"One thing after another, my fourth aunt hasn't finished her business yet, and she'll have to come over to make trouble again in the next two days."

She knew that her fourth aunt Yang Xiaohui wanted to borrow money to help her eldest brother build a mushroom greenhouse, and she also knew that her fourth aunt was determined to write her name on the property title.

If she was like her mother Liu Lanxiang, or her second aunt Wang Xiaoqin, who were hard-working and lived an honest life, her grandmother would not have hesitated at all.

But in fact, she is not such a person. Once her name is written, she will do something stupid under the coaxing of her family members.

"Don't be afraid. Just study hard and take care of your own business. I've lived two lifetimes, so I know what to do about anything." Chen Xiaoying comforted her.

When her granddaughter gets admitted to a good university, she will be proud of it in the future.

Li Yutong nodded. She didn't have to worry too much now. She had the rent, the store, and the shares in the hot pot ingredients factory. Under the leadership of the new factory director, the county was making great efforts and had good sales.

She basically has nothing to worry about. During this period, the most important thing for her is to get into a good school.

When people become materially rich, they will become spiritually stable.

Overall, Li Yutong is a person who is easily satisfied and she doesn't actually have much ambition.

Li Hongli is in the hospital. Everyone in the Li family knows about her stomach problem. If something goes wrong, it could be fatal.

The next day, Chen Xiaoying's eldest daughter Li Hongyan went to see it.

The eldest brother Li Hongwei didn't come, so his wife Liu Lanxiang went to see him.

The two of them faced each other, because they had fought and were mortal enemies. Li Hongyan snorted and turned her nostrils to the sky, pretending not to see Liu Lanxiang.

Liu Lanxiang also turned away, indicating that she didn't take her seriously either.

Li Hongli looked at the situation and was on her elder sister's side. She relied on her sickbed to persuade him in a grand manner: "Sister-in-law, I heard that Xiaoyu's hot pot restaurant is doing very well and making a lot of money. Our mother will give half of these restaurants to Xiaoyu. Tell me, what's the use of her having so much money? Aren't you afraid that she will find a boyfriend outside and get cheated away by him?"

"When the time comes, you will lose everything, and see if you and my elder brother will cry."

Liu Lanxiang's face changed immediately, mainly because more than one person in the village said such things behind her back.

"Xiao Yu is not like this, this is impossible."

She knew that the child she gave birth to was very honest and would not run away with a man like Li Hongli did without any legal status.

Li Hongli said in a rude tone, "Sister-in-law, there's no one here right now. Tell me honestly, how much money has your family saved?"

Liu Lanxiang's eyes widened. How could Li Hongli ask such a question?

Li Hongyan had her back to Liu Lanxiang, but her ears perked up.

"Don't worry, I have money, I won't borrow money from you." Li Hongli said she had no bad intentions: "I'm just asking casually."

"I don't know. I don't manage the family accounts." Liu Lanxiang felt that she was stupid for telling him how much money she had.

Doesn't this mean that people are worried about you?

Having said that, she still did some calculation in her mind. Now she and Hongwei each had 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, which was really a lot of money.

He refused to give any extra money to his daughter, saying that he was afraid that if the couple had too much money, they would be cheated.

She also cited examples of things that happened in the village in the past. In the past, wealthy people in the village were taken out to drink and play cards, and were set up by others. It didn't take long for them to lose everything they had. She didn't dare to invite such people again.

Liu Lanxiang didn't say anything.

Li Hongyan sneered: "Do you think anyone cares about your money? You just gave birth to two daughters. They will get married in the future. When they are taken away, they will belong to others. What's the point of making more money? They will all belong to others."

What Li Hongyan is most proud of is that she gave birth to three sons.

What made Liu Lanxiang feel the most insecure was that she had given birth to two daughters. She felt as if her heart was stabbed by a knife: "I just spent the money on others, and it has nothing to do with you."

Now a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and the child born from her own belly also belongs to the person of another family and must take the other person's surname. It seems that a girl from her parents' home is just a vessel for giving birth to children for others.

This is how the world works. Liu Lanxiang just stood firm and said with a straight face: "When the time comes, we can keep Xiaoyu at home. It's much better than those useless boys."

She said that on purpose.

Useless boy, Li Hongyan felt upset, was he referring to her eldest son, Zhao Pengfei, who was already in his twenties but had no skills and could not stay in any job for long. He had not been to school for five or six years and had never brought a penny home.

Even so, she still had to keep up the nerve to tell everyone that her Pengfei was smart, capable, clever, and would make a lot of money in the future.

"Oh, nowadays, good and capable men will not become son-in-laws. Those who become son-in-laws are all useless men," she said.

Liu Lanxiang was angry. Seeing her second sister-in-law Li Hongli watching her make fun of herself, she knew she should not have come today.

"People only live for a few decades. When they die, who knows what will happen in the future? What's the difference between having a boy and a girl? Will having a boy help you live for hundreds of years, or will a boy kowtow to you so that you can crawl out of the coffin?"

"It's useless for a useless boy to have many children. Look at those bachelors in the village who can't find wives. There are 17 or 18 bachelors in your Zhaojia Village who can't find wives even in their 30s. Pengfei, you'd better hurry up, otherwise, he will be the next one who can't find a wife even in his 30s."

As society develops, families with girls are of course willing to marry them to families with better financial conditions. For example, two years ago, the family wanted to build a two-story house.

In the past two years, it has been incredible. Those who own a house in the county town are the most popular.

It's okay even if the boy is short, average-looking, and doesn't have a formal job.

Li Hongyan was suddenly speechless. As for her three sons, she had to worry about the eldest son Pengfei getting married, the second son's tuition and living expenses for college, and now she had to take care of the third son's college entrance examination in his senior year of high school.

After finishing school, the second and third sons will also have to build houses and get married. Where will the money come from? Can it be blown by the wind?

Whenever Li Hongyan thought about this matter, she was so tormented that she couldn't sleep at night.

She felt heartbroken. If the second and third children were still working in the sawmill, she wouldn't have to worry. They could send her six or seven hundred, or one or two thousand every month. She wouldn't have to worry about the two children's tuition and living expenses, and she could even save some money for Pengfei's dowry.

She said that when her sons build houses and get married in the future, these uncles will be of great help.

Unlike the eldest brother Li Hongwei, who is as stingy as a tyrant and has no regard for family affection and is unwilling to spend a penny.

But now things have changed. As long as the third brother can still send her 300 yuan every month, the second and fourth brothers have returned to work. Their salaries are paid by their mother Chen Xiaoying, and they still have to pay off the mortgage. They only have their wives and children in their eyes, and they don't care about her as the eldest sister.

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She waved her hands at Liu Lanxiang, as if she was shooing away a fly, and said weakly and sarcastically: "Don't talk to me, you are going to piss me off to death. If you piss me off to death, I will not forgive you even if I become a ghost."

Li Hongli also said immediately: "Sister-in-law, you have made my elder sister angry. If she gets sick from the anger, will your family's money be enough to pay for her medical expenses?"