Although Liang Meifen was so upset that she almost fainted, Zhuang Zhiyuan was not unhappy at all. He was a real man, and he was concerned about national affairs, so such trivial matters of the empress and mother-in-law were not in his sight.
He did have more money in his hands, but he had to hand it over before, so he could only keep three dollars to spend on social interactions.
But now it is different. He earns 35 yuan a month. Because he runs long-distance trains on the Guangdong line, he also gets an extra travel allowance, which is almost 40 yuan a month. After paying 10 yuan for living expenses, he still gets 30 yuan.
As for his wife not having money... Zhuang Zhiyuan thought it was good that she didn't have any money. With this woman, she could help her family. Her brother only knew how to borrow money and never paid it back. Zhuang Zhiyuan didn't like him very much.
So he was not unhappy about this meeting.
Seeing his wife wiping away tears, he even said something else: "Don't let your brother come to our house again in the future."
Leung Mei-fun covered her mouth and burst into tears.
Why can't these people understand her? The third brother and his wife are both working, why can't they take out money for everyone to spend together? Her brother is in such a difficult situation, is it wrong for her to help him? She only has this one brother, sob~ Leung Mei-fun felt so uncomfortable, miserable and uncomfortable, she felt like her heart was soaked in a bitter gourd pond, full of bitterness, from the inside out.
Compared to the crying of the first wife, the couple of the third wife were quite happy. As Zhao Guihua said, young people, who doesn't want to keep their own money? Mingmei was sitting cross-legged on the bed, discussing important matters with her husband.
Mingmei: "Who manages the money between your parents?"
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows: "Do you still need to ask this? You can tell my mother by just one look. My father has no status at home."
Mingmei nodded seriously and then said, "In my family, my parents and my mother are also in charge of the money."
She raised her chin and looked at Zhuang Zhixi.
Zhuang Zhixi: "So?"
Mingmei's face turned slightly red, but she still said crisply: "Your parents and my parents are both managed by women, which shows that if a family wants to be prosperous, it must be managed by women. We two want to continue the fine traditions of our two elders."
After a pause, she smiled sweetly and said, "For both of us, I will be in charge of the money!"
Zhuang Zhixi suppressed his laughter and asked, "Is this your summary?"
Mingmei held her head high and said, "Of course."
She narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Zhuang Zhixi, and asked, "Why? You don't want to? You don't want to carry forward the fine traditions?"
She began to clench her fists.
Zhuang Zhixi: “…”
That's it. It's obvious that you want to "negotiate" but failed, so you resort to violence.
As for him, he was a man who knew the times and acted accordingly. He immediately said with a smile, "Of course we should carry forward the fine tradition. My dear, my monthly salary is 28.5 yuan. I will give 10 yuan to my mother, and the remaining 18.5 yuan will be used as pocket money for me."
He glanced at his crackling fists and quickly explained, "When a man is out, sometimes he has to deal with people. If he doesn't have any money, it's actually not convenient. Isn't that right?"
Mingmei thought about it, nodded, and asked, "How much pocket money does your father have?"
Zhuang Zhixi: “………………”
This question stumped him.
Silence, there is endless silence here.
Mingmei was puzzled: "What???"
Zhuang Zhixi said with difficulty: "He...didn't."
At this moment, Mingmei was silent. She coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Then, follow my dad. My dad makes five dollars a month. Oh, no, you can't compare with my dad. My dad has to go out of town by car. He really can't be without money. It's different for you. Five dollars is enough for a person's living expenses for a month..."
Mingmei hesitated.
Zhuang Zhixi immediately said, "Wife, my dear wife, just give me five dollars. I promise not to spend money recklessly. If I save some money, we can go out for dinner and a movie together. Otherwise, life will be so boring. Don't you think so?"
Seeing Mingmei wavering, he continued: "My salary will definitely increase. Even if it increases in the future, I only want five dollars, and I will never ask for more."
Mingmei blinked and said, "Okay, then."
Zhuang Zhixi finally breathed a sigh of relief. The money he got was more than when his mother was in charge. When his mother was in charge, he only had three yuan, but now it has increased to five yuan. Zhuang Zhixi was very satisfied. He asked curiously: "Wife, how much do you earn?"
