Back to Shuibu Village.

Life is no different from before.

About half a month.

Liu Xiuying is back.

After having lunch at her parents' house, she went to the backyard to find Lin Jingyu and the others.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the listless look on his face, Lin Jingyu raised her eyebrows. "Brother Jin, did something happen when you went back to your hometown?"

"Alas~"

Liu Xiuying sighed softly and said with a wry smile, "I don't even know what to say right now."

"Just tell me directly."

Yang Shujue couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything we can't talk about?"

"It's not that I can't talk about it, it's that I don't know where to begin."

Liu Xiuying sighed softly and said, "Let's start by talking about Brother Jin's family situation."

My parents are in their forties or fifties. They can still work on the farm, but they don't have any particular skills.

He also has two younger brothers and two younger sisters. Brother Jin is the eldest and can be considered the pillar of their family.

When Brother Jin was in the army, he sent all his allowance back to his hometown to help his younger siblings.

"Brother Jin's younger siblings must be quite old by now."

Peng Shiyu asked, "Don't they have wives and children yet? Are you still going to support them?"

"His second brother is indeed due to get married, but he doesn't have the money and is still delaying it."

Liu Xiuying's face darkened slightly. "Since Brother Jin retired, he hasn't been able to send any allowance back home. It just so happens that his eldest sister is old enough to get married."

His parents married her off, keeping the dowry to support themselves.

"No way!"

Yang Shujue looked shocked. "So, their family used to live off Brother Jin's allowance."

If they run out of money, they marry off their daughters to get a dowry?

Are you planning to keep sponging off the two of you now?

"That's about right."

Liu Xiuying nodded, "Their family barely managed to hold on until the New Year to wait for us to come back."

They left all the New Year's shopping and visiting relatives to us. In short, we used up all the money we brought with us, and we almost didn't even have enough for the travel expenses.

I have no objection to this; after all, as a newcomer, it's only right that I give gifts when I go back to meet my relatives.

However, I really can't accept their demands.

"What do you want?"

Peng Shiyu asked curiously, "You two are coming back to Chunnan County to live your lives. At most, you can just send some money to your parents-in-law every month, just like before."

"If that's the case, I wouldn't find it hard to accept."

Liu Xiuying pursed her lips. "At first, my parents-in-law planned to come to Chunnan County with us, saying that they would help me take care of the baby after I gave birth."

"You must be joking."

Yang Shujue laughed in exasperation, "The two elders came with you, but what about your younger brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law? Aren't you going to take care of them?"

"The family is in the care of Brother Jin's second younger brother. He's an adult now and can support the family."

Liu Xiuying's expression was strange as she continued, "They said that once we have money, we'll send it back to him to get him a wife, and the two elders and two children are planning to live with us in Chunnan County."

“Oh my god~”

Peng Shiyu stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief. "Are they crazy?"

"Of course they're not crazy, it's just that these two old men are too calculating."

Yang Shujue looked at Liu Xiuying with pity, "This is the kind of situation where she's planning to take her whole family and live off Xiuying and her husband."

Not only are you two expected to support their entire family, but you're also expected to find a wife for their son. They're dumping all the responsibilities on you.

Xiuying, I never imagined your in-laws would be such awful people. It seems they'll drag you both down with them.

"Your lives are definitely not going to be easy from now on."

Peng Shiyu couldn't help but show a look of sympathy, "What about Brother Jin? What are his plans?"

"Brother Jin refused."

Liu Xiuying's expression was somewhat complicated. "He said that we had just gotten married and borrowed money to buy a small courtyard to settle down, but it was simply not big enough for so many people to live in."

We still have two or three hundred yuan in debt to pay off, and we can't afford to support them if they come over.

When my in-laws heard him say that, although they were somewhat unwilling, they didn't make a fuss anymore.

All I asked was that Brother Jin send at least twenty yuan back home every month.

He also tried his best to borrow money for his second brother's wedding.

"Isn't this just crawling on you and sucking your blood?"

Yang Shujue said angrily, "If that's the case, you can forget about having a good life for the rest of your lives."

"Brother Jin said that we'll leave the matter of borrowing money aside for now."

Liu Xiuying sighed softly, "Don't even mention that we can't borrow it. Even if we could, it wouldn't be so easy to send it back."

Brother Jin said it was only right for him to send money back home every month to support his parents.

The responsibility for my brother finding a wife rests on my parents-in-law; we can't let him shoulder everything.

"That sounds like human language."

Yang Shujue looked satisfied and said to Liu Xiuying, "Fortunately, Brother Jin is not a blindly filial person, otherwise you would be in trouble."

"It's only slightly better."

Lin Jingyu picked up the conversation, "You all have to pay what you're supposed to pay. The Jin family parents are used to letting their eldest brother Jin take the lead in the family, and they're used to passing on any problems to him to solve."

They still need to rely on you two for now, so they can listen to your opinions for the time being.

"When they have an excuse, they'll definitely come looking for you."

"That's what I'm worried about too."

Liu Xiuying nodded. "Brother Jin definitely can't just ignore this. Right now, I'm most afraid that his whole family will move here. How will we live then?"

“Xiuying, once you get pregnant, your parents-in-law will definitely come over.”

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