Chapter 502: Chapter 502: The Vicious Mother-in-law 48
The Han family is splitting up.
Han Conghui has moved into the family housing of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Previously, he had been renting out the house, but now that he’s split from the Han family, Han Conghui took back the house to live there with his family.
After the separation, Ma Xiangling became busy.
She had to take care of the children, cook, and do laundry, while also overseeing her stepchildren’s studies, leaving her no time to review her high school textbooks.
In 1977, the college entrance exam was reinstated. Ma Xiangling and Ma Laosan both took the exam, and surprisingly, Ma Xiangling didn’t pass, while Ma Laosan and his wife did.
Although it wasn’t a prestigious university, just a regular university in the provincial capital, they still passed.
Ma Laosan and his wife became college students.
This unexpected event even startled Yuan Chun, considering that in the previous life, this couple both failed the exam.
"Mom, this is such a great news! Our Ma family suddenly has two college students. I wonder how many people in the village are envious of our family," Wang Cui said with a beaming smile.
Yuan Chun gave her a side glance and said, "Why are you so happy? It’s not like you got into college. Have you thought about what will happen to the two kids if the Laosan couple both go to study?"
Wang Cui’s laughter abruptly stopped.
She slapped her thigh forcefully, "Oh dear, I was so caught up in the joy that I actually forgot such an important matter."
"Mom, what about Sanlin and Siling? Their parents are both going to study. They weren’t thinking about sending Sanlin and Siling back home, were they?"
Wang Cui’s face changed dramatically, "That won’t do! Even though Sanlin and Siling are young, they are still two extra mouths to feed. Why should the Laosan couple go to study, but we have to raise their kids? That’s unacceptable."
"Unless the Laosan couple pays for their living expenses, I won’t allow them to come home."
Qian Hongmei opened her mouth, hesitated, and then said, "Second sister-in-law, we’re all one family. Why bother being so calculative? And the Laosan couple turns over their monthly salary to mom for safekeeping, fifty yuan a month. Even working in the fields all year wouldn’t earn us fifty yuan."
Wang Cui curled her lips, "Big sister-in-law, if you want to take care of the Laosan couple’s kids, then you do it. My husband and I certainly won’t."
She looked at Yuan Chun and asked, "Mom, what do you think?"
Yuan Chun lay in the rocking chair, swaying back and forth contentedly, "Let them do as they please. If they want to send the kids home, then they should pay for their upbringing. I’ve heard that going to college comes with a subsidy of over twenty yuan a month, and with both of them studying, they could sell their job positions for quite a bit. In any case, they’re not short of money."
Wang Cui’s eyes lit up, "Mom, since the third sister-in-law has such a good job, wouldn’t it be a waste to sell it? How about I fill in for her? I’ll certainly hand over my monthly salary to you."
"You?" Yuan Chun shook her head, "It’s better to sell it."
In a few years, the supply and marketing cooperative will close, and employees will lose their jobs. It’s better to sell it while it’s still valuable and make a profit.
Of course, all the money from selling the job was demanded by Yuan Chun aggressively.
Ma Laosan and Wang Yingying didn’t want to give it up, so Yuan Chun threatened to report their lack of filial piety to the education bureau and their university, scaring them into promptly handing over the money.
With an extra twelve hundred yuan in Yuan Chun’s pocket, she felt very pleased and generously agreed to let Sanlin and Siling return home.
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