Hu Xialan has been married to the Han family for more than ten years, and her life has been smooth sailing. Her husband loved her and put her first in everything. Even Han Feiyu and Han Shutao were squeezed out by her, and she hardly cared about them for more than ten years. Only two children, Liu Mingda and Liu Mingkai, are left in the family.
Without the "eyesore" people, she doesn't have to go to work. She only needs to buy groceries every day, cook a table of delicious food in the evening, and wait for her husband and children to come back. The family is happy and harmonious. Over time, she can play the role of a gentle and virtuous wife with ease, as if she is really virtuous and gentle.
Hu Xialan thought that even if her gentleness and virtue were fake, after more than ten years of accumulated feelings, and she had only had a few quarrels with the hired aunt, Han Ze might have some thoughts, but the two of them had an emotional foundation, and he would be angry for a few days at most, and she could just coax him.
She never dreamed that Old Han would move out just because of this. This was a huge blow to Hu Xialan, and she felt completely depressed.
Liu Mingda and Wang Peining were also shocked, but they had to go to work, so they could only comfort Hu Xialan with a few words, leaving the distraught Hu Xialan behind, and hurried to the company with heavy hearts.
Everyone in the room had left, and it was eerily quiet. Facing the emptiness, Hu Xialan thought of the sense of dependence she felt when Han Ze was at home. At that time, she had never felt the house was so empty. He had just moved out, but she felt so lonely. If he didn't move back, would this still be a home
She sat quietly for a while, picked up the key silently, and walked out of the house. Old Han moved away, but he would always come back. Mingda and Pei Ning were coming back for dinner in the evening, so she had to go out to buy food.
When she got downstairs, she met Sister Liu who had just returned from sending her grandson to kindergarten. Seeing Hu Xialan looking listless, Sister Liu asked, "I met your husband Han yesterday and he said you were sick. Are you still not well? Why do you look listless?"
Hu Xialan curled her lips, feeling cared for by someone, as if she had found someone to complain to. She did not ask how she got along with this person, but said with a dejected look, "Old Han has moved away."
Sister Liu asked, "Where did you move to? Didn't you say a few days ago that your old Han's original son and daughter moved here?"
Hu Xialan sighed and said, "The two children have different habits from us. They don't like the food I cook and make a fuss every time they eat. We called a car this morning to move back. Old Han probably felt that the children were wronged by us, so he moved with them."
Sister Liu disagreed, "Old Han's two children are about the same age as your Mingda, right? Are they still so spoiled?"
Hu Xialan smiled bitterly, her tone extremely helpless: "They grew up with their grandparents since they were little. Their mother is gone, and the two old people felt sorry for the children, so they spoiled them and gave them whatever they wanted. Over time, they developed a stubborn character. Unfortunately, my old Han felt that he had treated them unfairly, and bought his daughter a car worth more than 400,000 yuan a few days ago."
Sister Liu was extremely surprised. She asked, "A car worth over 400,000 yuan? You agree to this?"
Hu Xialan touched her hair and said softly, "Why don't you agree? The money in the family is earned by Lao Han. It's just buying a car for the child. It's nothing. I just feel sorry for Lao Han. He is so old and still has to earn money to buy a car for his child. It's hard to blame him."
Sister Liu looked at her and sighed. She asked, "Since Old Han has bought a car for his own child, has your Mingda bought a house for him since he is getting married?"
Hu Xialan shook her head and said, "You know, Mingda is hardworking and thrifty. He earns more than 10,000 yuan a month. Old Han said that boys should be allowed to work hard on their own and save money to buy a house. Otherwise, how can he bring his girlfriend home every day to eat and live. Boya New Garden is so far from their company, it takes nearly 40 minutes by taxi."
Sister Liu clicked her tongue a few times and couldn't help but ask, "You're willing to do this too?"
Hu Xialan looked like an honest person and said, "I have nothing to be unwilling about. I am already very satisfied that Old Han helped me train Mingda and Mingkai. I don't want to think too much about other things. Let the children work hard on their own. They can't rely on their parents for everything, otherwise they will develop a lazy character."
