Hearing Su Yunxi’s words, everyone was stunned, including Su Yunxi’s daughters.
“Separate the family? You’re just a woman who married into this family. Your husband hasn’t even mentioned separating the family, what right do you have to talk about it?”
Su Yunxi had anticipated that the old lady wouldn’t want to separate the family, since if she did, she would inevitably take away Li Xuewu’s allowance.
“The captain said that now we advocate equality between men and women, and women hold up half the sky. Why can’t I propose separating the family? Besides, Xuewu isn’t your biological son.”
That’s right. Li Xuewu was an adopted son that Li Laohan had taken in. The original owner knew about this.
Li Laohan and Li Laotai had been married for several years without having children, so they adopted this child.
As a result, not long after, Li Laotai became pregnant. The old couple’s attitude towards their adopted son and their biological son was naturally obvious, and they didn’t hide the fact that Li Xuewu was adopted.
But Li Xuewu was grateful and wanted to repay the old couple’s kindness in raising him, so he worked hard and diligently to repay them.
“Xuewu has been in the army for sixteen years, and his allowance has always been taken by you. Even if it’s for the years of raising him, it should be considered repaid, right? Now I just want to take away my daughters and Xuewu’s subsequent allowance. As for the previous allowance, consider it compensation for your kindness in raising him!”
Su Yunxi spoke decisively, without any hesitation. Naturally, the Li family was unwilling to hand over Li Xuewu’s allowance.
Li Jianjun, who had been watching the excitement from the sidelines, immediately stood up when he heard that Su Yunxi wanted to take away Li Xuewu’s allowance.
“Sister-in-law, why are we separating the family when everything is fine? What would Big Brother think if he knew? Would Big Brother agree?”
In this era, men were women’s everything, a deeply ingrained idea in almost every woman’s mind. Li Jianjun naturally wanted to bring up Li Xuewu to put pressure on Su Yunxi.
Li Xuewu’s monthly allowance was 46 yuan, more than a regular worker in a city factory.
The reason why they could stay at home without working was because of Li Xuewu’s allowance.
Su Yunxi glanced at Li Jianjun coldly.
“You won’t give it? Fine, I’ll report to the army right now and apply for a divorce. I’ll also report that as a military wife, I’ve been mistreated by my in-laws and that you wanted to sell Daya. I not only want a divorce, but I also want to make it so that Li Xuewu can’t stay in the army, and I want people from above to come down and investigate you. As for the allowance, you can all wait to starve!”
The Li family didn’t expect Su Yunxi to be so resolute and do things so ruthlessly. A group of people glared at Su Yunxi, wishing they could eat her, but they couldn’t say a word.
“Xuewu’s wife, are you really determined to separate the family?”
Seeing that Su Yunxi was so determined, Wang Youtian immediately asked about Su Yunxi’s intentions, with a hint of relief in his tone.
“Really! I want to separate the family!”
Wang Yousheng couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Su Yunxi become tough.
Su Yunxi was a pitiful person who had fled to their village with others. Wang Yousheng had taken her in for a few days because he felt sorry for her.
Thinking that it wasn’t easy for a woman to live alone, he found her a match in the village. The Li family’s old couple heard that a homeless woman had come to the village and was looking to get married.
So they brought their eldest son, who was on vacation, to meet her. The two of them took a liking to each other at first sight. Although Wang Yousheng was also aware of the Li family’s situation.
Li Laotou was a wimp, and Li Laotai was in charge of everything at home, but thinking that Li Xuewu was a soldier, he wouldn’t mistreat Su Yunxi, so he acted as the wedding witness.
Unexpectedly, the Li family were all good at acting. They treated Su Yunxi well when Li Xuewu was around, but when Li Xuewu returned to the army, the Li family showed their true colors.
It could be said that Su Yunxi earned all of the Li family’s work points. Even when she was pregnant and about to give birth, Su Yunxi was forced to go to work.
Wang Youtian felt very guilty about this, feeling that he had misjudged people and allowed a good girl to be mistreated and lose her shape, so he had been helping Su Yunxi all along.
Immediately, Wang Youtian made a decision, looking at the Li family’s old couple.
“Xuewu isn’t your biological son, everyone knows that. According to the rules, when a son grows up and gets married, he should be separated from the family. But now life is difficult, so everyone lives together, which is fine. Now that Xuewu’s wife wants to separate the family, it’s also justified. You two old folks have been taking Xuewu’s allowance all along. His wife also said that she doesn’t want the previous allowance, but since they’re separating the family, Xuewu’s future allowance should naturally be given to Xuewu’s wife. That’s settled then. Xuewu’s wife, go back and pack your things. I’ll find someone to build a wall for your yard.”
“That won’t do. There’s a chicken coop in the backyard, and several plots of land. You can grow a lot of vegetables!”
Hearing that the backyard was going to be divided to Su Yunxi, Li Laotai immediately jumped out to object, but she didn’t dare to speak after Wang Youtian glared at her.
“Uncle, thank you, but I don’t want to live in the Li family anymore. I not only want to separate the family, but I also want to sever ties with them, but I need to talk to Xuewu about this.”
“Okay, there’s a phone at the brigade headquarters. I’ll lend you two minutes to call Xuewu, but if you don’t want the Li family’s house, where are you going to live?”