Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Xu Fangfang raised an eyebrow with amusement, "What about you? You married one of your roommates before, this is your second. If you marry another one, you'll be at the bottom."

Xu Jiahui was stunned for a moment, then quickly covered her cheeks, terrified. "I have to say, this is too scary! Luckily I live alone and my parents don't come here, otherwise they would nag me if they saw this. Sister, don't talk about this, it's upsetting. Since you want a divorce, you need to think carefully about how to divide the property. What joint property do you have with him?"

Xu Fangfang's smile faded slightly. "He owns a house in our town, and besides that, he has savings. Over the years, we've agreed that he gives me 1,500 yuan a month for household expenses, and I'll make up the difference if it's not enough. So, our monthly expenses are almost evenly split."

Xu Jiahui clicked her tongue a few times, then rested her chin on her hand and said, "So, the only thing you can get in your divorce settlement is that house. Will he give it to you?"

"Certainly not."

This is obvious even to someone with their toes.

Xu Jiahui pouted, "Are you going to argue about that?"

Xu Fangfang shook her head and clenched her fists. "Although the house is in his name, he didn't pay for it. If I want the house, his parents will definitely fight me to the death. I just want to get away from that suffocating in-laws as soon as possible. There's no need to fight for it."

Pingxi Town is neither too big nor too small, but there aren't many divorces these days. If she does get divorced, it will definitely have a significant impact on her. Rather than continuing to be entangled with her in-laws, it's better to be decisive and cut ties cleanly.

Most importantly, she and Xu Jie have no children, and she doesn't plan to stay in Pingxi Town after the divorce. The house is useless to her and will only prolong the divorce proceedings.

Xu Jiahui patted her shoulder and comforted her, "It's okay. Even if you're divorced and don't have a house, you can stay in the school's teachers' dormitory for the time being. When you come to the city, you can stay with me temporarily. Anyway, I don't have a boyfriend."

Xu Fangfang didn't think that much about it.

I stayed in the city for two days, and didn't take the earliest bus back to school until Monday morning.

During the two days she was gone, Xu Jie didn't call her at all, nor did he contact her parents, which meant that Xu Jie hadn't looked for her at all. This made Xu Fangfang even more determined to get a divorce.

Before they knew it, it was the day before Tang Jing and Xu Jian's wedding.

A bus from Guangdong Province slowly drove into the Anshi Grand Hotel.

Anshi Grand Hotel is one of Anshi's landmark buildings. It was renovated last year, adding several courtyards for entertaining guests. The building you just enter is used to hold large banquets and wedding parties, while the buildings behind are residential areas.

Tang Jing's older sister, Tang Li, looked at the building outside the window, extremely excited. "Jingjing, have we arrived at our destination? Is this your in-laws' house?"

Tang Jing looked at the prominent "Hotel" sign on the building and quickly explained, "This is a hotel, and it's where you'll be staying."

Tang Li was stunned. "This isn't a residential area! I thought any place with tall buildings was a residential area! City people are so particular!"

Tang Jing's second sister, Tang Hua, thought the same thing.

When the car arrived at the destination, everyone got off together.

A staff member escorted them to the villa. "Distinguished guests, Mr. Xu has already given prior notice that from today onwards, we will be responsible for your meals and accommodations. This villa and the one next door are both yours; you are free to make your own arrangements."

Tang's mother hurriedly asked, "How many rooms are there in the villa?"

The waiter replied respectfully, “The villa has three floors. The first floor has a living room, kitchen, dining room, public bathroom, activity room, karaoke room, and linen room. The second and third floors are lounges, four family rooms, and six single rooms.”

The family rooms are suitable for couples or couples with young children. Single rooms have 1.5-meter beds and can sleep one or two people. The two villas together have twenty rooms.

"So many! We can't possibly have all these rooms!" Tang's father instinctively looked at Tang Yu.

Tang Yu remained relatively calm. He thought for a moment and looked at his older brother and sister's families. Each of them had four or five children, and each family needed at least two rooms. Since there were extra rooms, nine rooms could be allocated to them. He, Ding Ruman, and their son would share one room, Tang Jing would have her own room since she was getting married from the hotel, and their parents would have one room. The remaining rooms could be used if they weren't full, as Tang Jing's friends might come to stay later.

Mr. and Mrs. Tang were used to listening to their youngest son, so they agreed immediately.

Everyone went back to their rooms to shower and rest.

Tang Jing's sister-in-law, Niu Cuilan, immediately pulled her husband aside after closing the door and started nagging, "Honey, did you see that? The fifth and sixth sons have really made it big, especially the fifth one. She married a man from the south and they arranged a big car and such a nice hotel for us. She must be very rich!"
"If you don't talk to them about it, my family and I might as well stay here and not go back."

Before leaving, Niu Cuilan always thought that her family was quite well-off. After all, not many people from their hometown could move from the mountain valley to the county town, and the two of them had become capable people in the village.

Niu Cuilan had always been proud of this, but after seeing the world this time, she realized how ridiculous her thoughts were.

Their county town's conditions are worse than even a suburban village in Guangdong Province, let alone being prosperous.

Once a person's horizons are broadened, their mind becomes more active.

Tang Bing had just finished tidying his clothes when he heard his wife's words and casually asked, "Where are we going to stay? Do we have any money?"

Niu Cuilan panicked, "We're broke, but Lao Wu and Lao Liu are rich! Let's ask them for help!"

Tang Bing scoffed, "Easy for you to say. Let me ask you, what have you done to help Lao Wu and Lao Liu all these years? Or rather, what have I done to help them?"

He was the eldest son in the Tang family, and there was a significant age gap between him and Tang Jing and Tang Yu. In addition, his family was poor when he was young, and he always helped his parents with chores and rarely played with his younger siblings. When he was fifteen or sixteen, his family arranged a blind date for him, and he married Niu Cuilan.

After getting married, the couple put all their effort into building a house in the village and moving out to live on their own. Since then, they haven't given their parents a single penny, let alone helped raise their younger siblings.

Niu Cuilan thought about it carefully, her face growing increasingly grim. She retorted unwillingly, "Shouldn't you, as brothers and sisters, help each other out?"

After a day of traveling, Tang Bing sat on the sofa, took off his shoes, and said, "You said you would help each other out, but let me ask you, did we help them when they needed help before? Later, when they got into university on their own merit and needed money, you didn't say a word or let me give them any money. Now you have the nerve to say such things?"
Besides, the fifth sister is getting married. Do you think her in-laws would be happy for her to do this? The sixth sister is already married, and you've met her. Is she an ordinary person? Just like you, you weren't happy for me to help them back then, and now the sixth sister's wife won't agree to your unrealistic ideas.

I advise you to stop thinking about unnecessary things. We're only able to come out with the whole family this time thanks to Lao Wu. We won't have this opportunity again. (End of Chapter)