Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 380 - Chapter 380 380. New Labor Force_1

Chapter 380: 380. New Labor Force_1 Chapter 380: 380. New Labor Force_1 This sounds a bit odd.

Wu Lan’s phone was on speaker and the volume was quite loud, so now everyone was looking at each other in bewilderment–this wasn’t to say that Auntie, the eldest sister-in-law, wasn’t willing to help. In fact, Auntie’s nature was quite forthright and generous; she would say whatever was on her mind and was also hard-working. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten along so well with Song Tan’s grandparents over the years.

But that tone just now, it was as if she was hesitantly asking for a favor?

So much so that Wu Lan didn’t even know if she should agree to it.

She thought for a moment and asked, “What’s the matter, Big Sister? Aren’t you busy at home?”

Busy? Extremely busy!

Auntie took a deep sigh, “Isn’t it because Wu Fang told me that Yanping is training well over there, he doesn’t even want to leave, and he says he has grown a lot… I thought since both jobs involve farm work, if it’s convenient, I might as well take Wu Lei with me when harvesting the rice.”

“You only have those two acres of rice, so you can spare hiring someone.”

Song Tan: …

Zhang Yanping shook all over–how big a grudge must one hold?! That’s his own son!

Harvesting rice isn’t something that just anyone can do, right? Your back could break after a day’s work. Why go to such lengths?!

Wu Lan spoke up sternly too, “What are you talking about! We’re planning to hire someone for the rice harvesting; that’s not something youngsters can simply handle, is it?”

“Besides, it’s been so many years since we planted rice, asking Wu Lei to harvest it–aren’t you afraid he might cut his hand? Sickles are not so easy to handle.”

These words might sound harsh, but they were true.

Who hasn’t gotten a few cuts when starting to harvest rice? As for the wages for harvesting rice, although Song Tan joked to her dad about 150, if you really had to hire someone, it would cost at least two to three hundred.

Jokes aside, everyone knew the real price.

Just think about it, in the countryside, a day’s work that pays two to three hundred yuan–how could that be light work?

It’s not that Song Tan looked down on Wu Lei, but really, her cousin just wasn’t cut out for that kind of work.

However, at this moment she didn’t say anything.

Since Auntie had put it that way–

“Did Brother Wu Lei do something again?”

She quietly asked Wu Lan.

Sure enough, Auntie also started complaining on the other end of the line, “You have no idea! I’d rather he just stayed put in the fields–can you believe this grown man, getting a girlfriend and acting like he hasn’t got a spine, without his own opinion or sense of responsibility, does he even act like a man?!”

“Just last time, he brought that Zhu Li over, the two of them didn’t even greet us before foolishly running off to your place, and afterwards, they left without a word of goodbye–I even scolded him later, he just ummed and aahed, I thought he had finally understood and come to his senses!”

Auntie was trembling with anger discussing it.

One would have thought that after such a fuss, they definitely would have broken up, right?

But after they went to Ning City, who knew how they got tangled up together again! And as they got entangled, they started talking about marriage and weddings.

Auntie was about to curse out loud, “…you tell me, in my lifetime, I haven’t asked for my kids to be exceptionally outstanding, but I’ve raised them to be independent! How he and his girl get along is their own business, I don’t meddle–but now they’re asking flat-out for us to buy them a full-priced house in Ning City!”

“My heavens! How much money do we even have at home? I haven’t even finished gathering enough for a house in Yun City, and they dare to dream about a full-priced one in Ning City?”

The housing prices in Yun City are seven to eight thousand, Auntie was scrimping and saving for dear life, all because she dreaded her child would suffer under the pressure of a mortgage, right?

After all, their old thinking always believed that money was only secure in their hands, with no intention of investing in real estate in advance.

In the past few years, as they watched housing prices climb, they became even more hesitant to take the plunge–after all, it’s hard-earned money, scraped together penny by penny. Who would want to empty their savings to buy a house?

Call it a lack of vision or an understanding of investments if you will, but this is the mindset of most people in the village.

And with average prices per square meter in Ning City reaching ten to twenty thousand, how could rural families like theirs, who aren’t landlords with thousands of acres, possibly afford it?

How should one even persuade them? What advice wouldn’t seem like fanning the flames?

Wu Lan could only comfort her: “Don’t be in such a hurry. It’s great that the kid wants to settle down and start his own business, but our family’s circumstances just don’t allow for it right now. You should talk to him…”

“How can I not be in a hurry?!”

The aunt was at her wit’s end:

“I’ve spoken to him gently already. I wish I could show him our bankbook, all of our savings! Do you know what he said? After discussing it with Lili, he came back saying if not the full amount, then let’s at least make the down payment!”

“We could borrow money to afford the down payment, but how much does he earn a month? Barely 4,000 to 5,000, and only because his company provides room and board can he manage his expenses.”

“After the down payment, he won’t be able to afford the mortgage with his salary. How will he provide for the family then?”

“Besides, don’t you have to renovate after buying a house? And won’t there be more expenses when taking a wife? It’s just not realistic.”

“And throughout the years he’s worked, he hasn’t brought a single penny home, just spending lavishly on himself. Does he think it’s easy for his parents to make money? I refuse to give him anything!”

“Wu Lan, you ask Tantan, if it’s convenient, I’ll take him to the fields to harvest rice, let him know how hard it is to earn money.”

As soon as she said this, everyone’s eyebrows furrowed deeply.

Zhang Yanping also frowned–despite being in his twenties or thirties, their cousin’s actions were truly questionable.

The debacle he caused last time remained unresolved and now he was causing more trouble for his own family–it seemed likely that demanding full payment was just a ruse to pressure his elders into coughing up the money.

Song Tan, however, started to laugh, picking up the phone: “Aunt, don’t worry, Brother Leilei is just young and doesn’t understand yet. But if you really took him to cut rice for a day or two, he might think you don’t want to give him the money and are just giving him a hard time…”

“How about this, if you really don’t mind him enduring hardship, you might as well ask him to quit his job and come work for me–no coddling or subsidies, I’ll see if I can make a man out of him.”

“Just so you know, the pay isn’t much, two to three thousand a month. Of course, if he can bring in more orders or find connections like Brother Yanping, he too could earn extra commissions, which could add up to a decent amount.”

“It’s a shame about his current salary, though.”

The aunt was not one to be indecisive: “What’s there to regret? If he really can’t let go of that salary, he’ll end up tearing this family apart.”

Raising a son for decades, one cannot simply become enemies over buying a house!

She made a decisive call: “Alright, I’ll talk to him! If he works honestly for a full year at your place, I won’t visit or make contact–”

“If after a year he still thinks the same way, I’ll take out the money for the down payment myself! As for the mortgage, he’ll have to figure it out on his own.”

Regarding the job…

The aunt once bragged about her son, saying experience would make things better.

But now she laid down the law: “Who can’t do his job? Even after ten more years, he’ll be at the same level. If he quits, he quits, there’s nothing to regret.”

Yunqiao Village is even more remote than ours, with no delivery or takeout services. At most, he can play games. Meals and accommodation are free, so maybe he’ll save up to 20,000 yuan in a year!