【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 136 The Impoverished Mother-in-Law in the Period Literature 16

"what?"

Wang Lili came over at the right time.

"The children used to come here to eat lunch, but today is the monthly exam, so it's too late to come out to eat." Zhao Guohong explained with a smile.

"what?"

"What about the living expenses they gave me?"

Wang Lili was at a loss.

"Yes! The living expenses are one yuan per person per day. Lunch includes fried noodles, rice with potatoes, and pancakes with green onions. One portion costs less than fifty cents, and the extra fifty cents is pocket money. Why do we need to come here to eat? Isn't this causing you trouble?" Zhou Guanxue thought a lot in an instant.

"Did he get bullied? The child doesn't dare to speak."

"Lost the money? Or something?"

Zhou Tingyu frowned. "Children are very sensible. Don't make random guesses. Go and ask what's going on."

Zhou Guanxue took a deep breath and controlled his emotions, "Okay!"

He rode his bike, and Wang Lili sat on the back seat. They arrived at school without saying a word. Four children were already waiting at the gate.

"Mom!" Dadan ran over happily, "Why are you the ones delivering food today?"

Niu Niu led her younger brothers and sisters over and followed closely.

"Dan'er, come here. Mom wants to ask you, where is the living expenses I gave you? Isn't the living expenses of more than one yuan a day enough for you? Why do you still go to your uncle's house for dinner?" Wang Lili's expression was a little serious.

Dadan scratched his head. "I spent it all. I was so hungry at noon that I bought some buns and snacks. The same thing happened in the afternoon. I also had to buy pencils, notebooks, toilet paper, and other things."

"Isn't one dollar a day enough?"

Wang Lili didn't understand, so she asked carefully and found out that the children were generous. Sometimes when their classmates were hungry, they would share the food.

"You are such an idiot! Is it easy for your family to make money? You are just pretending to be the boss with your money."

Wang Lili wants to hit someone.

Zhou Guanxue also said, "How much do your classmates have for living expenses per day? Don't you have even a dime? You have so much, but you don't know how to save it and spend it recklessly."

"That's right. I won't give you so much money in the future. Go to your uncle's for lunch. Bring some dry food with you so you can eat when you're hungry." Wang Lili firmly stood on her husband's side. "It's really hard to believe you're wasting money like this after all this time. Your grandfather and father risk their lives every time they go out to sea. Your uncle and auntie get up early and go to bed late every day to run the stall. You don't know how to appreciate it at all."

How many children at that time had so much pocket money for their studies? For example, the children in Sanying Village all brought some pickled vegetables and pancakes to eat, which they only had for lunch, so they just had to make do with it. Having a few cents of pocket money a day was already a lot of money among the children. The way Dadan and the others did this was purely because they were spoiled.

After being scolded and finishing their lunch, the four children were in a bad mood.

"Sister, did we do something wrong?"

"That must be wrong. We didn't have enough to eat before and no one gave us snacks." Niuniu's thoughts turned quickly. "Okay, Auntie is right. Don't be a sucker. It's not easy for my parents to earn money. We also built a house and bought nice furniture. We don't have much money left."

Erwa agreed, "That's right. Grandma once asked Grandpa for money because she said she had run out of money to buy soy sauce."

Yun Xi: That’s right, the money is all in the passbook, there is no cash left.

Erni was extremely worried, pouting as if about to cry, "Is the family going to run out of money?"

Niuniu comforted her, "It's okay, we'll just spend less money in the future."

Yun Xi didn't know the children's distress. When she heard that Zhou Lingling would come back to spend the summer vacation this year, she started to make plans.

"Old man, what do you think is a reasonable monthly salary? In the county, individual tutors are paid by the hour, around eight yuan an hour. Tutoring classes that run all day often pay over a thousand yuan a month."

It is not uncommon for many teachers to teach in tutoring classes during the winter and summer vacations to earn some extra money to support their families.

"You don't need to pay so much, right? I think 500 yuan is enough. We only let you teach for half a day." Zhou Fu sobbed bitterly, "I can't even make 1,000 yuan a month working in the south."

"That's different. Knowledge is money. Give me 800 yuan."

Yun Xi decided on the salary and hoped that everything would go smoothly.

In the afternoon, Zhou Guanxue came back on a bicycle with his wife and children, but both of them looked unhappy.

Zhou Fu, happily helping his grandchildren carry their schoolbags, looked at the situation and asked in confusion, "What's going on? Is there a problem with your business?"

Zhou Guanxue explained the situation with a cold face, and Zhou Fu looked at Yun Xi.

Yun Xi rubbed Niu Niu's head.

"When children make mistakes, they should be taught properly. They just didn't understand the situation at the time, they are not stupid."

Dadan shrank his neck and dared not speak. His parents would definitely not hit his older sister and brother from his uncle's family, nor would they hit his younger sister. If they were to hit someone, it would definitely be him. Oh, what a miserable life!

Zhou Guanxue wanted to untie his belt, "Mom, I won't learn my lesson unless I give me a beating."

"Okay, beating children is the lowest form of education. Since you don't know how hard it is to make money, let the children go out to sea with you on weekends." Yun Xi has experience in educating children. After all, she has traveled through time many times, sometimes teaching her own children and sometimes teaching her daughter-in-law.

"From now on, your daily living allowance will be halved. You will eat lunch at school and are not allowed to eat at stalls. You must spend your money at your own discretion. This week and next week, I'll give you a daily living allowance. Starting from the week after next, I'll give you a week's worth of living allowance, and next month, I'll give you a month's worth of living allowance. If you spend the money carelessly or lose it, you'll go hungry. This will be a good time to remember the good times and appreciate the good times."

Zhou Fu clapped his hands and said, "That's a good idea. It's not good for children not to know how to manage money. This is how we'll do it from now on."

Niu Niu looked somewhere in the yard, her thoughts wandering.

Dadan cried and said that grandma was so scary. It would be better if dad beat her up.

Yun Xi added, "When educating children, you should always check for gaps and fill them up. Don't spank them when you encounter problems. If you only spank them without teaching them, no matter how many times you spank them, the children will be confused and unable to figure things out."

Wang Lili defended her husband, "Mom, it's not that we don't know how to teach. Hey, thank you for the idea."

"Well, let's get ready to eat. We'll have pancakes with green onions tonight."

Yun Xi was too lazy to argue. There was no point in arguing. The child had already been born. Was she going to scold them for giving birth but not raising it? It was useless and would only affect the harmony of the family.

If you don’t know how to teach your children, then let them learn more from you.

After dinner, Yun Xi stopped Wang Lili and said, "You've been busy all day, take a break. Niuniu, you take Erwa to wash the dishes and pots this meal. Tomorrow night, Dadan will take Erni to wash them. We'll take turns."

"Ah?" The second child, who wanted to watch TV, wailed, "Grandma, we still have to do our homework."

"It won't take long to wash the dishes, so go ahead and do your homework. After that, you can watch TV for half an hour." Yun Xi began to set the rules. She picked up Sanwa and said seriously, "Sanwa, you and Sanni should be careful when playing in kindergarten. You always get your clothes dirty. We only have so many clothes. If they get dirty or torn, they're gone."

Sanwa looked at his clothes and smiled foolishly.

Yun Xi sighed, still ignorant.