"You stupid girl, have you grown up yet? Whoever names the child will have a sense of closeness to him. The child will be registered in your eldest brother's household registration book. The couple will name the child differently." Chen Xiaoying poked her head angrily: "If you have the guts, don't register the child in his family's household registration book."
Only then did Li Hongli shut her mouth.
Li Hongli took the child back home. Chen Xiaoying went to the hotel and thought about it. In the evening, she called her parents' home to check on her.
I discussed it with Liu Lanxiang first.
Because she knew that Li Hongwei would agree without even thinking about it. Some time ago, for fear that his sister Li Hongli would have difficulty getting married with a child after her divorce, he said that he wanted to bring the child over to raise with them.
He will definitely agree to register the household registration.
Chen Xiaoying respects her daughter-in-law and plans to discuss this matter with Liu Lanxiang.
Liu Lanxiang felt a little uncomfortable. She was simply dissatisfied with her second sister-in-law Li Hongli. She took it for granted that anyone helped her and never showed gratitude.
"Mom, the child is only registered in my household, not for me to raise, right?"
Liu Lanxiang has been through hard times and has only earned some money in recent years. She can definitely afford to raise a child, but raising a child is not just about giving him or her food.
When she was young, they were afraid she would get sick. When she was in school, they were afraid she would not study hard. There were also disobedient girls in the village who hung out in Internet cafes with scoundrels. Even their parents couldn't stop them even if they broke their firewood sticks.
She didn't want this to happen. Besides, she was not her biological mother. If she was too lenient, she wouldn't be able to control her. If she was too strict, she would hate her when she got back to her parents.
"If you are not allowed to raise the child, then the child's household registration will have nowhere to go." Chen Xiaoying thought: "Don't worry, it won't be registered in your family for nothing. When the child grows up, if she is unfilial to you uncle and aunt, I will be the first one to forgive her."
That’s what she said, but Liu Lanxiang always felt that it was just empty talk.
"It's settled. You only have a rural household registration. What benefit will it bring if your child is registered with our family? When the land is divided in a few years, maybe we can get an extra acre of land per person." Li Hongwei said on the side.
People are said to have selfish motives. After hearing what Li Hongwei said, Liu Lanxiang agreed: "Mom, okay, but you should let Hongli speak out about this matter. It's not right or wrong. If she doesn't come forward, what's the matter?"
"I know. She will bring the child to see you tomorrow," said Chen Xiaoying.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiaoying breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Hongwei didn't think much of it, but Liu Lanxiang couldn't help but say, "I hope this child won't be like her mother when she grows up."
Li Hongwei didn't like to hear Liu Lanxiang say bad things about his sister: "Children are raised by whoever they are, and Li Hongli is the one who is stupid at best, but she won't do anything bad."
Liu Lanxiang was so angry that she laughed: "Your sister is just brainless? She has no conscience and is selfish."
"Hello, everyone in your Liu family is nice." Li Hongwei refused to admit that his family was not good.
"No matter how bad my Liu family is, none of the six children my mother gave birth to are like Li Hongli," Liu Lanxiang retorted sarcastically.
"Are you done yet? What are you arguing about?" Li Hongwei lacked confidence, but still stubbornly refused to admit defeat.
Old Lady Liu is a capable person in Lijia Village. Even though the villagers were extremely poor, the old lady worked hard to support her children to go to school. Even though the first five were daughters, she still gritted her teeth and supported them to go to school.
If it weren't for Liu Lanxiang, the fourth child, who couldn't even afford the blood sales, and her youngest son Liu Jianshe, who fell ill every other day and needed money, she and her younger sister Liu Juxiang would have been allowed to continue going to school.
All the daughters are good students, have promising futures, and are grateful for the help they have received.
Now that he has become successful, he will help his mother and brothers.
He, as well as the children of his second son Li Hongjian and fourth son Li Honggang, went to school in the county town thanks to Liu Lanxiang's eldest sister Liu Meixiang.
Liu Meixiang is the vice principal of the county central primary school.
The couple quarreled for a few words and then let it go.
Li Hongli had nothing to do, so for the convenience of communication, she installed a telephone line at home. When her mother Chen Xiaoying called the eldest son Li Hongwei, she also called her eldest sister Li Hongyan to nag about the children's household registration.
Li Hongyan came to the village office impatiently to answer the phone.
Old Li has a lot of family matters to deal with every day, and the village director even makes fun of her, saying that the telephone in the village office was installed for her.
When she heard about the household registration, she immediately said, "Hongli, how could you forget that I have wanted to raise a little girl for a long time. When Xiaoyu and Yuhan were still young, I said that I would bring one of them to be my daughter. Have you forgotten this?"
Li Hongyan gave birth to three sons. Although they have grown up now, they were all naughty when they were young. They tortured her every day, either arguing with this or scolding that. She envied other people for having obedient and sensible daughters.
Li Hongli was stunned for a moment: "Sister, do you want the child to be registered under your household registration?"
"Why not? It's just one more child in the household registration book." Li Hongyan didn't think it was a big deal.
She has always been a smart person. She told Li Hongli in various ways that she liked daughters. The eldest couple already had two daughters, and her daughter's household registration was with her, so she would definitely treat her as her own daughter.
If she sent the child to the eldest brother, Liu Lanxiang, who was narrow-minded and jealous, might not agree at all.
"Sister, is it possible? Is my brother-in-law willing?" Li Hongli asked.
Li Hongyan said, "Don't worry, I have the final say on my family's affairs."
She's just a little girl. When she grows up, she'll get married. How much can she eat?
Li Hongli is a simple-minded person and she immediately thought that it would be better if her daughter was registered under her elder sister's household registration.
The next day, she ran to Chen Xiaoying and said, "My eldest sister said that if the child's household registration is registered with her, it means that the child has three brothers. When she grows up, the three brothers will stand up and see which of her husband's family dares to bully her."
"My three brothers are Xiaoni's supporters."
Chen Xiaoying looked at Li Hongli again and again: "Then what? The household registration is registered with her. What's next?"
Li Hongyan never does anything that requires no reward.
She proposed to take in the elderly's daughter at that time, why didn't it work out?
At that time, Liu Lanxiang had only been married for a few years, and Li Hongwei and Li Hongyan had a very good relationship as siblings. The biological sister was a family member, while the wife was married from outside, so they were of the same mind with the biological sister.
He also wanted to have a third child, a son, so he agreed to let Li Hongyan take the child away.
In the end, it didn't work out because after raising the child for a few days, Li Hongyan complained to Li Hongwei about how difficult it was to raise a child and began to boss Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang around, just like the TV show "holding the emperor hostage to control the other lords."
Not only did she ask Li Hongwei to "borrow money" to buy clothes and food for the child, she also said that she felt dizzy from taking care of the child, so she packed a large bag of diapers and sent them to Liu Lanxiang to wash.
There were even a lot of clothes and socks of her second and third sons Pengbo and Pengle.
Liu Lanxiang is just honest, not stupid. It turns out that I am the one who raises this child with my own money and effort. Why should I let you bear the reputation of raising my child, making people think that my family is taking advantage of yours?
Liu Lanxiang still had a quarrel with Li Hongwei and took the child back.
But the money and things I invested in this month will never be recovered.