Chapter 5 — The husband's family controls the finances

Ma Tu Lien suddenly knelt on the ground. Not kneeling before me, but kneeling before Chu Khai.
"Son! Quickly think of a way! Today, if our eldest uncle, second aunt and the others know that our family has become like this, I will no longer have any face in front of relatives in the future!"
She started screaming. Chu Kien Quan sat next to him, smoking one cigarette after another, filling the house with smoke. Chu Khai was confused by his mother's crying, completely disoriented. He looked at me. His eyes were filled with dependence and begging. This was the first time between me and my mother, he did not hesitate and turned his eyes for help towards me.
“Van Tinh... can you help me?”
His voice is shaking.
“Our family can only rely on you now.”
I looked at the wild scene before my eyes. The mother-in-law knelt on the ground and cried. Father-in-law was helpless and didn't know what to do. And the husband completely gave up resisting and surrendered to me. I know. From the moment he said that sentence, this family's sky completely changed. I walked in front of him, looking down from above.
"Okay."
I said.
“But I have the conditions.”
07
“What conditions?”
A ray of hope flashed in Chu Khai's eyes.
"First, give me back my salary card, I will change the password immediately. From now on, the family's finances are decided solely by me."
Chu Khai nodded without hesitation.
"Okay!"
He even immediately took out my card from the slot in the case of Ma Tu Lien's dead phone and gave it to me with both hands. Ma Tu Lien was about to say something, but was stopped by Chu Khai's glare.
"Monday." I looked at Ma Tu Lien. “The cruise I signed up for, the massage chair I bought, and all the other miscellaneous things, must be returned.
Not even a penny is missing, it must be passed on to the child. When the money is back in my account, then I will deal with today's matter."
“Can't pay anymore!” Ma Tu Lien shouted. "The contract has been signed! The massage chair has also been removed! How can I return it?"
“That's mom's problem.” My voice had no emotion. “I just look at the results.”
“Miss…”
“Mom!” Chu Khai interrupted her, his tone unprecedentedly tough. “Do you want everyone to know that you spent all the money on your daughter-in-law's salary card?
Mom, do you want grandpa's birthday party to become a joke? Mom, choose for yourself!” Ma Tu Lien's face was sometimes white, sometimes red. Finally, she sat down on the sofa in frustration, picked up another phone for the elderly, and began trembling to make a call. Contact the travel company, contact the seller. The whole process was full of arguing, begging and cursing. I don't care about her. I turned to Chu Khai.
“Third, and the final condition.”
I looked straight into his eyes and said every word clearly.
“From today, the rules in this family will be set by me.”
Zhou Kai was stunned.
“What… what rules?”
“Very simple.”
I walked to the middle of the living room, looking around at the house that they had made so out of shape.
"Housework will rotate. Each person, including mom and dad, has their own area and time in charge.
Whoever is in charge must do well. If you don't do well, spend your own salary or pension and hire a maid."
"Cooking rice also takes turns. Whoever's turn is in charge of buying food, cooking rice and washing dishes. No You can do whatever you want, order your own food, pay for it yourself.”
“Also, from now on, without my permission, no one is allowed to bring outsiders home for any reason. This is my house, I have the right to decide who can enter and who cannot enter."
Every sentence I say is like a nail driven deep into the foundation of this family. Chu Kien Quan suddenly raised his head, the ashes in his hand fell all over the ground.
“Do you want to turn the sky upside down?!”
"Correct." I looked straight at him. “Today I must turn this sky upside down.”
“Zhu Kai! Look at the good wife you took away!” Chu Kien Quan was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
Chu Khai stood still in place, his face constantly changing. This is a complete overthrow of the concept of family that has existed in him for more than twenty years. On one side were angry parents, on the other side was me with a tough attitude. He fell into a fierce struggle. I looked at him, neither urging nor giving in. I know this is a choice he had to make. Choosing to continue living in the so-called "filial piety" and "harmony" of the past, or choosing a future that is orderly, limited and truly livable. Time passes minute by minute. The call on Ma Tu Lien's side seemed to be almost over. She put down the phone, her face gray.
“The travel company demanded a deduction of three thousand for breach of contract... the massage chair seller said... they would only buy it back at a reduced price of five thousand..."
Her voice carried tears. This means that not only did she not gain any benefits, but she also lost both the lead and the fish. The sound of relatives calling to urge him vaguely came from Chu Khai's phone. Two o'clock in the afternoon. There was only an hour left until the relatives arrived. Finally, Chu Khai raised his head, his bloodshot eyes looking at me. He took a deep breath, as if he had made some decision.
“Okay.”