Chapter 1245: Striking it Lucky

"Jiefang, what do you mean by this?"

Hate Yi Zhonghai was truly confused; what was going on today, one thing after another.

Before Li Xuewu came, they could argue all day; how did these few become ruthless people after Li Xuewu came?

"Yan Jiefang, what do you mean!"

Discussing his own family's affairs, Hou Qinghua didn't hold back at this moment.

She hung her eyebrows and looked at her son, questioning, "Your younger brother and sister are so small; does it mean they all rely on me alone?"

"Mom—woo woo—"

Yan Jie Di could argue on weekdays, but at this moment, she had no more wit, only knowing how to cry.

She came to her mother's side, leaned against her thigh, and tears streamed down.

Yan Jiekuang stood to the side without speaking, but his teeth were also tightly clenched. It looked like he hadn't expected his second brother to say this.

"I also have a family to support. Do you expect me to support this whole family?"

Yan Jiefang wasn't in a hurry, nor did he shout, just said bluntly, "I'm just a cripple, just a scrap collector."

"You two planned this together, right?"

Hou Qinghua raised her eyebrows and questioned, "You've been holding back for a long time just to have this plan, right? You want to watch us die of hunger, right?"

"Yes, I have this little bit of money in my hand!"

She slapped the table and counted, "But how to live? Jiekuang and Jiedi are still in school. Where do you want me to find a way out?"

"First Uncle, you judge!"

Hou Qinghua aimed her spearhead at Hate Yi Zhonghai and shouted, "Is there such a thing? Is he still my son!"

Hate Yi Zhonghai also hadn't expected Yan Jiefang to play such a hand.

He looked at Li Xuewu, and seeing that Director Li had no intention of speaking, he also knew that it was difficult for an honest official to judge housework. This matter was difficult.

If you said Yan Jiefang was chasing after funeral money and wanted to re-divide the family property, then he would have something to say, something to persuade.

But now people didn't want anything, just thinking that this orphan and widow shouldn't disturb others. This—how to persuade?

Seeing Li Xuewu not speaking, he looked at Liu Haizhong beside him, but Liu Haizhong also had no intention of speaking.

From the moment he entered the Yan family's, Liu Haizhong's mouth seemed to have been welded shut; not a single word was annoying.

If you say he is the Second Uncle, but in the matter from the year before last, there wasn't a single person in this courtyard who truly believed in him.

Truly being able to sit here was still because he had truly behaved himself these past two years.

Getting along with colleagues in the factory had the appearance of an old comrade, and getting along with people in the courtyard also had the virtue of an elder.

Especially in the handling of family relationships, it truly let the neighbors see his changes.

Liu Guangqi was scolded away by him, the kind who would never enter the house for a lifetime.

The second one, Liu Guangtian, left by himself, went to Steel City and really had a future, intending to take root in Steel City.

The third one, Liu Guangfu, was picked up by him. He had status in the sewing cooperative, had ability, and understood reason even more.

Liu Haizhong didn't say it, but everyone knew that the Liu family in the backyard had divided the family, and the third one stayed at home to support the elderly.

Actually, it was just right. Father and son earned money, even if the Second Aunt's health wasn't good, the family was well-off. They really didn't lack a daughter-in-law and a good life.

By comparison, the Yan family had become a pot of porridge.

And it was a pot of messy porridge.

"If you really want me to speak, then I have to speak to you."

Hate Yi Zhonghai was forced to the point of no return. Looking at whoever didn't take the lead, looking at whoever didn't speak, he could only speak himself.

"Third Aunt, you have to know, Jiefang has divided the family."

He said very sincerely, "I can ask him to share the funeral expenses, I can ask him to preside over the funeral."

"Even to say—"

Hate Yi Zhonghai raised his voice and said, "I can even make him promise to share your elderly support in the future."

"But, you want me to force him to support this whole family? Even if you go to court, the public won't judge it for you like this."

"So it means—"

Hou Qinghua's face turned red, and she pointed at the eldest daughter-in-law's direction and said, "How to calculate the eldest daughter-in-law's job?"

She turned to look at Li Xuewu and said, "At the beginning, it cost five hundred yuan to find a job for the eldest, and it was taken from the family!"

"How to calculate this account?"

After she finished this sentence, the room went silent instantly. Everyone held their breath and stared, not daring to believe it.

