"That's true, but why did you agree to let my older brother and his family move in with their grandchildren?"
"It's because my parents are getting old, and they want the whole family to be together happily. Similarly, I can also unload the heavy burden on my shoulders."
This is great, even if work isn't too busy, there are other people to take care of the elderly.
Besides, even if there's a housekeeper to help out, I'm not the eldest daughter-in-law. My parents are getting on in years, so some things still need to be discussed with my older brother and sister-in-law. It's not something I can decide on my own.
You men might not think much of it, but even if I don't say anything, and my sister-in-law doesn't say anything, others will.
Just like this morning, if I didn't hear it with my own ears, I could pretend I didn't know.
But once you hear it, you can't pretend it never happened.
"That's true."
"Similarly, even if my sister-in-law doesn't mind, it definitely won't work in the long run. After all, we have our own children, and the children have to help out."
"That's true. We can't just brush it off because of the elderly."
Even if the parents and children have no objections, it's still difficult to stop someone from stirring things up.
"That's what I mean. Another point is that nowadays, almost every family only has one child, especially working-class families. Whether it's a boy or a girl, they're only allowed to have one child."
Sometimes, it's not suitable to raise children in a large family. Putting them together can actually help them be educated better.
Whether the next generation can stand on their own two feet cannot be determined by our words alone; it requires teaching by example.
"That's right. By the way, I wanted to tell you about the Jing family's appointments in Beijing. I'm planning to apply for early retirement."
"Early retirement? How could you think of that?"
"Don't rush, let me explain in detail."
"Okay, go ahead."
"What I mean is, doesn't the Jing family want power and profit?"
If I leave voluntarily, a position will become vacant in the Beijing Military Region. I don't believe it.
He wouldn't take this opportunity to stay in Beijing, because staying in Beijing isn't something anyone can do just because they want to.
As long as he stays, the Jing family will have no reason to worry about the fourth son.
At least in their family, there is no suitable candidate to replace the fourth son's position.
Unless someone else is eyeing my position, or someone else is eyeing the fourth position.
But no matter who it is, they will all slip up during this job change.
We can take this opportunity to find out who is behind this.
Even if we can't break through as often as before, we can still lock them down firmly.
This way we can follow the clues and find out what the people behind it are up to.
If not, we can exclude the other party as well.
"That's true. Since you've made up your mind, I won't stop you."
Anyway, retiring early is no different from retiring on the appointed day, and the difference is only one year.
"Being able to retire early means I can at least spend more time with my parents at home."
"Okay, as long as you have no objections, I'll submit the application later."
"Okay, how could I have my own self? I also want to know what they want to do."
If they want power, simply asking you to step down early probably won't satisfy them.
To gain influence, you need power; without authority, where does influence come from?
If they want money, with the assets I have, they can take it if they want, but they'd better be alive to take it.
"They have no power, no money, no influence—they're just putting on this show because they think the Jing family is dying too slowly."
"That's true, but we should still be careful, since it's not clear how many people dislike us this time."
"I know."
"That's good. It's getting late. Are you hungry? Do you want to go out and get something to eat? Even if you're feeling down, don't be too hard on yourself."
"Okay, let's go eat first. I'm not going to do something that hurts the enemy a thousand while hurting myself eight hundred."
"That's good."
How can I not eat? I didn't eat much at noon, but I can still manage if I don't eat dinner either.
Even maintaining a good figure shouldn't be done this way.
Furthermore, this standoff between these parties cannot be resolved in a short time. While we cannot relax until the problem is solved, we also cannot stop eating.
Also, we need to let them know that Li Mianmian is not someone who can be thrown into disarray by a few words from them.
They need to have real skills to succeed.
"Sister-in-law, are you hungry? Sister Wu has made your favorite dishes. Let's eat first, and we can do the rest after we finish eating."
"I know, sister-in-law, I'm sorry to have worried you."
"It's alright. Since retiring, besides taking care of the children, cooking is the only hobby I have left."
Besides, since moving here, I haven't been able to help with cooking at all, so why would I need to do it?
"Thank you for your help."
"Alright, let's not stand on ceremony, we're family."
"Okay, by the way, where are Mom and Dad?"
"Your eldest brother took some children to the front yard to invite Mom and Dad. The two of them have been playing with the children there all day and don't seem to be tired at all."
If it were me, I wouldn't have such stamina.
"Isn't that right? When doing other things, even if the work is tiring, I never feel that I'm getting old. But when I'm playing with the kids, I really have to admit that I'm getting old."
"That's right, everyone says that children have a lot of energy, and now I can really understand it."
When their father was still young, I took care of him for several years, but I never felt tired.
"When it comes to taking care of grandchildren, if I had to take care of two kids by myself, I'm really afraid I couldn't manage."
"Me too, I'm raising two kids by myself, and when I can't see them for a second, they've gone off to play somewhere."
"Grandma, are you and Great-Grandma talking badly about me?"
"Which ear did you hear that your grandmother was talking badly about you?"
"Grandpa, I heard it with both ears!"
"Then why are you asking?"
"Grandpa, I just wanted to confirm it."
"Have you confirmed it?"
"I want to confirm, but Grandma didn't answer my question. Why didn't you answer my question, Grandma? Or are you feeling guilty?"
"Grandma has no guilty conscience. And Grandma didn't say anything bad about you. What she said to your great-grandmother was all true and happened, so it wasn't bad talk."
"But you and Grandma are talking about me, aren't you saying bad things about me?"
"Who told you that when you're talking about someone, you have to say bad things about them?"
"Mingming said that if anyone talks about her behind her back, they are talking badly about her."
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