When I opened my eyes, I went back to the night when I forced my husband to give birth to a son.

Su Xiaowan knew something about the Xiao family's affairs. If they really got divorced, Liu Xianglian would never agree to it.

After all, she has been relying on Old Man Xiao for support all her life. If she leaves this home, she won't even have a place to stay.

After lunch was cooked, Xiao Beiguo had not come back yet. Su Xiaowan did not wait for him. She ate with Xixi and left some food in the pot to keep warm.

It was almost half past one when Xiao Beiguo came back.

Su Xiaowan was counting money in the room. After being busy these days, plus the money given by Xiao Beiguo, she had more than 1,400 yuan in total.

If we continue at this pace, the house will be completed by October and we can move in directly during the New Year.

Seeing Xiao Beiguo coming in, she asked, "How is Dad?"

"It's nothing serious, but there's a big gash on his head. I need intravenous drips and nutritional supplements for the next few days."

Xiao Beiguo's tone was a little heavy. He opened his mouth several times to say something but didn't open his mouth.

"Take this fifty dollars and buy whatever you need. Dad may not like to talk, but he is honest and decent. He is quite good to us."

Su Xiaowan took out five big unity notes and stuffed them into his hands, her tone quite helpless.

"I have the money. I'm paid a lot for the work I did this time."

Xiao Beiguo took out his purse, took out four fifty-yuan bills and a lot of big unity notes, and stuffed them into her hand along with the fifty yuan she gave him.

“This is the money I earned this time.”

Su Xiaowan took a look and thought that there were at least three hundred yuan.

She looked up at him, "So many?" He had only been out for about ten days this time.

"Well, I had nothing to do two nights, so I went over there to tinker with it and made three hundred dollars."

What Xiao Beiguo didn't say was that he and Zhang Zhiwei hid in a gutter all night and were not caught by the patrol.

"Keep one hundred on you. Your mother won't give you any money from your father. You'll need money when you go out."

Looking at the big pieces of solidarity that Su Xiaowan stuffed into his hands, Xiao Beiguo's dead heart seemed to be ignited little by little.

As far as he could remember, no one had ever truly cared about him. The only person who had ever given him warmth was the one he never saw again after he rejected her that year.

This time he didn't refuse. He took it, hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke.

"Xiao Wan, Dad and Mom want to divorce."

Su Xiaowan couldn't hide her shock, and she stopped what she was doing. "Dad mentioned this?"

"Yeah." Xiao Beiguo's tone was very heavy, "Over the past few decades, mother's temper has not changed at all, and this time she went too far."

"Dad has endured it all his life, but this time he has completely given up."

"Will mother agree?"

"She agreed, but on the condition that she wanted the house and that Daddy had to give her fifteen dollars a month for her retirement."

When Xiao Beiguo said this, he also sighed, "Dad is getting old, and he will make less and less money in the future."

"But if mother doesn't agree, father will have no hope for the rest of his life."

Although Xiao Beiguo had resented in his heart how his parents treated him when he was a child, he has become a father now and knows the helplessness sometimes, and has gradually come to understand Old Man Xiao.

"So what do you want to do?"

Su Xiaowan guessed what he was thinking to some extent.

"I was thinking of letting Dad live with us. There's a room next to the kitchen that can be lived in after it's cleaned up."

Xiao Beiguo pursed his lips and looked at her with some concern, "Dad is in this condition now. The doctor said he can't do heavy work anymore. I'm afraid he'll have to rely on us in the future."

"So you plan to take care of your father in his old age?"

Not only does he have to take care of his old age, but he also has to take care of Liu Xianglian. After all, Old Man Xiao is in such a situation that he can't even make money, so Xiao Beiguo is the only one left.

Su Xiaowan thought of her previous life. Although Old Man Xiao and Liu Xianglian had a big fight, they never ended up in divorce.

The reason for this is that after Xixi was beaten that day, to be honest, the beating of Old Man Xiao was closely related to her.

"Well, Dad is determined. He said he would go out and find a job, but given his condition and age, he can't find a job at all. We can't rest assured."

Old man Xiao raised two sons and three daughters, but Liu Xianglian loved her eldest son only. After the three daughters got married, they were unwilling to come back except during the holidays.

Seeing that Su Xiaowan remained silent, Xiao Beiguo thought she was unwilling.

"Don't worry, I will make more money in the future. But if Dad lives at home, he will have to do more work, and you will have to work harder to take care of him."

"I have no objection to Dad coming with us, but we have to make it clear. We will take care of Dad in his old age, and Mom will have to be taken care of by my eldest brother and his wife. Besides, the maximum amount Dad can give Mom is ten dollars a month."

It’s not that Su Xiaowan is unwilling to pay, but it’s obvious that Liu Xianglian wants to blackmail her.

"That's why mom bit me to death, otherwise she wouldn't leave." Xiao Beiguo said helplessly.

"She only said that because she sees that you are filial. She knows that Dad can't do heavy work, but she still dares to ask for so much because she is sure that you will give it to her."

"If Dad has thought this through, then please ask the village chief to come home and let my eldest brother and his wife sit together and talk it out."

"If mother doesn't agree, then let her serve father."

Su Xiaowan was certain that Liu Xianglian would agree to her proposal!

After all, since Old Man Xiao can't do heavy work, he has no source of income, and he has an extra mouth to feed and she has to serve him.

"Then I'll go to the village chief this afternoon and talk about this?" Although Xiao Beiguo felt that this was unlikely, since Su Xiaowan had said it, he could only do this.

After all, she will be the one who takes care of Old Man Xiao in the future.

"That's fine. I'll check later to see if the jelly grass that Sister Ting made is enough. If it is, I'll go with you."

Su Xiaowan felt that if she did not intervene in this matter, Xiao Beiguo might be controlled by Liu Xianglian.

"Well, thank you Xiaowan." Xiao Beiguo's eyes were a little red.

"What's the point of saying thank you as a family? Your father is also my father. Besides, he is very good to me and Xixi."

"Go wash your face and eat. I'll bring it to you." Su Xiaowan turned and went to the kitchen.

Xiao Beiguo looked at her slender back, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

At almost two o'clock, Su Ting brought the jelly grass she had obtained on a cart and piled it up like a hill.

"So many!" Su Xiaowan exclaimed.

"My sister-in-law and I went to the mountain in another village. There are a lot of them there, but the ones we got these days are enough."

Su Ting wiped the sweat off her face and helped to take down the grass jelly.

"Let's sort it out in the afternoon so we don't have to stay up late tonight."

"Sister Ting, I may not be able to do much this afternoon. I have to go to the Xiao family with Beiguo."

Su Xiaowan told her the general situation.

"You are right to do this. Your father-in-law is an honest man from all over the village. If he can follow you, he will have someone to rely on in the future. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen."

"I thought so too. If he hadn't given Xixi two eggs, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

Su Ting sighed, "How can you be blamed for this? It's all your unreasonable mother-in-law."

"Okay, go ahead. Leave Xixi at home. I'll do it here. Go and finish the work first."

Su Xiaowan nodded. Xiao Beiguo had just gone to invite the village chief, so she followed him to Xiao's house.