Xiaoqin finally couldn't bear it and said all the grievances she had suffered in the past 8 years of marrying into the Gu family.
She has been married to Gu Lei for 8 years. As soon as she got married, Gu Lei offered to let her resign because the family needed her.
In this family, there was Gu Lei's grandmother, father, and two old people to serve, and soon there was a son. Four generations of a family live together in a small house.
Xiaoqin is a foreign daughter-in-law who married to Shanghai. She grew up with poor family conditions and came to Shanghai to work hard. Reality taught her that the house is a face, but also a knife to the flesh.
Xiaoqin knows that buying a house is to hurt the bones, no house, but also the skin.
She traveled to countless real estate agents, and finally took a fancy to a 60-square-meter second-hand house with a asking price of 2.5 million. Xiaoqin estimated that she could still reduce the price by 200,000. The house across the road, the unit price is 60,000 or 71 square meters, Xiaoqin does not want to miss this opportunity.
She taught her husband to borrow 1 million from her eldest sister to pay a down payment.
Husband Gu Lei and sister Gu Qingyu are dragon and phoenix fetus, Gu Qingyu was born before 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Gu Lei was born after 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. Two people's birthdays are always spent together.
Xiaoqin wrote a speech for her husband, who was not good at talking, asked him to recite it, and borrowed money from her when sister ah returned for her birthday. If you can't borrow it, don't want to touch her.
As a result, Gu Lei grinded his mouth, and Gu Qingyu didn't even think about it, so he said no. The reason is that she herself is about to buy a house.
Xiao Qin thought to herself, this must be Gu Qingyu's excuse.
In fact, Gu Qingyu not only did not want to borrow money himself, but also told his father not to lend money to his daughter-in-law. He even mobilized the Gu family's aunt and great aunt to come to the house together and organize a group to persuade Xiaoqin to buy a house.
Xiaoqin said that the house she fancyed was very close to home, just the distance of a bowl of soup, and would not delay her taking care of her grandmother and father-in-law. The aunt said that the distance of a bowl of soup is also two stops, and it is already cold when it is brought over.
Xiaoqin's heart was cold. She wished she could have a house of her own, but the whole family was blocking it.
Xiaoqin couldn't figure it out, she worked hard in the Gu family, serving her grandmother, father-in-law, husband, and son, for 8 years, even if she was a nanny, her salary was hundreds of thousands. But now, she is not even a nanny. She didn't understand why she borrowed money from her eldest sister, who obviously had the strength but resolutely refused to borrow it?
In fact, Xiaoqin did not know, it was not the eldest sister who was cold and thin, and the reason why the eldest sister was unwilling to lend money to pay her a down payment was actually a foreshadowing. In the heart of the eldest sister, Xiaoqin has three characters in her body, hiding the truth that she is wary of the eldest sister.
material gain
In Qingyu's view, Xiaoqin's marriage to her younger brother is purposeful.
Although Gu Lei and Gu Qingyu are twins, their talents are very different. Qingyu is beautiful and very smart. At the age of 36, he has already flourished in the investment banking industry in Shanghai. Searching for the three words "Gu Qingyu" on the Internet can produce more than a dozen pages of news. Her friend's birthday greetings to her are to become the first strong woman in the investment banking industry as soon as possible.
And Gu Lei, his appearance is mediocre, he is very wooden, and he does not want to make progress. He was very weak when he was born, so his parents doted on him, so he was used to messing around all day, and even his job was found for him by Qingyu.
Xiaoqin was introduced to Gu Lei by someone, and the introducer was also Qing Yu's suitor. Later, Qingyu told his girlfriend that Xiaoqin was "like an ant stinging the feet of a heron" and desperately chased Gu Lei to his hand.
Qing Yu knew that his brother's conditions were very general. The reason why Xiaoqin is chasing after her is to be able to marry into Shanghai and become a Shanghainese. Qing Yu also knew that Xiaoqin's dedication to her family over the years would definitely not be able to do it as a local girl in Shanghai.
Qingyu believes that Xiaoqin's utilitarian marriage, when she says it, everyone's face is not good.0 Even if you don't say it, you all know it: since Xiaoqin is high, you have to work hard to serve the whole family. This is what Qingyu said, "There is no need to put it on the table to say the truth."
Therefore, when Xiaoqin proposed to buy a house, Qingyu's first reaction was that she wanted to move out to live, that is, to avoid the responsibility of taking care of the elderly, that is, to break the "unwritten" rules, that is, not to talk about the truth of "not being on the table".
On the other hand, Qingyu himself is indeed about to buy a house.
Qingyu's favorite house, the location is very good, about 20 million, but also very sought-after, a room is difficult to find. The reason she had to buy that expensive house was because of her wonderful first love.
Compared with Xiaoqin, Qingyu's first love is as pure as a dream crystal.
When she recalled her childhood buddy, her eyes were full of stars, and the corners of her mouth were unconsciously raised. She said he was tall, liked to wear a white shirt, black-rimmed glasses, spoke english very well, could read original English books, played basketball well, and played the piano.
Qingyu and the boy have a tacit understanding, she said that she was going to go to the entrance, and he knew that she wanted to eat the snack.
But later, the boy went out of town with his parents. The two met, and when he returned to Shanghai, in the location of the old house, he did not see or disperse.
That's why Qingyu had to buy that house. She waited for him for more than ten years and looked for him for more than ten years. Until she was 36 years old, she had a few relationships, but she never got married.
