"So only Xiaoli came back this year, but Zhang Jianhua didn't?"
"No." Ye Xiaozhen thought to herself that Xie Li had just said that it was not that Zhang Jianhua did not want to come back, but that he was too embarrassed to come back.
His original plan was to come back to celebrate the New Year and visit his parents' graves.
Now, once their village is demolished, in order to maintain the ecological balance, all the people will move away, and the mountain will definitely be closed.
If he missed this year, he might never be able to visit his parents in his lifetime.
When Li Mei heard that Zhang Jianhua was not coming back and only Xie Li was back, she pulled Ye Xiaozhen and said: "For Zhang Jianhua, Xiaoli ignored the lives of her brothers to support his family. Later, you took care of them regardless of the past grudges." What a kindness it is for mother and daughter to live together for so many years. Now that Zhang Jianhua is prosperous outside, he doesn’t even remember how much you helped his family.
Thinking that Xie Linan and Ye Xiaozhen's families were not bad, he changed his words and said, "I mean, they didn't even think about thanking you properly. They didn't even come back for such an important day as the Chinese New Year. They really look down on you."
Ye Xiaozhen never expected that Li Mei, who had always been at odds with her family, would secretly come to offend her.
"Zhang Jianhua is Zhang Jianhua, and my sister is my sister. What Zhang Jianhua thinks has nothing to do with my sister."
"Why not? They are husband and wife, and husband and wife are one. If Zhang Jianhua looks down on you, then Xie Li looks down on you."
Ye Xiaozhen was already a little unhappy, but she still said patiently: "Sister and Zhang Jianhua are different. Sister is a family member, and Zhang Jianhua is an outsider. Besides, we are helping sister and Hongxia, and have nothing to do with him, Zhang Jianhua."
"Hey, your idea is weird. Xiaoli and her husband and children are a family, how can they be a family with you? You help Zhang Jianhua so much, but they look down on you. You are such a jerk."
Even though Zhang Jianhua is really a piece of shit, what does that have to do with Li Mei?
Ye Xiaozhen's face darkened. "Auntie, what do you mean?"
Seeing Ye Xiaozhen's unhappy expression, Li Mei softened her tone and said, "I just feel sorry for you. You keep saying that Xiaoli is Xiaoli and Zhang Jianhua is Zhang Jianhua. It was Xiaoli who paid for his education and helped him support his parents. Isn't that taking advantage of you?"
Ye Xiaozhen: "I hadn't even entered the house at that time."
"That means taking advantage of the three Lin An brothers."
"They didn't say anything, why are you so anxious, Auntie?"
Li Mei: “…”
"Men are all rough and rude, they don't even know when they've suffered a loss. Women need to pay more attention to this kind of thing."
"It's Xie Lin'an who said it. My sister got married back then. It's not wrong for her to marry into the Zhang family and help the Zhang family. On the contrary, it's wrong for a married daughter to leave her own affairs alone and instead help her brothers."
Li Mei stared, "Where is this nonsense? They are brothers, even if their bones are broken, they are still connected. Hey, why does Lin An think so? Xiao Li doesn't think so too, does she? Oh, no wonder. It's all because my eldest brother died early and no one taught him."
How do you explain this?
Xie Linan and his father did help his brothers back then, but what was the result? What did he get?
If I had known earlier that my younger brothers were ungrateful and saved the money, Xie Linan wouldn't have been unable to go to college and my two younger sons wouldn't have suffered so much.
As for Xie Li’s choice… forget it. We are all ordinary people. Without insight, how can we know what the future will be like?
People's hearts are hidden, so how can we know whether our choices are right or wrong?
Xie Linan and his siblings never mentioned those things, and they have a good relationship now, so it's not easy for Li Mei, an outsider, to talk about them.
Ye Xiaozhen said unhappily, "Oh, the ones who broke the bones are the relatives, then why don't you see your uncle helping his relatives more, and why don't you see your aunt helping your brother more?"
Li Mei: “…”
These two kids are extremely selfish. Ye Xiaozhen heard that they not only took advantage of their mother-in-law's family, but also Li Mei's family as well. As a result, her relationship with her brothers from her family became very bad, to the point where they almost stopped communicating with each other.
"That's different. My family is poor. I also want to help my natal brothers, and your third uncle also wants to help Lin An and the others, but the conditions don't allow it."
She looked up at their beautifully renovated house and said, "Look, your house is big and beautiful, but my family of four is still living in an old, run-down house, and I don't know when we can live in a big house."
Ye Xiaozhen thought, given the situation of your family, just wait and see, until the end of time.
"We want to help, but we are powerless. With that house, Lin Chuan and Xiao Wen won't even be able to find a wife in the future. Xiao Zhen, you should help us more. We are all descendants of the Xie family. We are all connected, and everyone has a big house to live in. Our family is the poorest, so you can't just ignore it."
Um?
Where does she get the face?
It would be fine if they didn't help Xie Linan and his brothers when they were in the most difficult time, but how can they have the nerve to ask them for help now?
Oh!
Ye Xiaozhen didn't want to pay attention to her, but for the sake of her grandfather, she didn't argue with her.
She just rolled her eyes, said she wanted to cook, and walked away.
After returning to the kitchen, Xie Li asked, "What was Auntie whispering to you about for so long? You looked so unhappy."
"She asked Zhang Jianhua if he would come back. I said no, so she started saying that Zhang Jianhua had become an ungrateful person after he became rich."
Xie Li was stunned. "She knows those things too?"
"I don't know. What she meant was that Zhang Jianhua would rather spend the New Year alone in Haicheng than come back with you. He looks down on us."
Oh, so this is what ungrateful person means.
Go ahead and curse him, Zhang Jianhua is an ungrateful person anyway, not a good person.
It’s a rare occasion that we have New Year’s Eve dinner this year, and seeing grandpa, both families have something to eat.
Xie Zhili and his two children brought some fruits and a bag of fruit candies.
Xie Zhiguo and his family gave gifts to the elderly and bought health products that were popular in TV commercials during the Chinese New Year.
I don't know whether it is true or not, but according to Ye Xiaozhen's memory, it won't kill people.
And the price is not cheap.
It seems that they have invested some money this time.
Xie Linan stayed outside to deal with his two uncles and cousins. The two aunts were also talking outside. Only Ye Xiaozhen and Xie Li were in the kitchen.
Zhang Hui was a person who knew how to save face, so she took the initiative to go to the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves and offered to help.
Just in time, Ye Xiaozhen asked her to wash the bacon.
In this weather, it's hard to wash the greasy and dirty bacon.
Zhang Hui said she wanted to help, so it was hard to refuse. She could only pout and take the bacon to the backyard.
After seeing this, Li Mei also offered to help.
Xie Li simply threw the chicken to her and let her deal with it.
Li Mei originally wanted to go into the kitchen to talk to them, but if she wanted them to prepare the chicken, she had to go to the backyard.
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