"If it weren't for Xu Honglian, wouldn't you have some self-awareness?" Gu Xiangdong, a man who usually didn't want to argue with women, couldn't help but criticize Xu Honglian.
"You say that the fourth brother forced your son to eat urine? Fine, then let me ask you, where did that urine-mixed mud come from? Your two precious sons have been abusing your sister-in-law's two sisters for years. Do you need me to arrest and lock them up?"
Xu Honglian's expression immediately changed when the topic of arresting and locking up the two brothers came up.
"This...this won't do! They're just kids, they don't understand anything. They're just playing around. How can we arrest them? This won't do, it absolutely won't do."
In Xu Honglian's eyes, her son was her precious treasure, while other people's children were just weeds.
Lu Huaijiao listened outside for a while and found it all very funny.
Xu Honglian is bullying Daya and Erya, taking advantage of the fact that the two sisters don't have a mother to stand up for them.
Otherwise, any mother with a modicum of responsibility would not have been so arrogant.
After listening for a while, Lu Huaijiao lost interest in listening any further. In any case, it was just Xu Honglian, that shrew, throwing a tantrum.
However, she chose the wrong target for her tantrum, because neither she nor Gu Changzheng, nor Mayor Gu Xiangdong, were afraid of Xu Honglian's tantrums or would fall for her act.
Her actions have no other significance than adding to the absurdity of the situation.
Instead of listening to her tantrums, you'd be better off taking a walk in the village, getting some exercise, and hoping for a smooth delivery.
The two walked quite a distance, chatting about everyday things as they went.
Chen Lin asked Lu Huaijiao if having a sister-in-law like Xu Honglian would be a headache.
"When she first married into the family, you hadn't separated your households yet. Living with her must have been very troublesome, right?"
Chen Lin is not married yet.
She was a year older than Lu Huaijiao and had been dating her for over two years, but because her boyfriend's family was in a mess, she hadn't been able to make up her mind to get married.
Lu Huaijiao didn't know the details of this matter, but she could guess a thing or two from Chen Lin's usual behavior.
Upon hearing her words, Lu Huaijiao immediately guessed what was troubling Chen Lin.
After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said, "No, Gu Changzheng has always been very protective of me. Even though we hadn't separated our families back then, he never let me suffer any injustice."
"Really? Wouldn't Comrade Changzheng advise you to be more patient for the sake of his family?"
An expression of disbelief appeared on Chen Lin's usually calm face.
Clearly, she hadn't expected that there would be this solution when faced with a troublesome family situation.
She had been thinking about how to compromise, and the other party also advised her to compromise, to learn to understand him, saying how hard his parents had worked to raise him, how all the good resources the family had given him, and now that he had grown up, he wanted to repay his family.
I hope Chen Lin can be a sensible girl and understand him.
Lu Huaijiao blinked.
"He wants to repay his family, that's his business, what does it have to do with you? Why should a man's obligation to repay his family require him to wrong his wife? That's outrageous!"
In short, she wouldn't compromise like that.
Chen Lin fell into deep thought.
Lu Huaijiao glanced at Chen Lin, thinking that they had become good friends over this period of time, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to say one more thing, right?
Just as she was about to speak, she remembered that this was someone else's private matter, and it wouldn't be appropriate for her to give advice haphazardly.
After much thought, Lu Huaijiao felt that using her own experience as an example was more appropriate.
Perhaps a more tactful approach would be to say that.
“I remember when I first married him, I proposed to separate the household because I didn’t want to do any work. Gu Changzheng was unwilling, so I told him I wanted a divorce.”
"Oh, so what was his reaction?"
The look of surprise on Chen Lin's face deepened.
She probably never dreamed that she could do such a thing.
Lu Huaijiao said with a smile, "He was definitely unhappy. He didn't want to divorce me, but he also didn't want to separate the family. Because at that time, no one in his village had separated the family while their parents were still alive."
Looking back on those days, Lu Huaijiao felt she was very capable.
She dared to propose separating the family property right after getting married, and that was after they had slept together.
She wasn't afraid of gossip. To her, a good life was one where she was happy, and a bad life was one where she wasn't.
Her mother gave birth to her, and her grandmother raised her, not so that she would have to endure hardship or be treated poorly.
"Later on, Gu Changzheng took the initiative to separate from his family and live our own little life with me behind closed doors." Lu Huaijiao's eyes were filled with an incredibly gentle smile.
When she reminisces about the past, a smile always graces her face.
This is also because the memories Gu Changzheng left her were all very beautiful.
"Life will always present many choices. Before making a choice, you should think it through carefully. If you do make the wrong choice, don't worry, we still have time to get back on the right track."
"Take marriage for example. If you make the wrong choice, you absolutely cannot make do for the rest of your life. A lifetime is neither long nor short. You must learn to cut your losses in time."
"No one is entitled to make you compromise your whole life. Your blood-related parents are not acceptable, and your non-blood-related partner is even less so."
Her words deeply moved Chen Lin, and she made a decision in her heart.
"Huai Jiao".
"Um?"
"Thank you."
Chen Lin understood, and felt much more relaxed.
Lu Huaijiao tilted her head to look at her, her eyes full of doubt.
Chen Lin also laughed.
She was very grateful to Captain Nie for introducing her to such a good job. If Captain Nie hadn't introduced her to this job, she probably would have married the man who asked her to be patient and help her repay her family after retiring from the military.
Looking back now, I'm so glad I didn't marry that man directly.
Because she didn't marry him directly, she had the opportunity to meet Lu Huaijiao and the others, and hear young women's different perspectives on marriage.
It turns out that not all women have to compromise in marriage.
Not all men are willing to sacrifice their wives to satisfy their families.
A relationship like that of Lu Huaijiao and Gu Changzheng, a perfect couple, is definitely built on the foundation that both of them put each other first.
If you truly love someone, you should be like Gu Changzheng, unwilling to let Lu Huaijiao suffer even the slightest grievance.
She also wants to find a man like that.
If she can't find someone else, she's not willing to settle for anything else in her life.
Seeing Chen Lin's relieved smile, Lu Huaijiao also smiled.
"It's good that you've figured it out, Sister Lin."
"Remember to always put yourself first. We need to love ourselves more in order to love others better."
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