From an annual income of one million to a monthly salary of 1,500, her life is about to be ruined by an old house
If I had known that the house was so important to us, I would have bought two of them when I could, one for myself and the other for my sister. Because I can't imagine that we, who were once so close, will now turn against each other because of an old house.
This is the story of Fa Xiao, whom I have admired for decades, and the experience of my niece Ping.
She has shown extraordinary talent since she was a child. Ping is two years younger than me, 35 years old this year, and has a sister Yun who is two years younger than her. We grew up together and have always had a good relationship. Although I am older than her and an elder, she is cheerful and steady, bold and careful. When the adults are not rushing home to cook, she will cook noodles, roast corn, and roast potatoes for us at a very young age, so she is more like a big sister.
Ping has been interested in making money since she was a child. While we were still spilling around to get a little pocket money, she was able to cut the family's sour radish into thin slices and sell it to other children at the entrance of the village. On the weekends, we were busy playing with mud, but she went to the tea garden to help pick the tea leaves. In a month, she can save two or three yuan, and she is a well-known "rich person" for us.
If I had known that the house was so important to us, I would have bought two of them when I could, one for myself and the other for my sister. Because I can't imagine that we, who were once so close, will now turn against each other because of an old house.
This is the story of Fa Xiao, whom I have admired for decades, and the experience of my niece Ping.
She has shown extraordinary talent since she was a child. Ping is two years younger than me, 35 years old this year, and has a sister Yun who is two years younger than her. We grew up together and have always had a good relationship. Although I am older than her and an elder, she is cheerful and steady, bold and careful. When the adults are not rushing home to cook, she will cook noodles, roast corn, and roast potatoes for us at a very young age, so she is more like a big sister.
Ping has been interested in making money since she was a child. While we were still spilling around to get a little pocket money, she was able to cut the family's sour radish into thin slices and sell it to other children at the entrance of the village. On the weekends, we were busy playing with mud, but she went to the tea garden to help pick the tea leaves. In a month, she can save two or three yuan, and she is a well-known "rich person" for us.
After high school, because of the pressure of studying, Ping only had time to think about making money during the holidays. She sells meat for dried meat during the day and embroiders cross-stitch at night, and it takes a month to earn enough for her tuition and living expenses. Because of this incident, my mother praised her countless times back then, and said that I was afraid to even ask for directions, and I couldn't compare with her at all. I've never been jealous of her because of this, and I don't even have a trace of distress that I can't explain.
Ping's father was the only formal teacher in the nearby villages, but unfortunately the primary school teachers at that time had very low salaries, and his school was too far away from home, so he could only come back once or twice a year, which could neither give them enough fatherly love nor bring enough material. Her mother wakes up early every day and is greedy for night, and she can still only fill the stomach of the family, I don't know if this is the reason why she fell in love with making money.
We barely had any contact after going to college, except that I heard that she went to a tourist school and that her sister Yun was admitted to the same university two years later. She had to pay for all the sisters' expenses, so she was still keen to earn money during her school days.
Her story has never been dull, and the reunion was in 2020, because of the epidemic, I took my daughter back to my hometown, and they had been back for almost half a year at that time. She still loves to talk and laugh, but many times I see her smile not calmly. It's all people who have been through too much, and I don't have too much probing and curiosity.
Until some time ago, my mother told me that Ping's family was divided, and my mother's mouth suddenly became ignorant for some reason. But I believe that Ping, who has been silently paying for so many years, must have a reason for her last resort.
That day, she looked at the children playing crazy on the grass, she suddenly cried, and after a while, she wiped her tears vigorously and said: "Bo Xiao, I regret it so much, if I had known that the house was so important, I would definitely buy two sets when I can." I hugged her gently and listened quietly as she told her stories of the past few years.
Ping talked about a boyfriend during college, from the north, a very good person, and she got along very well. When he graduated, the boy wanted to return to his hometown to develop, so Ping followed him to Beijing without saying a word. Because of her poor school and inexperience, it was difficult for Ping to find a job, so she simply wholesaled clothes and set up a stall. I thought that life could go on like this, but two years later, Yun graduated and joined a local tourism company, specializing in receiving foreign tourists, and the salary was very objective, and when it was high, it could be 50,000 or 60,000 yuan a month. Yun recommends Ping to her boss and tries to persuade her sister, and the boy also persuades her to seize the opportunity. So Ping returned to the provincial capital and worked hard with her sister.
