The special care from Gu's father and mother made her start to become spoiled and arrogant. She felt like she was pregnant with a treasure. She made some special requests, sometimes wanting meat, sometimes wanting snacks. She also competed with her eldest brother's two daughters for egg custard, and asked her sister-in-law to wash her clothes. In short, she made life difficult for the whole family.
Later, she said she wanted to go back to her mother's home to see her two younger sisters. Gu's mother even asked Gu Lao Da to borrow the village's ox cart to take her there, fearing that she might fall while walking alone in such a cold weather.
After returning to her parents' home, although she was angry with her parents, she still loved her two younger sisters. She gave each of them a few cents from the private money she had saved in the past few months to support themselves, and taught them to find out about their future marriages on their own and not to be completely controlled by their parents. Although they were all selling their daughters for betrothal gifts, the expectations of different families were very different.
When Mr. and Mrs. Li heard the news of her pregnancy, their eyes lit up. They were not happy for her, but because they finally found an opportunity to make money.
The two heard that Gu Tingzhou would send ten yuan back home every month, which was kept by Gu's father and mother, so they urged their daughter to go back and make a fuss about dividing the family property and keep the ten yuan in their own hands. Since their daughter was pregnant with their Gu family's child, they dared not disobey.
Old Man Gu's wife was unhappy after giving birth to two daughters in a row. The task of inheriting the Gu family's bloodline fell on her daughters. This was the biggest handle. No matter how tough Old Man Gu was, he had to bow his head.
In fact, Li Zhaodi had already had this idea in her mind. She felt that the money earned by her man should be given to her to control, so she had been acting like a spoiled brat at home during this period. However, she had the intention but not the courage to do so.
Now that Mr. and Mrs. Li were in charge, she decided to go back and make a scene.
Li Zhaodi went on a hunger strike for several days and successfully made Gu's father and mother compromise and divide the family property directly.
The house was not very big, and it would be inconvenient to separate them completely, so Gu's father decided to buy a vacant small courtyard in the village for Li Zhaodi.
The basic necessities of the house were also arranged, with money provided from the public fund, and even the furniture was made and sent over by Gu's father and elder brother.
However, she had nothing to do with the other money in the public treasury. Li Zhaodi thought that as long as it could be distributed smoothly, she would get ten yuan every month anyway, so she agreed readily.
Boss Gu didn't want to be separated from his parents. They still lived in the same house and had been used to it for so many years, so they didn't move out. In the end, only Gu Tingzhou and Li Zhaodi were separated.
This is the origin of this small courtyard. Speaking of it, Gu's father and mother are rare sensible parents-in-law in the village. They are open-minded about the idea that as the tree grows older, the branches will form, and as the son grows older, the family will separate. However, they can't stand Li Zhaodi's pettiness and the Li family's greed.
After the family split up, she was happy at first. She could eat whatever she wanted. Although Mr. and Mrs. Li would take five dollars from her every month, she still had five dollars. She could live well on her own and save some money.
It’s so wonderful to be away from your parents-in-law and be in charge of your own life.
With the birth of the child, she had to go to work to earn a living and take care of the child at all times. She couldn't even have a hot meal when she got home and had to do everything by herself. Although her mother-in-law would occasionally come to help take care of the child, she would not come every day because she also had to earn a living.
Moreover, the rumors in the village were like a sharp knife stabbing into her heart. Her father-in-law was the village party secretary. Before the family split up, everyone talked and laughed with her for the sake of his parents-in-law.
After the family split up, especially when rumors spread that she used her husband's family's money to support her own family, everyone avoided her from a distance when they saw her, and no one wanted to work with her. Those nosy wives would spit at her and scold her to her face, but she couldn't win. She suffered a lot of grievances, but no one helped her. In the village, she didn't even have anyone to talk to.
Over time, she was physically and mentally exhausted, and was somewhat numb from the torture of life. What was even more painful was that when she couldn't bear it anymore, no one gave her strength, and she didn't even have anyone to confide in. Physical pain doesn't hurt people, but the pain in the heart is the hardest to bear.
In addition, the suffering she endured in her original family made her develop a rebellious mentality. Once she had the opportunity to indulge herself, she couldn't stop herself. Anyway, no matter what she did, you will hate me and laugh at me openly or secretly, so she might as well give up and go all the way. So she completely indulged herself and became a bad person.
She used to be a capable girl, but she became like this in just a few years.
Ever since she became pregnant with her second child, she stopped working and relied on the living expenses sent by Gu Tingzhou every month. She stayed at home every day, didn't do the housework, and didn't take care of her eldest child. The healthy baby was always dirty.
Sometimes she would go out for the whole day and leave such a small child at home without any care. As long as he was still alive and not starving to death, it was fine. She also knew that his grandmother would sometimes give him food and drink.
But she took good care of herself and made new clothes for herself every quarter. Gu Tingzhou would also send back various receipts with every letter he sent back. His original intention was to make clothes for the children and buy delicious food, but in fact, all these things were used on Li Zhaodi herself. She eventually became like her parents, the kind of people she once hated the most.
Her parents at least loved their son very much, but she didn't even love her own two children. She only loved herself the most.
Maybe she had envisioned a beautiful life in the future when she just got married, but now it has turned out like this.
At the beginning, her mother-in-law tried to persuade her earnestly not to give all the money to her family, saying that the children would need a lot of money in the future, and that thriftiness and saving money were the right thing to do. Not only did she not accept it, she also argued with her mother-in-law, and gradually she stopped wanting to come.
She just couldn't bear to leave her eldest grandson, so she often took Dabao home for a meal when she saw him. She felt so distressed to see her lovely grandson going hungry, but she couldn't do anything about people like Li Zhaodi.
He had scolded her and talked to her, but no one could do anything about her inability to stand on her own. Although he knew that she always gave money to her parents' home, he did not dare to ask Gu Tingzhou to stop her supply. She could raise the child to this state with only ten yuan sent every month. If he gave her less, she would starve the child to death.
In fact, Li Zhaodi didn't want to suck the blood of her parents every month for nothing, but on the one hand, this was her original promise, and on the other hand, she had always been in a weak position in her parents' home, and had been suppressed by the blood of Li's father and mother for a long time. She had no intention of resisting, and jumping into the river might be the bravest thing she had ever done in her life.
Now her two younger sisters have also married one after another. With her experience as a lesson, they are still cautious. Although they are also looking for the bride price, at least they are not marrying fools.
Li Qingyun didn't know how to evaluate her. It was true that she was selfish and callous, but she probably also had her own suffering in her heart.
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