Lu Chen, 33 years old, is an equipment engineer in a state-owned enterprise with a monthly salary of 11,000, he has been married for 5 years and has 2 children.
His wife Ye Wen is 29 years old and is a civil servant with a monthly salary of 7,000.
They have 2 children by themselves, the eldest is 4 years old and the younger is 2 years old, and both children are now sent to kindergarten, and he and Ye Wen pick them up every day.
On the weekend, they took their children to see their parents-in-law, and when they arrived, there were already several people in the house, including the eldest sister's family and the second sister's family.
They took their two children with them, and they took the things they bought, and as soon as the two children entered the door, they had already gone to play with their brothers and sisters.
Ye Wen went to the kitchen, her two sisters and her mother were preparing lunch, she smiled and said: Mom, what to eat at noon?
The eldest sister said: Look at what I said, they are such old people, they are worried about eating, and they don't know when they will grow up.
Second sister: Haha, after she had a child, she has been much better, she can only cook instant noodles, and now she can make supplementary food for her child.
Ye Wen: Mom, if you look at the two sisters, you know that you are bullying me.
Mom smiled and said: They, just to tease you, you are fooled every time.
The four women were busy in the kitchen, and the men also helped clean up the housework, and finally sat down to drink tea and chat together.
I have to say that everyone in this family is very powerful, Lu Chen thought silently.
The eldest brother-in-law is a well-known criminal investigation lawyer in their city, and the second brother-in-law is a middle school teacher.
However, his parents both have jobs and are about to retire, so they will have a pension and medical insurance in the future, and the burden of pension will be lighter.
Lu Chen looked at this house and couldn't help but be stunned, this house has 150 square meters, and when he bought it, it was 1.75 million, which was paid by the eldest brother-in-law and the eldest sister's family, in fact, the main thing is that the eldest brother-in-law earns more, I heard that it is about 500,000 yuan per year.
Looking at the people chatting happily, he couldn't help but sigh, his parents-in-law are really powerful, two rural people, have raised 3 excellent daughters, all of whom are college students, and now the eldest sister, the second sister and the second brother-in-law, all three of them are teachers, so that the children will not have to worry about going to school in the future.
At this time, the eldest brother-in-law said: Lu Chen, that's the case, let's discuss the pension of our parents.
The father-in-law smiled and said: We can still move, you don't have to worry about it, your mother and I think this house is too big, and it is not suitable for us to live, let's rent a small house to live.
Brother-in-law: Dad, you see you live here, and the three of us will come back on weekends, and the house is small, and we have nowhere to stand when we come.
Second brother-in-law: That's it, Dad, the house that the eldest sister's family bought for you, you can live in peace of mind.
Eldest brother-in-law: Li Yong, Lu Chen, I think about our family giving my dad 2,000 living expenses per month, what do you think?
The second brother-in-law smiled and said: It's good, in this way, my parents will be able to live here with peace of mind in the future, and the three sisters don't have to worry.
Lu Chen also said: Well, I don't have a problem with this, otherwise Ye Wen will talk every day, what will her parents do if they want to go back.
In this way, several people have discussed, and each family will be given 2,000 living expenses in the future.
At night, the three sisters live here directly and don't go home, the eldest brother-in-law is busy with urgent work, and the second brother-in-law also wants to stay, and he has something to go back to his parents' house.
Thinking that his parents also missed their children, he brought the two little ones with him, Ye Wenwen wanted to accompany him, or he wanted to get their sisters together, so he didn't let her go.
When he got home, his parents had already made dinner, and when they heard that the two little babies were here, his parents were very happy.
Mother: Lu Chen, did you go to the child's grandmother's house today?How are they physically?Living in a building Xi not Xi accustomed.
Lu Chen: Mom, my parents-in-law are very good, and the house that my eldest brother-in-law bought is quite large, and it is not crowded when the three of us go there.
Mother: They are really blessed, their three daughters are so good and filial.
Lu Chen: Well, yes, today I decided to give them 2,000 living expenses a month in the future, so that even if they don't have a pension, they can live very well.
Mother: Well, that's fine, then how much living expenses will you give us in the future?
Lu Chen smiled and said: Haha, Mom, if you want, we will also give you 2000 a month, how about it?
Mother: Hehe, what you said doesn't count, don't be kicked out by Ye Wen at that time.
At this time, the father came over with his son and said: Don't listen to your mother, we are not retired now, and we still have a job, so we need you to pay for living expenses, and when we are old and need you, you can do your best.
Lu Chen: Dad, don't worry, you have also seen that although Ye Wen is the youngest and is pampered by his parents and sister, he is kind-hearted and will definitely be filial to you.
Mother: Yes, their children are very good, and when you got married, you didn't ask for a bride price, which made us embarrassed.
According to the practice of their family, the bride price must be about 120,000 yuan.
