Chapter 191 Liu Rong understands Uncle Li’s thoughts
After Liu Rong put the money away, she went back into the kitchen to boil some water.
Uncle Li was accompanied by Zhou Nanxu, and Rong Mei also strolled out following Liu Rong and entered the kitchen.
After Liu Rong boiled the water in the pot, she took a basin to scoop up flour and began to mix and knead the dough.
Rong Mei walked over, put her hands on Liu Rong's shoulders, and took the initiative to confess, "Mom, I invited Uncle Li to come. I didn't tell you in advance. I was also unsure whether Uncle Li would come. Don't be angry."
Liu Rong stopped kneading the dough, shook her head and smiled, "Why are you angry? We should have invited him. Your Uncle Li has helped us so much. We should have invited him to celebrate the New Year with us. Otherwise, he would be lonely. It's just a matter of having more chopsticks. I have to thank you. I should have done these things for others. You are more thoughtful than me."
When she came back to celebrate the New Year, she had thought about inviting people to celebrate together, but with what capacity should she invite them? It would have been fine to celebrate the festival together in the provincial capital on weekdays, but even so, there were still a lot of gossips that reached her ears, but she chose to ignore them.
If we go back to our hometown together to celebrate the New Year, things will be even more difficult to explain.
Although people may have the wrong words, widows have always been surrounded by gossips, and she has endured a lot of criticism over the years.
Forget about it in the city, but if something happens in someone's house, it will spread to the countryside two miles away the next day. Even before it happened, Liu Rong could already imagine what would be spread in the future.
But she didn't care about these. She would go back to Hebei Province after the New Year anyway, and these gossips would not reach her ears.
Seeing that Liu Rong was not angry, Rong Mei breathed a sigh of relief. After taking a look at the kang room, she began to test her further.
"Then mother, don't you have any other ideas for Uncle Li? For example, really let him become a family with us, so that he won't be alone during the New Year in the future?"
As soon as Rong Mei finished speaking, Liu Rong's face turned red to her ears for the first time ever, and she turned her body awkwardly.
After a while, he whispered, "It's not important what I think, what's important is what your uncle Li thinks, so don't talk nonsense."
Eh!!!!
Rong Mei felt like she had discovered a new world. She noticed her mother-in-law's slightly red ears, but she didn't expect Liu Rong's attitude to change so dramatically.
I thought she would still say the same old refusal about not wanting to be someone else's stepmother anymore, but I didn't expect that now it depends on Uncle Li's opinion.
Is there any need to think about Uncle Li’s idea?
Sima Zhao's intentions are almost known to everyone, but she doesn't believe that her mother-in-law is so smart that she didn't realize it at all?
Rong Mei pretended to cough lightly, intending to give Liu Rong some more information, "Mom, actually the house we rented is Uncle Li's house."
"Yeah, I know." Liu Rong continued kneading the dough in her hands and nodded.
She found out about the house not long after. After all, it was not her family's tenant. Who the landlord was was a topic they could chat about occasionally in their spare time. She was quite surprised at first because Rong Mei had never told her about this. She didn't know whether Rong Mei and Zhou Nanxu knew about it. However, after finding out that it belonged to Uncle Li, nothing changed. She continued to pay the rent, and she didn't ask the couple.
Rong Mei was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Liu Rong had known about this for a long time. Since she knew it, shouldn't she have known Uncle Li's motives?
So is the mother-in-law intentional or unintentional towards Uncle Li?
For a moment, she was a little unsure.
If there is no thought at all, then wouldn't her CP be in tatters?
Moreover, wouldn't it cause more trouble to others if I asked Uncle Li to come home to celebrate the New Year without telling my mother-in-law?
Rong Mei asked again, "Then the two new stores we opened are also owned by Uncle Li. Did mother know about this?"
Liu Rong completely stopped what she was doing, turned around and looked at Rong Mei in surprise, "The shop also belongs to your Uncle Li?!"
Someone nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Yes, the same goes for shops."
At the same time, he felt a little guilty about the look in Liu Rong's eyes. He pretended to be busy and walked to the cupboard to get out a large bowl. He deliberately said in a voice that could be heard in the kang room, "Mom, well, how about I prepare the seasoning for Uncle Li first?"
If Liu Rong really had no feelings for Uncle Li, then she had really done something bad again.
Although she could repay the favor, this would only make things more difficult for Liu Rong. Given Liu Rong's personality, she would definitely feel that she owed Uncle Li something because of this. If she refused Uncle Li's offer because of this and made it difficult for herself to be with Uncle Li, this would really be what Liu Rong would do.
Thinking of this, Rong Mei quickly put down the bowl and pulled Liu Rong's arm.
"Mom, if you don't have those feelings towards Uncle Li, you don't have to worry about these things. You don't have to feel that you owe Uncle Li anything. We are renting this place with money. Although Uncle Li gave us a lower rent in the past few months, it is written in the contract that the rent will increase in the future. We will not have any discounts next quarter, and we will still pay him according to the original market rent."
This was also the reason why she did not pay the rent annually in the first place. She was afraid of a situation like today. She did not want Liu Rong to be caught in a dilemma in this matter. She could make do with anything except matters of the heart. Even if they were a couple who got married later in life, they had to be more cautious.
Although Uncle Li would not take Liu Rong's refusal seriously, he could owe anyone anything, but if he had to owe favors, he should owe them to his "family". Favors from outsiders were not so easy to repay. However, she could handle all of these, whether she owed one or repaid ten. She did not want to cause a psychological burden to Liu Rong.
Liu Rong sighed, "Alright, I know about this, don't worry about it, the water in the pot is already hot, ask your uncle Li to take a bath first."
If she doesn't understand what Uncle Li feels for her now, then she has lived most of her life in vain.
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