"What happened? Tell me what happened."
Li Zhu's face froze, and his mouth moved several times, but he couldn't utter a word.
"Chen Feng, you speak."
Chen Feng kept silent about it. She knew that her biological father and biological mother were different. Her biological mother would stand on her side, but her biological father would not.
"Speak, I'm dumb."
Li Zhu: "Don't be angry. The thing is, Mingli wants to send ten yuan back to his hometown every month to support his parents. Xiaofeng thinks that's too much and only wants to give five yuan a month. After all, they have two children to support. Xiaofeng is also considering the children. Then Mingli disagreed, and the two started arguing. Xiaofeng got so angry that she asked for a divorce."
"Is that what your mother said?"
Chen Feng looked up at Li Zhu, and after seeing Li Zhu's expression, he nodded, "Yes."
"He's the only son of the Jiang family. Is 10 yuan a lot? You and Mingli's combined salary is 80 yuan. Isn't 70 yuan enough for you? He sent ten yuan to his parents, why are you making a fuss? You have the nerve to run back to your mother's house and cry. Go back to your own home right now."
"Dad, I am your daughter. Why are you helping Jiang Mingli and not me? Wuwuwu..."
"Is it that I don't want to help you? I'm too embarrassed to help you. If you stand up for yourself, I'll dare to bring your eldest brother and second brother to your house to beat you up. Are you standing up for yourself? Only your parents-in-law are kind and easy to talk to. If it were me, I would slap them in the face."
“Wuwuwu…”
"Why are you crying? Go home quickly."
Li Zhu pulled Chen Feng up and walked towards the door, "I'll take Xiao Feng back and ask her to apologize to Ming Li."
Lin Doudou watched the mother and daughter walk away and smiled sarcastically in her heart.
I knew it was Chen Feng's doing. She had nothing to do every day and was bored. I think it was because the Jiang family treated her too well that she was so arrogant and even dared to humiliate her parents-in-law.
When Jiang Mingli saw Li Zhu bringing Chen Feng back, he just sneered in his heart and was not surprised at such a result.
Li Zhu: "Mingli, I sent Xiaofeng back. Her father and I gave her a good scolding. She already knows she was wrong. Don't argue with her. It's all my fault that her father and I spoiled her and made her so impatient and quick-tempered." Li Zhu pulled Chen Feng, "Why don't you apologize to Mingli quickly? Although you did it for the child and wanted her to eat better and wear better clothes, supporting your parents is what every child should do."
Chen Feng took a deep breath and said, "Mingli, I was wrong. I shouldn't have stopped you from sending money to your parents."
Jiang Mingli looked at the mother and daughter acting, and to be honest, he found it really boring. In this case, both of them thought of themselves as fools!
Jiang Mingli really wanted to yell at the two women and tell them to get out! But the reality is that life has to go on.
Jiang Mingli suppressed his anger and said to Chen Feng: "It's good that you can figure it out. We have been married for so many years, how could I blame you?"
Jiang Mingli turned to Li Zhu and said, "Mother-in-law, I have my own difficulties. I am the only son of my parents. They are almost 60 years old and in poor health. There is not much income in the countryside, so I changed to sending ten yuan back home. They were sick some time ago, and even had to borrow money from others for medical expenses. I feel so sad! I don't want to be criticized when I return to the village one day. I hope you can understand."
Li Zhu smiled slightly, "As it should be, as it should be. It's all Xiaofeng's fault for not being sensible."
…
Then the family reconciled.
Lin Yiming and his classmates were tired from playing, so they found a bench in the park to lie down and rest for a while. However, before they had rested for two minutes, they heard voices from the other side of the grass.
Huang Erniu: "What happened? Why are you so sad?"
Huang Ershi: "What else could it be? It's just my sister's wedding. They're arguing all the time, it's so annoying. My brother-in-law's parents want to get married later, but my parents want to get married sooner. You see, it's just a wedding, right? What does it matter if it's earlier or later? Why don't my brother-in-law's parents agree?"
Huang Erniu: "Does your brother-in-law have a younger brother who is in his second year of high school and will graduate next year?"
Huang Ershi: "Yeah! What's wrong?"
Huang Erniu: "Are your family stupid? They can't even see such a simple thing. The reason your brother-in-law's parents are delaying the marriage is that they want to use all their money to find a job for their youngest son. Nowadays, all graduates without jobs have to go to the countryside. Think about it, marriage doesn't cost money, and the betrothal gift doesn't cost money, but there's only so much money. If you get married, you can't buy a job, so they must be delaying it!"
Huang Ershi: "Damn, so that's how it is. No, I have to go home and tell my mom. I can't let them hold my sister back. If we have to save up for the betrothal gift again, it will take at least a year or two. But my brother-in-law has an older brother who also has a girlfriend. Who can we give the money to by then? What if it's not given to my sister, and it takes another year or two? Then my sister will become a spinster. When they see my sister as a spinster, maybe they won't even give the betrothal gift. Then our family will be at a huge loss."
Huang Erniu: "That's right. I'll go with you and find your mother."
Lin Yiming didn't sit up from the stool until the footsteps faded away, then he ran home quickly.
Only after Lin Yiming ran away did Yang Xiaobei come out from the darkness.
When Lin Yiming saw Lin's mother, he immediately shouted, "Mom, something big has happened. I discovered the Yang family's conspiracy. They can't even think of a dowry to marry my sister."
Mother Lin was shocked. "What? Are you kidding? If the Yang family doesn't pay a penny of betrothal gifts, how could I possibly let my sister get married? 300 yuan of betrothal gifts and a watch, not a penny less. These betrothal gifts are reserved for you to marry a wife."
"Mom, you don't understand. Don't say anything. Just listen to me. Yang Xiaodong will be 25 after the Chinese New Year. He's an old man. Logically, he should want to get married sooner, but they just find excuses to postpone it. Isn't that strange?"
Mother Lin nodded. "It's quite strange."
Lin Yiming clapped his hands together. "That's right, it's strange. I've been thinking about it for the past few days, and finally I figured it out. The reason they're delaying the marriage is that they want to use the family money to find a job for the Yang family's high school son. The money is so limited, and they can only do one thing: find a job or get married. If he finds a job by then, it will take the Yang family a year or two to save up enough for the betrothal gift. But Yang Xiaodong still has his second brother, Yang Xiaonan, who is 23 years old this year. What if he gets married by then? He won't be willing to give the money to Yang Xiaodong. If he doesn't, he'll have to delay it for another year or two. By then, my sister will be an old maid. Who will be willing to give so much betrothal gift? Then our family will lose a lot of money."
Mother Lin suddenly understood what was going on, then turned to anger and cursed loudly: "This Yang family is so wicked! They are trying to harm our family."
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