Chapter 1656 - 1082: The Truth (2)
"Chuxia, did you hear about your aunt’s situation?" Fat Auntie looked seriously at Chuxia and asked.
"I heard about it. When my eldest maternal aunt went to borrow something, someone told her. They went to the orchard to tell us about it..." Chuxia paused and said, "In the afternoon, my mom and the others went to Zhaier Village to find that Li Huaihua. I guess the results weren’t good."
"No need to find that Li Huaihua. It’s all about your uncle. If he is stopped, Li Huaihua wouldn’t dare do anything. Otherwise, even if you find Li Huaihua, it wouldn’t matter if she agrees or not.
Sigh..." Fat Auntie sighed, "I don’t mean to meddle, but this matter has spread so widely that everyone within ten miles knows about it. If it weren’t for Zhao’s house being in its current condition, it wouldn’t have spread so eagerly.
That Li Huaihua indeed is not a good person, but she wouldn’t cling to any family’s man for benefits. She’s after whatever good she can get, to help support her entire family.
Your uncle claims to be helping them out of pity for their family, but there are so many families in difficulty in the village, why does he only help Li Huaihua?
As a result, someone dug up old stories, saying Li Huaihua’s family village is where your uncle’s aunt married, and they live quite close to each other.
In the past, whenever your uncle visited his aunt’s house, he often took Li Huaihua to play, and over time, the relationship between the two grew closer, making the family adults wary.
Li Huaihua’s family despised your uncle’s family for being poor, so of course, they wouldn’t marry their daughter to him, and they found a husband for Li Huaihua early on. Not long after, your uncle took a liking to your aunt.
Not long after your aunt and uncle’s marriage, the family Li Huaihua was engaged to found a better match and broke off the engagement with her.
When a girl has an engagement broken off, many families see her as undesirable. So she waited another three years high and low until she married a peer from your uncle’s village.
At that time, there really was nothing between them, but after Li Huaihua’s husband died, she started doing such things, which provoked your uncle to start helping her.
After helping a few times, it turned into what it is today. So, the key person is your uncle. If he can break his attachment to her, everything would be fine. Otherwise, this matter is hard to handle."
"Mom, do you think uncle wants to divorce aunt and marry that Li Huaihua?"
"He probably has that thought. Otherwise, he wouldn’t let things develop to this point. He’s always resented Zhao’s family for not helping and looking down on him. Maybe in his eyes, marrying someone like Li Huaihua is truly desirable."
"So that’s how things are..." Chuxia frowned, "No wonder mom was in a bad mood when she came back, and said she won’t interfere anymore. I guess Li Huaihua brought up the old scores, making aunt feel guilty and stopping my mom and eldest maternal aunt, all resulting in making them angry."
Luo Xiaoqiong looked incredulous, "Aunt has been married to uncle for so many years, how could she not know about uncle and Li Huaihua?"
"In such matters, the last to know is usually the one involved. Besides, this wasn’t a widely known matter, so it’s normal for aunt not to know.
Even if there had been contact between uncle and Li Huaihua, aunt wouldn’t have thought much of it, just thinking they were from the same village and helping each other a bit is normal. With aunt’s temperament, she would surely think this way."
"Chuxia, I’m telling you all this so you can explain it thoroughly to your family. Uncle Gangshun and I are not doing this for face, just don’t want to see your aunt being bullied."
"I understand Fat Auntie’s thoughts, don’t worry, I will let Grandma’s side know. No matter what, we can’t let aunt suffer undeservedly like this.
Forget it, let’s not talk about this now. Tomorrow is the baby’s one-month celebration. Will Grandma Luo and the others from our village come over?" Chuxia redirected the topic to the baby’s one-month banquet.
"How could they not come?" Fat Auntie rolled her eyes, "They used to think Xiaoqiong and Hongqi had no future and only cared for those grandkids.
Now it’s different. They praise Xiaoqiong and Hongqi to the skies. If they were genuinely praising, I wouldn’t mind. But between the lines, it’s implied that since Xiaoqiong and Hongqi are promising, they should take care of all the siblings at home.
They expect Xiaoqiong and Hongqi to also look after the old couple and all the aunts and uncles. When we were raising them, they ignored us, and now they want benefits, pushing us like ducks to water!
Humph, when have I, Xiao Chaxiang, ever been a pushover? If they’re complimenting, I’ll let them. But if they push Xiaoqiong and Hongqi to get jobs for those good-for-nothing siblings, they better not blame me for being impolite!"
Every family has its hardships, and as soon as Old Lady Luo’s mentioned, Fat Auntie’s anger flares. Helpless, Chuxia quickly pats her back to calm her: "No matter what, having successful children is a good thing. Even if others want to take advantage, it’s not a bad thing. If they’re incapable, asking others to take advantage would just waste time, right?"
"You really have a way with words..." Fat Auntie laughed, "No matter what the issue is, when you explain, my anger disappears immediately. Chuxia, I didn’t see when you were little that you were such a talent!"
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