Siheyuan: no worries about food and clothing at the beginning

Chapter 44 End
Second day

Father Li looked at the breakfast in front of him and said

"Everyone, let's eat quickly. After eating, we will go to the street to register households."

Everyone didn't reply, they just ate stick noodle porridge silently.

Li He hesitated for a long time and said, "Father, why don't you let me take care of you?"

Father Li frowned slightly when he heard this and said

"Didn't we agree yesterday? The third child will support me in my old age."

Li Lin looked at his second brother curiously.

Li He's daughter-in-law said, "Li He and I want to be filial to our father and mother, so we want to provide for our father and mother."

Hearing this, Li He said hastily, "Yes, in order to do my filial piety to my father and mother."

Mother Li looked at Father Li, but it could be seen from her eyes that she wanted to get Father Li to agree.

Father Li didn't care about Mother Li's eyes and said directly, "They all live in the same courtyard, and they don't see each other when they look up.

If you want to fulfill your filial piety, you can do it at any time. You don’t need to rely on old age to fulfill your filial piety.”

Li Lin's second sister-in-law said, "This is not to support you in your old age, but it can better reflect the filial piety of Li He and I."

Father Li shook his head and said, "It was agreed yesterday, and written evidence has been established.

The third child will take care of me in my old age, so don’t talk about this matter anymore."

Seeing Li's father's resolute attitude, Li He and Li Lin's second sister-in-law didn't speak any more.

How could Father Li not understand the careful thinking of Li He and his wife, and he didn't like the second son very much in the first place, so it was absolutely impossible for him to let Li He take care of him for the elderly.

Seeing that his wishful thinking came to nothing, Li Lin's second sister-in-law couldn't help but look depressed.

Li Lin's sister-in-law on the side had already seen through everything, but she didn't say anything. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her.

And she knew that even if their family wanted to propose to provide for Li's father and Li's mother, Li's father would firmly disagree.

Because Li's father is partial to his younger uncle, and his younger uncle is still promising, so how could Li's father let others take care of him.

And my uncle will become an engineer in the future, so he can live in the Tongzilou. The living conditions in the Tongzilou are much better than that of the courtyard house.

After eating, Li's father said, "You all prepare yourselves, and you will go to the street office to handle household separation in an hour."

Li He and his daughter-in-law returned to their room.

Li He said, "It's not that I don't want to tell him, it's that my father doesn't want me to raise him."

Li He's daughter-in-law looked at their room and said, "Then you said that if we don't support father and mother, where should we eat?"

Li He said, "It's simple, let's divide our room into a partition, and there are many families who do it like this."

Li He's daughter-in-law said, "Didn't my uncle live in the utility room before marrying Ruoyan?

Shall we ask for that room?"

Li He said with some embarrassment, "Didn't the room be allocated to the eldest brother yesterday?"

Li He's wife said, "But where do you want your child to live when he grows up?"

Li He looked at their room and said, "The house we allotted is indeed small, but the house that Eldest Brother allocated is not much bigger than ours. If you ask Elder Brother for that room, Eldest Brother will definitely not agree."

The reason why Li Lin's eldest brother got that room was because his eldest brother had the largest salary in the family.

So Li's father and Li's mother gave him the room in order to compensate Li Lin's elder brother.

Li He knew this very well, so he didn't have the nerve to ask his eldest brother for it.

And even if you ask for it, the elder brother will definitely not give it, after all, the elder sister-in-law also has children.

Li He's daughter-in-law thought for a while and said, "Why don't you tell my uncle to exchange our rooms?"

The reason why Li He's daughter-in-law had this idea was that Li Lin's room was much larger than theirs, so they could have space to separate the kitchen from where their children lived.

The room of Li's father and Li's mother is about the same size as Li Lin's room.

So that house has a living room, kitchen and Li Lin's parents' room.

The room where Li Lin lived was originally occupied by people, but because of the transfer of work, he left here.

After that, everyone in the yard was staring at the room, but in the end Li Lin took the room because of Deputy Director Li.

It is worth mentioning that during this period the house was owned by the public, not privately owned.

Hearing this, Li He said in a bit of embarrassment, "I am Li Lin's elder brother, I will take advantage of him, and this will cause my face to lose luster."

Li He's wife heard this and said, "Is your face more important? Or is your child's future residence more important?"

Li He said, "How much space does a child need?"

Li He's daughter-in-law said angrily when she heard this, "Don't your children grow up?"

Hearing this, Li He touched his hair irritably and said, "Okay, then I'll talk, but do you think the third child will agree?

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the third child agrees, will father and mother agree? "

Li He's daughter-in-law said, "You don't even say it, how do you know they don't agree?"

Li He looked at the daughter-in-law in front of him and couldn't help but said, "How did you become like this, even your own family is plotting against you?"

Li He's wife heard this and said angrily, "I am not doing this just so that our family can live a better life.

But look at you, you don't think about our future at all, am I easy?

And ask yourself, did your father really level the bowl of water?

Obviously our family is the one who needs their help the most, but instead they are with the one with the best conditions.”

Li He sat down and said, "The bills are divided equally, what else do you want?"

In Li He's view, he has already taken advantage of the family, after all, the salary he gave to the family is not so much.

And in his opinion, if he is in trouble, his brothers and parents will definitely help him.

How come when I come to my daughter-in-law's place, I become a separated family and become a stranger, and I don't communicate with each other forever.

Li He's daughter-in-law could only talk about the child when she heard this, "Even if you don't think about the two of us, you should also think about the child."

Li He was really annoyed by his daughter-in-law, "The calculations come and go, aren't the calculations all about feelings?

