"You guys are doing the wrong thing!" The old village chief said in a loud voice, "Children come to live with their parents. Do they really want your money? A shabby house? If you don't really love your children and you make them be reluctant to be filial to you, what's the point?"
The old village chief continued, "Look at the Zhang family in the village. Their father died early, leaving only a bedridden mother. They have two daughters and one son, three children to support. Their conditions are worse than yours, they used to live in an adobe house."
"Second son of the Zhang family, tell me why you want to support your mother?"
The second child in the Zhang family was named. She was a shy and honest person. She said, "It was not easy for my mother to give birth to me and raise me. I remember the year of famine. My mother asked my grandmother for some mixed grain buns. She was reluctant to eat them herself, so she divided the bun into three portions. My portion was a little smaller than my sister's, and my brother's was a little smaller than mine."
"My younger brother asked me why he was the youngest. My mother said that I was older and sometimes had to do hard work, so I had to eat more. My mother also said that I was growing and needed to eat more. My younger brother was young and couldn't help much, so he just had to eat more."
"After we heard that, we gave half of our money to my mother."
"My mother loves us so simply, so even if she is paralyzed and bedridden, we are still willing to take care of her."
The old village chief said: "A harmonious family is the root of everything. Harmony means family, and disharmony means family. The Zhang family is unfair to the children, but they have their reasons. The Cheng family, your family's unfairness is really unreasonable. If your children are not satisfied, how can you live well?"
"I still have Cheng Shu and Cheng Xiao. I don't count on them." Grandma Cheng said stubbornly, "Other families are like this, why don't we see other families like them? They ask their own family for money and snatch money from their own brother. I really raised them for nothing all these years, what an ungrateful bastard."
How can people's ideas be changed easily? Especially those who never think about their own problems and always like to blame everything on others.
Cheng Yaxiao had never thought that one day they could change themselves. She asked, "We are all your children. Is it really the money we are fighting for?"
Cheng Ya doesn't care about the money, she values feelings more. But this kind of family affection is probably something she will never be able to obtain and release in her life.
"If you're not fighting for money, why are you making a fuss?" Grandma Cheng asked puzzled.
"You will never understand that feeling. I work so hard to get praise from you and dad. But you will always complain that I don't do well enough, while your younger brother doesn't have to do anything and you praise him all the time." Cheng Ya growled.
The repressed feeling seemed to be released.
Cheng Ya cried until her eyes turned red. She felt that everything she had been pursuing all her life was within Cheng Shu's reach.
Cheng Shu remained silent.
This is how he has lived since he was a child. Everything at home depends on him. Although he thinks it is unreasonable, he accepts it every time.
Because other families are like this.
The old village chief said, "Okay, stop arguing. Every family has its own problems. Cheng Ya, I understand your grievances now. We will discuss your family's retirement issues in your home tonight. Now let's find the child first."
The old village chief had been through so many things, it was hard to say what the relationship between this parent and the child was. The old Cheng family had let their daughter grow up in poverty, but fortunately their son was not a bad person, so there should be no problem in taking care of her in her old age.
"Let's talk it over first, there's no rush, the child is not in danger now." Su Xiaoluo insisted.
These old village officials are all very cunning, and they would not interfere in such family affairs if they could avoid it. After finally putting everything on the table, they said that they had to take advantage of this matter to resolve it.
Old Tian brought the things that Su Xiaoluo asked him to prepare, and his forehead was covered with sweat. When he heard her say that, he became even more anxious.
"Old village chief, you have to take care of my child!"
She begged, and the old village chief had no choice but to say, "How about this, Yongxiang, go and invite the elders from the village."
An impromptu meeting was held in the village.
Cheng Ya gave me five yuan a month, not including medical expenses and other expenses. Calculated annually, it was six yuan.
Aunt Cheng said she had no money and had children to raise, so the burden was heavy. If they had to share equally, they should first divide up the eight-plus million savings of their old mother.
When Grandma Cheng heard that she was going to get her eight-plus pieces, she refused no matter what. She was so angry that her blood pressure rose and she almost fainted.
She felt that everything was fine. The first son would occasionally take care of her and help her with some work, and the second son would give her money.
Now, one and two of them are disobedient, and it’s all the second child’s fault.
She blamed Cheng Ya and said, "Do you really need that little money? Do you really need it? It's all your fault!"
Su Xiaoluo held Cheng Ya behind him and said, "You think the past was good, but now it's suddenly not so good. That just means that the person who has been suffering losses doesn't want to suffer losses anymore!"
"How you treat my mother is how she will treat you in the future."
When Grandma Cheng heard this, she flew into a rage and said, "Am I not good enough to her? Without me, would she be able to marry so well?"
Su Xiaoluo couldn't help but smile and asked, "If you really think you are good to my mother, why are you still angry? I said how you treat her is how she treats you. Oh, so you know you are not good to my mother!"
Su Xiaoluo's words hit the nail on the head, tearing off the last bit of dignity left in Grandma Cheng. She said angrily, "It's up to you guys, whether you want to raise me or not, I'll just pretend I never gave birth to you."
She was so angry that she went back with her hands behind her back.
The old cadres in the village looked at it and didn't know what to say. In the end, according to the food and drink expenses of the elderly in the village, Cheng Ya and Aunt Cheng were each responsible for three cents.
If the elderly couple get sick and are hospitalized, the medical expenses will be shared equally.
Cheng Ya had no objection, but Aunt Cheng was so angry that she jumped up and down, saying that she was unwilling to do something. She shouted, "My parents still have work points every month and can still make money. I didn't ask them to subsidize me! Why does the third child get so much without doing anything?"
The village chief sighed and said, "This is how we will handle the situation. As for the rest, you can discuss it privately."
Cheng Shu, who had been silent the whole time, said, "Village Chief, my two elder sisters didn't take any money from the family. My second elder sister has been contributing to this family for so many years. I will take care of the rest of the lives of the two elderly people. I just hope that my two elder sisters will come home more often when they have nothing to do. Do you think this is a good solution?"
Aunt Cheng heaved a sigh of relief.
Cheng Ya looked at her brother and the words "go home often" touched her heart.
Who doesn’t want to go home happy?
She has parents who understand her and know how she feels, but every time she goes back home, she is met with indifference and scolding.
"Cheng Shu, take good care of them."
Once their daughters leave, what is there to attract them to return?