Happiness System

Collective housing is just a proposal and has not been implemented yet. There is no point in saying more and just forget about it.

It was half an hour later that Jing Zhan came back to pick them up, and they had just arrived at Jing Shen's house to drink hot tea.

Fortunately, Sheng Yunlan and the others had already taken a shower before going out, so they could just go back and soak their feet in some hot water and go to bed!

On the first day of the New Year, if it weren't for two hungry children, the adults could sleep until noon.

Sister Zhang next door went back to her husband's house to celebrate the New Year this year. Sheng Yunlan and her friends didn't have any other good friends in the community, so the whole family could only stay at home and eat and drink.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Sheng Yunchao and his brothers did not want to go to the Jing family's relatives' home to pay New Year's greetings, so they ran back to the restaurant to continue working.

Last year, Sheng Yunlan was pregnant and had difficulty moving, so she didn't go. In addition, relatives and friends all came to give generous gifts at the child's 100-day party. This year, Jing Zhan took Sheng Yunlan and her son to visit relatives and brought generous gifts.

On the second day of the New Year, I went to my uncle and aunt's house, on the third day, I went to my uncle and aunt's house, on the fourth and fifth days, I went to Jing Zhan's childhood friend's house, and on the sixth day, Zhang Xiaogui came back and we had a dinner at their house.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is over.

Brothers Sheng Yunchao and Sheng Yunqiang went back to school, and Jing Zhan continued his work.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twins' first birthday. In Jiang City, there is a custom of celebrating a child's first birthday, but Sheng Yunlan and his family didn't make a big deal. They just booked two tables at the hotel and invited the family to have dinner together.

Jing Zhan ignored Teacher Li who was hesitant to speak and called a taxi for the old couple to send them away.

The brothers and sisters all knew that the old couple had tasted the sweetness of having a nanny to take care of them.

Although Teacher Li's fracture has not yet fully recovered, it has almost no impact on his daily life, so at the beginning of the month, the siblings dismissed the nanny.

The old couple wanted their children to hire the nanny back, but they also wanted their son to find out and propose it himself.

The people in the Jing family don’t care about the children, let alone the elderly, so they naturally ignore them.

It’s not that I’m unfilial, I just feel it’s unnecessary. The old couple are in good health, and our family is not wealthy.

The main thing is that the retirement salary of the elderly couple is not low, adding up to about 700 to 800 yuan, which is more than the income of an ordinary dual-income family.

They have money, love to enjoy life, and are unwilling to pay a nanny's salary to lower their living standards. They have always assumed that everyone should not interfere with each other, and they usually buy meat and vegetables back home, so they can't disrupt the balance.

In fact, if the old couple were not so selfish, and thought that if they took more care of their children and put in some superficial effort, the other families would not care so much. The current situation is that no one wants to spoil them.

To be honest, if an elderly person has the ability to support his or her child when buying a house, wouldn’t he or she be willing to lend a hand?

In what ordinary family would an elderly person who is in good health and has no financial problems spend hundreds of dollars on himself without saving a penny of his pension?

Old people are selfish, they naturally have to think more about themselves, and now they have the ability but they really don’t want to be spoiled!

Sheng Yunlan ignored the lawsuit between the father and the son, turned around and looked at the Jingshen couple holding the twins, and asked with a smile: "Has the collective housing been confirmed?"

Jiang Bi nodded sheepishly, "Many people say that this is a rare opportunity. It may be the first and last batch of collective housing. Your brother and I both got a spot.

The largest apartment is a 120-square-meter apartment with four bedrooms. We have three children in our family, and the twins always fight. I heard that the office of our company will also be relocated, so we will live there when the time comes...

Also considering the issue of our children getting married when they grow up, we booked a small three-bedroom apartment of 70 square meters.

I owed you such a large sum of money before, and now..."

She really couldn't bring herself to ask for a loan.

It's not that she and her husband always rely on their brothers and sisters to make money just because they see them making money. They are also working hard themselves. They are both small leaders in the unit. She goes home to take care of the children and do housework after get off work, while her husband goes out to work part-time after get off work.

But the children have grown up, the elderly have aged, expenses are rising, and coupled with debts and loans, it really makes them feel suffocated.

They booked two houses at once not because they were careless, but because they wanted to get it done in one go. They had already planned to sell their current house as soon as the new house was ready for living, and then pay back the money to their brothers and sisters.

If there is still some money left, they will buy a smaller commercial house and rent it out like the smaller collective housing. This way, the salary plus the rent should be enough to raise three children.

"It's okay. Brother Zhan and I don't have any urgent need for money at the moment. How much do you need, brother and sister-in-law?"

The current collective housing is basically sold at a bargain price, and it is indeed a rare opportunity. If it were not for the quota limit, people with well-off families would be eager to reserve ten or eight units!

"One is 120 square meters, and the other is 70 square meters. The total cost of the two units is 26,000 yuan. The money is paid in three installments. Now I am preparing to pay the first installment, which is 5,000 yuan in total. We have 2,000 yuan in hand. My mother's family raised 1,000 yuan, and I was embarrassed to ask my eldest sister and second brother for help."

Jiang Bi became a little angry as she spoke, but not at her husband's brothers, but at her parents-in-law.

A few days ago, she and her husband went there specially to buy some meat and fruits and mentioned the issue of collective housing. Their original intention was to ask the old man to help them and lend them some money to tide them over the difficulties. Who knew that the old man pretended to be stupid and wanted them to take the lead and let their children continue to hire a nanny for them!

