"Mrs. Liu, why don't you just have dinner for your family of four at our house?"

"I want to make some noodles with gravy tonight. You are good at making noodles, so you can roll the noodles and I will stir-fry the gravy."

She thought that she could not compare with Mrs. Liu's superb noodle-making skills, and even she herself liked the noodles rolled by Mrs. Liu better.

"Sure, no problem."

"Tiantian, take the key and go home to scoop up a bowl of noodles."

"Be careful, don't fall."

"Don't worry, mom. I'll be careful."

Song Fuyu did not stop them. She did not bring anything with her, and the family felt uneasy about what to eat. After living together for so long, this was the most comfortable mode for them.

Whenever you eat at someone's house, you should bring the corresponding rations. This way, you don't have to treat me to a meal today and I have to return the favor tomorrow, going back and forth.

"Ziyuan, go see what Uncle Li and Aunt Wu are doing. Why haven't they come yet?"

"No need to trouble Yan Tuan, Xiao Zheng, go to Grandpa Li's house and call them over."

"good!"

Xiaozheng ran away in a flash.

When he arrived at the door of Li's house, he found it closed. He stood at the door and waited for several minutes but no one came back. He did not rush home to report the news, but ran to the tube building.

"Brother Shitou, have you seen Grandpa Li and Grandma Wu?"

When he met his playmates, Xiaozheng immediately ran up to ask.

"Shh!"

"They are at Xiaolan's sister's house. There was a fight in their house just now. It was so scary. My mom told me not to go over there."

"Xiaozheng, don't go over there either. You're so young, and I'm worried I might hurt you by mistake."

"It doesn't matter. Grandpa Li is at their house. They don't dare to fight anymore."

"That's true. I'll go with you then."

The Hu family was located on the second floor of a tube-shaped building. As soon as he went up, Xiao Zheng clearly felt that the atmosphere was a little different. He couldn't tell what was different because this feeling had never appeared in their family before.

At this time, Teacher Li was speaking in a deep voice in the room. Xiaozheng didn't want to interrupt him because his mother said it was impolite to interrupt others, so he could only observe quietly at the door.

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, the room finally fell silent. He walked cautiously to Wu Hong, quietly pulled her sleeve, and motioned for Wu Hong to squat down slightly.

He leaned close to Wu Hong's ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Grandma Wu, Aunt Yan wants you and Grandpa Li to come over for dinner."

"Okay, I understand. You go back first, we'll be there soon."

After getting a satisfactory reply, Xiaozheng turned around and left the Hu family. Just as he was about to run downstairs, he was blocked by Shitou and several other children.

"Brother Shitou, what can I do for you? I want to go home for dinner."

"Xiao Zheng, are the persimmons grown in your yard ready to eat? Can you give us one?"

They had already gone to Xiaozheng's house a week ago and saw that the persimmon tree was full of persimmons, which looked particularly tempting.

"That's not our persimmon tree. It's Aunt Yan's tree."

"My mother said that I can't eat it now because it's too bitter. I need to wait for a while."

"What does astringent mean?"

"Hmm... maybe it means it's not cooked yet. I'm not sure."

"Can you ask Aunt Yan for us?"

"Okay, I'll ask for you and answer you tomorrow, okay? My mom won't let me go out at night."

"good!"

Running back home from the tube building, Xiaozheng only told everyone that Grandpa Li and the others were at Hu's house.

"Ah, this Hu family is really endless. I don't need to think to know that it must be the troublesome mother-in-law of the Hu family who is here again."

"You were so scared last time that you rolled over and crawled, yet you still dare to come here."

Song Fuyu was also a little surprised by this. She thought that people with thick skin were indeed shameless, which was something that a normal person like her could not understand.

"You have been in the family compound for too short a time, so you don't understand Zhou Qin's mother-in-law."

"She was only scared for a few moments, but when she returns home and her eldest daughter-in-law whispers something in her ear, it won't be long before she starts thinking about making trouble again."

"If you ask me, people like her will only be at peace if they are buried in the ground."

Grandma Yan on the side had no idea what they were talking about. Liu Aihua briefly introduced the situation of the Hu family to her. After listening, Grandma Yan also expressed her incomprehension of such people.

“This family atmosphere is so uncomfortable.”

“That’s right!”

"Zhou Qin had no choice. She didn't want the children to be affected."

"There are four girls in their family, and the oldest one should be about 14 or 15 years old. If their parents get divorced, it will do them all harm and no good."

"Although grandma comes over to make trouble from time to time, at least it's not a single-parent family, and the mother and daughter still have a place to live. If they get divorced, there will be no house, and Zhou Qin's family probably won't be able to accommodate the five of them."

The army's current house was allocated to Hu Chengcai. If it had been divided, the house would definitely belong to him. When he retires or is transferred to another place, the house will eventually be taken back by the army.

About half an hour later, Uncle Li and Aunt Wu finally came, and Song Fuyu and Liu Aihua immediately went to the kitchen to cook noodles.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's okay. I had lunch late, so I'm not too hungry."

"Aunt Wu, what's going on over there today?"

"It's because Hu Cheng's mother and sister-in-law are the two troublemakers. They heard from someone that the studio has high salaries and good benefits, including bonuses and gifts for festivals. They think that the twenty yuan a month Hu Cheng gives to the family is too little, and now he wants fifty yuan a month."

“Hiss~~”

Liu Aihua took a deep breath after hearing this.

Fifty dollars! That's really a lot of money.

The Hu family has two daughters working in the studio, but they have to go to school from Monday to Friday and can only come to work on Saturdays and during winter and summer vacations. Now the money the two girls earn in total is probably only about 100 yuan.

Giving Hu Cheng and his family fifty yuan a month is simply driving them to death.

"What happened in the end?"

"Zhou Qin has now come to her senses and no longer indulges them. Not only did she not agree to give 50 yuan, she also reduced the previously agreed amount by more than half. She let Hu Cheng make his own choice. If he still agrees to give that much money every month, she will divorce him and move away with the children. If the money is reduced, their family can still live a good life."

"She is determined this time. No matter how Hu Cheng persuades her or how Liu Sufen throws a tantrum, she remains indifferent."

"Several girls also said that if Hu Cheng didn't agree, they would just pretend they didn't have a father."

"Hu Cheng was originally a little bit reluctant to see his mother cry, but who would have thought that Zhou Qin would, in front of everyone, collect all the money her family had given to Liu Sufen for her retirement and for gifts during the New Year and other festivals. The total amount was as much as 2,800 yuan, and this did not include the money Hu Cheng had before he got married."

"Looking around the family compound, how many families can come up with so much money?"

"Hu Cheng was also shocked by the total amount and immediately asked his mother where the money was."

"Is there any need to ask? Of course the subsidy is given to his eldest brother's family."

"It's hard to say what to say about Hu Cheng. He was quite smart in the army, but once he met his mother, his brain started to go crazy."

"Who says it's not?"