Everyone thought Third Aunt was crazy, daring to say anything.

Hate Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong also frowned, looking at Hou Qinghua without speaking.

Yan Jiefang wanted to speak, but Ge Shuqin gave him a look, and the words in his mouth were held back.

After being quiet for a long time, Li Xuewu turned his head and asked faintly, "Who are you calculating the account with?"

He raised his eyebrows and said, "If I say I didn't receive these five hundred yuan from you, can you still take me to court?"

Just with this one sentence, Hou Qinghua's face turned white instantly.

Actually, she regretted it after saying it. She only cared about threatening the eldest daughter-in-law and forgot how this money was spent.

Li Xuewu was calm; he didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either.

He tapped the table and said, "How Yan Jiecheng's job came about, your family knows very well, and everyone was there."

"When Yan Jiecheng was working and earning money, why didn't anyone come to ask how he entered the factory?"

"Who do you want to calculate the account with!"

Hou Qinghua didn't speak, but the seventh one was the first to be unwilling. He frowned and said, "If you want to calculate, calculate with Yan Jiecheng. It would also be fine to find Third Uncle and calculate!"

"Third Aunt, you are wrong to say that!"

Other neighbors in the courtyard, although not as indignant as the seventh one, all had the same meaning. This kind of thing couldn't be settled by looking back.

If the Yan family really wanted to do this, wouldn't it cut off their path to ask Li Xuewu to handle things in the future?

The Red Star Factory was getting better day by day, but the standards for recruitment were also getting higher day by day.

Who knew what the situation would be in the future? If the children in the family couldn't enter the factory, they would have to ask Li Xuewu to communicate and plead.

A courtyard produced such a capable person. If he were placed elsewhere, wouldn't he be offered good cigarettes and alcohol? How many were as righteous and generous as Li Xuewu?

Otherwise, why would the seventh one be in such a hurry? He had six children in his family. If five couldn't find work and became bachelors, he would have to burn down the Yan family's house.

Hou Qinghua was speechless by the crowd, just holding her breath, and her face turned red again.

"Discuss the matter as it stands. Don't talk about useless things today."

Hate Yi Zhonghai was truly annoyed, emphasizing, "If you want to ask about Ge Shuqin's job, then ask properly."

He signaled toward Li Xuewu and said, "At the beginning, Yan Jiecheng had an accident, and Ge Shuqin took over. You tell me what happened."

"Does this still need to be said?"

Li Xuewu looked at the crowd and asked, "Third Uncle is gone, and we still have to go to the south to invite brothers to inherit the family property?"

"Yan Jiecheng is gone, so it's family members taking over."

He looked at the Yan family and said, "Don't equate these five hundred yuan with the job. If you get it, it's yours; if it's gone, then what?"

This sentence was slightly obscure, but everyone present was an adult; who couldn't understand it?

How Yan Jiecheng's job came about couldn't be said, but Ge Shuqin taking over this post was understandable.

Looking at it now, Ge Shuqin had received a certificate with Yan Jiefang. What if she hadn't? What if she had taken the child and moved out to live alone?

Could your Yan family still chase after people and ask for money?

Looking at today, without Ge Shuqin here, how would your Yan family divide things? Was it the meaning of "gone"?

Think about it in a good way. Ge Shuqin was still here, and the job was still here. If you haggle over this, it might really be "gone."

"It was agreed upon at the beginning."

Yan Jiefang finally got a chance to speak and confessed, "I received a certificate with Shuqin, and my father didn't pursue it."

"That was all for you—"

Hou Qinghua pointed at her son with tears and said, "That was all for you, to take over this post for you!"

"I said I didn't want it!"

Yan Jiefang was actually a stubborn person, but he had become a decent person under Ge Shuqin's management.

Now that he wanted to be stubborn, he stared, and his words poked straight into his mother's lungs, not leaving any face at all.

Ge Shuqin poked him from behind, making him hold back the rest of his words.

Just not letting him speak, he was also angry, and his face looked very ugly.

"How to say this?"

Hate Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "Your family has only a few people. If there were uncles, we wouldn't have to come."

"You, if you want to grasp Yan Jiefang to support the family and the elderly, you have to show an attitude. You can't force the young couple."

