Chapter 43

Ning Jia looked in the direction of An Ye’s finger and saw Li Yao standing on the street talking to a young woman. The woman had delicate eyebrows, red lips, white teeth, and two watery eyes, which were quite beautiful.

No one knew what Li Yao was talking to that woman, but there was a faint smile on the corner of his lips.

“Jia Jia, do you remember whether you had a love rival in this book?” An Ye asked in a low voice.

“Love rival?” Ning Jia curled her lips. “Don’t forget, we are both vicious female supporting roles in this book. We are Lin Xiaoxi’s stepping stones. How can we have love rivals?”

“Look, that woman and Li Yao are clearly having a very happy chat. Do you want to go ask her?”

“No.” Ning Jia said decisively, “If he has a woman outside, I will divorce him. Let him have fun, we still have to work hard to make money.”

“I really didn’t expect that.” An Ye sighed, “This Li Yao is not as reliable as Li Xu.”

She, the “substitute for Bai Yueguang”, is now living no worse than Lin Xiaoxi, and Li Xu’s heart has gradually shifted to her.

“Hmph. All men are pigs!” Ning Jia cursed.

“Not all of them…” An Ye thought to herself, at least Li Xu is not one of them at the moment.

Just as he finished speaking, Li Xu came running back with a red face. He came in front of the woman with a happy look on his face, and even took out a piece of White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket and handed it to her.

The woman peeled the candy and put it in her mouth, revealing a satisfied smile: “Mm, so sweet! High-end products are different after all.”

“Damn it! I was the one who gave him that White Rabbit milk candy! This bastard! Big pig’s hoof! Just wait and see how I’m going to deal with him!” An Ye rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush out to beat him up.

Ning Jia hurriedly stopped her: “Calm down, why do I feel that our judgment is wrong. It can’t be that the two brothers cheated on the same woman at the same time, right?”

An Ye: “She’s not pretty, but she plays very lavishly. And this is a threesome!”

“A threesome!!! It shouldn’t be that serious! Ye Ye, let’s wait a moment and ask about the situation when we get home. Don’t be impulsive!”

“You’re right. Being a man is not as important as having a meal! Let’s go and have a big meal!”

“good!!”

The two best friends entered the state-owned restaurant. They arrived a little earlier than mealtime and there were not many people in the restaurant.

The two of them chose a place in the corner. As soon as they sat down, the waiter came with the menu: “What do you want to eat?”

“Big pig’s hoof!”

“Big pig’s hoof!”

The two best friends said in unison.

“Sorry, we don’t have this dish here. How about you look at something else?”

An Ye looked at the menu and saw that there were not many dishes on it, only about ten at most. She got angry and said directly: “Cook one for me!”

The waitress’s mouth instantly turned into an “o” shape. She had heard of people cooking several dishes, but had never heard of people cooking one dish.

“Ye Ye, let’s stay calm, stay calm.” Ning Jia hurriedly calmed her down, “If we cook too much and can’t finish it, it will be a waste. The key is that the money has been spent, how are we going to live?”

An Ye: “I’d rather spend it all than leave a penny for that bastard!”

Ning Jia burst out laughing: “Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, come, order some dishes, and have a good meal and all your worries will be gone.”

An Ye listened to Ning Jia’s advice.

She is a powder keg and Ning Jia is a fire extinguisher. The two have been getting along like this since they were young.

After their anger had mostly subsided, the two of them ordered some meat dishes, braised pork, sweet and sour spare ribs, fried pork with chili peppers, a fish and scrambled eggs, accompanied by a bowl of fragrant rice, and ate up all the food.

Before leaving, each person packed four big buns to eat secretly at home.

After coming out of the state-owned restaurant, the two decided to take a walk for a while. They were so full that it was a good opportunity to digest the food.

When they were tired, they stopped a bullock cart on the road, gave the cart owner two pieces of candy, and asked the cart owner to give them a ride home.

Dusk, Li family.

The production team finished work early today, and several men in the Li family returned home together. As soon as Li Chuan entered the house, he went straight into the old lady’s room to discuss the issue of the bride price.

“Mom, when are we going to give the betrothal gift? Winter is almost here. Only after we give the betrothal gift can the marriage be finalized, and I can go get the marriage certificate with Xiaoxi.”

“Where can I get the money right now?” Old Mrs. Xu was picking up the thread as she was sewing a cotton-padded jacket. “Wait a few days, after the brigade distributes the dividends, we can talk about the betrothal gift.”

Li Chuan was anxious: “Today I heard from the team leader that the dividend distribution will be postponed for a month. This year, the dividend will be distributed at the end of the year. The pigs in the pigsty and the fish in the fish pond will also be distributed at that time!”

In previous years, we would distribute all the things long before the end of the year.

There was more rain this year and the harvest was better than last year, so every household could save on food and make it through to the New Year.

