Chapter 66

When Li Meiling was eighteen or nineteen, she was a famous beauty in the whole neighborhood. After graduating from junior high school, she went to a technical secondary school for medical education. At that time, technical secondary school graduates were not guaranteed employment. Li's father spent all his savings to send her to a small hospital as a nurse. However, within two years, the hospital had a medical accident and closed down. Li Meiling had no choice but to work in a private clinic.

Although her job was getting worse and worse and her income was getting lower and lower, Li Meiling's love history was always bright and beautiful. This also enabled her to maintain a good life despite her tight family situation. When she was studying at medical school, she dated the son of a self-employed boss for two years; after graduating from medical school, she dated a young and promising college doctor for another year.

She was sure she could marry the doctor, but his parents found out everything about her family situation, education and work, forcing them to break up.

At that time, it didn't take long for Hong Kong to return. After the influence of "Young and Dangerous" was unprecedented, there were gangs in the society. The car was driving, and the horses followed.

But the good times didn't last long. Not long after, a new round of crackdowns broke out. Shang Ren hacked someone to death and was labeled a member of a gang and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

During that time, Li Meiling was like a frightened bird, and she didn't dare to go out, fearing that as the eldest sister-in-law, she would also be identified as a gang member and arrested by the police. Her period had been late for two weeks. So when a relative introduced Xiang Wei, a worker with ordinary looks and abilities but a good family background, to her, she agreed without hesitation.

Her parents had no objection. They had always wanted their daughter to live a stable life. Now that Li Meiling had broken up with that gangster and was marrying a factory worker, they could not ask for anything better.

But not long after getting married, Li Meiling realized that she had been deceived.

Xiang's parents both worked in the bank, which was considered a good situation in that era when everyone was laid off. But Xiang's mother was in poor health and had to spend money on medicine every month. Although the Xiang family had two houses, Xiang Wei's eldest brother occupied one, and the other was occupied by the two elders and them, a two-bedroom house of 80 square meters, and they only had one room.

There is also Xiang Wei, who is said to be an employee of a large state-owned factory, but in fact his monthly salary is not high. Moreover, this guy is a spoiled brat at home, even more lazy and gluttonous than Li Meiling, and he doesn't work hard at work. Whenever he has time, he smokes and plays cards. Xiang Wei doesn't do housework, and Li Meiling certainly doesn't do it either. In the first year of marriage, she used the name of pregnancy to ask for this and that, and tried her best to squeeze money from the two elders. If she was asked to do some work, she would complain about backache and stomachache. Even the room where the young couple lived and the dirty clothes they changed had to be cleaned by the old couple.

When Xiang Siling turned three years old, the old couple could no longer bear it and moved in with their eldest son. The house was given to Xiang Wei and his wife.

Li Meiling finally got her revenge, she was now the master of her own house and even got a house.

However, life started to become difficult for little Xiang Siling. The clean clothes that her grandparents used to wash were gone. Dirty clothes piled up at home, and it took a long time for Li Meiling to wash them in the washing machine. The nutritious meals prepared on time were gone. The couple often went out to play cards, and when they remembered, they would give Xiang Siling two dollars and let her buy food downstairs. When they didn't remember, they just forgot.

So Xiang Siling, since she could remember, was a child who was dressed in dirty clothes and no one cared about her. Although her grandparents occasionally subsidized her, they could not raise a child for their younger son. Now most of their retirement salary has to be given to their eldest son, because they have also seen clearly that they can only rely on the eldest son for their old age.

Xiang Wei and Li Meiling's salary was not high, but they spent money lavishly. Before the end of each month, their pockets were empty. For a long time, they relied on taking money from both sides' parents to maintain basic food and clothing. Needless to say, they felt that they could live like this.

Later, Xiang Wei was laid off, and both parents could no longer make money, and even threatened to sever ties with him. Li Meiling's salary alone was not enough to support a family of three.

Although Xiang Wei said he was going to work, he was often seen on the streets, but he never brought back money. During that time, they had a very hard time, starving every day, and sold all the furniture and appliances that could be sold. Later, Xiang Siling was so hungry that she ran to her grandparents with a red face to ask for food. Even so, Li Meiling asked her to secretly bring back some food or money every day, and she would be beaten if she didn't bring it back.

