Chapter 490: Chapter 490: Retirent Chapter 490: Chapter 490: Retirent Chunyan bit her lip as she followed Erniu and Wang Yan. Erniu was becoming impatient, “We are going to buy food, why are you following us! Stay in the ward with our mother, just in case sothing happens and soone needs to lend a hand.”
Chunyan glared at Erniu. This coward didn’t say a word. If not now, when would there ever be a chance?
“Big brother! I have sothing to tell you!”
This was beyond caring about the consequences now.
Erniu, out of desperation, grabbed her hand, “You go back, or else watch out, I’ll slap you.”
Chunyan fiercely shook off Erniu’s hand, “You won’t speak! Nor will you let speak, how can we go on like this?”
Wang Yan could tell there was sothing they needed to discuss with him, so he pointed to the chairs in the hospital garden, “Sister-in-law! Sit down, whatever it is, just say it. We are family; you don’t need to hide anything.”
“Big brother, don’t listen to his nonsense, there’s nothing going on!”
Chunyan shook Erniu off, “You always keep everything to yourself. If we don’t talk about it, what will we do later?”
“Big brother, given dad’s condition now, I think we need to consider his future care. The doctor said that dad’s cerebral thrombosis has left his arms and legs quite weak, and he won’t be able to do hard work or get upset anymore. There needs to be so arrangent for his care among us three brothers.”
“Erniu and I are supposed to close down our clothing store in town and go back to the village to look after mom and dad. It’s not that I don’t want to take care of them, but our store makes dozens of dollars a day, and we’ve finally managed to establish a foothold here. We’ve just begun to build our own ho here, planning to save up for a few months to buy a house, and the children are supposed to start school here.
If we go back to the village, what else can we do besides helping dad with the pigs? And you saw, firstly, neither Erniu nor I are into pig farming. We don’t like it, so it’s not sustainable for us. Secondly, if another swine fever breaks out, can our family even withstand such turmoil? I hate to sound harsh, sister-in-law, but normally this should be the eldest brother’s responsibility. Of course, as sons, we should all chip in, but how can it be that bypassing the eldest brother, the responsibility falls on the younger brothers? We also have our lives to lead. It can’t be that only the eldest brother’s life is secure, disregarding the well-being of the younger brothers and sisters, right?”
Wang Yan finally understood what his sister-in-law was upset about, and he felt relieved.
“You are really overthinking it. Erniu, in the future don’t mull over these matters alone. We three brothers should sit together to discuss anything. If there are difficulties, we face them together. Plus, our parents aren’t just your and your brother’s parents; they are mine too. Actually, the thing I said to our dad earlier was true. I was really planning to bring our parents to live in the provincial city. If dad stays at ho and looks at the pigsty, he’ll probably start thinking about pig farming again, which is getting harder to manage these days not to ntion the lower profitability compared to previous years.
Besides, people now prefer scientific farming, and dad still clings to old thods, which is a guaranteed loss. That’s why I was considering moving them. As the eldest son, many decisions naturally fall to . Erniu, you and the youngest should just focus on making a good life for your own families, which is better than anything. I’m happy for you all, let’s drop this topic, and go get sothing to eat; I’m starving.”
Wang Yan left.
Erniu glared fiercely at Chunyan, and it took her a while to realize that her brother-in-law was actually this reasonable.
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