Lu Chen: Yes, but none of the three sisters asked for a bride price, I heard that when my eldest brother-in-law got married, there was no marriage room, and he just started working as a paralegal, and his monthly salary was only 800, and my eldest sister's salary was more than 3,000 at that time.
Dad: It's not easy, under normal circumstances, parents won't agree, but they didn't ask for a bride price, and they married their daughter to him, they can only say that their mind is too right, Lu Chen, it's a blessing that you can marry their girl.
Lu Chen: Of course, not only that, at that time, in order to sponsor the eldest brother-in-law's further education, my father-in-law provided for the second sister and Ye Wen to go to school, and also gave the eldest brother-in-law 3,000 per month, so the eldest brother-in-law was so moved, and now he has bought a big house.
Mother: What about your eldest brother-in-law's parents, don't they care?
Lu Chen: I heard that when my eldest brother-in-law was very young, his parents divorced, both of them left home, and he was lost to his grandparents, but his grandparents didn't like his father, and they didn't like him either.
Later, I heard that with the help of their junior high school teacher, they went to high school, and after being admitted to university, they also paid the tuition for the first year with a student loan, and they have been working part-time since then.
Mother: Hey, it's not easy, but now that it's so powerful, it seems that I've worked hard.
Lu Chen: Well, compared to our family, the eldest sister's family has the most stories, and now the eldest brother-in-law is very good to the eldest sister, and the three children in their family are very sensible, and they know how to help their parents work at a young age, which is really good at teaching.
Dad: It seems that although your parents-in-law are both natives of the countryside, they are really wise, teach their children well, and let them go to college.
Lu Chen: Yes, in addition to farming, my father-in-law went out to work as a bricklayer, a big worker, and a carpenter, anyway, he is very talented, and it is said that he can see it, and he earns well.
And my mother-in-law is even more powerful, she is on a tricycle, she sells breakfast in the morning, fast food at noon, and boxes of cut fruit in the evening.
Mother: It was because they knew that they had suffered hardships when they were young, so the three sisters took them over and wanted them to enjoy the blessings.
Otherwise, if they don't maintain it now, their losses when they were young will become more and more serious.
Anyway, his parents agreed with the living expenses for his parents-in-law, which made Lu Chen breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard that many small families, because of these things, ended up divorced.
When the two children want to sleep, they keep looking for their mother, but they don't sleep, especially their son, who is obviously very sleepy, but he just doesn't want to sleep, he has to find his mother, there is no way, he can only get through **, let Ye Wen comfort and coax his son to sleep.
At this time, Lu Chen knew that although he felt that he had done no less housework, compared to Ye Wen, he still did too little.
And Ye Wen was also complaining at this time, saying: Sister, I used to have parents, and you, I am the most favored one in the family, and I don't need to worry about anything, but now, my children need me, my husband needs me, I have to work hard, and I have to deal with so many interpersonal relationships, it's really hard.
Eldest sister: You, just be content, you go and ask, how many families are facing the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and they have to be widowed and have children, some are directly depressed, some are going to divorce, how many people are struggling to live, so think about it, are you particularly happy.
Second sister: That's right, my brother-in-law has done a good job, you, encourage him more in the future, and he will definitely get better and better.
Their family's conditions are relatively good, and he hasn't suffered much, so it's good to be able to come to this point.
Under the persuasion of the eldest sister and the second sister, Ye Wen fell asleep after a while, and the two sisters laughed.
Eldest Sister: Eldest sister, I heard that you are going to change to a big house, are you optimistic?Is there enough money?
The second Ye Tong smiled and said: Well, I am looking at the house, eldest sister, you also know, when we got married, we bought a small house of 50 square meters, and now, the family of four is really crowded, we plan to buy a three-room one, so that the children also have a separate room.
Eldest sister Ye An said: Well, that's it, I told you a few years ago, seeing that you didn't react, I thought there was some difficulty.
Ye Tong: Hey, I haven't told you that although I saved some money a few years ago, both of us have provident funds, but Li Yong's family affairs are too much, eldest sister, little sister has been lucky since she was a child, you see how harmonious her mother-in-law is, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law are also good to her.
But Li Yong's family is different, although he is the youngest son, his parents prefer his eldest brother, thinking that Li Yong has a job in the city, while his eldest brother is in the countryside, and it is too hard to farm and work, so they want to keep subsidizing him.
When we got married, his family didn't pay a penny, and the down payment for the small house was still made up by us, Li Yong said that if it wasn't for his parents who didn't want a bride price, and he happened to meet me again, he couldn't find a wife.
Not long after marriage, I had a child, although there were two people's salaries, I was still very nervous, his parents often beat **, let him give money, for a while his back hurt, and for a while his legs hurt, no way, his parents are sick, can he not care?
Almost all of his salary was given to his family, but fortunately, with your help at that time, my salary was not enough.
