Father Yu: "Thank you both for your help this time."
Liu Yun: "Dad, we're all family, there's no such thing as trouble. If you're talking about trouble, haven't we troubled you enough already? Just settle in and stay here!"
Dangdang: "Yes! Grandpa and Grandma, please don't leave! Come and live with us! We used to live together, didn't we?"
Yu Qianhe: "Dad, why don't you just stay here? If you want to go back, I'll go back with you during the holidays."
Father Yu: "We still need to discuss this with your brother and the others."
Speaking of this, Yu's mother suddenly remembered something, "Oh! I forgot to tell the second and third sons about your hospitalization this time. I just said I forgot something."
She really didn't do it on purpose this time; she genuinely forgot. As a result, the fourth son's family was the one who had to run around doing everything, contributing both money and effort.
She had truly forgotten. Before her rebirth, her relationship with her second and third sons' families was strained, and it was always her fourth son's family who took care of everything for them. After her rebirth, she continued to live with her fourth son's family, which meant that whenever something happened, she would contact her fourth son directly. Moreover, in her previous life, it was the two of them who found the doctor to cure her husband's illness. As a result, she had completely forgotten about her second and third sons. As for her eldest son's family, they were too far away, so it didn't make much difference whether she notified them or not.
Yu Qianhe: "Anyway, everything's fine now. If we didn't notify you, we didn't notify you! As for whether we discussed it or not, it doesn't matter much. If you two are used to living with us, then stay with us. If you're not used to it, then we'll move. We have two adjacent courtyards. You can live in one, and we'll live in the other. We can't live too far apart, otherwise we won't feel at ease."
Father Yu said, “No need to trouble yourself. We’ll just live with you. But we still need to discuss it with your brother and his family. We can’t let you two support us. Food and drink are a small matter, but as you’ve seen, there are many expenses when someone gets sick. We can’t let the burden fall entirely on your shoulders.”
Liu Yun: "Dad, don't worry! I can easily support both of you."
Yu Qianhe: "We should discuss this with them after you get better. For now, focus on getting better."
The house was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine after that, but with acupuncture every two days and Liu Yun's dietary supplements, the weight that he lost during his more than half a month of hospitalization was regained after a month of recuperation, and his complexion was even better. He didn't look like he had just had a serious illness at all.
Summer vacation had begun, and Tuantuan, Yuanyuan, and Beibei had returned. Father Yu was thinking about discussing retirement matters with his other three sons, since the recent illness had cost a lot of money, all paid by the fourth son's family. Father Yu just wanted to get this matter settled as soon as possible, so the group returned to Xinshi.
Once they were settled at home, Mr. Yu called his two sons back one weekend.
Yu Qianwen and Yu Qianyou were confused when their father suddenly called them back. What was it that required them to come back and bring their wives with them?
Yu Qianyou: "Dad, what did you call us over for?"
Father Yu: "I called you back this time for one thing, which is the issue of your mother and me taking care of ourselves in our old age. Our family has already separated before, but we didn't talk about the issue of your and me taking care of ourselves in our old age."
Upon hearing this, the group took it seriously, especially Chen Xi and Gao Lan. Gao Lan didn't care because he was the third child in his family, and his two elderly parents probably wouldn't live with them. Even if they did, they both had pensions and wouldn't need them to support them; in fact, they could even help supplement their own family's income.
Chen Xi naturally understood this principle, and his face showed a hint of excitement.
Yu Qianwen: "Dad, you should come with me! The eldest son went to the Northeast, and you won't adapt well there. I'm the second son, so it's my responsibility to take care of you in your old age."
Yu Qianyou: "You can come with me. Our parents raised us, so it's only right that we take care of you in your old age."
Yu Qianwen: "Third brother, stop arguing. According to the rules, parents live with the eldest son, but there's no way around it with the eldest brother, so it's my responsibility to take care of our parents in their old age."
Gao Lan suddenly had an idea, "How about we each take one? Dad can live with us, and Mom can live with my older brother and his family."
This was a very clever plan. As for why Mr. Yu was with them, it was because his retirement pension was high.
Chen Xi: "My parents are getting so old, it's not good for them to live apart, so they should both come live with us!"
The parents naturally knew what the two were up to.
Father Yu: "We know what you mean, but your mother and I have already discussed it and decided that we will live with the fourth son."
Yu Qianyou: "Dad, it's inconvenient for the fourth brother to come back from Xiangshi so rarely!"
Father Yu: "Your mother and I will just go and live in Xiangshi."
Yu Qianwen: "Dad..."
Father Yu: "Stop talking, it's settled then. Besides this, there are two other things to discuss today. We'll live with our fourth son from now on, and the three of you will give each of us 150 yuan a year for our retirement. As for the money we need to spend on medical treatment, we'll split it equally among the four of you, okay?"
Yu Qianwen: "No problem."
Yu Qianyou: "That's fine, but Dad, are you really not going to consider coming with us?"
Father Yu: "Your mother and I have already discussed it and decided that I will go with the fourth son. There's also something else: I spent half a month in the hospital this time."
Before Yu's father could finish speaking, Yu Qianwen and Yu Qianyou couldn't sit still any longer.
"Dad, are you alright?"
"What's going on? I have no idea."
Father Yu: "It's nothing, just my old rheumatism. It's all better now. Let me finish. I recuperated for another month, and my fourth son and his wife were the ones who took care of everything, paying for everything. They didn't even cover the food and drinks, but they couldn't pay for everything, like the hospital stay and injections. It cost a total of 468 yuan, and the four of you should split the cost."
Yu Qianwen: "We'll give this money to the fourth brother later; it's what we should pay."
Yu Qianyou: "I have no objection either."
Father Yu: "Okay, it's settled then."
Yu Qianwen: "Dad, how come you didn't tell me and Lao San about such a big thing as being sick and hospitalized, and only notified Lao Si?"
Upon hearing this, Yu's mother could only roll her eyes. "The situation was too urgent at the time. Your father suddenly couldn't stand up due to the pain, so I called Liu Yun to ask if there were any better hospitals or doctors there. Then I went straight there without thinking about anything else. Liu Yun even found a doctor overnight. We arrived early the next morning without even packing anything."
Yu Qianwen and Yu Qianyou were both a little scared afterward, and they didn't expect the situation to be so serious. As for why they hadn't been told this for so long, they couldn't find out.
After all, if they had visited their parents even once in the past month or so, they would have known that their parents were not home. In other words, they had not visited their parents at all during the past two months, even though they lived in the city.
You should know that when the fourth brother's family was in Xinshi, they would come to deliver things every few days, whether it was food, household items, or clothes.
And just like that, the matter of retirement was settled.
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