"Mom isn't worried about you. How many more years can I live at my age? Mom is just worried about you!" Qiao Guilan said earnestly. "If you're so calculating with Cai Xing now, what will happen when you get old? If Xiao Hua feels sorry for her own mother and doesn't take care of you in your old age, won't you be the one who suffers?"
Who knows what will happen decades from now?
Song Yinhua sent her parents and Song Caixing back home.
"Yinhua, you're almost thirty, how can you still be so naive? Your parents are doing this for your own good. You don't have any children of your own, so when you get old you'll only be able to rely on Baogen and Caixing's children to take care of you. If you give them a little now, you won't suffer when you're old!"
"I'm not even dead yet, and you're already in a hurry to eat my childless offspring?"
"Who said you're childless?" Qiao Guilan said unhappily. "Aren't we all thinking about you when you get old? You didn't have any children, what will you do when you're old?"
Qiao Guilan wiped away her tears as she spoke.
"You're so rich now, give some to Baogen and Caixing, and when you get old..."
"Mom!" Song Baogen angrily stated his position, "I don't want a single penny of my eldest sister's money! Stop forcing her to give me money. I have hands and feet, and I can support the whole family! When my eldest sister gets old and no one takes care of her, as long as I'm alive, I'll take care of her!"
Song Yinhua looked at Song Baogen, a hint of emotion stirring within her.
Song Baogen's words made Song Caixing feel somewhat embarrassed.
Qiao Guilan desperately wanted Song Yinhua to give the fruit trees to Song Baogen and let Song Caixing help out at the wonton shop, but her son Baogen didn't appreciate her good intentions and did the opposite of what she wanted.
As Li Wenxiu was falling asleep that night, she blamed Song Baogen for taking on all the responsibility.
“Your eldest sister is old, why should you take care of her? She left all her property to Cai Xing’s daughter. Even if someone is to take care of her in her old age, it should be Cai Xing’s daughter.”
“My older sister took care of me when I was little, and she earned my school fees. She even gave up her job for me. My older sister has been kind to me. No matter how old she gets or how much time she has to take care of her, I will take care of her! If I die before my older sister, my two sons will have to take care of her!”
"Why should my two sons take care of your eldest sister?" Li Wenxiu complained. "Your eldest sister's orchard makes so much money every year, but she only gives us 2,500 yuan. She's so stingy with us, and she expects my sons to take care of her in her old age? I don't agree!"
“If my older sister hadn’t planted fruit trees, you wouldn’t have a single penny right now.” Song Baogen couldn’t stand his wife’s scheming ways. “Don’t think I don’t know you’ve been secretly giving money from the family to your parents and brother!”
"If my parents hadn't given birth to me, how could your poor family have married such a good wife like me?" Li Wenxiu retorted. "When you were injured and hospitalized, you didn't have money to pay your medical bills, and it was my brother who brought the money to the health center. Have you forgotten all that?"
"Your brother helped me, and I haven't forgotten that, so you secretly gave money to your parents and your brother. Have I ever said a word to you about it?" Song Baogen asked. "My older sister has also been kind to me, much more so than your brother. What's wrong with me being good to my older sister? Why are you making such a fuss with me? Your brother is a relative, but my older sister isn't?"
“Isn’t it only right for an older sister to help her younger brother?” Li Wenxiu said.
"So, according to you, I have to sell my house so you can support your brother?"
"What did my brother do to offend you? Why are you targeting him like this? Don't forget that when you were injured and didn't have money for medical bills, it was my brother who brought you the money!"
The young couple started arguing in the room.
Li Wenxiu angrily put on her coat, slammed the door, and left.
"What's wrong now?" Qiao Guilan asked, quickly putting on her thick coat as she came out after hearing the door slam. "Why are you two arguing again?"
Song Caixing, who was sleeping on the floor in her parents' room, put on her coat and followed them out. "Mom, I'm going to check on my sister-in-law. You go inside first."
Li Wenxiu talked to Song Caixing about taking care of Song Yinhua in her old age.
“Baogen said he would take care of his eldest sister when she gets old, and if he passes away before her, then we two sons will take care of her.” Li Wenxiu was angry that Song Yinhua was so rich but refused to give them the fruit trees, and didn’t treat Song Baogen like her own brother. Now Song Baogen wanted to take care of her, which she felt was unfair. “Your eldest sister helped you take care of Xiaoxiaohua. In the future, your eldest sister’s property will all belong to Xiaoxiaohua. It is only right that you and Xiaoxiaohua take care of your eldest sister in her old age.”
Li Wenxiu, wearing a thick coat and with her arms crossed in front of her, complained to Song Caixing that Song Baogen always sided with his older sister.
"The new house at the foot of the mountain and the land next to it all belong to Mom and Dad. After Mom and Dad are gone, they will belong to Baogen. Everything that grows on that land should rightfully be ours. Your eldest sister is so good, she only pays 2,500 yuan in rent a year. Your second brother is even more ridiculous, saying that 200 yuan in rent a year is enough. I've never seen anyone as stupid as your second brother. Who wouldn't want to take all the good things for themselves? Look how clever Qiuxue is. Your parents made you three sisters drop out of school and use all the money to support her, sending her to university in the provincial capital. She turned around and recognized her great-uncle's family. She didn't even invite your parents to the wedding. Only your second brother is a fool."
"Sister-in-law, let's go inside and talk. It's cold outside, don't catch a cold." Song Caixing pulled Li Wenxiu inside.
Li Wenxiu refused to go in and continued to complain incessantly.
"Your second brother and I already have enough to do to support four elderly people, including your parents and my parents. Now your second brother is also expected to take care of your eldest sister. Why should that be? How much money will that cost? Even if it's just adding another pair of chopsticks, food and clothing still cost money. If your eldest sister gets seriously ill, it will cost even more money, and someone will need to take care of her at her bedside! I endured the pain of childbirth for ten months, not to take care of your eldest sister in her old age!"
Hearing Li Wenxiu's complaints, Song Caixing felt a little uneasy.
The girl she gave birth to after enduring surgery wasn't meant to support her older sister in her old age.
"Sister-in-law, what should we do?"
"What do you have to worry about? Once your older sister dies, all her assets will go to your daughter. You'll be rolling in money!"
The two women chatted outside for almost half an hour. After Li Wenxiu finished complaining and vented her anger, she went inside.
Song Caixing didn't sleep well that night.
When my older sister gets old, I'll have to take care of her. If she gets sick again, it will cost a lot of money.
She didn't dare tell her parents about it, so after thinking it over, she called Song Qiuxue to complain.
"Why should I be filial to my parents and also take care of my older sister in her old age?" Song Caixing felt unbalanced. "The family's money has been used to support your schooling, so you should also take care of your parents and older sister in their old age."
“We are our parents’ daughters and should take care of them, but we have no obligation to support our eldest sister in her old age.” Song Qiuxue advised Song Caixing over the phone, “When our eldest sister gets old, we will also get old and we won’t be able to take care of her.”
“But we have children! We’re getting old, and our children will have to take care of our older sister then,” Song Caixing said worriedly.
“I’m surnamed Tang now, and I’m no longer a member of your Song family. My child and I have no obligation to support your older sister.” Song Qiuxue quickly distanced herself from the family, thankful that she wasn’t a member of the Song family. “Besides, I live in the provincial capital now and will never go to Songzhuang Village again. Your older sister getting old has nothing to do with me or my child.”
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