Zhou Hongyu steadily extended her chopsticks and picked up another piece of soft and tender braised pork.
Chang Guofu's family is the best off among the three brothers. If they don't have money, how can they expect others to be rich?
Of course, if it's about money for the in-laws' coffins, that's a different story.
Old Chang fell into deep thought. He had a considerable pension, which he used to subsidize his children every month, so he didn't have much money left.
If he urgently needs money, he has to bring out the old couple's savings for their funerals.
but!
Old Chang stole a glance at Zhou Hongyu, who was enjoying her meal.
Pengfei, the second son's son, is being pressured by his future in-laws to buy a house before they'll marry their daughter off. If the old couple gives their savings for their funeral to the third son, the Chang family's world will collapse the day this happens!
Moreover, Old Man Chang was also a little unhappy.
Starting a family and establishing a career are of paramount importance.
Yao Zu, the eldest son, is obsessed with the college entrance examination and is repeating it for the fourth time this year. With his great-grandson's future seemingly far off, he is hoping that Peng Fei, the son of the second son, can fulfill his wish as soon as possible.
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
Sun Yanxia lowered her eyelids. Although she hadn't returned to Shuangdong Hutong for a long time, she had her own ears to report things, and she hadn't missed any of the commotion these past few days.
The second son's family wants to take money from the elderly couple to buy a house and get married for Chang Pengfei? No way!
Zhou Hongyu fed the last few mouthfuls of rice in the small bowl to her youngest daughter, saying casually, "Since no one has any money, let's borrow some."
Sun Yanxia: "Borrow?"
Zhou Hongyu glanced at Sun Yanxia with a smile.
Sun Yanxia immediately shut her mouth, afraid that Zhou Hongyu would be so foolish as to ask for money.
Their family is the best off; anyone with eyes can see that!
After graduating from the Workers', Peasants' and Red Army University, Chang Guofu relied on his family's money to bribe officials and pull strings to get a job as a teacher at a junior college.
After the resumption of the college entrance examination, education was valued, and being a teacher became an enviable and secure job.
Guaranteed harvest regardless of drought or flood.
Parents flocked to give gifts.
If their family is poor, then the other two families can only be called penniless.
The eldest son, Chang Hongbing, and his wife, along with their youngest daughter who graduated from a vocational school, all work in the factory. They support their eldest son's repeated attempts to repeat his senior year of high school and also have to subsidize their eldest son's wife's family.
The second son, Chang Xingwang, was even more remarkable. He worked in another city for many years and earned several times more than the average person. However, he had an unreliable wife who had given birth to four children. Forget about saving money; he was lucky if he didn't go into debt.
Sun Yanxia regretted not coming up with a better idea. She was so focused on going home to snatch her in-laws' money for their funeral that she completely forgot that her own family was the best off.
She thought that after all this commotion, her father-in-law would finally be able to pull out his savings for his funeral.
Once they come back and tell us what happened, things will develop in the direction we want.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Hongyu easily steered the situation in another direction.
Sun Yanxia forced a smile: "Everyone's having a tough time. Maybe it's just not meant to be. Guofu doesn't necessarily have to go. If he insists on going, then I'll go back to my parents' house to borrow money! But, second sister-in-law..."
"how?"
"I heard that Wu Minjun's family insists on buying a house and moving out. We can manage, but what about you guys?"
Before Zhou Hongyu could speak, Old Man Chang became anxious.
Old Man Chang always spoke his mind to his family: "Look at the mess you've made! Why buy a house? It's not like we don't have a place to live. Houses outside aren't cheap either; the cheap ones are close to a thousand yuan, and the good ones can cost several thousand!"
The family left behind a large courtyard, a separate house with nine rooms in total, including the front and back yards.
During that special period, in order to keep the house, Old Man Chang arranged for all three of his sons to get married in one go, specifically choosing women from domineering families. The time was short and there were bound to be some twists and turns, but that's another story.
