"mom."

Li Hongli acted like a spoiled child and said she didn't want to go to the clinic, making it seem like she had done something shameful.

Chen Xiaoying didn't even want to look at her: "You have to go whether you want to or not. By the way, what are you going to do with your boyfriend outside? Ask him to go with you?"

Li Hongli felt a little guilty. She found that although she was in love in the city, her mother lived in a small county town and seemed to know everything.

She suspected that her younger sister Li Hongxia had secretly called their mother Chen Xiaoying without telling her.

"I'll let him go first."

Her mother is obviously angry with her boyfriend Xu Xiaodong now. Don't let Xu Xiaodong get angry and run away.

Li Hongli said this and went out to find Xu Xiaodong.

Xu Xiaodong was talking to Li Yutong in a familiar manner. He was a decorator and was pointing and talking inside the store.

"Who did you find when you were renovating? You must have been cheated. Just paint the walls white and install glass. It doesn't cost much."

"And this bar counter and this wallpaper, the colors are wrong, it doesn't look spacious."

Li Yutong smiled and just listened.

Li Hongli came out and winked at Xu Xiaodong: "Come out, I have something to tell you."

Xu Xiaodong was urging Li Yutong to install the ceiling for the hot pot restaurant.

"I have experience in this job and can give you the lowest price."

Li Yutong had no intention of installing a suspended ceiling, as it was totally unnecessary. Her restaurant was not going for a high-end feel. Customers who came to eat only cared about whether the food tasted good and had no time to appreciate whether the decoration of your restaurant was exquisite enough.

Besides, her place was acceptable. When it was decorated, it had already incorporated some popular styles of later generations, which was much better than most of the stores in the county.

Li Hongli kept squinting her eyes, so Xu Xiaodong had to go out.

Outside the door.

Without waiting for Li Hongli to speak, Xu Xiaodong asked, "What's going on? Didn't your elder sister say that this store belongs to your mother? I just noticed the business license posted on the wall, and the name written on it is Li Yutong."

"Who is Li Yutong? The little girl just now, your niece?"

What's wrong with this old lady? She has so many sons and daughters, but why did she write her granddaughter's name?

Li Hongli didn't understand what he said, so she just said, "Don't worry about the hot pot restaurant. Go back first. I'll come find you in a couple of days."

"What's wrong? Is your mother unhappy to see me?" Xu Xiaodong felt uneasy.

Li Hongli frowned: "My mother knows that we are dating. She also seems to know that we have had sex before. She is not happy."

When Xu Xiaodong heard this, he felt a little timid.

"Okay, I'll go back first. Remember to come find me if you have anything."

The guilty Xu Xiaodong was sent away.

Li Hongli looked at the hot pot restaurant and had no intention of working.

When her elder sister Li Hongyan wanted to get involved in the breakfast shop business, she took the initiative to roll up her sleeves and get to work, but Li Hongli didn't even want to do anything.

He grabbed the waiter and said, "Didn't you see that the guests at that table had been gone for a long time? Why are the pots and bowls still there? How can you, as a waiter, be so tactless?"

Li Xiaojuan blushed: "I'll go right away."

Li Yutong was also speechless. Her second aunt acted like a boss even more than she did.

Chen Xiaoying came out at that moment, her face darkened: "Hongli, there is nothing for you to do here. If you want to work, come to the breakfast shop early tomorrow morning to help me make dumplings."

Li Hongli was very dissatisfied: "Mom, can you rest assured that Xiaoyu is watching over the hot pot restaurant? Anyway, I don't have anything to do, I will help you."

Before she finished speaking, Li Yutong slammed the calculator on the table with a bang: "Second aunt, I opened the hot pot restaurant. Don't use my grandma's name to take my things. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

When Li Yutong gets angry, it looks quite intimidating at first glance.

Li Hongli was stunned for a moment: "What are you yelling about?"