She wants to buy a house in the place of the old house, looking forward to reuniting with her love.
vanity
On Qingyu's birthday, Xiaoqin gave her a gift, a woolen scarf knitted for her by hand.
This was originally a very heartfelt gift, but Xiaoqin made a taboo.
She went to the free market and bought a fake luxury sign for 3 bucks, sewn on a scarf with care. Xiaoqin did not realize her mistake at all. She originally did not want to pretend to be a luxury to Give to Qingyu, because when she sent it, she told Qingyu that she had knitted it herself, and said that the wool she used was particularly good and did not play balls.
Out of courtesy, Qingyu accepted the gift with a smile and thanked Xiaoqin. However, she could not wear such a scarf.
It just so happened that Qingyu's hourly aunt at home saw this scarf, and the aunt liked it very much and praised it a few times. Qingyu did Shunshui and handed the scarf to his aunt.
Xiaoqin may just think that sewing this logo is very fashionable and has a lot of face. She would sew a brand-name logo on her son's bag and didn't think anything was wrong. The level of consumption determines her taste.
However, Qingyu would not think so. Qingyu works decently and earns money. She wasn't stingy either, and on her birthday, she also brought gifts for the whole family. Qingyu was generous and gave his brother a real luxury scarf, and it was exactly the brand sewn by Xiaoqin.
In Qingyu's view, sewing a false symbol on the scarf he knitted is vanity. Xiaoqin's vanity made Qingyu wary of her.
astute
Xiaoqin is two years older than Gu Lei and Qingyu, but she has been calling Qingyu Sister along with Gu Lei. Xiaoqin's low posture made Qingyu very uncomfortable, and she felt that Xiaoqin was too shrewd.
After Xiaoqin married into the Gu family, she considered that renting a house was too expensive, so she let her sister also live in the Gu family. Because it is difficult to find a job, my sister has not had a stable job. Xiaoqin also has a younger brother in her hometown, and Qingyu is worried that after she buys a house, she will take her brother over. In that case, Gu Lei's pressure would be too great.
Xiaoqin's family is not well-off, she has been insecure since she was a child, and she knows to make plans early.
She took her son to piano lessons and tutoring classes, and pinched the time to let her children take online lessons, afraid that the children would lose at the starting line. Grandma and Grandpa were distressed about the child, and they both felt that Xiaoqin had forced the child too hard.
Gu Lei did not think of making progress and mixed up all day. Xiaoqin asked him to take a financial and accounting certificate and change to a better job. However, Gu Lei did not work hard, going to the movies during the class time, going to the Internet café to play games, and trying to deceive Xiaoqin.
Xiaoqin wants her father-in-law and sister to educate Gu Lei, but the family is partial to Gu Lei.
The father-in-law said that he was not unemployed, he had a job. However, his job still depends on Qingyu to find it, otherwise he is an unemployed vagrant.
Even Qingyu asked Xiaoqin, "Before you married him, you knew he looked like this." In Qingyu's view, before marriage, Xiaoqin could tolerate her brother's shortcomings in order to achieve her goal. But after getting married, the purpose is achieved, just pick the nose and pick the eyes, this is not shrewd what is it?
Xiaoqin has her own grievances, she believes that Gu Lei is now a person with a wife and children, how can he not have such a sense of responsibility? The whole family doted on him and tolerated him, but the last person to live with him for a lifetime was Xiaoqin. The people who followed him to drink the northwest wind were Xiaoqin and his son.
Xiaoqin's tightness to her son and husband, as well as letting her sister live in the Gu family, are all regarded by Qingyu as shrewd.
Qing Yu felt that Gu Lei's mind was too simple, and Xiaoqin was too shrewd, in case Xiaoqin had an external heart in the future, 10 Gu Lei were not Xiaoqin's opponents.
This is also the reason why she prevented Xiaoqin from buying a house.
Write at the end
Xiaoqin wanted to have her own house in Shanghai and offered Qingyu to borrow 1 million. Xiaoqin was not wrong.
Qingyu wants to protect her brother and beware of her sister-in-law, plus she wants to buy a house of 20 million yuan for the sake of a good agreement, so she refuses to lend her money. Qingyu was not wrong either.
However, a girl like Qingyu will never understand that a girl from out of town is eager to settle down in Shanghai.
Although Xiaoqin is Gu Lei with a purpose, it is not excluded that she has feelings for Gu Lei. Gu Leimune, but he loves his wife and obeys her words. Gu Lei was not smart, but he didn't have too many eyes. Not to mention the one-day couple hundred days.
Gu Lei did not get the loan, and Xiaoqin drove him to the living room to sleep on the sofa. But she would quietly send him the roses she had crocheted by hand when the bell rang at 12 a.m. Silently facing Gu Lei, who was already asleep, he said "Happy Birthday" with deep affection.
Since Xiaoqin married into the Gu family, she has lived a good life with Gu Lei. She takes care of the elderly and teaches her husbands and children. However, she did not understand that she had already given birth to a son for the Gu family, and the Gu family still guarded her as if she were an outsider.
Some people say that the most uncomfortable thing in marriage is that you treat him as a lover, and he treats you as an outsider.
The difference between income level and consumption level makes Qing Yu unable to understand Xiaoqin's behavior of sewing false marks on the scarf. Xiaoqin also couldn't accept Qingyu's transfer of the scarf to her aunt.
Xiaoqin lacks a sense of security, and she wants to buy a house to make herself live a down-to-earth and confident life. However, she ignored that the confidence was never given by others, but by herself. Having a house does not mean having a home, the real place of residence, not the house, but the heart.
This is the meaning of "heart dwelling".