After coming back, Ping was very busy with work, and after a while, she realized that the boy hadn't contacted her for a long time. She called ** and asked, only to find out that the boy's family forced him to get married, and he didn't know how to choose, Ping cried bitterly and decisively chose to let go. They survived the days of living in the basement together and eating instant noodles, but they failed to withstand the test of a long-distance relationship. After the breakup, Ping met her current husband, a man who is not worthy of him in the eyes of outsiders, but Ping thinks that her husband's gentle and patient personality is very compatible with her strong and somewhat domineering self.
After getting married, Pingfang, who refused to admit defeat in her bones, resolutely gave up her high-paying job to start a business, she chose the beauty industry that was very good at that time, and Yun silently took out most of her savings to support her. Everything was good at the beginning, the location of the store was well chosen, the project was very competitive and the staff worked hard. Ping started preparing for the new store in the second month of opening. At that time, the apprentices in her shop were 5,000 a month and still had food and accommodation, ** the strength was very big, and the girls in the village who didn't have a diploma licked their faces and asked her to arrange, Ping accepted them, in her words, "Who is not used!.""At that time, Ping was a shining presence in the village.
Ping made a million in less than a year. Her mother persuaded her to buy a house first, but Ping thought that the money was barely enough to buy a house, so how could the two families live?She decided to work harder and buy two sets in full in a year or two without the pressure of a mortgage. Standing beside her sister, Yun expressed her belief in her.
However, if she had known at the time what was going to happen later, she would have definitely followed her mother's advice. Even though you may not be able to buy a home in a provincial town, it is a good idea to buy two smaller houses in your hometown. It's a pity that it backfired, and there is no regret medicine in the world.
Perhaps because the pace is too fast, poor management, and frequent resignation of employees, the service cannot keep up, and most members ask for a return card. Coupled with the rupture of the capital chain, Ping's career collapsed. People began to talk about her with words such as "too ambitious" and "no luck". But at this time, Ping did not feel hopeless, she thought that anyone's career would have ups and downs.
However, life is sometimes like this, always after closing your door and then locking your window. When Ping was still looking for business opportunities, the epidemic broke out. With no customers, Yun is forced to return home, and Ping decides to come back and give it a try. However, the impact of the pandemic has been far more severe than they thought. In this small and remote city where tourism is the main business, once there are no tourists, the economy is almost paralyzed. Yun lost her job, and Ping's salary was not enough to pay for the milk powder. The husband's job was also affected, and his salary dropped from more than 7,000 to less than 4,000. Ping said that it is actually quite simple to make a frugality from luxury, and it will be enough to have a child.
As the eldest daughter, Ping can recruit a son-in-law at home to support her parents and get all the family property at the same time. And my sister Yun no longer enjoys these after she gets married. However, Yun has a poor relationship with her mother-in-law, and her husband's family is also poor, so she wants to go home. After her mother proposed the idea, Ping agreed without much thought, thinking that although the family had four children, they were still young and could live in a squeeze crowd. However, the inconvenience and financial pressure caused by the large crowd made the atmosphere between the sisters a little awkward, and they both seemed to deliberately avoid the topic of money.
However, the window paper was pierced after all. The father, who has been inactive for almost his whole life, suddenly announced at the dinner table that the newly built house belongs to his sister Yun, the old house and a small foundation are given to Ping, and Yun will subsidize her sister 200,000 yuan. knew that things could not be solved like this, but these words still set off huge waves in the hearts of the two. Yun felt that 200,000 yuan was enough for a down payment, and Ping couldn't imagine how to live with her two children and start saving from brick by brick.
Ping said with emotion that she had some resentment towards her father for the first time. This home is like a hotel, as long as he doesn't pay for it, he can live in peace of mind. Over the years, his father's salary has been rising, but he has never given the family a penny, and even the cost of building a house is out of his own pocket, plus part of his mother's sponsorship. His salary of more than 6,000 yuan is used to enjoy life, travel with the elderly group, and spend the rest of his time learning, playing gourd silk, playing erhu, playing the accordion, playing the electronic piano and so on. Ping could tolerate all of this, but why did her father upset the balance they had carefully maintained with a single word.
Since that day, Ping hasn't spoken to Yun for nearly half a month, and she doesn't know how to speak. As the eldest daughter, as an older sister, she should take a step back, and this is how she has come over after so many years. But as a mother, she can't let her children sleep with her. In the past two years, one penny has been spent for two cents, and Ping's ambition seems to have been worn out, and when it comes to the future, her face is full of confusion.
There is no winner in this matter, no matter how it ends. However, they have supported each other for so many years, and I believe that their relationship will not be so easily broken. And Ping, who is so strong, is inevitable to stand up again.