Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 219 What kind of trouble is Dad up to now?
Li Ruru said, "Don't rush towards the dogs, they won't scare you."

Before the person could reply, she smiled and said to the others, "My house is a bit messy, so please come in and have a seat if you don't mind."

There were no annoying members of the Chen family in the crowd, and many of them were family members of men who worked in the workshop.

The things from the cave haven't been moved over yet, so the house is currently empty. Just look around if you want.

The house is empty, but it's huge.

Pepe led the group on a tour.

Li Ruru's house is a typical courtyard house, with the main gate on the southeast side and several rooms on the west side for guests to stay in.

The east gatehouse was used as a private school where children studied, while cattle and horses were kept on the west side.

Directly opposite the main gate is a relief screen wall, mainly to block the view of people outside.

After passing the screen wall, you enter the hanging flower gate, also known as the second gate.

Entering through the second gate, you arrive at the main courtyard. The east and west wing rooms have more than ten rooms, where several men of the family live.

The main courtyard is equipped with a kitchen and an outhouse. The soil in the large empty space in the middle has just been turned over, in preparation for planting vegetables and flowers.

Walk further back, through the covered walkway, and you'll arrive at the rear building.

Li Ruru and her three daughters live here.

Further on, there's another patch of freshly turned land, where things will be planted as well.

The area near the foot of the mountain was also cordoned off.

Someone asked, "What is that place for?"

Pepe said, "Oh, that's for raising livestock."

The livestock are kept at the foot of the mountain, far from the houses, which is relatively quiet and free of unpleasant smells.

One person exclaimed, "This house is huge! It's several times the size of my house!"

Li Ruru's house occupies three foundations and also includes a large area at the foot of the mountain; it's no wonder it's so big.

"How much will it cost to repair this house?"

After everyone's envy, what they care about most is money.

If the price is right, they would like to build one too; who wouldn't want to live in a three-courtyard, brick-and-tile house?

They never dared to imagine it before, but now their husbands can earn money in the workshop every day, and the women have more confidence to speak up.

Peipei said with a bitter face, "It's so expensive, we're now drowning in debt."

As everyone was talking, a girl who looked like a fairy walked over.

Bai Lu looked at Li Ruru and said, "Aunt, remember to pay back the money. If you don't, I'll stay here and never leave."

Li Ruru sighed and said, "Okay, don't rush me."

The three of them sang in unison, leaving everyone stunned.

Many people would have been envious of such a magnificent house.

Why? Why is Li Ruru, a divorced woman, allowed to live in such a nice house?

They have men and a large family to work with, yet they still can't afford to build a house. Isn't that infuriating?

At that moment, their mood inexplicably improved a lot.

Li Ruru's house is indeed large, but it was built with debt.

Although they also wanted to live in a big house, it didn't seem worthwhile to incur a huge debt to build one.

We should live in our old house for now, and build a new one after we've saved up some money in a few years.

After reassuring themselves, everyone stopped being envious of Li Ruru's house and started to worry about her instead.

"Aru, why are you doing this? When will you ever pay off all that debt?"

Some people genuinely cared, while others were simply there to laugh, like Chen Huaidi, who was squeezed into the crowd.

She hunched over, straining her ears, and heard Li Ruru say, "Sigh, let's take it slow. If our house hadn't collapsed, I wouldn't have built this one."

The crowd sighed again. Yes, Li Ruru built the new house because she had no other place to live.

But they are different; they have houses. Thinking about it this way, I no longer envy them at all.

That was exactly what Chen Huaidi thought. A smile played on her lips as she rushed outside, eager to share the news with her family. The Chen family had been having a particularly tough time lately; firstly, everyone else had sold their sprouted wheat to malt sugar workshops.

Zhao and Chen Bingxiao believed that this would benefit Li Ruru and help her business.

The family refused to sell, so they could only cook and eat the sprouted wheat.

They couldn't afford to see a doctor even if they got food poisoning, so they had to tough it out.

Secondly, the workshop doesn't hire members of the Chen family; while others can make money, they can only watch.

The news of Chen Huaidi brought brief joy to the Chen family.

Zhao said, "Serves her right, serves her right for being so heavily in debt."

Wang Shuixia: "A woman trying to build a house like others, it's hilarious."

Feng Yuzhu: "I always say that a family can't function without a man. It's important that a man makes the decisions on such important matters."

If Li Ruru had a man, she wouldn't have ended up with so much debt.

Chen Sanbao was filled with righteous indignation, as if Li Ruru had used his money to build the house.

"You idiot, you spendthrift woman, you're completely insane."

If he were given this money, he would marry several more wives and live a life of unbridled joy.

He felt very uneasy; if they hadn't divorced, wouldn't this money be his?

Deep down, Chen Sanbao felt that Li Ruru was spending his money, and that he was now penniless and without a big house, which made him extremely unhappy.

Chen Sanbao suddenly asked Zhang Junniang, "Why don't you go out and earn money?"

Zhang Junniang looked at him like he was an idiot and said, "You, a grown man, want me to go out and earn money? People who don't know better would think my husband is dead."

Chen Sanbao sullenly pouted, and Zhang Junniang also frowned.

They started arguing again after a disagreement.

Soon, the Chen family was embroiled in another argument.

Chen Huaidi stood there, stunned. She couldn't understand why everyone was arguing when this was clearly good news.

Chu Xiu was also puzzled.

"Dad, building roads is a good thing, why don't you agree?"

"What makes me agree? Are you going to pay for it?" Magistrate Chu's face was still dark today.

Seeing that his son didn't speak, he became even fiercer: "There's famine everywhere now, the disaster is so serious, why are you running around like this?"

"Can't you just stay home and study? Did you go see that Aunt Li again?"

Speaking of Li Ruru, Chu Xiu's eyes lit up and he said, "Dad, Aunt Li has a good way to help with disaster relief."

"Her? What does a woman know about disaster relief? It's laughable."

The magistrate of Chu County's attitude towards Li Ruru deeply hurt Chu Xiu.

He thought his father was a blockhead who wouldn't listen to anyone.

The magistrate of Chu County felt that his son was talking nonsense all day long, saying things that were completely out of place.

Chu Yu, who was eavesdropping outside the door, was startled.

What did he hear?!

Li Ruru is still alive and has ways to help with disaster relief.

Wouldn't that mean Bailu is also alive? That would be terrible!

He had no interest in listening anymore and turned to head towards the Bai residence.

After their argument, Magistrate Chu and Chu Xiu ignored each other.

The clerk knocked and entered, sensing the tense atmosphere. He tugged at the button on his collar and asked, "Master, are you still going over there?"

Magistrate Chu sighed and looked at his son, saying, "Come with me. After all, you two were once engaged."

Chu Xiu jumped three feet high in terror: "Who? Who am I engaged to?"

He's going to marry Chaochao in the future and doesn't plan to take a concubine. What kind of trouble is his father causing now?

(End of this chapter)