Chapter 45 Chapter 45 A Windfall
"Look at you, what nonsense are you talking about!" Ning Shaode scolded Ye Jing, then turned to the others and said, "Everyone chat first, I'll talk to her and let her calm down."
He hurriedly pulled Ye Jing back to the room.
He thought that his parents were obviously on his side now, and he couldn't let his wife mess things up.
"What are you crazy about! If you want to quarrel with your elder brother, just quarrel with him. Why are you yelling at my mother?" Ning Shaode won the bet with Ye Jing. He felt that he could suppress Ye Jing, so he started to blame her.
But Ye Jing was not someone to be trifled with: "Why don't you ask your mother what she did to me?"
She rolled up her sleeves and let Ning Shaode see the place where her mother-in-law pinched her. That place was already bruised.
"Look, this is what your mother did! I was helping the old couple quarrel, but as soon as the third son's wife came out, she pinched me hard and stopped me from speaking. No wonder the old saying goes that the older generation is closer. Now that they have a precious grandson, you have to stand aside!"
"You're overthinking. My mother definitely didn't do it on purpose. Don't you think about it? If you really ask her family to come, who will come faster, yours or the third son's wife's family?"
Ye Jing was not convinced: "What's the point of her family coming quickly? My brother is in a high position now, why should he be afraid of the Zhao family!?"
She was so busy refuting Ning Shaode that she completely forgot that she was arguing with the eldest brother, not with Zhao Ruyue. Zhao Ruyue's family would arrive quickly and would not do anything to her.
Ning Shaode was still talking, "Don't forget, almost all of the Zhao family lives in Xiaoqiao Street. Her family used to be a big family in the local area. Not counting the relatives in a roundabout way, there are a lot of people in the same family, and they are very united. How many people are there in your family?"
"They are still locals. No matter how powerful your brother is as an official, what can he do to the locals in the countryside? If he encounters a local tyrant, he has to stay calm even if he is a dragon!"
Ye Jing stared at him: "How dare you look down on my family?"
"Can you please stop talking nonsense when you're angry? Can't you see how I treat your family members?
But you, what did you say about my parents when you came back that day? You won't forget this, will you? ”
"I..." Ye Jing finally remembered, "I, I don't know why your parents suddenly changed their minds. I really heard them talking that day!"
But the facts were before her, and she even began to doubt her memory of that day.
"Anyway, my parents haven't done us any wrong in dividing the family property. You have to admit this, right?"
Ye Jing: “…” She really didn’t want to admit it, but she had to.
"Yes, I admit it. Then what? What do you want? Do you want me to go and apologize to them and say that I shouldn't have eavesdropped?"
"I didn't say that." He couldn't afford to lose face with this person!
"It's good that you spoke up for my parents just now. I hope you can go out and support my parents' ideas with me later."
After Ning Shaode finished speaking, he heard Ye Jing snort coldly and couldn't help but remind her:
"Don't forget, the rice and most of the meat we eat are all supplied by someone. Your parents don't have any land in town, and they are both retired. They can't help us in this regard. You are just a daughter, and your parents-in-law will give priority to subsidizing your brother when they have good things. If we want to eat as well as before, we still have to rely on my parents."
Ye Jing: "Depend on them? What a joke. It's not like I don't have a salary to support myself."
Ning Shaode pinched a piece of fat on her belly with his fingers and shook it:
"Don't act on impulse. Look at your body shape and think about how much you eat. If you really buy rice and meat by yourself, it will be another expense for us. When will we be able to save enough money to buy a house in the county?"
Even though they have two working parents and only one daughter to support, they seem to live a comfortable life.
In fact, family members know their own business. If the rice and meat they eat at home are free, they would not be able to save money even if they want to.
After all, Yunshan County is a poor county, teachers’ salaries are not high, and their welfare benefits in all aspects cannot be compared with those in big cities.
As a physical education teacher, he couldn't learn to be a teacher of other subjects and earn money by giving extra lessons to students.
His wife is an elementary school Chinese teacher, so she could also give extra lessons to elementary school students and earn some extra money.
However, the locals do not attach much importance to education, and most parents do not choose to give their children extra lessons in primary school.
Even among high school students, not many parents hire teachers to give their children extra lessons. Many parents are very short-sighted and would rather let their children go to work right after graduating from junior high school and earn money for the family a few years earlier.
There are too many people and too little porridge. How can his wife compete with the high school teacher?
Seeing that some colleagues bought commercial housing in the county town, the couple could not earn extra money and could only find ways to save money.
"How dare you say that to me? You eat less yourself." Ye Jing didn't think there was anything wrong with being fat. Others couldn't gain weight even if they wanted to! Who wouldn’t praise her for being blessed when seeing her?
Ning Shaode had the same idea as him. Both he and his wife were overweight, and neither of them had ever looked down on the other: "Of course I eat a lot, so I should support the retirement plan proposed by my parents, right?"
Ye Jing calmed down completely: "Our daughter eats a lot too, but I don't know why she is not as tall as Xiao Xia from the third son's family. Could it be that the third son's wife's family had some recipe that can help children grow taller?"
Ning Shaode: "Don't think about those messy things for now. Answer me, can you listen to me this time?"