After saying that, he muttered, "Minjun is a good girl. She's sensible, steady, filial, has a good job, and comes from a good family. Why does she have to insist on buying a house before they can get a marriage certificate?"
With housing in short supply, it's not common for newlyweds to buy a house and move out.
There is simply no such condition.
Moreover, this is in Beijing, where land is incredibly valuable, so the level of difficulty is evident.
Therefore, Zhou Hongyu was furious when she heard her mentally challenged son return and make unreasonable demands of his future in-laws.
Everything was agreed upon except for the final step, when suddenly they said that a house had to be bought before they could get the marriage certificate. She felt that the marriage was pointless, as Zhou Hongyu was well aware of her family's situation.
If the Wu family insists on buying the house, then they should look for other options. She can't do it, and neither can her eldest son, Chang Pengfei.
She has decided to let things take their course.
Of course, this was her plan before she had that dream.
Now she knows that there's no way to change things.
If she doesn't find a way to solve the problem, there will always be some underhanded method that solves it, followed by a deluge of trouble.
For example.
The elderly Chang couple were eager to have their great-grandchild and were very fond of Wu Minjun. They even did things that Zhou Hongyu didn't want to do.
Zhou Hongyu resisted the ending of her dream from the bottom of her heart.
After listening to the rambling, Sun Yanxia looked embarrassed and remained silent.
Wu Minjun's aunt was her colleague; they both worked as dormitory supervisors at the school. Back then, her aunt acted as matchmaker, introducing Wu Minjun to Chang Pengfei, who had just started working, behind everyone's back.
By the time the Chang family came to their senses, Chang Pengfei had already reached the point where he would marry no one but her.
Sun Yanxia said awkwardly, "To be fair, Minjun deserves to buy a house. Putting aside everything else, she's a college graduate working in an office, while Pengfei is just a high school student..."
"Don't call yourself a college student if you haven't graduated!"
Zhou Hongyu was too lazy to complain. The Chang family's conditions didn't seem to be enough to buy a house for the newlyweds to move out. Why didn't the Wu family bring it up earlier?
Asking this so close to the wedding, and agreeing to such an unreasonable request, who knows how many more troubles await us later.
Sun Yanxia has the nerve to compare the two men's conditions. You're the matchmaker, if you think they're not a good match, why even bother introducing them?
Sun Yanxia stubbornly insisted, "Regardless of whether I graduated or not, I still got into university!"
Your son is lucky to marry a college student; he's too picky!
Zhou Hongyu: "Oh."
So what?
She had only 200 yuan in her entire savings, and Chang Pengfei only had a month's salary on him at most. Could they afford to buy a house?
hehe.
After finishing her meal, Chang Meiying wiped her mouth clean and interjected, "Third Aunt, college students should marry college students, otherwise what kind of hero are they!"
Sun Yanxia glared at her: "Oh, Meiying, what are you saying? Your older brother is just a high school student. He likes your sister Minjun, but does that mean he won't get married?"
"Cough cough cough!" Old Man Chang hurriedly spoke up: "Marry, marry, you must marry!"
This is a college student. It's all thanks to the third brother's wife as matchmaker; otherwise, how could the two of them have met?
Sun Yanxia raised her head and glared at Zhou Hongyu. Without her, would your son still want to meet college students?
You have to solve this problem, even if it means selling everything you own!
This is a huge problem, Zhou Hongyu, you'd better figure out how to solve it yourself!
Old Man Chang looked at Zhou Hongyu and said, "Second daughter-in-law, this matter can be discussed. Don't let things get too tense with your in-laws!"
Great-grandson!
Grandma's here!
Zhou Hongyu sneered: "Dad, I'm easy to talk to, but the Wu family shouldn't push their luck too much. If they get too angry, I'll kick Chang Pengfei out too!"
Sun Yanxia scoffed, "She's just being stubborn."
How could anyone not want a daughter-in-law like Wu Minjun? Saying such angry words is just an excuse to manipulate the Wu family. Anyone who believes it is a fool.
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