This was the first time that Li A-mei was bullied by Chu Nanshan in all the years they had been married. Li A-mei knew very well that no matter how much she cried this time, Chu Nanshan would not change his mind. He would only stand firmly on his son's side.
The two of them are a reconstituted family. It seems that Li A-mei can get whatever she wants at home, but in fact, they are all older and there is no real love between them.
Li A-mei was attracted by Chu Nanshan because he was a formal employee of a state-owned factory, had a city hukou, was supplied with grain, and had a family room of a moderate size, which allowed her to live safely in the city. This was the best remarriage partner Li A-mei could find.
What Chu Nanshan liked about Li A-mei was that she was a country girl and was getting married for the second time. So there was no need for a dowry or a wedding banquet. He could just bring her over to live in the same house and they would become husband and wife. To put it bluntly, he didn't have to spend a penny, and he would have a woman in the house to do the laundry, cooking and housework.
It's nothing more than giving someone a meal and having an extra nanny at home.
Marriage is the cheapest way to find a nanny. Don’t look at Chu Nanshan as cowardly, he is actually as clear-minded as a mirror.
Chu Nanshan didn't care about Li A'mei's little tricks at home, and it didn't matter if she bullied Chu Yue. Even if Chu Yue was his biological child, she was just a daughter.
Daughters are worthless and will always have to be married off.
He was able to raise Chu Yue, provide her with food, and even send her to school. He had done his best and fulfilled his responsibilities as a father.
You have to know that in the steel plant’s family quarters, many girls don’t even have the qualifications to go to high school, and their families have already arranged marriage partners for them when they just graduated from junior high school at the age of 16, just for a few hundred yuan in betrothal money.
Chu Nanshan thought that he was a very good father because he did not sell Chu Yue for the bride price.
Besides, when Chu Yue left, he gave her 500 yuan. Wasn't that enough? But that girl, I don't know what method she used, emptied the house quietly. She is really an ungrateful person.
These words have gone too far, let’s get back to the present.
Chu Nanshan's only treasure is his son. In the past, Chu Jianjun was not ambitious and his academic performance was always poor. Chu Nanshan thought that he could just go to a technical school. Anyway, as long as he could get a diploma, he could still take his place in his class in the end and he could keep his son by his side. There was nothing wrong with that.
But during the time after Chu Yue left, too many things happened at home. Chu Nanshan saw with his own eyes that Li A'mei was showing off outside all day long, "Chu Yaoyao was admitted to Shanghai University", "She is the first college student in our family compound", and "Shanghai University is a first-class good school."
The more Li A-mei shows off, the more it demonstrates the value of this matter.
Some of the neighbors were envious, and some said sour words. Chu Nanshan saw everything, and no matter what the neighbors said, he could not hide the jealousy in his eyes.
An old colleague of Chu Nanshan at the Steel Plant who had worked with him for many years spoke to him in a tone of emotion and envy.
"Old Chu, how come it's your adopted daughter who got into college instead of your biological daughter? If my biological daughter could get into such a good university, I would definitely hold a three-day and three-night graduation banquet to let everyone in the city know that I have such a smart daughter. When she graduates from college, she will definitely make a lot of money! And she can also provide for my old age."
In the past, Chu Nanshan didn’t know the importance of taking the college entrance exam, and he thought it was unnecessary for girls to study so much, so he turned a blind eye to Li A-mei’s little actions and didn’t care at all.
But so many things happened and he saw the reactions of the people around him. Looking back, he realized that times had changed.
It turns out that taking the college entrance examination is such an important matter!
It can bring honor to the family, it can have a separate page in the family tree, and it can provide for him in his old age!
Chu Nanshan felt so regretful in his heart. No matter how good his stepdaughter was, she could not be as good as his biological daughter. If he had known earlier, he should have let Chu Yue go to college.
Unfortunately, things had already happened. Chu Yue had already gone to the southwest to join the army and there was no room for turning back.
Just when Chu Nanshan was regretting his wrongdoing, Chu Jianjun suddenly said that he wanted to study, go to a regular high school, and then go to college in the future.
Did Chu Nanshan suspect that smoke was coming out of the Chu family’s ancestral tomb?
Such a good thing was waiting for him.
Chu Nanshan, who has fully understood the importance of studying and taking exams, will never let Li A'mei interfere with Chu Jianjun's studies again, let alone let this woman influence his son!
Absolutely not!
Not only was Chu Nanshan mean to Li A-mei, but when Li A-mei's eyes turned red and she was about to cry, he turned around and left without saying a word.
"Mom... How could Dad do this to you?" Chu Yaoyao had been in the room and heard Li Amei and Chu Nanshan arguing, "And that Chu Jianjun, who the hell is he? Does he want to be the emperor at home?"
Chu Yaoyao was angry and anxious. She really didn't understand why Chu Yue had been driven away and their family was distracted.
Li A-mei wiped away her hypocritical tears and whispered, "Haha... now that the children are grown up, they don't need me to take care of their poop and pee, and they don't need me to wash their diapers anymore, so you look down on me, don't you? Humph, Chu Nanshan, since you are so protective of your son, you and your son can live together, and I won't serve you anymore!"
Chu Yaoyao looked at the suddenly angry Li A-mei with a puzzled look on her face, "Mom, what do you mean by that?"
Li A-mei took off the sleeves on her hands and threw them on the ground.
"Yaoyao, let's go back to our hometown and live there for a while."
"Hometown? That shabby house in our country village." Chu Yaoyao got goosebumps all over her body when she thought of that shabby house.
The last time they went back was during the Qingming Festival two years ago. The house was full of snakes, insects, rats and ants, and the roof was covered with spider webs. It was completely uninhabitable.
Chu Yaoyao immediately shook her head, "Mom, I don't want to go back to my hometown in the countryside. I don't want to go back."
Li A-mei raised her hand and poked Chu Yaoyao's temple with her finger, saying angrily, "Girl, how can you be so stupid! The whole family compound knows that you were kicked out of Shanghai University. So many people are stabbing us in the back. Are you happy hiding at home every day? Let's go back to our hometown in the countryside and stay there for ten days or half a month. After a long time, the matter will be over, and we can come back then."
Li A-mei glanced at the direction where Chu Nanshan left, snorted and laughed, "Humph, I have been serving tea and water to this old man for almost ten years. Without me, I wonder how he will live. Let's go back to the countryside!"
The matter was decided, and Li A-mei was determined.
The next morning, Li A-mei and Chu Yaoyao carried their bags and took a bus back to their hometown in the countryside.
As soon as they appeared, they immediately caused an uproar among the villagers.
Li A'mei didn't do very well in the city, but when she arrived in the countryside, she was a city dweller with a glittering identity and good food supply. She was so precious that everyone around her looked at her with jealousy.
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