Chapter 453 Being a Concubine
Li Mei did not return to the dormitory, but went to her parents' home.
Li's mother took a look at her daughter and found that she had changed a lot.
"How did you become so beautiful?"
"I put on makeup."
Li's mother thought that her daughter had some activities in the factory, so she did not ask any more questions.
Li Mei told her mother that her husband wanted to divorce her.
Li's mother was very angry: "Their family is too much. You raised Li Qun so much, but he actually said such words to you. He is so ungrateful!
Zhijun is also too much. He said that he would take care of your food and drink. If you hadn't cooked for them, how could they live so comfortably!"
Li Mei also told her about her return to Yaoshui Village.
Mother Li scolded: "After so many years of marriage, you shouldn't have gone back, let alone told the father and son about this."
"I don't think they will know it sooner or later. I just want them to know that I have no way out. If they want to take advantage of me, they have to weigh it."
"Did you really give the money to the son in front of you?"
"He doesn't want it."
"It seems that this child is not a greedy person. In fact, you don't have to worry about no one to take care of you when you are old. You have three nephews. When they get married, if you provide some money, they will not ignore you when they get old."
Li Mei did not answer.
She only had a small amount of savings and divided it among her three nephews. Each of them could not get much. If it was given to only one person, the other two would have objections.
Zhao Meili has been married five times. Although she is now jeweled and enviable, Li Mei still cannot accept being with an old man.
When she went to Yaoshui Village, she heard that Zhao Meili's ex-husband, Teacher Fang, was admitted to university. Li Mei asked Zhao Meili if she regretted it, but Zhao Meili did not answer. As
she reached middle age, Li Mei thought a lot.
Zhou Haibo said that he would come to visit her when he got a job.
Even if her son ignored her in the future, giving her money to his biological son would make up for what she owed her son during the years she was away.
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Li Mei fetched water and washed up in the dormitory. A colleague called her and said that someone was looking for her at the factory gate.
Li Mei wondered, who came to see her so late, could it be Jia Zhijun who came to talk to her about divorce.
Putting down the washbasin, Li Mei came to the gate and saw Zhao Meili with a little girl.
"Is this your child?" Li Mei asked.
Zhao Meili pushed the little girl to Li Mei's side and said, "Li Mei, please help me take care of the child."
Seeing Zhao Meili's panic, Li Mei thought she had something urgent to do, so she asked, "How many days will you stay here? If you stay for a long time, you should bring some clothes to change."
Zhao Meili said, "I will pick her up soon." After saying this, she left.
The little girl cried and called for her mother, but Zhao Meili did not turn back.
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Li Mei coaxed the child back to the dormitory, washed her, and put her to bed.
The child's name was He Zirong, and she kept crying for her mother.
Li Mei said, "Zi Rong, your mother has something important to do. Get some sleep. She will come to pick you up tomorrow morning."
He Zi Rong cried and said, "Dad's wife is so fierce. She beats my mother."
"What?" Li Mei thought the child was wrong and corrected her, "Isn't your father's wife your mother?"
He Zi Rong shook her head, "No, she is a grandmother."
Li Mei thought that it might be Zhao Meili's husband's ex-wife who came to the house to make trouble, so she didn't think much about it and coaxed He Zi Rong to sleep.
The next day, Li Mei was worried about He Zi Rong staying alone in the dormitory, so she told her leader and took him to work with her, and told He Zi Rong not to disturb others' work.
For three consecutive days, Zhao Meili did not come to pick up the child, and no one answered the phone call to Zhao Meili's home.
Li Mei always brought a child with her to work, which was very inconvenient. Moreover, she heard from Zhao Meili that her child had to go to school, but she couldn't abandon the child if Zhao Meili didn't come to pick him up.
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The next day at noon, Li Mei took He Zirong to Zhao Meili's house.
When they arrived at Zhao Meili's house, He Zirong ran over and knocked on the door.
The neighbor next door heard the noise and came out and said, "Child, if you don't want to be caught, don't knock."
The child was so scared that he stopped immediately, ran to Li Mei's side, and hugged Li Mei's legs tightly.
Li Mei asked, "Who wants to arrest the child?"
The neighbor asked in wonder, "Don't you know what's going
on at her home?" Li Mei shook her head, "Three days ago, the child's mother left the child at my place and didn't come to pick him up. No one answered the phone, so I came to see what happened at her home?"
The neighbor waved at Li Mei, "Bring the child to my home."
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When she arrived at the neighbor's eldest sister's house, Li Mei realized that Mr. He was not Zhao Meili's husband at all.
Zhao Meili was just Mr. He's woman outside.
The neighbor said, "These big bosses from the south who come to our place to do business all have concubines, and some even have several."
Li Mei said, "Zhao Meili is arrogant and can't be someone else's concubine. Did Mr. He deceive her?"
The neighbor asked Li Mei who Zhao Meili was.
Li Mei said it was a former colleague.
The neighbor said: "Zhao Meili is a woman with great means. How could anyone deceive her? In the past, this house was occupied by a beautiful 85-year-old female college student, but Zhao Meili squeezed her out with means."
Li Mei didn't believe the neighbor's words: "Zhao Meili is so old, how can she compare with a female college student?"
"That's why I said she has great means. The female college student is inexperienced. Zhao Meili is a business person. She can not only make Mr. He happy, but also help him get clients in business. That's why she can stay with Mr. He for so many years and even give birth to a child."
I didn't expect that Zhao Meili's fine clothes, food, jewels and precious stones were exchanged in this way.
Li Mei asked the neighbor: "Who did you say wanted to catch the child just now?"
"She was Mr. He's legal wife. Mrs. He knew that her husband had an illegitimate daughter, so she came with a bunch of people and beat Zhao Meili up. Many people gathered around to watch.
Mrs. He searched all the valuables in the room and asked which school the child was in, wanting to take the child away.
Zhao Meili ran away during the chaos."
"Since Mrs. He knew that the child was her husband's illegitimate daughter, why did she let someone take the child away?"
"She was afraid that Zhao Meili would bring the child to fight for the family property in the future. If she took the child back and raised him by her side, she would not be afraid that the child would do something wrong under the instigation of her biological mother. Besides, raising a girl can also help the family to marry."
Li Mei asked the neighbor: "Sister, do you know if Zhao Meili has other places to live? I have to go to work and the child has to go to school. It is impossible for me to help her take care of the child
all the time." The neighbor shook her head: "I don't know about this. We rarely interact with each other."
Without finding Zhao Meili, Li Mei could only take He Zirong back to the dormitory.
On the way back, she bought her a set of clothes.