Among several brothers, only the eldest brother Li Hongwei was able to live a life of ease. He took his eldest sister-in-law Liu Lanxiang and, with the help of Liu Lanxiang's family, built a house, making their lives a little better.
The others, the second son Li Hongjian and the third son Li Hongqiang, have all married and had children, but they don’t even have a decent house to live in, and their parents-in-law don’t care either.
If she had not asked for a house before getting married, she wouldn't even have the house she has now.
Fortunately, my mother-in-law has come to her senses in recent years. She has made money with her brothers and they have all bought houses. Now I have also bought a house for her family.
However, when buying a house, you have to pay a down payment and then repay the money every month. Doesn’t that mean you are short of money?
If you are short of money, you have to ask for money. Doesn't this bring up the matter of these five thousand dollars?
Yang Xiaohui said this: "...If you buy a house and cannot pay the mortgage every month, you will be in trouble. The credit union will take the house away, and even the down payment will be wasted."
Now, many national credit unions have begun to change their names to banks.
It’s just that the villagers are not used to calling it that yet.
"What, your family is going to buy a house?" Yang Xiaohui's mother's eyes widened.
Her sister-in-law Chen Xiaoqiao felt jealous: "Mom, look, look, Li Hong was just a coward, but now she has a house in the county. When will you buy a house in the county for your two grandsons?"
"Nowadays, only if you have a house in the city can you marry a good wife. Without a house, you can only continue to be a farmer in the countryside."
Chen Xiaoqiao looked down on the Li family. Although they had many sons, except for the eldest son, the others were all useless. When they stood out, they all looked stupid and easy to bully.
But who would have known that now everyone has a house in the county town.
They are going to become city dwellers.
The daughter-in-law is jealous that Li Honggang, who is not as good as herself, is about to buy a house in the city. Yang Xiaohui's mother is also upset: "Houses in the city are so expensive. People say that so many houses have been built and there are not many to buy. After one or two years, if the houses cannot be sold, the price will definitely drop and they will be worthless. Whoever buys now will suffer a loss."
Chen Xiaoqiao had also heard of this. The county town was very small and there weren't many people, but there was a large-scale demolition going on now. Several residential communities were being built at a time, and each building had 20 or 30 floors, which required elevators to get up.
Living up there, with their feet off the ground, aren't they afraid?
That being said, the house is really valuable.
"Xiaohui, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but your mother-in-law is too narrow-minded. She has run such a big business, with several stores. How much money does she make every month? Yet, she is reluctant to pay the full amount for her son to buy a house."
"Why, does she want to find another old man to marry?"
This was hard to hear, and Yang Xiaohui didn't think her mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying would marry an old man, so she said, "No, my mother-in-law said that she will never marry an old man in the future. When she is old, she wants to enjoy her life, and she won't find an old man to serve her."
Yang Xiaohui's mother nodded after hearing this: "Yes, yes, that's right. She's old, and the wrinkles on her face are like old tree bark. What does the old man want from her? It's her money. You must pay attention and don't let your mother-in-law get confused."
She became more careful. If her daughter's mother-in-law didn't find an old man, the money she earned now would definitely be divided among the four sons. If she found an old man, and they got married, half of the property would belong to the old man. How could it be called marital property?
When my daughter-in-law and son were getting a divorce, there were an old man and an old woman who wanted to get married at the Civil Affairs Bureau, and the children of the two families almost got into a fight over money.
"Mom, I know." Yang Xiaohui said, and then said: "But what should we do now? If you want the house, you have to pay the mortgage yourself. If you don't want it, then we are at a loss, because others have it."
The four sons all have their own houses.
"According to my mother-in-law's intention, she will also buy a house for my sister-in-law."
After saying this, not only Yang Xiaohui, but even her mother and her sister-in-law Chen Xiaoqiao couldn't help but become jealous.
Who buys a house for a married daughter nowadays?
It's really a waste of money.
The three women racked their brains but couldn't come up with a solution, so Yang Xiaohui's mother came up with a shameless idea: "Your father borrowed the money in the first place, and now your father is dead, so just say that he paid the money back when he was alive."
Yang Xiaohui was dumbfounded: "Is this okay?"
"Why not?" Her mother glared at her and said, "Your father has been dead for several years, so the Li family can't confront him."
Yang Xiaohui felt uncomfortable. Her mother only knew how to play tricks on her and didn't even think about how she could live with her head held high in her husband's family.
"Mom, how about this?" She remembered what Li Hong had said in private: "Let my brother pay back a few hundred yuan every year and show an attitude. In ten or twenty years, he will definitely pay it back, right?"
"What did you say?" Before her sister-in-law Chen Xiaoqiao could say anything, her mother was already anxious: "What money are you asking for, you fool? Don't you see how we live? Anyway, your mother-in-law is already so rich, why are you still thinking about our little money?"
No matter what, I just won’t return it.
Yang Xiaohui's mother started to scold Yang Xiaohui again, saying that she was siding with her husband's family instead of her own family.
"People say that if you raise an extroverted daughter, she will be raised by someone else sooner or later. I don't believe it. You were so filial in the beginning, but look at yourself now. You are colluding with your in-laws to force me to death."
Her mother started to cry, with snot and tears running down her face: "Old man, you enjoyed yourself so much, and you died so early, leaving me alone to suffer in this world. Why not take me with you, too, wuwu."
Seeing her own mother crying like this, Yang Xiaohui also became speechless.
Seeing that it was getting dark, her mother told her to go: "Go quickly while you can still see the road clearly."
Yang Xiaohui felt bitter: "Mom, you asked me to go back after we just had a fight. How embarrassing! Just let me stay for one night."
The eldest sister-in-law Chen Xiaoqiao laughed and said, "There is no room at home. Your two nephews are grown up, so they can each take a room. You only sleep there for one night, so just squeeze in with mom."
Yang Xiaohui could only smile.
In the evening, when her elder brother Yang Jiangang came back, he heard about what happened in his sister's family and immediately went to settle the score with Li Honggang.
It was his mother and his wife who stopped him.
"No need for you. The young couple quarreled for a while and then reconciled. What are you going to do?"
Yang Jiangang wasn't very sincere, so he just didn't go.
Yang Xiaohui lowered her head and the food in her mouth had no taste at all.
Normally, when the sister-in-law comes home, she is treated as a guest. But she does everything inside and outside the house, sweeping the floor, lighting the fire, cutting vegetables and washing dishes. She is a hundred times more diligent than at home. Even so, the sister-in-law still turns a cold shoulder to her and ignores her.
At night, while sleeping on the kang, her mother told her in private: "How much money do you have now? I heard from your sister-in-law today that she also wants to buy a house in the city so that your two nephews can get married in the future."
Yang Xiaohui pulled the hard, musty quilt on her body and told the truth: "Mom, you don't know me yet. I send half of the fourth child's salary home every month, and Xiaomeng's mother and I spend the remaining half. Now there is nothing left."