Seeing Hou Qinghua wiping tears, he couldn't bear to say he wouldn't care anymore. If two people really hanged themselves, this courtyard wouldn't be livable.

"Think about it yourself. Yan Fugui held onto money for a lifetime. When he left, did he take a single cent?"

Hate Yi Zhonghai asked, "Think about yourself again. Do you have the ability to take a single cent, or the ability to take a hundred?"

"You keep saying it's for your son, but you watch your son and daughter-in-law busy at work, you don't help with the children, you don't cook, and you still want to grasp them to support your elderly care. What are you thinking?"

He pointed at Hou Qinghua and said, "If it weren't for Yan Fugui leaving today, we wouldn't be managing this messy business for you!"

After talking about Hou Qinghua, he turned his head and looked at Yan Jiefang.

"Jiefang, I have to say two words to you."

"First Uncle, please speak—"

Yan Jiefang was pulled by Ge Shuqin from behind and stood up to respond.

Hate Yi Zhonghai waved his hand, signaling him to sit down.

"I have to talk about your good points first."

He looked at Yan Jiefang and nodded, saying, "Being able to stand out when there are things at home, everyone has to say you are a man!"

The neighbors in the room nodded one after another, agreeing with the First Uncle's words. In front of family, money really wasn't worth talking about.

"But I have to talk about you. You can't talk to your mother like that. No matter how wrong she is, she is still your biological mother who gave birth to you and raised you."

Hate Yi Zhonghai looked at him and said, "If you have the heart to live a good life, then everyone in this courtyard will admire you and think highly of you."

"But if you don't have filial piety, then this courtyard won't accommodate you, and even the neighbors will look down on you. No matter how good your life is, what can you do? Not going out to see people, not handling things with people?"

Yan Jiefang had matured a lot. Hearing the First Uncle say this, he listened very seriously, without arguing, and without being unconvinced.

"Speaking to this point today, saying it so clearly, actually you all feel ashamed yourselves, right?"

He turned his head and looked at Hou Qinghua and asked, "Is your son not your son? Is your daughter-in-law not your daughter-in-law?"

Hou Qinghua wiped her tears, lowered her head, and wiped them for her daughter too. The mother and daughter huddled on the chairs, both becoming tearful people.

People all say that having money is difficult, but not having money is even more difficult. The taste of not having money is even more difficult than having money.

"Director Li, Second Uncle."

After a long while, Hate Yi Zhonghai named the two and said, "State law is state law, and emotion is emotion. People live a lifetime, living on firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and filial children and virtuous fathers."

"The situation of the Yan family is all laid out here. After all, it's in the courtyard, not in court."

He paused and said, "Then I will say a few words. If you have any opinions, we will raise them again."

"Third Aunt, you have to know, you are not seventy or eighty years old yet, don't think about elderly care yet."

Hate Yi Zhonghai's attitude became serious and clear, saying, "If you want Yan Jiefang to come back and preside over the life, then I can persuade."

"But you must have the appearance of a mother. You can't earn money to support the family, then you have to help with the children, and you have to cook."

He emphasized, "In the future, regardless of whether it's Yan Jiefang's or Yan Jiekuang's, as long as you live together, you have to fulfill this obligation. If you don't help well, don't cook well, then the son will have words."

"Okay, I'll help, I'll cook."

Seeing the First Uncle staring at her, waiting for her to speak, Hou Qinghua was blocked in the corner and could only nod and agree.

Actually, thinking about it, there was nothing that couldn't be passed. Yan Fugui was gone. When he was there, which day didn't she cook?

It was rare to see a mother-in-law who didn't help with the children among the neighbors around here.

If you want to talk about later generations, you can't compare. The role change of productivity must be considered.

"Since you said okay, then let's continue."

Hate Yi Zhonghai pointed to the money on the table and said, "You have to express your attitude about the family's financial problems."

"Jiefang can take the initiative to handle the funeral. We all recognize this attitude, but he can't take this opportunity to support the family. It's unfair to them, and it wrongs him. I can't open my mouth to say it."

He nodded and said, "I still persuade you with that sentence: Yan Fugui couldn't take this money away, and you can't take it away either."

Hou Qinghua was truly squeezed into the corner. The First Uncle wanted her to express her attitude. One was doing housework and helping with children, the other was handing over the family's financial power, and in the future, she could only listen to her son's life.

