Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

After the family finished their meal, Zhang Xiuhua asked them to go see Liu Shujun.

"Hemiplegia. There might be a smell in the room, but don't show it."

In the winter, the room was heated by a kang, which made ventilation difficult and the smell was not very good. Zhang Xiuhua was worried that the children would dislike it, so she repeatedly reminded them.

Several children agreed.

When I arrived at my sister-in-law's house, Xu Chunying was talking to the children in the main hall. Hongwu graduated from university this year and was assigned to work as an officer at the Pengcheng Water Affairs Bureau. He could only rent a house to live in. At the beginning, his salary was not high. After paying the rent and deducting food and drink, he didn't have much money left.

Xu Chunying could only tell her eldest son to keep doing it, "After you've worked for a few years, your salary will go up."

Hongxia and Hongwen were eating on the side.

Zhang Xiuhua brought the children in and Xu Chunying immediately stood up to greet them.

"The children are back!" Knowing that they were here to see the old man, he hurriedly took them in.

Li Jiandang was cutting his mother's nails in the room. Liu Shujun couldn't get out of bed yet and could only sit for a while. When she saw them, her eyes moved.

She spoke unclearly, and after Jidong and the others said hello, she stood aside.

Zhang Xiuhua asked about the situation and was relieved to learn that he felt better today than yesterday and didn't leak food when eating. "This disease needs to be treated slowly. As long as you take good care of it, it will definitely get better."

After talking about this, Zhang Xiuhua came out with the children. They didn't leave immediately, but chatted with them.

Xu Chunying told Zhang Xiuhua, "My son Hongwu has been assigned a job in the south, and his income is only enough for himself. It will be difficult for him to buy a house and get married there in the future."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "Where does Hongwu plan to settle down?"

"What if I don't settle down there? Here, each position is assigned to a specific job. There is no place for him. He can only work there." Xu Chunying has prepared for the worst. "Hongbing said that the housing prices there are very high. There are houses in high-rise buildings, and one square meter costs more than one thousand yuan. One hundred square meters costs one hundred thousand yuan. This is too much of a rip-off."

Hong Wu hurriedly said, "Mom, if you can't afford it, then don't buy it. I just graduated, why are you talking about buying a house?"

Xu Chunying rolled her eyes. "How can you get married without buying a house? Who can marry you?!"

"Isn't the house we live in now okay?" Hongwu didn't want his parents to worry about him.

Xu Chunying thought he was a fool. "What's the use of a house in my hometown? When you get married, will you still have to rent a house? You can rent one, but can your children also rent one? Don't they need to show the house deeds to go to school there?"

This sentence made Hong Wu blush and angry. Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and understood what her sister-in-law meant. Because the person in charge of the construction site ran away with the money, many families in the village did not want to go out to work, but her sister-in-law still wanted her brother to go out. She wanted to get Zhang Xiuhua's support. She used the reason that the family was under great pressure.

This reason seems reasonable, but who will take care of my mother-in-law when my eldest brother is away? My eldest sister-in-law and the village chief jointly run a vegetable wholesale company. Can she just let it go and take care of my mother-in-law at home? Or does she want me to take care of her together? Half a month at your home and half a month at my home?

It is one thing that she has a good relationship with Xu Chunying, but when it comes to interests, she has to make it clear. When the family was divided, the eldest wife got more property, saying that it was to provide for her mother-in-law's retirement. Now that her mother-in-law is sick, it doesn't make sense for both families to take care of her. She can pay for the medical expenses, but she can't take care of her personally!

It's not that she has a mean heart, but she wants to take precautions before it happens.

Zhang Xiuhua agreed, "Every family has a lot of pressure. Sister-in-law, you have to think more positively. You have only three children, but I have six. In order to make more money, I have made full use of the mountain land. I want to plant fruit trees, grow ginseng, and raise animals. I am very busy, all for the sake of making money."

Xu Chunying nodded. "It's really hard. It's the same for every family. I feel relieved that my sister-in-law can understand me."

Zhang Xiuhua breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her sister-in-law did not plan to let her take care of her mother-in-law as well. Or maybe her sister-in-law had not thought about it yet.

