Chapter 367
"What are you going to do next?" Ye Fuyue asked again.
"I've made up my mind to divorce Liang Nan and live on my own with Huan Di and Lai Bao." Cui Li said without hesitation: "I didn't have any money before, and I didn't have the ability to make money, but now it's different. I have money and I'm still making money. After leaving the Liang family, I can live a good life with Huan Di and Lai Bao."
Ye Fuyue nodded: "As long as you think it through."
After Zhong Lan came back from selling mung bean cakes, Cui Li told her what happened in the afternoon.
"Liang Tianxiong will tell Liang's father and Liang Nan. I guess your family will also know that you are doing business. When you go back today, they will definitely ask you about it. You should be mentally prepared." Cui Li said.
"My family will know once they find out. I'm still wondering when they'll find out that I'm doing a small business outside." Zhong Lan said very calmly.
"It seems that you have already thought clearly about what you will do if your family finds out." Ye Fuyue said with a smile.
Zhong Lan nodded heavily: "Yes, I have thought it through a long time ago. I want a divorce. I am really fed up with my current life. If I wasn't afraid that I would get divorced and take Zao'er with me, and I have no job to earn money, I would have to stay at my parents' house and eat her food. I am afraid that if I stay at my parents' house for too long, my brothers and sisters-in-law will be dissatisfied. I would have wanted a divorce a long time ago."
"What about after the divorce? What do you plan to do?" Ye Fuyue asked.
Cui Li said, "I'll rent a place to live first, and then we can start a small business together."
Zhong Lan nodded: "I think so too."
Ye Fuyue said what she had thought of a long time ago: "If you want to rent a house, why don't you live with me? You two can live together and have someone to look after you. It's also convenient for you to cook meals without running back and forth. Just pay me the rent."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li looked at each other with joy.
"It would be great if we could rent here. Cui Li and I can really take care of each other." Zhong Lan said.
Cui Li nodded: "But, if Zhong Lan and I live here, you and your family can't come and live here, right?"
"We had no intention of moving in. Now that Shen Yao is in school, he and I are busy with our studies and have to go back to see the kids, so we don't have time to come and live here. If you move in, we can collect some rent." Ye Fuyue smiled playfully, "The rent isn't expensive. You can each give me five dollars a month and help me maintain the house."
Renting an apartment outside now is about the same price. However, spending ten yuan to live in a small Western-style building like this is simply impossible outside.
Moreover, the rent of five yuan is completely affordable for both Cui Li and Zhong Lan now.
Now that they had found a place to stay, Zhong Lan and Cui Li felt more at ease.
The two returned to the slum.
Not only their families knew about the small business they were running, but almost everyone in the entire compound knew about it.
As soon as Cui Li returned home, before she could react, Liang's father slapped her in the face.
"You're actually engaging in speculation and profiteering outside?! Who gave you the courage?! Do you want to make Liang Nan and I lose our jobs?"
Liang Nan also said angrily: "If Dad hadn't asked Tianxiong to follow you, how long would you have kept it a secret from us?! Do you really want to see Dad and I lose our jobs and our family starve to death?!"
Laibao and Huandi saw Cui Li being beaten, and they came over, hugging Cui Li from both sides. They said to Liang's father in a crisp and soft voice, "Grandpa, don't hit Mom."
Liang Tianxiong took advantage of the situation and said, "Grandpa, our stepmother takes them out every day to engage in speculation and profiteering, and they stay in the small western-style building. They have known about her speculation for a long time, but they didn't tell us!"
Liang's father looked at Lai Bao and Huan Di with a look of disappointment and disgust on his face.
Cui Li covered her burning face and looked Liang's father in the face. She said firmly, "I'm not engaging in speculation. I'm doing legitimate business."
"You--" Liang's father was so angry that he raised his hand and was about to slap Cui Li again.
Cui Li was on guard this time. She pulled Laibao and Huan Di back a step to avoid Liang's father's hand.
"If you think I'm a burden to you, let Liang Nan divorce me," Cui Li said.
Liang's father snorted in disgust: "Just because you made a little money, you think you can go to heaven? Do you think our Liang family is begging you to be a daughter-in-law? Without you, Liang Nan will not be able to find a wife?!"
"That's right!" Liang Nan said, "Look at you now. If I hadn't agreed to marry you, you would have married someone from the countryside, living a miserable life worse than pigs and dogs. You don't need me to tell you, I've wanted to divorce you a long time ago! We can't keep someone like you in our Liang family, let alone let you drag us down!"
Cui Li stubbornly remained silent, but in her heart she was anxiously thinking: Hurry up and leave! Why are you talking so much nonsense!
"Pack your things and get out of our house now!" Liang Nan yelled.
Cui Li was just about to lift her foot when Liang's father spoke: "Take Huandi away, and Laibao stay."
Cui Li was stunned, and Lai Bao was also stunned.
"I want to be with my mother." Lai Bao was so anxious that there was a hint of crying in his voice.
Father Liang calmed down and said to Laibao as gently as possible: "Laibao, be good and come to grandpa. You are the grandson of our Liang family and you can't follow your mother."
Lai Bao held Cui Li's legs and was unwilling to let go, he was so anxious that tears came out.
When Liang Tianxiong saw that Liang's father wanted to keep Laibao, he looked annoyed.
Cui Li stared at Lai Bao in a daze, feeling extremely regretful.
She was careless. She forgot that even though Liang's father had been partial to Liang Tianxiong recently, he still believed in his heart that Laibao was their grandson. How could Liang's father and Liang Nan let her take Laibao away?
Liang Nan also said to Laibao as gently as possible: "Laibao, come to daddy."
Lai Bao hugged Cui Li tightly, crying with tears in his eyes, and was unwilling to go over.
Liang Nan was getting a little impatient, and said with a stern face: "Are you going to make it or not?"
Laibao shrank back, neither daring to shake his head nor wanting to go over.
Liang Nan lost his patience and came over to pull Laibao away.
Cui Li protected Lai Bao and said, "Don't touch him. I'll talk to him."
"What are you trying to do?!" Liang Nan glared at Cui Li.
Cui Li sneered: "What tricks can I play? Even if I don't want to give Laibao to you, how can I, a woman, snatch it from you two men?"
Seeing that Cui Li was still self-aware, Liang Nan sneered and did not move.
Cui Li squatted down, wiped the tears from Laibao's face, and said to him: "Be good, Laibao, follow your father and grandfather, they will treat you well."
Laibao cried and shook his head without saying a word.
When Liang's father and Liang Nan saw that what Cui Li said sounded like human words, their expressions relaxed slightly.
"Laibao, help your mother pack the clothes." Cui Li took Laibao and Huandi's hands and went to the room.
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