Chapter 228: Family Affairs
228 Taking care of household affairs
When Shen Yiyi came back from outside, she heard Qin Lie say that Jiang Xiangyi, her eldest sister-in-law, was a minefield for his mother.
But how could she not know?
To her mother-in-law, Jiang Xiangyi = bad luck.
"Are you mad at mom?"
"No, I saw that Mom was getting angry and could no longer control herself, so I quickly brought you out and told Mom about you. When Mom talked about you, she felt relieved."
When the son sees that his daughter-in-law gets along so well with his mother, how can he not be happy?
Not only happy, but also grateful.
He was grateful to his daughter-in-law for helping him to honor his mother, which gave his mother hope for the future.
Shen Yiyi was embarrassed for a moment. When would she be able to use it like this?
The next day was Sunday, and she and Chu Bing both stayed at home to rest.
Although I am busy outside, I will take a break when my children are on vacation and go out for a walk with them.
The two were chatting in the small park.
Chu Bing also talked about something upsetting.
Her mother-in-law actually wants to come and live here!
The excuse is that they want to come over and help take care of the children!
"Take care of the child? Xiaoxi is so old now, does she still need to take care of the child?" Shen Yiyi said.
Chu Bing's face showed her undisguised disgust towards her mother-in-law: "The person I answered the phone when we came back yesterday was her. She said that she was very sad that my child and I didn't go back to my in-laws' house during the Chinese New Year. She knew there was a misunderstanding before, but now that she is older, she has come to her senses and wants to come and help me!"
Chu Bing is a very mature person, but she hates her mother-in-law from the bottom of her heart.
At that time, Gu Yun was serving in the army, and she lived alone in her husband's house.
Gu Yun paid two-thirds of her salary, but in the end she could only drink rice soup, which was almost like water.
Chu Bing was pregnant at the time, how could she bear it? She just ate it herself!
Apart from the five dollars a month pension, don't even think about getting a penny more!
It was because of this that her mother-in-law wanted to stab her with three knives and six holes and hang her upside down on the beam to let her bleed.
The reason why she suffered physical injury from giving birth to a daughter was largely due to her mother-in-law!
Not to mention her mother-in-law, she hates and dislikes everyone else in the Gu family except Gu Yun!
Moreover, she had passed the most difficult time, and her mother-in-law did not lend a hand at that time. But now her daughter has grown up and is in primary school, and her mother-in-law finally said she would come and help take care of the child.
This is a huge joke.
Shen Yiyi: "Have you discussed this with your boss?"
Chu Bing nodded: "He said his mother wanted to increase living expenses."
"Three hundred yuan a year for living expenses, isn't that a lot?" Shen Yiyi said in surprise.
She is so close to Chu Bing, so of course she knows the situation in Gu Yun's family.
Gu Yun's father passed away a few years ago. When he was still alive, he provided them with 300 yuan in pension every year, which was for the two of them.
But after his father passed away, his mother was left alone, but the annual salary remained at 300 yuan.
Everyone's salary has increased this year, but fifty or sixty yuan is still a good salary income.
If it's 300 yuan a year, it means that an ordinary working class person spends almost half of his salary on supporting his elderly parents.
And if she remembered correctly, it seemed that Qin Feng and Jiang Xiangyi only gave Qin's father and mother 200 yuan, and the amount had not increased over the years. But just because of this, Jiang Xiangyi was very dissatisfied.
"Of course it's not a small amount." Chu Bing said, "She came here on purpose to cause trouble. Most likely, it was my sisters-in-law who instigated her to do so. Seeing that my family was getting better, she felt that 300 yuan for living expenses was too little, so she wanted to extort more from us!"
She has three sisters-in-law, each of them has her own plans, but without exception, they all want to get some money from her and Gu Yun!
Shen Yiyi asked: "What does the old customer think?"
This is the key point.
Being a daughter-in-law is not so bad actually, because you have no blood relationship with your mother-in-law. If you hadn’t married your husband, you and your husband would be complete strangers to each other.
"He said he would call me today and reduce my living expenses to 150 yuan a year." Speaking of Gu Yun, Chu Bing's expression looked much better.
When she told Gu Yun about this yesterday, her face didn't look very good.
Gu Yun was not vague and expressed his position directly.
In fact, what Chu Bing didn't know was that when he went back home for the Chinese New Year last year, his mother had already told him that the cost of living would increase.
Appeal to your emotions and reason with her by saying that you are the most promising among your brothers and that mom cannot keep you, but mom also cannot let your brothers take care of her for nothing. If you give mom more money, mom can live a better life.
Gu Yun grew up at home, how could he not know what kind of person his mother is?
At that time, he called his brothers over and asked them if they wanted to come together to work out a support agreement.
In the end, no one was willing and they were all vague.
What a joke, they are not stupid. The money sent back by the second son is more than enough for their old age. They are counting on the old man to give them some extra money.
They all said that they would do their best to take good care of their mother so that he could rest assured.
Gu Yun didn't continue to dwell on this matter.
As a result, he called again to cause this trouble. Gu Yun had no intention of getting used to it, nor did he intend to compromise, even to his mother.
He has never been a mama's boy, otherwise he would not have divided the family business and given the money to Chu Bing to manage on his own.
Shen Yiyi smiled and said, "Your old patron is very knowledgeable. You can save yourself a lot of trouble."
It would be terrible if you met a man who couldn't figure it out.
In fact, it doesn't matter if you give the elderly a little more living expenses. Chu Bing really doesn't need that little money now, but this is something that you can't get used to.
Because what is given now is a lot, and it is definitely enough for the elderly to live comfortably.
But if you still have to ask for living expenses in a roundabout way, this will only whet your appetite if you get used to it.
How much will it be enough? No amount will be enough to fill the hole!
In the end, the money is spent and their appetites are whetted, and then it will be their fault in the end.
Since it is wrong, then from the beginning, just don't get used to it. If you don't get used to it, there won't be so many problems.
At worst, we can just make a fuss. We can make any fuss we want.
Not to mention Chu Bing, Shen Yiyi also had to deal with such troubles.
The Shen family is the best.
Every time she goes back, she has to come over to show her presence. Even if she has made her words so clear and her position so clear, it is as if others don't understand.
You can't beat someone to death with a stick, right? There's nothing you can do about it.
But these are all small matters. They can't affect their mood anyway. They are just for show.
When Qin Lie came back at noon, he said, "Wife, I have a day off tomorrow, do you want to go out for a walk?"
That's certainly good.
While eating, Shen Yiyi said, "Mom, Qin Lie is on vacation tomorrow, shall we go shopping in the city?"
"Mom won't go. You and the third child can take the child." Mother Qin shook her head.
Shen Yiyi didn't force it. If her mother-in-law wanted to go, she would agree. If she didn't want to go, she didn't need to ask any more questions. They were both very direct.
The next day, the family of four went to the city to play for a day.