Chapter 849: Chapter 573: New Year’s Greetings
“No need, no need…” Zhao Qiliang quickly waved his hand, “Our family should still be managed by mom. I’m the type of person who easily loses money, so let’s forget about it.”
“Mom, did you hear that? He loses money easily. If you let him manage it, he might lose all of our family’s money. Do you really think we should let him handle the money once we’re married?”
“He’s just showing respect to the elders, and you took it seriously?” Fat Auntie poked her daughter’s head with her finger, “You, who can lose your temper at the drop of a hat when you go out, should willingly give up control. Otherwise, you’ll definitely regret it later. I’m your mom, would I harm you?”
“What are you all talking about, having such a lively discussion?” Zhao Yulan, who was the first to come in, asked curiously.
Both sides stood up and exchanged pleasantries, and only then did Fat Auntie bring up the earlier topic to tell Zhao Yulan, adding with a laugh, “Now you can be at ease. I won’t be too hard on your eldest nephew.”
“I was feeling quite reassured, but after you said that, I’m really not sure anymore…” Zhao Yulan sat beside her, naturally draping her arm over her shoulder, “If you let him manage the household, and he doesn’t do it well, won’t it be his fault again?” ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel·fire·net
“See, see how biased she is.” Fat Auntie smiled helplessly, “No matter what I do, it’s not right. Fine, then, you tell me how I should handle things.”
“It’s best not to interfere in the kids’ affairs, let them work it out for themselves,” Zhao Yulan replied.
After pondering for a moment, Fat Auntie nodded, “You’re right. Alright, I won’t interfere in the younger generation’s affairs from now on. I’ll just wait for them to get married, and then I’ll enjoy my grandchildren.”
“There you go, now that’s really living wisely. Think about when we were young, whenever the in-laws got involved, didn’t it just complicate things? Sometimes it’s easy to tie a knot but hard to untie it. If it can’t be undone, it becomes a permanent issue, and it’s all blamed on us, isn’t it?”
“It’s different now, really different…” Fat Auntie sighed repeatedly and took a closer look at Zhao Yulan, “I have to say, you look much prettier than before. If this keeps up, when we’re together, people will think I’m ten years older than you.”
“Oh, stop with the nonsense.” Zhao Yulan laughed and pushed her away, “Cha Xiang, are you teasing me on purpose?”
“I’m admiring you, not teasing,” Fat Auntie laughed and scooted closer again, “I’ve discussed with Gangshun, once the kids are married, we’ll move over too. Then we can spend more time together.”
“Gangshun is the secretary, and he’s about to be promoted to town mayor, can he really just leave?”
“What’s there to be reluctant about?” Fat Auntie sighed softly, “You know his temper. Sometimes he can be quite accommodating, but other times, he’s as stubborn as a mule. If he goes to the town, becoming the town mayor is as far as it goes.
Right now, he hasn’t even gone yet, and there are already people targeting him. I think, considering his age, he might as well stay peacefully in the village.
But men, they think differently from us, talking about realizing their own value and all that. I think he’s just heading straight into a wall, and unless he knocks his head bloody, he won’t be satisfied.”
“It’s New Year’s, don’t talk about such things. Gangshun isn’t like Baohe, he knows what he’s doing…”
The two women were chatting more and more warmly on this side, while on the other side, Luo Gangshun was also seeking advice from Lin Baohe and Zhou Mikang. As a man, he certainly hoped to make some achievements before retiring. His wife wasn’t very supportive, and in his eyes, his son and daughter were still kids. So at this moment, finding trustworthy people, he opened up his heart.
With the elders talking warmly — Zhou Mikang was an exception — Chuxia, Luo Xiaoqiong, and Zhang Erniu took a plate of sunflower seeds and sat on the bed to chat, while Zhao Qiliang and Luo Hongqi went to the water room to fetch water.
As soon as Zhang Erniu sat on the bed, she noticeably let out a long breath. All night, she had been nervously tense, no matter how they tried to comfort her, she just couldn’t relax.
“Erniu, you can’t be ,” Chuxia said, looking at her with amusement, “We’re going to be family from now on, and Uncle Gangshun and Fat Auntie are such easy-going people who genuinely like you. What are you so nervous about?”
“The nicer they are to me, the more nervous I get…” Zhang Erniu said, touching her head awkwardly, “I’m just afraid I’m not good enough, that I’ll disappoint them, and I can’t help but feel nervous.”
“With this kind of mindset, how can you be a nurse in the future? If your psychological quality isn’t up to par, you won’t be able to enter the operating room. If you can’t get into the operating room, you’ll always be just an ordinary, hard-working nurse. Are you okay with that?”