"Hey, if you could marry a good wife like Huan'er did, mother would be even happier."
Mother, it's good to have my younger brother and sister at home. When their baby is born, you will be busy."
Mother Li's mood improved only after she took a look at Cheng Qiao's belly. For two whole days, Li Huan and Li Bing were repairing the house, Mother Li and Cheng Qiao were busy in the kitchen, and Li Le also tried his best to find firewood, as there was no such thing as too much firewood.
Time passed quickly. Ten days passed in a blink of an eye. Fenqiu couldn't wait to come to the door. Li Bing looked at Fenqiu with a sneer and said to Li Le: "Le Le, go and ask the village chief to come over."
Li Le put on his newly made cotton jacket and trousers, put on a cotton hat, gloves and scarf, and ran out. Aunt Daya looked at Li Le's new clothes with greed in her eyes.
Li Bing saw the greed in Daya's eyes and sneered. If they wanted to use Miao Qing to attack their own family, he would make them wake up.
Chen Weidang came very quickly. Li Bing was a soldier, so he was naturally very polite to Li Bing. He ran in with a smile and handed Li Bing a cigarette in a very familiar manner.
Li Huan rolled his eyes in disgust. He had given him these cigarettes, and it had been nearly three months, but there was still more than half a pack left. If he kept them any longer, they would go bad.
"Thank you, village chief. I don't smoke. I came here today to tell you two things. One is that my brother is married, so I have to separate from my mother and my brother."
Everyone was stunned. Why are you, a man who isn't even married yet, asking for separation
Mother Li also became anxious. She didn't want the family to be torn apart, and Lele hadn't married yet, so it would not be a good idea to split up the family now.
"Village chief, separate me from the Li family. My brother and sister will live with my mother. I will provide her with pension money every year until she dies of old age."
Chen Weidang glanced at Fenqiu and Daya, then at Cheng Qiao and the others, and instantly understood what Li Bing meant. If the family was not divided, Fenqiu and the others would definitely use Miao Qing to come to the Li family to eat and drink for free.
"Okay, do you have paper and pen? I'll write the separation document."
"Li Bing, this won't work. I don't agree."
Daya was anxious. She took a fancy to the cotton-padded jacket on Li Le. Why would a money-loser wear a new cotton-padded jacket
When Miao Qing gets married, she wants to take it back so that she can wear it after some modifications.
If the family was divided, how could she ask for anything? So she stood up firmly and firmly disagreed with Li Bing and Li's mother's separation.
"Who do you think you are? How can you give me instructions about how my family should be divided?"
Li Huan also understood what his elder brother meant, and glared at Daya with a gangster look, as if to say, "If you dare to talk again, I will not be polite." He successfully made Daya take a step back and shut her mouth.
The document for dividing the family property was very simple. Li Bing said that he had been a soldier for so many years and had never contributed anything to the family, so he left the house alone without taking any grass or trees with him.
Fenqiu finally understood Li Bing's plan, but he was now anxious about the three hundred yuan, because Li Huan always looked at him sinisterly, and he didn't know if he would come to attack him with the earthen warehouse one day.
The separation document was quickly completed, and Chen Weidang even went to the village committee to have it stamped with a red seal. From then on, the Li family became two families.
"Village head, since Li Bing has split up the family, he needs to apply for a piece of land to build a house. Otherwise, he will just build his nest there. How can he lay eggs if he doesn't have a nest?"
Daya could only settle for the next best thing and fight for benefits. As long as a nest was built, she could still get some benefits. Otherwise, this girl would have suffered a great loss in her marriage.
"Li Bing, look..."
Of course Chen Weidang agreed. There were many wastelands in the village. Giving two or three acres of land to Li Bing could be considered a good relationship.
Li Bing shook his head: "Village head, I will be returning to the army in a few days, so there is no need to apply for land in the village. If Miao Qing is willing to go with me, then go with me. If not, then stay at her mother's house."
"Yes, yes. I'll prepare it right away. Just give me the money."
Fenqiu agreed immediately and said, what a joke, keeping the rice at home is a waste? It would be best if you never come back. But if you want to come back, you must bring enough money with you.
Li Bing looked at Li Huan and said embarrassedly: "Brother, lend me three hundred yuan. From now on, I will return the rest of my monthly allowance to you, except for the pension for mom."
Daya's mouth opened wide. Li Bing had been in the army for so many years, but he couldn't even take out 300 yuan and had to borrow from a second-rate guy. Then...
Li Huan readily took out three hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Li Bing. This was something the two brothers had agreed on in order to avoid future troubles.
Three hundred yuan was given to Fenqiu. Just as he was about to take it, a gift list was handed to him, saying that he could take the money, but he had to sign for it.
Fenqiu didn't recognize the words on it. It was only after Chen Weidang read it that he understood. He suddenly became impatient. What the hell, he had to sign for a betrothal gift? What kind of rule was this
"You don't want to sign, right? Then I won't marry you. Go to the police station and sue me."
Dung ball: “…”
I sign! He pressed his thumb hard, leaving a clear red fingerprint on the white paper.
The three hundred yuan had just been received and had not even warmed up yet, when Li Huan took out the IOU he had written and shook it in front of Fenqiu's eyes. Fenqiu's face had turned black, but when he saw the earthenware warehouse that Li Huan had deliberately placed on the table, he still gritted his teeth and took out two hundred yuan and handed it to Li Huan.
Li Huan had a toothache and could have just taken out a hundred yuan and given him the remaining two hundred yuan, but Fenqiu counted out two hundred yuan to him and even counted the remaining one hundred yuan three times.
After returning the IOU to Fenqiu, he quickly ran to the kitchen and stuffed the IOU in. Only when he saw the note burn to ashes did he feel at peace.
"Tell Miao Qing to leave on the sixth day of the new year and wait for me at the entrance of the village at six in the morning."
"What? Didn't you give me the betrothal gift? I'll send someone over tomorrow, no, in the afternoon."
"This is not my home. I am just staying here temporarily. How did I get here?"
"you… "
Fenqiu finally understood why Li Bing wanted to divide the family property first and then give the bride price. They underestimated Li Bing. This guy had been away for a few years and had become very smart.
"Sister-in-law Li is amazing. You raised two children, one smart and the other a scoundrel."
"Your children are not bad either. Your son is greedy and your daughter is cheap. It's the same for both of us."
Seeing that her mother-in-law's lips were trembling with anger, Cheng Qiao replied lightly. Fenqiu looked at Cheng Qiao with cold eyes and wanted to slap her twice, but Li Huan was looking at him hungrily, so he could only swallow his anger.
He touched the money in his pocket. Fortunately, he still had a hundred yuan in his account. The loss was not too much, so he took Daya and left.
"Village Chief, come and eat wedding candy. After all, it's a wedding, so wedding candy is still necessary."
Chen Weidang looked at the at least half a pound of White Rabbit milk candy and a smile appeared on his face. This was not wedding candy at all. People in the village bought three pieces of fruit candy for one cent when they got married. They would never buy White Rabbit milk candy.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Li. You have to trust Li Bing. He will handle this matter well."