Chapter 226: Sister-in-law's Dispute 2: Settling Accounts with the Divorced Sister-in-law...
Chu Lingyi finally couldn't persuade her brother and had to watch him get married.
The wedding was very simple. There were no three-turn wedding ceremonies or bells, and no new clothes or quilts. They just put a big red rose on the chest of the groom's shirt and the bride's head, and that was considered the ceremony complete.
As for treating people to a meal, it would be better not to. There were only two meat dishes on the table. One was stir-fried pork with shredded radish. The amount of pork was so small that it was barely enough to fill the gaps between your teeth. The other was steamed crucian carp. The fish was only the size of a palm and was gone in two chopsticks.
In short, although everyone is not well off these days, it is rare to see people being so shabby. The neighbors who came to the banquet were full of complaints, thinking that the two dollars they gave as gifts were wasted.
But Yao Zhizhi and the others didn't come, so only my mother-in-law gave two dollars as a gift, so I just considered it a good deed.
Listening to the bustling sounds in the alley ahead, Yao Miaomiao couldn't help but wonder, "If Li Xiaorui doesn't want to go to work anymore, what will happen to the two sisters' jobs?"
"She said she was going to sell it to someone else. Who knew she would refuse a job at such a young age? I don't know what she was thinking." Yao Zhizhi couldn't understand Li Xiaorui's thoughts. Don't be like Zhou Juan, who didn't take the job seriously at first, and only realized the benefits of the job when she was short of money.
Zhou Juan at least has her mother to support her, and there is still a chance to turn back. Li Xiaorui's parents are both dead now, who can support her, not to mention
Brought here a crazy sister.
As for why her sister went crazy, Yao Zhizhi didn't ask. It's not surprising that some people are psychologically fragile and can't withstand any stimulation.
After the wedding, the Chu family started arguing again. Chu Lingyi and her brother used to share half a room each, separated by a wooden board. Now that her brother was married, it was inconvenient for her to live like this, so her parents partitioned off a small room in the east room and gave the entire west room to her brother and sister-in-law.
He also made her sleep with her sister-in-law's crazy sister.
Chu Lingyi couldn't stand this grievance. Why? There were four people crammed into the east room, but her brother and sister-in-law were only two people, occupying such a big room.
She insisted on moving the bed back, which made her father so angry that he dragged her back to the east room and slapped her in the face: "Your brother is newly married, what are you doing? Go to bed quickly, or get out!"
This was the first time that Chu Lingyi was beaten by her father in her life. She covered her face and stared at her father in a daze, with hatred and resentment in her eyes, as well as shock and unwillingness.
Why? She sacrificed her own happiness for this family, and was harassed by the Shan family and almost went to jail. Why did they treat her like this?
She felt so wronged that she covered her face and cried on the bed. Her crying made Chu's mother annoyed, so she had to persuade Old Chu.
Old Chu had had enough and scolded, "You cry and make a fuss all day long, claiming all your achievements. Don't think I don't know. It's true that you saved your mother, but you don't want to suffer! You enjoyed a lot of comforts when you were in the Shan family, but why do you say that the whole family owes you a favor? I didn't hold it against you before, but I felt sorry for you going to the countryside with us at such a young age. But think about it, you made me lose my job, and you made Zhou Juan be hospitalized, with hundreds of dollars in compensation. You almost went to jail, and you owe hundreds more. If you keep making trouble like this, will your whole family be buried with you?"
Chu Lingyi said nothing, just lay there and continued to act pitiful.
Mother Chu had no choice but to coax her, "Child, think about it. Your sister-in-law and her sister are planning to find someone to take over their jobs. I'll talk to them later and ask them to let you go to work, okay."
Chu Lingyi really wanted to go to work so that she could meet other men and find a good one again.
As for Xu Wei, she went to look for him, but he ignored her and treated her like a complete stranger. She could forget about getting a job.
Since that's the case, she can only cheer up and find another partner.
She sat up and wiped her tears. "Really? Give me her job?"
"It should be possible. Mom will go ask." Mother Chu quickly got up and went to the west room to ask.
Li Xiaorui was keeping accounts and gave all the gifts to her. This mother-in-law was pretty good and didn't embezzle the money.
Hearing this, he looked up and said, "You can give it to her. Ask her to give me half of my salary every month. My sister is also planning to sell her job. Do you want it? If you want it, I'll give it to you. Same as before, give me half of my salary every month."
The smile on Chu's mother's face disappeared instantly. She didn't understand. They were already a family, so why did he need half of T's salary?
She was a little unhappy and asked tentatively: "What do you want so much money for?"
"Of course I do. My sister is crazy, and I have to take care of her. Didn't we agree on this before we got married? I also have to take her to see a doctor. You don't want to keep supporting an idle person, do you?" Li Xiaorui heard that her mother-in-law didn't want to give money.
Ever since her mother and younger sister passed away one after another, she and her elder sister have been treated coldly. She had to grow up quickly. No matter what others said, she would take it to heart and savor it several times to see whether it was just the surface meaning or if there was a hidden meaning.
I have to say that none of the sisters in her family are stupid. She was protected too well by her mother and younger sister in the past. She doesn't need to have her own opinions, and it's useless even if she has them.
