Why didn't Li Hongyan dare to carry two vegetable buns and say in a high-profile manner like she did before that she came to show filial piety to her father Li Pingwang?
Because of what happened in recent years.
Especially the matter of the loan sharking in Laowagou Village. She borrowed the money from the loan shark and spent it herself, but she asked her father Li Pingwang to put his fingerprints on it. Her father was a village old man in his sixties and he definitely had no money, so he indirectly transferred the debt to her brother Li Hongwei.
The loan sharks are afraid that the poor old man will be driven to death, so they will definitely ask the old man’s sons for money.
At that time, the second oldest brothers all went out to work, and only the eldest brother Li Hongwei stayed in the village. They would definitely ask Li Hongwei for money.
Just because of this one thing.
Her husband's family is from Zhaojia Village, and her parents' family is from Lijia Village.
Everyone says that Li Hongyan is a very vicious person!
For money, he even wanted to kill his own brother.
Li Hongyan was very upset. She didn't want to force her brother Li Hongwei to death. It was just that she knew at that time that her mother Chen Xiaoying was rich. She couldn't just watch her eldest son being forced to death by loan sharks, right?
Who knew that what happened later would be completely different from what she planned.
Recently, her and her father's plan to have Li Hongwei buy them a house failed. She later found out that every time she came to Lijia Village, no matter what she and her father said in the yard, someone would secretly run to inform Li Hongwei.
This time, no matter what, Li Hongwei could not be allowed to know that their family had a rich relative named Xiuqing.
The affection between relatives becomes less and less as time goes by.
For example, if she knew about it first and went to borrow money first, when Li Hongwei wanted to borrow money later, the other party would definitely not lend it to her.
Right?
This time, Li Hongyan wore a big straw hat and rode her bicycle back to her parents' home from a small path.
Li Pingwang was not at home. Li Hongyan looked at the yard full of fallen leaves, sighed, and picked up the broom to start sweeping.
At least she could show some filial piety to her father so that she could find out about this girl named Xiuqing.
Li Hongyan was sweeping the yard and someone passing by the door saw her. The person went to tell Li Pingwang who was playing chess at the entrance of the village.
Li Pingwang came back: "Hongyan, why are you here?"
Didn’t the father and daughter meet in Zhaojia Village during the temple fair a few days ago?
Li Hongyan had already swept all the fallen leaves into the bucket and placed the broom against the wall: "Dad, I have something to talk to you about."
Li Pingwang nodded, sat under the eaves and started rolling himself a cigarette.
Li Hongyan looked outside the door and found that no one was watching, so she pulled a chair and sat over: "Dad, I want to ask you something, you have to tell me the truth, okay?"
Li Pingwang felt confused. When had he ever played tricks on her?
"What is it? You ask. If I knew, could I still hide it from you?"
Li Hongyan sighed and asked quietly in a low voice: "Dad, do you know a woman named Xiuqing? She lives in the provincial capital..."
She repeated to Li Pingwang the address that she had memorized.
Li Pingwang was stunned for a moment, and looked at her with astonishment in his eyes on his wrinkled and old face.
Li Hongyan was a little frightened by such a look: "Dad, what, what's wrong?"
Can't this woman just ask?
She was a little scared: "Dad, who is this person? Will this person cause us trouble? Dad, who is she?"
Although she was afraid, she couldn't help but ask questions rapidly.
Li Pingwang calmed down and asked, "How did you know this person?"
He thought of what happened at the temple fair. At that time, his eldest daughter was asking her about Xiuqing. At that time, he thought she was asking about someone else. How could she know about the people and events before she was born?
But now, she asked again.
"How did you know that? Did someone say something to you?"
Li Pingwang became nervous, and Li Hongyan became more curious: "Dad, no one said anything in front of me, I'm just curious, if our family has this relative, why haven't we visited each other in these years? She is from the provincial capital, and mom and you, for generations, are not all from Kaiyuan City?"
Li Pingwang lowered his head slightly, holding a pipe in his hand, and said nothing.
Li Hongyan asked again: "Who is she?"
Li Pingwang's thoughts had returned to the past. Liang Xiuqing's face had long been blurred in his memory, and he could barely find some of her shadow on the face of his eldest daughter, Li Hongyan.
The eldest daughter is old now, she is in her forties. It has been more than forty years since Xiuqing left, and we have had no contact at all during this period.
The letters he secretly sent out to this address were first ignored and then returned.
After returning twice, he didn't dare to write again, for fear that if he returned again Chen Xiaoying would find out and make trouble with him again.
"Why are you asking this person?" Li Pingwang asked in a slightly hoarse voice.
It can be heard that he is in low spirits and has mixed feelings.
Li Hongyan was carefree and didn't think much about it. She began to complain to her father Li Pingwang as usual: "Dad, I can't help it."
After using these words "I have no choice" as the opening remark.
Li Hongyan talked about her own difficulties: "... Hongwei and the others all have houses, even Hongli and Hongxia have them, but I don't have one. I am also my mother's daughter, how could she treat me like this? I can't understand it."
"I have a hard life and no luck. I gave birth to a son, and when I wanted to have a daughter, I ended up having two sons in a row. I have to support all three sons, send them to school, and have them succeed. In the future, I will have to build and buy a house, and find a wife. Everything costs money."
"Even if I go out and sell blood, it won't be enough."
She began to wipe away tears: "I am having such a hard time, but my mother just can't see it. Why does she treat me like this?"
The more Li Pingwang listened, the more frightened and uneasy he became.
Could it be that Chen Xiaoying knew something and that’s why she deliberately treated Li Hongyan differently?
"How could she be such a person? You have called her mother for more than 40 years!" he cursed angrily.
Li Hongyan didn't think about anything else at the moment: "Yes, she is also my mother, woo woo."
Whenever she thought about the fact that she had no house while her brothers and sisters, who were not as well off as her, all had one, she couldn't help wanting to cry.
Looking at Li Hongyan’s red and swollen eyes from crying.
Her father Li Pingwang sighed, "I know you're still thinking about money. Don't think about anything else. I'll go find your mother tomorrow and explain the money issue to her."
Li Hongyan listened and felt that she didn't understand: "Dad, what do you mean?"
Li Pingwang said, "Your mother is already over 60 years old. She is buried up to her neck in the dirt. The money she earned cannot be brought with her when she is born and cannot be taken with her when she dies. It is better to let her write a will while she is still conscious."
"The deposits from her shops can just be shared with you guys."
He had also heard rumors about Su Wanping's affair, and also learned some details from his eldest daughter Li Hongyan.
People in the past did not like to make a will, as they thought it was unlucky and were afraid it was a bad omen.
I’m afraid that after making a will, the person will really die soon after?
But now, in this new society, everyone is more scientific and it is better to make a will early so that everyone can feel at ease. This will prevent Chen Xiaoying from suddenly passing away and her children from not knowing how much money she has deposited in the bank or what the password is.
Chen Xiaoying didn’t know what Li Pingwang was planning. If she knew, she would definitely spat in his face: Li Pingwang, I will look down on you all my life!