Sister Liu shook her head and sighed, "You are so good-tempered. If it were me, I would never be able to stand it. But you are right. Your family is promising. If they work hard, they can buy a house. If he didn't have a girlfriend, I would have wanted to introduce him to one."
Hu Xialan smiled unnaturally and said, "Although his girlfriend has a bit of a temper, my Mingda likes her, so I like her too. I won't be a mother-in-law who breaks up a couple."
Sister Liu looked at her and praised her again: "You just have a good temper."
Hu Xialan smiled and said nothing.
...
After Han Ze moved to live with his two children, he temporarily put aside Hu Xialan's affairs and focused all his attention on the procedures for transferring the property rights of the house. Hu Xialan insisted on calling Han Ze every day, begging him to move back, but Han Ze just said, "Let's talk about it later."
Hu Xialan was unwilling, but she had no other choice. She couldn't just move in with the two kids. The house was given to them by their grandparents. She didn't think the two kids would be willing to let her move in.
Han Ze worked with Han Feiyu and Han Shutao for a while and finally transferred the property rights of the house to the two children. Han Ze didn't feel anything, but Han Feiyu and Han Shutao were a little stunned when they looked at the property certificate in their hands. They couldn't believe that their old man, after ignoring them for more than ten years, actually gave them the house. This made them feel like pie in the sky.
Even so, Han Shutao still couldn't help asking, "Dad, you won't regret it and want the house back, right?"
Han Ze said angrily: "Your name is on the property certificate, why should I go back? Even if I change my mind, are you two stupid enough to give me the house?"
Han Shutao snorted: "Once it's in my hands, it's mine. Don't even think about taking it back."
Han Ze glanced at her and said, "That's it."
Han Feiyu smiled and tried to test him: "Dad, Shu Tao meant that we should leave one of our four houses for Mingda and Mingkai. If we give them all to us, will Aunt Hu have any opinion?"
Han Ze smiled and said, "You two are just overthinking. What can your Aunt Hu think? She is so virtuous and reasonable. She never desires things that don't belong to her."
The brother and sister turned their heads away, not wanting to pay any attention to him.
Han Ze didn't care about their attitudes and continued, "Your Aunt Hu isn't that calculating, don't think too badly of her. Mingda and Mingkai have been smart and sensible since they were young, and I originally wanted to give each of them a house."
At this time, the original body really wanted to give one of his houses to Liu Mingda, and he did give it to him.
The house in Boya New Garden was the largest among the several houses, and he gave it directly to Liu Mingda. This house was allocated after the original body and his ex-wife's wedding house was demolished. Han Feiyu and his siblings had already given up on him as a father. He gave the house allocated after the demolition of their mother's wedding house to his stepson, and the two children hated him directly.
Han Shutao secretly thought that it was a close call. Fortunately, she had figured it out. Otherwise, wouldn't the house have been given to Liu Mingda and his brother? Now that the house was in her and her brother's hands, she was in a very good mood and smiled and said, "Then why did you give the house to us?"
Han Ze exclaimed: "But your Aunt Hu always told me that Mingda is very strong. After graduating from college and starting working, he began to save money to buy a house. I thought, Mingda is so capable, maybe he can really buy a house with his own ability. After all, their father is not a legitimate worker, and they always want to show that they are different from their biological father. They have such a strong self-esteem. If I don't agree, wouldn't it be like looking down on them... In the first two years, I was still worried that he couldn't do it. As his salary increased year by year, his salary has increased to more than 10,000 in recent years, and I was completely relieved. I can also give you the house with peace of mind... So, I said that your aunt didn't want these things. Although your aunt is not well educated, she is very strong."
Han Shutao: "... "
Her silly old man is really a silly old man. Does he really think that Liu Mingda doesn’t want his house
Han Feiyu suppressed his laughter and asked the question in Han Shutao's mind: "Dad, do you really think Liu Mingda is very capable? Is his self-esteem really so strong that he doesn't want your house?"
