Chapter 332 This Body Is Not Free
It is not easy to leave Xuri and Shangzhou.
Even though this house was given to me by Xuri, and I can live in it shamelessly, if I really leave Xuri, I will have to find another place to live.
So the first thing I had to do was buy another fully furnished house. Housing prices in Upstate were not expensive, costing around $20,000.
Buying a 200-square-meter house costs 4 million yuan. My income from the past year and a half has been largely untouched. I have over 2 million yuan left, and after selling the house in Wuxiang, I still have over 1 million yuan left.
Pay a down payment first and you will have no problem living.
Next is what Murong said about the Chinese community. Is it really easy to make money there? If it's not as good as he said, I might as well stay in Xu Ri. After all, I have no worries about food and clothing.
I hesitated and couldn't make up my mind.
Speaking of which, I've long since mastered the art of concealing my emotions. As Nanxi says, everyone is a face reader. Having two face readers at home, they immediately saw that I was worried.
The first fortune teller, Xiaolin, stared at me one night and said, "Shanhong, you have something on your mind."
I laughed out loud, then said, "Master Lin, I have something on my mind. What is it? You can check it on my phone, and you can listen to it in person over the phone. Is there something wrong?"
She shook her head: "You can't hide anything from me. Tell me what it is and we'll face it together."
I said seriously, "Maybe you have something on your mind, but I am honest and open."
She said, "I'm glad you're okay. I saw you had your keys, but you were looking for them everywhere. You've never been like this before."
The second fortune teller, my mother, was even more powerful. She asked, "Did you and Mr. Chen have a conflict?"
My head shook like a rattle.
She said, "I see you sitting there, your mind wandering a lot."
Was I distracted? It seems like every time I get home, I'm always in high spirits and never distracted. Is it really true that "those involved are confused, while those on the sidelines see things more clearly"?
My mother said, "Be patient in everything and don't be stubborn. After all, you are begging for food at someone else's hands."
This sentence hurts my self-esteem too much. Begging for food? When would I, Wan Shanhong, beg for food from others?
With my fame, even if I opened an independent studio in Upstate, I wouldn't have to worry about customers coming in. But she is my mother after all, and I can't refute her.
The so-called filial piety in the world regards obedience as the highest level.
The May Day holiday was coming soon, and Murong called me again to urge me.
I decided to talk to my family about this. I first told my mother that I would invite everyone to dinner on May Day.
My mother said, "Okay, tell us what's going on. I see you've been feeling uneasy."
This was an unusual family meeting. Except for Yifan and Xiao Shitou, who were in the store, everyone else was present.
We had a very pleasant dinner. Afterward, my mother said, "Shanhong has been acting a little strange these days. He keeps hesitating when I ask him about it. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell everyone what's going on."
Xiaolin and my father both had a premonition, but my sister and brother-in-law were confused and looked at me together.
I said, “I want to develop outside.”
"Ah——" they screamed in unison.
I told him everything about Murong Feng inviting me.
Everyone was silent. This incident was probably too sudden, so sudden that no one was prepared.
My mother stared at me and said, "I'm asking again, did you have a disagreement with Mr. Chen?"
I shook my head and said, "Not only do we have no disagreements, but we have a very good relationship."
My sister was filled with grief and indignation: "We run a shop, but we still don't make as much as you do in a year. Is it so easy to make money out there? Can you even sweep with a broom?"
My father said, "This house was also given by Mr. Chen. If you have to leave, you can't continue to live here with such a shameless face.
Even buying a new house takes a year to renovate. Shanhong, you are so old now, you have already started a family and a career, you can’t let your temper take its course.”
Xiao Lin said, "You must be clear. Is the income outside really higher? How much higher? Is it safe? If it's about the same as Xu Ri, is it worth it for you to run back and forth?"
Only my brother-in-law remained silent.
I said, "If I move out, my income will definitely be higher. As for this house, I won't covet it. Now there are fully furnished houses. I can move in with a down payment. It won't have much impact on our lives."
My mother said, "Money, money, money! All you care about is money. That Mu guy can't guarantee how much money you can make. He doesn't own a company. Don't be fooled by him."
My brother-in-law said, "Shanhong, you better calm down."
My mother squinted at me and said, "Xiao Lin is pregnant too. You only care about yourself and not others. There must be a man in the family. Once you leave, Gao Xu will come to help with anything. He also has his own things to do.
If you hadn’t gotten married, you could have gone wherever you wanted, and I wouldn’t have cared. But now you have a family.”
The meeting was one-sided and no one agreed with my idea.
Especially my sister, without waiting for me to explain, she took my brother-in-law's hand and was about to leave, she said bitterly:
"Don't be so selfish, living a carefree life just for one person. Think more about others. Once you're gone, all your relationships will be severed. Then, even if you pray to the heavens and the earth, nothing will work for you."
Her words made my mother burst into tears.
For the first time, I became the target of public criticism.
Everyone left in a bad mood. My sister and brother-in-law left, and my mother and father went into the bedroom. Only Xiaolin sat with me in the living room.
After a while, she made me a cup of fresh tea and placed it in front of me, advising me, "Don't be impulsive. It's better to live a stable life. Work hard here for a few years and save some money. If you want to be independent in the future, I support you."
I felt lonely, a kind of loneliness that made me feel abandoned by everyone. Except for Xiaolin, my parents thought I was fooling around.
As for my sister, she doesn't care at all about my desire to meet more people and learn more skills.
She just hopes that I can continue to build connections in Upstate and provide a strong support for the family.
Xiao Lin said, "Father, mother, and sister are all right. When you leave Shangzhou, the relationship will be severed.
When you are here, the company will come to help if there is any problem at home. An example is when you got married. You have a car if you want a car and people if you want people.
"He left, and his colleagues would greet him when they saw him, but when they saw us, he pretended not to know us. My brother-in-law is also a gentle man, so he can't help much."
"Go to sleep and let me think."
Xiaolin didn't leave and sat with me the whole time.
I think life is so cruel. I once thought about traveling around the world with Master Dong.
As things stand, I can only stay in Upstate. As for traveling, just dream on.
After sitting for a while, I said to Xiaolin, "Let's go to sleep."
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