"I'll call him and ask him when it's time." Chen Xiaoying felt uneasy.

In this life, she really didn't know how to treat the third brother Li Hongqiang.

He is stupid and easily deceived. He has a strong self-esteem and does not have any ability, but still likes to be praised. He also has a bit of his father Li Pingwang's people-pleasing personality. If people say a few nice words to deceive him, he will become arrogant.

He was cheated by a man when playing cards and by a woman when talking about love. It was really infuriating.

On this side, after Li Hongwei separated from his mother Chen Xiaoying, he looked at several shops because they were in prime locations and were now doing business.

One is a clothing store that sells women's clothing. The interior of the store is decorated in a very high-end manner, and the clothes are obviously expensive.

One is a cosmetics store and the other is a brand shoe store.

The stores are all quite large, and several of them seem to be doing good business, with one or two waves of customers always choosing items inside.

Li Hongwei and his wife Liu Lanxiang discussed quietly: "If the business is good, it will be convenient to collect the rent in the future."

Liu Lanxiang nodded happily: "Yes, yes, in fact, I think buying a shop is more cost-effective than doing business. Doing business requires worrying all day long, worrying about losing money if the business is not good, and being exhausted if the business is good. Shops are much better, you can have money to spend even when you sleep at home."

The couple came to the county town with heavy hearts and returned to the village happily.

Now that they have money to spend, they no longer have to worry about having nothing to eat or drink in their lives. With a shop, they no longer have to worry about the various expenses for their two children's schooling and marriage. When the couple works in the fields, they no longer work as hard as before.

When Chen Xiaoying made a phone call in the afternoon, she did not call the third brother Li Hongqiang directly, but the second brother Li Hongjian.

First, he asked if I was tired from working recently and whether my boss was watching me closely.

It’s not that she meant to let her sons be lazy, but some bosses are really harsh and want one person to do the work of two people. Her granddaughter Li Yutong once scolded those black-hearted bosses.

Treat women like men, treat men like animals, and treat animals like machines.

Working in a lumber mill is hard and tiring, so you have to take it easy. Otherwise, you'll be too tired, and if you're not careful while working, you'll get hurt.

The second son, Li Hongjian, also felt exhausted. However, he had no education and had nothing to pay back except his strength. "Okay, Mom, I understand."

I know it, but I still have to work hard.

Otherwise, eat whatever you want and drink whatever you want.

Lao Er said he knew, but Chen Xiaoying could hear the helplessness in his words through the long phone line, and couldn't help feeling sad: "Lao Er, if you really can't do this job, you can all come back and find a job in the county. It just so happens that the county is going to open a food factory, so they will definitely be recruiting. Let's see if we can arrange for you to work there then."

Chen Xiaoying knew what the food factory was like and could definitely arrange a job for her, but the second brother Li Hongjian didn't know.

At that time, he had looked for a job in the county town.

There are many people in the county town, but there are very few jobs that can make money. If there is a job that is a little more stable and not too tiring, like the work in the food factory, the leaders there have already arranged their relatives and friends to work there, and outsiders like them have no chance at all.

He said, "Mom, it's okay. Let's take a rest if we are tired."

Chen Xiaoying knew that it would be impossible to call them back in a short time, as it would take another two months for the food factory to officially open.

She first kept this in mind and asked about the third brother, Li Hongqiang: "The third brother hasn't paid the family's mortgage for two months. Is it because you didn't get paid, or did he spend money on it?"

The second son, Li Hongjian, groaned and said in a muffled voice: "I don't know what to say either."

Just by hearing the tone, you can tell that there is something wrong.

His mother Chen Xiaoying was worried: "What do you mean, he didn't learn his lesson outside? Did he play cards with others, or mess around with those women outside?"

If he loses playing cards, then he loses. It's his own business.

She was afraid that he would hook up with those restless women and be beaten by other men, and she was also afraid that he would get a dirty disease.

"Mom, don't worry about it. He is already thirty years old. Can you control him?" Li Hongjian said in a muffled voice.

Chen Xiaoying was anxious: "I don't want to care about it. He is already 30 years old. How long can I, as a mother, care about him? But if something really happens to him, we can just watch him die."

The second child, Li Hongjian, sighed: "Mom, I don't know what to say. No matter what I say, no one listens. I can't do anything about it."

"Let a man beat him up, and he will be afraid."

Chen Xiaoying was stunned for a moment. What she had been worrying about finally came true.

The third brother, that good-for-nothing, was having an affair with a woman again.

"Second brother, ask the third brother to come over and answer the phone."

"Okay, wait a moment, but don't tell him about this. If he knows that I told you, he will be angry with me." The second brother Li Hongjian said unhappily.

Chen Xiaoying also didn't want to cause any trouble between the brothers: "I know, I won't talk about it."

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, didn't want to answer the phone. He felt that his mother Chen Xiaoying was asking him for money.

But if he didn't answer, his mother Chen Xiaoying would keep calling him, so he could only go there reluctantly and picked up the phone: "Mom, what's the matter?"

Chen Xiaoying was furious when she heard the voice of the third brother, Li Hongqiang: "What's the matter? How dare you ask me? You haven't paid your mortgage for several months, and you got paid, right? Where did the money go?"

She knew clearly that all the wages he paid were cheated away by other women.

Those immoral women looked down on the third brother, but that didn't stop them from trying to cheat him out of the wages in his pocket.

That’s fine, at least he was deceiving people by pretending to be in love, but later he was set up by a honeypot.

The woman coaxed him into the house, and before she could even touch her clothes, she was blocked in the house by the man and several other people. They beat her up, broke her legs, and asked her to pay 20,000 yuan as compensation for mental damage.

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, had no money and was so scared that he almost wet his pants.

The second brother Li Hongjian and the fourth brother Li Honggang had no choice but to persuade the other party and finally gave them 8,000 yuan to get him out.

This is what happened after the 20th century.

She was very worried that the third brother had been plotted against, mainly because he was not ambitious enough and was easily seduced by a woman.

The third child, Li Hongqiang, was relieved when he heard that his mother Chen Xiaoying only asked him for money: "It's okay, I will pay it back when I get my salary next month."

"Stop talking nonsense. You haven't kept your word for several times. I can't trust you this time." Chen Xiaoying already had a plan in mind: "You might as well quit your job. I have opened two breakfast shops and am planning to open another one. I'm really too busy. Come back and help me out."

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, was puzzled: "Why not call my second brother and Hong Gang back together?"

"We don't need so many people now, just come back first," said Chen Xiaoying.

But the third brother, Li Hongqiang, didn't want to leave. Here, he was controlled by his mother Chen Xiaoying through phone calls. If he went back home, he would have even less freedom.