Thinking of the miserable end of her children and grandchildren in her previous life, and looking at her eldest daughter Li Hongyan who was still playing tricks on her, Chen Xiaoying's face became increasingly ugly.
Li Hongyan didn't know how much her mother Chen Xiaoying was thinking about her ungratefulness, and she was still showing off her cleverness: "Mom, the third son really misses you. How can you, as a mother, be so hard on your own son, Mom..."
"roll!"
Chen Xiaoying only said one word, and she felt disgusted just by looking at her.
In front of her sons, Li Hongyan was repeatedly disliked by her own mother. She finally couldn't hold back her face: "Mom, I mean well. If you keep making trouble like this, you will never be able to bring the third child back."
Chen Xiaoying turned around, picked up the fly swatter at hand, and hit Li Hongyan: "I told you to get out, are you deaf? Can't you hear me? Get out, get out!"
“Ouch, that hurts…Mom!”
Li Hongyan was caught off guard and was hit on the head by a fly swatter. She grimaced in pain and quickly ran away with her things.
The brothers Zhao Pengbo and Zhao Pengle were stunned for a moment and ran after their mother.
Chen Xiaoying was almost mad with anger. This shameless thing, how thick-skinned must she be to be able to act as if nothing had happened and point fingers at her time and time again.
"Xueyan, take care of it. I'm going to go back and rest for a while."
I was so angry that I didn't even want to serve the customers anymore.
Zhao Xueyan was hiding aside just now. She also wanted her husband Li Hongqiang to reconcile with her mother-in-law, but unfortunately her mother-in-law didn't respond.
Chen Xiaoying returned to the lounge upstairs and couldn't help thinking about it.
It has been several years, and the third brother Li Hongqiang didn't say that he wanted to reconcile with her. Why did the eldest brother Li Hongyan start to instigate them to reconcile this year?
Li Hongyan never does anything that is not beneficial. If she reconciles with the third brother, what benefit can she get from it?
Chen Xiaoying thought about it over and over again but couldn't figure it out.
She simply stopped thinking about it and decided to just spend the New Year in peace.
Chen Xiaoying spent the New Year alone. This year, according to the discussion among their brothers, the eldest brother Li Hongwei and the second brother Li Hongjian spent the New Year with their father Li Pingwang.
The third child, Li Hongqiang, and the fourth child, Li Honggang, accompanied their mother to celebrate the New Year.
However, because of the conflict between them, the third brother Li Hongqiang pretended to be deaf and dumb in the past few years and never came. It was his wife Zhao Xueyan and child Li Yujie who accompanied her, and Chen Xiaoying didn't care.
Chen Xiaoying didn't care, but she knew that Li Pingwang would definitely be unhappy.
In his expectation, his children all took his surname Li, which meant they were members of his Li family. As for Chen Xiaoying, her surname was Chen. Even if she gave birth to them, in the eyes of his children, she should be of the same mind as him, their biological father, and they should treat her as an outsider.
Li Pingwang didn't know whether he was angry or not. His children were all grown up, and he had no right to control where they went.
New Year’s Eve is approaching.
However, on the 28th day of the lunar year, the last day of the market, Li Hongyan held a small meeting with her father Li Pingwang and the third child Li Hongqiang in a private room of a mutton soup restaurant.
"Dad, is the third child my mom's biological child? I told my mom a few days ago that the third child knows he's wrong. You can meet him during the Chinese New Year. The third child has had a hard time these past few years."
"There is no overnight hatred between a mother and her son."
"But guess what my mother said?"
Li Hongyan stared and spoke with an unhappy look on her face.
Li Pingwang also stared: "What did she say?"
Li Hongyan sighed heavily: "My mother said that what happened between me and the third brother had nothing to do with me, and she told me to get out."
"In front of the two children Pengbo and Pengle, she shouted at me to get out and even hit me with a fly swatter."
Speaking of this, she felt aggrieved.
Her eyes were red and tears were rolling down her cheeks. She tore off some toilet paper from the table to wipe her tears. "Mom, what a fool! I'm so worried about my three sons every day. I'm already so old, and I'm still thinking about my mother's family day and night. Who am I doing this for?"
The third child, Li Hongqiang, felt guilty and aggrieved, and said in a low voice: "Mom is getting old and confused, big sister, if she tells you to get out, then don't go to her in the future and see what she will do."
Listening to what the third brother said, Li Pingwang also had the same idea: "The third brother is right, why don't you go find her? She's so crazy after making some money!"
Both the father and the son have the same stubborn temper, and they are both brainless and stubborn.
Li Hongyan was convinced in her heart and said, "Dad, if the third child doesn't reconcile with my mom, will he still have a share when the family property is divided in the future?"
"How could there not be one? Isn't the third child hers?" Li Pingwang raised his eyebrows and said angrily.
Li Hongyan said, "What if she gives a small amount on the surface, but actually gives the bulk to the boss?"
The third child, Li Hongqiang, was stunned and looked at his father Li Pingwang.
Li Pingwang frowned and hesitated. Judging from himself, he felt that Chen Xiaoying would definitely be able to do such a thing.
"She refuses to acknowledge you as her third brother, what can we do?"
Li Hongyan rolled her eyes. She never fought a battle without preparation. "Dad, I've thought about it for you. How about this? Let the eldest brother be the peacemaker and persuade my mom, isn't that enough?"
Li Pingwang said with a sullen face: "If you want to go, let the third brother go by himself."
He is a father and will not continue to care about the eldest brother Li Hongwei's mood.
The third brother, Li Hongqiang, was also dissatisfied with his eldest brother, Li Hongwei. He glanced away and said, "I won't go either. I don't like to see his face."
Li Hong forced others to do something, but said she didn't want to have to look at other people's faces.
Li Hongyan felt that the third child, Li Hongqiang, was not very smart or talkative, and could not think or speak: "If you don't say anything, I will."
She felt that she was standing from the perspective of the Li family, a big family, and was considering everyone's interests. Li Hongwei should not have disobeyed her this time.
Today is the last market day before the New Year. Almost every household in the nearby villages has people coming to the market. The market is bustling with people.
Because the stalls are set up on both sides of the road, when there are a lot of people blocking the road, tricycles and cars are mixed in with the crowd and form long queues.
Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang also came to the market. Before they had much stuff, they were found by their nephew Zhao Pengbo who had walked around the market twice.
"Uncle." Zhao Pengbo called someone, then looked at Liu Lanxiang: "Sister-in-law."
This cry was so forced that Liu Lanxiang could hardly hold up the smile on her face: "It's vacation time."
Li Hongwei is an honest man. He has some opinions about his elder sister Li Hongyan, but he has a good attitude towards his nephews.
"You're shopping by yourself? What are you eating?"
As Li Hongwei spoke, he took out money from his pocket and took out a fifty-yuan note. Liu Lanxiang's eyes widened.
Zhao Pengbo was no longer a child, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, I don't want it. I have something to talk to you about. My grandpa and my mom are waiting for you at the Shilixiang Mutton Restaurant."
After hearing what Zhao Pengbo said, Li Hongwei immediately felt something was wrong.
According to his experience, whenever his elder sister Li Hongyan specifically picked on him for something, it was never a good thing.
If there was something good going on, she would have secretly taken it for herself. Why would she be thinking about him?