Gao Xiujuan saw through her youngest son's thoughts at a glance: "What do you mean by 'not being careful'? I think you just don't care. If everyone is like you and doesn't get married, where will the next generation come from?"
After Xia Jingguo reached a certain level, she arranged several blind dates for him.
It's just that either they didn't find him attractive, or they liked him and wanted to try getting to know him, but he was often away on missions, sometimes for months at a time.
He finally came back for a visit, only to leave again in a hurry. When he came to his senses, he realized that the blind date he found attractive was already dating someone else.
The reason he was able to return to Beijing this time was because of his good performance in the recent exercise, which earned him a few days off.
Gao Xiujuan's hair is turning white from worry about this son.
Xia Jingguo said in a serious tone, "Mom, why are you worried about the next generation? There is already a population surplus in the country, and we have family planning policies."
“I heard that in some places, they’re forcing women who are pregnant to have abortions. We don’t get married or have children so that we can reduce the burden on the country.”
After several unsuccessful blind dates, Xia Jingguo figured out why. However, he couldn't get over the hurdle of getting married without romance. He had already made up his mind that if he really couldn't find a suitable partner, he would just not get married.
Another older youth, Xia Jingxing, said, "Yes, we are actively responding to the call for family planning to reduce the population at the source. You should encourage us."
Han Meifeng glared at them and said, "You bachelors, when you get old, let's see who will take care of you in your old age."
Xia Jingxing: "Now that I can hire people, I can easily hire eight or ten people to take care of me. I can lie in bed comfortably, so who will take care of me in my old age?"
Han Meifeng: "Once you're in bed, with no family around, do you think the people you invited will take good care of you?"
Xia Jingxing: "Who said I have no family? Do you think all my nephews are just for show? They come over to check on me every few days, and none of them dare to play any tricks."
"Duofu, tell me, when I get old, will you come to see me?"
When the flames of war reached him, Duofu immediately replied, "You are my fifth uncle, of course I will go."
Xia Jingxing smugly gestured for his other nephews to speak.
Those who knew how to read, upon receiving his glance, tactfully expressed their intention to visit him.
Duole chuckled and said, "Fifth Uncle, when you get old, you can live with us."
The little guy likes doing business and making money. Xia Jingxing is a businessman. Duole said that like-minded people can learn from each other's experience when they come together.
Xia Jingxing was even more pleased with himself: "Duole is so thoughtful. I'll follow you from now on."
Xia Jingshu: "Jingxing is still young, it's too early to think about these things now. If you really don't plan to get married, when you get old, we brothers can live together."
Xia Jingxing's eyes lit up: "That's a great idea! Big brother, second brother, and third brother, come over together. We old men can drive our RVs out every day to travel and enjoy the scenery."
Xia Jingrong: "Thinking about it, it's really good. I've seen the RV that Jingshu left outside. We can bring two big ones to take us brothers around."
Xia Jingfan: "I'm signing up. When we were kids, Jing Shu and Jing Guo lived in Jiangcheng, so we didn't have many opportunities to get together. Once we retire, we'll all have more time, and we can get together for as long as we want."
Xia Jingsheng: "I'll reserve a spot first. Please save one of the beds in the RV for me."
Xia Jingguo chimed in, "Me too, I need a bed too."
Xia Taishun: "That sounds tempting! Big brother, second brother, how about we form a group and go traveling together after we retire?"
Xia Taiping: "I think it's a good idea. We won't have to keep track of the time then, and we can travel all over the country to our heart's content."
Xia Tai'an: "I joined, and two years before I retired, I asked Jing Shu to prepare a car for us so we could set off as soon as I retired."
Instead of getting her married, the pressure to get married has led to the formation of two retirement groups, who are having a lively discussion and have even planned out which places to visit.
The mothers of several older single men were so angry they wanted to drag the bunch of clueless men out and beat them up.
After the event ended, even though Xia Yuanqiang was much stronger than his peers, he was still old and couldn't stay up as long as the younger people. He talked for a while and then went back to his room.
Gao Xiujuan pulled Yu Rujia to a secluded corner and handed her a large bag.
Gao Xiujuan: "Rujia, I heard that your soap sells for fifty yuan a bar. If you think about it, we've been using soaps that cost you tens of thousands of yuan for free over the years, and you don't even mention it."
“I don’t have tens of thousands of yuan, but I can come up with ten thousand yuan. You can keep it for now. Once Jingguo and your dad get their salaries, I’ll take their money back and give it to you. You can’t cut off my soap just because I’m giving you less money.”
Yu Rujia pushed the bag back: "Jingguo only knows how to make soap. He knows very well how much it costs. Fifty yuan a bar of soap is money he takes from outsiders. Why would his own people need such money?"
“If you say that, you’re being too polite. If you give money, no one else will dare to use my soap, and our family will become estranged. Mom can’t do something like that to separate the family.”
The key to her soaps is the technique; the material cost is less than a dollar.
Xia Jingguo had made more soap in the past few years than her family used, so how could she possibly charge him again?
Gao Xiujuan was taken aback. She only thought that Yu Rujia's soap was indeed worth the price, but she didn't expect that the Xia family members were all using Yu Rujia's soap. If she really bought the soap at the outside price, it would indeed hurt their relationship.
Gao Xiujuan's handwriting softened: "Then this money..."
Yu Rujia quickly said, "You are my mother-in-law. It's always the children who give money to their parents. Jing Shu and I don't usually have anything else to give you as a token of our respect. Consider this soap as our gift."
"How about this, I'll give you two hundred bars of soap every year from now on. Let's not talk about money. If you're really going to be so calculating with me, I'll get angry."
She was Xia Jingshu's biological mother, and Xia Jingshu gave her a large share of every business he owned. The dividends from any of these businesses were enough to cover Gao Xiujuan's soap-making expenses.
If you're going to haggle over something that costs less than a dollar, how can this couple possibly stay together?
Moreover, Gao Xiujuan was an exceptionally good mother-in-law.
Previously, when Xia Taishun was in Shangfen Brigade, he gave almost all of his allowances and salary to Yu Rujia, letting her spend money as she pleased. His son, Xia Jingshu, did not receive a single penny. He did this for years.
Gao Xiujuan never uttered a single word of dissent, nor did she give Yu Rujia a cold shoulder.
If this happened in an ordinary household, it would have caused a huge uproar long ago.
Gao Xiujuan, their mother-in-law, never gave them any advice. Yu Rujia never encountered any of the problems that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have to deal with. Such a mother-in-law is worth cherishing.
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