When Xia Shige and the other two got home and opened the door, they smelled a strong aroma of meat.
Seeing them coming, Sun Yuegui hurriedly called out, "Hurry up and wash your hands. It's time to eat. Today we made pies with pork and fennel fillings, beef and green onion fillings, and leek and three fresh fillings."
Seeing them carrying rice and oil, Sun Yuegui was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy so many things? We still have a lot of rice and oil at home. These things are so expensive now!"
"Aunt, these are given free of charge by the state to the staff of the emergency office and material supply points. No money is required."
Hearing that it was free, Sun Yuegui happily helped move things to the kitchen.
At the dinner table, Xia Shige said to everyone: "The ones who came to our house and destroyed the surveillance two days ago were Li Yadong and his son Li Yaozu." The Xia family has been worried about this incident these days, and now it's good, Li Yadong and his son are both gone.
Sun Yuegui was stunned when she heard this, frowned and asked: "How do you know? Did the Li family come to look for you again?"
Xia Shige briefly recounted what happened in the supermarket. After hearing what she said, her grandmother was terrified, "This bastard Li Yadong, he didn't even let a child go!"
Sun Yuegui clicked her tongue twice and said with some gloating, "I said long ago that those two children were definitely not Li Yadong's. God has finally opened his eyes. When he divorced my eldest sister, he arrogantly boasted that the mistress had given him a son, and blamed our eldest sister for not being able to have children. Now, he finally knows that he is the one who can't have children!"
Grandma Liu asked in confusion, "Li Yadong and Li Yaozu are both dead, so where are his wife and daughter? Where did they go? Will they come and cause trouble again?"
Xia Shige was stunned when he heard this and shook his head gently: "Li Yadong only said that he drove away both of them, and we don't know the rest."
Not only Qiao Nana and Li Aiqiao, but Li Yadong's father is also missing. I don't know if he has met with an accident.
Li Yadong is a man who can dump his own relative's body on the roadside. Xia Shige doesn't think he can be very filial to his father.
As for Qiao Nana and Li Aiqiao, where can these two girls go after leaving the Li family?
Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit dull, Sun Yuegui said, "Forget it, don't think about these people. The New Year will be in two days. Let's start preparing the New Year's Eve dinner from tomorrow. Prepare meatballs, fried fish, fried eggplant boxes, and stewed beef!"
Xia Shige nodded. The natural disaster had lasted for a year, and the family had to cheer up in order to deal with the difficulties that would follow.
*
At the Lu family villa, Lu Bo saw this month's water and electricity bill and was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. He slammed the table and questioned Xu Yilan: "Why is this month's electricity bill so high? Didn't I tell you to save money? How much money do you think you have left at home?"
"And the water bill. Did you know that a tank of water costs 10,000 yuan? You used it all in just one month! If this continues, we will have to cut off the water and electricity!"
Xu Yilan said aggrievedly: "I have been very frugal. I save the water from washing vegetables to flush the toilet. Besides, our central air conditioning consumes a lot of electricity. What else can I do? I dare not turn on the lights at night."
Xu Yilan looked at Lu Bo's angry face and carefully suggested, "The maintenance cost of the villa is too high. It's really not possible. Let's sell this villa first. While the villa in this area can still be exchanged for some money, we can find a residential building to move to. It will be enough for the family to live a stable life for a few years."
Upon hearing this, Lu Bo decisively rejected it and said, "No! The villa cannot be sold."
Villas in this area are extremely valuable. This is Lu Bo's last bit of face and dignity, as well as the confidence and capital for his future comeback.
He has nothing left. If he sells this villa, he will completely leave the circle of wealthy people. He cannot accept this. He would rather have his water and electricity cut off than sell the house.
Lu Bo thought for a moment and said, "Let Si Xue ask the Song family for some more money. The Song family can't just marry our daughter for nothing."
Xu Yilan sighed and replied, "Don't mention it. Xue'er rarely answers my calls now. When I ask her, she says she can't ask for money."
Upon hearing this, Lu Bo slammed the table in anger again and cursed: "This damn girl, she's already partial to her husband's family before the baby in her belly is even born. If the baby is not from our Lu family, then we can't raise him well!"
Speaking of this, Lu Bo thought of Xia Shige again. He paused, looked up and asked Xu Yilan: "I remember you said that last time you took Mrs. Li to see Shige, you found that she had everything she needed, including photovoltaic panels and vegetables?"
Xu Yilan was stunned for a moment, nodded, and then she asked hesitantly: "What do you mean...?"
Lu Bo pondered for a while and said, "Let's go find her tomorrow! She is our daughter after all. She is grateful to us. It's time for her to repay our gratitude!"
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