Chapter 421: Wife, don't scare me

Li Xia Yue's mood was indeed very unstable these past few days.

Originally, according to the plan she had formulated, within a month or two, she could completely avoid contact with the Jia family, leave them aside, and wait for her brother Li Ye's ruthless move to come into play.

But after all, she only had twenty years of life experience, and the rice she had eaten was not as much as the salt others had eaten, so she greatly underestimated the power of "laziness" in human nature.

That's right, it's laziness.

Within ten days of getting married, Li Xia Yue and Yang Yang Yumin ate outside, and Yang Yang Huaihua and Yang Yang Yuqiao also ate at the store on Xiushuijie.

And the four or five members of the Jia family were all squeezed into the west wing eating instant noodles.

Li Li Zhongfa pulled half a truck of instant noodles over and distributed them as wedding candy to the guests who came to the wedding. The remaining dozens of boxes were all dragged into the room by the Jia family, who ate them in rotation with various flavors, and they actually lived in peace without making any trouble.

But ten days later, the old and young of the Jia family ate all the instant noodles in the corner of the wall, and began to think of ideas.

They first found Yang Yang Yumin and wanted him to arrange a job for his two older brothers. They didn't want to be section chiefs or anything, just be drivers for small cars.

Damn it! A small car driver in '84—give him a section chief position and see if he changes or not.

Yang Yang Yumin wasn't even a section chief yet!

Yang Yang Yumin immediately spat back. Both sides stood in the courtyard and had a big quarrel. The old couple of the Jia family cried and made a scene, saying Yang Yang Yumin was "heartless," which made Li Xia Yue go out immediately, turn a corner, and call Jiang Hong over.

Jiang Hong had been in charge of the security work of the Pengcheng Seventh Factory for the past two years, with dozens of retired soldiers under his command, half of whom lived in Zhongguancun, so a shout would only take a few minutes.

The four or five members of the Jia family suddenly extinguished their fire. This family of the wife had many people and great power, and the wife's words were tough. It was just that Li Xia Yue's pattern was different from before; otherwise, a big fight would have ended with strength speaking.

Reason? A big fist is reason.

After the four or five members of the Jia family extinguished their fire, they didn't mention looking for a job again, and even out of fear, they really had the idea of returning to their hometown.

But the next three things changed their minds and made them completely rely on Beijing.

Li Ye originally asked Jiang Hong to help his sister tidy up Yang Yang Yumin's house, not only installing a bathroom and toilet but also a set of earth heating.

This temperature drop to below zero in mid-November meant Li Xia Yue definitely had to light a fire for warmth. She had lived in Zaojunmiao for two years and was long accustomed to living in a heated room.

But the Jia family had never lived in a heated room before! In that broken house in their hometown, there was only a stove that would go out from time to time.

For people of this age, having heating or not in the middle of winter is simply heaven and earth.

Old Man Jia: "Eh, my old cold legs have found a savior. I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving no matter what."

Old Lady Jia: "I'm not leaving either. With this life, eating steamed buns every day is better than in my hometown. Eight yuan a day to eat steamed buns and still have some left!"

And a few days later, the eldest of the Jia family did the second thing.

"We don't even need to spend those eight yuan. I found Yang Yang Huaihua's restaurant. Good guy, she opened a restaurant on Xiushuijie, the busiest place in Beijing, and hired two helpers. I don't know how much she earns every day!"

"Let's go, let's go help her. We're kindly helping her; can she still turn her face?"

As a result, from that day on, the five members of the Jia family would go to Yang Yang Huaihua's restaurant on Xiushuijie at mealtime, sit there, open their mouths, and wait for the meal.

As for helping? How could Yang Yang Huaihua dare to let them help? If they helped, wouldn't you have to pay them wages?

But the Jia family, who had solved the two major problems of food and accommodation, lived comfortably in Beijing. How could they still have the idea of returning to their hometown?

Not farming, not working, not worrying about food and drink—this life was very tempting for rural people in the early 1980s.

And the third thing had to do with Li Xia Yue.

But the phone that cost thousands of yuan in installation fees, which Li Xia Yue hadn't used many times, became a good toy for the Jia family to show off.

During the day, after Li Xia Yue and the others went out, the Jia family somehow found the key under the flower pot, and then from time to time, they would call back to the village brigade in their hometown to chat with familiar villagers.

This chat was no small matter. That sense of achievement and satisfaction was much more addictive than eating any mountain delicacies or sea food.

Addicted, all addicted.

"Good boy, Old Jia, your family has a phone?"

"That's right, my son is a cadre in the Central Selection Department. We live in a heated room now, and we eat out every day... Remember to call Old Qiaoba over tomorrow; I have to chat with him. I miss him after not seeing him for a few days..."

Why are so many so-called "luxury goods" of later generations sought after? Isn't it because they possess a "showing off" attribute?

This Jia family suddenly found a way to obtain emotional value, and it was out of control. You call Zhang San today, I call Li Si tomorrow, everyone don't fight, take turns.

