Back at Courtyard No. 18, Aunt Wang pulled Old Lady Li into her home.
"Shu Ping, are you really getting divorced?"
She was not at home at noon, and when she came back she heard people in the courtyard say that Shuping and his wife had divorced.
She knew Shuping was serious, but she didn't expect that she would really leave, and leave so soon.
"We're really divorced." Old Mrs. Li said with great ease.
It is said that it is better to demolish a temple than to destroy a marriage, but her old sister's marriage has already been divorced, and she has nothing to persuade.
"What are you going to do in the future?" Aunt Wang was only worried about the lives of her old sisters. After all, she had transferred all her jobs to that ungrateful Lin Jianshe.
If I hadn't transferred and was still an employee of a garment factory, I could have asked the factory to arrange housing for me. But in the future, finding a place to live would have become a problem.
Mrs. Li: "I'm lucky. I've already rented a house at the Housing Administration. It's Courtyard 23. I'll move in tomorrow."
"By the way, doesn't your eldest son-in-law work in a furniture factory? I want to buy some furniture."
Aunt Wang didn't expect that she was so quick and had even rented a house. Fortunately, the house was nearby, so they could still meet often in the future.
"Okay, I'll take you directly to the furniture factory to find him tomorrow, and you can get the employee price."
When Mrs. Li returned home, Lin Xiaoyu had already packed up her things. She didn't have much stuff, so she just packed it up in an old bed sheet.
She packed some of Mrs. Li's things, but she hasn't finished yet.
Mrs. Li: "I've already rented a house. It's Yard 23 in this alley. We'll go out for dinner later and then go clean it up. I'll ask someone to move there tomorrow. When you get home from school in the evening, just go back to Yard 23."
Lin Xiaoyu nodded and said yes.
Old Mrs. Li walked into her and Lin Yongnian's room to clean up, and saw Lin Yongnian lying on the bed sleeping.
She ignored him and opened the cabinet to pack her things.
In those days, everyone had few belongings, and Old Lady Li was particularly frugal. She only had two or three sets of clothes to change and wash each season, so there wasn't much left after she packed away.
Old Mrs. Li is not planning to take the sheets and quilt covers away. They are old quilts that she has used for many years, and the cotton is not warm enough anymore. She will buy new ones tomorrow.
Lin Yongnian felt very uncomfortable listening to Old Lady Li packing up, but for the sake of his dignity and backbone as a man, he couldn't ask her to stay.
After packing up, it was almost dark, so Mrs. Li took Lin Xiaoyu to the state-owned restaurant for dinner.
As soon as I walked past the gate of the compound, I ran into Lin Jianshe and his wife who were coming back from outside.
"Mom, it's getting dark now. Where are you taking Xiaomei?"
Old Mrs. Li ignored him and took Lin Xiaoyu away.
Liu Qin curled her lips and mocked Lin Jianshe, "I don't even treat you as my son anymore, but you still call me mom. I've never seen a mom like this."
Lin Jianshe frowned. Even if his mother was not nice to him, she was still his mother after all, right?
His mother may be ruthless, but he cannot be unrighteous.
When they returned home, they saw the two people on the ground had already packed up their big bags.
Liu Qin: "If you really want to move, move out tonight if you can."
See where they can move to. If the old woman is still an employee of the garment factory, the factory can arrange a place for her to live.
The housing supply in the city is so tight that it is hard to rent a house.
At this time, Lin Yongnian walked out of the cubicle with a very ugly look on his face.
"Dad, where is my mom moving to?" Lin Jianshe asked.
"She has already rented a house in Yard No. 23 and will move in tomorrow." Lin Yongnian walked over and sat down on the reclining chair.
Liu Qin: “…”
She actually rented a house. The old lady is pretty lucky.
Lin Jianshe: "The people living in Yard 23 are a mixed bunch, and none of them are easy to deal with. I heard there's a thief living there, and the people living there always lose things. The people living there are not as kind as the old neighbors who have lived there for decades. My mother is an old woman and brought my younger sister with her. There's no man to back her up at home, so we'll definitely be bullied if we go there."
"When she gets bullied, she'll know we're good enough. It won't be long before she comes back crying." Lin Jianshe said confidently.
