When the mother and daughter arrived home, Chu’s father had also just returned with the groceries.
While Chu’s father was busy in the kitchen, the mother and daughter discussed their future plans in the bedroom. Shao Wenxin had always wanted her daughter to receive an education in Shanghai. Previously, they did not have the means, but now, with the 100 billion given by the system, their family could first buy a house in Shanghai and then arrange a school transfer. This way, the couple, Chu Jianping and Shao Wenxin, would no longer have to live separated in two different places, and their daughter could receive a better education.
However, Chu Wanchen still wanted to stay in Qian City for high school. Her familiar classmates and familiar environment were here. Qian City was located in the southwestern region of China and possessed an excellent natural environment, with the maximum summer temperature reaching only thirty degrees. Such a wonderful environment was something Shanghai did not have.
Most importantly, her maternal grandparents were both in Qian City. Chu Wanchen had been raised by her maternal grandparents, so her affection for the elderly couple went without saying. Having lived in Qian City for most of their lives, the two elders would certainly be unwilling to leave their hometown. Chu Wanchen could not bear to leave the two elders behind either.
Therefore, the mother and daughter talked it over and ultimately decided to follow Chu Wanchen’s idea of staying in Qian City for high school, waiting until after the college entrance examination to decide which city to attend university in.
After planning this matter, Chu Wanchen thought about having her mother retire to rest at home.
Shao Wenxin’s job was as a worker in a tool factory. Not only was the labor intensity high, but she also worked six days with one day off, and she used to work night shifts frequently in the past. Because of this, Chu Wanchen often slept at her maternal grandparents’ house when she was a child. It was only now, as Shao Wenxin grew older, that she gradually began working only day shifts. However, long hours of mechanized assembly line work had also caused Shao Wenxin to suffer from chronic illnesses such as periarthritis of the shoulder and cervical spondylosis. Now, whenever overcast and rainy days arrived, the pain tortured Shao Wenxin so much that she could not sleep the entire night.
Chu Wanchen shared her thoughts with her mother, and after considering it for a moment, Shao Wenxin agreed. Now that their family had money, there was no need to deplete her health for a monthly salary of just over two thousand yuan. She could also have more time at home to take care of her parents and daughter, and could take her parents out to travel around. Previously, their family conditions were not very good, and her parents had never traveled even into their old age. This was the perfect opportunity to take her parents to thoroughly enjoy the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland.
During dinner, Shao Wenxin brought up her decision to her husband. Her husband had wanted Shao Wenxin to move to Shanghai with him long ago. Therefore, the moment he heard Shao Wenxin mention that she wanted to take early retirement, he immediately agreed. He also asked Shao Wenxin if she wanted to bring their daughter with him to Shanghai, but Shao Wenxin refused on the grounds that a sudden change of environment for their daughter would affect her grades.
Hearing this, Chu Jianping did not say anything more. It had been a casual mention anyway, so he just let everything go according to the mother and daughter’s wishes.
After finishing dinner and cleaning up, the three went out for a walk to digest their food. Chu Jianping suggested that the mother and daughter go to Shanghai during the summer vacation for a junior high school graduation trip. The mother and daughter thought it over and realized they could indeed visit Shanghai. After all, Shanghai was an international first-tier city, which was much more bustling than a third-tier city like Qian City. There would also be more places where they could spend money.
With the plan made, the mother and daughter began booking plane tickets to Shanghai for the following day. Neither of them had ever flown before and had only seen what first-class airplane cabins looked like in television dramas. Having money this time, they naturally booked three first-class tickets directly, which could be considered fulfilling a dream.
They had originally thought about bringing Chu Wanchen’s maternal grandparents along to Shanghai for a good tour this time. However, upon checking the weather forecast and seeing that the temperature in Shanghai during this period was over forty degrees, they dropped the idea of taking the two elders out for a tour.
Even the mother and daughter wanted to give up on this travel plan when they saw this temperature. If it were not for their incredibly strong obsession with spending money, they would have definitely rejected Chu’s father’s proposal immediately.