight for your own happiness, not to hug someone in the middle of the night. Don't try to pin the blame on me for your own embarrassment."

"Heh, don't try to act all innocent. You think I don't know that you're jealous of Jiang Ruyu having a good partner and look down on my older brother for being incompetent? That's why you encouraged me to snatch Zheng Yang away. I know what you're thinking. You just want to take advantage of me so you can mooch off me later. You talk like you're so naive."

Sun Li's words shocked Li Xiuying to the core. She didn't know when her daughter had become like this. The thought that her daughter and daughter-in-law were both scheming against Ruyu made her feel breathless. She bit her tongue to stay awake, and with a burst of energy, she got out of bed, walked to the partitioned living room, and slapped her daughter hard across the face. Then she turned around and slapped her smug daughter-in-law as well.

"You two filthy, rotten bastards, get out of here! Get far away from me! I...I..."

Li Xiuying fainted from a sudden loss of breath. Sun Li had been slapped several times in the past few days and seemed to have gotten used to it. On the other hand, Wu Cui was so angry after being slapped that she almost wanted to fight her mother-in-law. After Li Xiuying fainted, Sun Li ran out with a swollen face and shouted for help.

Wu Cui wanted to ignore it, but she was afraid that her husband and father-in-law would not forgive her later, so she hurriedly pinched her mother-in-law's philtrum. Sun Li happened to run into Jiang Hui and Jiang Lin who were coming home from school. She hurriedly told them that her mother had fainted. The two brothers did not delay. They took off the door panel of the Sun family and carried Li Xiuying to the hospital.

This incident caused the Sun family to be discussed for several days. Li Xiuying's condition was a bit serious this time. She is already over fifty years old. This time she fainted, and the hospital found that she had a myocardial infarction. She cannot get emotionally agitated, otherwise she is prone to sudden death.

When Li Xiuying was discharged from the hospital and returned home, everyone in the courtyard brought gifts to visit her. Although Jiang Ruyu was disgusted by Sun Li's scheming, she didn't dislike Li Xiuying. This Aunt Sun was really unlucky; seeing her so upset by the child, she was quite pitiful.

After returning home, Li Xiuying discussed it with her husband and gave Sun Li two choices: "Either I find someone to find you a husband from a distant family and you get married, or you sign up to go to the countryside."

Sun Li's eyes widened: "Mom and Dad, don't you want me anymore? Even if what I did was shameful, all I wanted was a good life. What did I do wrong?"

Wu Datou took a deep drag on his cigarette: "Lily, there's nothing wrong with wanting a good life. What's wrong is that you don't want to rely on yourself, but instead want something for nothing. We, as your parents, are only capable of this much. We can't give you what you want. Right now, the alley is in an uproar. Your mother and I are getting old and just want to live a few years of peace. You choose."

Sun Li pleaded tearfully, and Li Xiuying felt reluctant to let her go, but she knew that her daughter had to leave, otherwise, if she caused any more trouble, her family would be ruined.

In the end, Sun Li unexpectedly chose to go to the countryside: "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, I've let you down. I'm still young and don't want to get married so early. I'll go to the countryside and try my luck. Maybe I can become the obedient daughter you like again."

Children are the apple of their parents' eye. Even if she did so many wrong things, parents can't just abandon her. No matter how sad Li Xiuying felt, she still tried her best to give her child the best, preparing clothes, shoes, food, and other necessities.

With a sense of uncertainty about the future, Sun Li boarded the special train bound for Yunnan Province for educated youth. Li Xiuying and Sun Datou returned home with heavy hearts and separated from their eldest son.

Sun Yuan asked incredulously, "Mom and Dad, what are you doing? I'm the only child in the family now, why do you want to separate from me?"

Li Xiuying pointed at Wu Cui and angrily questioned, "Your good daughter-in-law encouraged my daughter to do such shameful things. I sent Lili away. Do you think I would keep her in my sight as an eyesore?"

"Mom and Dad, even if Wu Cui said some things that affected Lili, it wasn't Wu Cui who instructed her to do it. Mom, look at your eldest grandson, do you really have the heart to kick us out? Do you still expect me to take care of you in your old age?"

Wu Cui was overjoyed to hear Sun Yuan's words. "Look, old woman, your son is still on my side."

Li Xiuying and her husband exchanged a cold glance and sneered: "Ha, we're not old enough to rely on you for our old age yet. I'm the one who gave you your job. Now you're trying to scare me with the idea of ​​retirement? When we really need you to support us, do you think you'll be able to take care of us?"

In the end, Sun Yuan was unilaterally separated from his family. Sun Yuan was angry that his parents did not care about family ties and thought that when they regretted it and came to beg him, he would definitely take his father's job back.

And so, only Sun Datou and Li Xiufen remained in the Sun family. Sun Datou considered calling his second son back to take over the family business, but Li Xiufen refused: "Old man, haven't you seen reality yet? Children aren't always reliable. Sun Chang went to the countryside with resentment. If you ask him to come back now, will he stop blaming us? You should focus on your job. At least your salary is quite high now. Let's save up for retirement for two more years. By then, even if they can't support us, we'll be able to live on our own."

Looking at his much older wife, Sun Datou felt a pang of sadness: "If they dare not support us in our old age, I'll break their legs."

Even so, he still listened to his wife and didn't rush to call his second son back. Just like his wife said, he could only rely on himself.

Life in the tenement gradually returned to normal, and Jiang Ruyu and Zheng Yang got along normally. Their relationship wasn't as romantic as in love stories, but it still had the sweetness that comes with being in love.

As they spent time together, they gradually figured out a way of getting along that suited them, and they came to understand each other more deeply. They were both very serious about the relationship and were aiming for marriage. The neighbors in the alley also knew that the Jiang and Zheng families were going to have a happy event, and they would tease the couple whenever they saw them.

江如玉却是和郑扬说了：“我话先说前面，我没有打算很快结婚，我想等咱们足够了解对方的时候再说以后的事情，我也不大，而且，明年江临江辉有一个就要去部队了，另一个还没有着落呢，我想等他俩都安定了再说。”

郑扬摸了摸对象的头安抚她：“我理解的，咱俩年纪也不大，我可以等的，而且，我家说来也有点小了，我想在咱们家附近租个房子，等以后结婚了，住的也能更宽敞点，至于俩弟弟的事，咱们多上上心，总能碰到机会的。”