Xuemei looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock, and Liu's father and mother had not returned yet.
"Xuemei, why are you sleeping on a chair? Go back to your room and sleep on your bed." When Liu's mother walked into the living room, she saw Xuemei sleeping on a chair. She walked over to wake Xuemei up and said.
"Dad, Mom, you're back. Have you eaten? I'll go heat it up for you." Xuemei said, rubbing her eyes.
“No, I ate at Accountant Li’s house,” Liu’s mother replied.
"What happened at Accountant Li's house? Why did you come back just now?"
Mother Liu glanced at Father Liu, who said, "Why not tell me? Almost everyone in the village knows about this tonight, except for the few families at the entrance. Why don't you tell Xuemei? I'm going to take a shower first."
"Dad, I've boiled the water in the big iron pot. See if it's still hot. If not, we need to add some fire to heat it up for a while." Xuemei reminded.
Father Liu nodded and went to the kitchen.
Xuemei then said to Liu's mother, "Mom, Qingya told me about Li Quanmin's injury and Aunt He's tantrum today. I'm just curious about what you said happened at Accountant Li's house."
"Just now, Accountant Li and his wife were apologizing to your father, and then Accountant Li's eldest grandson came and said that his uncle had hanged himself." Liu's mother said calmly.
Xuemei was shocked. She grabbed Liu's mother's hand and asked loudly, "Is he okay now?"
"Are you sure you're okay? If there's anything wrong, your father and I can still come back tonight." Accountant Li's youngest son was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was still a teenager. He felt like the sky had fallen when one of his legs was broken, and today Crazy Woman He also acted crazy again, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.
When your Uncle Li and Aunt He went to apologize that afternoon, he was being bullied by his eldest sister-in-law at home. They said he was a troublemaker, that he'd broken a leg by running around, and that he'd spent almost a year's income, and that he was going to be a burden to his eldest brother's son in the future," replied Liu's mother.
"He was provoked by his sister-in-law and decided not to drag his family down, so he hanged himself." Xuemei couldn't understand how someone would take his own life so lightly. Isn't this even more unfair to his parents?
"That's exactly what Li Quanmin was thinking. Luckily, his eldest brother noticed he hadn't left his room for a long time, so he went inside to check on him and rescued him in time. When we arrived, we saw his eldest brother and his wife fighting. He was hiding in the room with his two nephews and niece, fearing they would see and get scared."
Accountant Li and He Lai Di had two sons. He Lai Di was injured when she gave birth to her eldest son Li Quanfang. She became pregnant with her youngest son more than ten years later, so the two brothers were twelve years apart in age. Since Li Quanmin was born, the whole family spoiled him. However, the two sons had similar food intake, but the younger son was beaten and scolded less.
Before Li Quanfang got married, he treated Li Quanmin as his half-son. He got married when he was 20. Now, his eldest son is eight, his second son is six, and his youngest daughter is three.
"Then why did you stay so long?"
"Accountant Li was furious and decided to split the family business, asking your father to be a witness. Even if it's a good idea to split the family business, his eldest daughter-in-law has been harboring resentment for a long time, and has always resented Accountant Li and his wife and Li Quanmin, her younger brother-in-law.
When we rushed over, she was still cursing the three of them, hoping they would die sooner or later. Li Quanfang's face turned red with anger. "If the family doesn't split up, his eldest son's family will sooner or later break up, and their family will never have peace." Liu's mother replied.
"I didn't realize that Brother Quan Fang's wife hid it so well before. Aunt He used to praise her every day. I didn't expect that she resented them so much in her heart." Liu Xuemei said, shaking her head.
"This is what they call knowing a person's face but not his heart. Maybe Quan Fang's wife has always been like this, but in recent years, she is the only wife in Accountant Li's family, and Accountant Li and his wife have been pretty good to her. Now that Li Quanmin has become like this, she's showing her innermost thoughts."
"Mom, if Li Quanmin is like this now, Accountant Li and the others will definitely follow Li Quanmin. If Brother Quanfang and his wife are like this, will Accountant Li and Aunt He still divide the family property fairly?
In fact, I heard from the other sisters-in-law in the village that although Aunt He was a bit of a womanizer outside, the Li family was one of the best in the village in terms of treating their daughters-in-law well. They shared all the good things they had at home, so everyone had something. Every year after the team distributed the money, Aunt He gave Quan Fang's wife five yuan, and she also prepared the annual gift from her parents' home with her own money.
But compared to their daughter-in-law, Accountant Li and Aunt He are still better to their sons, not to mention their youngest son. Besides, after the family splits up, won't Brother Quan Fang have a grudge against his wife? I don't know what her daughter-in-law wants?" Xuemei said in confusion.
"You, a little girl, don't understand this, do you? Your wife Quan Fang is just unaware of the blessings she has. Your Aunt He is a very wild, arrogant, and unyielding person outside, but she is really good to her family and is not harsh on her wife.
Even if their family has not split up in the past few years, based on my understanding of them, the two old people behind them would not have the heart to let the younger son drag down the older son's family.
Why do you think your Aunt He suddenly threw herself at us today and asked for money? It was Accountant Li's idea. He knew he wouldn't get the money, or perhaps his main purpose was to exploit the children who had previously wanted to leave with his son, as well as your sympathy and guilt, to get them and our family to take care of his youngest son in the village, leaving him a guarantee after he and his wife passed away.
Accountant Li probably wanted He Lai Di to throw a tantrum; everyone knew who she was, which is why he didn't stop her at first. But Aunt He actually thought she was going to ask for money and food. Accountant Li only took her back when he realized the situation was getting out of control and took her around to apologize.
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