Chapter 42 didn't even contain a single word of praise.
"Hurry up and clean it up! Otherwise, your mom will get upset when she sees it and then abandon you!"
I don't want you guys either! Four grown men, and you're still causing me no peace of mind! And you want to blame me?
"Get your work done faster! That corner, over there! Are you blind? And that area, you need to wipe it! Is that obvious?..."
It took the father and his five sons half the night to clean the house until it was spotless and tidy.
In the middle of the night, they could only sleep on the floor on the first floor, several men huddled together!
This caused them to snore loudly and not sleep well at night. Liu Shiping would often get up in the middle of the night to slap each of them a few times!
After daybreak.
The father and his five sons hadn't slept well all night and were busy making breakfast porridge with dark circles under their eyes.
After Zhao Fengxiu and the others came down, Liu Shiping and his four sons eagerly surrounded them!
Liu Shiping chuckled and said, "Wife, look around, is there anything wrong with the house? Are you hungry?"
The porridge is ready for you, I'll bring it to you right now!
Zhao Fengxiu's expression remained calm as she watched the father and his five sons bustling about early in the morning. She sneered, "Look at them!"
Can you manage without women? You can run the household so well, yet you insist on leaving everything to women!
The house goes uncleaned for weeks at a time, and I always have to order you guys around! But aren't you doing a great job now?"
Liu Jianmei and the others nodded in agreement.
Liu Jianxin suppressed a laugh, "Mom, Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother, please sit down and eat."
The father and his five sons watched as the mother and her four daughters, along with Lin Jingyi and her four sons, ate their morning porridge, and they dared not step over the bar.
They could only sit down after the women had finished eating and gone about their own business.
Liu Shiping quickly finished eating, only to find that his four sons had already run away!
He then tidied up himself, and after finishing, he went to press oil, occasionally checking on Zhao Fengxiu's condition in the small house.
Zhao Fengxiu didn't even look up, too lazy to pay him any attention.
But seeing Zhao Fengxiu calmly handling the accounts, Liu Shiping finally breathed a sigh of relief!
As long as things stay this way, the divorce proceedings will be over.
Yes! That's it!
Liu Shiping was determined to get his four money-losing sons back on track!
With so much money to spend in the future, how can I not work?
...
The next day, Liu Jianmei brought Liu Zhenyu over as a guest.
Liu Zhenyu brought some food from home and went straight to the kitchen, but saw five men inside!
She was stunned, put down her things, and awkwardly came out to the living room.
"Jianmei, are your dad and brothers this hardworking? They're much better off than my family."
The men in my family rarely go into the kitchen; this is the first time I've seen this situation in your household!
Seeing Liu Zhenyu's surprised expression, Liu Jianmei smiled and said, "It's alright, it only happened in the last couple of days."
Liu Zhenyu clearly did not believe it.
At dinner that evening, Liu Zhenyu was even more skeptical!
She was stunned by the respectful and busy manner of Liu Shiping and his four sons!
This is even stranger than pigs climbing trees!
After dinner, Liu Zhenyu began to talk about her situation.
"My marriage with Zhijian... has been discussed. His family originally refused to give a bride price, let alone anything else."
Now, their family is willing to give a bride price, still 500 yuan! Also, my dad and Uncle Huang got into an argument.
"We have nowhere to live after we get married, and they still want to buy us a house, but you all know about Uncle Huang's family situation."
Zhao Fengxiu asked curiously, "What did the Huang family say?"
Liu Zhenyu said, "Uncle Huang said that he would go back and explain the situation to his mother, and then discuss using their savings and asking Zhijian's biological mother for some money."
His family will contribute 60%, and my family will contribute 40%. We'll scrape together 2,500 yuan to buy a house in the county, and that way we'll have some security.
But Zhijian disagreed! He didn't want to put his parents in such a difficult position, and he even criticized me, criticized me..."
As Liu Zhenyu spoke, he covered his face and began to sob.
Liu Jianmei hugged her and comforted her, "Don't rush, tell me slowly."
Liu Zhenyu said, "He even called me a bloodsucker, saying he wouldn't even spare his own grandmother! How could he say that about me? Waaah!"
After so many years of relationship, can't he just talk to me properly? If he continues to act like this, I don't even want to marry him anymore!
No matter what conditions his family offers, I won't marry him, sob sob sob!
Zhao Fengxiu fell silent. Could the Huang family really come up with so much money? She couldn't believe it.
Liu Zhenyu looked at Zhao Fengxiu and asked, "Auntie, why do you think the two of you have such a good relationship, and why are the two families on good terms as well?"
Why does getting married have to turn into this? I really just want to discuss things calmly. Even if his family's financial situation isn't great, my family's is quite well-off!
What right did he have to say that to me? Am I not worthy of him paying for those things? So he used that as an excuse to belittle me?
Liu Shiping and the others looked at each other, then lowered their heads, unwilling to answer.
The place involved is too shady to discuss directly.
Zhao Fengxiu said, "Maybe, as long as you approve and think it's good, that's fine. I can't say for sure."
Let's see if the Huang family can afford it. And we should be able to arrange a meeting with his biological mother, right?
Liu Zhenyu nodded. "Zhijian said he could, and his mother will contribute 60%."
"???"
Five hundred betrothal gifts, the Huang family's life savings.
Sixty percent of two thousand five hundred is one thousand five hundred. Could Huang Zhijian's biological mother really afford to give that much?
Zhao Fengxiu felt that something was wrong; it was so different from her previous life.
She wanted to voice her doubts, but seeing Liu Zhenyu's state, she could only say, "Let's take it one step at a time. Once we meet his mother, everything will be easier to discuss."
Liu Zhenyu nodded in agreement.
...
With her second son's son, Liu Zhenghong, away at school, Lin Jingyi was too busy to manage the shop.
The weather suddenly turned cool; the climate in Guangdong is unpredictable, fluctuating between hot and cold.
Seeing the little firewood left in the house and the ever-increasing price of coal, Zhao Fengxiu drove the father and his five sons up the mountain to collect pine needles!
Yes, the nearby mountains are covered with pine needles.
But the area near the mountains is all other people's territory, and they won't let you pick it up.
So the father and his five sons had to go to even more distant places to collect them, and they also had to worry about poisonous snakes and insects.
They were kicked out of the house at 7 a.m.
They didn't return until after six o'clock in the evening, each carrying a large basket of pine needles, which pricked their skin. The five of them, father and sons, entered the house with messy hair and looking utterly disheveled!
They were in a terrible state, their clothes were torn, and their bodies were covered in red marks and spots!
As soon as they entered the house, they immediately put down their baskets. Except for the brothers Liu Jiancheng and Liu Jiangong, who were still able to stand, the other three collapsed.
Zhao Fengxiu was still too lazy to come out of the small house.
Lin Jingyi returned and hurriedly poured them water and moved the pine needles to the back of the house!
Liu Shiping remained silent.
Liu Jianguo blinked, his glasses were a little crooked. He took them off and wiped the lenses with the corner of his clothes, occasionally blowing hot air on them to wipe them.
Liu Jianbang breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Mom! We're back! We brought Songmao back for you!"
Zhao Fengxiu slowly came out, saw the five of them, and gave a cold "oh".
The father and his five sons were completely dumbfounded.
Liu Jianbang said, "Mom! We worked so hard to find pine needles, and carried five baskets for you, and you didn't even say a word of praise?"
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