"Do I want to make a fuss? If anyone dares to say again that the hot pot restaurant belongs to my grandmother and you children want to take it away as a matter of course, just try." The eldest aunt Li Hongyan is too talkative and cunning, so she has to be cautious. But let's forget about the second aunt, who is just a bully and has a confused mind. She is not afraid of her.

Li Hongli opened her mouth and felt aggrieved.

Her mother Chen Xiaoying also came over and said, "You all seem to be deaf. I told you that this hot pot restaurant belongs to Xiaoyu, and the hot pot ingredients are all cooked by Xiaoyu herself. Why do you insist on saying that they are mine?"

"Don't say it's not mine. Even if it's mine, if you want my things, you have to wait until I'm dead."

"Also, I raised you all to this age, and each of you has hands and feet, especially you. I spent so much money to send you to college. How have you repaid me? And you still want to take my things?"

Li Hongli argued: "You and my dad didn't spend any money, it was my second brother and his friends who gave it to me."

"Don't tell me these nonsense. Weren't your second brother and his brothers born from my belly? Weren't they raised by me?" Chen Xiaoying couldn't help getting angry when she saw her second daughter being so stupid and unaware.

Li Hongli was speechless now.

All the employees in the hotpot restaurant were watching her. She felt so embarrassed that she turned around and walked out.

"Grandma, are you okay?" Her grandma looked so bad, I wonder if something happened? Li Yutong asked.

Her grandmother Chen Xiaoying shook her head: "It's okay, I'll take care of it myself."

Chen Xiaoying did what she said. She slept in the same bed with Li Hongli and her daughter at night. The next day, she asked Li Hongli to get up at four o'clock and help her make dumplings.

"Aren't you going to help me? I'm short of people to work in my breakfast shop. Hurry up and get up. We'll go early."

At four o'clock, Li Hongli was sleeping soundly, curled up in the quilt and couldn't get up: "Mom, I'm so sleepy, just tell me to go to sleep."

"Why sleep? Can you make money by sleeping? Can you have food to eat by sleeping? I earn every penny by getting up early and working late like this. If you don't help me work, you just want to waste my money. That's wishful thinking."

"Get up."

Chen Xiaoying went to pull her.

As a result, Li Hongli refused to get up. She got so anxious that she suddenly sat up and yelled like a madman: "Is this over yet? I've already said I want to sleep, why are you dragging me to do anything? If you want to make money, go ahead. At worst, I won't spend it. Is that okay?"

"You just made some lousy money, what's so great about that? Why are you calling me for help?"

"I'm so annoyed. If you are sick, just go die!"

After saying that, she didn't care about her mother Chen Xiaoying's changed expression and continued to sleep.

Chen Xiaoying stood blankly beside the bed, trembling with fear.

If she hadn't earned money, could she continue sleeping in this comfortable bed?

The third daughter-in-law, Zhao Xueyan, heard the noise, came over to see, and said cautiously, "Mom, how about I go earlier today?"

Because she had to take care of Li Yujie and send her to school, Zhao Xueyan usually went to the breakfast shop to help at 8:20.

Li Yutong from next door was also woken up and came over to say, "Okay, let Auntie San go and help. I'll take Yujie to school later."

Chen Xiaoying looked at Li Hongli, who had clearly heard their conversation but pretended not to hear it and was sleeping under the covers. Her eyes were sore. She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, then Xueyan will go with me today."

Chen Xiaoying left and the door closed.

Only then did Li Hongli throw back the quilt, change her posture and continue to sleep soundly.

It is hard to find a biological daughter like her who can turn a blind eye to her own mother's hard work and continue to sleep soundly with a clear conscience.

Time passed by minute by minute. In the breakfast shop, Chen Xiaoying, her third daughter-in-law Zhao Xueyan, and two employees of the shop worked together skillfully to make dumplings, cook porridge, and cut and wash vegetables and meat to prepare big pot dishes.