Han Ze frowned and said, "If he doesn't want to buy a house through his own efforts, why is he so frugal? You see, which young people don't take their friends out for a date? Who is like them, who always choose their family members for a date? You two are not enterprising, you love to be lazy and hate to work, you just think that everyone else is the same as you, that is, our family, Mingda and Mingkai don't compete with you, but if you change to another family, do you think they will compete with you for things?"
Oh my God, his old man actually thought so.
Han Feiyu covered his eyes, then reluctantly let go of his hands and stared at his father, trying to see what he was really thinking. After examining him for a long time, he discovered with frustration that his old man really thought Liu Mingda was capable, had no calculations, and was even more unwilling to take his house.
Han Shutao said, "Dad, don't you think Aunt Hu has changed?"
Han Ze looked at her in confusion: "Yes, that's why I can't understand why your Aunt Hu, who was originally such a gentle woman, changed so quickly?"
Han Feiyu said coldly beside him: "Maybe it's menopause."
Han Ze frowned: "Don't talk nonsense, she is your aunt, you have to respect her."
Han Shutao said hurriedly, "We certainly respect her. But, Dad, you've moved here for so long, and you're just leaving Aunt Hu alone? What are you planning on doing?"
Han Ze said unhappily, "What do you mean by plan? Do you still want me to divorce you? Young people's ideas are really dangerous. They want to divorce you at the drop of a hat."
Han Feiyu said casually: "Dad, actually what you are doing now is quite dangerous. People who don't know will think you want to divorce Aunt Hu."
Han Ze looked at him with relief: "You have finally grown up and know how to consider the thoughts of people around you. You are right. Although your Aunt Hu has changed, I still want to go back to see her. Mingda and Pei Ning have salaries, but your Aunt doesn't. I will go back to give her some living expenses."
Han Feiyu thought to himself, you really can't help being excited. You couldn't help yourself after just two sentences.
Han Ze went back to his room, changed his clothes, and came out with his bag on his back. He looked at Han Shutao and said, "Give me the key to the SUV. I'll drive over."
Han Shutao handed him the key, watched him leave, turned around and glared at Han Feiyu, "Look at what you've done."
Han Feiyu shrugged indifferently: "Do you think everything will be fine if the old man lives with us? It's not that simple. His marriage with that woman has not been resolved. It's not a good idea to drag it on like this."
Han Shutao frowned and said distressedly, "I think it's risky to let the old man divorce that woman. Didn't you see that the old man was defending that woman and her child?"
Han Feiyu's shoulders drooped, and then he cheered up: "If you think about it this way, the old man at least gave the house to us, at least that woman can't have ideas about our house anymore."
Speaking of this, Han Shutao's eyebrows relaxed, and she said happily: "I think we should thank Hu Xialan and her son."
Han Feiyu looked at her, and she said, "If they weren't so good at acting, and the impression they left on the old man was so stubborn that it couldn't be broken, how could the old man think that they didn't want anything and just wanted to buy a house and a car with their own abilities? How could the old man think of buying me a car and giving us the house instead? So I say we have to thank them, mother and son."
Han Feiyu's smile deepened, and he said, "I think they didn't expect things to develop in this direction. If they knew, I wonder if they would still act like this."
Han Shutao smiled and said, "Even if they knew, I think they would still do it. After all, they want to please the old man. If they don't please the old man, how can he spend money to train them? With their father in prison, without the old man's support, can they go to college and get such a high salary? And go to graduate school? It's wishful thinking."
Han Feiyu raised his eyes and smiled wantonly, "This incident tells us that we can't do anything too much, otherwise there is a danger of somersaults."
Han Shutao deeply agreed with this.
...
Han Ze drove to Boya New Garden. Just as he parked the car, he heard someone calling her. Han Ze turned around and saw it was Sister Liu, so he stopped.
Sister Liu saw Han Ze's back from afar and suspected that she had seen him wrongly. After all, Han Ze had moved to his children's place and had not been back for a long time. When she got closer and saw that it was really Han Ze, she couldn't help but call him.
"Sister Liu." Han Ze said with a smile.
