After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Tian Xiuhua smiled indulgently, "You're Mom's youngest daughter. Whenever you want to come back, there's always a room for you in the house."

The younger brother, who had been silently eating, suddenly looked up and said, "If we leave her a room, a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment won't be enough. We'll have to buy at least a four-bedroom one!"

"Based on current housing prices in the city, a three-bedroom apartment would cost five or six hundred thousand yuan, and a four-bedroom apartment would cost seven or eight hundred thousand yuan!"

"My older brother only left 80 yuan for the family, which he used entirely to buy a house. What about the renovations?"

When Liu Zhifang heard that her older brother had left 80 yuan for the family to buy a house, her eyes widened in surprise. After realizing what had happened, she became excited.

"My God, my older brother actually left so much money for the family to buy a house!"

"In this family, the eldest brother is definitely the most reliable!"

As she spoke, Liu Zhifang immediately turned to Liu Defu and said, "Dad, if you ask me, since my older brother left us so much money, why are we still buying things in the city?"

"Take my advice, let's just go to the provincial capital and buy it!"

"I'll put down 50 yuan as a down payment and keep 30 yuan for

"Let's hurry up and speed things up. I'll put in extra effort, running around the construction site after get off work and on weekends to oversee the work, so that our whole family can move into our new home before the Mid-Autumn Festival this year!"

Hearing this, Lan Yujuan paused in her eating: So that's what her sister-in-law was planning when she rushed back!

My sister-in-law went to university in the provincial capital and stayed there to work after graduation.

This "cultured person" who came from the countryside found it difficult to adapt to rural life after finishing his studies.

Although the journey home from the provincial capital isn't far, it's one thing if I don't want to come back normally, but even during holidays, my parents have to urge me three or four times before I reluctantly come back for a day or two before running away again.

If the Liu family bought a house in the provincial capital, the parents-in-law would definitely not be used to living there, and they would also be reluctant to part with the "prosperous" animals raised and grown in the countryside.

As a result, Liu Zhifang became the biggest beneficiary of the new house: she no longer needed to buy a house or rent one, and could move into her new house after get off work!

Before her in-laws could react, her brother-in-law immediately snapped, "You're getting married in a couple of years, why are you meddling in family matters?"

"If I buy a house with a loan, who will pay the mortgage in the future?"

"Daily expenses in the provincial capital are so high! You really don't know how expensive food and groceries are, you're not in charge of the household!"

"I can't even support myself living in the provincial capital, let alone my wife and children in the future!"

"No, this house can only be bought in the city!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhifang immediately retorted, "You can't count on me to pay your mortgage!"

"Your older brother has such a good job with high pay, doesn't he have a housing provident fund?"

"He's the eldest son in the family, so he should be able to do more. His housing provident fund can be used to offset the mortgage payment!"

"As for your second brother, you're not stupid! You know you can't support a wife and kids, so you should learn to be more ambitious!"

"Big cities offer more opportunities. If you observe and learn more, you'll surely make something of yourself."

Liu Zhigang, the younger brother-in-law, was so angry he almost fell over backwards. "Hmph, you two both went to university, so it's easy for you to talk nonsense!"

"We both work in the provincial capital, but you guys can choose big factories, while I can only choose small factories! How can that be the same?"

The brother and sister were arguing fiercely about whether to buy a new house in the city or the provincial capital.

On the contrary, Lan Yujuan, who had 80 yuan in her pocket, was treated as the most insignificant person.

"I'm stuffed."

Lan Yujuan said softly, then took the child and went back to her room, so as not to be innocently caught in the crossfire.

As it turns out, she was wise!

No sooner had Lan Yujuan returned to her room than her brother-in-law overturned the table in the living room.

"Get out! Liu Zhifang, get back to your provincial capital!"

"You're a woman, you'll be thrown away sooner or later! You have no say in the Liu family's affairs!"

Liu Zhifang, even more aggressive, retorted, "I'm also a member of the Liu family! Why can't I make decisions?"

"You, a good-for-nothing who lives off your parents, can have your name on the property deed, so why can't I?"

"I don't care! My older brother paid for this house; it's for the whole family!"