Anyway, I don't want me and my fraternity to be strangers in the future"

Li He's wife heard this and said, "In the end, I became that evil person!
I'm going back to my mother's house"

Li He also lost his temper when he heard this, "Go back, see if your natal family can afford you.

If I hadn't married you from the village, you don't know what kind of life you would have lived in the village."

Li He's daughter-in-law looked at Li He in disbelief when she heard this, and said, "You despise me"

When Li He said this, he also felt that something was wrong, but a man's dignity prevented him from admitting his mistake, so he did not say anything to make up for it.

At this time, Li He didn't care about anything else and said directly, "Did I treat you too well all these years, making you forget your identity.

Look at Qin Huairu who lives in the same village as you. Is she as unreasonable as you?

She is obedient to her mother-in-law and her husband.

Also, isn't it because you are pregnant with my child now, that's why you are like this.

When the child is born, I will tell you to go back to your hometown, believe it or not?"

Speaking of this, Li He's daughter-in-law became obviously afraid. In her impression, Li He was always easy to talk, why did he become like this today?

Li He's daughter-in-law burst into tears and said

"I'm not thinking about this family yet"

Li He also knew that he had spoken just now, so he said, "What you said is also reasonable, but now the family has been divided.

And I can tell you clearly now that I have no complaints about this allocation.

The third child has to support his parents, so I don’t have any problem if the money is distributed to him fairly.

And the elder brother who should have the most ideas, he has no ideas, how could I have any ideas.

The third child's house was obtained by his own ability, so I don't have the face to ask the third child to exchange houses with him.

As for the utility room of the boss, it was only given to him by father and mother in order to compensate the boss, and I don't have any complaints.

Now that I've explained it clearly to you, don't discuss these things with me in the future.

And although we are separated, we can't see each other in this yard. We are in trouble. My brother and my parents will definitely help me.

Instead of expressing between the lines in your words, we will be like strangers after we are separated, and we will never communicate with each other.

And let me tell you clearly, although my father didn't clearly show that he didn't like me, I knew that he didn't like me since I was a child.

He can treat me so fairly, so how can I have the face to compete with the boss and the third child for family property?"

Li He's daughter-in-law didn't dare to refute Li He's words after hearing this, "I know."

Father Li looked at Mother Li and said

"Anyway, let me tell you that I will definitely not let my second brother support us in our old age."

Li's mother sighed and said nothing. Could he understand that Li's father was angry because he was plotted against him.

An hour later, Father Li brought the three Li family brothers to the street office.

Director Wang was a little surprised when he saw Father Li coming with his three children and said, "Li Meng, what do you want to do with these three children of yours?"

Li's father opened his mouth and replied, "I brought them here to move their household registration out."

Director Wang couldn't understand that Li Meng's family was going to split up when he heard this.

As the director of the sub-district office, she still had to advise, "Li Meng, are you really sure you want to separate the family?
In my impression, your family is living in harmony."

Father Li said, "I have already thought about it on the way here, so I will trouble Director Wang to help with the household registration issue."

Director Wang was unambiguous when he heard this and took the Li family to handle household registration issues.

After finishing the process, Father Li issued the household registrations to his three sons separately and said, "Although we are separated, the three of you remember that the three of you will always be brothers. Inseparable blood flows"

The three Li Lin brothers looked at each other when they heard this and said, "We know."

Back in the yard, Father Li looked at the food and pots and pans in front of him and said

"Boss and second, each of you should take forty catties of stick noodles and two catties of flour."

Li Shan said, "We don't want daddy's flour, let's leave it for you and mother to eat."

Li He said, "Father, please listen to elder brother and leave it for you and mother to eat."

Li Lin's father said, "I accept your wishes. Your father and mother both have jobs.

You can't let others think that your father and your mother have jobs but still take advantage of the two of you."

From Li Lin's father's point of view, both he and Li's mother are working people, so he doesn't want the pension money of his two sons.

And it also saves others from saying that he and Li's mother subsidized all the pension money given by the eldest and second child to the third child.

After hearing their father's words, Li Shan and Li He didn't say any more words.

Li Lin's father continued to speak, "Take your respective bowls and chopsticks.

By the way, there are also those two old hens, one for each of your family, and the eggs, which you two will share equally."

Li Shan heard this and said, "Dad, the third child got this, the second child and I..."

Father Li interrupted Li Shan's words and said, "Your daughter-in-law and second son's daughter-in-law are both pregnant, which is the time when they need nourishment.

And when they are in confinement, the old hen can just give them nutrition.

And the reason why the third brother got these two old hens is also to make your respective wives nutritious."

Hearing this, Li Lin said, "Dad is right. The original intention of getting these two old hens is to supplement nutrition for the sisters-in-law, so that they can give birth smoothly."

Father Li continued, "But you have to remember this love for the third child, do you understand?"

However, Father Li felt that his words were superfluous. After all, he knew that the three Li Lin brothers had a very good relationship from childhood to adulthood.

Li Shan and Li He said firmly, "The two of us will never forget the love of the third child."

Father Li said, "Okay, take all these things back to your house."

Mother Li said, "Wait a minute, I have something else to say."

Hearing this, everyone stopped quickly.

Mother Li said, "Juanzi and Xiaofen are both pregnant now, so it's not very convenient for them to cook.

So during this period of time, you should eat together with your family first, and when the two of them can cook alone, you will cook alone in your respective rooms.

Of course, the family will definitely not charge you anything, you just need to give the food for each meal to the family."

When Mother Li said this, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. Now when she spoke, she had to consider whether each family was taking advantage of each other.

(End of this chapter)