To tell the truth, expressing these two attitudes was easy, but acknowledging them was truly difficult. It was equivalent to handing over all her family wealth.

People say that parents commit sins, owe debts to their children, and are enemies from the previous life, coming to collect debts.

She only felt that there were too many enemies from the previous life at this moment.

"If you nod, then I will continue."

Hate Yi Zhonghai chased after her and asked, not giving her too much time to consider, and also reminded, "If you can't let go, feel that you can support this family with the children, then we'll save it all."

"Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jie Di are also grown up. If I were you, why couldn't you mother and children live a good life?"

He handled housework often and knew how to persuade.

"How can you survive for two or three years with the money in your hand? What if the two children can't find work?"

"Can they really support you after finding work?"

He didn't say it, but calculating this account made Hou Qinghua's heart skip a beat, and it was truly uncomfortable to the extreme.

The First Uncle spoke nicely, holding the money in his hand for two or three years, waiting for the children to find work, and then coming to support her.

But you can't think about everything in a good way.

What if the money can't last three years?

What if the two children can't find work?

Can they really support her after finding work?

Daughter finds a partner; a married daughter is like spilled water.

There are three sons in total, and she has already met two unfilial ones in succession. Does she dare to bet on the third one?

You open a blind box, dismantle two waste bombs, and still want to dismantle the third one?

Actually, looking at it from the other side, the First Uncle didn't necessarily mean to speak the truth. The reverse was to let her think for herself.

"First Uncle, can I say a few words?"

Just when Hou Qinghua was wiping tears, embarrassed and reluctant, Ge Shuqin walked forward and asked this sentence.

Seeing the First Uncle and others nod, she came to her mother-in-law.

"Mom, let you be embarrassed—"

She only said this one sentence, which completely broke Hou Qinghua's defense, and she couldn't help but cry loudly, covering her face.

Ge Shuqin knelt on the ground, holding her young sister-in-law in her arms, supporting her mother-in-law's thigh and saying, "Jiefang and I also want to support the family."

"But you also know how we two have lived these days."

She handed the handkerchief to her mother-in-law to wipe her tears and said with a crying voice, "To say it ugly, if it weren't for the children, I would have drunk medicine long ago."

"My life is bitter. I have no father, no mother, no home. I came to your house in a muddle, and it was you who gave me a mouthful of food, which gave me a father, a mother, and a home."

"Woo—woo woo—"

Hou Qinghua was truly crying hard, wanting to cry out all her spirit, and crying out all the resentment she had toward her son and daughter-in-law in the past.

She had a hundred sentences to scold her son, but not a single sentence to scold her daughter-in-law.

Don't look at how she always compiled her daughter-in-law at home, saying this was not good, saying that was not right, especially when Yan Fugui praised her daughter-in-law.

But that was also because she had anger in her heart, angry that Yan Jiefang was unfilial, angry that Ge Shuqin was too rigid.

Not eating the food at home, and not begging her to help with the children, she just didn't put her, the mother-in-law, in her eyes.

By this time, no matter how much anger she had, she couldn't say it, and even more couldn't say it out loud.

Yan Jiefang and his wife gave up chasing after funeral money and didn't want to divide the family property, completely disrupting her calculations and letting her see herself clearly.

This money, as Hate Yi Zhonghai said, you can't bring it when you are born, and you can't take it when you die.

She lived a lifetime with Yan Fugui, eating tightly, wearing tightly, not daring to waste a bit, and in the end, it turned into this appearance.

On the hospital bed, Yan Fugui didn't leave a single word. She thinks about it now, whether she was correct in doing so at the time.

Now people say the children are unfilial, but at the time, the eyes of Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang looking at her were filled with fear and blame.

No matter how unfilial Yan Jiefang was, it was impossible for him to watch his father die.

"This money, I'll take it, I'll take it."

Hou Qinghua cried enough, couldn't bear to watch her daughter cry, and her daughter-in-law also cry.

Ge Shuqin didn't treat her badly. The days they lived were in that appearance, and they still remembered the old ones when they had something good. This was already very rare.

She didn't say it, but she knew in her heart that the delicious food was also to supplement the children's nutrition, and it was left over from the daughter-in-law and children's mouths.

