In response to Sun Gui's probing, Li Chunya couldn't admit it!
She had to keep this money safe, to use when her children were hungry.
Thinking of this, Li Chunya shook her head at Sun Gui, "He didn't secretly give me money. I was just moved by the baby clothes Xiaoyu sewed for my unborn child. Even my own mother didn't prepare these things for me..."
Sun Gui, with his heavy suspicions, stared intently at Li Chunya's face, trying to read something from it.
But Li Chunya's expression remained neutral, revealing nothing!
After staring at her for a while and seeing no signs of lying, Sun Gui felt disappointed and sneered disdainfully, "Two old clothes, what's so good about them!"
"You still have time to be moved. You should pray that the one in your belly is a boy instead. Otherwise, I'll go have kids with someone else!"
"Always like a wooden block, no smile, and can't even give birth to a son. How did I end up marrying such a useless woman."
Sun Gui kept putting Li Chunya down, yawned, and fell asleep right away.
Li Chunya watched him coldly as he didn't even pull up his blanket. Her gaze softened slightly when she looked at her two daughters.
Her daughters were too thin. Li Chunya thought about stewing the chicken and boiling the eggs tomorrow to supplement her daughters' nutrition!
On the other side, Li Junsheng went out with a flashlight to look for Li Xiaoyu.
Li Junsheng could roughly guess where his youngest daughter had run to.
At the river where she and her boyfriend had thrown themselves in their previous life, Li Junsheng heard a sobbing sound as soon as he got there!
Shining the flashlight, who else could be squatting by the river crying but his youngest daughter Li Xiaoyu?
Thankfully, she was squatting there instead of floating in the river!
Seeing her safe and sound, Li Junsheng felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders.
Li Junsheng walked over, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say to his youngest daughter!
He could only squat by the river with her, light a cigarette, and smoke silently.
Li Junsheng felt somewhat melancholy at this moment. Sons and daughters were truly different!
Especially when it came to marriage, it was a completely different concept!
He was really afraid!
What if the fourth daughter ended up like the third daughter, having a bad life?
Li Junsheng definitely wouldn't consider the relatives Ma Yulian arranged.
But he had never met the boyfriend his youngest daughter was dating. In his previous life, he only knew they had committed suicide together!
"You all don't love me at all! You don't care about my feelings, you just want to trade me for dowry money!"
Li Xiaoyu's tear-streaked face was filled with anger, her shoulders shaking, clearly extremely sad.
Li Junsheng felt heartache and immediately declared, "No! I never thought that! I won't take your dowry either!"
"Don't lie! Mom said you've already agreed to marry me to someone who can give six hundred dollars dowry."
At this, Li Xiaoyu wanted to cry again but forced herself to hold back.
"Bullshit, no such thing! I never agreed! What else did she say?"
Li Xiaoyu continued, "She also said that your family division today was just because you were drunk."
This Ma Yulian was truly despicable!
Using his name to force her daughter, making their father-daughter relationship bad!
Luckily, in this life he had come out to look for her, giving him a chance to explain!
Otherwise, with his youngest daughter's personality, believing Ma Yulian's lies, she would definitely do something drastic in a moment of impulse!
"Xiaoyu, I really didn't know about her arrangements!"
"Now that I know, I definitely won't agree!"
"The family division wasn't because I was drunk. You saw at the table, I didn't suddenly decide to divide the family halfway through drinking. I called you all back and prepared the money before saying anything."
"Your mom said that because she wants your money!"
Li Junsheng was telling the truth.
Li Xiaoyu knew it in her heart too, and her gaze toward Li Junsheng gradually changed.
Seeing Li Xiaoyu's emotions gradually calm down, Li Junsheng said seriously, "As for that marriage arrangement your mom talked about, let me explain again, I definitely won't agree!"
"If the other party was a decent person, why would they directly offer six hundred dollars dowry? Even though my daughter is beautiful and independent, but to offer so much money without even seeing the person, there must be something wrong!"
