Su Wanzhen: "The fireworks are about to go off, shall we go out and take a look?"
"Okay." Li Yunshu turned off the kerosene stove a little and went out with her sister-in-law.
The two stood at the gate, while the others stood in the courtyard.
With a "whoosh," the fireworks shot into the sky and exploded, dazzling and colorful.
Li Yunshu looked up at the fireworks in the sky and felt that these fireworks were more beautiful than any fireworks she had ever seen in her previous life.
Because those who accompanied her to watch the fireworks were all her loved ones.
Gu Zhenyuan turned his head to look at Li Yunshu, who was standing by the door with a smile on her face watching the fireworks, and felt that she was even more beautiful than the fireworks.
Li Yu covered her ears, her eyes sparkling as she watched the fireworks in the sky. Then she turned to look at Qin Ye beside her and said, "Brother, I feel so happy right now."
Qin Ye smiled and glanced at her, then looked up at the dazzling fireworks in the sky, thinking to himself, "I feel so happy."
After the fireworks were set off, everyone went inside and ate their first dumplings of the new year.
After eating dumplings, the elders of both the Li and Gu families gave the younger generation lucky money.
Like Li Boyan and Li Yunshu, they received New Year's money from their elders. Li Yunshu also received New Year's money from her two older brothers and sister-in-law.
This was the first time she had received New Year's money, and she had received so much, but she didn't say anything, not wanting to make her mother cry during this happy time.
After giving out the New Year's money, the three members of the Gu family went home to sleep, while the members of the Li family went back to their respective rooms to sleep.
The next morning, after breakfast, Li Bowen and his son, Li Boyan, gave New Year's gifts to their families.
Li Yunshu received a magnolia and jade pendant necklace from her eldest brother and sister-in-law, and a sapphire brooch from her second brother.
Each of the three children received a small portable music player, complete with headphones, which could be carried around and used to listen to English tapes and music tapes.
Such a portable music player is very high-end in this era, and it is basically very difficult to buy in China.
They dote on all three kids and even made plans to go to the department store to buy cassette tapes.
Li Boyan prepared matching pearl bracelets for his daughter and niece, and gold bullet-shell necklaces for his two boys, which the children all loved.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, after much hesitation, Zhang Jiao still went back to her parents' home, but Lin Guodong did not accompany her.
Regardless of her family's behavior, she will simply fulfill the proper etiquette and that's all she needs to do.
But she wasn't even allowed to enter the door before being kicked out. Her father even declared that she should never come back, as the Zhang family no longer had a daughter like her.
Mr. Zhang acted this way partly out of genuine anger, and partly to control his daughter, Zhang Jiao, believing that her strong stance would frighten her and make her admit her mistake.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiao picked up the two candies and a piece of salted meat that had fallen to the ground and left.
In the textile factory's staff compound, Lin Jianshe and Tian Mengya, carrying two candies, led Tiantian into the Tian family's house.
The sons of the Tian family all took their children and wives back to their parents' home to pay New Year's respects, leaving only Mr. and Mrs. Tian at home.
When Tian's mother saw the two candies that Lin Jianshe brought, she accepted them without even a smile, and then pulled her daughter to the kitchen to cook together.
“Your father’s illness gets worse in winter, and the doctor has prescribed several more medications, which increases the monthly cost of medicine. You’re pregnant with Lin Jianshe’s child now, so why don’t you ask him for some money to help with your father’s medical expenses?” Tian’s mother said while picking vegetables.
"You made a promise to us back then that as long as we could help you act and marry Lin Jianshe, once you got pregnant and established yourself, you wouldn't forget our family and would send money home."
“Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been the bad guy, forcing you to commit suicide in front of so many neighbors in the compound, making you the subject of gossip even when you go out to buy groceries.”
Tian Mengya took a deep breath and said, "But if you hadn't said that you had a way to get Lin Jianshe to marry me, you would have forced me to marry that old man."
The whole family said that if she didn't marry him, she should get out of the house. She really didn't want to marry such an ugly and old man, so she decided to marry Lin Jianshe.
Lin Jianshe is arrogant and vain, and he also has a heart that wants to be a hero and save others. This can be seen from the fact that he would stand up for her and Junjun and take them out to eat delicious food.
She thought Lin Jianshe had a good impression of her, and judging from his appearance, he really needed a woman to take care of him and help him with housework.
If she were such a pitiful woman, whom he considered virtuous and considerate, and had been driven to the brink by her family, he would most likely extend a helping hand again. He told his family that he had a way to get Lin Jianshe to marry her, but they needed to put on an act for her.
If she can't get Lin Jianshe to marry her, then she'll obediently marry the man they've arranged for her.
Because Lin Jianshe was quite generous with his money, her family thought he was very wealthy, so they agreed to the marriage.
Lin Jianshe may seem shrewd, but he's actually quite easy to please. If you flatter or coax him a little, he'll be completely oblivious to everything.
However, because of his ex-wife and former parents-in-law, he hates it when others try to take his money, especially his parents-in-law, who don't want to spend a single penny of his money.
He dislikes the identity of being a father-in-law and mother-in-law very much.
In his view, her biological parents had almost driven her to her death by forcing her to marry, so she shouldn't have any more contact with her family. She shouldn't care about her family's affairs at all in the future. A married daughter is like water spilled from a cup; she's no longer considered a member of the Tian family.
Today I went back to her parents' house with her. She persuaded me to come, saying that we live in the same courtyard, and if she didn't go back to her parents' house even though it's so close, the neighbors would talk, and it would be bad for him working at the factory. That's why he came with me.
Mother Tian: "What can we do? We can't just leave you at home with a child in tow and break up the family, can we?"
Tian Mengya threw the picked vegetables into the basin. "It's not the right time yet. Let's wait until you give birth to your son. Lin Jianshe hates fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law the most. If you ask him for money and say you'll give it to them, he'll definitely be unhappy, and he might even hate you."
"You know, you married him with a child in tow, and he's already helping you raise your son. If you ask him for money again for your sake, do you think he won't have any objections?"
When Tian Tian, who was looking for her mother in the kitchen, heard this, her face fell, and she turned and ran away again.
Tian Mengya: "We have to wait a little longer, until you give birth to a son and he hands over all the money in the house to you. Although he doesn't mind buying things for you and Junjun, he only gives you living expenses. If you spend more than that, he will ask you how you spent it."
Therefore, she had no way to secretly give money to her family, and of course, she didn't want to.
Mother Tian muttered, "We can wait, but your sister-in-law and brother's wife have a lot of opinions. I'm afraid that if they don't see the money soon, they'll expose your scheme against Lin Jianshe."
Tian Mengya: "How did you scheme against Lin Jianshe? Weren't you trying to force me to marry an old man?"
“If they leak this out and break up my marriage with Lin Jianshe, then I’ll bring Junjun back and live at my parents’ house for the rest of my life! Even if you beat me to death, I won’t leave. I’ll make sure none of you have a moment of peace.” Tian Mengya threatened through gritted teeth with a sinister look in her eyes.
Tian's mother was frightened by her sinister gaze, opened her mouth but then closed it again.
She knew in her heart that her daughter hated them.
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