Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

"They're all gone, why bother looking for them?"

Yan Bugui said.

"Go find them and collect this month's living expenses. I reckon they should have already paid their salaries."

The three women suddenly realized.

"That's right. Yu Li didn't receive her salary the first year, but it should have been paid out by now."

"The budget for repairing the bicycle has already been exceeded by a lot. If they don't pay their living expenses, we'll really have to spend more money on it."

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Back in the house, Yu Li became angrier and angrier. Her father-in-law was such a miser, calculating everything.

When someone damaged his bicycle, he wanted them to pay for the repairs, but they naturally refused.

Who would have thought that this person would do something so unpredictable? In the past, borrowing a bicycle required going through a lot of trouble and talking to them, but now, they just ask for money directly.

After much deliberation, Yu Li made a decision in her heart...

"Yan Jiecheng, come here, I need to talk to you about something."

Yan Jiecheng was also worried about his father at this moment. His father's actions today were both unexpected and yet reasonable.

"Yu Li, don't worry, I'll go ask Cao Xu to borrow it later."

“He worked the night shift yesterday, so he'll probably be sleeping at home during the day. He probably won't know how to use the bicycle.”

Yu Li waved her hand.

"I wasn't talking about the bicycle; we'll talk about it later."

"I have something to tell you now that concerns our future."

Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"Honey, just tell me what's wrong. Why are you bringing up fate?"

At this point, Yan Jiecheng stared at Yu Li's belly and said.

"Honey, you're not pregnant, are you?"

Yu Li was momentarily stunned by the question.

"have what?"

Yan Jiecheng laughed.

"Child!"

"Honey, are you showing signs of pregnancy?"

Yu Li reached out and slapped away Yan Jiecheng's hand that was reaching for her stomach.

"Pregnant? I'm pregnant with your big head!"

"Even if I were really pregnant, could you raise the child?"

"We both have to work, so in the end we'll still have to leave with your parents."

Do you think your parents would babysit for us for free?

"At that time, there will definitely be various fees and charges, which will be another expense."

Yan Jiecheng shook his head.

"No way, they are their grandchildren after all. Isn't it only natural for them to look after them?"

Yu Li snorted.

"Where do you get so much self-evident? Your parents are even scheming against their own son, so how could they possibly care about their grandchildren who are a generation apart?"

Yan Jiecheng smacked his lips, thinking that given the current situation, his parents might actually do such a thing.

"Then what do you suggest we do? We can't just not have children to save money, can we?"

Yu Li said.

"Of course we want children, but right now, we have something more important to do."

Yan Jiecheng asked, puzzled.

"what's up?"

Yu Li said seriously.

"We're going to separate from your parents!"

Chapter 207 Yan Jiecheng Refuses to Divide the Family Business, and the Third Aunt Raises Prices! [Please Subscribe]

Yan Jiecheng was quite surprised by his wife's request.

Although he disliked his father's stinginess, he had never actually considered separating the family property.

Yan Jiecheng reached out and touched Yu Li's forehead, then touched his own forehead.

"It's not hot at all."

Yu Li rolled her eyes at Yan Jiecheng.

"I'm not sick, and I'm not talking nonsense. I'm being serious."

Yan Jiecheng sat down on a chair to the side.

"Wife, I can let you have your way with everything else, but not this."

“Our parents are still here. If we bring up dividing the family property now, the people in the neighborhood will gossip about us behind our backs.”

"It's fine to talk about this with your family, but don't mention it to outsiders, or they'll laugh at us."

Yu Li sat down opposite Yan Jiecheng and asked.

"Then let me ask you, do you think it's more cost-effective for us to eat at our parents' house, or to eat on our own after we separate from the family?"

Yan Jiecheng counted on his fingers.

“You’re right, cooking for ourselves saves money, but it still takes effort.”

“Now we pay a monthly allowance and go out to eat at regular times. Although it costs a little more than cooking for ourselves, it’s still better than eating in the cafeteria or going out to eat.”

Yu Li pouted.

"Alright, is that a little more?"

"Your parents are always carrying around an abacus and doing accounting. They've replaced all the fine grains in the house with coarse grains, and they eat cornbread and sweet potato porridge every day."

“We pay 18 yuan for half of the grains, and we don’t even get a third of them into our mouths. I’ve lost a lot of weight since I married into your family.”

"This kind of life is not very nutritious, and it's probably because of this that we can't have children."

Yan Jiecheng shook his head.

"Alright, alright, stop thinking about it so much. How could we bring this up?"

"Hurry up and get ready, it's time for bed."

Yu Li said coldly.

"Sleep what? Yan Jiecheng, stop trying to smooth things over with me."

"We need to come to a conclusion about this today, or you won't be getting any sleep."

Yan Jiecheng said helplessly.

"Yu Li, don't even think about dividing the family property, it's impossible."

“Look at the eldest son of the Liu family, he became a minor clerk in the neighborhood committee. Although he’s not a high-ranking official, it’s still a pretty good job.”

"Among his peers in our compound, he was considered a respectable person, but what happened?"

"It's because he listened to his wife and separated from his parents that his brothers in the family don't want to talk to him anymore, and outsiders are gossiping about him behind his back."

"No matter what, at least they've gone into hiding. They only come back a few times a year, so it's fine for outsiders to say what they want."

“But we still have to live in this courtyard. Do you want to be gossiped about by the gossipy women in our courtyard?”

Yu Li snorted.

"If your parents weren't so calculating, and could live happily together, who would want to separate the family?"

"I work from dawn till dusk every day. After a month, I have to pay 15 yuan for living expenses and half of my salary."

"After working hard for a month, the two of us only have a little over ten yuan left. What can we do with that little money?"

"If you have to be subservient to someone just to use a bicycle, and now they want to charge you for it, what's the point of living like this? We might as well just break up."

At this point, Yu Li looked at Yan Jiecheng and said.

"Don't worry, I won't take anything from your family when we divide the property."

"I just want us to be able to close the door and live our own lives. I don't want his, and he doesn't want mine either."

Yan Jiecheng fell into deep thought after hearing Yu Li's words.