Every time he wanted to go back to see them, his parents wouldn't let him go back, saying that he should work hard and not worry about them, and that his eldest brother would take care of them.
We were still very touched at the time, and felt that although we gave money, they were also thinking about us, which was already good.
Hehe, eldest sister, can you think of it?In fact, they have always been good, but they have been asking for money and saving to build a house for his eldest brother.
When Li Yong found out, he was very uncomfortable, and when we were frugal at home, his family calculated how much money he had sent to build a house.
may make him even more sad is that it is the calculation of his family, after all, it is a family, and deceiving him like this makes him feel stupid, and he understands why his parents don't let him go back.
The eldest sister looked at her in disbelief and said, "How can this be?"Just say no?Even if you're nervous, it's better to get together as a family than to use this method.
Ye Tong: Who said it wasn't, but his parents chose this method, making Li Yongdu think that he was not biological.
His father also said that it was because he didn't care about the life or death of his family, he just ate and drank spicy food by himself, and he only cared about his own nourishment, and they had no choice.
Eldest Sister: Hey, it seems that our family is so happy, my parents would rather work hard and tired, and never let us feel wronged.
Ye Tong: Sister, I also think our family is really good.
Eldest sister: Then you change the house this time, if the money is enough, if it is not enough, you can say, Ye Wen and I will make it up for you.
Ye Tong: Sister, it's almost over, the loan for that small house has been repaid, and this time with my provident fund loan, the house is already optimistic.
Eldest Sister: Well, if you need help, you can just say it, we are three sisters, and whoever has difficulties will help us so that we can continue to be so good.
The two sisters also fell asleep, and the three of them slept in the same bed as they had when they were children.
Lu Chen and Ye Wen still go to work as usual, taking care of the children, Lu Chen spends more time helping Ye Wen take care of the children, he thinks that the company for the children is only a few years, and when the children are older, you want to accompany him, he still thinks about the meal.
After paying his salary, he transferred 10,000 to Ye Wen, and he only left more than 1,000, Ye Wen looked at him and said with a smile: Tell me honestly, how much private money have you saved?
Lu Chen looked at him seriously and said, "What private money is there?"Don't you talk nonsense?
Ye Wen smiled and said: I don't know you yet, if you don't have private money, you can give me 9,000 at most, and now you have given 10,000, but you must have private money.
Lu Chen: Hmph, it's not okay to give more, I still don't want to save more, since you don't receive the money, then you give me back 1000
Ye Wen: Hehe, I think too much, and I will transfer you another 1000, which is impossible.
Ye Wen thought for a while and said: Lu Chen, Mom is going to retire this year, I thought about it for a while, and gave them 2000, so that although we bear the key points, it is much better to save them pension money than to need a lot of money all of a sudden.
Lu Chen: My parents said that they don't need it for the time being, and when they need us in the future, let's give us a hand.
Ye Wen: Lu Chen, my parents said that if you only give them to them and don't give them to your parents, sooner or later there will be contradictions.
Besides, you are an only child anyway, even if you give money to your parents, they will definitely save it, so that when they need money, our burden will be light.
Lu Chen frowned and said, "Then we are too nervous, there are still 2 children at home."
Ye Wen: Well, so I'm going to find another part-time job, which is the kind of person who specializes in writing official documents on the Internet, and I recommended it from a senior sister, which is very good, but they lack one to write official documents.
Lu Chen: Xiaowen, will you be too tired?In fact, even if we give 2,000 to both parents, we can spend enough.
Ye Wen: It's okay, I'll just exercise, anyway, my work will not be able to do without writing materials in the future.
I'll tell you, I took a look, if the writing is good, the remuneration for the manuscript is quite high, basically between 1000-2000, after all, there are not many people who write this kind of article, and many people don't understand the structure and wording.
Lu Chen: Then what should I do?I'm also looking for a part-time job, I can't let you work alone.
Ye Wen smiled and said: You, work hard to get a certificate, take a registered equipment engineer, and those who need you will come to the door.
Lu Chen nodded, he felt that he had to work hard with his wife, otherwise if his wife became better and better, and he stayed put, the two of them would definitely have problems.
The two of them said they would do it, Lu Chen bought the Xi materials from the Internet, and Ye Wen also took an order, and the two children were with them, giving them a strong area, putting toys and various picture books, and letting them play by themselves.
I have to say that it feels so good to be a family together, the daughter with the son, the two adults are busy with their own work, and occasionally take time to take a look at the child.
Such a life is busy and warm, and the parents on both sides have received 2000 living expenses, and they are very satisfied with each other.
They honor their parents, raise their children, and improve themselves, which is the best marriage, the best life.
Written at the end: I hold you, you pull me, on the road of life, move forward together, in order to go further and see better scenery.
No matter how hurried, don't forget, give each other a soft time, live three meals a day, taste firewood, rice, oil and salt slowly, and strive to live as you want in ordinary days.
Come on.