Li Hui: "How is it?"

Liu Aidang: "I've said everything I need to say. If they still only help the eldest brother's family, then they can go live with Liu Aiguo's family from now on! We'll just give them some things for their birthdays and holidays, and that's enough. There's no need for any other interactions."

Li Hui: "My brother's family is really something. Every time something happens, they make my parents do it, while he just sits behind and takes advantage of the situation."

Liu Aidang: "Isn't that how they are? They think they're the smartest in the world, and that only their parents are blind, biased, and unable to see it."

Li Hui: "Hey! Everything seemed fine before! How did it suddenly turn out like this?"

Liu Aidang: "That's because my second and third sisters are no longer willing to pretend."

Li Hui: "Pretending?"

Liu Aidang: "Before, it was because my second and third sisters still needed to coax our parents, but now they don't need to anymore."

Li Hui: "Why? I don't understand."

Liu Aidang: "You do the math, how long has it been since your second and third sisters' children came back? And when was the last time they came back?"

Li Hui thought for a moment, "It seems that since the resumption of the college entrance examination, the children of my second and third sisters have never come back. Moreover, since then, the two of them have avoided coming back as much as possible, especially my third sister. At least my second sister still comes back occasionally, but my third sister seems to have never been seen except for my parents' birthdays and the second day of the Lunar New Year. She doesn't even necessarily come back for my parents' birthdays; it's always my third sister's husband who comes back."

Liu Aidang: "Well, that's because my second sister still has feelings for Mom and Dad, while my third sister doesn't."

Li Hui: "Why?"

Liu Aidang: "My second and third sisters' in-laws are both respectable people, and you know the situation back then. If they knew that the two of them were doing well, but didn't care about our parents' life or death, what do you think Liu Aiguo and his wife would do?"

Li Hui: "I don't know about the eldest brother, but I think the eldest sister-in-law might report it, and it might even cause trouble at the second and third sisters' in-laws' houses."

After all, they had lived together for so many years, and she was well aware of Xu Hongxing's methods and scheming.

Liu Aidang: "Do you think my second and third sisters would let this happen?"

Li Hui: "Absolutely not. They value their husbands' families much more than their own, especially the third sister. She treats her mother-in-law better than her own mother. I could never treat my own mother like that."

Liu Aidang: "That's because her mother-in-law treats her even better than her own mother. Put yourself in her shoes. You don't know what kind of life my third sister lived at home before she had a salary. She only showed her true colors after she started working, but she also caused a lot of trouble. Just about work, if she hadn't stood up for herself, she would have lost her job long ago. Moreover, my third sister found her job herself. Her family didn't help at all. My parents even helped Liu Aiguo and Xu Hongxing steal her job."

Li Hui: "Is that so?"

Liu Aidang: "It's not just that. Before Xu Hongxing got married, she said she wanted a permanent job, but her family didn't agree. Later, her second sister's husband found her a job, and Xu Hongxing took a liking to it and tried to snatch it. But how could her second sister agree? Her parents wouldn't agree either, since it was her husband who found the job, and they couldn't bear the shame. Later, her third sister found a job herself, and Xu Hongxing started trying to snatch it again. Her parents also sided with her eldest sister's family, but her third sister was tough. She directly said that if her parents tried to snatch it, they shouldn't consider her their daughter anymore. If Liu Aiguo and his family wanted to snatch it, they shouldn't blame her for ruining everyone's jobs."

Li Hui: "I really can't believe it. Third Sister usually seems like a quiet person who just watches from the sidelines, but I didn't expect her to be so assertive. Is this matter really resolved like this?"

Liu Aidang: "Well, later when Mom asked for Third Sister's salary, Third Sister directly said she didn't have a single penny. She said that if Mom and Dad were to rely on me and Liu Aiguo for their retirement, they wouldn't want anything from Second Sister or Third Sister, and the argument continued. In the end, Dad decided to give each person ten yuan a month for living expenses, and that finally calmed things down. This showed that Mom and Dad knew perfectly well that Liu Aiguo was unreliable. And what do you think Third Sister was doing, just silently watching all the time? She was just watching the show. In her eyes, the farce at home was all a joke."

Liu Aidang: "The harmony in the family before was only because my second and third sisters were willing to coax our parents. But look at what they give us. My second sister only buys clothes and shoes for our parents every year, and my third sister occasionally buys a couple of pieces of clothing, but most of the time it's food."

Li Hui: "Isn't that pretty good? And everyone eats together. It seems like my third sister doesn't hold as much resentment towards the eldest brother's family as my second sister does!"

Liu Aidang: "I used to think the same way, until I went to deliver some things to my third sister when she gave birth. That's when I realized how well her family lived. After she bought the yard, I went there a few times and saw that her family's dried meat was packed in sacks. We usually remove the fur from rabbits before eating them, but they skin them. They have rabbit skin blankets, mats, gloves, and coats everywhere. So the little bit I brought back was nothing compared to what was leaking between her fingers. And if my third sister had been like my second sister and hadn't been able to get any advantage from Liu Aiguo and his family, do you think they would have made a scene?"

Li Hui: "Definitely."

Liu Aidang: "That's the clever thing about the two of them. Every time they come back, they bring big bags and small bags. One of them brings brand new clothes, and the other brings all meat. Every time they swagger back, everyone knows that the two of them are filial. If Liu Aiguo and his parents quarrel again, they will be drowned in spittle."

Liu Aidang: "As for the things those two took, you would never guess how much they had. I accidentally found out that my second sister was reselling things, and I got involved too. That's when I learned that the clothes I gave my parents were from my second sister. Good fabrics are hard to come by for others, but my second sister had a whole room full of them. My third sister was even more ruthless. Before, when my second sister and she were doing business together, I wanted to join her, but she said she didn't do speculation. Later, I wanted to get some goods from her to resell, but she directly said she didn't have any and told me to go to my second sister. She then turned around and gave my second sister more than a hundred rabbits, not counting chickens, ducks, and geese. This shows how much she distrusts the Liu family. So, in our Liu family, only my second sister has a little bit of a place in my third sister's heart. As for me, I probably don't even have a place at all."

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