Mingmei looked at Zhuang Zhixi in surprise. After a long while, she sighed and said, "Are you stupid? You married me without knowing anything about me."
I don’t know that she knows Kung Fu, and I don’t know how much money she makes…
Zhuang Zhixi: "You are good-looking."
He said sincerely: "I have never seen anyone prettier than you in my life, so of course I am happy to do it."
Mingmei: “Huh.”
But she wasn't unhappy.
She also liked his good looks. They were both the same, so there was no point in criticizing each other.
She said, "Well, although I don't know how much you know about me, I still want to tell you about my situation in detail, you idiot."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled: "I'm all ears."
Mingmei: "We bus conductors are paid a service salary, and our monthly salary is 31.5 yuan now."
Zhuang Zhixi: “More than me.”
Zhuang Zhixi approached Mingmei mysteriously and said, "How much savings do you have? Tell me about it."
Mingmei raised her eyebrows and snorted, "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about. It's not that serious yet."
Zhuang Zhixi burst out laughing and said, "Not to that extent? Why do I feel like we are quite close?" Seeing his young wife blushing, he immediately turned into a big wolf dog and pounced on her, saying, "Now let me let you feel my passion for you..."
Mingmei was held down by him and laughed softly, "Well, what are you doing?"
"Guess what? Come, I'll help you take off your clothes..."
"What are you doing? I don't need you. Hey, hey, hey, don't bite my ear..." Mingmei's voice soon became quiet. In such a cold winter, she had to do something warm, right? After a while, the bed creaked...
Today is the Zhuang family's family meeting. Zhuang Zhiyuan and his wife are the same, Zhuang Zhixi and his wife are the same. The old couple also sit cross-legged on the kang and chat. There are three rooms in their house, but only theirs has a kang, and it is warm.
Young people just don’t understand the benefits of kang.
Zhuang Laonian sat on the warm kang, savoring the fish he had tonight. He thought it was really delicious, but he also said, "How can we celebrate the New Year if we eat like this?"
Zhao Guihua had already made a plan. She said, "I have saved some money. I plan to go to the black market and have a look."
This really scared Zhuang Laonian. He quickly said, "No, no, this is too unsafe. This black market is not a place for honest people like us to go. If we get caught..."
Zhao Guihua rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't worry about this. I know what's going on. I'm not a fool."
Zhuang Laonian: "Hey, this..."
Zhao Guihua comforted her husband: "You are the only honest person. In our courtyard, who wants to eat something good without thinking of ways? How much is the good stuff just according to the quota? Who doesn't go? We don't have to be too honest. Honest people will suffer losses wherever they go. They can't even eat hot shit."
Zhuang Laonian: "...That's true, but I don't really want to eat it."
Zhao Guihua: “…”
She glared at him and said, "You are just trying to argue, aren't you?"
Zhuang Laonian immediately bowed and begged for mercy. Zhao Guihua snorted and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to the river first. If I can catch some fish, I won't go to the black market. If I can't catch any, we'll talk about it later. Anyway, there's still half a month before the Chinese New Year."
"Fishing?" Zhuang Laonian looked at his old woman and thought she was really good at bragging.
They have been married for thirty years and he still doesn't know her? She has never learned how to fish.
Zhao Guihua knew what the old man was thinking at a glance. She said, "What do you mean? Do you look down on me? Do you look down on me?"
Zhuang Laonian quickly apologized: "No, no, I don't have the courage to do that."
Zhuang Guihua snorted and said, "Just wait and see."
Zhuang Lao Ni laughed quietly, not daring to laugh loudly, for fear that the old woman would say he was making fun of others. But after laughing enough, he said, "Guihua, I think the eldest brother's wife is not happy about this matter."
