She also discussed with Song Wenyin that the company would pay for staff dormitories. Of course, they wouldn't have individual rooms, but rather multiple rooms. Haimi and Yuya also moved their studios to the shop on Laoshenfu Road. With this, the house at 38 Ruijin Road was vacant. Huang Wanzhen approached Binsha Foreign Trade and listed it for sale at a price slightly below market value.
Mrs. Huang Dong didn't know that the house on Ruijin Road belonged to Huang Wanzhen, and she even suggested that she sell the house on Feixia Road. "As the saying goes, a poor home makes a rich road. Especially since you're going to the United States, with more money, you can rent a better house there."
Huang Wanzhen agreed on the surface, but she had no intention of selling the house on Xiafei Road. The house was in a good location and it would be fine to keep it for a few more years.
After running around outside for a few days, Huang Wanzhen began to clean up the house and packed up the things she wanted to take away in advance. Except for the large pieces of furniture that she would leave to the next owner, Huang Wanzhen sold all the other miscellaneous things that she could.
She also advised Huang Dongshi, "Please bring some of the things you're used to, otherwise you might not be able to buy them in the United States. In my opinion, you don't have to come with me. It's not like you won't be coming back."
Mrs. Huang Dong shook her head desperately, "You and your sister have gone to the United States. How can I, an old lady living alone, stay here? If I get bullied, no one will care."
In this day and age, there is chaos everywhere, including abroad. I heard from Sidonie that France is very unstable and deaths are very common. If I go out once, I may not be able to come back. Instead of staying here and living in fear, it is better to follow my younger daughter to the United States, which will also make it easier to find my older daughter.
After hearing her daughter's instructions, Huang Dong began to get busy. First, she asked Zhao Dahua to knock a piece of soil from the stove, and then she was busy picking out some fabrics. She could wear outer clothes made of foreign cloth, but she was not used to wearing underwear made of foreign cloth. Once she wore underwear made of foreign cloth, she would feel itchy all over.
Seeing Huang Dongshi busying around, Xiuzhu was worried and suggested, "Madam, why don't I go with you to take care of you? You're in a foreign country and you're unfamiliar with the place. If you don't adapt, you'll easily get sick."
Mrs. Huang put down the clothes in her hand and grabbed Xiuzhu's hand, "Silly girl, no one can compare to you in terms of having something. Have you seen me? I am already this old, but I still want to work and make money! Although your second daughter is filial and generous, if I ask her for money, I will be inferior to her. Think about it, before she made money, when she was supported by me, she was so obedient, and whatever I said was what she said. But now? I say one word, and she has eight words waiting for me. This is the gap."
"You haven't wanted to get married these years, and I won't force you. But if you don't have children to support you in your old age, you have to save enough money for retirement. Work hard in Shanghai, and don't always think about serving me. How much money can you make by serving me? If it weren't for your second daughter going abroad to study, I wouldn't be willing to leave this job."
Xiuzhu felt mixed emotions as Huang Dongshi held her hand. She had grown up in the Huang Mansion and had been with Huang Dongshi for nearly thirty years, never separated from her. When she heard the news that Huang Dongshi was going to the United States, she couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Madam, I have a good monthly salary now, and I can afford to support one more person. What do you think about me adopting a child?"
"Fool!" Mrs. Huang raised her hand and poked Xiuzhu's forehead fiercely. "If even biological children are unreliable, how can adopted ones be reliable?"
"You have such a dull mind that you can't think as clearly as an old lady like me. Did that money burn your hand or bite it? You can't let it go? Why didn't I adopt a son? You also know that my second aunt and I didn't give birth to a son. The old man and the master wanted me to adopt one from the Huang family. I was so unwilling to do it, and my natal family helped me, so I didn't adopt one. Come to think of it, when my parents were alive, my eldest brother did help me. Every time we quarreled about adoption, he would come to the mansion to support me."
Mrs. Huang Dong recalled the past and began to talk to Xiuzhu again, "Those who adopted sons all found children who didn't remember anything, thinking they could raise them well that way. But I know of several families where, once the children grew up and became capable, the biological parents started to miss them and secretly found the son to reunite with him. As soon as the child found out that the adoptive parents weren't his biological children, he would immediately think of all the faults they had against them. If the biological parents made a mistake, a beating would be fine, but if the child isn't your biological child, a beating would make him bear a grudge."
"My second sister's sister-in-law's family didn't have any children. According to the generation calculation, I should be called Second Sister-in-law. My second sister gave birth to four daughters in a row before she got a baby. It was impossible for her to adopt him. The clan members were unwilling to accept him. After much selection, the old man in her family died, the family was divided, and the majority of the child went to my brother and sister-in-law's family. The clan members who originally wanted to adopt him were unwilling to do so. As a last resort, she went to the countryside to buy a boy. I heard that the family had given birth to several sons in a row and was so poor that they were almost starving to death. When they sold the child, they said they would never contact her again."
"But when the child was a teenager, for some reason, the parents came looking for him. The woman even hugged the child and cried, saying that she was his real mother. The child was raised and could read and use an abacus. How could the second sister-in-law bear to let him go? But if she didn't, the family would always come to make trouble. Every time they came, she would call the police and pay money. This went on for several times. The second sister-in-law was miserable. In fact, it was the child who was confused. If it were me, I would beat those shameless country people who only cared about money out. After beating them once, they would not dare to come to make trouble anymore."
Xiuzhu was listening intently. When she saw Huang Dongshi pause, she quickly asked, "What happened next? What happened? Did you take care of the lady and the master until their death?"
"Well, they were just there to take care of their parents until they died, I guess. They only lived to their forties! After they died, their filial son took their biological parents to live in the city. I'd be so pissed off!"
Xiuzhu frowned and said, "Anger is harmful to the body. I guess the mistress and the master have been very angry."
Huang Dongshi nodded in agreement, "Of course not. Forty years old is not considered old for those who have no worries about food and clothing. There must be a reason why they died so early."
"I advise you not to think about raising a child. Save more money. The Huang family is not without people. When Zhenzhen grows up, I will find her a husband and buy her a house with a yard. When you are old, you can live with them and let them take care of you. If you have money, you can also hire a little maid to wait on you. How wonderful!"
Xiuzhu nodded. "Then Madam, you have to write to me. Let's not lose contact, otherwise I won't be able to find you anywhere."
Mrs. Huang raised her eyebrows proudly. "Of course, I can write, and I can write in foreign languages. Wouldn't it be a waste if I didn't write you a few more letters?!"
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