As a result, in less than a month, they spent a large amount of phone bills until Li Xia Yue discovered it.

Li Xia Yue was furious, really furious.

She wasn't the kind of person who would suffer from grievances since she was a child! Where had she ever suffered such humiliation, so she called Li Ye to ask how long she had to endure, which also made Li Ye aware of his sister's unstable mood.

But what Li Xia Yue didn't expect was that her anger scared Yang Yang Huaihua.

On Saturday afternoon, Li Xia Yue felt a bit uncomfortable, so she went home a few hours early, wanting to go back to her room and lie down for a while.

As a result, when she got home, she found that her mother-in-law Yang Yang Huaihua and Yang Yang Yuqiao had also returned early today.

"Mother, why are you back so early today? Yang Yuqiao, are you out of school so early?"

"Eh? Mother, why are you packing your bags?"

Li Xia Yue entered the main room and happened to see Yang Yang Huaihua and Yang Yang Yuqiao packing their bags. It looked like they were going out?

Yang Yang Huaihua saw Li Xia Yue enter the room, smiled awkwardly, and said: "A relative in my hometown is sick, so I want to go back and see."

Li Xia Yue was stunned, and then asked hurriedly: "Which relative is sick? Why didn't you say so earlier? I have to ask someone to buy you a sleeper ticket!"

Yang Yang Huaihua said in a low voice: "No need for a sleeper ticket. Once a person gets used to enjoying themselves, they get lazy..."

Li Xia Yue was also embarrassed. She asked herself that she wasn't a lazy daughter-in-law, but it was no problem to say she was used to enjoying herself. Wasn't this all because she had been spoiled by her brother Li Ye for the past two years?

However, the next moment, Yang Yang Huaihua handed a bankbook to Li Xia Yue.

Li Ye asked in surprise: "Mother, what are you doing?"

Yang Yang Huaihua said: "I'm going back to my hometown, and it's not safe to leave the bankbook in the room, so you keep it for me."

"I won't keep it for you. You have to keep this bankbook yourself. If not, give it to Yang Yumin, or give it to Yang Yuqiao."

Li Xia Yue definitely wouldn't take her mother-in-law's bankbook. The money in this bankbook was all earned by Yang Yang Huaihua through sweat and hard work, starting early and staying up late.

But when Li Xia Yue handed the bankbook to Yang Yang Yuqiao, she found that her little sister-in-law's eyes were full of tears.

Li Xia Yue was also not young, and she immediately saw the trick.

She immediately asked Yang Yang Yuqiao: "Yang Yuqiao, is Mother hiding something from me? Tell me the truth, Sister-in-law. If you dare to hide it from me, I won't spare you."

Yang Yang Huaihua immediately said: "Sister Xiao Xia Yue, what are you thinking? Yang Yuqiao is just thinking that I..."

"Waa!"

Before Yang Yang Huaihua could finish her defense, Yang Yang Yuqiao burst into tears.

"Mother said... Mother said that if she goes back to her hometown, she won't come back. Mother said she is a stepmother. As long as she doesn't live in Beijing, the Jia family can't rely on staying here..."

Li Xia Yue was stunned for a long time, and suddenly cursed: "How can there be such a reason? Those who should leave don't leave, but those who shouldn't leave are forced to leave? Mother, you want to fulfill their wish and be forced away by them? Don't even think about it. I'll drive them away today!"

Seeing Li Xia Yue angry, Yang Yang Huaihua was suddenly panicked.

"Sister Xiao Xia Yue, don't be angry. You must not be angry. If you are angry, you will hurt the baby..."

"What hurt the baby? Yang Yumin isn't so easy to get angry. I'll call him back right now. I won't endure this broken matter for even a day."

Li Xia Yue, in her anger, didn't understand what Yang Yang Huaihua meant by "baby," and went to call in a rage.

Yang Yang Huaihua stomped her feet, poked Yang Yang Yuqiao's forehead hard, scolded her for talking too much, and hurriedly followed Li Xia Yue.

She really felt sorry for Li Xia Yue and always felt that her appearance had buried a very dangerous bomb between her son and Li Xia Yue.

However, before Li Xia Yue reached the phone, the phone rang.

"Ring, ring, ring..."

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Hmm? Sister, did you eat gunpowder? Why are you so angry?"

"You still have the nerve to say that. I've endured it for so long. The ruthless move you mentioned..."

"Tonight, just tonight, right at your door..."

"What? Oh, oh, oh..."

Li Xia Yue's face quickly turned from rain to overcast, from overcast to cloudy, and then sunny.

"Okay, that's it."

Li Xia Yue smiled and put down the phone, turned to Yang Yang Huaihua and smiled: "Mother, wait two more days! If it doesn't work in two days, I'll send you back."

"We are showing an open-air movie here tonight. Let's eat early later, and then go occupy a good spot."

Yang Yang Huaihua looked at her daughter-in-law who suddenly changed her face, and after a long time, she suddenly burst into tears in fright.

"Wife, don't scare me..."

"Yang Yuqiao, call your brother quickly and tell him to come back immediately!!!"

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