Jiang Shushu: "Why don't you be more low-key? Aren't you afraid your colleagues will ask you to borrow money? You're not usually that high-profile!"
"Don't worry, they just don't have pocket money, not that their family is poor. When I was single, they never asked me to borrow money. It doesn't make sense that they would come to me to borrow money when I have half as much money as before." If they really did ask me to borrow money, I would never tell anyone even if you kill me.
Yang Xiaobei smiled and said, "Brother Wang was showing off his son in front of us, saying that his son gave him a two-yuan increase in pocket money. Wife, you are such a good person, I couldn't help but want to praise you, and then I couldn't help but tell you about the pocket money. You are now the best wife in our bureau."
Jiang Shushu: "..." Are you sure you're praising me and not yourself? Those grown men are probably envious of you.
Jiang Shushu thought of the sisters-in-law who came to see her and burst out laughing. "I've met quite a few sisters-in-law recently. They've been trying to persuade me to discipline your family and not let go... Tell me, what should I do? I have to show some respect, otherwise it would seem disrespectful to them. Besides, it's really tiring for the sisters-in-law to come to me every day."
"What? They come to you again? Really, what does my wife giving me pocket money have to do with them? Wife, ignore them, they are just jealous that I married such a good wife like you. My wife is a beautiful and kind person, they must be afraid that you will outshine them." I should have known not to be so arrogant, it must be that those big men in the bureau were too resentful, so they went home to make trouble with their wives, and then their wives made trouble with my wife.
"No, now you've found me. For the sake of friendly neighborliness, I must deal with it seriously." Let's see if you dare to be so arrogant next time. If you want to make a fortune, you have to make it quietly.
"How do you want to deal with this?"
"I've decided to cut your pocket money in half. From now on, your monthly allowance will be ten yuan."
"Okay, I'll hand over 3/4 to you in the future." It turns out that causing public outrage will not end well. People who are too outstanding are indeed prone to jealousy.
"Haha, that's not necessary. Just tell others it's 10 yuan." Jiang Shushu suddenly thought of something. "You said your colleagues' pocket money is public. What's the highest and lowest?"
"Haha, it's quite low. I don't know about the senior management level. Our highest is 4.5 yuan, and the lowest is 1.5 yuan (the lowest price increased by one yuan in the past two days)."
"So little? Then don't mention ten dollars. Just say five dollars. It'll save your face and not be out of place. If it's too high, the sisters-in-law will have to come to me. We have to keep up with the crowd."
"Okay, wife, actually, five dollars is enough for me to spend. How about I hand over the other 15 dollars?"
"No, keep it. We just got married, how can we tell if it's enough? Just spend it first! If there's really a lot left, just give it to me once every year or so."
Yang Xiaobei was so moved that he immediately threw himself on Jiang Shushu and gave her a big kiss.
"Wife, you are so kind. I am so touched. I must perform well tonight."
Jiang Shushu: “…” There are 30 days in a month, and you are moved for 20 days. I don’t believe you!
Then the two of them started arguing, and Yang Xiaobei gave Jiang Shushu a satisfactory due.
The next day, Yang Xiaobei went to work in high spirits. When he was 100 meters away from the Public Security Bureau, he immediately put away his smile and looked a little sad.
Zhao Laifu saw that Yang Xiaobei didn't seem to be in a very good mood today, so he asked with concern: "Xiaobei, what's wrong with you? You don't seem to be in a very good mood today."
"Really? It's so obvious?" Yang Xiaobei quickly rubbed his face with both hands, then asked Zhao Laifu sincerely: "Is it much better now? Can you still see it?"
"Ah, I'm much better, but what happened to you?"
"It's nothing, I just didn't think straight for a moment. I'll be fine in a couple of days. Don't worry about me."
"What's going on? Maybe I can help. Don't tell half the story and leave it as is. You're ruining my appetite for lunch."
"It's nothing, it's just that my wife cut my pocket money, and from now on I'm only left with five dollars a month. I haven't accepted it well for a while, but I'll get used to it tomorrow."
"Damn, you didn't just cut it once? You cut it again and again, and only 1/4 is left." He was drowned in the crowd after only a few days of being a hero?
"Why did your wife do this? Isn't she very good to you? She holds you in her hands for fear of dropping it, and holds you in her mouth for fear of it melting. How come you are suddenly worthless?"
Yang Xiaobei: "..." Can you speak? Why am I worthless? I am always valuable, okay?
"Now that my wife is familiar with the sisters-in-law, she's learned a lot of wisdom from them. She said she wasn't thoughtful enough before and that she needed to follow the crowd. So she lowered the price to five yuan for me. She also said if I need anything urgently, I can get it back home."
Huang Hui, drawn to Zhao Laifu's voice, accidentally overheard Yang Xiaobei's words and felt even more guilty. Huang Hui had once complained to his wife at home, saying how good Yang Xiaobei's wife was... and had successfully increased his monthly allowance by one yuan.
After Huang Hui found out, within two hours, everyone knew that Yang Xiaobei's pocket money had dropped from 20 yuan to 5 yuan.
At noon, those who had successfully increased their pocket money treated Yang Xiaobei to a sumptuous lunch out of their own pockets to comfort him. After all, Yang Xiaobei had sacrificed himself to help them, and they should express their gratitude, otherwise they would feel guilty.
…
When the sisters-in-law in the compound learned that Yang Xiaobei's pocket money had been reduced to five yuan, they were very satisfied. They all felt that Jiang Shushu had come to his senses and that they had saved a marriage that had major problems.
Meanwhile, at the Yang family, Zhao Cuihua was having a hard time. Ever since Yang Zhiguo lost his income, Yang Xiaodong and Yang Xiaonan stopped listening to them and would even yell at them when they were upset. Even their daughters-in-law were the same. Before, they wouldn't dare say a word when Zhao Cuihua scolded them, but now, if she scolded them, they would yell back.
"Old man, now the eldest and second sons and their couple are increasingly looking down on us. What should we do?" Zhao Cuihua desperately wanted to regain the feeling of being second only to the emperor and above the whole family.
Yang Zhiguo looked very unhappy, because from this period of time, Yang Zhiguo had to admit that since he had no income, his son and daughter-in-law did begin to dislike him.
"I give you two-thirds of my income every month. How much money do you have left?"
"There are still more than 300 yuan (actually more than 500 yuan, Zhao Cuihua secretly kept 200 yuan just in case)."
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