During the Chinese New Year, Lu Shi called his two sons together and announced his retirement.
He has five clothing stores, the last one selling sportswear is the most profitable, while the other women's and men's clothing stores have similar sales.
Lu Shi gave the women's clothing store to Wang Hui and the men's clothing store to Zhang Hailian, which were considered assets for his two sons.
It just so happens that both of my daughters-in-law are unemployed, so it’s just right to let them run the clothing store.
Lu Shi planned to transfer his last sportswear store. Firstly, he could get some pension money, and secondly, he could prevent his two sons from arguing about it.
This store can earn about 100,000 yuan a year. Adding the transfer fee, the remaining clothes and rent, Lu Shi plans to collect 150,000 yuan in one lump sum.
In fact, he could give the shop directly to his sons, but he has two sons, and both sons are very outstanding, so how can he divide it equally?
If I ask them for money, it doesn't seem appropriate, after all, they are my own flesh and blood; but if I don't ask for money, my retirement money will be gone.
An An and Hu Zi had no objection to this assignment, but Wang Hui and Zhang Hailian had their own ideas. Zhang Hailian was a bit naive, so she asked directly:
"Dad, how do we allocate the sportswear store?"
After Zhang Hailian asked, Wang Hui also looked at Lu Shi eagerly.
"I plan to sublet it and collect some money for my retirement."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hailian immediately became anxious:
"Dad, how could you do this? You and my mom are not short of money, so why do you have to sublet it? You might as well give it directly to me and my sister-in-law. Neither of us has a job!"
Zhang Weifang has always looked down upon Zhang Hailian's tendency to take advantage of others:
"Shut up! We can distribute our things however we want. If you keep yelling, you won't get anything."
She turned to look at her eldest daughter-in-law, who was quite thoughtful:
"Wang Hui, what do you think?"
Wang Hui saw her mother-in-law was angry and immediately changed her face to a smile:
"Mom, I'll listen to you."
Zhang Weifang looked up at his two sons, hinting at them in his words:
"Huzi, An'an, your father and I are not dead yet. It's not your turn to divide the property, right?"
Hu Zi took the lead and assured:
"Mom, don't be angry, we don't mean that, we can earn money by ourselves."
An An is not far behind:
"Mom, thank you and Dad for preparing the house and shop for us. We are very satisfied."
Lu Shi's shop was a popular one, but it was sold out soon. He happily took the money home, and then took Zhang Weifang to the beach and then to Taipei.
I climbed the Great Wall in Taipei, visited Tiananmen Square and the Ming Tombs, and also went to see Zhang Nailin and Zhang Shijie.
Zhang Nailin had just given birth to a son. Her mother-in-law was taking care of her at home, and she was in good spirits.
Zhao Zhi is lucky. Last year, his unit drew lots to distribute housing. Originally, the quotas were decided within the unit, but in order to be fair, the leader asked everyone to draw lots.
Zhao Zhi was lucky and drew the number plate on the first try. When his leader saw this, he thought that this was not acceptable and the quota could not be given to a small employee like him.
So the leader found an excuse and drew lots a second time, and lucky Zhao Zhi drew the number plate again.
The leader was furious and drew lots for the third time, letting Zhao Zhi draw the last one. To his dismay, he won again.
There was no other way, the leader could only allocate one of the places to Zhao Zhi.
The house is between the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads, close to the suburbs. The surrounding area has not been developed yet, so it is rather desolate.
Their house is on the fifth floor, with three bedrooms and two living rooms. They bought it with a mortgage, with a down payment of 30%, about 200,000 yuan, and the rest in installments. Both of them have jobs, so the pressure is not too great.
The money the two of them had was not enough, so they had to borrow some, but they finally bought the house.
In order to make it easier for the child to go to school in the future, Zhang Weiren wanted Zhao Zhi to move his household registration there.
It is very difficult to settle down in Taipei City. Zhang Weiren used his connections and finally found the relevant department. He was able to get his household registration for only 50,000 yuan.
Unfortunately, Zhao Zhi is a stingy person. He is not willing to spend the 50,000 yuan. In his mind, it is still early for the child to go to school. Maybe there will be other ways by then. Why spend money now?
Besides, my father-in-law is not short of money. If he really wants to help, why doesn’t he pay for the transfer of his household registration himself?
In fact, Zhang Weiren really doesn't have much money. Apart from his monthly salary, his property has been divided up by his two children.
Besides, it wasn't him who wanted to move his household registration, so why should he pay for it? Wouldn't it cost him money to use his connections?
Because of this incident, Zhang Weiren, who didn't like his son-in-law in the first place, became even more resentful towards Zhao Zhi.
Zhang Nailin had no choice. They had just bought a house and a car, and they didn't have much money. Besides, Zhao Zhi didn't listen to her.
When they first got married, the two had quarrels and fights, but later, Zhang Nailin never quarreled again because she could not change the other person. Personality is innate, so she could only change herself.
Of course, Zhao Zhi also has many advantages. He has strong working ability and is very motivated. He will hand over the money he earns. He is also an honest person without any ulterior motives. He goes home after work every day.
He has many shortcomings, such as low emotional intelligence, poor speaking skills, stubbornness and selfishness.
In order to ease the relationship, Zhao Zhi gave his unused laptop to his father-in-law and taught him how to use it. As a result, Zhang Weiren's attitude towards him improved a lot.
Three months later, Zhao Zhi suddenly called Zhang Weiren:
"Dad, how are you using that computer?"
"fine."
"That's fine, Dad. I bought this computer for 12,000 yuan, and I've only used it for less than three years. You can just pay for the depreciation and give me 3,000 yuan."
Zhang Weiren thought he had misheard, so he raised his voice:
"What?"
Zhao Zhi was a little unhappy:
"Dad, you've been trying it out for three months. You can't just keep not paying, right? For the sake of our family, I've given you a much lower price."
Zhang Weiren was so angry that he hung up the phone and called Zhang Nailin right after:
"Nailin, your Zhao Zhi is really interesting. I have to spend money to buy this computer. Can't I just buy a new one? What the hell is this? This is the first time I've seen someone like this."
Zhang Weiren hung up the phone and called Zhang Weifang again:
"Sister, I want to buy a new computer. Let my brother-in-law go with me."
Lu Shi and Zhang Weiren drove to the computer city. Along the way, Lu Shi heard Zhang Weiren chattering in his ear:
"Brother-in-law, tell me, what kind of person is that Xiao Zhao? This is the first time I've seen someone like him. It's a good thing you don't have a daughter, otherwise, finding a son-in-law like him would definitely make me angry to death."
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