There were so many things going on at home. First, her third uncle Li Hongqiang had committed a crime in another place. Her father and second uncle Li Hongjian were both out there helping out and wanted to spend money to get him out.

Second, her elder aunt Chen Hongping, who had suffered so much, had returned, and her grandmother was leading people to relocate the house, and soon her two cousins ​​Daya and Erya would also be returning;

Third, her grandfather Li Pingwang suffered from hemiplegia and was waiting for his children to take care of him in the village.

As a member of this big family, Li Hongli needs to consciously share some of the responsibilities.

But she held the child all day long and never asked a single question, as if these people had nothing to do with her.

She kept staring at the house that her grandmother gave to her aunt Chen Hongping all day long, saying this and that, and was very sarcastic.

There are too many things going on in the Li family.

But no matter what, Li Hongqiang has his eldest brother Li Hongwei and the second brother Li Hongjian to help with the aftermath, and Chen Hongping has her biological mother to help her clean up the house and take care of her two twin daughters who are about to come home.

The person who is really in trouble is Li Pingwang.

Li Pingwang's tears were almost dry.

After Li Hongyan was taken away by Zhao Faliang, there was no one to cook for her, so it was impossible for her to starve to death.

The eldest daughter-in-law Liu Lanxiang lives in the village. Every day when she comes back from working in the fields and cooks for herself, she also cooks for Li Pingwang.

When the food is ready, it will be served. When the next meal is served, the dishes from the previous meal will be collected and washed.

She was afraid that people would say that she, the eldest daughter-in-law, was unfilial, so she provided her with meat and eggs for three meals a day, but that was all.

Li Pingwang also wanted to cry.

He suddenly missed the time when he had not divorced Chen Xiaoying. At least there was someone lively at home. But now, he was just a half-paralyzed old man. Did they wish he was dead and ignored him?

He couldn't remember that when the third son Li Hongqiang got into trouble, the eldest and second sons ran to help. In his eyes, the third son was not ambitious enough, so he should just die outside. As his biological father was paralyzed, he was the one who needed his children's care the most.

“Wuwu… Wuwu…”

Li Pingwang had no choice but to cry in the house. No one could hear him even if he cried his heart out, so he sat at the gate of the yard, leaning on a crutch, and cried.

She cried sob and sob, and whenever someone passed by the door, she couldn't pretend not to see it.

When asked why he was crying, he said, "...No one, help, change, pants..."

Or just say: "Thirsty, hot water, drink, can't drink, come on..."

A kind neighbor brought him a bowl of hot water, but when he saw that he didn't drink much, he realized that he didn't want to drink water, he just wanted someone to take care of him.

But think about what he did in the past.

Someone deliberately asked: "Where is Hongyan? Why doesn't your Hongyan come to serve you? You are old and can't move. It's time for her to be filial to you."

Li Pingwang didn't dare to tell his son-in-law Zhao Faliang that he was not allowed to come, for fear of embarrassment.

For at least several decades of his life, he had been bragging in the village about how filial his daughter Li Hongyan was and how sensible his son-in-law Zhao Faliang was. But now that he needed them, there was not even a trace of the couple.

Especially Zhao Faliang, he turned against me immediately without me even using him.

Li Pingwang cried at the gate of the courtyard for three days in a row, and then someone went to tell Liu Lanxiang.

"Lanxiang, your father-in-law is crying at the door again, what's wrong with him?"

"If that doesn't work, let Hongli and the others come back to serve for two days?"

This is the case for most people in the village. The homesteads and fields are inherited by the sons, but when it comes to serving the elderly, they ask the daughters-in-law to do it first. If the daughters-in-law refuse, they let the daughters come back to serve.

They seemed to have no requirements at all for their sons.

Liu Lanxiang was also feeling aggrieved: "Who knows what's wrong with him? I cook him three meals a day with meat and eggs, and the water in the thermos is always hot. Who knows why he keeps crying at the gate of the yard?"

Sitting at the gate and crying, you are crying just for passers-by to see. What does it mean?

Isn't it just to let people know that Li Pingwang's children are not filial to him, he is pitiful, his life is not easy, everyone should come and help this old man.

"Well, the old man is sick, and his children are not around, so he feels bad..."

The villagers talked about it and then left.

Liu Lanxiang was almost angry to death.

At this time, there was no one else at home except her, and she had no one to complain to.

She could only run to her biological mother, Old Lady Liu, and cry, "Mom, what should I do? How did I end up with such an old man?"

When they were young and strong and able to work, they led a group of sons to work hard for Li Hongyan's family. With so many ready-made laborers, Li Hongyan simply contracted the land of other people in the village and let them work. When it was time to harvest the grain, she would bring it to her own home and use them all as free labor.

Later, when he could no longer work, he tried to send the good things at home to Li Hongyan's home.

Now, he can't speak clearly and can't move. He has become useless. Li Hongyan has completely given up on him.

"What should we do? What do you think we should do? Your father-in-law has more than one son, Li Hongwei. Why does he ignore his other children and leave them to you, a daughter-in-law, to take care of them?" Old Lady Liu is a person who thinks things through very thoroughly.

Your daughter-in-law has grown up and has never eaten a single bite of food from her parents-in-law. Why should you expect her to be filial to you?

"If Li Hongxia goes to work, why doesn't Li Hongli come back to serve her?"

In Old Lady Liu's heart, whoever gets the most should give back more. Since Li Hongyan is not coming, then it should be the sisters Li Hongli and Li Hongxia who come.

These two sisters spent a lot of money on schooling from childhood to adulthood.

She supported her three daughters to graduate from a normal university. She knew how hard it was to support a child through education and how much money it would cost.

As for the other sons of Li Pingwang and Chen Xiaoying, they did not even have much primary school education before they started working in the fields and eventually went out to work. Li Pingwang never gave them much money to get married and have children, so they had to find ways to find their own way.

Li Pingwang is the only one in the surrounding villages who treats his son like a weed and doesn't want to help him.

When Liu Lanxiang mentioned Li Hongli, she was in a bad mood: "Mom, you know Li Hongli. She has not been a good person since she was a child. For example, my mother-in-law left a steamed bun for her and Li Hongxia. If Li Hongli saw it, she would eat it all and then say that she didn't know that Li Hongxia's portion was in it. She has been selfish since she was a child."

"Who cares if she is selfish or not? So many things have happened in your family now, and she is the only one who has nothing to do. If she doesn't come to take care of her father, who will?" said Old Lady Liu.

"Doesn't Li Hongxia work? Then she pays and Li Hongli does the work."

"If Li Hongli doesn't want to contribute, then she will pay and Li Hongxia will contribute. As for Li Hongxia's inability to give up her work, that's her own business. She can discuss it with other brothers and sisters."

Old Mrs. Liu has always been fair.

Just because someone is inconvenienced, it doesn't mean she can avoid her share of responsibility.