"Okay, you ask so many questions, but you don't understand." Qin Ying said with a smile.
"I'm just asking." Su Aimin didn't think much about it.
The family started to eat, and the atmosphere was happy as usual, but Li Xiu Lian frowned and looked absent-minded.
"What's wrong with you, eldest brother's wife?" Wu Guixiang noticed her abnormality and asked.
"It's okay, Mom." Li Xiu Lian's smile was a little forced.
"Just tell me what's going on. Why are you holding it in?" Wu Guixiang said impatiently. "I noticed something was wrong with you when you came back from the county today. Tell me, what happened?"
Today, Li Xiu Lian went to the county to see Wen Sisi again. After all, she is the eldest grandson of the fourth generation of the Su family, so how could she not be worried about her? The first few months are the most important time for Wen Sisi, so she goes to the county every few days.
Li Xiulian hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's nothing serious, just the issue of getting housing from the military factory."
"What's wrong with the housing allocation?" Wu Guixiang was a little nervous when she heard this. "Isn't it going to be cancelled? This factory can't just go back on its word, right?"
The whole family stopped eating.
"No, Mom, the house has been confirmed to be divided. Congjun and Sisi will get a room. The room they are given is not small. It is spacious enough for the young couple to live in." Li Xiu Lian said hurriedly.
"That's a good thing. Why are you looking so sad?" Wu Guixiang breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's right, sister-in-law, what happened?" Qin Ying asked with concern.
Li Xiulian sighed, "I feel so sorry for the Wen family. I owe them so much."
"What do you mean?" Wu Guixiang put down her chopsticks and looked at her with a frown.
"Mom, this is what I think." Li Xiulian organized her words and explained carefully, "Look, our family's Congjun was originally an apprentice of Sisi's father. He was taken care of by him before. After Congjun and Sisi got married, he has been living in the Wen family."
"I went to the county today and found out that, based on the time he spent in the army and then joined the factory, although he could have been allocated a house, he couldn't have gotten that spacious one. The factory ultimately gave him a break because of his father-in-law's kindness."
When Su Qingyun heard this, he thought to himself that perhaps the factory was not only considering Uncle Wen's face, but also Deputy County Chief Chen's face.
She recalled the last time she went to the steel plant to get welding tools, Director An's attitude had completely changed 180 degrees. He even asked her indirectly about her relationship with Deputy County Chief Chen.
Everyone in the factory is a smart person. Considering this relationship, they will probably give her brother some convenience.
"You say, are these the great advantages we gained by joining the army?"
Wu Guixiang looked at her and said, "Big Boss's wife, what are your plans? Just tell me directly."
"Mom, think about it. In addition to the betrothal money, we only bought a set of mahogany furniture. That furniture is even now placed in Congjun's room. If we give that set of furniture to Congjun and Sisi after they move into their new house, wouldn't it be a bit too tame?"
As Li Xiu Lian said this, she looked carefully at the expressions of Wu Guixiang and Su Dalin.
"Sister-in-law, do you mean we still need to buy some things for the soldiers?"
Before Wu Guixiang could react, Zhang Xinlan had already figured it out. The sister-in-law was talking in so many roundabout ways, wasn't she just trying to spend more money on Congjun's family?
She was not happy with this. Her two sons hadn't married yet. Couldn't the family's money just be raised by one man for military service? Then, when the time came for the civil and military sons to marry, would the family still have money to spare?
"That's what I mean." Li Xiu Lian looked a little embarrassed. She also knew that if she said this, her second son's wife would definitely be the first one to jump out and object.
But this is indeed what she really thinks.
"I'm not saying that my family will contribute a certain amount, I just want to buy some extra things for them, such as a cabinet, a kettle, a quilt, etc."
Li Xiu Lian was talking about some daily necessities, as for the three major items, she didn't even dare to think about it.
But even these things add up to a considerable amount.
Wu Guixiang frowned and thought, and did not speak for a while.
"Mom, this won't work." Zhang Xinlan panicked when she saw her mother-in-law starting to consider it. "How is our family taking advantage? It's true that the soldiers live in the Wen family, but we haven't separated. Logically, since Sisi, the daughter-in-law from the army, married into our family, her monthly salary should actually be paid to our family. We have never mentioned this before."
"Sisi's salary is about thirty yuan a month, right? Our Su family didn't get a penny. It was all divided among the young couple. The only money they paid back was for military service."
"It's not possible that we don't even get the money and still have to pay for it, right?"
Wen Sisi joined the factory early and worked as a recorder, earning higher wages than ordinary workers, around 30 yuan.
What Zhang Xinlan said actually made sense. In today's families, all income is handed over before the family splits up. Since Wen Sisi is the daughter-in-law of the Su family, she should have to hand over part of her salary, but no one in the Su family has ever mentioned this.
Sure enough, Wu Guixiang's expression became hesitant again.
Su Qingyun looked at Zhang Xinlan in surprise. This time, her second aunt actually grasped the key to the problem at once. It was really rare.
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