"Yes," Zhou Hua nodded, "She's my younger sister! She should be the carefree youngest, and we should be the ones protecting her. But the opposite happened. She's the one protecting us, holding up a bright sky for us. I feel so incompetent."
Xiao Chunmei comforted her husband, "The Kong family is not an ordinary family, and my sister is not an ordinary person either. Don't let this discourage you too much! The company still depends on you and Zuo Heng."
Zhou Hua sighed deeply, "You're right, my sister is not an ordinary person. I should accept the fact."
Then, during lunch, Zhou Xiang saw his third brother and Mei Zi interacting with Yan Er as if nothing had happened, as if Yan Er was just an ordinary child in an ordinary life.
"Yan'er, eat more vegetables. The food at home is delicious." As he said that, he put a lot of vegetables on the plate in front of Yan'er.
Zhou Yan accepted the care from his uncle and aunt, and smiled, "Thank you, uncle and aunt."
"You're welcome."
Looking at the clean plate in front of his son, Zhou Niao touched his head and said, "Yan'er, don't force yourself. Eat what you like, and leave what you don't like."
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "I like them all. The food at home is delicious. The dishes that my uncle and aunt pick up are all the ones that my younger brothers and sisters like to eat. They are delicious."
"Okay, they're all delicious. Does your little tummy feel full?"
"No, if you can, just do a circle of the technique and it will be fine."
Haohao Dangdang was envious, "We also want to have a method that can help digest food so that we can eat non-stop."
Ling Ran glared at his sons and said, "If that's the case, you guys will bankrupt our family."
Haohaodangdang didn't believe it! "Mom has money."
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes, Mom has money and can support you, but after you turn 18, it will be your turn to support Mom and Dad."
"For 18 years?"
Zhou Xiang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, one person can support me for 18 years, which means I can support me for 54 years. By then, I will be over 70 years old, and I will eat porridge three times a day like your father."
Haohao, Dangdang and Tongtong were all stunned. What kind of logic is this and what will be the ending?
"So, does that mean we'll come back to support you for the same number of years as we started supporting you when you're old?"
"That's the theory, but I won't support you past the age of 22. The legal age of marriage in China is 22, which means most 22-year-olds can support their own families. So, am I still going to support you?"
Ling Xiaotong rolled her eyes, "No! Mom, I want you to support me until I'm 30. Then we'll support you for 90 years, and you can live to be over a hundred years old."
Zhou Xiang patted his daughter's head and said, "How long your mother can live depends on fate and people. The so-called people here refer to the three of you. Let's see if you will piss me off to death.
Therefore, I will not support you until you are 30 years old. 22 years is the maximum. If you really want to pay me back for the same number of years I support you, I don’t mind because I can pay others to support me in my old age.
The issue of elderly care is about the heart, not equality, because family love is immeasurable."
The three treasures shook their heads to indicate that they didn't understand.
Zhou Xiang continued, "Just like I said earlier that I would support you until you were 18, and you asked me if I would support me for 18 years. You are calculating this based on equality, but family affection cannot be calculated.
My heart is divided into three parts. Can you give me one third of your three hearts? By then, you will have your spouse, children, jobs, and your spouse's elderly and relatives to take care of. Can you give me one third of your heart?
Just like when you were little, you didn’t know anything and we did everything for you, from feeding you, bathing you, changing your clothes, to going to the toilet. Even now, we still have to help wash your clothes.
When I'm too old to take care of myself, will you be able to do it for me? It's easy to take care of a baby, but how can you take care of an old person if you can't even hold him?
Therefore, raising children and caring for the elderly can never be equal.”
The three children burst into tears and said, "Mom, mom, we will take care of you until you are old."
Everyone at the table fell silent.
Elderly care has always been the biggest conflict in families, especially for poor families.
Professor Chu felt the deepest emotion. When he went to teach, he protected his students in everything, and he also wanted to feel less guilty when he retired.
Zhou Xiang nodded. "Not only did I hear this, but everyone at the table heard it too. We must be trustworthy children."
"Um!"
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Sanbao nodded vigorously.
Father Zhou invited everyone to have dinner, and everyone quickly put aside this heavy topic and talked about the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow.
After dinner, Zhou Hua followed his mother and quietly put two bank cards in her pocket. "There's 50,000 yuan in each of these two cards. You and Dad can spend it. I can't compete with my sister, so I won't argue with her about retirement. I'll give you some pocket money."
Mei Zi has money on her, so she can just pay for her daily expenses. We have dried fish and flour at home, and my sister definitely won't let us buy ingredients. The food expenses we contribute are simply not enough, so we shamelessly eat and drink for free."
Mother Zhou sighed, "You were planning to use this as food money, right?"
"Yes! But what she said just now made me feel bad. No matter what happened in our childhood, I can't shirk my responsibility in taking care of you in your old age."
Of course, Zhou's mother knew why her little girl said that about Sanbao. It was just the shadow of her past life. She didn't mean to blame her two brothers and one sister.
"Okay! I'll take it this time, and you don't have to give it to me in the future. Your sister has more money and she can donate it. She won't treat you guys unfairly, so don't worry."
As they were talking, Zhou Yu and Zhu Hang came over and also stuffed two cards into Zhou's mother's hand. "Mom, these are from us for you and Dad. We are used to relying on our parents, and we can't expect Jian Jiankang to follow our example."
Zhou Niao also took out a card. "Is everyone here?" It seemed that her sister's words had taught everyone a lesson. "She wasn't talking about you. If she really wanted to say something, she would never beat around the bush. It would be so cool to just talk to you directly. She always sticks to the facts."
"Yeah! Big brother really understands me." Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran also entered the apartment. "What's going on? Have you all felt guilty and come here to show your filial piety?"
Mother Zhou nodded at her daughter and said, "Just confront people directly."
Zhou Xiang nodded. "My eldest brother knows that I never beat around the bush when it comes to my family. Okay, I don't care how you show your filial piety! I have something to say."
"you say."
The sight of everyone waiting to listen to her teachings made Zhou Xiang smile. She took out a stack of contracts.
"These are the contracts for small courtyard houses in Beijing. Four of them are in my mother's name, and eight are in my name, for a total of 12 courtyard houses.
These were all bought with the gold I got from Old Man Zhou. I won't keep them all to myself. Each of you will get three sets. If you don't divide the ones my mother has now, you can wait until later. I'll give you two sets of the eight sets I have.
Don't put too much pressure on yourselves. The two courtyards I've given you now are enough for you to leave to your descendants. Don't be so picky. I've already demoted Jin Chao to take care of the piglets. No one cares about these courtyards, and I don't want to care either.
Third brother, you have to take care of my two courtyards for me. I don’t want to sell them for the time being. I’ll give them to the children when they grow up.”
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