Although he said that he would not cause trouble to Liangxi, how could that be possible in reality?
With a six-month-old belly, Yang Huizhen was inconvenienced. Furthermore, the town hospital's poor medical conditions made them uneasy. So the couple chose a hospital in the city.
It takes more than two hours to get from the town to the city. Yang Huizhen is prone to motion sickness, and as the number of prenatal checkups becomes more and more frequent, she can no longer bear it.
The down payment for the Liangxi couple's wedding house was half each. Although their daughter was married off, they added some money from the betrothal gift for their daughter to take to her in-laws' home, and finally used it all to decorate the house.
It can be said that when their daughter was married off, they didn't ask the man's family for a penny, but instead subsidized hundreds of thousands of yuan. They also paid for the house, so of course they could live in it! So, Yang Huizhen directly moved into the couple's new house.
After their son was weaned, Liang Xi and his wife moved to their new house. The old house where Lu Guozhong and his wife lived was not far from the new house, only a ten-minute drive away.
On ordinary weekdays, before going to work in the morning, Liang Xi and his wife take turns sending their child to her mother-in-law Zhou Xia. In the evening, the couple have dinner at the old couple's house and then take their child back to their new home.
The days are very pleasant and relaxing.
But as soon as Yang Huizhen moved in, life became chaos.
That was fine during the summer vacation, Liang Xi could handle it.
But after work, he couldn't take Yang Huizhen to his parents-in-law's house for dinner, could he? He could only buy the groceries early in the morning and prepare them in advance, so Yang Huizhen could just throw something together for lunch. In the evening, he would hurriedly cook after work, and Lu Jun would go pick up the children.
There were a lot of extra housework for no reason, and the weekend parent-child time was disrupted.
Moreover, it is always uncomfortable for a son-in-law to live with his mother-in-law. Lu Jun was very dissatisfied, but as a junior, he could not say anything to his mother-in-law Yang Huizhen, so he could only close the door and vent his anger on Liang Xi. The young couple had a lot of conflicts because of Yang Huizhen.
Living under the same roof, life is full of bumps.
In short, because of Yang Huizhen's arrival, the originally comfortable days were no longer comfortable at all and turned into a mess.
But what to do?
After all, she is my mother, I can't just leave her alone.
And just like that, after many setbacks, the due date finally arrived.
Yang Huizhen was admitted to the hospital and gave birth to a son by caesarean section, and Liang Xi had a younger brother.
Although Yang Huizhen's prenatal examination reports were all good, she was an elderly mother after all. Although the child was born without any major problems, he was like a premature baby, congenitally weak, and could only be placed in an incubator.
Liang Youyi had to go to work, and the town was far away from the hospital, so he couldn't take care of so many people. Besides, there was no one at home to take care of them, so Yang Huizhen simply stayed in the hospital to recuperate after giving birth.
Although we hired a nurse, the nurses in the hospital sometimes have to take on two or even three jobs at a time, taking care of two or three people at the same time, and they are not as meticulous in all aspects.
There was no other way, Liang Xi could only rush to the hospital as soon as he got off work and punch in at the hospital every day. It was the final exam time at that time, and Liang Xi was so busy that he was exhausted.
Liang Xi finally felt a little relieved after the winter vacation finally arrived.
The more they went to the hospital, the more dissatisfied the in-laws were with the decision to have a second child.
After many setbacks, I stayed in the hospital for nearly two months. The expenses during this period, excluding the medical insurance subsidy, plus the various daily necessities and milk powder for the child, amounted to nearly 100,000 yuan at my own expense.
After spending a lot of money, the baby finally came out of the incubator and grew up to be plump and white. Yang Huizhen also passed the confinement period.
Winter vacation was drawing to a close, and after sending her parents back to town, Liang Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, her life finally returning to normal. School was about to start, and she began to get busy.
The Liang family's elderly couple were overjoyed to have a son in their old age, but problems arose as soon as they returned home.
The Liang family adhered to the principle of men working outside the home and women taking care of the household. Liang Youyi was solely responsible for earning money, while Yang Huizhen took care of the household chores. Under these circumstances, Liang Youyi lived like a typical "old man" in daily life. Washing and cooking were out of the question. Even at his age, he had never even been to the market. While Yang Huizhen was giving birth, Liang Youyi, left without a caregiver, moved directly to his parents' home in the countryside.
Although Liang Youyi has an easy job and relatively free time, it is completely impossible for him to help with housework. The most he can do is look after the children.
Liang Youyi's mother is 75 years old. Although she is in good health and has no problem doing laundry and cooking, it is obviously impossible to ask her to help take care of her.
Yang Huizhen simply cannot handle both housework and childcare on her own, so hiring a nanny is imperative.
At the beginning, Yang Huizhen asked her unemployed sister Yang Shufen to help. Expenses were calculated separately, and she was paid 3,000 yuan per month, which was considered cheap.
But my sister is a relative after all. Unlike a nanny, she doesn't just do whatever the owner says. My sister has her own ideas. And if she does something wrong, Yang Huizhen can't say much because of their relationship.
Of course, this was a minor issue that could be tolerated, but the problem was that the child had a weak constitution, and Yang Shufen followed the older generation's way of raising children, which was rough and sloppy. So the child would get sick every few days.
Whenever the child falls ill, he or she can only go to the big hospital in the city.
After several rounds of trouble, the old couple couldn't bear it anymore. When the child fell ill, they were so tired that they felt like they had lost their life, so they could only call their daughter to take care of the child again.
After three or five times of this, Liang Xi couldn't stand it anymore and strongly suggested that her parents hire a nanny.
Children with good physical fitness can grow up healthily even if they are a little careless, but the key is that this younger brother is weak, so he can only be handed over to professionals.
Liang Xi took her parents to an agency and was stunned by the price of a nanny. A nanny who only did laundry, cooking, and housework would cost over 3,000 yuan, and a live-in nanny would cost no less than 6,000 yuan. A live-in nanny who took care of the child would cost over 10,000 yuan, and that didn't include housework.
Although they felt sorry for the money, for the sake of their child, they gritted their teeth and hired a live-in nanny with a monthly salary of 12,000 yuan.
After sending his parents off exhausted both physically and mentally, Liang Xi thought that there should be no problem now. However, he did not expect that one nanny was not enough!
A nanny is only responsible for the children and doesn't care about anything else, so all the housework falls on Yang Huizhen.
Before giving birth, these housework were nothing to Yang Huizhen, but after all, she had given birth at an advanced age and her health was not as good as before.
Within a month, Yang Huizhen was so exhausted that she was admitted to the hospital.
After the examination, there was no serious problem. It was just that he was old and his body recovered slowly. He needed to pay attention to rest and not overwork.
There was no other choice but to invite their sister Yang Shufen back.
Now, all living expenses reached nearly 30,000 yuan per month. Liang Youyi spent almost all of his salary, leaving not a penny.
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