"Mom—" Ge Shuqin cried and said, "It's us who are unfilial—"

"It's not you, it's not you."

Hou Qinghua grabbed her daughter-in-law's hand, looked at the First Uncle and said, "First Uncle, I'll take this money, I'll take it all."

"Yan Jiefang, what do you say?"

The First Uncle's rhythm was disrupted by Ge Shuqin. At this moment, he looked at Yan Jiefang, who had a complex look in his eyes.

Yan Jiefang looked at his wife, then looked at his younger brother and sister, as well as his mother, and sighed deeply.

"First Uncle, I..."

"Alright, keep the rest of the words to say at home."

Hate Yi Zhonghai didn't give him a chance to sigh, called Ge Shuqin up, and asked, "You two have to show an attitude. Words still have to be made clear."

"Presiding over the family, how to live this life, bring out a charter."

He paused and reminded, "The words have reached this point today. Make it clear, and there will be less bickering in the future."

"It's easy to talk to your mother-in-law, but what about your younger brother and sister?"

"Yan Jiefang—"

Ge Shuqin stood by her mother-in-law's side, with her young sister-in-law she was pulling standing by her side.

Yan Jiefang was called by her, and also nodded helplessly and reluctantly, saying, "You are the master of our family. You decide."

"Then First Uncle, I will speak."

Ge Shuqin still had tears in her eyes, while pulling her mother-in-law's hand, while pulling her young sister-in-law's hand.

"My mother-in-law raised our small ones, so we will support her old age."

She tightened her mother-in-law's hand, looked at her young sister-in-law and young brother, and said, "Jiekuang and Jiedi can't go to school anymore. Our family doesn't have the ability to arrange it further. I say we can't rely on the school. Do you agree?"

Yan Fugui was gone. According to reason, the school should arrange employment for children, but in the current situation, and Jiekuang's situation, let alone not having connections, even if they had connections, it would be difficult. Where were there so many positions to arrange?

The Red Star Primary School earlier was supported by the Red Star Factory. Now that it was separated and placed under local management, it had long been out of shape.

Yan Jiekuang would have to wait a year to queue up. He couldn't starve for a year.

If you want to talk about school, he graduated from primary school, borrowed his father's light to go to middle school, and middle school has been graduated until now.

Why say it's considered graduated? Because the school time was long ago, and in terms of studies, they didn't learn anything, just focused on the big learning activities.

Jiedi's situation was the same. She was a big girl, couldn't go to school, mixed food at home waiting to be married. This definitely wouldn't work.

Calling the First Uncle and others here today, arguing for a whole day, mostly because of the two of them.

Mainly because they had no work for these few years, how to live.

Earlier they could rely on their parents to raise them. Now that the sister-in-law was in charge, asking for their opinions, what could they say? They could only nod silently.

"Since we can't rely on the school, let's look at something practical."

Ge Shuqin had experienced too many partings and deaths, and had long ago trained a strong heart.

She had lived days without face, and now she just wanted to live well.

"We don't want the money Mom took out."

She pulled her young sister-in-law's hand, looked at her young brother, and said, "You can collect scrap, and they can too. It's not shameful to earn this money yourself."

"Use the money Mom gave to buy a three-wheeled motorcycle for your second brother. If it's not enough, we'll fill it. Just divide the shares according to this money. You three brothers and sisters work together."

Ge Shuqin looked at her mother-in-law and said, "We don't want a single cent of the money Jiekuang and Jiedi earn. They save it for themselves in the future."

"If we have this ability, we will send Jiedi to marry, and marry a wife for Jiekuang. If we don't have this ability, don't blame us."

"Woo woo—"

By this time, Hou Qinghua had finally cried with peace of mind. This time she cried more satisfied and more comfortable.

Especially Ge Shuqin's two "don't want a single cent," which truly convinced her.

The Yan family had never let Ge Shuqin speak or be in charge, and the whole family was calculating for money.

In the end, it was the daughter-in-law who didn't calculate who became the master, and untied this knot.

Ge Shuqin could convince her mother-in-law, could suppress Yan Jiefang, and could make her young brother and sister satisfied. This family must be managed by her.

"Mom, I don't have no requirements."

She wiped her mother-in-law's tears and said bluntly, "Since we are in charge of this family, the housing problem must be decided by us."

