"I know." Li Hongli said, then said, "Sister, my stomach is so tired, I'm going back first."

Li Hongyan had no choice but to nod. Looking at her big belly, she felt a little worried: "Look at what's going on in your family. In two or three months, if Xu Dadong's matter goes badly, your mother-in-law will have a problem with you and won't take care of you during the confinement period. What will you do?"

"She doesn't dare, because the baby in my belly is her eldest grandson," said Li Hongli.

After watching Li Hongli leave, Li Hongyan couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with Hongli? How did she know that she would definitely give birth to a boy?"

"She did?"

Nowadays, some people pay to secretly have an ultrasound, which allows them to find out in advance whether it is a boy or a girl. Many people will secretly get the abortion if they know it is a girl.

Li Hongyan thought that Li Hongli had probably done this before, so she knew this.

Li Hongyan sighed and looked back in the direction of her mother's restaurant. She saw that her mother's business was getting better and better, but she would rather spend money to hire strangers to do the work than to support her as her daughter.

She felt uncomfortable, and her husband Zhao Faliang also felt uncomfortable. Many people in the village even laughed at her in secret.

Li Hongli went back to her husband's house. In the yard, her mother-in-law and her husband Xu Xiaodong were sitting next to a small square table. It was unknown what they were talking about. When they saw her coming back, Xu Xiaodong immediately winked at his mother and told her to stop talking.

Li Hongli felt uncomfortable: "What are you talking about? You guys are silent now that I'm back. Why can't you let me know if there's anything wrong?"

As she said this, a person walked out of the room. It was Xu Cuicui.

Li Hongli looked at Xu Cuicui, who was almost like an enemy. The two aunts and sisters-in-law had a tug-of-war and almost got into a fight.

Xu Cuicui looked at Li Hongli with disdain: "This is our Xu family's business, what does it have to do with you?"

Li Hongli couldn't bear to hear Xu Cuicui mocking her, and what was she saying: "I'm your second brother's wife, so why am I not considered a member of the Xu family?"

Xu Cuicui said, "You really think you are a member of the Xu family. How come you acted as if nothing happened when my eldest brother got into trouble? You have so much money in your hands, but you don't want to help at all."

Looking at Xu Cuicui's righteous look, Li Hongli didn't want to give it to him. Even if she wanted to give it to him, she wouldn't want to give it just by looking at her attitude.

"That's the money my mother gave me," she said.

Xu Cuicui put her hands on her hips and said, "But the betrothal gift is my family's money."

It was the first time that Li Hongli heard that the bride price for a daughter-in-law could be the money of the husband's family. The bride price was the husband's family's attitude towards the woman. It was not easy for the woman to raise a daughter, so the gift was a token of their thoughtfulness.

I've never heard that once something is given away, it must be taken back to the husband's family.

She was furious and looked at Xu Xiaodong: "Do you think so too?"

Xu Xiaodong frowned, looking impatient: "Hongli, when we were together, my mother took out all the money in the family. That was because your mother said that she would return it, so she gave it to us. As a result, now it's all your money. Now something happened at home and we need money. What do you think we should do?"

Li Hongli felt aggrieved. If she didn't take it out, the entire Xu family would gang up on her.

Take it out. She felt uncomfortable, and said, "If something happens to you, I should take the money. If something happens to your elder brother, it's your elder brother and your mother's business. What does it have to do with me?"

"If you insist on asking for a betrothal gift, then what about my dowry? Should I return it to my mother?"

Now the house that she gave as a dowry has increased in value to 40,000 yuan.

The 30,000 yuan betrothal gift has been in the bank.

When Xu Xiaodong heard this, he naturally didn't want to do it.

His brother stole a car and was fined 8,000 yuan, which was not a small amount. The main reason was that he refused to tell him where he hid the 3,000 yuan he got from buying the car.

"Forget it, I don't care about this matter anymore." He stood up and went back to his room and lay down.

Ma Xiufen saw that her second son didn't care and immediately started crying again: "I have raised you two all my life. I am so old, what do I want? I just wanted you two to marry wives, have children, and live a good life. How did it turn out like this? How can we live like this?"

She kept crying.

Xu Cuicui still cared about her mother: "Mom, don't cry."

"I might as well just die. I am so old and still have to worry about this." Ma Xiufen slapped her thigh and cried bitterly.

Li Hongli felt irritated and inexplicably felt her stomach tighten: "My stomach hurts."

Ma Xiufen was originally crying for herself, but when she heard her stomach hurt, she immediately vented all her anger on her: "Our Xu family is so unlucky to marry someone like you. Everything was fine before you married into our family, but after you married into our family, my second son couldn't make any money, and my eldest son got into trouble. You are a jinx."

In rural areas, "jinx" is a very ugly insult.

Li Hongli's face changed: "Don't curse me, I'm pregnant, what should I do if something happens to me?"

"You are not my daughter. If anything happens to you, go find your mother." Ma Xiufen yelled at her angrily.

Li Hongli was so scared that her eyes turned red. She hurriedly took a few steps and went back to her room.

Xu Xiaodong rolled on the bed, taking up the good spot on the bed. She had no place to lie, so she sat on a chair beside her and cried.

She felt that it didn't make sense. Xu Dadong was in trouble, so why should she pay for it?

She kept crying, and Xu Xiaodong was furious. He turned over and sat up and yelled at her: "Can you please stop crying? You're so annoying. Do you want to die?"

Li Hongli was so frightened that she shut her mouth suddenly, stunned.

Xu Xiaodong had never scolded her like this before.

Ma Xiufen was crying outside. Xu Xiaodong didn't want to scold his mother, so he scolded Li Hongli.

After hearing Xu Xiaodong scolding his daughter-in-law Li Hongli, Ma Xiufen rushed in and started scolding Xu Xiaodong: "I am an unemployed widow who raised you and your elder brother. I didn't expect to enjoy the happiness of both of you when I am old, but why do I have to endure the anger of my daughter-in-law? Whose daughter-in-law is like Li Hongli who just acts like a boss at home?"

"How is her pregnancy? I was pregnant too, otherwise how could I have given birth to your elder brother and you? I have a miserable life, wuwuwu, Xiaodong, tell me, why did you marry such a daughter-in-law and let her ride on my head and act wildly."

She collapsed on the ground crying.

Xu Cuicui's eyes turned red, and she cried while helping her mother up: "Mom, the ground is cold, please get up."

Li Hongli was so angry that she was shaking. What did her mother-in-law mean? Did she just want her to serve her with a big belly? How could she be so cruel?

"I'm pregnant with your Xu family's eldest grandson," she said.

"Then you are not the biological mother of this child?" Xu Xiaodong became impatient and pointed at Li Hongli and cursed: "You are blind, why don't you apologize to my mother?"

Li Hongli's tears fell: "What did I do wrong, wuwu."

She lowered her head and covered her face and cried.

"My life is so miserable." Ma Xiufen cried even more miserably, tilting her neck back, closing her eyes, and sobbing: "Just let me die."

Xu Xiaodong stepped forward and grabbed Li Hongli: "Apologize to my mother, quickly."