Li Yuzhu took out her household registration booklet from her bag and handed it to her mother, saying, "Mom, I remarried Dongqing today!"
Upon hearing this, the mother cursed, "Damn it, it's hard to guard against a thief within the family! I hid the household registration book in the photo frame and you still found it! What are you doing back here? Do you still want me to attend your wedding? Get out! From now on, you don't have me as your mother, and I don't have you as my daughter. If you ever set foot in this house again, I'll break your legs."
That's just my mother's personality; when she's angry, she can say anything, no matter how harsh.
Li Yuzhu knelt on the ground without saying a word. She pretended to be mute for her mother, refusing to respond no matter what she was being scolded for.
Even just verbal abuse without retort can drive someone crazy. The mother picked up a broom and started hitting her, but Li Yuzhu didn't move, letting her mother hit her as much as she wanted.
She truly managed to remain silent when insulted and unmoved when beaten. Her approach was simply to let her mother vent her anger as she pleased; once she had vented enough, she would naturally stop, as long as her mother didn't kill her.
Li Yuqiu stood aside, not daring to step forward to intervene. She knew her mother's temper best; if she tried to stop her, her mother would beat her too. She whispered to her nephew, "Yusheng, quickly protect your mother from Grandma's beating."
After hearing his second aunt's words, Dong Yusheng ran crying to his mother, knelt down in front of her, and cried, "Grandma, don't hit my mom, hit me instead."
The old woman angrily threw the broom on the ground, knelt down, and cried, "Heavens above, what sins have I committed?"
The second daughter, Li Yuqiu, rushed forward and pulled her mother up from the ground. She said, "Mom, since things have come to this point, what's the use of making a fuss? Let's just accept our fate."
The mother cursed, "Bullshit! You're no pushover either, get out of here!"
This time, her mother was right. Li Yuqiu was no pushover; she was very opinionated in everything she did. Otherwise, she wouldn't have stolen the household registration book and given it to her sister.
Li Yuzhu remained kneeling on the ground without uttering a word. All she could do now was wait, wait for her mother to vent her anger so that she would naturally stop making a scene. Sometimes silence speaks louder than words, and a cold shoulder could gradually calm the short-term storm and allow her mother to return to her senses.
At this moment, the younger brother, Li Yufei, came home from school and saw his older sister kneeling on the ground, while their mother sat on a stool crying.
"Big sister, what's wrong?"
As Li Yufei spoke, she reached out to pull her sister.
Li Yuzhu said, "Don't pull me back. I remarried your brother-in-law today. Go and help me persuade our mother."
Li Yufei is seventeen years old and quite sensible. He knows everything that has happened to his older sister in the past few months, and he also knows that his older sister has been making a fuss about getting her household registration book and remarrying her husband.
It's normal for my mother to be emotional today since my eldest sister remarried. I went to her side and said, "Mom, my eldest sister has already remarried. What's the use of you making a fuss? My sister-in-law is really a good person. Please don't worry about it."
The parents only had one son. The mother spoiled him from a young age and never treated him as harshly as she treated her two daughters, let alone hit him or scold him.
She listened to her son the most, stopped crying and said, "You brat, what are you still kneeling there for? Are you trying to make your mother die of anger?"
Hearing this, Li Yuzhu quickly stood up. Knowing the matter was over, she went to her mother and said, "Mother, your son-in-law is here too. Should we let him come home? If not, I'll send him back so you won't be angry when you see him."
"It's not him who made me angry, it's you, you brat!" The mother paused for a moment and said, "Forget it, I won't fight fate. Let's bring him back quickly!"
Li Yuzhu said, "Yuqiu, hurry up and go to the village entrance to bring your brother-in-law back."
Li Yuqiu said "okay" and ran out of the house.
Not long after, Li Yuqiu brought her brother-in-law home, and Dongqing called out, "Mother."
The old lady didn't say a word after hearing this, and didn't even look at Dongqing. She stood up and walked into the house.
Even so, it's already quite good, which shows that she has tacitly accepted Dongqing as her son-in-law.
In Dong Qing's mind, his mother-in-law's first words would be: "Get out of here right now, I can't stand looking at you."
The old lady's attitude towards him was already quite good; in fact, it made Dongqing excited.
The reason why Li Yuzhu's father hasn't returned yet is actually because of the second sister, Li Yuqiu. After she returned, she told her father about her eldest sister's remarriage that day, and her father was very happy to hear it.
She said, "Dad, you can't handle this. If you stay home, Mom will take her anger out on you. I'll come out and get you after this is over."
After hearing this, the father nodded in agreement and sat down at the village entrance to play chess with Old Li.
Seeing that the matter had passed, Li Yuqiu went out of her house to the village entrance to call her father.
Li Yuzhu said, "Dongqing, our remarriage is still a wedding. Go to the restaurant and book a few tables for the banquet. I'll have my sister ride her motorcycle to invite our relatives over. We'll have lunch at the restaurant."
Dong Qing said, "Okay, I'll take care of it right away."
Just as Dong Qing left, my second sister and father returned from outside. Li Yuzhu said, "Yuqiu, quickly get on the motorcycle and call our aunts, grandma, and uncles over. Then call our other aunts too. We'll go to a restaurant for lunch."
"Leave this to your younger sister."
After Li Yuqiu finished speaking, he walked into the yard, got on his motorcycle, and drove towards his grandmother's house.
After her younger sister left, Li Yuzhu went into the room and saw her mother lying on the bed. She said, "Mom, if you can't get over this, I'll divorce Dongqing this afternoon. How about that?"
Actually, her statement was a strategic retreat to advance; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to communicate with her mother and make it impossible for her to divorce Dongqing. To put it bluntly, she was just playing mind games with her mother. Otherwise, why would she go to such lengths to remarry?
"Bullshit! Stop acting in front of me, okay? You're really willing to get a divorce!" Li Yuzhu's words really ignited a fire. After saying that, her mother sat up and continued, "Even if what you're saying is true, it's still not okay. Do you think marriage and divorce are jokes? How could I have given birth to such a troublesome daughter like you?"
This was exactly the outcome Li Yuzhu wanted. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she hugged her mother's shoulders and said, "Mother, your daughter isn't stupid. Dong Qing is a really good person. If things were as you imagine, would I remarry him?"
The mother said, "Forget it, maybe it's all fate. But have you thought about it? He borrowed 15 million to invest in such a huge market. What if it fails in the future? If that day comes, you'll go to jail with him. Do you understand, my silly daughter?"
Li Yuzhu said, "Mom, don't worry. You were there on the day the project started. Leaders from the district and county were there too. The wholesale market is supposed to be our own investment and development, but it's actually a key project for the county. Otherwise, how could we have gotten a 15 million yuan interest-free loan?"
Putting aside the loan issue for now, the government won't even buy our 1,000 mu of land in Sucun outside the city. Is state-owned land something that can be bought and sold so easily?
The mother said, "That makes sense, but it's your own investment after all. What if the investment fails in the future?"
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