My son had already painted the house white, but they still moved in. It was really wrong. Why did I agree with Li Afen's suggestion at that time?
Xia Xiangdong felt guilty when he thought about this, and did not respond to Li Afen's instigation:
"Come on. Everyone was talking about it the day before yesterday. Team Three buried a few people, one of whom was buried for more than ten hours and was even dug out by Linbei. You heard it. Actually, we should have gone to visit her then. After all, she was Linbei's wife-in-law. What's the point of you pretending not to know now? No one is stupid!"
Li Afen was furious that her husband didn't stand by her side. "You! Do you know why you didn't move back west? Now you're blaming me!"
"Then I was thinking of waiting for Linbei to come back and help me move. It was you who insisted on moving that day. I know my own son well, and this time he's getting angry. Oh, let's split up the family, what should I do?" Xia Xiangdong hugged his head and could only sigh.
Li Afen was unwilling to do so: "We can't split up the family! If we do, what will happen to Bingye and Xiao'e's future marriage? How much money can we earn from each of our work points to buy you a few prescriptions of Chinese medicine? Bingye will get upset if he doesn't eat meat for a few days. Do you want to make your youngest son suffer?"
Isn’t this what Xia Xiangdong is waiting for?
He quickly said, "Then go beg Lin'er yourself. You can't ask me, as a father, to beg my son, right? It's all your fault anyway!"
Li Afen looked at the man who was holding his forehead and didn't want to move at all. She was so angry that she muttered and cursed a few times, but she had to bow her head and admit her mistake to Xia Lin.
She had little contact with Xia Lin before. This adopted son went out to serve in the army when he was a teenager. He only came back a few times during his seventeen years. However, he was very generous with money and never asked for anything. She always thought he was a rough guy, but she didn't expect him to be so concerned about marriage. Oh, this time it will be difficult.
Li Afen walked into Xia Lin's new house and tried to reason with her, but Xia Lin ignored her completely.
Li Afen began to lament how great her contributions to the family were.
Xia Linbei spoke up: "Did you build this house? Did you pay for Dad's medical treatment and hospitalization?"
Li Afen was speechless.
In the end, she honestly begged Xia Linbei for forgiveness, saying that she was inconsiderate and asked Xia Linbei not to say angry words about dividing the family, as the family still depended on him.
Xia Linbei still ignored her and cooked and ate dinner by herself.
Li Afen and Xia Xiangdong worried all night. The next morning, Xia Linbei really took a bicycle to pick up his uncle Zhou Guifu, and sat in the main room to talk to Xia Xiangdong seriously about dividing the family property.
Xia Xiangdong held his forehead with a worried look on his face: "Brother-in-law, you're here. I haven't seen you for a long time. Uh, Lin Bei was joking. He hasn't even started a family yet, and his brothers and sisters are still young. How could he split up the family?"
Li Afen tried her best to put on a smile: "Brother, it's all my fault. I didn't understand and offended Lin. I'm here to apologize to him. We won't split up the family. Everyone in the family depends on him. If we split up the family, we really can't live anymore!"
Zhou Guifu had already heard some of what Xia Lin said on the way, and his face was also grim:
"Hmph! It's true that if there's a stepmother, there must be a stepfather. Xia Xiangdong, it's not my turn to judge others, but as my brother-in-law, I can still say a few words. My eldest son wants to get married, and you, as a father, haven't made any preparations. Do you have the nerve to do that? Marrying into the Yu family is already a good idea. It's okay if you don't intervene normally, but this time the girl was buried and almost died. Seeing that she's about to get married, shouldn't you go and see her? Not only did you not go, you were busy occupying the upper room. Is there shit stuck in your brain?"
Xia Xiangdong lowered his head: "I...brother-in-law, it's all, it's all said by Li Afen..."
"You're talking nonsense! Can't you tell the difference between what the man should make the decision for and what the woman should make the decision for in a family? You just do whatever she says? If she tells you to kill your son, would you do it? It's a good thing my sister went there, otherwise if you were so irresponsible, I'm afraid my sister would be so angry that she would vomit blood!"
Xia Xiangdong didn't dare to say a word and wanted to lower his head to his crotch.
Zhou Guifu took two puffs of his pipe and made his decision:
"Lin'er, if you really want my opinion, I think this family should be divided, but not now. You should get married and your wife can handle things on her own after a few days. It would be better to divide the family. You're away in the army, and if the family is divided, your wife will be left alone without anyone to rely on, and life will be difficult. But you have your own ideas, I know. How about this, you state your conditions. If your parents can meet them, then you can hold off on the division. If they can't, then you can follow your own ideas. Okay?"
Before Xia Linbei could answer, Li Afen nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Linbei, tell me what your conditions are. Even if you want me to kneel down, that's fine!"
Zhou Guifu slammed the table. "I'm asking you a question. What kind of person is this? You're so rude? You have no right to interrupt me here? You even said you had to kneel down so pitifully. It's as if Lin Bei bullied you and you insisted on occupying the upper room. Why didn't I see you kneeling down to beg for mercy? Get out of here!"
Li Afen gritted her teeth and dared not say another word.
In fact, these words were discussed by Xia Linbei and Zhou Guifu on the way.
Originally, Xia Linbei insisted on dividing the family before getting married, saying that his biological father and stepmother did not care about him at all, and when he left home, they would definitely bully his new wife.
Zhou Guifu advised him:
"Lin'er, although we can distinguish between family members after the separation, there are many people who will stab you in the back! Don't you think about it? You are now a company commander and earn a lot of money. This will naturally attract jealousy. When people see that you are raising two children and living a hard life, while you and your wife are living a comfortable life, they will make up all kinds of things about you!
You're fine, you can just walk out and hear nothing, but what about your new wife? She'll have to take all the blame for you. Every woman in the production team has a gossip. If your new wife gets married here and people gossip about her, and you're not home, she'll be upset and might say something!
You might as well take this opportunity to make a scene and make it clear that once you start a family, you can't just focus on them like you did before. There's no need to make a scene and get criticized even though you're clearly in the right."
Xia Linbei thought about how someone slipped a note into her house just after she came back, saying that Yu Sui should not marry her, and nodded silently.
This is indeed the case in the countryside, and he can't let his young wife be slandered again.
So at this moment, Xia Linbei put forward the conditions with a cold face:
"Dad, Mom, if you don't want to separate, you should be like other people's parents! Other people's parents arrange their own weddings for their sons, what about you? I originally gave you a few dollars to do it, and you still think it's not enough!
I've basically sent all my wages to you. Even if you used it to build a house and Dad's hospital stay, there should still be quite a bit left. But you're so good! Not only did you not want to spend a penny on my wedding, you're also trying to squeeze money out of me! I've been running away from death, and you're not willing to spend a dollar to bring a few eggs to see me. It's heartbreaking!
Forget it, I'm so disappointed I don't have any hope anymore. How about this, you give me two hundred yuan to arrange a wedding, and then we won't split up the family. I'll give you fifteen yuan a month from now on. If you don't want to, forget it, it's better to split up sooner rather than later. Divide the house, build a wall between them, and we'll be two families from now on!"
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