Cheng Fugui snorted and walked away. Cheng Zhenbao hurried to follow him to light the fire and wash the vegetables.
In this family, his father is at the bottom, so he is at the bottom.
"Pearl, come here." After sending her husband and son away, Zhao Fangrui pulled her daughter to the bed and talked to her in private.
Cheng Zhenyu immediately sat down on the right side of the bed and took up a seat.
Wang Xiaomei took a look and felt that she should not stay here and disturb the conversation between mother and daughter, so she opened the door and prepared to go out.
"Xiaomei, you should stay here too. Let's talk together." Zhao Fangrui called out to her very sensible daughter-in-law.
"Okay." Wang Xiaomei found a chair and sat down.
"Zhenzhu, tell me about your days over there..." Zhao Fangrui looked at her daughter who was still calm, and finally realized what was different.
This girl of hers had a twisted personality, easily keeping things to herself, not liking to laugh or talk, and would just hide away when encountering something. But the girl who appeared before her now was not like that.
Although his speech was a little rusty, he was still able to talk and laugh, and didn't look like he had just experienced a big event...
"It's by the sea, and the weather is nice. If you want to eat fish, go catch fish. If you want to catch crabs, go catch crabs..."
"Don't just say good things." Zhao Fangrui interrupted her daughter.
Zhang Siyu lowered her eyes, then raised them again with a serious look, "Mom, actually when Aiqing just left, I was really depressed for a while, and the kids became more and more depressed.
But one day, I suddenly figured it out. Aiqing was gone, and there was no way I could bring him back to life. Why should I act like that? I still have a few children, and I have to live a good life...”
"We have to live a good life. Zhenzhu, I'm really happy that you think this way." Zhao Fangrui looked at her second daughter, who looked much more vicissitudes of life but had a firm gaze, and felt relieved and distressed.
Her daughter has really grown up and her personality has become more mature...
"So you're taking care of the baby, so it's inconvenient for you to go out and do things. Now you're relying on Aiqing's eight dollars a month to make ends meet?"
This is what Zhao Fangrui wants to ask most.
Zhang Siyu had already made up her mind about this. "Mom, don't worry about that. The monthly allowance of eight yuan is enough for a month if you plan carefully. Besides, Aiqing and I have saved quite a bit of money."
Zhao Fangrui: "No matter how much more, how much can be saved?"
"Yes, big sister, don't be so generous when you are poor. Take back all the candies and biscuits you brought me this time. I don't need yours. I can buy them myself anytime." Cheng Zhenyu interrupted.
"Six hundred." Zhang Siyu said calmly.
Wang Xiaomei was very surprised to hear this number.
"Six hundred? Don't lie to me." Zhao Fangrui's face was full of disbelief.
Cheng Zhenyu's eyes widened. She and Zhao Jiawang received monthly salaries, but after all these years, they had never seen such a huge amount of money!
"Mom, Aiqing was separated when he was ten years old. He was very capable and frugal since he was young, so he could save a lot of money every year. When we got married, he had 300 yuan in his hand, and he saved some more after we got married."
Peng Aiqing did have 300 yuan when she got married. But Cheng Zhenzhu went to the hospital twice, and then her third child was born weak. She had to go to the hospital several times, and she had very little money left...
"Sister, we're all family, you don't have to try to save face in front of us. I have a classmate of a classmate whose sister went to work in the queue. She works from morning till night every day, but she can't save much money all year round.
Your little island has nothing. Saving twenty or thirty dollars a year is the best you can do! I know that very well.” Cheng Zhenyu was very suspicious that her elder sister had lied.
"Sister, fish is meat after all." Zhang Siyu said calmly, "We have fewer people, but abundant fish. We're still better off than those who earn work points."
"Rou Rou, so chewy~" Peng Sandiao opened his little mouth and started talking, but his voice was too soft and no one paid any attention to him at all.
Zhao Fangrui nodded. Actually, this situation made sense. And Zhenzhu had always been a good saver...
If that's the case, then her second aunt is quite good at saving money! Wang Xiaomei couldn't help but ponder.
She and Zhenbao both earn a regular salary, and the money she has saved is only about a thousand yuan. Furthermore, they live and eat with their parents-in-law, saving a lot of money...
Cheng Zhenyu: "I don't believe it. Don't you spend any money all year round?"
Zhang Siyu smiled and said, "As for spending money, we generally don't have much. If we want to eat fish, we just catch them from the water."
"Why don't you care about your sister?" Zhao Fangrui saw her eldest daughter squinting her eyes and poked her head.
"How could I not be thinking of her? Wasn't I just demonstrating the actual situation?" Cheng Zhenyu disagreed.
If her sister gets better, she won't need her parents' help anymore. She would be happy!
"In the final analysis, it's because you don't know how to save money. You and Jiawang each receive a few dozen yuan a month. If you plan your spending carefully, you can save up to one or two thousand yuan, not to mention six hundred."
Zhao Fangrui had always thought that her eldest daughter was extravagant with her money, and now with the comparison of her second daughter, she couldn't help but lecture her eldest daughter again.
"The money was gone after I spent it, and I didn't buy anything." Cheng Zhenyu was also a little depressed.
She and Zhao Jiawang now make a combined 40-plus yuan a month. It used to be less, but still around 20-plus yuan. If they had to save that much, how much would that be?
"Then where did our family's money go?" Cheng Zhenyu asked her mother with a confused look.
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