celestial system of the solar system

Chapter 143

Although he had already made up his mind to tell his parents that he was rich, but similar to the feeling of being close to his hometown, Luo Yi slipped the words out of his mouth several times, but didn't say them out.

After procrastinating, her mother, Bai Haitang, had already finished the meal.

In fact, it's past meal time now, and the Luo Jun couple have finished eating.But Bai Haitang knew that her son hadn't had dinner yet, so she was naturally reluctant to let her precious son starve, so she went back to the kitchen and cooked for him alone.

So Luo Yi found another reason to procrastinate: eat without talking, sleep without talking.

Luo Yi lowered her head and prepared to eat in silence.However, the meal had just begun when there was a knock on the door.

Opening the door, it turned out to be Luo Yi's cousin and aunt.

Cousin Zhou Baixing is the cousin of Luo Yi's father, Luo Jun.

In ancient times, cousins ​​were still very close.But in modern times, especially in cities, kinship is relatively indifferent.Cousins ​​often walk around during the New Year and holidays, and usually there are not many exchanges on weekdays.

Zhou Baixing and his wife couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when they saw Luo Jun's family eating.According to traditional etiquette, it is not appropriate to visit someone's home while eating.

But it's no wonder Zhou Baixing, because it's past the meal time.He didn't expect that his cousin was still eating at home at this time.

But now that they have come, it is impossible for Zhou Baixing and his wife to say goodbye, so they sit in the living room and chat with their cousins ​​and sisters-in-law.

While chatting, Zhou Baixing gradually got to the point.

It turns out that Zhou Baixing's son Zhou You has been dating his girlfriend for three years and recently started talking about marriage.

After the parents of both parties met, Zhou Baixing, as the man's parent, encountered a big problem—the other party not only asked the man to have a house, but also asked for a bride price of 188888.

Everything else is fine in modern society, except that it is really difficult for young people to buy a house with their own income.

Normally, you often need to go to a big city to get a high-paying job.However, compared with "high income" in big cities, housing prices can be described as "the road is one foot high and the devil is one foot high".

If young people stay in small counties, although housing prices are not high compared with big cities, but their incomes are also low, it is also difficult to buy a house with their own income.

If it were just a conflict between salary income and housing prices, it wouldn't be a big deal.After all, there is no country in the world where young people can buy a house after only working for a few years.

However, social trends link buying a house and getting married.

If you can't afford a house, you can rent a house, and wait until you have saved enough down payment to buy a house.But what if the houseless woman is unwilling to get married?
Many people in the older generation are used to saving money on food and expenses, so although Zhou Baixing and his wife are only working class, they have saved a lot of money.But Zhou You, like most college students, went to a big city after graduation.However, the cities where they travel and work are second-tier cities, and Zhou Baixing and his wife's entire savings are still far behind the housing prices in that second-tier city.

Fortunately, Zhou You has been working for six years, his income is not bad, and he doesn't spend extravagantly, so he saved some money.

With Zhou You's own savings plus his parents' savings, he could barely afford the down payment for a two-bedroom apartment in an ordinary location in that second-tier city.

But after paying the down payment, even the decoration fee has not been settled yet.As a result, it is impossible to afford the 188888 bride price anyway.

So Zhou You negotiated with his girlfriend and confessed that the family didn't have that much money.

Zhou You's girlfriend's parents insisted on the terms and would not let go, and it is also true that Zhou You's family could not afford the money.On the one hand, the parents who gave birth to her and raised her, on the other hand, the boyfriend and girlfriend who have been talking for three years and have a good relationship, are also in a dilemma.

Zhou You and his girlfriend were reluctant to break up because of this, Zhou Baixing had no choice but to bite the bullet and borrow money from relatives and friends.

Aunt Xia Pingping speaks quickly.

She heard that Luo Jun had lent more than 20 yuan to help his neighbors through the difficulties, and now the neighbors had the help of noble people to tide over the difficulties easily, so she returned the money to Luo Jun.

Since Luo Jun has lent more than 20 yuan to his neighbors, it is not difficult to lend 18 yuan to his cousin, right?

After Xia Pingping asked to borrow money, Luo Jun couldn't help but look at Bai Haitang in embarrassment.As Chen Yang expected, Bai Haitang began to complain.

"Biao sister-in-law, you know the situation of our family. Luo Yi has already graduated from university, and it is uncertain when he will buy a house and get married. I will lend 18 at once..."

"It doesn't matter if it's just a turnaround and you can pay it back quickly. But if the repayment time is too long, it will be embarrassing when our family needs money. Why don't you borrow less?"

Bai Haitang's attitude is mainly affected by the lack of modern credit.

In some negative cases in modern times, it is the uncle who owes money, and the grandson who asks for money.Therefore, people in modern society have not been affected by lending small money, because when lenders lend small money, they are often mentally prepared for the other party not to repay the money.But when it comes to lending large sums of money, it is only because of intimacy.

And the reason why Bai Haitang is like this is that a typical distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor.

The cousins ​​are actually very close relatives, but when Bai Haitang married Luo Jun, Luo Jun and Zhou Baixing had no close relationship.So in Bai Haitang's mind, Zhou Baixing's relative is not as good as Sun Chaoyang's close neighbor.

Xia Pingping said "Ouch".

"Brothers and sisters, your family is willing to lend more than 20 yuan to irrelevant people. When it's your cousin's turn, you can't lend money?"

Xia Pingping turned sideways and looked at Luo Jun and said, "My Zhou You's salary is 6000 a month, and the bonus is tens of thousands. Besides, there are your cousin and me, which add up to more than [-] a month. You won't be Are you worried that we will not be able to pay back?"

Luo Jun is different from Bai Haitang.Bai Haitang and Zhou Baixing's family did not have any close contacts, but when Luo Jun was young, the two families walked around each other very frequently.

Although Luo Jun and Zhou Baixing have not been in close contact since they were adults, their childhood friendship is still there.

Luo Jun explained to his cousin embarrassingly: "The neighbor owed some money to the society. At that time, the other party spread the word and asked the neighbor to sell the house to pay off the debt."

"I can't just watch my decades-old neighbors go to sleep on the street..."

Bai Haitang also said: "That's right. The neighbors don't have the money, so they might sleep on the street. Your family's situation is different."

"When we talk about marriage, we need to discuss the dowry. Why don't you discuss it with your in-laws? Or don't ask for a house, or don't ask for such a high betrothal gift."

"Knowing your family's conditions, but still clinging to the 188888 dowry gift, are they going to marry a girl or sell a girl?"

Zhou Baixing explained in embarrassment: "Sisters and sisters, you don't know that Zhou You's girlfriend is Hu Jianren. That's how it is in their place. The bride price of 188888 is really not high in the local area."

"The social atmosphere is like this, and Zhou You has a good relationship with his girlfriend. We can't bear to let our children miss the marriage because of the bride price."

"You said, our son doesn't live with us, and we have social security when we get old, so we still don't count on our son. In the end, we are too old to move, and most of them will end up in a nursing home. But when we get married, we need the man's parents to help us buy a house and donate money. "

Zhou Baixing let out a long sigh.

"It's really a feng shui turn. In the past, having a daughter was a loser, but now it's the son's turn to lose money."

Luo Jun and Bai Haitang felt sorry for each other, and subconsciously looked at Yi.Losing money. Luo.

(End of this chapter)