She asked tentatively, "What about your vegetable wholesale company?"

Xu Chunying blurted out, "It's still the same as before."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. "My mother-in-law is so sick that she can't even walk now. She needs someone to take care of her eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. You got up early to deliver the vegetables, and it took at least four hours to go back and forth. Do you remember that during the autumn harvest, you were so busy that you couldn't even take care of delivering the vegetables?"

It turns out that the sister-in-law really didn't realize how hard it is to take care of an elderly person. This kind of hemiplegic elderly person must be taken care of 24 hours a day, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is exhausting.

In her previous life, she had taken care of an elderly man who had suffered a stroke, and the man almost lost her life after only half a year.

Xu Chunying really didn’t think that far. She frowned and thought for a long time but couldn’t answer.

Zhang Xiuhua thought she should not take on all the work. "You have worked so hard to build this business, you can't let it go to waste. If you keep working, you can definitely make three to four thousand yuan a year. Add in the harvest from the land, you can make five to six thousand yuan a year. Why go to Pengcheng? You work so hard on a construction site, and you don't even get paid."

Xu Chunying understood what she meant, "You don't recommend my man to go to Pengcheng?"

"Men looking for jobs there either go to construction sites or electronics factories. Working in electronics factories is bad for your health. If you go to construction sites, you may not get paid. It's better to farm at home. You can take care of the elderly and farm at the same time. You can handle it." Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "I suggest you do this. You can't do three jobs by yourself. Taking care of the elderly is too hard."

Xu Chunying looked at her and asked, "You can grow fruit trees, ginseng, raise animals, and grow vegetables by yourself?"

Zhang Xiuhua smiled, "I can hire someone. I can hire someone to help me plant fruit trees, ginseng, and vegetables. The only thing I need to do is raise animals. I can handle it. Are you willing to pay someone to help me?"

Xu Chunying was naturally unhappy. She was not a capitalist, so how could she exploit others? But after hearing her sister-in-law's matter-of-fact tone, she couldn't express her opinion, "You are still good at enjoying life."

Zhang Xiuhua laughed, "I'm too busy. What should I do if I don't hire anyone?"

Xu Chunying choked and said she would think about it again.

After leaving her sister-in-law's house, Yaoyao and the other children ran to other houses to play with their friends, and only Jidong accompanied her back.

Jidong also heard it just now, "Aunt, don't you want to take care of grandma?"

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "Your uncle and I already had an agreement. After we get married, we will each take care of our own elderly. That's his mother, so he will definitely take care of her."

Jidong was ashamed, it turned out that he had overthought it.

However, Zhang Xiuhua changed the subject and said, "But I really don't want her to come to our house. It's not that I think it's one more person, but your uncle is working. If he quits, our family will lose an income. I don't want to wrong myself and take on this job, because it will cause disagreements. Our relationship will become distant, and the children will suffer."

She was not ashamed to admit her selfishness. Before marrying Li Jianguo, she made it clear what she could and could not do. If he could not keep his promise, she would not indulge him.

Jidong nodded, his expression indescribably strange.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him, "Do you think your aunt is selfish?"

Jidong shook his head, "No, grandma and aunt are not related, it's human nature that she doesn't want to take care of her."

In fact, the aunt's idea is considered unorthodox in the village. Because according to their traditional concept, the daughter-in-law has the obligation to take care of the elderly. But the aunt said it blatantly. This frankness made him ashamed. Because he could never be like the aunt who was not afraid of other people's eyes. He always lived in the eyes of others.

Zhang Xiuhua patted his shoulder and said, "You think this way, which is better than many people. Many men in this world like to outsource their filial piety. They let their wives suffer and take care of the elderly so that they can fulfill their filial piety. But the reality is that there is no filial son in front of a long-term sick bed, not to mention that the wife is an outsider."

Jidong nodded, "Do you think Auntie will listen to you?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Maybe I'll listen to half of it. Your uncle won't go out to work, but he will be the one delivering the food, and your aunt will stay at home to take care of the elderly."

Jidong understood after thinking about it for a while.