Ye Jing: "Okay, I'll listen to you, but I won't argue with your brother again."
Like a shrew, so shameful!
"You were not needed in the quarrel in the first place, it's because you were too impatient and you rushed in without paying attention. When we go out later, just don't get angry and hold me back.
No matter what, among the three of us brothers, my mother is more on my side. Before the family split up, she specifically talked to me about it. I didn't react at the time, but now I understand that she just wanted to live a good life without being criticized by the eldest and third families when she subsidizes us. ”
Ning Shaode was very touched by his parents' dedication and planning for him, and secretly decided in his heart that he would come back to visit them more often when he had time.
At the same time, in the main room.
Ning Shaoxian expressed his attitude in fierce words:
"Don't try to persuade me. I will never agree to it! I have never seen such a biased old man!"
"Anyway, my attitude can be summed up in three words: I disagree!"
"If they insist on doing this and refuse to change, then when they are too old to move and need someone to take care of them, they can go to whoever else's house they want, not mine! I won't allow my wife to take care of them either!"
Seeing that Ning Shaoxian was in such a bad state and didn't seem like he could communicate, Liang Wenjian had no choice but to go find Ning Shaoming again, and this time Zhao Ruyue was there too.
"What are your opinions? Stop saying that everything is fine and that you both support it. That won't solve the problem at all. You must give a clear opinion."
Without waiting for Ning Shaoming to speak.
Ning Shaoxian started yelling again:
"Third brother, you have to think clearly about who you are on the same side with. We two brothers are in the same boat! The old man and the old lady have never been partial to you!"
"When you were in middle school, your grades were not bad. You could have continued your studies after the high school entrance exam. The teachers even came to your home. But they spent all their money on supporting their second child, and you got nothing when it was your turn!"
"You understand their hard work and said you didn't want to continue studying. When you wanted to get married, your in-laws looked down on you because of your low education and you almost couldn't even marry your current wife. Have you forgotten this? Fortunately, you found a partner through your so-called free love. Otherwise, would you have relied on them? You might still be single now, working like a slave for your second brother's family!"
"Brother...don't talk nonsense." Ning Shaoming was upset when he heard his brother talking nonsense.
Some of what he said was true, but some was exaggerated.
"That's right!" Ning Shaode and his wife came out and just happened to hear what Ning Shaoxian said. The two sides started to argue again. "The reason why the third child didn't study was obviously because Dad was seriously ill. All the money in the family was used to treat Dad, so there was no money left to support him. Don't put everything on me!"
Ning Shaoxian pointed at Ning Shaode's nose with disdain and cursed: "Bullshit! Do you dare to say how much money your family spent on your sports training? To learn that crappy sport, you have to spend money to participate in competitions and eat well. At that time, the whole family was as thin as the monkeys on the mountain, but you were the only one who ate too much and was fat, like a pig possessed by a spirit!
Otherwise, with your poor grades, are you qualified to be a teacher? You are so lucky that you didn't mislead the young people! ”
The two brothers were arguing more and more fiercely, and it seemed that they were about to engage in a fight.
Huang Xiuhua slammed the table hard, causing the teacups on the table to shake a few times: "Enough! Shut up!"
The old lady usually has a bad temper and often scolds people, but it’s different when she’s really angry and just scolds casually.
In this situation, after living together for so many years, everyone in the Ning family can see that the old lady is obviously really angry.
Everyone was silenced by the roar, and the main room suddenly became so quiet that one could hear everyone's breathing.
Just when the three brothers of the Ning family thought that their mother was going to go all out and scold them all.
But I saw that the old mother's eyes were red, and she started crying softly with tears in her eyes.
Ning Shaoming took a breath immediately.
His mother had a hot temper. After marrying his father, she joined the party and served as the captain of their brigade. She had a very stubborn temper and would not easily bow to others, let alone cry.
They have been used to being scolded since childhood, so even if she really scolds them, they can adapt well.
But now, the old lady who was once so tough is crying.
None of us has a heart of iron and can remain indifferent when seeing our own mother crying.
Boss Ning closed his mouth, turned his face away and stiffened his neck without saying a word, but from his expression, it was obvious that he was still unwilling to compromise.
Ning Laoer went over to comfort the old lady and said a lot of nice things about filial piety, but he didn't say anything about taking a step back.
Liang Wenjian and the others looked at Ning Lao San again.
Ning Shaoming sighed: "When it comes to elderly care, my wife and I respect the wishes of the elderly."
"Third brother, you!" Ning Shaoxian looked at his third brother in disbelief, feeling that he was stabbed in the back.
Ning Shaoming signaled him to calm down: "Brother, listen to me. I agree with the retirement plan proposed by my parents, but there is a condition, that is, whichever family takes care of the elderly who can't take care of themselves in the future, the other two families must pay the caregiver according to the market price. If neither of them is willing to take care of the elderly, then we can hire someone else to take care of them and share the care costs equally."
Ning Shaoxian thought about it and thought it was a good idea: "If that's the case, I agree!"
When the old man or old woman can no longer move, they will live in his house and be taken care of by his wife. The second and third sons will give him money, which is equivalent to them hiring his wife to take care of the elderly.
And as long as the old man is alive, he will always have this money. It's a windfall for free, haha!
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