Sister Liu was carrying a basket full of vegetables. She squinted her eyes and asked, "Old Han, are you planning to move back home?"
Han Ze smiled and said nothing.
Sister Liu jokingly asked, "Old Han, your Hu Xialan has a good temper. She hasn't made a fuss with you since you moved out for so long?"
Han Ze frowned and asked, "Sister Liu, how did you know I moved out?"
Although I asked this question, I knew that it must have been Hu Xialan who spread the news. After all, she always liked to talk about family matters in front of the neighbors, letting outsiders know about Feiyu and Shutao's eccentricity and the difficulties she faced as a stepmother. Otherwise, others would not know that she was a good stepmother.
Besides, he didn't tell anyone else about this. Sister Liu didn't live in the same building as them. He didn't meet any acquaintances on the day he moved out. Liu Mingda and Wang Peining were not that familiar with the people in the community and would not talk nonsense. There was no one else except Hu Xialan.
Sister Liu glanced at him and said, "Of course it was your Xia Lan who told me."
Han Ze was stunned. He asked in disbelief, "Did Xia Lan tell you that I moved out?"
Sister Liu nodded and gave him a meaningful look: "Yes, I said that your Xia Lan has a good temper. You must cherish her and don't spoil your child in everything."
After saying that, Sister Liu left with the basket.
Han Ze looked at her back, turned around and took a few steps before he ran into Aunt Qu from the community. Han Ze knew that Aunt Qu and Hu Xialan did not get along very well.
Of course, Aunt Qu also saw Han Ze. She rolled her eyes and thought of the recent rumors in the community. She walked up to Han Ze with a smile on her face and said, "Did Xiao Han move back from your son and daughter's place?"
Han Ze smiled and said, "No, I came back to give Xia Lan living expenses and visit her by the way."
Aunt Qu looked at him and said meaningfully, "Xiao Han, I heard that your two children are too picky and can't get used to Hu Xialan's cooking. A few days after moving back home, they would make a scene at every meal, complaining that Hu Xialan's cooking was not tasty. They also said that you used all the family money to buy a car for your children? Do you want Liu Mingda to buy his own wedding house?"
She didn't have a good relationship with Hu Xialan, so she didn't care whether she should ask this question or not. Anyway, she was happy.
Han Ze frowned and immediately retorted: "Who is spreading rumors?"
Aunt Qu smiled and said, "It's spreading in the community."
Han Ze said unhappily, "Xia Lan cooks well. Feiyu and Shu Tao just can't eat spicy food, but they are not very picky. They get along well. The two children even offered to share the living expenses. Later, when Xia Lan fell ill from exhaustion, they even asked their aunt to help Xia Lan with the housework. How could they dislike Xia Lan? It's nonsense."
Aunt Qu secretly mocked in her heart. She knew Hu Xialan was not so kind. She asked, "You really didn't buy a house for Liu Mingda? Hu Xialan didn't make trouble with you?"
Han Ze was a little impatient: "This is my family's business."
Aunt Qu said embarrassedly, "This, this is not the case. People in the community are talking about your family's affairs. They all say that you are harsh on your stepson and only spend the money you earn on your own children, while your stepson gets nothing. I heard it, and I met you again, so I naturally couldn't help but tell you, so that your family won't be laughed at by others."
Han Ze said angrily: "Bullshit, it's a rumor."
Aunt Qu's eyes lit up, she knew there was something behind it, she said, "I just want to get the truth from you, and then tell everyone the truth, so that people won't spread rumors and wrongly accuse you and the children, right?"
Han Ze said angrily: "The reason why I didn't give Liu Mingda money to buy a house is because he can earn money on his own and buy a house with his own ability."
Aunt Qu curled her lips. She knew in her heart that Liu Mingda's company was indeed good. She said with a smile: "There are ready-made houses. Who would want to work so hard to buy one on their own? The mortgage will take so many years to pay off."
Han Ze frowned and said, "Aunt Qu, I know you don't like Xia Lan, but you can't say anything nonsense. Xia Lan is very reasonable. She knows that my house was all allocated after demolition. The old houses that were demolished were the houses of Feiyu's grandfather and Feiyu's mother and I when we got married. She doesn't want to take advantage of me. After Mingda started working, she saved money to buy a house. She lives and eats at home. The money she has saved over the years is more than enough for the down payment on the house."
