Chapter 289: No Hardship
"Ah, what's going on, Chunfeng, tell us quickly before Dongmei comes back." Li Shuangxi, who had been listening silently on the side, urged hurriedly.
"Wow, when did you come? You scared me." Zhao Chunfeng jumped to the side and covered his chest.
"Hey, I'm always here. Come on, Dongmei will be back soon."
Seeing that they were all curious, Zhao Chunfeng pulled a chair and sat down facing the door, whispering, "My house is next to Dongmei's. Her son came home last month and said that his wife couldn't stand the heat, so he wanted to take the second-hand electric fan from Dongmei's house. I remember that the fan was picked up by Dongmei's husband from the scrap yard himself."
"Oh, no wonder Dongmei wants to buy an electric fan." Li Shuangxi nodded thoughtfully.
Jiang Xinbai frowned and asked, "Sister Zhao, didn't you say that Sister Xu's son has a high salary? Then why didn't he even leave a fan for me?"
"Yes, she said it herself. She said her son's monthly salary is more than 300 yuan, and sometimes he can make 400 or 500 yuan if he works overtime! I didn't make this up. We have all heard her say this in our area."
You know what, Zhao Chunfeng envied Xu Dongmei for raising a good son at that time, but now she doesn’t think so. It’s obvious that it’s nothing to do with Xu Dongmei as long as she can raise her son well.
"Wow, three to four hundred, four to five hundred a month, that's a lot. Even if my daughter-in-law doesn't work, it's enough for her to spend. Why is Xu Dongmei subsidizing me? She's making our life so tight." Li Shuangxi didn't understand Xu Dongmei's thoughts.
"Yes, but she insisted that her son was under a lot of pressure because his daughter-in-law didn't work. Anyway, you can't make her understand clearly. And, let me tell you in secret, my daughter's in-laws' house is in the same community as Dongmei's son's house. She said that she saw Dongmei's daughter-in-law's parents living with them now!" After Zhao Chunfeng finished speaking, he winked at Jiang Xinbai and the others.
"Wow, so, this means that Dongmei's son supports his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and leaves his own mother aside?" Li Shuangxi covered his mouth in surprise.
Jiang Xinbai had a different opinion. "That's not necessary. Didn't they say that Sister Xu's daughter-in-law is pregnant? Her parents should be here to take care of her."
"Yes, that's what she said, but which mother-in-law can bear this? She works so hard here and earns money to support her son and his mother-in-law in their old age. How can she feel good about it?" Zhao Chunfeng thought to herself. She couldn't accept it anyway.
Li Shuangxi also nodded. "Yes, if it were me, I would definitely scold my son. But since Dongmei's son took away the electric fan, he doesn't have any filial piety towards his mother."
Jiang Xinbai also put herself in their shoes and thought about it. If Jiabao and Jiadong got married in the future and used her hard-earned money to support their wives and their families, she would not feel very happy about it.
"Well, that's why I just advised Dongmei that her husband has passed away, so she should take care of herself first. I don't think she can rely on her son. Some men will forget their mothers after they get married. Hehe, don't we know this?" Zhao Chunfeng said and winked at Li Shuangxi.
Li Shuangxi waved his hand and explained quickly: "My situation is different. It's because my parents-in-law are not human beings. They are too biased towards the older and the younger. The old man in my family is the one who suffers the most. If I hadn't been in control of the family, we would have starved to death a long time ago."
"Hey, what are you talking about? Okay, stop talking. Dongmei is back." Zhao Chunfeng, who had been staring at the door, was about to say something when he saw Xu Dongmei running in the distance, and quickly stopped talking.
As soon as Xu Dongmei came in, she gushed over several glasses of water and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I was sweating profusely while squatting in the toilet. It was so hot that I was dying."
"Dongmei, did you have an upset stomach? I saw you go to the bathroom several times today. Did you have an upset stomach?"
Zhao Chunfeng suspected that Xu Dongmei ate spoiled food in order to save money, which was something Xu Dongmei had done before.
"That's right, Dongmei, the weather is hot now, so don't eat food that has been left overnight, so as to avoid getting sick." Li Shuangxi also advised.
Xu Dongmei waved her hands and said indifferently, "How can it be so fragile? When it was out of food, it even ate tree bark. It's a pity to throw away the good food. It's okay."
"Then why don't you just make less at a time and eat fresh ones?"
"Hey, my son came over the day before yesterday, so I made some extra. We ate it in the store these days. Last night, I was hungry when I got home, and I thought it would be a pity to throw it away, so I just heated it up and ate it. It's okay. I'll just go to the toilet a few times and it will be fine."
Zhao Chunfeng winked at Jiang Xinbai and said, "See, I told you that you can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep! People know that they will get a stomachache, but they just won't change."
Jiang Xinbai pretended not to notice Zhao Chunfeng's actions, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, take a rest and get ready, the guests will be here soon."
"Okay, let's get to work!"
The next morning, Jiang Xinbai first went to a printing shop and spent a few dollars to print out a few house rental notices, which he posted one by one downstairs of the rental building. When he got to the store, he thought for a while and took out another one and posted it at the door of the store, thinking that there were many people here and maybe someone wanted to rent a house.
Just as it was posted, before Jiang Xinbai could even drink a sip of water, someone came to ask.
"Madam, do you have a house for rent?" asked a middle-aged woman, pointing at the rental notice on the wall.
Jiang Xinbai looked her up and down, then nodded and replied, "Yes, but not here. It's over at the garment factory. It's a newly built six-story building. It's painted white inside and very bright. There are electric fans too. The environment is much better than those shabby houses."
The middle-aged woman, Zhang Ru, felt unsure when she heard Jiang Xinbai say that. She asked hesitantly, "How much is the rent per month?"
Jiang Xinbai smiled and replied, "It depends on how big a room you want to rent. If it's a 50-square-meter apartment, it'll be 75 yuan a month. Hey, don't frown. My apartment has three rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom, which is a toilet. It's so convenient! I know it's hot in the summer, so I also equipped it with a ceiling fan, which cost me 200 yuan! Do you think 75 yuan a month is expensive for a house like this?"
Zhang Ru nodded reluctantly, "Boss, your house is pretty good, but seventy-five a month is too expensive for me..."
"Hey, if you don't want a big one, there are small ones. The middle one is small, one room is 26, and it also has a kitchen and a bathroom. It's up to you to choose. Besides, you should have asked around. The single rooms without kitchens and bathrooms around here are all rented for 22 or 25. The price of my good house is very cost-effective."
"I haven't asked other families yet. How do I know if you are lying to me?"
Zhang Ru looked at Jiang Xinbai with some suspicion, thinking that the rent in Shenzhen has already risen so high. Didn’t her cousin say that her rent is only 28 yuan a month? Why is it so expensive here?
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