Chapter 29: From now on, it’s your business
"Sixteen thousand? Are you stupid? How can this house be worth sixteen thousand? Oh, you kid, what can I say to you! Good houses here are only worth this much. Houses like this with broken roof tiles are worth eight or nine hundred at most. You doubled it!" Aunt Chen looked distressed, but her eyes were shining with excitement.
Thinking that Huang Juxiang said she would not come back, when Chen Guohu came out, maybe she had already bought a new house. Then she would move the bed and furniture out and sell the house. Who would care what she said now?
Deng Xiuzhen simply cooperated with Chen's mother and said what she wanted to hear: "It's not because they were injured. I just thought that the house is more expensive. It would be troublesome if they asked me to pay compensation."
"Oh, you silly girl, this is too expensive! You are losing a lot!" Aunt Chen said as she patted Deng Xiuzhen a few times. Suddenly she thought of something and asked, "Is your family rich? Is it profitable to open a shop?" "Well, let alone making money, it's hard to make a living. We have no other choice. Two people work, no one takes care of the children, and we don't know how to do business. We can only try this.
The money for buying the car was borrowed, and people would come to ask for repayment every now and then. I originally thought I could pay back some of it.
I never thought that this would happen. I thought it would be difficult for the mother and son, and I was also in the wrong.
I just gritted my teeth and bought the house." Deng Xiuzhen confided with a sad face.
As Aunt Chen listened, her eyes rolled.
Deng Xiuzhen had a hunch that this matter would spread everywhere here tomorrow.
But she doesn't care, as long as Chen Ma likes to hear it. I hope she can say more of what she wants to hear when she is happy, then it will be perfect.
Deng Xiuzhen poured tea for the master and placed the cup and kettle on the open space in front of the house.
I negotiated with the chef and agreed that the fee would be five dollars per person and they could solve their own food problems, and then I went home to cook.
I talked to Tan Yanlin last night and asked him to come back early. I wanted to talk to her about educating the children, but the children are at home and I couldn’t explain it clearly.
Qin Yanlin thought she was tired or had something to do, so he not only came back early, but also bought some vegetables and was preparing to cook.
Deng Xiuzhen went over to help, and while picking vegetables she said, "Yanlin, let's talk about the child."
"Ah? What's wrong with the child?" Tan Yanlin suddenly became nervous.
"It's not that there's anything wrong with the children. I just think we spoil them too much. They don't want to do anything. It's not good for children to be too lazy. Not only will they not be liked by others when they go out in the future, but they will also not be able to do well."
"Oh, the child is still young. Just don't do it. He will learn it naturally when he grows up." Hearing that the child was fine, Qin Yanlin felt relieved.
"Yanlin, we can't think like that. Wenjing and Wenxin have grown up. When we were younger than them, we could wash dishes, cook, feed pigs and herd cattle. Look at them, they don't make their own beds, fold their clothes, or wash their clothes. Ask them to wash a few dishes, and they always make excuses."
"What's the big deal? It's okay to pamper a girl. Isn't it said that boys should be raised in poverty and girls should be raised in wealth? We should pamper our daughter more, so that she won't be fooled by others for a little benefit in the future.
Wen Yu is a boy, he should be responsible, when he is older, let him do it. "
Listening to Tan Yanlin's words, Deng Xiuzhen was glad that she didn't speak directly yesterday, but thought about communicating with Tan Yanlin first.
Otherwise, with Tan Yanlin's current thinking, if she had spoken rashly yesterday, and Tan Yanlin had said the same thing, how could she teach the children? If the children had the wrong ideas, it would be a bad thing.
"Yanlin, you can't think like that. You know Chen Guohu, right?" Deng Xiuzhen's tone became serious.
Tan Yanlin looked up: "Of course he knows. Wasn't he the one who cheated us out of money? Wasn't he arrested? Why are you talking about him again?"
"He was just spoiled by his father, so he doesn't do his job properly." Deng Xiuzhen was a little annoyed. Tan Yanlin didn't take educating his children seriously. She said so much, but it was like playing the lute to a cow.
"Xiuzhen, don't worry, our child won't do those bad things."
"Girls will have families in the future. They will form families with others and live with others..."
"If my future son-in-law treats them badly, I won't forgive them!" Tan Yanlin interrupted Deng Xiuzhen with gritted teeth.
"Yanlin, do you know Chen Guohu's mother, the woman who hanged herself?"
This time, Tan Yanlin didn't say anything, but just looked up at Deng Xiuzhen.
"His mother used to be a rich lady, pampered by her family, married Chen Guohu's father, and was also held in the palm of his hand, but then Chen Guohu's father passed away. Then she had to learn everything from scratch, and in the end, you saw how she ended up." Deng Xiuzhen did not mention whether the child would be filial in the future. She felt that Qin Yanlin, a child slave, would definitely not care about those things, and using those things to make a point would not work.
Tan Yan lowered his head in silence for a long time before speaking: "Then what do you think is the best way to deal with it?"
"I want to teach the children how to do things and how to be a good person. Just don't spoil them, okay?" Deng Xiuzhen said softly.
"Okay," Tan Yanlin agreed readily.
As they were talking, the children came back.
When he came in and found that there was no food on the table, Wen Yu ran over and asked, "Mom, what are we having for dinner today?"
Wen Jing came over and touched Wen Yu's head and said, "It doesn't matter what you eat. Our parents have worked hard, so we can't be picky about food."
"Yes, Mom and Dad, you have worked hard!" Wen Xin put her schoolbag on the table and turned around to say.
Deng Xiuzhen smiled and said nothing, then turned to the kitchen to serve the food. She looked back and saw that the children were busy with their own things, and no one wanted to come over to help.
After dinner, Deng Xiuzhen asked Wen Jing and Wen Xin to wash the dishes and wipe the table just like yesterday.
Wen Jing and Wen Xin looked at Tan Yanlin together, their expressions and speed were surprisingly consistent.
Qin Yanlin's heart skipped a beat. He didn't care about what Deng Xiuzhen had said to him before, but because he saw that Deng Xiuzhen seemed a little angry, he agreed to listen to her.
But looking at the children's behavior, he really realized the problem: the children never thought about listening to Deng Xiuzhen, let alone doing anything. Instead, they looked at him and expected him to do it. Are they used to him doing things for them? Are they used to their parents doing everything for them?
Thinking of this, Tan Yanlin's face darkened and he said in a cold voice: "Wen Jing and Wen Xin, didn't you hear what your mother told you to do? Hurry up and go!"
Wen Jing pouted, glanced at Tan Yanlin, then turned and walked towards the dining table.
Tan Yanlin saw grievance in her eyes.
Asking her to help with the housework, she actually felt wronged? Tan Yanlin was furious and was about to go up to say something, but was pulled back by Deng Xiuzhen. She turned around and saw Deng Xiuzhen shaking her head at her.
After thinking for a while, Tan Yanlin said to Wen Xin who was still standing still: "Why don't you go? Go quickly! This is your business from now on, you have to take the initiative to do it! Don't let me tell you!"
Then he stood there and watched the two sisters start to clean up the dishes before turning around and walking out. No matter what happened to the children, he still had to earn money to support his family.
Deng Xiuzhen glanced at the two sisters who were dawdling there and looked very aggrieved. She said nothing, turned around and walked to the bed to fold clothes.
She heard the two sisters talking, but their voices were not loud enough to make out clearly.
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