Chapter 023 If you lose one cent, you can just go out and yell at me for being unfilial
Li Wenfeng did not move, and listened to his mother complaining indifferently about how much money it costs to raise a large family. Raising several children to go to school costs money for books and tuition, and then there are the homework books, pencils, and erasers. There is also the summer harvest, threshing, plowing, buying fertilizers, and weddings and funerals in the village. It all costs money!
She manages such a large family by herself, and she wants to break a coin into two flowers.
"...How much money do you think I swallowed from you!"
When she was emotional, she even cried because of her grievance.
Li Wenfeng sighed, glanced at the old man Li who was the background, and felt that his teeth were very painful.
"Mom, I don't have money."
He spread his hands and successfully stopped Mrs. Li, who was getting into the mood and was about to slap her thigh to perform a rhythmic stand-up comedy.
"What?"
Mrs. Li stared at him, looking a little confused, "Second brother, you just said... you don't have money?"
"Yes, I said I don't have money." Li Wenfeng shrugged.
Old lady Li's raised hand fell on her thigh with a slap, her voice was so sharp that it sounded like splitting. "Where's your money? You only sent money home once this year. This time you come back, it's time for the second allowance. I calculated it."
"Mom, why are you so anxious? Your yelling hurts my ears."
Li Wenfeng scratched his ears and said, "You calculated it wrong. The allowance hasn't been paid yet. I only have 50 yuan in my pocket, and I spent it all. Besides, I came back on leave and it's not the day for the allowance to be paid. Where did the money come from?"
"Impossible!"
Old lady Li didn't believe it and repeated, "I calculated it. You pay on the 10th of every month. Now it's the end of June..."
"No, the allowance for June will not be paid until July." Li Wenfeng corrected.
Old lady Li looked at him blankly, and felt that she couldn't figure it out, so she turned to look at old man Li.
Old man Li glanced at Li Wenfeng and said nothing.
"Mom, is there anything else? If not, I'm going back to see my daughter. I don't know when I can come back next time. I have to kiss my daughter."
Li Wenfeng stood up and walked out.
He walked to the shade of the tree, and was stopped by Mrs. Li again.
"Second brother, get out of here."
Li Wenfeng had no choice but to walk back. As soon as he called mom, he was slapped on the arm by Mrs. Li.
"You bastard, do you think your mother is stupid? Tell me, did you give the money you borrowed from the eldest brother this morning to that little whore... to your wife?"
Mrs. Li was halfway through her words when she saw her son's face visibly cold, and she quickly changed her words.
For the sake of skin, he was so cold to his own mother. He is really capable!
Old lady Li spat at her feet, "Is she so precious for giving birth to a bunch of girls?"
"Yes, Fan Qingyi is precious to me (Henan dialect, meaning precious, important, and valuable). All the children she gives birth to, whether male or female, are my treasures, so, mom..."
Li Wenfeng smiled at Old Lady Li, and his eyes met with Old Man Li who raised his head.
"Next time I come back, I will ask the villagers. If I hear more gossips like "Wenfeng's wife is so pitiful that she is tortured by her evil mother-in-law and not given food to eat, or "Wenfeng's mother loves her grandson so much that she always beats the three girls in Wenfeng's family", I will not send a penny home in the future." After saying that,
he repeated with a smile, "...I will not send a penny home."
Old Man Li frowned.
Old lady Li stared at him with anger, her hands trembling as she pointed at Li Wenfeng, "You unfilial son!"
She slapped her legs, sat on the ground, and started crying with her hands covering her face.
"I'm crying for my life. I raised my son with all my heart and spent money to marry him off, but now he has a wife and forgets his mother. Oh my God, look at this unfilial son..."
Li Wenfeng smacked his lips, squatted down and reminded his mother who had accidentally peeped.
"Mom, your crying is a little fake, you don't have tears, how about I go to the backyard vegetable garden and pick a chili pepper for you, put it under your eyes, I guarantee that you will cry like the time you cheated, and you can't stop..."
Old lady Li froze, "...get out!"
She kicked Li Wenfeng, and Li Wenfeng jumped back on the spot, and Old lady Li kicked nothing.
Li Wenfeng said in a sly way, "I didn't kick him."
Old Lady Li howled in anger, rushed over and punched her son's chest, hitting him hard for more than ten times, and stopped when she saw that her son didn't dodge.
She looked up and scolded him with heartache, "Are you stupid? It doesn't hurt? Why don't you dodge?!"
Li Wenfeng grumbled, and smiled at Old Lady Li, "Mom, you hit me, but don't hit my wife and children. My wife is weak, and our three children are all girls. I feel bad when you hurt them, so just think of it as feeling bad for your son, okay?" Old Lady
Li, "..."
She glared at her son for a long time, turned her head away, and didn't say yes or no.
Li Wenfeng lowered his eyes, smiled disappointedly, and helped Old Lady Li sit on the bench.
"Second brother, there are no parents who are not right. Your mother and I gave birth to you and raised you. You shouldn't talk to us like that."
Old man Li reminded Li Wenfeng.
Li Wenfeng raised his eyes and looked at him, smiling and nodding.
"Since Dad said so, then in the future, I will pay the same amount as the eldest brother, the third brother, and the fourth brother. If they pay less, you can just go out and yell that I am unfilial."
Old man Li was stunned.
"Should we call them all to discuss this together?"
Li Wenfeng looked at Old man Li, who stared at him and couldn't say anything.
There are a few brothers in the village who support their parents, and they only give a few yuan of pocket money every month. How can they be like the second brother who brings more than a thousand yuan home every year?
If they really need to call the four brothers together to discuss it, ten yuan a family will be the limit.
Of course, Old man Li was unwilling.
Although he didn't take care of the household, he could see the money that Old Lady Li hid.
After seeing a hundred-dollar bill for a long time, he would be stupid to see ten yuan more.
The second son was holding them and wanted them to bow their heads.
It turned out that he forgot his parents after marrying a wife!
Old man Li once again felt dissatisfied with his second daughter-in-law who looked honest.
He didn't say anything, and Li Wenfeng smiled.
"Mom and Dad, you know my temper. I don't expect you to take care of my wife as you do me, but don't treat her harshly. Of course, if you two don't plan to rely on me in the future, just ignore what I said."
The couple looked at each other, a little confused.
"Second brother, what do you mean by that?"
Li Wenfeng explained with a smile, "If you bully my wife again, I won't support you when you are old, and you can say whatever you want about me being unfilial."
Old man Li, "..."
Old lady Li, "..."
When the couple came to their senses, Li Wenfeng had already returned to the second room.
The couple was left staring at each other.
Old Lady Li glared at the second wife and cursed, "What has Fan Qingyi, that vixen, done to my good son? She even said she wouldn't support us when we grow old!"
After that, she looked at Old Man Li in a panic.
"Old man, you said the second wife... wouldn't really not support us when we grow old, right?"