strictlysupreme Chapter 318 Sister Liu's Difficulties
Chapter 318 Sister Liu's Difficulties
"What?" Lin Yuyao was surprised and whispered, "If you don't want to have children, you should tell them. I don't know what kind of birth control pills you're taking. Taking too much of that stuff is definitely bad for your health."
“I know, but I can’t tell them. My in-laws are watching my belly every day, hoping I’ll get pregnant soon. I’ve been married for six months and haven’t gotten pregnant, so I went to my mother and talked nonsense. Otherwise, my mother wouldn’t have thought of taking me to the hospital.”
"Then you should tell your aunt that you don't want to have children for the time being."
“I can’t tell her.”
Lin Yuyao: “…”
“My mom is currently trying to find a partner for my brother. I’ve told you before, right? My parents want me to stay at my parents’ house until I get pregnant, then I can go back to my husband’s house. But there’s another condition: if my brother gets married, I have to leave my parents’ house no matter whether I’m pregnant or not.”
Liu Yihuan sighed and said, "It's true that my mom feels sorry for me, but it's also true that she wants to get rid of me."
There's nothing we can do these days; traditional values are still very strong, so pregnant daughters aren't left with their parents.
Especially after having a daughter-in-law, they would not allow their married daughter to live in her parents' home.
Actually, there aren't many families like Liu Yihuan's. She's been married for half a year and still lives at her parents' house, and her mother is still willing to spend money to treat her illness.
"What are you going to do?"
Liu Yihuan shook her head and sighed, "I don't know either. I would never live in that shabby house. I can't even stand staying there for a day on vacation, let alone for an extended period. You wouldn't believe it, even going to the toilet or taking a shower is a problem, and cooking requires squeezing onto the balcony with other people. How can I possibly have a baby in such conditions? Only a blind person would be born into my belly. If I were really pregnant, I think such an environment would torture me to death."
Lin Yuyao: “…”
"Don't say that, it's very unlucky."
Liu Yihuan realized this too, quickly spat a few times, and then said, "I'm not pregnant."
“But there’s no way to stop you from dragging this out. Your family is already this anxious after six months of not getting pregnant. If you still can’t get pregnant after a year, who knows what they’ll say? If it really comes down to it, you should talk to your husband and consider renting a place to live.”
Liu Yihuan shook her head and said, "It's impossible. If I don't live in that house, my mother-in-law will go around saying that I'm spoiled. Right now, she can use the excuse of going to work far away, but if I really have a child in the future and have to rent a place outside, I don't know how nasty her words will be."
“What I mean is, if you don’t want to have children for now, then don’t. If your younger brother really gets married and you’re moving out of your parents’ house, you might as well just rent a place yourself. You can rent right here, instead of using the excuse of commuting to work so far away.”
Liu Yihuan was stunned for a moment, "This will work?"
Lin Yuyao said, "Why not? Your commute is already long. If you rent a place nearby, you wouldn't have to quit your job after getting pregnant. Besides, your husband can't move in with you right now because you're living at your parents' house. If you rent a place nearby in the future, your husband might be able to move in with you."
"His commute is long."
“He’s a man, he doesn’t need to get pregnant, so he can just run around. It’s better than you, a woman, running so far every day.”
Liu Yihuan thought this made sense; her husband was spoiled by his parents.
My mother-in-law is the same; she doesn't say anything about how far she has to work, but she feels bad when she makes her son run errands.
Yes, we have to let her son run away.
"Okay, you have a point. If my parents kick me out, I won't live in that shabby house. I'll just rent a place nearby."
After saying that, he asked Lin Yuyao, "You rented your house around here, right?"
Liu Yihuan was unaware of the story behind that house.
"Yes."
"I remember it was ten yuan a month?"
Lin Yuyao: "..." That house belongs to Fu Huaiyi, and he only got a good deal because of it. What should I say?
Lin Yuyao nodded reluctantly.
"Yes, but it's a top floor, so it's hot in the summer and cold in the winter."
"What's there to be afraid of? It's hot everywhere when it's hot, and the main thing is that the rent is cheap. Yuyao, aren't you moving? When you move to your new place, talk to the landlord and ask him to rent the place to me. I won't rent it for long. Once I've saved up some more money and bought a new house, I won't rent it anymore."
what?
She felt she needed to discuss this matter with Fu Huaiyi.
"Then I'll ask the landlord."
"Okay, just ask around for me when you have time. I'm not in a hurry; my brother is still a long way from getting married."
"Ok."
A little while later, more guests came in, and they stopped talking.
The visitors were two young girls, who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old. As soon as they entered, they looked around.
Lin Yuyao stepped forward: "What do you want to buy?"
One of them asked, "Excuse me, does Luo Yanni work here?"
Lin Yuyao saw Luo Yanni go upstairs to the warehouse to get the goods.
"We're here. And who are you?"
"We are her classmates, and we came to see her."
Just a few days ago, Lin Yuyao was talking to Luo Yanni about having her classmate apply for an assistant position, and unexpectedly, her classmate came to her today.
Lin Yuyao smiled faintly and said, "Wait a moment, she has something to do upstairs, she'll be down soon."
"Hey, okay."
The two picked up books from the bookshelf and looked around. When they saw the latest book by a famous Taiwanese young adult novelist, their faces lit up with excitement.
Then they covered their ears with their hands, whispered to each other, and laughed.
Seeing them like this, Lin Yuyao was actually quite envious.
Through them, Lin Yuyao seemed to see her former self.
Friendships are at their purest at this time.
She also had close classmates who were among those who didn't get into junior high school and got married and had children early.
They all married and moved to other villages, and gradually lost contact with each other.
In the countryside, marriage laws don't apply. As soon as a girl stops going to school, her family will ask a matchmaker to help her find a husband.
It doesn't matter if we can't get a marriage certificate; they don't care about that. A wedding banquet is what counts as a marriage.
Lin Yuyao is the only girl in their village to graduate from high school.
She attended high school in the city. A few of her classmates came from various villages, but most of them came from the city and their families were relatively well-off.
She lived far from their home, and they basically lost contact after graduation.
Thinking of her classmates feels like they were from a past life.
Just as I was lost in thought, Luo Yanni came downstairs carrying a lot of books.
"Jenny." The little girl waved to her.
Luo Yanni smiled and quickened her pace.
"Why are you here?"
"I heard you work here, so I came to see you."
"Have the results been released yet?"
"I passed the entrance exam for a vocational school."
Luo Yanni's smile froze slightly. "You got into a vocational school?"
"Yes, vocational schools have expanded their enrollment this year."
Upon hearing about the expansion of enrollment, Luo Yanni swayed slightly.
"They've expanded enrollment?"
"Yes, I never expected to be so lucky. Jenny, it's such a pity. Your grades are better than mine. If you had chosen to take the exam, you would definitely have passed too."