"Hongli, this is your dowry."

"Also, I didn't touch a dime of your betrothal gift. It's all here. I deposited it for you for three years, and the interest is almost a hundred yuan every month."

When she placed the property certificate and the savings book of 30,000 yuan for Li Hongli in front of the two of them.

Both Xu Xiaodong and Li Hongli were dumbfounded.

"Mom, what do you mean?" Li Hongli didn't understand.

Chen Xiaoying looked at her and said, "What do you mean? You already have a wedding house, and you have the minimum living allowance in the future. Can't you and Xiaodong live comfortably in the future?"

At that time, vegetables were only 0.2 yuan per pound, and large meat buns were only 0.2 yuan each. The interest of more than 130 yuan a month allowed her to meet her basic needs for survival without relying on anyone.

This is her final thought as a mother to her second daughter Li Hongli.

Give her an apartment.

"What?" There was a scream. The anxious person was Ma Xiufen. She rushed over and picked up the passbook first. There was clearly a 3 followed by a string of zeros on it.

Her eyes went dark: "My money."

If you don’t know her, you might think her husband is dead.

"Mom, Mom." Xu Xiaodong was startled and hurried to help his mother.

Chen Xiaoying couldn't stand her angry look, so she said, "Mother-in-law, why are you so anxious? Although the passbook is written in Hongli's name, the interest withdrawn every month is spent by the whole family. And look at the property certificate, it's their own name..."

She showed the property certificate to Ma Xiufen.

She didn't want to go to extremes, and the real estate certificate did indeed bear the names of Xu Xiaodong and Li Hongli, who were co-owners of the property.

As for the passbook, the name written on it was Li Hongli.

"Mother-in-law, strictly speaking, I am the one who lost out. I raised my daughter with great difficulty and trained her to be a college student. But after she graduated, I didn't get a penny in return. She married into your family and I even lost a house."

Chen Xiaoying's heart was still bleeding.

This was originally a house I wanted to buy for myself.

Ma Xiufen is illiterate, but she knows the names of her family members. At first glance, she saw that Xu Xiaodong's name was indeed among them.

She hadn't even wiped away her tears yet, thinking of Li Hongli's stupidity and her original plan. Li Hongli was a fool and would let Xiaodong cheat the money out.

This means that the 30,000 yuan is still hers, and her son Xiaodong also earned a house for free.

She rolled her eyes and thought, oh, she was too impulsive just now. To be honest, she took advantage of it.

An apartment.

"Yes, yes, I wasn't angry just now, I was just too happy and excited."

Ma Xiufen even wanted to laugh.

Li Hongli was so excited that she almost jumped up and hugged her mother Chen Xiaoying: "Mom, you are so good to me. I will definitely be filial to you in the future."

"Hmph, if I don't give you the house, you won't be filial to me?" Chen Xiaoying said.

"Oh my god, how could that be?" Li Hongli smiled happily.

Chen Xiaoying felt indifferent, and just hoped that she would not cause trouble for her in the future.

Since both families agreed, they began to discuss the wedding date.

Getting married without being engaged is rare, whether in the county or in the village.

But the two families didn't say anything, and the other relatives and friends won't say anything either. They can just give the gifts and attend the banquet when the time comes.

Li Hongli’s dowry is a house.

When the eldest daughter Li Hongyan heard the news, she was stunned. After she came to her senses, without waiting for Zhao Faliang to say anything, she went straight to her mother Chen Xiaoying and started crying.

"Mom, how could you do such a thing? You gave Hongli a house, but did you ever think about our other children? How could you be so careless when it comes to spending the money you earn?"

Li Yutong quietly shrank aside. Her aunt, oh, was short-sighted.

There will be many places for her grandmother to make money in the future. Giving this house to her second aunt has completely severed the mother-daughter relationship between them, and she will no longer provide any support to her in the future.

But if the eldest aunt comes to her senses and learns to be filial to her grandmother from now on, the benefits in the future will be greater than the 30,000 yuan.

Li Yutong thought so in her heart. When she turned around, she found that her third aunt Zhao Xueyan was also pale. "Mom, Hongli didn't do anything and she was a traitor. I just gave her an apartment. What should I do?"

She felt wronged and started crying immediately.

Chen Xiaoying knew this day would come, so she scolded her eldest daughter Li Hongyan first: "Li Hongyan, everyone has the right to say that I am biased, except you. Over the past ten years, you have calculated how much money your father and I have made, which is more than 30,000 yuan in total. Why do you care who I spend the money on now?"

"If you want thirty thousand, then pay me back all the money you owe me over the years, and I'll give you another thirty thousand."

The eldest daughter, Li Hongyan, was feeling sad. When she heard her say this, she suddenly felt bitter and sad: "Mom."

"Don't call me, get out." Her mother Chen Xiaoying pointed at the door and told her to get out.

Li Hongyan had no choice but to run away crying.

The third daughter-in-law, Zhao Xueyan, also cried: "Mom, didn't we agree to give me a house..."

"Don't worry, I'll take you there tomorrow." Chen Xiaoying had already planned it out.

Zhao Xueyan thought it wouldn't be easy to get it, and was about to burst into tears, but suddenly she was stunned: "Really?"

"Really? Isn't Kaiyuan Star selling houses over there? Just go there and buy one for you and the third child," said her mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying.

Zhao Xueyan was dumbfounded. She looked at Chen Xiaoying, then subconsciously looked at Li Yutong.

Kaiyuan Star is one of the earliest houses to be demolished in Kaiyuan County. Half of it was given to the relocated households in the village, and the other half was sold elsewhere.

Kaiyuan Star, which has just started digging the foundation, does not give any indication of the scale of its future mature community.

"Aunt San, the location is pretty good, there's a new house." Li Yutong couldn't help but say, "I want to buy one there too."

Zhao Xueyan knew that Li Yutong was a smart girl. Since she was going to buy one, Kaiyuan Star must be a good house.

"Well, okay then." She immediately burst into laughter.

Li Yutong also smiled and looked at her grandmother Chen Xiaoying.

Her third aunt has a simple personality. Although she is a little lazy and likes to eat a lot, she is generally okay.

Chen Xiaoying did what she said and went to the sales hall to look at houses the next day. What she saw were models.

The highest floor of Kaiyuan Star is the thirty-sixth floor. Because of pre-sales, people in Kaiyuan County have not been exposed to such things before, and not many people are willing to buy them.

As soon as the people in the sales office saw that a customer had been brought in, they immediately surrounded him enthusiastically.

Chen Xiaoying just looked at Li Yutong.

Li Yutong looked at the model carefully. It was almost exactly the same as what she had seen with her own eyes in later life. She pointed out several locations.

"Here, and here, buy the sixth floor."

"Aunt San, what do you think?"

The several locations pointed out by Li Yutong were really good, with no light obstruction at all and the floors were also suitable.