The military wives around gasped when they heard Jiang Xiu'e's revelations.
One hundred dollars a month?
It’s so annoying!
The team leader's salary is about 150 yuan. If he is given 100 yuan, Jiang Xiu'e's family of four will have to pay 50 yuan a month. Food, oil, salt and other daily necessities require money, and there are also tuition fees for the two children. How will they live in the future?
Fifty yuan a month is already a lot. Most people out there only earn twenty or thirty yuan, and one person works to support the entire family.
Life goes on the same, and you have your own way of living even if you don’t have money.
If their mother-in-law and their families asked for fifty dollars every month... they would have been driven crazy long ago.
Jiang Xiu'e's cold and terrifying eyes swept over the two people who were supporting Old Lady Guo, "Hu Guifen, Zhu Xiujuan, you two have been telling other military wives at home in the family compound all day long about how bad your mother-in-law is. When you had your child and were in confinement, she didn't give you money or help, and she couldn't help your family.
I give my parents-in-law ten dollars a month for their retirement, but I feel that ten dollars is too much and it hurts, and I can't make ends meet.
Ten yuan is like cutting off a piece of your flesh, just ten pieces of flesh. How is it different from taking a life? Wait until you give 100 yuan a month to your parents-in-law for their retirement before you have the right to criticize me, otherwise just shut your stinky mouths.
Hu Guifen's expression changed slightly, "I..."
"What do you mean by 'you'? Don't force me to slap you." Jiang Xiu'e swung her arm and raised her hand, as if to slap her. Suddenly, she used too much force, her vision went black, and she fell forward, holding onto the corridor.
In the past two days since Mrs. Guo was discharged from the hospital, she has not had a single peaceful day. She has been ordered to pour tea, water and urine, and she is picky about food even when it is brought to her, refusing to eat this or that.
If she doesn't want to eat, she'll complain that her daughter-in-law is abusing her mother-in-law. Guo Xiangdong advises Jiang Xiu'e to try to accommodate her needs and take care of her emotions, considering her mother is a patient...
Jiang Xiu'e endured it all.
She couldn't sleep well at night, and her body became haggard and thinner. If she didn't send the man back to his hometown, she was afraid that her body would not be able to bear it.
Hu Guifen and Zhu Xiujuan, who were supporting Old Lady Guo, were frightened by the beating. When they saw someone was about to slap them, they stepped back in fear.
He let go of the arm that was supporting Old Lady Guo, causing her to fall to the ground with her buttocks. She almost hit her lower back and wailed, clutching her buttocks. "Ouch, my lower back hurts, it hurts so much..."
"Sister-in-law Xiu'e." Du Juan rushed over to check on Jiang Xiu'e. "Gui Fen, Xiu Juan, don't do to others what you don't want done to you. This is someone else's family affair. You two had better stay out of it!"
Hu Guifen was publicly accused and embarrassed. "We spoke up for the old lady out of pity for her, but you have no compassion at all. You all have sons. If your daughters-in-law treat you like this in the future, and no one speaks up for you, then what happened to Xiaolei's grandmother will be your fate in the future."
Zhu Xiujuan immediately agreed, "Right! Helping the old lady is helping your future self. It's wrong for a daughter-in-law to bully her mother-in-law. We can't let this bad habit develop in our family compound. Aren't you afraid that your life will be even more miserable than the old lady's in the future?"
Yu Tingwan came down and heard her say this, and loudly retorted, "I'm not afraid. Children's unfilial behavior is mostly due to the lack of moral integrity of the elderly. If parents are fair and impartial, their children will be filial. Hu Guifen and Zhu Xiujuan, you two troublemakers are here to help the evil and the good.
He wants to kill Sister Xiu'e because of personal grudges. He can't bear to see her have an easy life. He gives 100 yuan a month to the old lady and his two useless sons. How can Sister Xiu'e and her family of four still survive? They can't even make ends meet when they are young, so how can they care about their old age?
Hu Guifen pointed at her and said, "Who are you talking about? You two are the ones stirring up trouble. Ever since you two came to the family compound, we've had a big fight every three days and a small fight every two days. Du Juan just said that this is someone else's family affair and outsiders shouldn't meddle."
Li Jiyue glanced at her, her eyes fixed on the faces of the military wives around her. "Captain Guo gave his family 100 yuan. If the officers in the family compound all followed suit and gave their parents 100 yuan for retirement, how could we still live? On the question of how much to give to the family, I support Sister Xiu'e."
Zhu Xiujuan's jealous eyes swept over her up and down. She had a charming and fair face, and was dressed beautifully and elegantly. At first glance, she was the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family.
"I heard that Captain Fu is very rich and his parents are both in important units. You don't need to provide pension money. Stop pretending here. You have nothing to do here."
The tone was sour, reeking of jealousy.
Li Jiyue said calmly, "Who can say for sure? After all, my husband is quite filial. He knows that Captain Guo gives a hundred yuan for retirement, so he will give as much as he can. No matter how rich you are, you can never have too much money. A hundred yuan a month is not a small amount."
Her words instantly made most of the military wives alert.
Yes, everyone wants a hundred dollars a month.
Their men are all filial sons. In that era, everyone has many brothers and sisters. Their men became officers and were considered the most promising ones. They earned more work points than those who did farm work in the countryside, and they were also the ones who subsidized their hometown the most.
They are all sons, so why don’t other sons have to support their parents? Not only do they have to support their parents, but they also have to support their brothers and sisters. They can’t even get less money every month.
Whenever the older generation or nephews are sick, they call the army to ask for more money. Their lives are also very tight and they cannot afford to buy new clothes for a year.
The sisters-in-law have long been dissatisfied. They complained to their husbands that they were given too much at home and asked if they could give them less.
The men said that Captain Guo gave the family 50 yuan, and they only gave more than 10 yuan, which was too little.
The pension money cannot be allowed to increase any further. For their own sake, they cannot be spectators or bystanders. They must stand on Jiang Xiu'e's side. Helping her is helping themselves.
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