However, there were no men in Su Yunxi’s family, and Li Xuewu was in the army, so he naturally couldn’t work. Therefore, Su Yunxi promised to give each person who came to help build the house half a rabbit, which was considered payment.
Su Yunxi didn’t have food stamps, and the food in her space couldn’t be easily shown to others, so she could only use this method.
After deciding, Wang Youcai was ready to take people to build the house.
“Uncle Captain, I also need to borrow the phone. I can give you a rabbit for the phone bill.”
Wang Youcai waved his hand quickly upon hearing this.
“No need, I already promised you before. I’ll lend it to you for two minutes, go ahead and call!”
After speaking, Wang Youcai walked out of the brigade office, trusting Su Yunqing not to misuse the phone.
Su Yunxi found the phone number from her memory and quickly dialed it. The phone rang twice before being answered.
“Hello, comrade, I am Li Xuewu’s wife. Can I have Li Xuewu come to the phone?”
“Okay, please wait a moment, I’ll call Deputy Battalion Commander Li to the phone.”
Hearing the other person’s words, Su Yunxi couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows. Deputy Battalion Commander? This Li Xuewu is quite capable, actually becoming a deputy battalion commander. No wonder his monthly allowance is more than forty yuan.
After waiting for about a minute, a voice finally came from the phone.
“Hello, this is Li Xuewu, is this Su Yunxi?”
Li Xuewu spoke very politely, but whether it was Su Yunxi’s illusion or mixed with the original owner’s emotions, Su Yunxi actually felt that Li Xuewu’s tone was a little trembling.
“I am Su Yunxi, and I only have one minute to talk to you. I have separated from your parents and now live outside with the children. I am notifying you of something. If you still want us, then send your allowance to the brigade office in the future. Uncle Captain will bring your allowance to me. If you think what I’m doing is wrong, and you still want to be filial to your parents, then we’ll apply for a divorce. I don’t want the children to be mistreated by your parents anymore. You decide for yourself. Once you’ve decided, call the brigade office and have Uncle Captain relay the message to me!”
After speaking, Su Yunxi hung up the phone and walked out of the office.
Seeing that Su Yunxi really came out in just two minutes, Wang Youcai’s eyes became even more appreciative of Su Yunxi.
If Li Xuewu can think clearly, he must not abandon such a wife.
“Uncle Captain, let’s go!”
Su Yunxi led the group, marching mightily towards the newly rented yard, but they ran into the Li family, who were just about to go to work, on the way.
When the old lady Li saw Su Yunxi followed by four or five young men, she immediately started slinging mud.
“Oh my, she just moved out and is already chatting and laughing with the young men in the village. Don’t forget, you and our eldest son are not divorced yet. You are a married woman now, don’t do these shameless things.”
Seeing that the old lady Li had forgotten the pain after the scars healed, and came to provoke her as soon as the swelling on her face subsided, Su Yunxi certainly wouldn’t indulge her. She immediately walked angrily towards the old lady Li.
Seeing Su Yunxi walking towards her, the chattering old lady Li stopped talking immediately and hid behind the old man Li.
The old man Li was a peacemaker. Seeing that Su Yunxi was different from before and was no longer willing to suffer losses and accommodate their family, he quickly stepped forward to mediate.
“Eldest son’s wife, your mother is just a gossip, don’t take it to heart. We are still a family after all, there’s really no need to make things so ugly.”
“Make a scene? Who’s making a scene? Just now your wife said that I’m unchaste and seducing others. If this gets out, your old Li family will also lose face. At that time, let alone the two younger ones wanting to join the army, even going to school might be difficult. If my reputation is ruined by your words and I can’t live on, Then I’ll take my daughters and hang ourselves at your door in the middle of the night. Even if we die, we won’t let your family live in peace!”
Su Yunxi directly abandoned her manners and cursed, even using curses.
Seeing that Su Yunxi was really angry, Wang Youcai quickly came out to speak.
“Old Li family, what are you talking about? These are the people I found to build a house for Xuewu’s wife in her newly rented yard. This is a society ruled by law now, and you will be arrested for spreading rumors like this!”
Hearing that she would be arrested, the old lady Li panicked instantly, but she just couldn’t control her mouth.
After all, when Su Yunxi was still there, she worked very efficiently and didn’t need the old couple to go to the fields to earn work points at all.
Su Yunxi alone could earn almost all the work points for the whole family. At most, Li Jianjun would occasionally go to the fields to make up a few work points.
But now that Su Yunxi is gone, the people in the family are all lazy. If they want to earn enough work points, the whole family has to go to the fields. So, the old lady Li got angry as soon as she saw Su Yunxi, saying whatever dirty things came to mind.
“She’s a woman, with a few money-losing girls, how big of a house does she need? Why does she need so many strong laborers to build a house for her? After you build the house, how will she repay you? I don’t even want to expose it. Also, Captain, you say it’s rented, but is it really rented? What if she’s living there for free? This house is now the brigade’s house, and it’s also public property, right? How can you let others live there for free! You all be the judge, is this the right thing to do?”