"Bah, she still has the nerve to be so unkind? I didn't explain it clearly today because I was giving her face. Today, the third brother and his wife are both here. When you all go to work tomorrow, I will definitely talk to her again. Don't think I am partial to the third brother. I am impartial enough. Let's talk about the eldest brother and his wife. They were high school classmates. They fell in love and wanted to be together. They wanted to get married as soon as they graduated. At that time, both of them had just started working and earned little money. Don't look at the eldest brother's salary now, which is nearly 40, but when he was not a regular employee in the first year, he only earned 100 yuan. Thirteen, his wife also gets a dozen yuan, and she has to give half to her parents, and she has to keep a few yuan for herself as a favor. In the past few years, how much did she give me a month? Only three or four yuan, and the couple only got a dozen yuan. But don’t forget, they got married right after graduation, and we don’t need a cabinet or bed at home? Even so, her parents asked for thirty yuan as a betrothal gift. That was seven years ago, and other families asked for fifteen or twenty yuan, so we gave it, right? Later, their salary increased a little bit, but we have to say that she gave birth to a child in the first year of marriage. She had a baby, and then gave birth to another one two years later. Doesn’t it cost money to raise a child? When she gave birth to Xiaoyanzi, her milk was not good, and we saved money to buy the milk powder. Over the years, the money they paid was not enough for their own expenses. Now she is still trying to trick me like this, can I spoil her? I am being very kind and giving her face now. She shouldn’t say that when she came into the family, her younger brother and sister were still in school, that was not her support, it was because you have a good salary. Besides, I supported the eldest child until he graduated from high school, so there is no reason to favor the second and third children. Let’s talk about the third child. The eldest child graduated that year. Marriage, but it's not a few years ago. Now marriage is strictly controlled and you have to be of age. The third child graduated from high school and went to the factory clinic. He has been working there for three years. He has also handed over all the money he earned in these three years. Even if he didn't earn much at the beginning, he is a person and he has nothing left. In the end, the third child didn't take advantage of the couple. You know the third child, he is a monkey if he gets in the way, and he has many tricks like a sieve. He didn't make a fuss in these three years because he didn't get married. If he got married, we would still do it the same way as before. Do you think he would make a fuss? "
Zhao Guihua was talking like a machine gun, bang bang bang, and Zhuang Laonian was confused, but after thinking about it, he felt that what the old lady said was right. He nodded hurriedly and said, "You are right, this is the situation."
Zhao Guihua: "No, I am not an ordinary person now. Tomorrow you will tell the eldest brother about what I said, and I will tell the eldest brother's wife. No matter what, they must know what is going on. If they feel that they have suffered a loss by making trouble for me, then get out of here, I will not support them anymore."
Zhuang Laonian hurriedly said, "Not really."
"Of course not! If they make me unhappy, I will make them unhappy!"
Zhuang Laonian chuckled and said, "You really have some momentum."
Zhao Guihua smiled: "Of course not!"
The old couple was harmonious, but the protagonist they were talking about, Priscilla Chan, was still crying softly and sadly. She had been crying since she returned to the house, and she had been crying for more than an hour.
Zhuang Zhiyuan couldn't help it and asked, "Are you done yet?"
Liang Meifen bit her lip, her eyes blurred with tears. Seeing that Zhuang Zhiyuan's face looked bad, she wiped away her tears forcefully.
Zhuang Zhiyuan sighed and sat up, saying, "You can't do this. If you cry like this, your parents will think you have objections to their decision. We have no objections, so how can we let people misunderstand us? As a family, harmony is the most important thing!"
Liang Meifen: "......???" How come she has no objection? Does she have any? She has no reason to say it! Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Okay, stop crying and go to sleep."
Liang Meifen was furious and felt that her life was so difficult. Being a woman was difficult, and her life was even more difficult.
She wiped her tears and said, "Then I'm going to the bathroom."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "It's so cold, isn't there a spittoon?"
Priscilla Leung: "I'm going to the big one."
She put on her cotton jacket and went out quickly, feeling that she could no longer hide the sadness in her heart. She opened the gate and ran to the toilet at the entrance of the alley.
As soon as I got there, I couldn't hold it in any longer and started crying.
Oh my God! Her life is so miserable!
Wuuwuwu~~~ At the same time, a drunkard squatting in the men's restroom heard a faint cry and trembled with fear, covering his mouth and not daring to make a sound: Oh my god, it's haunted!!! Can't make a sound, or I'll be eaten! A scary female ghost!
(End of this chapter)
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