When Liang Qi arrived at Uncle Gao's house, he asked how the cabinet was coming along. Uncle Gao then led Liang Qi to the workshop in the backyard, where Liang Qi saw that a corner cabinet had been finished and had been coated with clear varnish.

Liang Qi touched it with the back of his hand and found that it was all dry, so he said to Uncle Gao, "Take this back."

Finally, Uncle Gao found Gao Lei, and Gao Yu and Liang Qi lifted the corner cabinet together.

The three of them carried a cabinet into the yard together. Xiaoyue saw that it was a corner cabinet and knew that Liang Qi had rushed to clean up the storeroom. Xiaoyue could tell where the cabinet was just by looking at the corner.

After Xiaoyue and Li Lei moved the single bed that was lying there to the side, Xiaoyue swept the floor clean with a broom. Li Lei quickly ran over to the three of them, helped out, and the four of them carried the cabinet into the room together.

It took a lot of effort to get into the room, first straight in, then sideways, and finally the kitchen door. We first lay down to get in, then the two of us slowly lifted the cabinet upright.

After moving the cabinet to the right position and installing it, the dimensions were perfect, with only a finger's width of space left. The team was all sweating profusely after installing the cabinet.

Xiaoyue told Gao Lei and Gao Yu to come inside and sit down to cool off before going out. As a result, Gao Lei sat down on a single bed that was placed to the side.

There were still quite a few things on the single bed, so Gao Lei pushed away the useless items and squeezed himself into a corner to sit down. Xiao Yue handed Gao Lei some hot water.

Gao Lei took a sip and asked, his meaning ambiguous, "Are you alright?"

Xiaoyue smiled and said to Gao Lei, "Very good."

Xiaoyue turned her head to look at Li Lei leading Gao Yu into the house. Gao Lei glanced at Xiaoyue quickly, then returned to his calm.

Liang Qi and Li Qianqian were looking at the cut-out clothing fabric.

Seeing that Xiaoyue was the only one left, Gao Lei said softly, "My mother arranged a marriage for me. She is the only daughter of the registrar. I came home this time to get engaged. My mother tricked me into coming back from school."

Xiaoyue poured Gao Lei some more water and calmly said, "Congratulations."

When the water was handed to Gao Lei, he paused and said bitterly, "I heard that you and Liang Qi are getting engaged."

Xiaoyue turned around and smiled at Gao Lei, saying, "Yes."

Gao Lei saw the woman who had been shining in his heart, and his heart tightened. It seemed that he could no longer resist the marriage arranged by his mother. Anyway, it didn't matter who he married.

Gao Lei's heart skipped a beat, and he put down the bowl and fled in a daze.

When Li Lei returned, he took a clean cloth and started wiping the cabinet. The cabinet only had a layer of clear varnish on it, so there was no dust in the winter and it was easy to wipe.

Seeing that Gao Lei had left, and Gao Yu had followed him out, Xiaoyue went to see them off. At this moment, Gao Yu smiled at Xiaoyue and said, "You have quite a lot of people in your family. Do you need any more help? Can I come?"

Xiaoyue glanced at Gao Yu, who had grown taller and had dark skin that exuded vitality. She smiled at Gao Yu and said, "It's great that you're here. You're literate and good at working, but would Uncle Gao be willing to let go of such a useful laborer like you?"

Gao Yu scratched his head, smiled, revealing a set of neat, white teeth, took a few quick steps, grabbed Gao Lei's clothes, and skipped away.

Xiaoyue and Liangqi put all the finished clothes into the closet according to size, and placed the fabric in the corner closet, laying it flat.

Then he locked the living room door, giving one key to Li Qianqian and another to Liang Qi.

The next day, Gao Lei wanted to find Doctor Hu to take Lu Xiaomei's pulse. Coincidentally, Doctor Hu was in the courtyard of Old Man Ge's house. When Li Lei entered the house, the smell of filth inside almost made him vomit.

