"I'm sorry, my second sister is a bit of a chatterbox and likes to meddle in other people's business. You don't have to pay attention to her."
Han Li didn't answer, but took out the red envelope given by Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou from her bag.
"I'm returning this to you. We were fake in the first place, and I feel uneasy taking this money."
Zhou Zhichuan turned to look at her and pushed the red envelope back.
"You keep it! This is a token of their kindness."
Han Li stuffed the red envelope into his arms and said, "This is their gift to their daughter-in-law. I'm not their daughter-in-law, so I can't accept it!"
Zhou Zhichuan held two red envelopes in his arms and gave her one in return.
"You've been wronged today. This red envelope is my compensation to you."
Han Li was stunned for a moment, holding the thick red envelope in her hand. If she was wronged, she would be given a big red envelope. She was willing to be wronged every day.
"Thank you!" Han Li accepted the red envelope.
"I want to call home."
Zhou Zhichuan pointed to the street behind him and said, "There's a telephone booth there."
"Okay, please wait for me." Han Li walked to the phone booth with her bag and dialed the number. Han's mother answered.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
"Mom, it's me!" Han Li choked up a little, and Han's mother screamed,
"Lili! Where have you been?! Tell me why you're so mad! It was just a quarrel! You just left without a second thought. Mom was so worried! If it weren't for your little nephew pestering me every day, I would have gone to find you a long time ago!"
Han's father was sitting on the side reading a newspaper. When he heard Han's mother's voice, he grabbed the phone and
"Han Li! Go home quickly! Why are you wandering around outside as a girl? A few days ago, Xudong came to our house. He forgives your willfulness and is willing to marry you."
Han Li took a deep breath, "Dad, I'm not going back. I have a job here. Also, I'm not marrying Zhao Xudong. I'm getting married. Do you and Mom have time to come over on the 8th of next month?"
"What did you say?" Han's father was furious. "You married someone else secretly without your parents' consent. Do you even care about your parents? You unfilial daughter!"
Han Li put the microphone further away, with a cold face, trying to suppress her anger. Han's mother advised:
"Talk to the child nicely. The more you yell at her, the less she'll want to come back!"
"A loving mother often spoils her child. It's all because of you that she has no manners at all! She and Xudong were clearly in a good relationship and were about to get married, yet you just break up like that! How willful!"
Mother Han felt upset after being scolded, "My daughter doesn't want to, but you insist on forcing her to marry Zhao Xudong!"
Han's father scolded her, "What do you know! Xudong is a soldier. Marrying a soldier brings honor to the whole family!"
Han Li angrily shouted into the phone: "If you like soldiers so much, why don't you marry one yourself!"
"You unfilial son!" Han's father roared.
Han Li hung up the phone and squatted in the phone booth crying. About five minutes later, the phone rang again. According to Han Li's understanding, it should be her mother. Han Li wiped her tears and answered the phone. The voice of Han's mother came from the other end.
"Xiao Li, your father has this temper, don't take it to heart."
"Mom." Han Li's lips trembled. "Mom, I'm getting married on the 8th of next month. Will you come?"
Mother Han hesitated, "Xiao Li, you know your brother and sister-in-law have to go to work, and there's no one to look after the child. I can't go even if I want to. How about this, I'll mail you 200 yuan as your dowry."
"Mom!" Han Li bit her lower lip tightly, feeling aggrieved. "Our family has several thousand yuan in savings and three houses, and you only gave me a 200 yuan dowry? Didn't you say you loved me and my brother the same? Is this how you love me the same?"
Han's mother was in a dilemma. "Xiao Li, two hundred yuan is not a small amount. You can take your betrothal gift yourself. We don't want it. When Xiao Hong from our neighbor's house got married, her family took all the betrothal gift, and we only got a few tattered quilts. Besides, your brother is a boy and has a grandson. Everything in the house belongs to your brother and will be inherited by your nephew in the future! You are a girl, and two hundred yuan is not a small amount for you!"
Han Li gnashed her teeth in hatred, "Alright, you can keep the two hundred yuan yourself, I don't want it! It's my wedding, you can come or not!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Han Li hung up the phone.
"Xiao Li! Xiao Li!" Han's mother shouted anxiously. Han's eldest sister-in-law opened the door and sat on the sofa with a stern face.
"Mom, you want to give Han Li 200, I don't agree!"
The eldest sister-in-law of the Han family had been at odds with Han Li since she married into the Han family. The two quarreled every day. The eldest sister-in-law of the Han family had long been looking forward to driving Han Li away. When she heard that her mother-in-law was going to give Han Li 200 yuan, she became furious. Han's mother hung up the phone.
"I left you three apartments and several thousand yuan, and you're still not satisfied. I only gave my daughter 200 yuan, and you're making a scene!"
Mrs. Han was so angry that she flipped the table, picked up her son and was about to walk out, "Okay, you leave all the money in the house to your precious daughter, and I will take my son back to my parents' home!"
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