"The houses here are divided into two. We take one, Jiekuang takes one, and it can't delay him marrying a wife in the future."

Ge Shuqin squatted down, looked at her mother-in-law, and said, "Now you and Jiedi can live with us, but in the future, you have to give it up."

After saying this, she looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "Your second brother and I will move to the upper room, which is convenient for Mom to help with the children. You move to the ear room first."

"When you get married, there will be a room for you here. Is that okay?"

"I have no opinion—"

Yan Jiekuang heard his sister-in-law's arrangement, only feeling it was fair in his heart, and nodded, "It's the same wherever I live now. I listen to you, Sister-in-law."

This "Sister-in-law" was called sincerely, and it hadn't been called for more than a year. Ever since the eldest brother moved out to live alone, the whole family had been awkward.

"Jiedi, there's no place for you in the family."

Ge Shuqin pulled her young sister-in-law and said, "But Sister-in-law promises you that when you marry, it will be according to the standards of the neighbors, and you definitely won't be wronged."

"I listen to you, Sister-in-law—"

Yan Jie Di, as a girl, had long had this psychological preparation. Her sister-in-law left her the decency of marriage and the lining of the tricycle. What else could she say?

Even if she wanted it, what else was there in the family to want? If it were really divided, the money might not be hers, so she had no opinion at this moment.

"Jiefang, Jiekuang, come over."

Ge Shuqin beckoned Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang over. Several children came to Hou Qinghua's side together.

She asked softly, "Mom, do you think what I said is okay?"

"—woo woo—"

Hou Qinghua had no way to say no, even if she was crying, she was nodding.

"People say family harmony brings prosperity."

Hate Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "If we had known this truth earlier, we wouldn't have had to say so many words and suffer so much."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Xuewu, First Uncle says sorry to you. I dragged you into this matter today."

"Fortunately, the result is good," Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said, "Otherwise, I would have truly suffered a loss and would have had to blame you."

"Hahaha—"

In the end, everyone was happy. The neighbors who came to testify also relaxed. Seeing the First Uncle stand up, they all followed suit.

Ge Shuqin pulled Yan Jiefang over to thank them, bowed to everyone one by one, and kept saying words of gratitude and trouble.

"I won't say anything. Live your life well."

Li Xuewu was watched by the Yan family. The First Uncle wanted to invite him to say a few words, but he wasn't willing to get involved in other people's affairs.

"Jiefang, cherish your fortune and work hard."

When he left, he patted Yan Jiefang's arm and said, "If you can support a small family, you can support a big one."

"Four laborers in one family," standing at the door, Liu Haizhong said his first sentence of the day, "As long as the heart is in one place, can't the life be lived well?"

"Come, come to the house to sit for a while."

Coming out of the Yan family's, Li Xuewu saw it wasn't early and wanted to go home.

Talk to his parents and find a place to sleep.

But the First Uncle pulled him, insisting he go to the backyard to sit for a while, as if he had words to say or wanted to express his heart.

"First Aunt must be resting."

He had no choice, it wasn't good to pull with the First Uncle, so he could only follow him to the backyard.

"It's early. It's not even nine o'clock."

Hate Yi Zhonghai was in a good mood. After all, the matter was satisfactorily resolved, and there were fewer disputes in the courtyard, making his ears quiet.

"I thought it would be midnight."

Liu Haizhong smiled bitterly and said, "Argued all morning, making my brain ache. I really didn't expect it to be solved so easily."

"Still have to say Huairu is smart, and Ge Shuqin is also smart."

Hate Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Sometimes women are really not worse than men, especially in family affairs, right?"

"Hahaha—"

Li Xuewu and Liu Haizhong both laughed, considering it an agreement with his statement.

Qin Huairu was smart, just like he said, cutting the Gordian knot, not giving the matter a chance to develop further.

A widow managing the family, unable to top the Yan family with two sons—this was a fact. She couldn't take Banggeng as a bet.

Another thing was the relationship in this courtyard. If Banggeng were five or six, no one would care about him.

But he was a half-grown boy, making a scene in the middle of the night, and everyone had resentment, not to mention the involvement of Yan Fugui's death.

Her one hundred yuan wasn't spent unjustly; it relieved the anger of the neighbors in the courtyard and also made the Yan family lose their anger and be convinced.