Li Lei quickly jumped outside the yard to wait, and heard Ge Erping and Ge Erlin in the kitchen say, "Sister-in-law, eldest brother went back to his parents' home early this morning, second sister-in-law also took Ge Daming back to her parents' home, and third brother doesn't even come home, he's hanging out with that Da Lingzi."

Ge Erlin said, "You're the youngest, and your parents love you the most, so just take care of it."

Ge Erping and Ge Erlin started arguing. Ge Erping said, "Who made our father so angry? How dare you say that? If you make our father angry, you have to serve him."

"Why don't you let Mom go to the third son's wife? I think she should be getting better soon. You can tell Mom that it was the third son's wife who made Dad sick."

The two people were completely unaware that there was someone standing under the window.

Not long after, Doctor Hu came out of the house carrying his medicine box. Li Lei quickly stepped forward, took Doctor Hu's medicine box, and led the doctor to Xiaoyue's house.

After taking Xiaoyue's pulse, Physician Hu smiled and said, "Your illness has recovered very quickly this time. Let's change the prescription. I'll give you half a month's worth of medicine this time. If there are no problems, you won't need to come for a checkup again."

When Li Lei returned with Doctor Hu to get medicine, he ran into Old Lady Ge helping Ge Erping head towards Xiaoyue's house.

Li Lei hurried a few steps back and quickly said to Xiaoyue, "That old lady Ge is coming this way, you have to be careful!"

After hearing Li Lei's words, Xiaoyue became furious about the Ge family's affairs and personally went outside to guard the courtyard gate.

Old Mrs. Ge, hunched over, leaned on a cane and was supported by Ge Erping as they slipped and slid towards Xiaoyue's courtyard gate in the dead of winter. Upon seeing Xiaoyue blocking the gate, she angrily cursed, "You shameless jinx! Let Lu Xiaomei out! Lu Xiaomei has transferred her illness to her father-in-law. You'll die a horrible death!"

“There are no good people in this family. The women are all flirting with the men, and they’ve corrupted Lu Xiaomei. Lu Xiaomei, you better get out here right now.”

Grandma Ge got more and more worked up as she cursed, so Xiaoyue closed the front door and wouldn't let her in. Once inside, she asked Li Lei, "Do you know what's going on? Grandma Ge's behavior is strange!"

Li Lei thought for a moment and told Xiaoyue what he knew: It turned out that when Old Man Ge was sick that day, neither of the eldest nor the third son came. Ge Dalin had no idea that his father's illness was so serious. He resented his father's favoritism and didn't come at all.

Although Ge Sanlin received the letter, his heart was with Da Lingzi, and he didn't care about his father at all.

After examining the patient, Dr. Hu diagnosed it as a stroke and prescribed medicine, but he had no money to pay for it.

Grandma Ge cried and made a scene, going to the eldest son's house, but the courtyard gates were already closed early, so she couldn't go in.

She returned home dejectedly and argued with Ge Erping again, complaining that she wouldn't get married and that Ge Erlin was being unreasonable.

Second sister-in-law Xiao Sun came over. Afraid that Ge Daming would be scared, she sent him to Ge Dalin's house. When he went to sleep that night, Ge Daming learned most of what Old Madam Ge had said.

These words struck Ge Dalin like a thunderbolt. No wonder his mother had always treated him badly, no wonder his sister had married a widower and never came home, and no wonder his mother always protected Ge Erlin no matter what mistakes he made.

After hearing Ge Daming's words, she was even less inclined to see Old Man Ge. The next morning, she packed her things and headed to Li's parents' home.

As for the second sister-in-law, Xiao Sun, she stayed up all night, ignoring everyone, even when she needed to relieve herself. Before dawn, she took Ge Daming home.

Li Lei then taught Xiaoyue how to behave in the kitchen in the yard.

Ignoring Old Madam Ge's furious rant, Xiaoyue bluntly said, "Make Ge Sanlin write a letter of divorce."