It’s mainly my mother-in-law. She looks strong and healthy and is only in her fifties.
There are also old men and women in the village who are in their eighties or nineties.
When the mother-in-law dies in her eighties, it will take another 20 to 30 years for them to inherit her estate. Doesn't that mean they will have to live a hard life for another 20 to 30 years?
How can this be possible?
"Mom, you also know that the fourth child has been weak since he was young and can't do heavy work. He follows the second and third brothers to work in the sawmill. He is so tired every day that he can't even straighten his back. If he continues to work, he will get sick when he gets old. What shall we do?" The fourth child's wife, Yang Xiaohui, looked at him and started to cry poor.
"Mom, please help the fourth child and find a way for him to survive. Aren't you afraid that Yu Meng will be fatherless if things go on like this?"
When mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying heard this, her face turned dark. Isn’t this a curse for the fourth child to die?
When the third daughter-in-law Zhao Xueyan saw that her brother and sister-in-law were crying poor, she hurriedly said, "Mom, didn't you promise me that you would help me buy a house in the future? Why are you just leaving it alone?"
She really cried: "The third brother is selfish, he only cares about himself, playing cards and drinking over there, he doesn't even spend the little money he earns on me and the children, what's the point of my life?"
Mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying said expressionlessly: "Just follow me and work hard. After a few years, when you buy a house, I will naturally lend you money."
Although the third daughter-in-law, Zhao Xueyan, is not very smart, she can do some work when you ask her to do it. She can also greet guests and cook the most basic meals and serve them to them. She is pretty good.
Unlike the fourth son’s wife, Yang Xiaohui, who is really lazy and doesn’t want to do any work.
"I have built houses for all of you. How you want to live in the future depends on your own abilities," she said.
When the third daughter-in-law Zhao Xueyan heard that as long as she worked honestly, her mother-in-law was willing to lend her money to buy a house, she immediately smiled.
When the fourth daughter-in-law Yang Xiaohui saw this, she hurriedly said, "Mom, I also want to buy a house, can you lend me some money?"
"The third son's wife works for me, why don't you do it for me?" Chen Xiaoying stared at her coldly.
Yang Xiaohui was a little embarrassed: "Mom, isn't Yumeng still young? She just started elementary school."
All in all, the fourth daughter-in-law, Yang Xiaohui, is just lazy, doesn't work, and still wants to get money for free.
"Don't bring up Yumeng. Whoever of you helps me more will be the one I will help more in the future," said mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying.
Seeing that both daughters-in-law were in a bad mood, Chen Xiaoying decided to give them two sweet dates.
"Yujie and Yumeng, you don't have to worry about their tuition fees in the future. You just need to work hard and earn money for yourself." She calculated the bill for them: "Just these, I have given a lot. You can calculate it yourself, how much money will it cost from elementary school to college graduation?"
My son and daughter-in-law are both in their twenties and thirties. Their personalities have already been formed and it’s impossible to pull them out of this situation.
She helped them find wives and have children, and she also built the house she promised to give them, which was equivalent to giving them a home.
She didn't care about anything more. She decided to focus only on her grandchildren's studies in the future.
If the grandchildren study well, graduate from college, have stable jobs and can earn money, then the son and daughter-in-law will be able to rely on them when they get old.
I heard that my mother-in-law is in charge of the children's tuition.
The third son's wife, Zhao Xueyan, hasn't said anything yet. Anyway, her daughter Yujie's tuition has always been paid by her mother-in-law, so she hasn't told the other sisters-in-law about it. She's not stupid.
Now, hearing that she also has to pay for Yu Meng's tuition, she feels a little uncomfortable, but since it's not her money, she lets it go.
The fourth son's wife Yang Xiaohui blurted out: "What about living expenses? When the child goes to junior high school, the weekly living expenses will be quite a lot."
"You have to pay for your own living expenses! Are you good-for-nothings as parents? You don't pay for your children's tuition, and you don't want to pay for their living expenses. I raised my children, but when you are old in the future, will you have the nerve to ask them to support you in your old age?" Chen Xiaoying scolded angrily.
Yang Xiaohui was speechless this time.
Together with the third son’s wife Zhao Xueyan, they both were in the wrong.
Ask around the streets, and ask in the surrounding villages, which grandparents pay for their grandchildren's tuition and living expenses? They will be ashamed if they tell others about it. Their parents are young and strong, but their children are raised by their old mothers. What are they doing?
"Okay, Mom, I'll go back then." The fourth son's wife, Yang Xiaohui, knew when to quit, so she said this and left quickly.
"Mom, I'm going to work too." The third son's wife, Zhao Xueyan, also hurried away.
Chen Xiaoying finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she still felt depressed.
Because the sons she raised were all useless, and the daughters-in-law she married were all cheap and had all kinds of faults. She couldn't find fault with her daughters-in-law, but only blamed her sons for their poor conditions, so he could only marry such daughters-in-law.
Chen Xiaoying places her hopes on her grandchildren.
The breakfast shop usually stops being busy around 10 o'clock in the morning. Zhao Xueyan and Hao Cailing are in charge of the shop, and Chen Xiaoying will ride her bike to check out the new shop, or go to the hot pot restaurant to help look after her granddaughter.
This time, Chen Xiaoying went to Xindian, which was not far from the hospital entrance.
The waiters were also cleaning up the tables and chairs. Some time ago, they all closed and went off work at around ten o'clock. Later, Su Wanping said that there was a large flow of people here, and it would be a pity to not do business for most of the rest of the day and pay rent in vain.
It would be better to steam the buns as usual, put them in the steamer, and sell as many as you can.
Unexpectedly, the business is still good just by selling buns and wontons.
Later they analyzed that most of the customers were from hospitals, and people in hospitals liked to eat light and easy-to-digest food, so their vegetable buns and wontons sold well.
When Chen Xiaoying arrived, Su Wanping was wearing an apron and sitting behind the table making wontons.
"Sister, you're here." Su Wanping greeted with a smile.
Chen Xiaoying sat down. There were three or four other tables of people eating in the restaurant, and some people wanted to take their food away.
"Don't get too tired, let the waiters take care of it." She hired two employees who worked full-time, and her cousin came to help collect money, manage accounts, and look after the store.
She's 51 years old already, and I'm afraid of tiring her out.
Su Wanping shook her head: "Not tired, what's there to be tired of."
That's what she said, but after bending down to make dumplings and wontons for a long time, her waist and neck will also be sore. She was embarrassed to say it because she was afraid that her cousin Chen Xiaoying would worry about her. What if she didn't dare to let her do it anymore?
Thinking about it, she decided that she should do less work when she felt tired in the future.
"By the way, sister, you're just in time. Didn't your Hongli and Hongxia graduate this year? You said a few years ago that you wanted to find a job for them. Now is the perfect opportunity. Ask them to come back and meet people first."
Chen Xiaoying washed her hands and had just wrapped two small buns when she remembered that this really happened. As early as when her two twin daughters were admitted to technical school, she asked her cousin for help.
Her cousin is the one with the most relationships among her. Her husband died of illness while he was the director of the cultural center, and she herself is the office director of the library.
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