Although it is said that family disgrace should not be made public, Li Li was obviously furious and directly told everyone what happened at home.
Li Jun is the eldest child, but he got married late. He has two daughters, one seven and one five years old, and the one in Li Li's belly is seven months old.
Li Jun also has a younger brother, Li Bing, who has two sons. At home, he not only has a separate room, but even his daily meals and drinks are different from others.
Li's father and mother received Li Jun's salary and took care of the family's food and drink, but Li Jun's wife and daughter ate the worst.
Li Jun's little daughter had a fever a few days ago, and Li's mother didn't want to spend money on medical treatment. If Li Jun hadn't received an advance on his salary from the factory, I'm afraid Li Jun's little daughter might not have survived.
Li Li has already had a falling out with her parents-in-law. If she had the house, she would have moved out as soon as her youngest daughter recovered from her illness.
"Sister-in-law, I'm not unfilial to my parents-in-law, it's just that they're too much." Li Li held her belly and tears fell, "I'm hoping that this baby in my belly is a boy. I wonder who will say we don't have a son in the future and throw pots and banners around."
The preference for boys over girls is too common in this era. Even in modern times, there are still some people who hold old ideas.
"Will your parents-in-law agree if you move out?" Qi Mengmeng knew from what Li Li said just now that Li's father and mother were not easy people to talk to.
"I've already told Li Jun that if he doesn't move out, I'll go to the street women's federation. My daughter is going to be killed by them. I'm not a person with a good temper."
Li Li smiled sadly at Qi Mengmeng: "I used to always consider Li Jun's face, but now I understand that considering his face means sleeping in humiliation. From now on, I will not consider anyone's face anymore."
Qi Mengmeng nodded. It was not easy for her to understand this truth.
"Mengmeng, take all the things back later. We can't eat them if you leave them here anyway." Li Li has completely given up.
"How about you come with us to look at a house later? If it's suitable, you can move in tomorrow. To be honest, we're leaving tomorrow."
Qi Mengmeng described the situation in the yard and the personalities of Aunt Qiu's family.
When Li Li heard that there were three rooms, she almost laughed out loud and didn't care at all about Aunt Qiu who loved to take advantage of others.
She had been enduring it because Mr. and Mrs. Li were her parents-in-law. Once they moved there, Aunt Qiu would be a neighbor, so who would give in to her?
The two women agreed on renting a house outside and returned to the slum hand in hand.
Gu Guizhi and Li Jun were still talking about things in the army. Li Li picked up the cloth bag that Qi Mengmeng had brought and shouted into the house, "Xiaoqing, Xiaoyu, go out with your mother."
Two skinny little girls came out of the house, their clothes were all patched. They walked up to Li Li and looked at Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi timidly.
Qi Mengmeng resisted the urge to give the two children candy and nodded to Li Li: "Let's go."
Mother Li followed the two children out of the house and asked, "Where are we going?"
As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on the bag in Li Li's hand, and she wanted to reach out to take it.
Li Li hid aside for a moment and stuffed the cloth bag to Qi Mengmeng: "Let's go see Captain Gu and sister-in-law off."
Although Gu Guizhi didn't know what was going on, Qi Mengmeng winked at him, and he stood up and said to Li Jun, "Li Jun, let's go for a walk."
Li Jun nodded and stood up to leave.
Mother Li tried to pull Li Qing and Li Yu away, saying, "You two should get out and stop taking care of the child."
Li Li took her two daughters back a step, and Qi Mengmeng reached out to support her, otherwise she would have fallen.
Li Jun was startled and hurried over to help Li Li.
Qi Mengmeng frowned and looked at Li Jun: "Li Jun, why can't your wife even take the children out?"
Li Li ignored Li's mother and pulled her two daughters out. Qi Mengmeng was afraid that something might happen to her, so she took two quick steps to catch up.
Gu Guizhi glanced at Li Jun and followed him. When Li's mother wanted to say something, Li Jun yelled in a low voice, "Mom, that was my former battalion commander. You better stop talking."
Mother Li swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth, and Li Jun quickly caught up with the others.
After leaving the compound, Qi Mengmeng took out a few pieces of White Rabbit milk candies and shared them with the two sisters.
Li Qing and Li Yu looked at Li Li first. Li Li nodded in agreement, and the two sisters took the candy from Qi Mengmeng: "Thank you, auntie."
"You're welcome. You two can have some candy first. I'll bring you some snacks when we get there." Qi Mengmeng thought the two sisters were too obedient and felt a little more pity for them.
Li Qing held the candy in her hand and handed it to Li Li first: "Mom, you eat it."
Li Li shook her head: "Mom doesn't like candy, you guys can have it."
Qi Mengmeng simply took out a few more candies, peeled off the candy wrappers, stuffed a piece of candy into Li Li's mouth, and then said to Li Qing: "Your mother has already eaten the candy, you two should eat it quickly."
Li Qing hesitated for a moment before putting the candy in her mouth. She quickly narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips tightly, looking very happy. However, Qi Mengmeng felt a little sad.
At this time, Li Jun came out and saw the mother and daughter eating. He was stunned for a moment: "Xiao Qing, what are you eating?"
"It's candy. My aunt gave it to me." Li Qing pointed at Qi Mengmeng and said in a low voice.
Li Yu took out some candy and wanted to give it to Li Jun, but Li Jun shook his head and said, "Dad doesn't like candy, Xiaoyu, keep it for yourself and eat it slowly."
Qi Mengmeng turned her head and told Gu Guizhi about her plan to return to the courtyard.
Li Jungang just then realized that Qi Mengmeng wanted to rent his house to her, and he looked at Li Li first.
Li Li glared and said, "Why are you looking at me? If you can't bear to leave your parents, I will move out with the children."
Li Jun stepped forward to support Li Li and whispered, "I didn't say I won't go. Please take care of yourself."
Qi Mengmeng looked at Qi Mengmeng a little embarrassedly and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go look at the house now?"
Qi Mengmeng looked at Li Jun and felt that he didn't seem to dislike his wife and children. She really didn't know how their life ended up like this.
Li Qing and Li Yu also understood what the adults meant. Li Qing pulled Li Li's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Mom, are we moving out?"
"Yes, I'll take you to see it now." Li Li nodded.
Li Qing's eyes were bright, and they remained so until they entered the courtyard. She opened her mouth wide and asked in disbelief, "Mom, are we moving here?"
Li Li was also full of surprise. She didn't expect that the three rooms Qi Mengmeng mentioned were so big. They were equivalent to the four rooms of an ordinary family.
Qi Mengmeng opened the door of the east wing and let them in.
"I bought some things and put them here. You can see which ones can be used." Qi Mengmeng stood at the door and watched the family of four walking around the room.
"Mengmeng, you mean, all these things are for us to use?" Li Li's face was full of surprise. This room was fully stocked with bedding, pots and pans, and everything else. One could almost move in with just a suitcase.
"Of course, we are going back tomorrow, so we can't take these things with us. But as you can see, these things are not new." Qi Mengmeng nodded affirmatively.
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