Li Hongwei felt it was too much, but in the eyes of his father Li Pingwang, he had always been an unfilial and evil person, so he would not hit the leader this time.
"It doesn't matter to me. If you say it's okay, then I can do it. Let's split the cost among the four of us. Each person will get 150 yuan."
Separated, not much.
The second brother, Li Hongjian, was honest to begin with and didn't want to be a bad guy: "I don't care, one hundred and fifty is one hundred and fifty."
When the fourth child, Li Hong, saw that he was the least filial one in the end, he could only say, "I don't care. I'll listen to you."
No one cares, you look at me, I look at you.
"Let me ask the third brother again." Li Hongjian simply said that he would call the third brother Li Hongqiang.
Li Hongqiang is still working in the sawmill, but after so many years of doing heavy work, he is not as strong as before and can no longer do heavy work. So he asked his boss to give him a job drying things. It is easier, but the salary is more than 200 yuan less.
I heard from my second brother Li Hongjian that the brothers all agreed to give his father alimony of 150 yuan a month.
He calculated his salary and found that he could afford it, so he agreed: "Okay, I have no objection."
Okay, no problem.
Chen Xiaoying didn't say anything either.
But, I also feel a little sad.
The sons that he had raised with great difficulty were now rich, so they could easily go back to be filial to Li Pingwang.
But she had no right to stop it. What reason could she have to stop it?
Chen Xiaoying didn't say she was unwilling, but she was obviously in a bad mood. Unfortunately, her four sons were not meticulous and didn't notice it at all.
Liu Lanxiang also came along. Seeing her mother-in-law like this, she couldn't help but want to say something. She remembered that her father-in-law pointed at her and scolded her, saying that she was instigating the relationship between Li Hongwei and his son.
I can only keep silent.
After the discussion, Li Hongwei planned to go back and talk to his father Li Pingwang.
Liu Lanxiang then said to him: "When we were in the city just now, didn't you see that our mother was unhappy?"
Li Hongwei was stunned for a moment: "Is there?"
"Yes, you guys haven't even looked at it. I'm not saying this, but this money is a bit too much." Liu Lanxiang said, "My elder sisters are filial to my mother. They only save up once a month. I'm afraid that giving her 200 yuan is too much. I'm afraid that it will be too much for my younger brother to learn by himself and rely on my sisters."
"Our father has some money, shouldn't he be filial to your elder sister?"
This sounds harsh, but it's true. His father usually lives frugally and is reluctant to replace his face towel with a new one even though it's rotten like a spider web. And he wants 600 yuan?
According to his lifestyle, fifty yuan a month is a lot for him.
Be filial to your elder sister?
Li Hongwei suddenly became alert: "Did he ask for this money for my elder sister?"
"Who knows?" Liu Lanxiang said this, but her expression meant that.
Chen Xiaoying was in a bad mood. When she returned home in the evening, she missed her granddaughter Li Yutong who was studying in the provincial capital.
The grandparents exchanged a few words. Li Yutong also opened a large-scale breakfast shop and a hot pot restaurant in the university town over there. The hot pot restaurant is still affordable because it mainly serves students.
Business is good and she doesn't care too much about it.
By the way, I also bought a house in a nearby community.
Chen Xiaoying asked her: "Are you not going to come back?"
Li Yutong smiled and said, "Of course I will. My parents are afraid that I will run away and marry someone from another place, so I will go back."
In fact, she doesn't have much ambition. As long as she always has money and rental income every month, she doesn't care.
I just want to enjoy life without any pressure.
Chen Xiaoying was relieved. She wanted her granddaughter to go out and try her luck, but she also didn't want her to be too far away from her as she was getting older.
Fortunately, my granddaughter studied agriculture and had originally planned to come back and work as a technician after graduation.
Li Yutong was sensitive by nature. She could tell that her grandmother was in a bad mood, so she asked what was wrong. Chen Xiaoying told her that her grandfather Li Pingwang wanted alimony.
Li Yutong believed in her instincts: "Hey, grandma, my grandfather really did everything he could to help my aunt."
"What do you mean?" Chen Xiaoying immediately became alert: "Is it your aunt who instigated this again?"
"Grandma, he first said he wanted to repair the house, or build a house. In fact, that amount of money is not small. If he builds a house, the money is enough for the down payment. Then, he wants alimony, 600 yuan a month, which is exactly the money for the monthly mortgage repayment, and he can also leave some living expenses for himself." Li Yutong sighed: "But, forget it, if he really wants to buy a house, let my dad buy it. The house will be in my dad's name, and my dad will repay the loan for him. The alimony will also be given to my grandfather, but compared with the pension money of other families, he will be given as much as other old men and women have. There is no more."
Li Yutong was clear and organized, and explained Chen Xiaoying clearly.
She gnashed her teeth in anger: "Your grandfather is an old fool."
Chen Xiaoying hung up the phone and immediately called Li Hongwei: "It's ok to give him living expenses. He can give as much as others give. It can't be 600 yuan."
Li Hongwei answered the phone and was quite puzzled: "Mom, why? We don't need the money."
"Why don't you need this money? Isn't it earned by me taking care of you and raising you all these years? If you are like before, you have no money to spend. Do you have the ability to pay him alimony?" Chen Xiaoying said out loud in anger.
Li Hongwei then remembered why his mother was in a bad mood. They were too slow-witted. After his mother's words, he realized what kind of person he had become.
He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I've asked around, it's about 200 yuan a month, so I'll give him 200 yuan."
Four brothers, fifty dollars each.
When Li Pingwang heard this, he became furious.
"How can two hundred dollars be enough?"
This time, Li Hongwei went with his second brother Li Hongjian and fourth brother Li Honggang, so he was not the only one who was scolded.
Li Hongjian and Li Honggang also knew why their father wanted alimony.
Their dad is too cruel. Can't he think about them? He just helps their eldest sister like a magic trick.
The second son, Li Hongjian, didn’t think there was anything wrong with helping his eldest sister before, but after experiencing his father’s favoritism time and time again, he finally knew what it felt like to be favored.
It's so uncomfortable.
They are all biological children, why do you only favor the eldest sister?
"Dad, didn't you say you wanted to buy a house in the county?" Li Hongwei didn't want to hear his father scolding them for being unfilial: "I'll buy you a house, okay?"
Li Pingwang was cursing happily, but when he heard it, he was stunned: "Really?"
This is buying a house, which is no small matter.
The second oldest, Li Hongjian, and the fourth oldest, Li Honggang, also looked over in surprise.
Li Hongwei is rich. In recent years, he has been growing peppers and supplying them to Kaiyuan Food Factory in the city. He is paid in cash and has no debts. Therefore, he has saved tens of thousands of yuan and can buy a house.
"There is just one thing, the house has to be in my name, but you can live in it as you like," he said.
Li Pingwang has lived a lifetime, so no matter how dumb he is, he knows that the boss is guarding against him.