"Hongli, what are you saying?" Her elder brother Li Hongwei glared at her sternly.
In Li Hongwei's opinion, what happened today was probably something his mother said in anger. He couldn't believe it. Li Hongli's excited and greedy look was too much.
They are all brothers and sisters.
Chen Xiaoying glanced at Li Hongwei. Her eldest son was too honest and now treated Li Hongyan as his elder sister.
"You all know now about Li Hongyan's various thoughts, instigating your father behind his back, and the third brother forcing me to divide the family property, right? You also want to give you a share of the money I earn before I die?" She looked at Li Hongwei, the second brother Li Hongjian, the fourth brother Li Hongqiang and others with cold eyes.
"Mom, I don't think so." Li Hongwei was the first to express his opinion.
His mother is doing very well in her career now and has been making money all the time, and he has never thought of asking her for money.
In his heart, his mother used the money she earned for her own food, clothing and daily expenses, so he had no objection. But he just wanted her to not spend all the money she saved on Li Hongyan like she did in the past, and then come to him for money and help when something happened. He would feel uncomfortable if she did that.
"Mom, I don't have it either." The second child Li Hongjian said with a snort.
The fourth child, Li Honggang, also said in a low voice: "I don't have it either."
Chen Xiaoying didn't believe what Lao Si said. She didn't believe that his wife Yang Xiaohui had never calculated the account in front of him. Even if she didn't calculate it, her mother-in-law had to help her calculate it clearly. After her mother-in-law died, how much money would Lao Si, the youngest son, get?
She just didn't believe that the fourth brother had never been moved.
After all, it is a huge sum of money falling from the sky, who wouldn't be tempted.
Li Hongli snorted and said disdainfully: "You all just pretend, I don't believe you haven't thought about it."
"Second sister!" Li Hongxia felt that Li Hongli was going too far and wondered when it would ever end.
"What do you ask me to do? Did I say something wrong? Have you never thought about it this way?" Li Hongli yelled at Li Hongxia unconvinced.
She didn't care at all about Li Hongxia, the younger sister who used to obey her every word, even though they were only half an hour apart in age.
Li Hongxia had nothing to say and sat aside with a sullen face.
Chen Xiaoying took a look at her children's reactions, and also glanced at her third daughter-in-law Zhao Xueyan, who looked worried and anxious. She then said slowly, "I have indeed made a lot of money in the past few years, but I remember telling you before that I worked hard and got up early and went to bed late to make money, not for you to do nothing at such a young age and just lie down and enjoy it."
"I bought houses for all of you. I have done you a good job. Look around the villages within a dozen kilometers of Lijia Village. Who would buy houses for all of their children?"
"It's not easy for your mother to raise you. I built and bought houses for you because I was ignorant and confused in the early years. I didn't supervise you to study hard when you should have received education, and I didn't help you to check when you got married. I am making it up to you now."
"I'm not like a farmhand in a landlord's house. I'm old and buried up to my neck in the dirt, but I'm still making money for you. I don't owe you anything anymore."
Hearing what Chen Xiaoying said, Li Hongwei and others were stunned.
That's exactly what their mother said.
Moreover, their mother bought houses for all of them, but she insisted on not buying one for their eldest sister Li Hongyan. This shows that their mother was really compensating them for what happened in the past.
At this time, no one felt that it was unfair for Li Hongyan not to have a house. In the early years, she had spent all her parents' money. At that time, a house in the city could be bought for three or four thousand yuan, so why didn't she buy one?
At that time, she bought a tricycle, a TV, a sewing machine, a bicycle, and many other things, enough to buy a small house in the city.
"Okay, it's okay, you all can go back." Chen Xiaoying thought, not knowing whether her granddaughter had found anything in Li Pingwang's house.
Wait until everyone has dispersed.
Chen Xiaoying sat on the sofa and called her eldest son's home.
It was the eldest daughter-in-law Liu Lanxiang who answered: "Mom, what's the matter?"
"Where is Xiaoyu? Is she here?" Chen Xiaoying asked.
Liu Lanxiang is a person with a thick nerve, otherwise she wouldn't be able to live a good life with Li Hongwei, who is sensitive, inferior and awkward. Li Yutong was very abnormal today, but she didn't notice it.
"Mom, are you looking for Xiaoyu? She just went out. What do you want to talk to her about? I'll go out and help you look for her."
She said this, but she was thinking about going to the orchard to trim the branches.
Just as I was holding the microphone, someone came in. It was none other than Li Yutong.
"Xiao Yu, your grandma is looking for you, answer the phone yourself." Liu Lanxiang was busy, so she gave the microphone to Li Yutong.
Li Yutong took it and said to her mother, "Mom, I'll go back to the city later. I won't be back in the next few days."
Liu Lanxiang was unhappy: "I work in the fields all day long, and you can't cook for me at home."
"Mom, I have a lot of things to do. How about I hire a nanny for you?" Li Yutong was also angry. She could earn more money in the shop in the city, but they insisted on letting her stay at home to cook for them. Which side would produce the greatest profit?
"Forget it, forget it. I can't argue with you. Just go if you want to." Liu Lanxiang said as she walked away.
Li Yutong looked unhappy and said into the microphone, "Grandma, are my grandpa and the others back?"
"Who knows? We've been walking for more than half an hour. How are you doing? Have you found anything?" Chen Xiaoying asked.
Li Yutong said: "Found it, it's in the bottom compartment of your desk pocket."
She even admired herself for having managed to find the interlayer among a pile of things and a handkerchief wrapped with something.
"What is it?" Chen Xiaoying couldn't help but get worried.
Li Yutong sighed: "Grandma, I'm going back now, let's talk about it when we meet."
Chen Xiaoying could only nod: "Okay, then you come, be careful on the road, I'm not in a hurry."
This is not an urgent matter, take it easy, they will take their time.
Li Yutong agreed, found her bag, put her things in it, locked the gate, rode her bicycle and went into the city.
Chen Xiaoying had just hung up the phone with a complicated expression when Li Hongli stood behind her like a ghost, looking curious: "Mom, what's going on?"
Chen Xiaoying was startled: "Why are you walking without making any sound?"
Li Hongli curled her lips: "Why is there no sound? It's because you didn't notice me."
Seeing her like this, Chen Xiaoying frowned and said, "The New Year is over. You should go back to your home."
"Mom, just let me stay. You live alone anyway, and it's good to have me accompany you?" Li Hongli was acting like a spoiled child. She didn't want to leave.