It is very likely that after this departure, Li Hongli may not come back again.
Chen Xiaoying hesitated a little.
But Ma Xiufen kept a close eye on her, blocking Li Hongli every day and asking her for her daughter.
Li Hongli has grown up now. When she was a child, she was very cunning. She would pretend to obey what was said to her but actually disobey her. She would agree to something on the surface but then do nothing.
Chen Xiaoying couldn't control her at that time, let alone now.
"It's up to you." Chen Xiaoying sighed. She knew that anything about child living expenses and child support was unnecessary. Since Li Hongli ran away, she was unwilling to give it, and there was nothing she could do.
Isn’t that what Li Hongqiang is like?
Li Hongli went out to work, but not alone, she also went with the guy she was dating.
Chen Xiaoying found out where the guy's family lived, what his parents did, and how many brothers and sisters he had once she asked. He seemed to know everything about him, so she didn't mention it in case she wasn't able to find him if something happened.
Chen Xiaoying wanted to hire a nanny to look after the child, but Chen Hongping thought, "Mom, let's just look after the child. It's expensive and we don't trust a nanny to look after the child."
I didn't expect a babysitter to be so expensive.
Anyway, there is nothing to do. My own restaurant business is doing well. My child is over one year old and sleeps through the night. He is very well behaved.
Chen Xiaoying thought about it and decided to let it go.
Touching Li Sihan's pink little face, she thought of how this child was so filial to her in her previous life. In this life, as her grandmother, she would definitely take good care of her and raise her up.
Chen Xiaoying lives a down-to-earth life.
She has four sons. The eldest, Li Hongwei, does not need her to worry about him. The second, Li Hongjian, is honest. The third, Li Hongqiang, is completely useless and she does not need to take care of him. The fourth, Li Honggang, is also one less thing to worry about. After the time when his eldest brother-in-law almost beat him to death, he already knows that he can only live a good life if he holds on to his money and does not let his wife Yang Xiaohui spend it recklessly.
As for the grandchildren, Li Yutong and Li Yuhan are worry-free. Li Chaochao studies well and Li Yumeng is still immature. But her parents Li Honggang are clear-headed, so even if she doesn't work hard in the future, he won't have a hard time.
The only thing that caused disturbance in her life was Li Hongyan, who ran to the provincial capital to recognize her relatives.
To everyone's surprise, she actually brought Liang Xiuqing back from the provincial capital.
Chen Hongping was completely dumbfounded: "Mom, what on earth does Li Hongyan want to do? Why did Liang Xiuqing come back?"
Li Yutong came back specifically for this matter, so she smiled and said, "Aunt, she wants to provide for Liang Xiuqing in her old age. Since Liang Xiuqing came to the provincial capital, she married a man, and after she got pregnant and had a miscarriage, she never had another child. In this life, she only has Li Hongyan as her biological daughter. If she doesn't provide for her in her old age, who else can Liang Xiuqing find?"
Chen Hongping has spent a lot of time with her eldest niece, and she knows that she is not an ordinary girl. She knows a lot and can see far ahead, so there is a bit of other meaning behind her words.
Li Yutong did not hide it from them and said directly: "Liang Xiuqing is well-dressed and speaks like a person from the provincial capital, gentle and respectable, but in fact, the Liang family's house has nothing to do with her. The building that can be rented out for more than 10,000 yuan a month is also owned by her half-brother Liang Yongfa. She only built two steel houses in the yard of the Liang family's building. That is her residence. She does not have any property."
"What?" Chen Xiaoying could never have dreamed that Liang Xiuqing would end up like this. Isn't she the smartest person?
"She has nothing. Can Li Hongyan willingly take care of her in her old age?" Chen Hongping couldn't help asking.
She already knew that Li Hongyan was just that kind of person and she would never do anything that was not beneficial.
Before the biological daughter issue came to light, she was the biological daughter of the Li family. What happened? She was merciless when she squeezed the labor and blood and sweat of her parents and brothers.
She is not a person who values family affection at all. How could she have so much affection for her biological mother whom she hasn't seen for more than 40 years?
"I don't know about that. Maybe Liang Xiuqing deceived Li Hongyan in some way," said Li Yutong.
Chen Xiaoying nodded: "That must be the case."
Thinking about the mother and daughter who are of the same bloodline, you plot against me and I plot against you, Chen Xiaoying can't wait to watch them have fun.
Just as they thought, Liang Xiuqing came back and ran to meet Li Pingwang with a smile on her face.
When Chen Xiaoying got the news, she ran there immediately. She wanted to see what this couple, who hadn't seen each other for more than 40 years, would say now, and whether they regretted what they had done in the past.
Chen Xiaoying arrived at the gate of the Li family’s old house and looked inside.
In the yard, there stood an old lady dressed neatly and respectably. She was neither tall nor thin, with her snow-white hair tied up with a hairpin and a silver bracelet on her wrist.
She was old and her face was full of wrinkles, but she could still recognize her from her facial features. She was Liang Xiuqing.
Chen Hongping, who was standing aside, was also looking at the woman who had ruined her life. She looked harmless and was smiling at her biological father Li Pingwang.
Liang Xiuqing had her back to the courtyard gate and was unaware of the arrival of Chen Xiaoying and her daughter.
However, facing Li Pingwang at the gate of the courtyard, his eyes only had Liang Xiuqing who seemed to have fallen from the sky. He felt that this was fate, and that they finally met. They had such a fate.
"Xiu, Xiuqing."
Li Pingwang was excited. Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang, the couple next to him, looked very disappointed. This old man had ruined his daughter's life for this old woman, and now he had one foot in the coffin, but he was still so excited about her.
It is true that as long as a man is alive, you cannot stop him from running wild.
"Brother Pingwang, I am old, and you are old too." Liang Xiuqing said with red eyes, feeling extremely moved.
Li Pingwang whined and wailed, "Good, good, old, old."
Li Hongwei and his wife treated Li Pingwang much better. They at least gave him three meals a day, instead of the sour bread and half a bag of dry instant noodles that Li Hongli gave him.
Give him what they eat.
But as for washing his pants, since he had washed them himself when Li Hongli was around, Liu Lanxiang continued to let him wash them himself.
"Mom." Li Hongwei and his wife saw Chen Xiaoying and the others come in.
Li Pingwang immediately looked at Chen Xiaoying warily.
Liang Xiuqing also turned around in surprise and saw Chen Xiaoying, who was also old, coming in. The middle-aged woman holding her arm must be her biological daughter who was exchanged away that year.
"Sister Xiaoying, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?" She pretended to be nostalgic: "Thinking back to the past, we were so close."
Chen Xiaoying sneered: "You are all about to enter the coffin, stop pretending, you don't find it disgusting, but I do."
She spoke very rudely. Liang Xiuqing was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Hongyan beside her.
Li Hongyan quickly said, "Mom, why do you talk like that?"
Chen Xiaoying found this irritating: "Who is your mother?"
Li Hongyan was about to say something when she saw Liang Xiuqing looking at her slowly. She immediately changed her words: "Auntie, if you have something to say, please speak nicely."
Hearing this, Li Hongwei's face turned ugly: "You recognize your biological mother, but you don't recognize your adoptive mother. It was our Li family who raised you."