She had come in a fit of anger, but when it came to her two brothers, she couldn't put down her pride. After all, they were her biological brothers, weren't they?
Why did they have to make things so awkward?
Wang Yuguo's wife said, "We cleaned up quite a lot. Before you came back, I spent the whole day cleaning up. We washed the sheets, blankets, and clothes."
"The rats in the closet haven't been running around for a day or two. They've probably given birth to a few nests already. Not a single piece of clothing is in good condition." Seeing that his wife couldn't respond, Li Zhaokun spoke up. He wasn't Wang Yulan, so he didn't hold back when he spoke. "Do whatever you want. This old man can take it one day at a time. Once I close my eyes, there'll be less trouble for everyone. We don't have to push this matter around every day."
He had reason to look down on the Wang brothers. They were even worse than him. Although he often made his parents angry because he didn't do his job properly, he had never been unfilial. He always smiled and tried his best to coax them.
Moreover, even if the Li brothers had conflicts, they had never fought or quarreled. If there was any unhappiness, it was mostly between the three sisters-in-law.
Of course, his brother-in-law, Huang Guozhu, was an exception.
"Zhaokun, what do you mean?" Wang Yushan's wife had been waiting outside for Wang Yushan to come out with the things. Coincidentally, she saw Li Zhaokun and his wife coming over, so she followed them in. "You speak as if we're looking forward to this old man's early death."
"Sister-in-law, she didn't mean that." Wang Yulan quickly defended Li Zhaokun.
Wang Yushan said, "Yulan, we're all children. By right, the elderly have a responsibility. But for so many years, it's always been me and Second Brother. We've never ordered you around. A few years ago, the old lady was always sick. She would hurt here and there, and the next day, she would itch there. She never stopped taking medicine. Whenever she had a headache or fever, no matter how late it was, she had to be sent to the hospital.
"The house was leaking, and there wasn't a single dry spot. It was humid every day. No matter how good his body was, he couldn't stand it." He was treating Li Zhaokun as a fool!
Of course, he was unwilling!
Their family had given the old couple several sums of money to repair the house, but the old couple refused to repair it. They forcefully gave the money to their son. In the end, Li He had no choice but to give the money to Xi-zi. Only then did they renovate the three tile-roofed houses!
When the old lady was sick, both of his sons had money, but neither of them thought of going to the hospital. In the end, it was his youngest son who sent her to the provincial hospital!
"If you're too busy now, I'll stay at my place." After listening to her man's words, Wang Yulan finally felt heartache again. Her father and mother had suffered a lot from her two brothers!
She had made up her mind that her father was hers to raise!
In the past, she had cared about her two brothers' reputation, so she had only given them some money and not done anything else. Now, she finally understood that if her father were to be handed over to her two brothers, he wouldn't be able to live for long.
She had already lost her mother, so she couldn't live without her father.
"You speak as if I belong to you alone, and we're ingrates?" Having received too much kindness from the Li family, Wang Yuguo didn't want to speak harshly to his sister. He only said, "When the child starts school, you'll have to follow him. Isn't it the same to let him stay at your place alone?"
Wang Yulan said, "You don't have to worry about that. In any case, it'll be my problem in the future."
"Nonsense, that's right." Wang Yushan had never seen his sister so resolute. She had always been a yes-man. If others said it was good, she would say it was good. How could she have any opinions of her own?
He was really a little flustered. The only reason they could still have some relations with the Li family all these years was because his father was still around. Otherwise, he had reason to believe that the Li family would never be able to step through the door again.
They had only been together for two days, and they were going to break off relations?
He couldn't accept it!
"We'll talk about it in the future." Li Zhaokun admired his wife's attitude today. "Anyway, we're not going to leave now, right?"
The old couple arrogantly returned home, no longer bothering with the Wang family.
For the entire afternoon, Wang Yulan was busy washing his father. She boiled three large buckets of water before she fished his father out of the mud and made him look more like a person.
"In-law, stay here. We're brothers. We can drink a few cups when we're free." Li Fucheng looked at the black bathwater and felt a little bad.
He felt a sense of guilt towards this in-law when the weather was hot.
After all, his son, Li Zhaokun, had started the 'free love' in Hong River Bridge and captured the heart of his daughter. Although he had formally proposed marriage, the other party was helpless because his daughter was determined to marry his loafer's son.
Therefore, the in-laws had never really interacted with each other. One was angry and wanted face, while the other was ashamed and had no face.
In front of Li Fucheng, grandpa couldn't let Wang Yulan dry his hair for him anymore. It was as if he couldn't take care of himself. He forcefully snatched the towel from his daughter's hand and wiped his hair himself as he laughed. "Then, we haven't had this in years."
"Little Lan, take out the ham sausages in the house and cook it for your mother." When preparing dinner, Wang Yulan didn't cook personally. As she grew older, she started to put on the airs of a mother-in-law. For example, this year's reunion was organized by the two daughters-in-law. She only moved her lips at the side.
This was an order from her man. If she didn't order her daughter-in-law around, she would be stupid! She would tire herself out and worry about it!
In the beginning, she tried it for two days and felt that it wasn't bad. Now, she was getting better and better at commanding. Three meals a day were all handed over to the two daughters-in-law.
He Fang and Duan Mei didn't mind. Anyway, they didn't live with their mother-in-law all year round. It wasn't a big deal to let her be the boss for a few days. It was just a way to repay her for taking care of the children. Moreover, the older her mother-in-law got, the less nimble she became.
At night, after Li He finished playing mahjong, it was already past eleven o 'clock. When he saw that his mother was still nagging in grandpa's room, he pushed the door open and went in.
"Did you win?" grandpa asked.
Li He replied, "I lost a little. Aren't you guys going to sleep?"
Wang Yulan said, "I'm talking to your grandpa. Tell him to stay here."
"How can that be?" grandpa said, "I'm not that shameless."
Li He said, "What's wrong with that? We're in a better position now. It's only right for us to be filial to you."
"That's not right either." Grandpa still rejected him very straightforwardly.
Li He thought for a moment and said, "Big Uncle and Second Uncle are under a lot of pressure now. Xi-zi and Junzi have just made it in the past two years. If you go back, they definitely won't be able to take care of you.
What I'm thinking is, Big Uncle and Second Uncle, I'll give them a hundred thousand yuan each to help them do some business. When they earn enough money and are in a better position, I'll let them take you back. "
He sighed in his heart. This old man was so biased towards his son. The reason why he didn't want to stay by his daughter's side was partly because he was afraid that people would gossip about him. More importantly, he was afraid that if he stayed by his daughter's side, she would no longer be filial to him and he wouldn't be able to help his son.
Hence, he laughed at himself for being so silly in the past few years. He actually didn't understand this layer.
"That's good." Wang Yulan saw that her father was showing signs of loosening up and hurriedly said, "To put it bluntly, you'll be a burden to them if you go back."
"Then your money doesn't grow on trees." The old man became bashful.
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