Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

16. Asking for money

Su Jinru: "Qi Zhengyang, I'm already divorced from you. What I do in the future is none of your business, and it's not your place to tell me what to do."

What you do is none of my business, but what you do is related to me taking my money.

"You say I took your money? Then go ahead and sue me in court!"

As Su Jinru spoke, she walked towards her home.

Su Jinru entered the house.

Liu Yulan went to greet her.

"Aru, so, did Qi Zhengyang come to ask to get back together?"

“He said I had money to build a house, so I must have hidden some money in the past. He asked me for 500 yuan.”

My mother trembled all over when she heard this.

"How could he say such a thing? It's truly shameless."

"So, now you see what kind of person he is? If he comes again, don't pay any attention to him."

Don't even think about letting her get back together with someone like that.

However, one afternoon two days later, Li Meili arrived at the construction site where Su Jinru's house was being built.

Li Meili had always harbored resentment towards Su Jinru because her parents-in-law favored Su Jinru. Su Jinru had married her brother-in-law, a cultured man with a salary, and her parents-in-law doted on her, making her the center of attention in the village.

Li Meili's husband is an honest and simple man with no real skills. It's one thing for her in-laws to favor her brother-in-law, but they also favor her sister-in-law, Su Jinru, which she finds unacceptable.

However, over the years, her parents-in-law have been ill, and Su Jinru has been taking care of them. So even though her parents-in-law are good to Su Jinru and always praise her in front of others, Li Meili has tolerated it.

Anyway, just praise Su Jinru a few times, and she'll spend money and effort to take care of her in-laws' medical treatment. This eldest daughter-in-law can just hide in the background and secretly rejoice!

On the surface, she has six children to support and care for, and her own husband is not capable of earning thirty yuan a month. Therefore, the responsibility of taking care of her parents-in-law and paying for their medical treatment is pushed onto Su Jinru, so it doesn't matter if she has a good reputation.

But now, Su Jinru and her brother-in-law are divorced. At first, Li Meili was really happy for a few days. So what if Su Jinru is capable? So what if she is beautiful? She's still divorced.

She's out of her mind to be willing to divorce a man like her brother-in-law.

He is an unlucky person.

Divorced women are so pitiful! She'll never be able to turn her life around. In front of Li Meili, Su Jinru will never be able to hold her head up high again.

But Su Jinru didn't hide in a corner and cry alone as Li Meili had imagined. Instead, she busily built a house in the village.

I heard that someone is going to build a big house with three rooms and two wings.

Li Meili thought about how her family, with so many people, didn't even have a large house with three main rooms and two side rooms. They only had three main rooms and a kitchen. Su Jinru, who had just gotten divorced and had two children, could build a house with three main rooms and two side rooms, which meant three main rooms, two side rooms, a total of five rooms, a kitchen, and a toilet.

Why is she so successful and smug even after her divorce?

Li Meili then kept nagging Qi Zhenglin, saying that Qi Zhengyang was a huge traitor who had worked so hard to earn money, only to have it all taken away by Su Jinru.

At first, Qi Zhenglin didn't believe it, thinking that after his younger brother's family spent all the money on his parents' medical treatment over the years, there should be very little left. However, he couldn't resist Li Meili's constant whispers in his ear, and after a while, Qi Zhenglin became half-believing and half-doubting.

Qi Zhenglin was dragged by his wife to brainwash Qi Zhengyang again. At this time, Qi Zhengyang was short of money to buy food. After being instigated by Li Meili, he also believed Li Meili's words and thought that the reason why Su Jinru was confident enough to divorce him and take two children was that she was leaving with nothing on the surface, but in reality, she had already amassed a large sum of money.

Otherwise, even though she knew a famine was coming, instead of trying to stockpile food, she built houses. Perhaps she had enough money to stockpile food and even had some left over, so she built houses.

However, when Qi Zhengyang went to ask Su Jinru for money, Su Jinru flatly denied it. As a teacher, Qi Zhengyang couldn't do anything out of line, so he could only slink back home.

Upon hearing this, Li Meili volunteered to help her brother-in-law get the money back.

Previously, with her in-laws keeping her in check and out of consideration for her brother-in-law, Li Meili didn't show her dissatisfaction with Su Jinru on the surface, no matter how much she was dissatisfied with her.

Now that Su Jinru has no in-laws to protect her, it's time for Li Meili to take revenge on her.

If she could get the money that belonged to her brother-in-law back, not only would he be grateful to her, but she would also be able to hold her head high in front of her husband, Qi Zhenglin.

Who knows, her brother-in-law might even give her some money as a token of his gratitude!

So, taking advantage of the fact that there was no work in the team that afternoon, everyone was at home, and Su Jinru's construction site was crowded with onlookers, Li Meili came to ask Su Jinru for money.

"Su Jinru, you've amassed quite a bit of secret wealth during your years managing the Qi family! Now that you're divorced, you should give half to my brother-in-law!"

Su Jinru looked up and glanced at Li Meili.

“Sister-in-law, all these years, I’ve been taking care of my parents-in-law by myself, caring for them until their deaths. People who know us say we’re understanding that you have many children and can’t contribute money or effort. But people who don’t know us would think that the Qi family only has one son! I haven’t even held it against you, but you’re holding it against me instead.”

Li Meili's face stiffened.

Seeing so many onlookers around, all with expressions of interest and anticipation, Li Meili immediately adjusted her expression.

“Su Jinru, don’t bring up your in-laws. It’s obvious to everyone that they’ve favored you all these years. They’ve given you all the money they have, enough for your medical treatment. I’m not going to hold it against you for that, after all, you did take care of them when they were sick. I’m just standing up for my brother-in-law.”

“You’re insisting on getting a divorce. Your brother-in-law doesn’t drink, smoke, or hit people. He’s such a good person, he hasn’t done anything wrong. We don’t understand why you’re so determined to get a divorce.”

"Let's not talk about that. Nowadays, marriage is free. You can get married and divorced freely. Since you insisted on getting a divorce, my brother-in-law is an educated man. He doesn't hit or curse people, so he had no choice but to give in to you and we got a divorce."

“Divorce is divorce, but I didn’t expect you to take all the money we’ve had over the years. My brother-in-law is too shy to ask you for it, but he still has to make a living! We don’t have a penny left, not even enough to buy food. He’s going to borrow money everywhere, but these days, nobody’s well-off, and he can’t borrow much. As his sister-in-law, I have a responsibility to help him get his money back.”