Aunt Qu heard the key point of the matter, and she hurriedly asked, "You mean to say that the houses in your family were all owned before you and Hu Xialan got married?"
Hu Xialan was indeed hypocritical, claiming that someone else's house was owned before marriage, and the people in the community who were deceived all said that Han Ze was wrong.
Han Ze nodded and said with a smile: "I originally planned to give Mingda and Mingkai a house each, but they are strong-willed and have self-esteem. They don't want to take advantage of the family, so I can only follow their will."
Who doesn't want a house? Aunt Qu seemed to have heard a big joke, but she didn't show it. She wanted to know more about Hu Xialan, to see if she dared to look down on her. She asked again: "Your Hu Xialan is really good. The house was owned before marriage, and your money is considered as property after marriage, right? You bought such an expensive car for your daughter, and she didn't say anything."
Thinking about it this way, Hu Xialan is not that bad. If it were her, she would disagree.
Han Ze smiled and explained, "Xia Lan is indeed very nice. But the money I used to buy my daughter a car was the money left over from selling my father's land. It doesn't count as marital property, and it can't even be counted as my property. After all, before my father passed away, he clearly stated that the money from the sale of the land and the house would be given to his grandchildren."
Aunt Qu said, "So your father had already agreed to leave the money and the house to the two children. I was wondering why Xia Lan didn't say anything. After all, the things didn't belong to her in the first place. If it was your property after marriage, with Hu Xia Lan's temper, she would have made a scene a long time ago."
Han Ze patiently explained: "Aunt Qu, you misunderstood Xia Lan. She never wanted these things, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Mingda to save money. She is very good to the two children and is a good stepmother."
Aunt Qu curled her lips and said, "Come on, how many good stepmothers are there in the world? Who do you think spread the rumors in the community?"
Han Ze looked at her with a frown.
Aunt Qu looked at him like a fool: "That's your family's affair. If Hu Xialan didn't say it, who among us do you think would know? Isn't it she who spread the word that your two children have bad personalities and dislike her cooking? They want you to move out with them, and that you only bought a house and a car for your own children with the money you earned, and her son has nothing."
Han Ze pursed his lips and said angrily, "Impossible. Xia Lan, Xia Lan can't do this."
Aunt Qu glanced at her and said, "Xiao Han, you can't be so foolish. Think about it yourself. If it wasn't Hu Xialan who said this, who else could have spread it?"
Han Ze looked at her and said, "You and Xia Lan are not on good terms, you must be trying to sow discord."
Aunt Qu thought that this man was a blockhead and a fool. She was too lazy to talk to him. Anyway, if his instigation succeeded, she would be happy to watch the joke, and if it failed, she would not lose anything.
Han Ze raised his eyebrows and returned to his home in Boya New Garden. Hu Xialan had not returned from shopping yet, so he sat on the sofa waiting for her.
Hu Xialan was carrying the groceries she had bought. When she opened the door, she saw Han Ze sitting on the sofa. She said in surprise, "Old Han, you're back?"
Han Ze looked at her steadily: "I heard some rumors in the community."
Hu Xialan was stunned and asked, "What rumor?"
Han Ze said, "They said that Feiyu and Shutao have overbearing personalities and dislike you as their stepmother. Feiyu and Shutao were disobedient when they were young, but now they are older and more sensible. They even hired a nanny for you so that you wouldn't get tired. How could they dislike you? They also said that I kept all the money I earned for my own children and didn't leave anything for my stepson. This is simply nonsense. I basically paid Mingda Mingkai's tuition for all the money I earned. Feiyu and Shutao didn't spend much of it. The only money I spent was the money I gave to Shutao to buy a car or sell the land."
Hu Xialan panicked. How could Old Han hear these rumors? She only complained about this to Sister Liu. She had a good relationship with Sister Liu, and Sister Liu would not tell Han Ze.
