She went to the village to take care of their father Li Pingwang, and the other people were paid on a daily basis based on the salary of a nurse in the hospital.
Upstairs, Chen Xiaoying began to discuss the household registration issue with Chen Hongping and her two granddaughters Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan.
"Your mother has changed her surname, do you want to change it too?" Chen Xiaoying asked.
Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan both recalled what their former grandmother Qian Liuni had said.
"Your father doesn't want you anymore. It was our Hu family who adopted you and registered you in our household registration. You have our last name Hu, so you are a member of the Hu family. You must not be ungrateful."
"I am sick, blind, and old. I may die any day. But your uncle is still young. If he has a headache or fever, you have to take him to see a doctor and take care of him in his old age. You can't just ignore your uncle's life and death after you get married."
"If you get married in the future and don't want to take your uncle to live with you at your husband's house, you must at least come back every one or two days to cook for him. You can't just ignore his life or death."
When Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan thought about it, they felt mixed emotions.
On the one hand, I felt that what Qian Liuni's grandmother said was right, but on the other hand, I wondered why the two of them were so miserable. Their biological father didn't want them anymore, and their adoptive mother only wanted them to work and earn money to support her, who was blind, and her mentally retarded uncle.
They also knew that it was because of these burdens that their biological mother could not get married at that time. It was not until she was 30 years old that she was forced to let her lame grandfather become their father Cao Tianwang's illegitimate wife, and then he kicked her out of the house after he had used her.
This life is ruined.
Are they going to repeat their mother's old ways?
The two children are only eighteen years old, and they know clearly whether they should have the surname Hu or follow their current mother's surname Chen.
"Mom, we both want to take your surname. We are just your daughters," said Hu Xiaoying.
Their biological father Cao Tianwang didn't want them, so he didn't let them take his surname. Qian Liuni's grandmother's place was a hell of a place, so letting them take the Hu family's surname seemed like a blessing to them.
They have only one biological mother, and they are willing to take her surname so that they are a family.
"Okay." Chen Hongping knew that her two daughters had always been on her side, and the mother and daughters had depended on each other for so many years.
"Now that we have discussed it, let's go to the relevant departments today and get all these things done. Get your household registration done this morning, and then we can talk about letting you go to school." Chen Xiaoying said.
"Go to school?" Hu Xiaoying was a little dazed.
Before they came back, their biological mother Chen Hongping told them on the phone that their biological grandmother had to pay for their schooling, and had been away from school for two or three years, and had completely forgotten all the high school knowledge they learned.
Can they still learn it?
"As long as you want to learn, grandma will hire a one-on-one teacher to teach you, and will definitely send you to college." Chen Xiaoying said firmly.
Even someone like Li Chaochao, who was born a blockhead, could rank in the upper middle of the class in exams after one-on-one teaching, not to mention his two granddaughters who didn't look stupid.
Both Hu Xiaoying and Hu Xiaoyan couldn't help but get excited.
When they were working in the factory, they knew very well that if they had no education or culture, they would only be able to work until their twenties at most, and then they would have to go back to get married and spend the rest of their lives farming in their hometown.
There is no shortage of manpower in various factories nowadays. The country also controls the population and prohibits people from having a second child.
The factory is only willing to hire younger people, in order to inject fresh blood and eliminate the old blood who have prematurely overdrawn their health in exchange for money.
If two people want to go to school, that's easy.
"Then I'll go ask my aunt." Li Yutong said from the side.
Chen Hongping didn't know what Li Yutong's aunt did and was a little surprised.
Chen Xiaoying explained to her: "Xiaoyu's first aunt, second aunt, third aunt, and uncles all work in various schools. It's a good opportunity to ask them about this matter."
Chen Hongping quickly said, "Then when are we going? You must not go empty-handed. What should you bring? I will buy it myself."
Li Yutong said hurriedly: "Aunt, don't worry, I'll ask first."
Chen Hongping felt very embarrassed to let her young niece run around for them, but she didn't understand the work involved and could only rely on others.
When Li Yutong went to see her aunt, she did not hide it from her mother Liu Lanxiang.
I called and told you about it.
Liu Lanxiang couldn't say no either, so she said, "Then go ahead."
She still felt very sympathetic towards her dear sister-in-law, and thought that she would help in any way she could. Her only hope was that her sister-in-law would remember this kindness and not be like her former sister-in-law Li Hongyan.
You helped her, but she still found fault with you behind her back, saying that you were unwilling to do it, that you were putting on airs, that you treated her badly, or that you were not sincere at all and did not do what she wanted.
Li Yutong went to talk to her aunt about this matter and told her about her great aunt.
Her aunt Liu Meixiang and uncle Zhao Qingnian were both dumbfounded. Liu Meixiang had also heard about this from her mother, Old Lady Liu, but she never imagined that there was something else going on here.
"Your grandfather is just an old fool. He had a brain cramp at that time. How could he do such a thing worse than that of an animal?" Liu Meixiang is strict with herself and is a relatively serious vice-president. She hates her own sister's father-in-law for doing such a thing.
This is even more hateful than the landlords in the old society.
Stupid, ignorant, stupid, selfish and cruel, all the derogatory words piled on Li Pingwang are not enough to describe him as worse than a beast.
"Why are you talking about this? Please help ask about the two kids' schooling." My uncle-in-law Zhao Qingnian is a well-known chef. In the early days, he was the chef for the village banquets. Later, he was hired by a big restaurant in the city with a high salary. He worked in the big restaurant. The salary was high, the time was free, and he had apprentices.
Zhao Qingnian has a very good temper, otherwise he would have been unable to get along with the bad-tempered Liu Meixiang.
What Zhao Qingnian was thinking was, no matter what, Li Pingwang was still Li Yutong's grandfather. Would she, as the aunt, feel embarrassed if she scolded someone else's child?
Liu Meixiang heard his reminder, so she stopped asking and said, "I heard from your mom that your dad hasn't come back yet?"
The third brother, Li Hongqiang, is also a good-for-nothing. He stole other people's things and beat up the car owner, causing the car owner to be hospitalized. He also fled for fear of being punished and was caught by the police. Li Hongwei went to rescue him. What's going on?
Their biological father Li Pingwang is still at home suffering from hemiplegia, waiting for them to take care of him.
Li Yutong shook her head. She didn't feel anything about her grandfather being scolded by her aunt. Shouldn't this be scolded? The more conscientious and principled a person is, the more he will hate this kind of thing.
If she were someone as selfish as her grandfather or Liang Xiuqing, she would feel that it didn't matter from the perspective of the perpetrator, or she would have to explain for the perpetrator out of necessity.
"Aunt, my dad said that the car owner is not seriously ill, just skin injuries and concussion. He is in the hospital for observation. There is no big problem. If we want to settle it privately, we have to pay more money. Now we should be arguing about how much money to pay." Li Yutong said: "My grandma won't care, and my grandpa will care even less. I don't know what to do."
"This is my dad's business. I don't care."