And now, she had to become the pillar of support for the two sisters, otherwise she would not even know that her crazy sister had been kidnapped and sold.
So she didn't want to give in on the job and salary issue. She insisted, "If you can agree, I'll give you the job. If you can't agree, forget it. I'll sell it to someone else. At least I'll get paid and there won't be any hassles."
Mother Chu was silent and had to turn around to discuss the matter with her husband and daughter.
Father Chu thought this was a good idea. It would give the family two more jobs, and if his daughter-in-law got pregnant and raised a child in the future, it would indeed cost a lot of money, so he had to give her what he deserved.
Besides, they both owed nearly a thousand yuan in foreign debt for their daughter who was already married. There was no reason for them to help their daughter and be mean to their daughter-in-law in work matters, so Mr. Chu agreed to give half of the salary.
But Chu's mother still murmured: "I don't know if I can handle the work at the sugar factory."
Father Chu heard it, but Mother Chu was still unhappy and didn't want to give the money.
He didn't want to let the old woman mess around anymore, so he insisted, "Then don't go. Just keep one job, and let your daughter-in-law sell the other. You can stay at home to recuperate and wait to take care of your grandchildren."
"She doesn't work, and she can't take care of the child by herself." Chu's mother was unhappy again. The child wasn't even born yet, but she started to arrange her life. Why?
Father Chu was too lazy to pay attention to her: "Then don't take care of him. Let your daughter take care of him when he gets old. Don't look for a daughter-in-law."
Mother Chu was speechless now, sighing and unable to make up her mind.
He wanted to work, but felt that paying him money was a waste. He discussed it with Chu Lingyi all night, but there was no result.
In the darkness, the mother and daughter didn't notice at all that the crazy woman curled up in the corner was sneering creepily under her long hair.
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On their wedding night, Chu Lingze finally completed the most important ceremony in his life. He prostrated himself on Li Xiaorui's body, sweating profusely: "Wife, I'm sorry if I hurt you."
Li Xiaorui felt a little pain, but fortunately, she moved: "Don't lie down, it's so heavy."
Chu Lingze turned over and lay down on the bed. He grabbed the towel at the head of the bed and wiped the sweat off his face. He cleared his mind for more than ten minutes before sitting up and asking, "Why don't you want to go to work? Isn't that job good?"
"What's good about that? My mom used to be the factory manager, and everyone fawned over us. But after she died, everyone started looking down on us. I can't stand it." Li Xiaorui sat up and took a sip of water. "I've got a deal with you. Your sister can work if she wants, but she has to give me half of her salary. You have to side with me on this matter and not help her take advantage of me."
"Yeah." Chu Lingze understood. One thing is one thing, and besides, their family has already owed a huge foreign debt for Chu Lingyi. If Chu Lingyi has any conscience, she should take the initiative to hand over her salary to her family instead of letting her sister-in-law ask for it.
However, Chu Lingze understood better that his sister was just that kind of person. She would feel bad if she gave half of it, let alone all of it.
He could only sigh: "Anyway, I will try my best to protect you."
"In addition to half of the salary, I also have to settle the food expenses with her." Li Xiaorui has suffered a lot in the past few months. When her mother and younger sister were around, they paid the water and electricity bills. She had no idea that they were paid on a per capita basis.
Later, her mother, younger sister and brother-in-law all died, but that group of people still charged them for water and electricity based on the number of people in the family, which didn't make her die of anger.
After a while of arguing, she was almost beaten, and finally she had to endure the humiliation and give in.
So Li Xiaorui didn't want to go to work anymore. She was disgusted by those snobs.
She also thought that she could learn tailoring and take on odd jobs so that she could keep an eye on her sister and prevent her from running around like a crazy person.
But since that's the case, they need to settle the accounts with their divorced sister-in-law, so that she doesn't take advantage of them like those people in the factory.
So she will definitely not back down on this matter.
However, Chu Lingze felt that there was no need to argue about the meal money and advised, "Our mother cooks and we eat together, so why bother? Besides, there are three of us, including you and my aunt, so we can eat more than my sister alone, right?"
"How can it be the same? I've heard about who your sister is. She keeps getting into trouble and even caused your father to lose his job. Shouldn't she pay for her food and make up for her mistake?" Li Xiaorui refused. If she had no choice, she would not bother to be a sister-in-law with someone like Chu Lingyi.
Chu Lingyi's reputation was so bad that even she had heard of it at the sugar factory. Chu Lingze wouldn't think that his sister was a good person.
Chu Lingze was helpless. This did make sense, but his sister was not a reasonable person.
I could only perfunctorily say, "I'll discuss it with my parents tomorrow."
The next day, Chu Lingze brought it up, and his mother immediately became unhappy. With a dark face, she questioned him, "You just got married and you've already forgotten your mother and your sister? No, half of your monthly salary is already enough, and you still have to pay for food. Why don't you two pay? Why doesn't her crazy sister pay?"
Chu Lingze was helpless: "They didn't lose my dad's job, did they? Forget it, since you don't want to, I'll let Xiao Rui sell the job to someone else, so as to avoid quarrels in the future. It's so annoying."
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