Chapter 501 A Refined Young Lady from the Republican Era Gets the Male and Female Protagonists Killed (3)

However, because the northern warlords had just finished fighting and Liu's reward had not yet been decided, Zhang's mother did not wait for Zhang Jisheng to buy her a big house and a car, and the family still lived in the old Zhang family house.

The old house has a history of more than two hundred years. Some of the former neighbors fled abroad during the war, while others sold their houses and moved. Those who remained all spent some money to renovate their houses in the most popular American style at the time.

The Zhang family had long since fallen on hard times. Although they still owned a house in a good location, it was filled with a sense of being strapped for cash and struggling to make ends meet.

The new nanny, having nowhere else to stay, was assigned to Jin Shu's room.

"Ah Shu, you know the rules best. During this time, you should teach this nanny how to serve her master."

Zhang's mother arranged the nanny's accommodation without even discussing it with Jin Shu.

There was only one bed in Jin Shu's room, and Zhang's mother said that the nanny could sleep on the floor.

What's the difference between a family that doesn't even have a maid's room but insists on hiring a maid and a family that puts a piano in a slum?

Being too proud to admit defeat will only lead to suffering.

Jin Shu naturally wouldn't agree.

"This nanny was hired to take care of you, and it will certainly be more convenient for her to live in your room."

As for me, how would I know the rules for nannies these days? After all, in my old house, all the servants lived in the backyard.

The Zhang family didn't have a backyard.

There was a two-story building in total. The first floor was a living room and a dining room, and the second floor was where Zhang's mother and Zhang Jiqing lived. As for Jin Shu and Zhang Jisheng's rooms, they were in the small courtyard behind the building.

The courtyard was very small, with only two rooms: one for Jin Shu and the other for the housekeeper.

Now that we have an extra nanny, there's simply nowhere to put her.

Jin Shu's words displeased Zhang's mother.

Of course she knew that her old house was incomparable to the Jin family's old house.

But her house is in a great location, in downtown BH, so what if it's a little small?

"Ah Shu, please make do for now. Once Ji Sheng buys a new house and brings us over, there will be plenty of rooms available. You can stay in the biggest one!"

Jin Shu smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

Zhang Jisheng did intend to buy a house, but this house was prepared as his and Zhao Hanying's wedding home. No matter how big it was, what did it have to do with her?

“Sister-in-law, Mom’s health isn’t good and she sleeps lightly. We can’t let her sleep in the same room as the nanny, can we? It’ll be hard for you to make do for a few days. My brother is already looking at houses, and you’ll definitely have a place to stay when the time comes.”

Zhang Jiqing frowned as he looked at Jin Shu, feeling that she was being indecisive and hesitant.

"Why can't you make do with it? You usually live at school, right? The room is just sitting empty anyway, so why not let the nanny stay there?"

Moreover, your room and Mom's room are right next to each other. If the nanny lives in your room, she won't disturb Mom's rest, and she can take care of her in a timely manner. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

"It's settled then. Housekeeper, go and take all the maid's things to Jiqing's room."

Jin Shu's reasoning was indeed flawless.

Zhang Jiqing lives at school and doesn't come back often.

The nanny's room is right next to Zhang's mother's room.

The housekeeper stood still, his gaze silently fixed on Zhang's mother.

Zhang Jiqing became anxious when he heard that the nanny was to live in his room.

"no!"

Jin Shu looked at her calmly.

"Why not? Give me a reason."

Zhang Jiqing's eyes darted around, but for a moment he couldn't come up with a more reasonable excuse.

“I’ve lived in this house since I was a child. The room is too small to fit so many people.”

“You don’t come back often, so you can just come back once or twice and squeeze in. This is also to make it easier for the nanny to take care of our mother. We’ll just have to make do with it. Once your brother buys a house, there will be plenty of rooms available.”

Jin Shu returned the same words to Zhang Jiqing without changing them.

Zhang Jiqing looked dissatisfied, but couldn't refute it. He could only tug at his mother's sleeve and look at her with a wronged expression.

Zhang's mother frowned, her face showing displeasure.

“Your sister will get married someday. How long can she live in this house? What’s wrong with letting her live comfortably for a few years before she gets married?”

You're the sister-in-law, why do you keep eyeing your sister-in-law's room?

"If you're not willing to share a room with the nanny for me, just say so! If you're not willing, then let the nanny sleep in my room. Anyway, I'm old and won't live for many more years. If I can't sleep because of the noise, I'll just die in a few days."

Zhang's mother was a master of this kind of provocation.

Jin Shu, a wealthy heiress, is thin-skinned and soft-hearted, and falls for this kind of thing the most.

Then, the next second, Jin Shu said something.

"Mom, you are blessed with good fortune and will live to be a hundred years old. You won't have your lifespan shortened by such a small matter."

"Housekeeper, please take the maid's things to Mom's room."

Jin Shu wasn't going to tolerate the mother and daughter.

The housekeeper stared at Jin Shu in disbelief, as if he were looking at a stranger.

As for Zhang's mother, she was already so angry that she was about to burst into tears, clutching her chest and almost unable to catch her breath.

"You...you're deliberately trying to annoy me?!"

"If that's what you think, there's nothing I can do about it."

"Jin Shu! How could you talk to my mother like that! Don't you even have the manners of a daughter-in-law?!"

Jin Shu raised her eyes and looked coldly at Zhang Jiqing.

"Haven't you heard the saying 'An elder sister-in-law is like a mother'? How dare you talk to me like that? Do you even have the demeanor of a sister-in-law?!"

"You! You're not fit to be my sister-in-law!"

Jin Shu sneered.

"Whether I'm good enough or not was your decision to marry me in the first place. If you think I'm not good enough, then have your brother divorce me."

"Fine!! You think my brother likes someone like you! Do you know that my brother has already..."

"Jiqing! Don't talk nonsense!"

Zhang Jiqing's next words were swallowed back by the reprimand.

Jin Shu stood up abruptly, left a single sentence, and turned to leave.

"Let Zhang Jisheng go home, or come back and get a divorce."

Aside from the first night Zhang Jisheng returned and said he wanted a divorce and wanted to pursue free love, there was no further news.

He never came back.

For a divorce to be finalized, the person in question must return to the office.

Instead, he left behind a sentence as if to prove something to someone, and then disappeared, leaving Jin Shu alone at home, anxious and heartbroken.

But Zhang's mother was still here, solemnly assuring her that everything Zhang Jisheng said was nonsense and didn't count, and that his wife would always only be Jin Shu.

Jin Shu was immediately appeased by those words and continued to diligently manage all the big and small matters at home.

When Zhang Jisheng made another military contribution, Commander Liu was so pleased that he gave him a Western-style house and a car.

After settling on the house and having money in hand, Zhang Jisheng came back to file for divorce again.

By this time, Zhang's mother had swindled almost all of Jin Shu's dowry.

Thinking about this, Jin Shu felt that this part of her life was really unfamiliar.