Otherwise, if this courtyard respected her as a deputy section chief, they also looked down on her, didn't like her, and sooner or later something would happen.

Hate Yi Zhonghai also saw it. It wasn't that Qin Huairu was smart, but that Li Xuewu came, and Qin Huairu had a better and more straightforward way to solve this matter, not afraid of the Yan family raising the level and asking for more money.

He said Ge Shuqin was smart. The courage to manage the family and speak was actually given by Li Xuewu.

This was also an important reason why he invited Li Xuewu to sit in town.

Being able to allow Ge Shuqin to speak meant this knot was untied.

Ge Shuqin said she didn't want the savings Hou Qinghua took out, talking about buying a three-wheeled motorcycle for the three brothers to work together.

Looking at it, it was Yan Jiefang leading the brother and sister to earn a living, but in fact, Yan Jiefang also shared the money, and what work to do and how to divide the money was also up to him.

She said she didn't want the money earned by the younger brother and sister, letting them save it for themselves, but actually think about it, could she ask for it?

It would be better to be generous, which could also make the brother and sister willingly give up fantasies and take the initiative to follow Yan Jiefang to work and earn money to support themselves.

Saying she didn't want money, the family's food expenses were all fixed by person and quantity. Who would be embarrassed not to take their own ration?

Even if she and Yan Jiefang paid more for food, taking the initiative to support the mother-in-law's old age, but the mother-in-law helped with the children and cooked.

How much time and energy could they save to put into life and work? This money had long been earned.

Speaking of supporting the mother-in-law, just with this one sentence, she pulled the mother-in-law's position to her side.

Hou Qinghua would follow them to live in the future. Could she not speak for this room?

All the good words of not wanting money and supporting the mother-in-law were said, and then she openly raised the condition of wanting a house.

She spoke the words of dividing the last bit of family property beautifully. The neighbors were convinced, and Hate Yi Zhonghai was convinced.

Being able to settle the younger brother and sister, holding their hope for future life in her hands—that is, that motorcycle—truly made the heart go in one place.

First talked about the three rooms in the upper house, one for each brother, but didn't talk about the ear room. That ear room was still hers and Yan Jiefang's.

Here, she held Yan Jiekuang, and then said to let the mother-in-law and young sister-in-law live in the morning, and let Yan Jiekuang live in the ear room. Could Yan Jiekuang have any dissatisfaction?

Yan Jiekuang was satisfied. What dissatisfaction could Hou Qinghua and Yan Jie Di, who lived in the upper house, have?

If you want to say dissatisfaction, it should be Yan Jie Di, because apart from floating wealth, she didn't divide anything, even that ear room, and the floating wealth was held by the second brother.

But there were only a few people in the family. Ge Shuqin had already settled her mother and her third brother. She became a lonely person. What could she say?

Moreover, Ge Shuqin spoke beautifully, promising to let her marry with scenery, so where else did she have words to refute?

Calculating again, what did everyone in the Yan family get?

Hou Qinghua took out her old capital, handed over power, and had to help with children and cook, but got the guarantee of elderly care, following the second son's family to live.

Yan Jiekuang got one room in the upper house and shares in the three-wheeled motorcycle, but must work to support himself, and marrying a wife naturally also has to rely on himself.

Yan Jie Di got shares in the three-wheeled motorcycle and the guarantee of marriage, temporarily living in the upper house until marriage.

Yan Jiefang and Ge Shuqin?

One room in the upper house, most of the floating wealth, plus a free nanny.

Think carefully, didn't she also reverse the Yan family's reputation and reverse the reputation she had always had in the courtyard?

From now on, everyone in this courtyard must speak well of her, and if the Yan family has anything in the future, they have to rely on her to handle it.

"Hou Qinghua made a big scene with two children, and just got this?"

Sha Zhu hugged his arms and was also full of disbelief. He stood in the First Uncle's room and listened to their discussion, not reacting for a long time.

"The key is that everyone is satisfied!"

Li Xuewu smiled and shook his head, saying, "Didn't see it before?"

"Really didn't see it—"

Sha Zhu also shook his head and said with a smile, "At first, listening to you talk, I thought she was a good person, didn't expect her heart..."

"Hey—" Hate Yi Zhonghai reminded him, saying, "Can't say that."

"That's right, don't talk too much outside!"