Sister Liu would not tell Han Ze, but she couldn't keep it to herself. When she met an acquaintance, she couldn't help but talk about it, and then all the uncles and aunts in the community knew about it.
She said angrily: "Who is so wicked? Don't you know that there are some things you can't say casually? You are destroying people's reputation."
Han Ze looked at her scrutinizingly: "They said that it was you who said that."
Hu Xialan panicked even more. She said hurriedly, "I know that the land belongs to my parents-in-law. They said that the money was for Feiyu and his sister. I never thought of taking the money for myself. How could I say such things? Those people must have seen you buy a car for Shu Tao and made wild guesses."
Han Ze looked at her disappointedly: "Aunt Qu said that the news came from you. Xia Lan, did you really not say anything? If you didn't say anything, how would they know what happened in our family?"
Hu Xialan couldn't stop the panic in her heart. She said hurriedly, "Old Han, you have to believe me. I really didn't say that."
Han Ze smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter whether I said it or not. I gave all the house, stocks, and the remaining money from selling the land to my two children. My pension is not high. For so many years, Mingkai's tuition has been paid from the money from selling the land. You used to live in the countryside and had no pension insurance. My salary was not enough for our living expenses. Fortunately, Mingkai graduated and doesn't have to pay tuition..."
Hu Xialan took a step back, her face pale. She steadied herself, opened her eyes wide and asked, "You, what did you say?"
Han Ze looked at her and said, "I gave everything in the house to the two children. From now on, I will really have to rely on my salary to make a living. But fortunately, the children are filial and will take care of us in our old age."
Although the stocks and the cash in the original body's hands have not been given to the two children yet, since he has said whether to give them or not, Hu Xialan should stop thinking about them.
Hu Xialan looked at him sadly: "Why didn't you tell me..."
After all these years of hard work, doesn't she deserve a little respect
Han Ze smiled and said, "I know you won't care about these things, and I also know you have never thought about these things, so I didn't tell you. Besides, it doesn't make any difference whether we give it to them earlier or later. We are getting older day by day, and we don't know when we will not be able to get up anymore, so just give it all to them."
She doesn't care about these things? How could she not care? Mingkai hasn't graduated yet, hasn't found a job yet, and Old Han's pension is not high. How can they expect to live in the future? Do they really have to rely on Mingda and Han Feiyu's siblings for living expenses? Not to mention that Han Feiyu's siblings are unwilling, even if Mingda asked him to support his brother, he might not be willing.
Hu Xialan felt aggrieved again, and at the same time she hated Aunt Qu. Why did she say those things to Han Ze? Was her joke so funny? Although Old Han didn't say anything, he must have doubted her in his heart.
Han Ze looked at her and took out some money: "Here is a thousand yuan for living expenses, which should be enough for you to use for half a month."
Hu Xialan was stunned and took the money: "Old Han, prices are high now, and money can't be spared. One thousand yuan for half a month is definitely not enough."
Han Ze frowned: "I will pay the water and electricity bills at home, 1,000 yuan. You can use it sparingly. It's not enough for one person, but it won't make much difference. My retirement salary is only more than 4,000 yuan. I will give you 2,000 yuan every month, and I will use the rest to pay the water and electricity bills..."
Hu Xialan was shocked: "I have living expenses alone, what about you? Aren't you planning to move back? Mingda and Peining are also living here, what about their living expenses?"
Han Ze smiled and said, "Didn't we agree on this originally? They should pay for their own living expenses? You just like to worry."
Hu Xialan stammered, "Okay." Then she added, "What about you? Isn't it time to move back?"
Han Ze picked up the bag and said, "I'll go back to the two kids."
Hu Xialan's eyes were red: "Are you still not going to move back?"
Han Ze looked at her deeply and said, "When the rumors in the community change, I will move back."
After saying that, he opened the door and strode away.
Hu Xialan fell on the sofa. The rumors in the community had changed. How would they change? Could she take back what she had said? Even if she could take it back, what would it cost her? By then, would their rumors turn out to be that she was actually a vicious, calculating woman
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