Qiu Yulan trembled.
She remembered that Xie Yiran had stopped sending money home a year ago. Before, Xie Yiran would send half of his allowance home every time, and her mother-in-law would always be very happy, buying her and the children clothes and cooking delicious food.
Six months later, Xie Yiran called to say he wanted to marry Su Wenxia.
She didn't really care whether Xie Yiran married a new wife or not. As long as she was with her mother-in-law and the child, she didn't care how they lived. But neither she nor her mother-in-law had jobs and had a child. What would happen to her and her mother-in-law if Xie Yiran really got married?
Qiu Yulan has a brain.
Xie Yiran looked at Qiu Yulan, hoping she could persuade her mother.
Qiu Yulan lowered her head and remained silent.
"Don't force her. She doesn't want to come. She wants to fulfill your wishes, but I don't want to. Either you give me ten thousand yuan in one lump sum so that the three of us can go home and retire, or you can find a good family for Yulan and then I'll leave." Aunt Xie made a proposal that Xie Yiran found appealing.
He and Yulan have no feelings for each other, and Yulan is also a blockhead. He was forced into having a grandson. Maybe if the two of them spend time together, they can develop feelings for each other. If not, then...
Let Yulan find someone she truly loves; it would be a way of thanking her for giving her a grandson.
As for the children, she wouldn't give them to anyone; she raised them herself.
May all those demons and monsters, stepfather and stepmother, get far away from this old woman.
Xie Yiran said, "Where am I supposed to find her a man? He's neither good-looking nor has a good figure."
Otherwise, would he marry someone else?
Aunt Xie had already thought it through. Men were unreliable. "You should find her a job first. She's illiterate, but she's strong and honest. She's not smart, but she can understand what I'm saying. As long as you settle her in, I won't stand in your way."
Xie Yiran's eyes lit up. "Really?"
Finding a job isn't actually that difficult.
The military region has special positions for officers' families. Even if he can't be Yulan's husband, he can still be her brother and work under her name.
"Really," Aunt Xie readily agreed.
"Don't think that Yulan likes you that much. If she could go back to her parents' home, she would have left your old mother long ago. She has taken good care of me these past few years. As long as you settle her in, I will accept any Xia, let alone Su Wenxia."
Xie Yiran was secretly delighted.
His mother wasn't that unreasonable.
Xie Yiran: "I'll ask her tomorrow where she lives."
Aunt Xie said matter-of-factly, "She's still your daughter-in-law, so she'll definitely live here. You should find a job first. Once she has a job and can take care of herself, she can move out. Once she finds someone she likes, I'll let you get a divorce."
Xie Yiran: "Oh, then I'll stay in the dormitory."
Qiu Yulan bit her lip, just about to say that she would move out.
They were met with a fierce glare from Aunt Xie.
Qiu Yulan slept in the master bedroom's large bed that night, while Aunt Xie and her child slept in the second bedroom.
Xie Yiran went to the dormitory.
Qiu Yulan tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She got up and went to the next room. "Mother, I can't sleep."
Aunt Xie shuddered. Qiu Yulan looked like a ghost, which terrified her so much that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. Enraged, she picked up a pillow and threw it at Qiu Yulan, yelling, "Are you trying to kill me?"
Qiu Yulan said, looking aggrieved, "The bed is too soft, I can't sleep."
Aunt Xie sighed; it was she who had caused the child to suffer.
"Yulan, this is something you should be enjoying. Xie Yiran's rank was high enough to allow him to accompany the army three years ago, but he didn't want you to come. He looked down on you. You can't keep cowering like this."
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