"Since my second brother's name can be on the property certificate, then my name must be added too!"

With a loud "bang!", Liu Zhigang kicked over the stool, as if someone had stepped on his sore spot.

"Liu Zhifang, you're dreaming!"

"Add your name to the property deed? Look at yourself in the mirror! You think you're worthy? Pah!"

The noise outside was so exciting that Lan Yujuan couldn't resist turning back a few steps and peeking out with half her head sticking out.

She happened to see her sister-in-law, Liu Zhifang, and rushed over to scratch her brother-in-law's face.

The brother-in-law was no pushover either. Taking advantage of the height difference and the natural advantage of being a man, he grabbed his sister-in-law's hair and started choking her.

The mother-in-law, Tian Xiuhua, stamped her feet in panic and rushed forward to dismantle the scaffolding, crying out, "What a tragedy!"

"Brother and sister, who are blood relatives, fighting on the third day of the Lunar New Year, what are they trying to do?"

As soon as he rushed up, his sister-in-law scratched him twice.

Before she knew it, her brother-in-law's elbow had hit her in the chest, causing her to stumble and gasp in pain, almost knocking her unconscious.

Father-in-law Liu Defu had already drunk some wine and was a little tipsy. He was also quite angry with his two children, so he turned around and pulled out a carrying pole from the corner.

"evil creature!"

"I'm not dead yet! And you dare to fight over my inheritance!"

As soon as Liu Defu raised his carrying pole, the brother and sister, sensing the danger, immediately separated.

One shrank his neck and rushed out the door, while the other, with disheveled hair, hid back in his room, each running as fast as they could.

Seeing this, Lan Yujuan quickly closed and locked the door, thus escaping a disaster this year.

Neither of her husband's two younger siblings is easy to deal with.

The brother-in-law is foolish and greedy, while the sister-in-law is shrewd and selfish. If the two of them ever sit together, chaos is guaranteed.

When she first married into the family, she was immature and thought that as the eldest sister-in-law, she had a responsibility to take care of her younger brothers and sisters.

When the two siblings argue, she will take the initiative to mediate; if the two siblings start fighting, he will be the first to rush in and stop them.

As a result, she was injured every time, and every time her mother-in-law complained that she was useless as the eldest sister-in-law.

Year after year, even if she was slow-witted, she eventually understood.

When I saw the situation was not good this year, I immediately took my daughter and left. If I can't afford to offend her, can't I at least avoid her?

At first, Lan Yujuan really liked her sister-in-law, and even regarded her as her only friend in the family.

At that time, my sister-in-law had just started college and was pregnant when she came to Xiahe Village, a place she knew no one from.

Not only could I not get used to the food, but I also couldn't understand the local dialect very well.

Liu Zhifang treated her very well. When she returned home on holidays, she would accompany her for walks every day, introduce her to the people in the village, and show her around Xiahe Village.

In addition, Liu Zhifang is also a college student, and the age difference is not too great, so they have a lot in common.

Because of her pregnancy, her figure changed, and the new clothes she didn't have time to wear, the unopened cosmetics, the designer bags she used to carry to and from get off work, and even some jewelry gradually ended up in Liu Zhifang's hands.

It wasn't until she gave birth and was exploited bald by the Liu family that Liu Zhifang finally began to reveal her true colors.

The falling out between the two stemmed from the necklace around Lan Yujuan's neck.

Liu Zhifang thought the necklace was pretty and would be suitable for wearing with a skirt in the summer, so she wanted to borrow it to wear at school.

But this necklace was a birthday gift from her mother when Lan Yujuan turned 18, and she didn't want to lend it out.

Because Liu Zhifang would always ask her for things under the guise of borrowing, and then never return them.

She refused, and Liu Zhifang broke off their relationship.

From then on, she lost one more friend and gained one more enemy in the Liu family.

Liu Zhifang even spread extremely negative rumors about her outside the home.

Thinking of all this, Lan Yujuan couldn't help but take a deep breath. Fortunately, all of this would soon be over.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated.

Lan Yujuan picked up her phone and found an unfamiliar number requesting to add her as a friend.

Curious, she clicked to take a look and discovered that the two were contacts in each other's address books...