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Chapter 121 - A Hypocritical Stepmother
Chapter 121 - A Hypocritical Stepmother
Chapter 121: A Hypocritical Stepmother
At this point in the conversation, Liu Wei even shed tears. She even mumbled that she must have been incapable therefore her child could not get a wife.
“Li Li, why is my life so miserable? I want to be a grandmother, but I don’t have much longer to wait. I only gave birth to Chen Xin when I was in my thirties. I don’t know how many more years I can look after him with my current physical condition…” Liu Wei put on a pitiful act.
“How much more does brother need to get married? If needed, I can figure something out.” Chen Li said this without thinking. She was playing right into Liu Wei’s hands.
Yun Xi, who was sitting at the side, also patted her head nervously. She was deeply worried about Chen Li’s stupidity.
“Really? Li Li, I will thank you on behalf of your brother.” As Liu Wei spoke, Chen Sheng happened to be returning from work.
“You’re back! Li Li and the others arrived today. Sorry, we did not prepare much.”
Liu Wei acted like a hostess and blamed her husband in a coquettish tone.
“Dad.” When Chen Li saw Chen Sheng, she still greeted him respectfully. However, there was some distance in her tone.
“Yun Xi, Yun Yang, come and call Grandpa.” Chen Li did not forget to introduce Yun Yang, who was playing on the swing in the corner of the courtyard.
“Hello, Grandpa!”
Yun Xi and Yun Yang did as Chen Li said and greeted him respectfully.
“Hey, good boy!”
When Chen Sheng saw the two children call out to him in such a sensible manner, he could not be happier.
People tend to grow fond of children as they get older, especially when they have three or four generations in the same house. It made people feel extremely warm.
Chen Sheng looked at his daughter’s two children and wanted to have a grandson of his own. However, his son and fiancee wanted a lot of betrothal gifts, so his family really could not afford it.
Fortunately, the girl was still very fond of her son, so their future in-laws also made concessions. The in-laws also knew that their family’s conditions were not particularly great at the moment, therefore, they demanded that all the land under their son’s name be changed to the name of their future daughter.
This land was the lifeblood of farmers. If all your land was put under the name of the woman, then the man would have no financial ability in the family. Naturally, he would not be able to stand with his back straight as well.
Men in the 1980s believed in men’s superiority. They would definitely not allow a woman’s status to be above their own. However, their family also could not bear to give up such good in-laws with so many benefits in the future. Therefore, after researching for a night, they thought about Chen Li.
Although Chen Li followed her own mother into another family, her family registry had not been changed. She was still in Chen Sheng’s family registry.
Maybe the people in the past still did not have much legal knowledge, and they did not care too much about the family registry. That was why Chen Li never bothered to change her family registry even after so many years.
Chen Sheng’s father was a retired veteran who had taken up a real gun and gone to war. Therefore, the descendants of his family also received very good benefits. When the people in the village were constantly shifting around for better land to farm, his family could stay on a very fertile piece of fertile land for a long time without worry. Moreover, there was no need for registration or application of ownership, and the property rights always belonged to the descendants of the Chen family.
This piece of land under the Chen Family has been divided evenly to each of them. Although Chen Li was a girl, she also had her own share.
Previously, Chen Sheng did not care about this piece of land. Even after Chen Li remarried to another family with her mother, this piece of land was still used by the Chen family. Later, after Chen Li got married, this piece of land was rented out. The annual rent was given to Chen Sheng and Yun Shan, it was because of the value of this piece of land that Yun Shan’s family was able to live a slightly more comfortable life.