Chapter 50: Marriage without children does not last long
Accountant Sun smiled and said, "Ma San was a good kid. I feel bad seeing him become like this now. But this is the Ma family's family affair, so I can't say much..."
He is just an accountant and it is not appropriate for him to get involved in the Ma family's affairs.
But as an elder who watched Ma San grow up, Accountant Sun wanted to scold Ma Youcai and slap him a few times.
Li Baotian chuckled and took a sip of water from the enamel teacup: "You, you always have a hard mouth but a soft heart."
Accountant Sun slowly stood up and said to himself, "Isn't that what people are like? They can't stand others being better than you, and they can't stand others being weaker."
Li Baotian smiled softly and stood up: "You are right. People's hearts are too complicated. I still like to live a simple life..."
The two men talked and left the house together. As there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Accountant Sun went home early. After Li Baotian made a round of inspection, he also went home.
When Li Baotian came back, Zhang Guifang and Li Caiyun were weeding in the garden!
"Why are you back so early?"
"The team has nothing to do, so I came back."
Zhang Guifang said, "There's not much water left in the water tank. Go fetch some water!"
Li Baotian glared and said, "My feet are fine. You go fetch some water."
Zhang Guifang was joking with him, but when Li Baotian glared at her, she got angry: "You don't even limp when you walk, why are you pretending?"
Li Caiyun smiled and stood up: "Mom, let my dad take care of it for a few days, I'll go fetch some water."
How could Zhang Guifang bear to let her daughter fetch water? After nagging Li Baotian for a few words, she went to fetch water herself.
Although Li Baotian did not go to fetch water, he was not idle either. He picked up an axe and chopped matches, doing things within his ability.
After Li Caiyun finished her work in the garden, she carried the grass out of the garden in a basket.
The grass was poured into the duck house, and two ducks flapped their wings and flew to the haystack to eat.
Li Caiyun turned around and saw Li Hongjun entering her yard carrying a pheasant.
"Brother, did you go hunting?"
Li Hongjun smiled and nodded: "Nonsense, I don't go hunting, where do the pheasants come from?"
Li Caiyun happily took the pheasant from Li Hongjun's hand and said, "Brother, your words are really choking."
Li Hongjun smiled, and Li Caiyun put the living pheasant in a cool place.
Li Baotian looked at his nephew and said, "It seems like you have gained a lot today."
Normally, when Li Hongjun went hunting in the mountains, if the prey he brought back was small, he would not send any game to his family.
Li Hongjun nodded and walked towards Li Baotian: "Not bad, three pheasants, a few rabbits..."
Li Baotian looked envious and gave his nephew a thumbs up.
Li Hongjun smiled and scratched his head: "Uncle San, I'll help you chop wood."
Li Baotian shook his head: "No, just talk to your uncle!"
Li Hongjun did not sit down, but stepped forward and snatched the axe from Li Baotian's hand.
Li Baotian looked at his nephew with a smile in his eyes. Li Hongjun chopped firewood and said, "Uncle San, Zhou Yong has been in the county town for two days. Do you know what happened?"
"You actually care about this?"
Li Hongjun raised his arm and brandished the axe: "This is a matter that concerns every household. What's so strange about asking?"
Li Baotian smiled and said, "The leader is on a business trip and hasn't come back yet!"
Li Hongjun paused while chopping wood, and then he said, "Uncle San, how could you trust him with such a big task? If he messes up, won't the villagers blame him to death?"
The smile on Li Baotian's face gradually disappeared, and there was an unconcealable sadness in his eyes.
"I didn't ask him to go. Secretary Zhang nominated him. Accountant Sun knows about this. Even if the task was not accomplished, no one will be held responsible."
Li Hongjun sighed and chopped the wood with his axe: "Uncle San, that's true, but don't forget what kind of person Zhou Yong is. If everyone talks about him, will Caiyun have a good life?"
In the past, whenever Zhou Yong encountered something unpleasant outside, he would go home without saying a word, or he would stay alone in the west room. Although he was not targeting the three members of the Li family, who could stand his behavior for a long time?
Li Baotian said expressionlessly: "Zhou Yong's behavior these past few days is completely different from before. He has something to say to me and is more cheerful. I haven't seen him being naughty with Caiyun for several days..."
Li Hongjun curled his lips: "Zhou Yong is spoiled by you. A live-in son-in-law who is always sulking. If it were me, I would have slapped him in the face a long time ago..."
It wasn't him who was trying to sow discord, it was just that Zhou Yongren's previous behavior was indeed inappropriate.
The three members of the Li family pampered him and coaxed him, but he never took the feelings of the Li family into consideration.
At first, Li Hongjun could tolerate Zhou Yong's behavior, until the villagers started talking about his affair with Bai Jie, and he could no longer tolerate it.
In Li Hongjun's words, what's so great about Zhou Yong? If it weren’t for his third uncle, would he be where he is today?
From then on, the two of them would fight whenever they met. Li Hongjun would point at Zhou Yong's nose and curse him, saying that he didn't know what was good for him.
Gradually, the resentment between the two grew deeper and deeper. The Li family united, but Li Hongjun's generation began to target Zhou Yong one by one.
Li Caiyun heard what Li Hongjun said and she immediately became unhappy.
"Brother, why are you like this? Can you please stop targeting Zhou Yong?"
Li Hongjun looked at his sister Li Caiyun and said, "Silly girl, I am doing this for your own good."
Li Caiyun said without thinking: “Brother, if you really want to do this for my own good, don’t say such things again in the future.
If Zhou Yong heard these words, I don’t know what he would think of our family!
And Zhou Yong is not as bad as you say, okay? You only know how to point out his shortcomings, why don’t you talk about his strengths…”
Li Hongjun bit his back teeth and said with a smile: "Little girl, if I say one bad thing about him, you have ten things to say to me. How can you be so lazy and not tell the difference..."
Li Caiyun curled her lips. In short, she couldn't stand hearing others say bad things about Zhou Yong.
Li Baotian looked at Li Caiyun's back as she returned to the house, and said with a wry smile: "Hong Jun, don't be like your sister. She is like this. She can't stand anyone saying bad things about Zhou Yong..."
After listening to his uncle's words, Li Hongjun sighed, "Uncle, there are some things I shouldn't say, but I still want to say them. Don't think about Zhou Yong all the time, you should think more about Caiyun. Now that you are alive, he can't make any waves. If one day you are gone, it's hard to say whether they can live long..."
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun have been married for three years and have no children. Life is all about having children, and Li Hongjun believes that a marriage without children will not last long.
Aren’t Li Hongjun’s concerns the same as Li Baotian’s concerns?
The uncle and nephew were discussing this topic with frowns on their faces when Zhang Guifang came back fetching water.
Li Hongjun hurriedly took the water, and Zhang Guifang's eyes fell on Li Baotian's face.
"What's going on?"
Li Baotian sighed and talked to Zhang Guifang about the topic that they had just talked about.
Zhang Guifang knew what happened and glared at her man: "You two are so bored that you can talk about anything."
Li Baotian didn’t think about it and said, “What Hong Jun said makes sense.”
Zhang Guifang said, "There will be a child, it's just a matter of time, don't worry about it. If Caiyun knew about this, she would definitely be angry with you..."
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