"I sold it for 120!" Li Jianguo said excitedly. "Look, I bought a bicycle for Lao San."
"That's good, nothing bad happened, right?" Liu Juan finally felt relieved.
Li Chenyang explained, "No, what could possibly happen? We didn't know the price of pork, so we went to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask. It just so happened that they were short of meat, and when they saw it was wild boar meat, they bought it all without hesitation."
"Yes, all of ours sold for over 40 yuan." Uncle and the others were all smiles.
"Xiaoxiao." Li Jianguo took out five yuan.
"This is for you. I heard you found this wild boar, so here's some as a reward."
Li Jianguo thought that since all the money he made from selling meat had been used to buy a bicycle for his third son, he should also give some compensation to his eldest son's family.
Otherwise, the eldest son's family will be unhappy.
"Dad, thank you then."
Ye Xiaoxiao wasn't going to stand on ceremony with them. They only gave her 5 yuan out of so much money. She even thought it wasn't enough.
But money is worth a lot these days. A bicycle costs 130 yuan, while you only earn one yuan a day working for someone else.
Liu Juan felt a pang of regret, but didn't say anything. In any case, the third son now had a bicycle.
So the marriage can proceed. Given their family's circumstances, buying everything from the "three turns and one sound" (a traditional Chinese house, a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a radio) is impossible. Each family with several children would be content with just one or two major items. They already have a bicycle; she has no intention of buying them anything else.
Ye Xiaoxiao was still very unhappy about the five yuan she had. She was the one who found the pig, and Li Chenyang was the one who sold it, but in the end, she was only given five yuan.
"Tongzi, can't I just ask for a separation? What's the point of living like this? All the family income belongs to my father-in-law, and I'm about to give birth, with only five yuan on the surface." Ye Xiaoxiao sighed as she lay on the kang (a heated brick bed).
[Host, you know you're about to give birth. If the family separates, who will take care of you during your postpartum period? Do you expect Li Chenyang to?]
If you're doing well, you can discipline Li Chenyang when he misbehaves, but think about it, what will happen after you have a child?
Your health is already weak, and Li Chenyang is the type who always loves to go out, plus you still have to take care of the child.
I still have to cook for myself. Are you planning to separate from the family?
Hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao gave up on the idea. What she said made sense. No matter what, she should give birth to the child first and then deal with the rest of the postpartum period.
The original owner had three children, but for her, one is enough. Following the national call, it's best to have only one child.
Besides, it was a son. Just looking at the original owner's later life in old age, his daughter married far away...
Every time she went back to her parents' home, she had to support them financially. The eldest son had moved out of the family home, and the two elderly people lived with the second son. It wasn't bad, though.
But it's not that great, it's better to have one.
If you have the money to raise several children, it's better to take care of just one.
[Host, do you want to change the plot?]
Why can't it be the same as the original storyline?
No, just one thing: if you get pregnant, you can't have an abortion.
Well, hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao felt somewhat relieved. At least she wouldn't be forced to have two more children.
To be honest, poor people tend to have fewer children. This may not sound nice, but it's a very true statement.
If Li Chenyang had lived up to expectations and been more diligent and energetic, things would have been fine. However, the opposite is true; throughout the entire book...
His own family has always been the one helping him, but he hasn't changed anything.
He was also constantly being cheated by his brothers and friends.
"Sigh!" Ye Xiaoxiao sighed as she thought of this.
"What's wrong? Why are you sighing like that?"
Li Chenyang came in from outside, carrying a bowl of noodles, and was eating with relish. He was happier buying a bicycle for his younger brother than he was buying one for himself.
"Li Chenyang, I need to discuss something with you?"
"What's the matter? Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"
Li Chenyang thought, "What serious business could a woman possibly have? It's probably just some mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflict again, isn't it?"
The thought of this gives him a headache, mainly because his wife is heavily pregnant, and sometimes when he's really angry, he doesn't dare to do anything to her.
"Let's have one child. Once this child is born, we won't have any more," Ye Xiaoxiao said gently to him.
"What? One? One is too few. There should be at least two, a boy and a girl!"
We're still so young, you're thinking too much ahead of time.
Li Chenyang was not happy about it. The more children the better. Not to mention anything else, in their own family, there were six boys. It was easy for them to do chores, and they would have the confidence to argue or fight with others.
"What's the advantage of having many children? With such a small income, we might not even be able to build a house in our lifetime. The children also need to go to school, and prices will definitely continue to rise. Can you, as their parents, support them for the rest of their lives?"
Ye Xiaoxiao got angry at Li Chenyang's nonchalant attitude.
They talk a good game, but they don't do anything practical.
"It's not that bad. I'm a grown man. Do you think I can't even support a few children?"
Our parents raised eight children, right? Life must have been even harder back then, but they've all grown up now, haven't they?
"Not many, we just want two. If this one is a son, then we'll have a daughter. I'll be perfectly content."
Li Chenyang chuckled, thinking about the days when he would have both a son and a daughter.
"Then let's have another one when you have a thousand dollars in your pocket."
"It's settled then. If you don't put in any effort, we won't be able to afford to raise the child."
"One thousand yuan!"
Li Chenyang was so shocked that he spat out the noodles he was eating.
"You really have wild ideas. Have you ever seen what a thousand yuan looks like? You have a thousand yuan."
It's no wonder Li Chenyang reacted this way; you can get a wife for just two hundred yuan.
A pound of corn costs only one cent. How many pounds of corn would you need for a thousand dollars?
"You can't even earn a thousand yuan, and you still want to have more children? Come on. I don't want to have several children who won't go to school and will just stay at home playing in the mud."
Ye Xiaoxiao was angry that her older brother had become successful and not only bought Li Chenyang a tractor but also gave him money to build a house. She was furious that he had squandered such a good start.
Forget it, if my older brother really wants to give me money in this life, I'll keep it myself and keep it in the bank rather than give it to Li Chenyang to buy things.
Li Chenyang was definitely unhappy about this, but his mother had told him not to argue with his wife when she was pregnant, and to always give in to him first. She said that women become obedient after having a child.
When she was about nine months pregnant, Ye Xiaoxiao deliberately went to the town post office and came back very publicly saying that her family had sent her some money so that she could buy herself some things to eat during her postpartum period.
"Mom, I'm about to give birth. Keep the eggs at home for me, don't sell them. My mom said I need to take good care of myself during my postpartum period, and I need at least five eggs a day, plus a few old hens."
Upon hearing this, Liu Juan cursed inwardly. Five eggs a day during postpartum confinement, and they even want to kill an old hen? Dream on.
Giving you an egg a day is already a good thing for me as your mother-in-law.
Which family would dare to cause such trouble? Not to mention there are several people in the family waiting to get married.
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