Anyway, Chen Xiaoying now travels on her own three-wheeled bicycle.
Li Hongli watched Chen Hongping and Li Yutong go out together, and couldn't help but say sourly, "I really don't know if there will be a place for me in this family in the future."
Before Chen Xiaoying was reborn, she and Li Pingwang, who didn't care about their grandchildren at all, paid basically no attention to their grandchildren, as if they didn't exist. In their eyes, there were only Li Hongyan and her three sons, and then the two youngest twin daughters.
Li Hongli has been a cunning and sneaky person since she was young. She took advantage of the most and her brothers mostly tolerated her. Even the living expenses and tuition fees for school were collected by her brothers.
But now, in addition to the emerging Li Yutong, there are also a pair of 18-year-old twin nieces, Daya and Erya. How will she get the attention of her mother and brothers in the future?
No attention, no benefit.
"If you have nothing to do, just go back." Chen Xiaoying was too lazy to talk nonsense to Li Hongli anymore.
Li Hongli refused to leave: "Mom, what time is it now? Can you bear to let me walk the night road with the child in my arms?"
Of course Chen Xiaoying would feel sorry for the child. Ever since Li Hongli discovered this, she would always bring up the child no matter what happened.
"If you don't want to leave, just shut up." Chen Xiaoying said coldly.
Li Hongli is willing to stay today, and Chen Xiaoying is also willing to let her stay, just because they want the two children to see that everyone values her.
Li Hongli is the second aunt, so when you meet her, you have to give her a gift. When she didn't leave during the day, Chen Xiaoying told her directly that since she said she was waiting to meet her niece, she had to give her a gift. Li Hongli said she knew it.
The wait was long, but judging from the clock, only half an hour had passed when there was a noise at the gate of the courtyard.
Chen Xiaoying ran out in a hurry, and Li Hongli and Li Hongxia also hurried over.
I saw Li Yutong pushing open the gate first, followed by Chen Hongping and two young girls.
Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan opened their eyes in surprise, looked at the clean and tidy yard, then looked at the old lady and two young women who were looking at her under the eaves.
On the way here, their cousin Li Yutong introduced everything to them. At home, her grandmother and two aunts were waiting for them.
"This is your grandma, and this is your second aunt and little aunt." Chen Hongping introduced them to the two children.
Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan have had no relatives since they were young. In Hujiazhuang, they have no relatives at all because of their lame grandfather and blind grandmother. Their biological father Cao Tianwang does not recognize Chen Hongping's identity at all. They have not obtained a marriage certificate, and Cao Tianwang has a wife.
Therefore, Cao Tianwang himself did not allow his two daughters to take his surname, nor did he allow them to be registered in his family's household registration. This was because he disliked Chen Hongping and did not want to give his two daughters any share of his Cao family's property. So he simply let them take the surname of Hu Guihua, who did not change her name to Chen Hongping.
Now suddenly my grandmother, aunt, and cousin showed up. I heard there are also four uncles, an aunt, and other cousins. It's a whole family, and both of them were quite nervous.
"Grandma, second aunt, youngest aunt."
Sisters Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan called for help obediently.
Chen Xiaoying was stunned for a moment, and was very happy: "You must be tired after taking the train all the way. Come in and sit down quickly."
Chen Hongping brought her two children in, and Chen Xiaoying asked them, "Are you hungry? I prepared the meal in advance and it's warming up on the stove."
It is inconvenient to eat on trains nowadays. Many people eat instant noodles with water and then have a good hot meal after getting off the train.
Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan were really hungry.
Soon, the dining table was set.
The more Chen Xiaoying looked at her two granddaughters, the more at ease she felt.
God knows how afraid she was that her two granddaughters would grow up in an unhealthy family environment and have personality problems when she didn't see them.
Just like the several children she and Li Pingwang had, each of them had their own psychological problems. The eldest, Li Hongwei, had a strong self-esteem and was afraid of being looked down upon. The second, Li Hongjian, was honest and brainless. The third, Li Hongqiang, was selfish. The fourth, Li Honggang, was cunning. Li Hongli was naturally cold and heartless. Li Hongxia had a soft-hearted temper and was particularly willing to compromise.
The living environment of the two granddaughters is even more terrible. Their lame grandfather has a bad temper and likes to beat people. Their blind grandmother cries all day long about how difficult life is. They also have two mentally ill-informed uncles. She has inquired about their biological father, Cao Tianwang, and found out that this man is too cunning and dares to do some bad things. That's why he dared to step on the moral bottom line at that time. He held a banquet in the village to "marry" Chen Hongping even though he already had a wife. He gave birth to two daughters, and then said he didn't want them anymore.
The two children also grew up facing discrimination and humiliation.
Fortunately, the two of them had honest eyes with the innocence unique to teenage girls, and the child was cured. From now on, her eldest daughter Chen Hongping, who had suffered for most of her life, would have someone to rely on when she got old.
She had been disappointed too many times by Li Hongyan and Li Hongli in the early years and was afraid of it.
The eldest daughter is now 48 years old, and she has never thought about letting Chen Hongping remarry.
Most men are patriarchal and believe that their wives are for them to wash clothes, cook and give birth to children. Chen Hongping looks older than her actual age. Some people would believe her if she said she was in her fifties.
If she gets married again, it is impossible for her to marry a younger man. However, most men of her age got married early and already have grandchildren. If she gets married, it means that she will not only find an old man who needs her to take care of, but also have to deal with a lot of children, grandchildren and grandchildren of that man. Isn't this asking for trouble?
She is doing well now. She has a house and money to support herself in her old age. She also has two daughters who can help her when she is old and unable to move. This is pretty good.
Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan are twins and look very similar, but Hu Xiaoying looks more stable while Hu Xiaoyan is more lively. You can still tell them apart if you look closely.
The two of them seemed to want others to be able to tell them apart, as they wore different clothes and combed their hair differently.
"Your mother and I have prepared a room for you. You can rest here tonight. Tomorrow, we will ask your uncle and aunt to come over to meet you. Then, we will take you to your own home." Chen Xiaoying was afraid that the two children would feel uncomfortable, so she said, "I am your mother's biological mother, and this is her eternal home. You are my legitimate granddaughters, and we are a family. Don't be shy in what you say and do."
Sisters Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan looked at each other.
The anxiety I felt at the beginning turned into relief.
"Okay grandma, we'll listen to you." Hu Xiaoying agreed on behalf of Hu Xiaoyan.
When they had packed up and were about to go back to their rooms to sleep, Chen Xiaoying gave each of them a gold bracelet as a gift.
Li Hongli's eyes widened: "Mom, when did you buy it? Why didn't you tell me?"
Li Hongli's sharp voice was particularly harsh.
She thought that when she got married, her mother didn't buy her any gold jewelry. She had been to a gold shop and found that a gold bracelet like this would weigh at least 20 grams.
Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan were both dumbfounded. Looking at Second Aunt’s reaction, could this be a real gold bracelet?
How much will that cost?
"You care so much about me, hurry up, my niece needs to go to bed."
Chen Xiaoying is a worldly person. She gives gold rings, gold necklaces, gold bracelets and gold beads to her children. They are not only beautiful but can also be used as money when they are in trouble in the future.
She decided to just change the New Year's money she gave to her grandchildren into gold every year.