When Xiang Siling was 8 years old, someone wanted to buy their house. The couple was ecstatic and sold the house without saying a word for tens of thousands of dollars. Li Meiling even stopped going to class.

A few years later, Li Meiling met Luo Hongmin when she was the poorest and most destitute. At that time, the money from selling the house had long been spent, and the family of three squeezed into a rented house of less than 40 square meters. Xiang Wei was still the same, sometimes he could bring back some money, and sometimes he would go home and lie down waiting for food. Xiang Siling grew up tenaciously with the help of the elders on both sides. But Li Meiling never thought of divorcing Xiang Wei. After all, the mother and daughter had been supported by the money from his selling the house in the past few years. Although he was not ambitious, if he had a bite to eat, they would have a bite to eat.

When Li Meiling saw Luo Hongmin for the first time, she knew that this man would definitely like her. Luo Hongmin sat in his Mercedes-Benz, looking at the mature and beautiful Li Meiling, smoking and smiling.

At the beginning, Luo Hongmin gave Li Meiling the key to the dormitory of the machinery factory, and the two often met there. Li Meiling was a woman who knew how to deal with things. At the age of 34, she maintained a figure like a -year-old girl, and her snow-white skin was soft and delicate, which made Luo Hongmin very happy. At that time, he really liked her, so later, he gave her a storefront in his hands, just outside the machinery factory community, and let her do clothing business. Not to mention, Li Meiling has always been talented in beauty, and the clothing store actually makes a lot of money every month. Now, Luo Hongmin has a new respect for her.

However, at that time, Luo Hongmin had not thought about marrying her. His ex-wife had just died of breast cancer two years ago, and he had not yet had enough of his happy days. Moreover, he had a large family and a large business, so he was definitely very cautious about getting married.

Li Meiling secretly took her husband and children to live in that house. Before Luo Hongmin came over, she found an excuse to kick them out. Luo Hongmin knew about this, but he didn't say anything. On the contrary, he thought the affair was quite interesting. Anyway, the house was under his name, and he had many obedient brothers under him. If he really wanted to kick the two encumbrances out one day, it would be a matter of a word.

Luo Hongmin didn't care whether Xiang Wei knew about his existence, and Li Meiling didn't ask. At first, Xiang Wei lived in this house and always looked at Li Meiling with a sinister look. But later, Li Meiling gave him money every month, and he seemed to return to his old ways, hanging out every day and playing until midnight.

As for the fourth person who haunted the house, 14-year-old Xiang Siling, no one cared whether he saw or noticed anything.

It was two months later that Xiang Wei caught his wife committing adultery for the first time.

Xiang Wei went out to play cards that day, but soon lost all his money. He was upset, but had nowhere to go. It was still morning and the sun was high, so he thought that no one would come home, so he went back.

As a result, as soon as I entered the house, I could hear the intense noise and my wife's screams coming from the master bedroom through the closed door.

Li Meiling was also startled when she heard the door open. It was impossible for her daughter to come back from school at this time. The footsteps must be Lao Xiang. She was scared and didn't dare to move. She hugged Luo Hongmin tightly and said in panic: "What should I do? Why is he back? Usually he plays cards until very late... How about I go out first, you..."

Luo Hongmin patted her butt and said, "Move. If he dares to come in today, your whole family will move out, and I will take back your clothing store tomorrow."

Luo Hongmin's voice was neither loud nor soft.

Li Meiling looked at Luo Hongmin's gloomy expression and dared not say anything. She moved tremblingly, with only the house and the storefront in her mind. Luo Hongmin wanted more fiercely, and soon, Li Meiling could not bear it anymore, not caring that her husband was outside the door. It might also be that her husband outside the door made her more excited, and she screamed again.

Not long after, there was a loud slam of a door outside.

Xiang Wei left.

After this experience, Luo Hongmin became even more aggressive, sometimes coming to the door without even saying hello. Xiang Wei was stern at first, but gradually he began to smile and called him Boss Luo. Luo Hongmin smiled and threw him a pack of Hetianxia, ​​and Xiang Wei left with the cigarette.