First Aunt sat on the edge of the bed and specially reminded Sha Zhu, "Just know it by talking about it in private, but don't take it seriously."

"First Aunt is right—"

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup and drank a mouthful, saying to Sha Zhu, "Handling things beautifully doesn't mean the heart is bad. It's difficult for an honest official to judge housework."

He looked at the First Uncle again and said, "I think the result today is good for the Yan family, and it's also a good result for them as individuals."

"Hmm, I think so too!"

Hate Yi Zhonghai nodded with emotion and said, "If we relied on Yan Fugui's way of living, this family would have been restless sooner or later. It's better for Ge Shuqin to manage the family."

"Living in the courtyard, she wouldn't dare to say things don't count."

He picked up the thermos to refill hot water for Li Xuewu's teacup and said, "Really supporting Hou Qinghua's old age, raising the younger brother and sister, and getting them married."

"This family is harmonious, everyone has gained something. Even if there are more heart eyes, so what? Right?"

"That's the reason—"

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said, "Haven't heard that people with many heart eyes should be executed, hahaha."

That's right, he just couldn't stand people belittling those with many heart eyes. What's wrong with having many heart eyes? People are smart, what does it have to do with you!

Of course, he was very fair. Saying this wasn't for himself!

Who has many heart eyes? His heart eyes aren't many!

Li Xuewu considered himself a simple, honest, reliable, enthusiastic, generous, open-minded young man who never engaged in crooked ways.

"I have to stay away from you—"

As soon as Sha Zhu saw Li Xuewu smile like this, he felt his back itch, as if he was being stared at by a bad person.

He didn't have a single heart eye. If he had, he wouldn't have been a bachelor for so many years and still not have a good reputation.

"If Yan Jiefang earns money, Ge Shuqin will really be amazing in this area. She's exactly like another Qin Huairu!"

"Maybe—"

Li Xuewu blew the tea leaves and said with a smile, "He told me about it, and I actually think it's very promising."

"Really or fake?"

Sha Zhu was stunned and asked, "Riding a tricycle to collect scrap isn't enough, and still have to buy a three-wheeled motorcycle?"

"Who told you that buying a three-wheeled motorcycle is just for collecting scrap?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked back, "She said so in the room, and you believed it?"

"Oh—" Sha Zhu reacted, clapped his hands in surprise, widened his eyes, and asked, "Is it the time when we were eating in the inverted room last time, and Yan Jiefang said he wanted to engage in transportation?"

"You remembered?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him with a smile and said, "Didn't we drink too much last time? I thought you didn't remember."

"Hey, what you said, can buying a three-wheeled motorcycle really earn transportation money?"

"What, you are also tempted?"

Li Xuewu looked at the First Uncle with a smile, knowing in his heart that he was thinking about the First Uncle's money.

"People have the time to go out to work, and are willing to sell their strength. Who in your family is going to drive, and who is going to carry the big bags?"

He teased, "Buying it for your He Zhuang? He's so small and already going out to earn money? You really dare to think."

"Hehehe, I'm just pondering."

Sha Zhu wasn't stupid at all, his eyes rolling around.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm envious of them buying Comet motorcycles, but they aren't as good as this three-wheeled motorcycle."

"You say it can be used for riding, and it can also be used for pulling goods. How about I get one to run the transportation business for the factory canteen?"

"Look at your ability—"

The First Uncle glared at him and said, "You should get rid of Guo Pangzi first; otherwise, can he tolerate you?"

"Don't have daydreams," Li Xuewu echoed the First Uncle's words and said to Sha Zhu, "Do you know how Guo Pangzi got fat? Can the procurement and transportation work be given to you? Kill him."

"If you really want to live with the money in your hand, I'll teach you a trick," he pointed at Sha Zhu and raised his eyebrows, "Find two partners, go out to pack red and white affairs for people, bring tables, chairs, benches, pots, bowls, and ladles, and earn a service fee. This is still a reason to buy a car."

"As for others, your brain—"

He nodded with a smile and said, "What you can think of, anyone can think of. Don't think about striking it lucky."

"Living in the best house, marrying a wife and having children, stable work, and the First Uncle and First Aunt helping you, and picking up the old lady's house."

Li Xuewu stood up with a smile and said, "You have already struck the greatest luck in this courtyard."

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