Landlady who likes to hoard land

"Second brother, I'm not trying to criticize you, but isn't this exactly what you need when you raise a son?!"

If you don't tell him now, when are you planning to tell him? Are you going to wait until you're bedridden and can't take it anymore? Then it'll be too late!

And since your daughter-in-law said she's getting a divorce, you should at least ask Jianren what happened. Your son can't possibly lie to you!

Xu Aimei picked up her phone and dialed Xu Jianren's number.

It's baffling that her second brother, who is the wealthiest in the family, has such a mess of a life for his children.

"Second brother, you wait. If your niece-in-law won't listen, your nephew will. I'll call Xu Jianren again. He has to come back today, no matter what."

Xu Jianren didn't ignore the phone on purpose; he had customers in the garden and didn't hear it ring. When he returned after seeing the customers off, he saw that Xu Aimei was calling again.

"Hello, Auntie, this is Jianren."

"I answered," Xu Aimei whispered to Xu Chenxing, covering the microphone, then removed her hand and cleared her throat.

"Jianren, do you know about your mother breaking her leg?"

"Oh no, my mom broke her leg? When did that happen? I didn't know!"

Xu Jianren certainly knew, but he said he didn't know why.

“It’s been almost a month, and you haven’t come to see your parents for a whole month. I came to see them today, and there’s not even anyone to take care of them. You should hurry up and call your wife back to take care of your mother.”

Xu Aimei immediately questioned him and even told him to call Wang Chengyu back to serve him, which made Xu Jianren want to laugh.

His aunt's meddlesome habit is incurable. She can't even handle her own family's affairs, yet she comes to their house to take charge.

"No, Auntie, didn't I tell you before that my dad's money is to be divided equally between my sister and my younger sister? They'll have to ask my sister and my younger sister for their retirement, they can't ask me."

By the way, Auntie, I'm divorced from Xu Wen's mother, so you won't be able to find her.

Auntie, you should call my sister and my younger sister instead! Calling me won't help!

Xu Aimei's anger

"You're really divorced? Why didn't you discuss such a big thing with your family? Do you even care about your parents?"

"Auntie, I'm an adult now. I can make my own decisions. Don't bother my parents. Don't worry, I'll go to the supermarket in the next couple of days to buy some fruit and go see them. Okay, Auntie, I'll hang up now if there's nothing else."

Xu Jianren decisively hung up the phone, no longer wanting to listen to her nagging. To be honest, hanging up on someone is quite satisfying.

In a good mood, Xu Jianren hummed a song as he went to tend to his flowers and plants.

Xu Chenxing, Xu Aimei, and Xu's mother sat in silence.

Xu Aimei was unwilling to give up, so she called Xu Qian and Xu Shan one after another. The two of them said that they had already hired a nanny and that they could not come over, but would come over after they finished their work in a few days.

"Second brother, this won't do. You can still move around now, and they don't care about you. But when you get old, they'll just throw you out on the street."

“How could we not care? Didn’t we hire a nanny?” Xu’s mother argued.

"Second sister-in-law, how can you be so stubborn! We rural people rely on our sons for old age, why do you insist on relying on your daughter!"

Xu Aimei glared hatefully at her ignorant second sister-in-law, who was all show and no substance, despite her good looks. Her second brother had managed everything for her for so many years, and his hair had turned completely white even though he was only in his sixties.

Her second sister-in-law has only looked a little haggard recently because she hasn't had the energy to dress up. Before, everyone in the village said that her second sister-in-law was well-maintained, and everyone in the village envied her.

She doesn't have to worry about money, nor about anything else, and she doesn't even have to look after her grandson. She's just a constant burden on her second brother.

Xu Chenxing initially doted on Xu Jianren. However, after Xu Jianren got married, Xu's mother felt that there was suddenly a lot more work to do at home. Especially after the birth of her grandson Xu Wen, she became increasingly uncomfortable and felt that her son's family was just a burden to her.

In addition, Xu Jianren was a good-for-nothing, inactive, taciturn and unable to coax people, and often talked back to her, so she disliked them more and more.

Xu Qian and Xu Shan would buy her things every few days, speak sweetly to her, and she didn't have to take care of the children. Her son-in-law also treated them with respect and tried to please them in every way. As a result, her heart became more and more biased towards her daughter.

She's always nagging Xu Chenxing about how Xu Shan bought this and Xu Qian bought that, how Xu Shan took her to get her hair permed today and how Xu Qian took her to eat grilled fish tomorrow.

She didn't realize that the money Xu Qian and Xu Shan spent on shopping and the money they paid for her meals and hair treatments were all given to her by her.

She disliked Wang Chenggong and never gave him money to spend. She also refused to help Wang Chengyu take care of her child. Since Wang Chengyu couldn't go out to work, and with only a few thousand yuan a month from Wang Chenggong, where would he get the extra money to buy her things or treat her to meals?

Under the influence of his mother's pillow talk, Xu Chenxing increasingly felt that Xu Jianren was not presentable and looked down on him more and more.

This meant that Xu's mother tacitly agreed not to help Xu Jianren take care of the children, and her heart became increasingly biased.

Xu's mother has no other redeeming qualities; her selfishness and stubbornness are her number one traits.

“What’s wrong with my daughter? They’ve taken such good care of me for so long, and even hired a nanny to look after us. Don’t they have any lives of their own? They have their own families to take care of too!”

Xu Aimei's face turned ashen with anger.

"They took so much money from you, and now they want to be praised for paying for a nanny? You can't afford a nanny yourselves! If you gave that money to Jianren, he would stay home and take care of you every day without going to work, believe it or not."

“I’m a woman, so it’s not convenient for my son to take care of me. It’s more convenient for my daughter to take care of me.”

Xu's mother still insisted that she was right.

“If it’s inconvenient for your son to take care of you, then you still have your daughter-in-law. If you give all the money to Xu Jianren and his wife, how could your daughter-in-law not take care of you?”

You think it's convenient for your daughter to take care of you, but have you ever considered whether it's convenient for your daughter to take care of my second brother? How can you be so selfish?

Xu Aimei was so angry that she said some harsh words.

Xu's mother had tears in her eyes, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Of course I have to think about myself. Jianren just said he got divorced. If he's divorced, how can he have a daughter-in-law to take care of me?"

Otherwise, I'll have my daughter support him in the future, and he can have Jianren take care of him in his old age.

Xu Aimei was once again shocked by her second sister-in-law's values.

"You've already given all your money to your daughter, and now you're telling my second brother and Jianren to talk about this? You're not even seventy yet, and you're already going to go your separate ways and live out your old age separately?"

My second brother raised you his whole life, never letting you do a single day of work or worry. Now that he's old, you're just going to abandon him?"

Xu Aimei was furious; she had never seen anyone as selfish as her second sister-in-law.

If you ask her, the reason Xu Jianren and his wife got divorced was entirely thanks to her second sister-in-law. She was lazy and didn't care about her grandson, and she favored her daughter. If her daughter married into such a family, she would definitely go to their house and make a scene.

“He raised me his whole life, and I cooked for him my whole life. If he hires a nanny, he should at least provide her with food and lodging! Besides, I gave birth to three children for him. I’ve been more than good to your Xu family.”

Xu's mother refused to budge an inch. She had also made sacrifices. Now that she was old and in poor health, what was wrong with her planning for her future?