The dead cannot be resurrected. After a funeral, the living continue to live their lives.
It was almost the end of April and the busy farming season was over. Li Hongmei, who still had about a month to give birth, stayed after the funeral.
Ma Jinhua is dead, so there is no need for her to go back to her parents' home.
Without Ma Jinhua, Li Hongmei believes that her family's life will get better and better.
The most important thing in life is money.
When the funeral was held, since it was Ma Fuguo who paid for it, all the money was collected by him. As for whether it was too much or too little, they didn't know.
The two brothers must have some money, but at home, Ma Jian's country really didn't have a penny. There were only a few pounds of food left to fill their stomachs, and there were only some seasonal vegetables planted in the vegetable garden.
Times are tough, what can we do?
Li Hongmei cleverly asked Li's mother to go and put on a show.
The day after the funeral, Li's mother brought her younger brother, Li Xiaodi, with him carrying a large sack of food weighing thirty kilograms. Under the pretext of loving her daughter, Li's mother gave her some money.
"Everything you eat is from our Li family. Without our Li family, you would starve to death!"
"Your life was given to you by your mother before, but now it is given to you by my daughter!"
"If you treat my daughter badly, you have no conscience and will be struck by lightning!"
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After scolding and criticizing Ma Jianguo, Li's mother stuffed two big unity notes into Li Hongmei's hand in front of him, so that they could live a good life.
Li's mother absolutely loved her daughter, but the family was poor, and she couldn't help. Now the money was all her daughter's own, and the food was also bought by her daughter. She just had to cooperate and go through the motions, of course she was doing her best.
Ma Jianguo never suspected anything during the whole process. Song Ping was a little surprised. Li Hongmei's family was very poor, so why was she so generous? But she was just a little curious and envious. She didn't care about other people's affairs, and she couldn't control them.
Although she had twenty yuan on the surface, she actually had nearly one hundred yuan in her hand. Li Hongmei was very confident and spent one yuan to exchange for a fish weighing about three kilograms and a kilogram of duck eggs from the villagers that day.
After stewing some fish soup and frying some duck eggs, Li Hongmei looked at Ma Jianguo with great concern during the meal. "Dad, you've lost so much weight. You've worked so hard. You must nourish yourself and eat more..."
It has to be said that under Lin Xiaoman's influence, Li Hongmei has become a little scheming.
Chewing fried duck eggs, drinking fish soup and eating white rice, and being cared for by his wife like this, Ma Jianguo was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears.
In the following days, with Lin Xiaoman and Li Hongmei taking care of the household, Ma Jianguo only needed to work. Every day when he came home, there would be hot rice to eat and time to rest. Ma Jianguo felt that life was extremely comfortable, and inexplicably felt a sense of regret that Ma Jinhua died too late.
Alas, if my mother had died directly at Huang Laoer’s house or on the way to the hospital, the more than three hundred yuan would not have been wasted.
It’s more than three hundred, and he can get more than one hundred!
Adding the fifty and thirty dollars that came later, it’s a total of two hundred yuan!
I can buy more than 100 kilograms of pork!
Eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks!
Hey, hey, hey!
Ma Jianguo sighed in his heart. He didn't feel sad at all about losing his mother, but was more annoyed that the money was wasted.
Time flies, a month has passed, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of May, and Li Hongmei is about to give birth.
This time, without Ma Jinhua, but with the money from her parents, Li Hongmei went to the hospital after labor and successfully gave birth to a daughter.
The second sister was born safely.
Ma Jianguo couldn't help feeling a little disappointed that he had another daughter, but he didn't dislike her too much, and he didn't have any thoughts of throwing her away or strangling her.
After staying in the hospital for a day, the family returned home.
Although there is no such thing as confinement after childbirth these days, under the influence of Lin Xiaoman, Li Hongmei had already made arrangements with her parents' home before giving birth.
Li's mother came the next day after she returned home, saying that she was worried about her daughter and came to take care of her for half a month. By the way, in front of Ma Jianguo, she gave her daughter three big unity bonuses.
Of course, it was actually all Li Hongmei's own money, and Li's mother received five yuan as wages.
Although she is her own mother, Li Hongmei knows very well that if she doesn't give her money, her sister-in-law will have objections and it will cause family disharmony.
Because Li's mother moved in, Ma Jianguo moved to the main house of Ma Jinhua.
Although Song Ping also coveted the main house, she was timid and didn't dare to do so, so she didn't protest.
After receiving the money, Li's mother did her best to take good care of both the adults and the baby, and at the same time she did not forget to brainwash Ma Jianguo in various ways.
"Although my daughter gave birth to a daughter, it must be your fault. You are useless and you didn't feed your wife and children enough. That's why the boy didn't want to come to your house and be your son!"
"You are able to eat and drink enough today and not starve to death. It is all thanks to my daughter. It is my daughter who earned food with a big belly and saved you from starvation."
"Look at you! If I didn't subsidize you, what would you eat? If you don't have enough to eat, how would you get milk to feed your child? Even if you give birth to a son, you'll still starve to death!"
"My daughter has suffered a lot. She has suffered a lot following you."
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Li's mother kept playing the bad guy role, while Li Hongmei played the good guy role. After a while, Ma Jianguo was completely subdued. His heart and eyes were filled with thoughts about how wonderful his wife was and how loyal and righteous his in-laws were.
Just two days after giving birth, Li Hongmei, who was in good physical condition, became full of energy. All the housework was contracted out to Li's mother and Lin Xiaoman. Li Hongmei had no time to sit idle as she only had to feed the baby every day.
Unable to sit still, he began to plan a big money-making venture.
Long before giving birth, Li Hongmei pickled a few salted duck eggs herself. When Ma Jianguo was eating them in the hospital, the patients in the same ward looked at him with envy and bought up the remaining three out of their wealth.
Although she only earned ten cents from the three salted duck eggs, Li Hongmei suddenly had an idea and decided to start a business!
Li Hongmei had also proposed the idea of doing business in her previous life, but unfortunately she had no capital, and the feudal Ma Jinhua disagreed, so the idea ended in nothing.
Now that she was in charge, Li Hongmei was eager to try it. Her mother bought 100 kilograms of duck eggs from the villagers over a few days, pickled them in batches, and then just waited.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed and Li's mother went back. With the help of the capable Lin Xiaoman, Li Hongmei took care of the baby alone and it was very easy.
In contrast, Ma Xiaobao, the second child's boy, who is just over one year old, is just naughty, while Song Ping is nearly eight months old and heavy, which makes it very inconvenient for her. Ma Qiangguo, who has to share the housework, is just busy.
With the comparison, Ma Jianguo felt that his life was particularly wonderful.
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