Thinking of this, Jiang Bi was so angry that tears came out.

Sheng Yunlan also understood the eldest sister-in-law's feelings, and put the money in Jiang Bi's hand and said, "We have prepared it a long time ago, but it was difficult to take it out because there were so many people just now. This is three thousand. The child is growing up, so you should also take care of your health and don't be too demanding."

Jing Lili was simply her spy planted in eldest brother's house. Except for what happened in eldest brother and his wife's room, there were basically no secrets at all about the eldest brother's room from her.

When Jing Zhan came back and saw his sister-in-law in tears, he didn't ask any more questions. He took his son from his eldest brother's arms and patted his shoulder. "Brother, are you okay? Can you ride a bike? Or should I call a bike for you guys?"

Jing Shen shook his head, “No, I didn’t drink much just now!”

He glanced at his wife and sighed, "We two have caused you trouble again, A Zhan, be good to your sister-in-law!"

Jing Zhan smiled, "It's okay, she also likes sister-in-law and Lily! We don't have to be so polite to each other, just think of it as the interest for taking the blame for me when we were young."

He was naughty when he was a child, and Jing Shen, as the eldest brother, often got beaten for him.

Jing Shen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "The minor physical pain has been compensated by the motorcycle!"

Jing Zhan has been staying in Jiang City recently, but he felt it was too cold and didn't use the motorcycle, so he continued to let Jing Shen ride it. The one given to the old man was basically used by Jing Lin during the New Year. The old man used it less, but he would lend it out occasionally.

Who knew that an accident almost happened during the New Year? If Teacher Li hadn't been reluctant to spend money to repair the car, he wouldn't have known about it.

In a fit of anger, Jing Zhan took the bike back and gave it directly to his eldest brother. It just so happened that the weather would soon warm up after the New Year, and he would still be in Jiang City by then, so he would also need a motorcycle.

The old couple did so many weird things that the brothers were really helpless.

After the twins' first birthday party and the money borrowing incident, Jiang Bi felt choked up and didn't want to do anything to save face anymore.

She no longer visited her parents-in-law as often as before, no longer helped with cooking and cleaning, and no longer gave in a one-way manner.

Even when her husband said he was going to visit his parents, she pretended to be stupid and didn't pay a penny.

Jing Shen was also angry, so he didn't ask and went over empty-handed.

But he is still a filial son. When he returns home, he will greet his old neighbors enthusiastically and say that he has come back to visit them and cook for them.

Although he didn't bring anything for the old man, he was filial and he gave his love!

The old man was in the wrong and was too proud to say anything, so it was only natural for Jing Shen to go and visit the old man empty-handed.

The dessert shop is planning to open a branch soon, and they have already found a location and negotiated for it. They need to handle the decoration, formalities, and staff training, so they are extremely busy that Jingying and Jinglin have no time to visit the old man.

Teacher Li waited for his daughter and second son but they didn't come back, so he couldn't help but call them to "complain".

Jingying was stunned, “No way, Jingshen and Jiangbi are not conscienceless people!

No, it's been so long. Even if you've borrowed all the money from Jing Shen and the others, it's time for you to get paid. If they don't want to buy, then don't buy. You can just go to a restaurant and eat!"

Teacher Li stammered and said that he had not lent any money.

Jingying almost burst out with swear words, "Didn't borrow? Huh? Now you tell me that you two old people didn't pay a penny? Do you know that your eldest son goes out to work until midnight after get off work every day in order to pay for your nanny and nutrition fees?

How did he treat you, and how did you treat them?

Now you have the nerve to complain to me that he doesn’t buy meat for you or clean the house for you?

You have good hands and feet, you are a good old man, you wait for your sons and daughters-in-law to clean the house and buy meat and cook for you every day? "

She hung up the phone immediately, otherwise she would have been mad at the old man.

Seeing that the time was almost up in the evening, she hurried off work, bought a bunch of things, and took two thousand yuan to Jing Shen's house.

She sighed and said to Jiang Bi, "Sister-in-law, we are sorry for you marrying into our family. We didn't expect the old man to be more upset every year!"

She also heard about the collective housing, but didn't take it seriously. Mainly because she didn't expect her brother and his wife to be so generous as to order two houses at once.

Her brother didn't say anything, so she really thought her parents were helping her solve the financial problem!

Jiang Bi put the money back into Jingying's hands and said, "Sister, take this money back. We have already settled the money. I borrowed some from my brothers from my mother's family and also borrowed some from my elder and younger family. The family is not short of money for the time being. If you need more money later, I will let Jingshen ask for it."

She avoided the old man's questions. Recently, she also learned Sheng Yunlan's attitude towards the elderly. She said that she felt good at the time.

She is not a robot. She has to go to work, take care of children and find time to take care of the elderly every day. To be honest, she will be tired, especially when she has not been rewarded year after year and she is physically and mentally exhausted!

Without having to go to her parents-in-law's house to act out the loving mother role, to be honest, she feels like she has a lot more time and is naturally a lot more relaxed.

And she doesn't have to trouble her parents-in-law so often!

All three children have the surname Jing. It’s fine if their parents should suffer for their children, but it doesn’t make sense for their parents to suffer as well, while their grandparents are just responsible for pointing fingers and admiring the results!