Chapter 75 Do you think I'm up to the task?
Yan Sui's problem was something Peng Xiufang had never considered.
She could sense that there were problems in her marriage with Yan Zhendong, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly what those problems were.
Just like when she first got married, she still had a job.
Not long after they got married, she became pregnant, and Yan Zhendong immediately asked her to quit her job and return to the village to prepare for childbirth.
She was unwilling, so Yan Zhendong said, "Which woman isn't like this? You're told to enjoy yourself at home and you still won't accept it. You don't know what's good for you."
He's right, everyone is like that.
When the child got a little older, she wanted to go out to work, but Yan Zhendong objected again.
Not long after, she became pregnant with her second child.
When the second child grew up and she brought up the topic of work again, he said, "At your age, you're already out of touch with society. No one will hire you if you go out to work. Isn't it better to stay at home and live a comfortable life? Why do you have to go out and be bossed around by others?"
Yan Zhendong has always been like this.
She wanted to get a cell phone, and he would say, "You're just a young person, what do you need a cell phone for? You'll never learn how to use it anyway."
She wanted to open a bank account, and he would say, "You don't have a salary, why do you need a bank account? Learning to shop online is a waste of money."
If she wanted to go to the city, he would say, "The countryside is so big, isn't it enough for you to explore? I think you're just vain."
Until she became numb to it, these words were deeply etched into her mind.
She can't, she won't, she can't.
But why is it possible for him?
Peng Xiufang nervously clenched her fingers. "Yan Sui, do you think I can do it?"
Why not?
Because of Yan Sui's words, Peng Xiufang made up her mind to take her ID card and go to town with her to buy a mobile phone.
She didn't choose anything too expensive, and bought a smartphone priced around 1,000 yuan.
I inserted the SIM card and saved Yan Sui's number.
"How about we give it a try?" Yan Sui asked.
"Try what?"
"Make a phone call."
Peng Xiufang asked hesitantly, "Now?"
"Okay, do as I taught you, dial my number, and I'll go outside and wait for your call."
After saying that, Yan Sui walked out.
After waiting for a while, she received a call from Peng Xiufang.
"Auntie, can you hear me?"
"I can hear you, I can hear you!"
Peng Xiufang's excited voice was quite loud, and Yan Sui could hear it from outside.
"Okay, then come out now. Let's go open a bank account while it's still early."
When Peng Xiufang ran out, her eyes were red.
"Yan Sui, actually this phone isn't that difficult to make."
"It's not difficult. It's just a tool. It was designed to make things convenient for people. How difficult could it be?"
Peng Xiufang's expression darkened, as if she had thought of something.
"Yeah, how difficult could it be?"
After her two sons grew up, she thought about buying a cell phone so they could teach her how to use it.
However, their rhetoric was exactly the same as Yan Zhendong's.
"Smartphones are so complex and difficult, Mom, don't bother trying, you won't be able to learn it."
Yan Sui was the first person to tell her that it was "not difficult".
She had initially thought of calling her two sons, but now that thought had faded considerably.
Never mind, let's get a bank card first.
The bank was a place she had never dared to enter before.
The place looked very upscale, but she couldn't help feeling intimidated as soon as she entered.
To her surprise, the uniformed staff didn't look down on her at all.
He held her hand gently and smiled as he showed her how to open a bank account.
In a daze, she remembered what Yan Zhendong had said.
He said there are conditions for opening a bank account, and the bank won't open one for someone like her who has no job and no income.
But now, she is actually holding this bank card that belongs to her name.
"This is your account. Remember your password and don't tell anyone. If you want to withdraw money but don't want to go inside to get a number and wait in line, you can withdraw it from the ATM at the entrance."
Yan Sui transferred 1,000 yuan to her account as an advance on her salary.
"Auntie, would you like me to teach you how to withdraw money?"
Peng Xiufang stammered, "I don't want to take it out. I see that many people nowadays just tap their phones to buy things."
Yan Sui nodded. "It's okay, I'll teach you how to retrieve it first, and then you can deposit it back."
It was done in one go.
Peng Xiufang withdrew 500 yuan and then deposited it back in.
He exclaimed, "This is so convenient!"
Next, Yan Sui took her to the supermarket and let her experience what it's like to pay with her phone.
I also helped her download the Peach App and taught her how to shop online.
"However, don't be greedy for cheap deals; buy what you need. Of course, if you buy something of poor quality online, you can return it. But you can't return clothes that have been washed and worn; that's unethical."
After working for so long, Peng Xiufang signed her name on the contract.
She will have a formal job from now on.
Peng Xiufang was particularly excited when she got home with her employment contract. After sitting down, she started fiddling with her phone.
She took out her phone book and saved all the people she knew in it.
"Sister-in-law, this is Xiufang. I just bought a new phone. Please save this number."
"Dad, it's me, Xiufang..."
"Aunt Meihua..."
When Zhao Chunrong returned home in a huff and puff, her eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw her new phone.
"Why did you buy a cell phone?!"
Peng Xiufang immediately put her phone away, saying, "I bought the phone with my own money; it's none of your business."
"How can it not be related! You're spending my son's money, which is all my son's retirement money!" Zhao Chunrong's voice was high-pitched and shrill.
Peng Xiufang flinched, but she still retorted in a trembling voice, "You, you're talking nonsense! Your son has never sent you any retirement money! He's only given me eight hundred a month since two years ago, and it's still eight hundred now!"
Two years ago, her second child went to university.
He said the child's living expenses would be transferred directly to her without going through her.
He said money was hard to earn these days, so he reduced her allowance from three thousand to eight hundred. She didn't dare say anything, but she was struggling to make ends meet.
After Zhao Chunrong was sent over by Yan Jiang, she mentioned to Yan Zhendong that she asked him to send his pension home.
But he only said he would send the person back, and then said nothing more.
Zhao Chunrong angrily pointed at her and yelled, "How could my son not send money for his retirement? You must have hidden the money!"
"Then go ask your son! Ask him if any of the 800 yuan he sends back every month is your retirement money! Also, I'm not spending your son's money. Yan Sui said we're husband and wife, and the money he earns is our joint property, including a portion of mine!"
"What marital property? Yan Sui is a troublemaker. She can't stand to see you living a peaceful life and always has to cause trouble for our family!"
Seeing that she was unyielding, Peng Xiufang turned and left without arguing with her.
Reasoning with Zhao Chunrong won't work; she's best at making unreasonable demands.
Zhao Chunrong was furious. "You just wait, I'm calling the second brother right now and he'll teach you a lesson."
Peng Xiufang didn't even turn her head. "Go ahead and hit me. I'll wait for him to come back and teach me a lesson."
Yan Zhendong not only ignored her, but also disliked talking to his own mother.
He probably wouldn't even want to answer the phone when Zhao Chunrong calls.
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