Li Hongli was smiling beamingly, with beads and artificial flowers made of white gauze on her hair, which was tied up high. She was wearing the most fashionable wedding dress in the county, with a huge skirt that dragged on the ground. She smiled and held the arm of Xu Xiaodong, who was wearing a blue suit, while they toasted to both sets of parents and received red envelopes.

When Chen Xiaoying gave the red envelope and came back to eat, the eldest daughter Li Hongyan whispered: "Mom, when Hongli got married, you gave her a house. When Hongxia gets married tomorrow, how much will you give her?"

Chen Xiaoying looked at her and said, "It's none of your business how much I give you."

Li Hongyan's eyes almost turned red. She regretted it. If she had known that her mother could make a lot of money and could easily give her sister a house as a dowry, she would never have used the method of acting first and reporting later and dealt with the loan sharking business.

Li Yutong secretly looked at her aunt's regretful expression and sighed in her heart. Her aunt would never know that her grandmother's heart didn't turn cold overnight.

In her previous life, my aunt did so many ungrateful things that her grandmother will never change her attitude towards her in this life.

Chen Xiaoying's second daughter Li Hongli got married.

Only the youngest daughter, Li Hongxia, was not married. She and Li Hongli were twins. Before the wedding banquet was over, someone asked Li Hongxia whether she had found her husband.

Chen Xiaoying naturally said no. She was already 22 years old, which was considered late to get married in the eyes of the villagers. If there was a suitable person, she could try dating him.

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But the younger daughter Li Hongxia came to her and said: "Mom, I don't want to get married."

Chen Xiaoying was puzzled: "Why?"

Li Hongxia said: "I just think it's meaningless. I don't want to honor my parents-in-law whom I don't know, and I don't want to serve a man. I don't know if I have a problem thinking this way."

Chen Xiaoying was surprised and looked at her little daughter again and again.

There is certainly nothing wrong with women who don't want to get married. It's just that this new concept only came into being in later generations.

The idea that a woman belongs to her husband's family after getting married has been deeply rooted since ancient times.

A woman has no self. At her parents' home, she works hard for her parents' home. At her husband's home, she works hard for her husband's home. At her parents' home, she is a relative. At her husband's home, most husbands-in-law will treat their daughter-in-law as an outsider.

Women are actually people without a home.

Chen Xiaoying felt very complicated: "So, what do you think?"

Li Hongxia felt awkward and hesitated for a while before she said, "Mom, if I work with you, can you give me a house in the future? I don't think of it as a dowry, I'll think of it as my own home, where I can live comfortably and help you run the store, or I can find a job myself, even if it's just sweeping the streets, I want to be alone."

"I don't want to get married. If I get married, I have to deal with my husband's relatives, take care of him, give birth to children, and take care of him after childbirth. I work hard all my life and I don't know why."

Chen Xiaoying thought for a moment and said, "You have no children, so how will you take care of your old age?"

"I'm going to live in a nursing home." Now that there are nursing homes, this is what Li Hongxia thought.

Her mother Chen Xiaoying shook her head and said, "No, the elderly in nursing homes who have no children will also be bullied, because if you are beaten, no one will stand up for you, and if you are starved, no one will care about you."

Li Hongxia said, "Then, I will let Xiaoyu and the others take care of me in my old age. I will leave the house to whoever takes care of me in my old age."

Her mother Chen Xiaoying didn't know what to say.

"Hongxia, you are still young. You just haven't met the right person yet, so you don't want to get married." Chen Xiaoying didn't want her little daughter to be lonely all her life. All women have maternal instincts, and those who don't want children are a minority.

"If you are afraid of getting married because of your second sister's matter, let's not talk about it for the next two years. When you meet the right person, you can get married in time."

She said so. Li Hongxia thought about it. After all, it was just a new idea and she was not so determined, so she nodded: "Okay, Mom, then reject all those who want to arrange blind dates for me."

"I'm not stupid. I can see that most of the people who want to date me want to marry me because you have a few stores and you gave the girl a house. They don't want to marry me because of me."

Chen Xiaoying felt relieved immediately after hearing her little daughter's words.

"If you can figure this out, even if you get married in the future, Mom won't be afraid of you suffering."

Li Hongxia just smiled, which meant she still didn't want to get married.

Chen Xiaoying is a person who has lived a second life and has long since let go of things. She does not force her youngest daughter to get married, and she is not worried about the issue of old-age care as she has her granddaughter Li Yutong.

What she worries about is that when her younger daughter feels lonely in her 40s or 50s, it will be too late to regret it then.

Chen Xiaoying couldn't understand Li Hongxia's thoughts, so the next day, she secretly talked about it with her granddaughter Li Yutong.

Li Yutong said, "Grandma, my aunt hasn't met someone she likes. If she met someone she likes, she would definitely want to get married."

Chen Xiaoying had originally thought so, and she felt relieved after hearing her granddaughter's affirmation.

After all, she is an old lady and doesn’t know much about the thoughts of later generations: “By that time, will anyone laugh at your aunt for being an old maid who can’t get married?”

Li Yutong thought for a moment and said, "Some people will, but most people won't mind other people's business. They live their own lives, and it doesn't bother them. Even if they find it strange, they won't discuss it in front of her."

In later generations, there are many lonely elderly people who have no children and are not cared for by their relatives. They are unable to take care of themselves, so they give their houses to outsiders who take care of them.

There are quite a few lawsuits, such as cousins ​​who have not seen each other for many years, suing someone for taking advantage of the old man's confusion to defraud him of his property, and that they are the legal heirs to the property.

What a mess. Li Yutong shook her head. What was she thinking? Her aunt was so good to her. Even if she never got married in her life, she would still take care of her and see her to the end of her life.

Li Yutong thought so sincerely. When Chen Xiaoying heard this, her eyes became hot and she raised her hand to wipe away her tears. She was reborn in this life, and fortunately she had this granddaughter to accompany her.

Chen Xiaoying and Li Yutong, a grandparent and granddaughter, both have good business in their two stores. They have even bought some simple additional machines to package the hot pot ingredients in a small workshop. Gradually, the workshop has grown to a size of more than a dozen people.

Seeing that the hot pot ingredients business was so good, the county leaders gradually relaxed their policies.

"Otherwise, we can set up a production line and try production first. If the sales are good, we can add more."

Finally, they reached a consensus. Secretary He found Chen Xiaoying and Li Yutong, the grandparents and grandchildren, and told them the good news.

Within a few days, the contract was drafted.

Chen Xiaoying didn’t understand all this. The hot pot ingredients also belonged to her granddaughter Li Yutong, and she didn’t intend to gain any benefit from it.

Li Yutong took the contract but did not sign it immediately: "Secretary He, can I find a professional lawyer to help me take a look?"

Secretary He nodded: "Of course, find a few more. If there is anything inappropriate, please tell me and I will ask them to change it."

He was serious about building a career and wanted to make this industry bigger and stronger. It would be even better if he could make it a pillar industry for the county. He didn't want to deceive the girl in the contract. Besides, she had someone behind her.

The director of this food factory was also introduced by Shen Jiaze, so he is absolutely foolproof.