Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 145 - 144: Crying Out (First Update)
As soon as they entered Li Qinghai’s yard, they startled Li Weimin and Li Weiqiang, who were doing the washing and tidying up in the yard.
The face of their younger sister, Li Xuemei, looked terrible, as if it was covered with a layer of smog.
It was already midnight at this time.
Li Qinghai’s family had also built a house today.
It was built in May.
The two families discussed and decided to separate the lots and build two small two-story buildings.
This was also discussed with Li Qinghai.
Eventually, the two sons would need to live separately.
Previously, they didn’t have the means, but now that they had the land, it was natural to do so.
Li Qinghai and Li Zhaodi still lived in the old house.
Originally, Li Weimin and Li Weiqiang thought of building a house for the old couple of Li Qinghai as well.
But Li Qinghai wouldn’t allow it.
He said building two small two-story buildings was already enough to make the villagers envious. If they rebuilt their own house as well,
life might not be as easy in the future.
The two sons understood this reasoning, too.
If you’re poor, people look down on you; but when you become rich, people still have things to say.
People are just never satisfied.
But leaving Li Qinghai and his wife in the old house weighed on the sons’ minds, and they thought of bringing the old couple to live in the new home.
But Li Qinghai was unwilling.
So Li Weimin and Li Weiqiang occasionally still had meals at the old courtyard.
Being with their parents was also a way of taking care of the elderly.
Seeing Li Xuemei come back with three children, Li Weimin knew something must be wrong.
He quickly called out, "The kids’ mother, come quickly, my sister is back."
Han Xue and Liu Fen came out as soon as the curtain was lifted. Seeing Li Xuemei’s ashen face, both of them felt heavy-hearted and quickly went up to her, one holding Li Xuemei, and the other leading the children inside.
As soon as Li Xuemei got in, she saw Li Zhaodi just about to get off the kang, sitting on the edge, putting on shoes.
She rushed over, hugged her mother, and cried her heart out, nearly to the point of fainting.
The heart-wrenching cries were full of sadness.
Li Zhaodi held her daughter, crying non-stop along with her tears.
While patting Li Xuemei’s back to comfort her, she scolded, "Don’t cry, don’t cry, my girl, how great a grievance did you suffer? My poor daughter, which scoundrel bullied my girl like this?"
The two were entangled in tears.
In the courtyard, Gu Xiaoqing was called aside under the grapevine by her grandpa, Li Qinghai, to talk.
Gu Xiaoying followed Liu Fen to the kitchen to help, while Gu Xiaojie was taken by Li Weimin to his own home to play with Jianguo and the others, and there were sweets to coax the child.
Li Qinghai’s family was methodically conducting their investigation.
"Is your dad really thinking that way?"
Li Qinghai took a sharp puff of his cigarette, only to choke on the smoke and cough continuously.
Gu Xiaoqing didn’t want to speculate, nor could she wrong Gu Ruhai, but she knew her mother must have seen something, so she decided to take them away from home.
Li Xuemei had always been the one to listen to Gu Ruhai. After enduring so many grievances over the years, ordinary matters wouldn’t anger Li Xuemei to this extent.
This time, Li Xuemei was genuinely heartbroken.
Gu Xiaoqing could see it clearly.
"My dad didn’t say anything, I don’t know, I just know my mom took us and came back like this."
Li Qinghai nodded, rage welling up in his heart. How wrong he was about Gu Ruhai.
To even think of something like selling his own daughter for the sake of his parents. Is this how a parent should be?
How are all people in the Gu family like this?
If not like Gu Rushan and Gu Ruhe, scheming and selfish, seeking their own interests, then like Mr. Gu, who openly talks about justice but secretly would sacrifice anything for the family’s honor.
Or else, like Gu Ruhai, a fool stupidly filial.
What a gathering of extraordinary people.
It is no wonder Li Xuemei was so angry. Whose children are not the treasures of their parents?
Li Xuemei had been oppressed hard before, so this time her bounce back was strong and protective.
Anyone who touched her children would face her fury.
Actually, Gu Xiaoqing also understood the different nature of her mother. Li Xuemei changed more this life than Gu Ruhai.
It wasn’t that Li Xuemei was more advanced in thought than Gu Ruhai.
It’s just that she hadn’t faced a life-death choice like Gu Xiaojie did in the past life; if it were like the previous life when the choice was to use Gu Xiaoying’s dowry to save Gu Xiaojie, Li Xuemei probably wouldn’t have been so angry, and might have compromised in the end.
Because both palms are made of flesh; in the eyes of the parents, Gu Xiaojie was the true heir to the Gu family, representing the Gu family’s future.
No matter how exceptional Gu Xiaoying and Gu Xiaoqing were, this was unchangeable.
The favouring of boys over girls was not individually a problem of Li Xuemei and Gu Ruhai, but of the era, a common issue, so Li Xuemei and Gu Ruhai were aligned on this matter.
It wasn’t wrong.
Just that Gu Xiaoqing saw it more clearly.
This time, however, the comparison shifted to Gu Xiaocheng, so undoubtedly her daughter couldn’t be sacrificed, and Li Xuemei naturally got angry.
Outraged by Gu Ruhai’s attitude.
This was the cause of the incident of returning to her parents’ home.
Li Qinghai smiled and patted Gu Xiaoqing on the head. This child was smart, knowing what to say or not, even if she was angry inside, she knew what should and shouldn’t be spoken.
Saying too much could easily trigger Li Family’s anger, and if they genuinely stormed over, would the result be a divorce between Li Xuemei and Gu Ruhai?
If it didn’t escalate to that, then it could only be played down.
Li Weimin came back with Gu Xiaojie and yelled as soon as he came in: "The Gu family truly is something, how could Gu Rushan have such evil intentions to harm even his own niece? Dad, I think we should go over and give Gu Ruhai a lesson. I thought he finally came to his senses and understood what mattered.
Who would have thought his mind is still cloudy, not even as clear as the three kids. Is there such a way to be filial?"
Li Weimin was deeply angered, genuinely considering going over to beat up both Gu Rushan and Gu Ruhai, unable to swallow his resentment otherwise.
Li Qinghai said nothing.
This matter didn’t need to be blown out of proportion.
If it did, what good would come of it?
Li Xuemei wouldn’t divorce Gu Ruhai, and with three children here, Li Qinghai wouldn’t want to see his daughter divorced either, not out of complacency, but out of pity for the children.
Gu Ruhai wasn’t entirely beyond redemption; just sometimes he acted foolishly.
It wasn’t inherently evil.
Li Qinghai was a very rational and calm old man, not easily impulsive. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com)
