Chapter 639: Women's Rescue Association or Pyramid Scheme 2
The two sisters arrived home, and Wang Yinghao greeted them, asking with concern: "What happened to you two? Your complexions don't look too good."
Shi Youxuan: "Mom, please have Fang Jie brew some calming tea for us that pregnant women can drink."
"Alright, Xuanxuan, you go entertain Wan'er, I'll go boil the tea."
Soon, Wang Yinghao brought over a pot of fruit tea.
It wasn't brewed by Fang Jie, but made by her own hands; along with the tea, she also brought several small plates of snacks.
Pregnant women get hungry easily, and Wang Yinghao was attentive and had prepared everything very properly.
"You two sisters chat, I'll go see if Zichen is awake yet?" Wang Yinghao set down the tea and snacks and prepared to leave.
Shi Youxuan called her back: "Mom, wait a moment, I have something to ask you."
So Wang Yinghao stayed and sat down opposite the two of them.
Shi Youxuan: "Mom, have you ever heard of the Women's Rescue Association?"
"Heard of it? I've even been there; it was messy and pointless."
Wang Yinghao told the two of them.
The "Women's Rescue Association" had an even greater influence than "Chicken Lays Eggs" had back then.
"Chicken Lays Eggs" was a financial product that required an investment, but the "Women's Rescue Association" didn't.
The only threshold for the Women's Rescue Association was that one had to be a woman.
Any woman could join the "Women's Rescue Association," and its "philosophy" aligned with the thinking of a large portion of people, so it was highly sought after.
Wang Yinghao had been once, dragged there by a neighbor.
She had also only listened to half the lecture before she felt it was too chaotic and left.
However, she hadn't been "valued" like Shi Youxuan and Jin Wan'er; she could leave if she didn't want to listen, and no one stopped her.
After hearing her mother-in-law finish, Shi Youxuan realized that if one finished the lecture, someone would come over and demand they join.
Not only did you not have to pay to join, but they would actually give you money!
And they gave it out every month.
The amount wasn't much, but it was free money, wasn't it? It would be a waste not to take it.
Wang Yinghao wondered where all their money came from.
On the surface, it looked very much like a pyramid scheme.
But in a pyramid scheme, you pay to join and make money by pulling others in.
The "Women's Rescue Association" was exactly like a pyramid scheme in every other way, except that it gave out money; the more people you pulled in, the more money was given out.
The three of them chatted for a while, and it was time for lunch.
There was a guest for lunch today, so the meal was prepared according to a recipe for pregnant women, delicious and nutritious.
Shi Ran was eating at school and wouldn't be home for lunch.
Sheng Hanyu was at the company and wouldn't be back either.
Although father-in-law Sheng Jiang no longer had to pay off external debts, he had actually become addicted to working.
He hadn't resigned from his job as a Security Guard, and since he was on the day shift today, he wasn't home either!
Eating lunch were only Wang Yinghao and Sheng Zichen, plus Shi Youxuan and the guest, Jin Wan'er.
Sheng Zichen was a social butterfly; his little mouth was already sweet, and as soon as he saw his aunt, he didn't stop praising her.
"Auntie pretty, prettier than Mommy!"
"Baobao, hug Auntie, Auntie feed."
The little guy was chubby and very cute, and Jin Wan'er liked him very much.
Naturally, there was no reason to refuse his request, so she prepared to feed the child.
She peeled a large shrimp, dipped it in sauce, and brought it to Sheng Zichen's mouth; the little guy opened his mouth and took a bite with an "ah-woo."
"Want more."
Jin Wan'er then peeled another one and was just about to feed him when she was stopped by Shi Youxuan: "Eat it yourself, don't worry about him, he can peel shrimp himself."
He really could.
For the foodie Sheng Zichen, there was no skill related to eating that he couldn't do.
However, he just liked to use his cute, milky advantage to make others help him.
It was best if someone helped, but if no one helped, he could actually do it all himself.
"Mommy bad, Auntie don't listen." The little guy rolled his eyes at his mother.
"Right, Auntie won't listen, Auntie will peel shrimp for Baobao to eat." Jin Wan'er liked Sheng Zichen; she liked him immensely.
She kept saying how wonderful it would be if the child in her own belly could be like Sheng Zichen; she would wake up laughing even in her dreams.
