Yu Huimin has been quiet for a few days since she used eye drops and almost made her husband plan to raise the two cubs born to Li Huai.
She was afraid that as soon as she mentioned it, her husband's idea of raising a grandson by himself would come up again.
Over the years, applying eye drops to Li Huai, her stepson, from time to time has become an instinctive habit of hers. It really makes her hold back and not mention anything. She is surprised that she is not used to it.
As for the fact that her son had been beaten before, she had no clue no matter how much she investigated, so she had no choice but to leave it alone and let her son admit that he was unlucky.
Fortunately, these days, she didn't hear anything bad happened to her son at school, so she felt relieved.
The only son is her reliance and lifeblood. If her son really has both good and bad qualities, she will have little hope.
It was the end of the year, and things in the army suddenly became more complicated, and Li Zhenhua didn't go home for several days.
Needless to say, this made Yu Huimin feel relieved. It was good that he was busy. If he was busy, he would have no time to think about that nasty stepson and his brats.
Yu Huimin used to have a leisurely position, but now, she has long been doing nothing but being the chief's wife at home.
With her husband not coming back and her son also at school, she was bored and could only go shopping with a few familiar sisters and play mahjong or something like that.
Her poker friends are not from the compound.
However, this also resulted in her becoming the center among several people and the one who was always supported, which Yu Huimin enjoyed very much.
When dealing with people in the compound, she always had to pretend. It was at this time that she could relax a little and show her true nature.
She is currently unemployed, her son is still in school, and the family's income depends on her husband.
With Li Zhenhua's position, his family would naturally have enough to eat and drink, but no matter how rich they were, it would certainly not be so.
However, Yu Huimin always goes out to go shopping and buy things, so the expenses increase.
She borrowed her husband's name and some connections, and from time to time helped the little sisters she knew and the people they introduced to solve problems, and got some rewards along the way.
In Huimin's opinion, all this is harmless and should be taken for granted.
However, she still knows in her heart that this is wrong. At least, she has not dared to let her husband know until now.
Occasionally, Li Zhenhua knew one or two things that she helped to do, but she would downplay it and transfer it. In short, she did not let her husband know how much she had done behind the scenes.
Having the reputation of being the chief's wife, being sought after by others, having helpers at home, being able to take a car when going out, and having money to buy things for her, this is the ideal life that Yu Huimin strives for.
Now, the only thing that makes her feel that there is a fly in the ointment is that there is still a thorn in Li Huai's side, and everything in the Li family does not fully belong to her and her son.
Once again, when Yu Huimin and her two sisters came out of a department store where everything was not cheap, they were spotted by a girl.
Coincidentally, this girl is also from the compound, and she had a good relationship with Li Huai when she was a child.
The most important thing is that her brother is still in contact with Li Huai.
As soon as she got home, while eating, the girl couldn't help but start nagging.
"Mom, do you know who I saw in the department store today?"
"Who is it? Don't show off."
Zhang Qing chuckled. "It's Brother Li Huai's stepmother."
"What are you surprised to see her?" Zhang's mother said speechlessly.
In fact, the Zhang family had a pretty good relationship with the Li family in the past, and their son had always played with Li Huai when he was a child.
But who knew that when Li Huai's mother was sick and hospitalized, Li Zhenhua would be able to see eye-to-eye with the nurse who took care of Li Huai's mother.
Li Huai's mother passed away just half a month ago, and the two people here received the certificate.
This is also the main reason why many people in the compound look down on Yu Huimin. It is even said privately that if it hadn't been for Yu Huimin, Li Huai's mother wouldn't have died so early.
Since then, their relationship has become estranged.
"I'm not surprised to see her. It's just that she buys so many things."
"We have nothing to do with people spending their own money to buy things," Zhang's mother said, wondering what big discovery her daughter had made.
"No, Mom, please listen to me. I have a classmate who works in a department store now. I asked her about it. According to her, Brother Li Huai and his stepmother are frequent customers of the department store.
Every time I come here I buy a lot of things.”
Mother Zhang is not stupid, she actually heard something was wrong now.
It doesn't matter if you buy a lot of things at one time, but if you go there often and buy a lot every time, is it enough with Li Zhenhua's income?
Zhang Qing laughed when her mother thought about it.
"What about Mom, is this a big discovery?"
"Eat your food, this is none of your business."
She scolded her daughter, but Zhang’s mother still kept it in her heart.
When her son came back in the evening, she should have gone to bed, but she kept waiting in the living room.
"Mom, why aren't you asleep yet?" Zhang Yu was a little confused.
"Come sit here, Mom wants to ask you something."
Zhang Yu came over and sat down. "Why are you so serious?"
"Let me ask you, when Li Huai's mother was gone, did he leave behind a lot of things?"
Zhang Yu laughed. "Mom, why did you suddenly think of asking this?"
Zhang’s mother told her daughter what she had discovered.
"You are doubting that the stepmother will use the things left by my Aunt Liu?"
"Yes, you are familiar with Li Huai. Have you ever heard him mention that his mother left something valuable?" She naturally didn't ask about these things because she was coveting them, but she just felt that if this was the case, Li Huai should at least know.
Speaking of which, many people in their compound felt sorry for that child.
If a promising child is placed in any of their homes and is not the pride of the family, he must be trained with emphasis. However, in fact, the child does not receive much help from the family and suffers a lot more than his peers in the compound.
He's doing pretty well.
"Mom, I heard Li Huai mention that Aunt Liu's family did have a lot of assets before, but they donated them all during the Anti-Japanese War. I never heard that Aunt Liu left anything valuable."
"Perhaps you don't know about this. It's okay if we don't know about this. Now that we know, you can also remind Li Huai when you find an opportunity. No matter what he plans to do, we can at least have a clear conscience."
"Mom, I will tell Li Huai."
Zhang Yu was really interested and called Li Huai early the next morning.
"What's new about Li Wei?" Li Huai asked with a smile when he heard it was him.
"Why, I can't call you."
"Yes, yes, yes, you, Master Zhang, called me. It is a blessing that I have cultivated in eight lifetimes."
After a few words, Zhang Yu suddenly said seriously: "Li Huai, let me tell you something."
The two of them usually live in poverty, but they still know that the other party is serious when they are serious. Li Huai immediately became serious. "Say."
Li Huai sneered when he heard that Yu Huimin had been spending money in department stores many times.
Li Zhenhua really has double standards. Did the Liu family have no money before?
Even though my grandparents had already donated a lot, what was left was enough for my mother to live a relatively prosperous life.
But Li Zhenhua said that those who work for the revolution must work hard and live plainly. How can they practice the extravagant style of capitalism?
As a result, her mother put away all her cheongsams and dresses, and changed her petty bourgeois habits. Even the money she had left in her hands was used to do good deeds.
Now, Yu Huimin is living the life of a lavish "lady", which is really ironic.