Li Xiaoyu pouted her lips, almost breaking into a smile.
This was the first time Li Junsheng had communicated with her so sincerely.
She clearly felt that Li Junsheng had changed a lot in the time they hadn't seen each other.
Hearing Li Junsheng say this, she wasn't as sad anymore.
But she still didn't completely believe him.
Who knew if these two weren't just playing along?
Li Junsheng continued to ask, "Xiaoyu, what does your boyfriend do? What's his character like?"
Li Xiaoyu shook her head, her attitude somewhat cold, possibly still thinking Li Junsheng was two-faced.
"Do you care about these things? To you and Mom, as long as the man who wants to marry me has money and can give a lot of dowry, as long as it satisfies your face, his character doesn't matter at all!"
Li Junsheng was speechless.
Because in his previous life, his youngest daughter's suicide with her boyfriend had come so suddenly, and he had just been tricked out of his job, busy trying to get his job back.
At the time, he hadn't had time to understand these things, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Father and daughter were silent for a while. Li Junsheng didn't defend himself, only said seriously, "Bring your boyfriend home tomorrow for me to see. As long as he treats you well, everything else can be negotiated!"
Li Xiaoyu looked at Li Junsheng in surprise, never expecting him to want to meet her boyfriend.
Then, Li Junsheng put the flashlight and two hundred and seventy-five dollars in Li Xiaoyu's hand!
"This money is for you. Take it and go back to the textile factory. No matter how your mom asks for it, don't give it to her. If she asks for money, tell her it's in my hands and let her come find me."
Li Junsheng was certain that Ma Yulian wouldn't dare come to him for money.
Looking at the money and flashlight in her hand, Li Xiaoyu felt complex emotions.
Dad was even worried about her walking back to the factory in the dark, leaving his only flashlight to her and going back in the dark himself!
Could it be that she had misunderstood Dad?
Li Xiaoyu suddenly felt she shouldn't have been so cold to Li Junsheng.
"I'm sorry Dad, I thought you didn't care about me... I didn't mean to be moody with you!"
Li Junsheng smiled at her, not blaming her at all!
If it weren't for Ma Yulian's interference, his relationship with his youngest daughter wouldn't be like this!
"Alright, go put some ice water on your face to reduce the swelling. If you have any problems, find Dad alone, try to avoid your mom for now!"
Li Xiaoyu nodded. Today she had noticed that her parents' relationship was off.
Her father was no longer meek and submissive, no longer blindly obeying her mother!
He was also good to his children, protecting them from being wronged.
Compared to her mother who was biased and indifferent to her and her siblings' well-being, her father's change was for the better!
After agreeing with Li Junsheng to bring her boyfriend home tomorrow, the two of them parted ways.
The road back to the textile factory wasn't far, but Li Junsheng was still worried.
He followed her for two kilometers, watching her enter the textile factory gate before turning to go home.
On the way, Li Junsheng couldn't help but think, children were truly debt collectors! Four children, endless worries!
The eldest had been spoiled by Ma Yulian to the point of being no good, and even the two children in the eldest's family weren't good people.
Guohua's Xiao Wei was well-behaved, but his pneumonia wasn't fully cured yet, and Guohua himself was living in a rented house with poor living conditions!
Chunya was even more of a concern for Li Junsheng. As for the youngest daughter, as long as she didn't commit suicide, everything else was fine. If her boyfriend had good character, Li Junsheng was willing to let his daughter marry him.
Dowry and such weren't important anymore, as long as his daughter felt good about it!
After seeing the youngest daughter's boyfriend tomorrow, he needed to hurry up and earn money.
He needed to save more money to have the ability to help his second son's family live better!
When the third daughter's girl was born, Sun Gui definitely wouldn't be happy.
Li Junsheng couldn't just watch his third daughter and two granddaughters get desperate. The best way was to bring them back from Sun Gui's house!