Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 118 How do you feel about being neighbors with the Zhao family for so many years?
Deep down, Li Ruru didn't want people living next door to her house.

She and her children lived a peaceful and happy life at the foot of the mountain.

If a gossipy, meddlesome neighbor came, they'd probably come over every day to chat.

With so much white flour, white rice, and meat in the house, it's inevitable that it will be seen.

If she has a good-natured person, that's fine, but if she encounters a petty and gossipy person, how will she manage to live her life?

Many people in the village live on wild vegetables and gruel, while her family eats white rice, white flour, and meat. Compared to that, who wouldn't feel comfortable?

But Li Ruru couldn't make the decision herself, and she asked, somewhat unwilling to give up, "Does that person really have to live in our village?"

Chenjia Village is notoriously poor, with a large population but little land; all the other neighboring villages are better off than them.

Since they are wanderers, why would they suddenly want to build a house and settle down, and why would they choose their own village?

This is strange no matter how you look at it.

Hai said, "He doesn't stay permanently. I heard that he often stays in one place for a month or two, and then goes to the next place."

The people of Chenjia Village have a small-farmer mentality; they prefer to settle down in a fixed place, live and raise children.

They couldn't adapt to this kind of life where they could move around and settle down anywhere, and naturally they didn't understand it.

Leaving aside how they could have children and arrange marriages for their kids, the idea of ​​buying land and building houses wherever they went was simply impossible for the people of Chenjia Village.

Building a house is hard work and troublesome; once it's built, people leave after only a few days.

That house wasn't built for nothing, and the land was bought for nothing either.

Pan Dayan comforted Li Ruru, saying, "Ruru, it's okay. Everyone lives their lives behind closed doors. It doesn't matter who you live next door to."

Li Ruru pursed her lips and asked, "How do you feel about being neighbors with the Zhao family for so many years?"

Life isn't the same no matter who you live with, including your neighbors.

Pan Dayan was speechless when asked the question. She would rather move to the foot of the mountain and live with Li Ruru than be neighbors with Zhao.

That family is so bizarre.

Pan Dayan still remembers when she had just given birth to her eldest son, Zhao came to her door and berated her, saying that her son Tie Niu's crying was so loud that she couldn't sleep.

Furthermore, the vegetables and trees planted at home could not be allowed to cross the courtyard wall; if they did, Zhao would ruthlessly cut them down.

Pan Dayan told her countless times that she could just pick the fruit and eat it herself.

The Zhao family ignored her advice and continued to do as they pleased all these years.

Zhao was very hypocritical. If the trees, fruits, and vegetables on her property climbed over the wall, she would come over and warn Pan Dayan not to look at them too closely or even think about picking them to eat.

Pan Dayan was once a gentle young wife, but through years of wits and battles with Zhao Shi, she has transformed into the loud, shrewish, and domineering woman she is today.

Now that Zhao is getting old, she is no match for Pan Dayan, and many times she is beaten to a pulp.

It reached the point where you couldn't win an argument or a fight.

Pan Dayan's family finally regained some peace and quiet.

If she had to choose again, she would rather not marry her own husband than be neighbors with the Zhao family.

Pan Dayan chuckled awkwardly, "This neighbor is quite... quite important."

Seeing that Li Ruru was rather resistant to this new neighbor, Hai said, "If you don't want to, I can talk to the village head."

Since they are wanderers, they shouldn't be too picky about where they stay.

If all else fails, just find an empty plot of land in the village and build a house there. Anyway, he'll be gone in a few months.

Such people probably don't have many requirements about where they live or what kind of house they live in.

If all else fails, Mr. Hai thought he could let others stay in his house.

Anyway, my yard is big and I have many houses, so there's room for more than a dozen people, let alone one.

Of course, she wasn't just doing a good deed. Since that person was an old scholar, he probably wouldn't be so shameless as to stay without paying.

Li Ruru smiled and said, "Third Aunt, no need. Let them stay if they want."

At worst, she can just keep her gate tightly closed from now on. The walls are high now, so that person shouldn't be so tactless as to come closer. It's really unnecessary for Third Aunt to go to the village head for this. Making a fuss about it will only make her seem xenophobic and petty.

The laws of Great Tang do not impose any special restrictions on personal accommodation; as long as you have money, you can settle down anywhere.

After leaving the Hai family's house, Li Ruru went home to feed the chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits, and then went to check on the room where the grain was stored.

I felt a bit more at ease. Now everything is ready, except for the downpour.

Oh no, ptooey ptooey ptooey.

It's best to avoid rain, regardless of whether it's a heavy rain or not.

The notification on the LCD screen in the space was still there.

Li Ruru rubbed her head and sat there blankly for a while.

The work of processing konjac at home was divided up, and the children all obediently studied with Chu Xiu in the yard, leaving her with some free time.

Once people get used to being busy, they will feel uncomfortable when they suddenly have free time, and then they will want to find something to do.

She simply took out her blouse and began cutting out shoe patterns.

She had measured all the children's sizes, then closed the door and began cheating.

Use strong glue to attach the two cut shoe patterns and the banana sole together, and then sew them together with the sewing machine in the space.

Finally, attach the nice upper, stitch it again, and a pair of shoes is finished.

Li Ruru pushed open the door. The courtyard was quiet. The children were reading and writing. Chu Xiu was also leaning against a chair, holding a book and forcing himself to read with a frown.

Li Ruru beckoned to him, and Chu Xiu immediately put down his book and tiptoed over.
He leaned down and whispered, "Godmother, were you looking for me?"

Li Ruru said, "Take off your shoes."

Chu Xiu didn't ask any questions and simply did as instructed.

As if by magic, Li Ruru produced a pair of already made dark blue cloth shoes from behind her back.

"Come on, try it."

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up, and he immediately changed into the new outfit.

He first walked carefully a few steps in the yard, then jogged a few times, and finally did a few high knee lifts.

Back beside Li Ruru, he excitedly said, "Godmother, these shoes are so comfortable, and the soles are so thick."

Li Ruru added two rubber soles, which can directly raise a person's height by three centimeters.

When Chaochao looked up, she saw Chu Xiu laughing as if he didn't care about money. She put down her brush and walked over.

"for you."

Before she could speak, Li Ruru handed her a pair of dark red cloth shoes.

Chaochao touched the shoes, hugged them tightly, and was reluctant to wear them.

She hasn't worn new shoes in many years.

I used to wear the hand-me-downs of my older cousins, either old or broken.

My cousins ​​have big, smelly feet. Every pair of shoes they wear is worn out, with their toes or heels sticking out.

Some shoes have several holes worn into the soles, and they get wet after just a few steps in the rain.

In winter, snow can even seep in from underneath, and by the end of the day, your feet will be so frozen that you lose all feeling.

Even such shoes were not something they could wear often; most of the time, the three sisters could only wear straw sandals made by their mother.

Yinyin spent the entire summer running around barefoot.

She had only ever seen cotton shoes on the feet of her three cousins.

The cotton shoes were precious; after her three older cousins ​​wore them, they were given to her eldest uncle, aunt, and grandmother, so she never got a chance to wear them.

Chaochao was holding the shoes with red eyes. Chu Xiu was taken aback, thinking she didn't like red, so he asked gently, "You... do you want these? Here you go!"

(End of this chapter)