In the past, the Xu family of five squeezed into two bedrooms, which was manageable. But after their eldest son, Xu Dafu, got married and had several grandchildren, the Xu family's house was completely overcrowded. Otherwise, the Xu family wouldn't have set their sights on Xu Liqin.
Before Zhao Guohui divorced Xu Liqin, Xu Laolai wanted to send his grandson to Xu Liqin's home to be raised. However, due to Zhao Guohui's opposition, this matter was never accomplished.
After Zhao Guohui resigned from the position of director of the supply and marketing cooperative, Xu Laolai kept quiet for a while. Seeing that Zhao Guohui had not appeared near Sanhe Town for several months, Xu Laolai became more cautious and set his sights on Zhao Guohui's house.
After Zhao Guohui and Xu Liqin divorced, he knew that Xu Liqin had nowhere to stay in her parents' home, so he did not take back the house and let Xu Liqin live there temporarily. When Xu Liqin lived alone in such a big house, Xu Laolai was jealous.
How could a young girl, a divorced one at that, deserve to live in such a nice house? According to him, Xu Liqin's big house should be given to the family of his eldest son, Xu Dafu. Old Lai Xu thought.
Of course, if Xu Liqin's house could be obtained, Xu Laolai would definitely move in. In this way, even if he gets old and lives with his eldest son's family, it would be convenient for Dafu to take care of him in his old age, right?
Xu Laolai's calculations were clattering in his mind. Although he had heard his wife say that the house still belonged to the Zhao family and had nothing to do with Xu Liqin, Xu Laolai refused to believe it. If he and his wife had divorced, he would definitely want to kick her out of the house as soon as possible and leave such a big house for his divorced wife to live in. Zhao Guohui was no fool, right?
Xu Dafu concluded that the house must be Zhao Guohui's compensation to Xu Liqin. Didn't you see how much Xu Liqin had bought for them recently? This girl had a promising future, and she must have taken money from Zhao Guohui during the divorce.
Xu Liqin never imagined that the clothes and food she gave to show her filial piety to her parents would arouse Xu Laolai's greed. However, even if she knew, Xu Liqin probably couldn't bear to ignore Xu Laolai and his wife. In Xu Liqin's heart, she always thought of them as a family.
On this day, when Xu Liqin went back to her parents' home, Xu Laolai and Xu Liqin mentioned the house issue. Xu Laolai planned to let Xu Liqin move back home and give the house to Xu Dafu's family.
Unexpectedly, Xu Liqin did not agree to Xu Laolai's arrangement this time. She shook her head like a rattle and said, "Dad, this house is not mine, it belongs to Guohui. Guohui said that except for me, no one else in our family can live in this house."
"What?" Old Lai Xu was furious when he saw his usually obedient eldest daughter suddenly become disobedient. He could not help but jump up and down, cursing: "You useless thing, you have been sleeping with someone for several years for nothing, and you didn't even earn enough to buy a house?"
Xu Liqin couldn't help but feel angry and anxious when she saw the harsh words being hurled at her by Xu Laolai. She had been married to Zhao Guohui for three years, and almost all of her salary had gone to her parents' side. And because of her younger brother's affairs, she had lost her mind and asked Guohui to take the blame for him. In theory, it was the Xu family who wronged Guohui, but how could her father make it seem like Guohui wronged her? And what about the question of whether it was free or not? After marriage, when a couple sleeps in the same bed, is there any reason to say who suffers and who doesn't? Her father was becoming increasingly absurd.
"Xu Liqin, I tell you, you have to give up this house whether you want to or not. Oh, I understand. You are already a broken flower now, and you are afraid that you won't be able to get married, right? Do you still want to take the house and find a gigolo?" Old Lai Xu was so angry that his words were even more unpleasant.
Xu Liqin listened to Xu Laolai's cold words and saw that her mother had no intention of speaking up for her. Her heart turned cold. If Xu Liqin hadn't been so concerned about her family over the years, how could she and Zhao Guohui have ended up getting divorced?
Before marrying Zhao Guohui, Xu Laolai was like this. No matter what he said at home, no matter whether it was right or wrong, the family had to listen to him. Even so, Xu Laolai often lost his temper and beat people when he drank. Xu Liqin was often beaten by him, with bruises all over her arms and body.
After marrying Zhao Guohui, Xu Laolai was worried about Zhao Guohui and hadn't dared to hit Xu Liqin in the past few years. Thinking of the comfortable days she had spent with Zhao Guohui, and then thinking about Xu Laolai glaring at her again, Xu Liqin couldn't help but burst into tears. She cried and said, "Dad, can you be fair to me? If I hadn't dropped the child at my mother's house, Guohui wouldn't have divorced me."
Xu Liqin still gave Xu Laolai some face and didn't say a word against him. When Zhao Guohui and Xu Liqin divorced, he once said that Xu Laolai was too troublesome and he was exhausted from dealing with it. The miscarriage was one of the reasons why Zhao Guohui wanted to divorce, but not the only reason. Even when Xu Liqin was lying in the hospital after the miscarriage, Zhao Guohui wanted to leave Sanhe Town with Xu Liqin and stay away from Xu Laolai.
"You're a woman, you can't even keep a child, and you still have the nerve to blame others?" Old Lai Xu didn't care what Xu Liqin said; he was determined to get Zhao Guohui's house. In Old Lai Xu's mind, giving birth was a simple matter. Mother Xu had given birth to four children, and she was always busy running around with her belly bulging, and nothing happened.
"Mom, why don't you try to persuade Dad?" Xu Liqin cried angrily. She had always known that Xu Laolai's thinking was different from that of ordinary people, but didn't her mother know that the house really wasn't hers?
"I, I can't do anything about it." Mother Xu avoided her daughter's pleading gaze. Mother Xu really couldn't control Old Lai Xu, otherwise, she wouldn't have let Old Lai Xu's temper get worse over the years.
Xu Liqin left crying, swearing that she would never return to her parents' home like this again. She was really disappointed with the Xu Laolai couple.
Unfortunately, it didn't happen just because Xu Liqin didn't want it to. After a while, Xu Laolai brought Xu Dafu's family to the house where Xu Liqin lived and asked her to move out and give the house to Xu Dafu's family.
Wu Dani entered the house and couldn't help but look around. The row of red-painted furniture looked quite impressive. Could this really all belong to them? Wu Dani drooled with excitement.
Wu Dani had always envied her elder sister-in-law Xu Liqin. Zhao Guohui was not only handsome, but also came from a well-off family. Unlike Xu Dafu, whose family was extremely poor, he also looked like Xu Laolai, with his round, triangular eyes, and he looked like someone who was too shrewd and incompetent.
After Xu Liqin and Zhao Guohui divorced, Wu Dani was so surprised that she didn't even notice the chopsticks she had dropped. She couldn't understand why her sister-in-law would give up her good life and even Zhao Guohui, a "rich son-in-law", in order to stay with Xu Liqin and his wife.
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