"You should also be patient at this time. Don't be soft-hearted and agree to let her go home just because she cries. Otherwise, she will get sick again in the future." Lin Jianshe said, patting Lin Yongnian on the shoulder.
Lin Yongnian said in a rough voice: "Do you need to tell me that?"
Li Shuping is not going to live such a good life like this. If she insists on making such a fuss, then let her go out and live a hard life.
Only after she was bullied outside did she realize how good life was at home and how good Lin Yongnian was to her.
"Ah, ah..." Old Mrs. Li sneezed twice in front of the entrance of the state-owned hotel.
"Mom, did you catch a cold?" Lin Xiaoyu asked with concern.
Old Mrs. Li rubbed her nose and gritted her teeth, "No, it must be your father and your brother who are scolding me."
Lin 께yu: "..."
"Dad, what are we having for dinner?" Lin Jianshe was hungry.
Lin Yongnian glanced towards the kitchen and said, "There's rice and noodles in the kitchen, let's cook."
Lin Jianshe nudged Liu Qin with his hand, signaling her to go cook. Liu Qin was very unhappy, and her lips were pouted as if they could hold an oil bottle.
Lin Jianshe pushed her again, and she stepped hard on the ground and went to the kitchen.
Lin Yongnian frowned. He spent so much money on the bride price to marry her, but she was not willing to cook a meal. He didn't know how her parents taught her.
Liu Qin cooked three bowls of fried egg noodles on a kerosene stove. Lin Jianshe brought the noodles to the main room and said, "Dad, come and try Qinqin's cooking skills."
Lin Yongnian was already hungry, so he picked up his chopsticks and started eating. After taking a bite, he said, "It's not as delicious as the noodles your mother cooks."
When Liu Qin heard this, she immediately became unhappy and sat next to Lin Jianshe with the bowl in her hand. When she put the bowl down, it felt very heavy.
Lin Jianshe also felt that it was not as delicious as her mother's cooking, but he was afraid that Liu Qin would be unhappy, so he ate it with big mouthfuls and said, "It's delicious. I think it's even better than my mother's cooking."
Lin Yongnian: “…”
His tongue must be damaged and he can't tell the difference between good and bad.
Old Lady Li and Lin Xiaoyu had braised pork in red sauce at the state-owned restaurant. After the meal, the mother and daughter went to the No. 23 courtyard to clean. Everyone in the courtyard was cooking at home, so they did not see each other.
The room was small and cleaned quickly. It was cleaned in less than half an hour.
At 7:30 in the evening, the Zhang family hadn't started eating yet. It was because Zhang Daqiang and Zhang Xiaoqiang, who worked at the shoe factory, had been working overtime and hadn't returned yet.
Lin Guodong held his son Junjun and sat on a stool waiting. Junjun touched his stomach and said, "Dad, Junjun is hungry."
Lin Guodong was also hungry. "Wait a little longer. Uncle Da and Uncle Xiao haven't come back yet."
Zhang Jiao couldn't bear to see her son go hungry, so she said to her mother, "Mom, why don't we eat first and save some food for our eldest brother."
Before Zhang's mother could say anything, Zhang's eldest sister-in-law said in a sharp voice: "Daqiang and Lao Xiao are the pillars of the family, so we must have dinner when the pillars come back. This rule cannot be broken. Aren't Dabao and Xiaobao waiting too?"
Dabao and Xiaobao are the two grandsons of the Zhang family, one from each branch.
"..." Zhang Jiao choked and glanced at her two nephews. They had just eaten biscuits, but her Junjun didn't.
When the sister-in-law gave the child biscuits, Junjun looked at them with angry eyes. The sister-in-law said that there were only two pieces, and she didn't break off half of it for Junjun.
She often went to her parents' home to get things, but her children could not even have half a biscuit to eat there. Zhang Jiao was very disappointed.
Mrs. Zhang also said, "This is the rule in our family. This rule was set by our parents. Jiaojiao, if you don't want to wait, you can take Junjun and brother-in-law back to your own home."
You’ve already eaten at your mother’s house for a few meals and why are you still not leaving?
She goes back to her parents' home and brings her husband and children to eat together. I have never seen anyone so shameless.
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