In order to let everyone have a prosperous year, fish and meat must be distributed before the New Year.

“Mom, Lin Xiaoxi and I are planning to get married before the New Year.” Li Chuan couldn’t wait any longer. His brothers were all married, and they would have children and wives to sleep with at night.

He is twenty years old and still single.

When I went out to pee at night, I could hear the embarrassing noise when I passed by my brothers’ windows, which made me suffer from insomnia all night long.

No, he has to get married quickly too!

Old Mrs. Xu favors her youngest son the most. When she heard that the dividends would be distributed much later, how could she accept this?

So, she immediately gathered everyone in the family together and held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the seventh brother’s marriage.

“Everyone has heard about the dividend distribution, right?” Old Mrs. Xu sat cross-legged on the kang, sewing clothes as she spoke, “Seventh child is getting married, and the Lin family wants a dowry of 200 yuan. I can give 50 yuan, and you brothers and sisters-in-law should all work hard to share the rest of the money.”

Bai Jinfeng had a blank expression on her face: “Mom, all the money my family earns is with you. We don’t have any money in our pockets.”

“Yes, yes.” Liang Lanlan and Li Xuejiao also echoed.

“What is it? How much money are you going to pay? Don’t you have any idea? Just take what you deserve. Otherwise, we’ll split up and live our own lives.” said Old Mrs. Xu.

When the eldest, third and fourth sons heard about the family division, they immediately disagreed.

The eldest brother, Li Gang: “Mom, why do we need to divide the family property?”

The third brother, Li Yuan, said: “That’s right, we just need to find a way. When the fifth and sixth brothers come back, we have to ask them to chip in, especially the sixth brother. He has many ideas and can make money. He should have money in his hands.”

The fourth child, Li Heng: “We can pool the money together, but we can’t divide the house. If my dad were still alive, he wouldn’t agree to this!”

After all, all three of them have families to support. If they separate, their lives will be even more difficult. If they live together, they can still fish in troubled waters.

Old Mrs. Xu had a good grasp of the mentality of her sons and daughters-in-law, and would use it to threaten them from time to time.

If we really talk about dividing the family, she would be the first one to disagree.

Seeing that her sons had given in, Old Lady Xu said, “Okay, I won’t make it difficult for you. After all, life is hard. Just the three of you can come up with 50 yuan, and I can find a way to take care of the rest.”

After the meeting, each family returned to their own little houses.

The eldest son’s wife, Bai Jinfeng, began to curse: “Why does she want so much dowry? She is from the city, so she is more valuable than us country people? Your mother is biased!”

Yue Gang glared at his wife and said, “Stop talking about my mother! Do you have a father who is a factory manager? Or a mother who is a salesperson? Can you afford malted milk or high-end snacks? You have nothing. What are you comparing yourself with?”

“Li Gang, you’re a bastard! You always side with your mother!” Bai Jinfeng was furious. She knew that arguing would lead to no results, but she still wanted to say it. “If we ever get divorced, it’s all your mother’s fault!”

“Crazy woman, I don’t want to bother with you.” Li Gang got up and went out, not knowing whose house he was visiting.

The fourth brother and his wife did not get involved in this matter. When the old lady asked them to take the money, they just took it.

Anyway, Li Xuejiao was pregnant, and the old lady had been secretly giving them eggs, nutritional supplements and the like during this period.

When Lin Xiaoxi walked in, all the good things came in with her. At least they didn’t suffer any loss.

Therefore, Li Xuejiao did not object to Lin Xiaoxi coming in, and was even a little bit looking forward to it.

The situation in the third brother’s room is different from that in the eldest and fourth brothers’ rooms. Both of them are like lotus root spirits, full of tricks.

Instead of taking money out, it is better to find someone to take money for you.

“Third brother, I bet there must be money stuffed in Sixth brother’s room, and there must be a lot of it.” Liang Lanlan has not forgotten about this matter these days and is still looking for an opportunity to test it.

“Old Five and Old Six didn’t come back last night again.” Ever since his wife mentioned that incident last time, he has been paying close attention to the two families. “I wonder what they are doing?”

“Or, why don’t we go to Lao Liu’s room and take a look?” Liang Lanlan finally said what she had always wanted to say.

Li Yuan was stunned: “How can that be possible? What if someone catches us? It will be so embarrassing.”

“No. I’ve thought it through!” Liang Lanlan leaned close to his ear and said, “It’s possible! What can adults say if a child makes trouble?”

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind: “Okay, let’s do it! The question is when?”

Liang Lanlan glanced at the courtyard and said, “Right now. Ning Jia and An Ye went to the town to see a doctor. They are going to go shopping after the treatment. They can’t come back now. If Lao Wu and Lao Liu got something new outside, they will definitely not come back now. It will probably be dark soon.”

Now is the best time.

“Okay, ask Nengneng to go.” Li Yuan said.