"My eldest brother."
"Very good, very good. Now you can rest assured. You don't have to worry about anything. Just wait quietly for Yunxiao and his family to come back."
Hearing this, Liu Gang couldn't help but laugh, "That's true, but I don't know what kind of character that girl is."
"Xiaochen has been through this before, and he's supportive, so there shouldn't be any problems."
Ever since he experienced the young widow incident two years ago, Li Chen has become much more calm. In addition, he has been married before and has experience in this matter. He knows what kind of girl to choose as a wife. If he was not sure, he would not have casually supported Liu Yunxiao and Xiong Xue to be together after only knowing them for a few days.
Liu Gang thought this made sense, so he put the matter behind him, patted Li Xu on the shoulder, and said with a grin, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll treat you to a meal at noon."
Li Xu was also very happy to get a free meal and nodded in agreement.
After the matter was discussed, the two walked over to the others and chatted happily with them.
In this way, the day passed quickly.
night.
After dinner, Hu Guilan hesitated and said to everyone, "The neighbor kids who went with Xiaochen have all sent back letters. Today, someone came to our house and said that life over there is hard and expensive. Although she didn't say it explicitly, I could tell she had some complaints about our family. I didn't say anything at the time, but if someone says that again in the future, how should I respond?"
Hearing this, Sun Xiu glanced at Li Jiakang and said unhappily, "I told you to meddle in other people's business. Now they're blaming our family, right?"
Li Jiakang made an embarrassed expression and defended himself, "I just thought that we were all neighbors, and we knew each other well, so we could look after each other when we went out. Besides, I didn't force their children to go to the countryside with the third child. It was their own choice. Why are they blaming us?"
Then he looked at Hu Guilan, "Guilan, if someone says that again, just tell them what happened that night and don't give her face."
Before Hu Guilan could respond, Sun Xiu quickly retorted, "What nonsense! We've been seeing each other for so long, how could things have gotten so awkward? We've learned from this experience and will stay away from such distant neighbors in the future."
Those neighbors who came to the Li family to plead for help in removing their children from the list of people sent to the countryside actually did not have a very close relationship with the Li family.
The truly close neighbors basically chatted in the Li family's yard during the day. They knew from Hu Guilan early on that the Li family could not do this, so naturally they would not come to their house.
Sun Xiu believes that harmony is the most important thing among neighbors. Even if the relationship is not very close, it is not acceptable to embarrass the other party just because someone complains a few times.
As long as you understand it in your heart, just stay away from them.
In fact, Sun Xiu's idea is what most people think nowadays. People think that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is better to have one less enemy than one more, so they will not easily break off relations with their neighbors unless it is absolutely necessary.
Li Jiakang also understood this. What he had said just now was just an angry remark. Now that Sun Xiu had given him an excuse, he naturally took advantage of it and backed off. He did not mention the matter again and only grumbled, "So what do you think we should do? We can't just do nothing, right?"
At this time, Li Xu took over the conversation and said with a smile, "If anyone complains about our family in the future, they can say that the situation in other places might be even worse than that of the Third Brother and his family. That way, they won't be able to say that before they understand the situation clearly.
Many of the neighbors' children have gone to the frontier areas. Judging by the time, it won't be long before we receive letters from them. By then, those who complain about our family will be too embarrassed to say anything. Sister-in-law can just mock them a few times and I guarantee they won't dare to say a word."
This kind of thing is not a secret. Basically, once the letter is received on the first day, it will spread everywhere on the second day. People can know the situation of those people without having to ask specifically.
Li Ping smacked his lips and asked, "Xiao Xu, are you so sure that the situation on the border is worse than that of the third brother?"
"Sure."
"Okay, let's do as you say, Guilan. When the news comes out, you can mock them."
Hu Guilan naturally had no objection and agreed directly.
After the matter was settled, Li Ping and his wife went to the Hu family. Hu Guilan wanted to know what her brothers and sisters who had gone to the countryside had written in the letter.
But given the situation of Hu Dongfeng and the other two, how good could the content be?
So Hu Guilan came back with red eyes again.
...
In the blink of an eye, several days passed and it was New Year's Eve.
In the evening, everyone in the Li family sat at the dinner table. Except for a few children, the adults had little interest in the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner and would only pick up a piece of food with chopsticks every once in a while.
At this time, Sun Xiu sighed and said, "If only the third brother were here."
I didn’t feel anything at other times, but now at this family reunion moment, without Li Chen, everyone feels like the meal has no taste.
It’s just that no one else mentioned it except Sun Xiu.
As for why he didn't mention it, just like now, as soon as Sun Xiu finished speaking, Zhou Miao's eyes became red, and it was obvious that there was still some tears in them, but he was trying hard not to let them fall.
Seeing this, Li Mei and others didn't know how to persuade them.
It's natural for a daughter-in-law to miss her husband, and today is not the first month of the year, so there is no such thing as not crying. So everyone didn't know what to do and could only watch her quietly.
Sun Xiu finally realized that she had said the wrong thing. After thinking for a while, she picked up the wine glass and said to Zhou Miao, "Xiao Miao, raise your glass. I, as your mother-in-law, toast you."
It is always the younger generation who toasts the elder generation, and it is very rare to see the elder generation toasting the younger generation, especially the mother-in-law toasting the daughter-in-law.
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