"He's a little foodie, I'm almost annoyed to death by him, and you actually like him? If you like him, take him away," Shi Youxuan joked.
Jin Wan'er: "Is it up to you? If it were up to you alone, I would have taken him away when I left."
Wang Yinghao said: "Our Xuanxuan is the head of the house, it's up to her, take him away."
Although everyone knew it was a joke, Jin Wan'er was still amazed by the good relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
If this were her mother-in-law...
She wouldn't explode on the spot, but she would turn hostile immediately.
"Wan'er, eat some vegetables, try this."
Wang Yinghao picked up a piece of boiled fish and put it into Jin Wan'er's bowl.
Fang Jie brought out another bowl of bird's nest and placed it in front of the guest.
The bird's nest was stewed for Shi Youxuan; she would eat a bowl every day for beauty and skincare.
With Wan'er there at noon, Wang Yinghao instructed Fang Jie to serve it to the guest.
The meal was harmonious and happy; Jin Wan'er envied how well Shi Youxuan and her mother-in-law got along, interacting just like mother and daughter.
She quietly asked Shi Youxuan for the secret.
Shi Youxuan laughed and said, "Where is there any secret? It's just a matter of having smoothed things out."
When a family lives together, how can the tongue not touch the teeth?
Bickering and having disagreements are both normal.
But as long as it is not a matter of principle, it is easy to resolve.
What is important is not just tolerance and forbearance.
It is discovering problems in a timely manner and solving them.
Just don't let small problems accumulate and slowly turn into big problems, and that's it!
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship has been a difficult problem since ancient times; when everyone first lived together, there were also many problems like this and that.
Fortunately, they were all resolved in the end.
Jin Wan'er learned quite a bit of experience regarding getting along with a mother-in-law from Shi Youxuan.
Jian Yining was preparing to move his company back to Jiangzhou, as the overseas market had become increasingly difficult to work in over the past few years.
It was relatively easier to develop domestically, and now that she was pregnant again, the family would likely live in Jiangzhou in the future.
Her mother-in-law was very good to her now because she was pregnant.
But what about later?
Jin Wan'er did not have much confidence in the future.
And there was another reason she did not say.
That was, Jin Wan'er realized that her husband had always had Shi Youxuan in his heart, and she was nothing more than a substitute for Shi Youxuan, a shadow.
It was not that she did not care; she cared very much and minded it a lot.
She was also an excellent woman with her own pride.
But because she loved him too much, she was afraid of losing him.
Even knowing her husband had someone else in his heart, she had always endured it without saying anything.
However, with Jian Yining wanting to move the company back to Jiangzhou, she was actually worried—worried that with the distance closer, it would be even harder for her husband to forget her.
This was also the reason why, even though she knew Shi Youxuan was her sister, Jin Wan'er deliberately had less contact with her.
But after interacting over these two days, she discovered that her worries were all unnecessary.
The two of them truly had a pure friendship, with nothing extra at all.
Now seeing Shi Youxuan and her mother-in-law getting along harmoniously, she felt envious.
She envied that Shi Youxuan had a reasonable mother-in-law who was much easier to get along with than her own.
However, after chatting with her sister, she realized that no one's life was all smooth sailing.
Everyone had their bumps and stumbles; it was just that Shi Youxuan chose to communicate and face them, while she only wanted to hide far away whenever mother-in-law conflicts arose!
Jin Wan'er was about to leave.
Her husband came to pick her up, and Shi Youxuan feigned seriousness to "warn" Jian Yining: "Take good care of my sister; if you treat her badly, I won't spare you."
Jian Yining: "She's my wife, of course I'll treat her well; you don't need to worry about it."
"Oh my, have your wings hardened now? I can't even manage my own sister? I will manage it, what can you do?"
"Wife, let's go. In the future, have less contact with this woman; don't let her corrupt our child." Jian Yining put his arm around Jin Wan'er's shoulder, looking like someone who couldn't afford to provoke her and would rather hide.
"Wan'er, if he treats you badly, come stay at your sister's house; sister will back you up and make the decisions for you!" Shi Youxuan had become addicted to being the older sister, calling Jin Wan'er "sister" in every breath.
"Okay, sister." Jin Wan'er smiled and acknowledged it.
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