The misfortune of Yujiro Sakai cannot actually be regarded as real misfortune.
Because to a large extent, it is actually caused by his inability to understand himself correctly and to view the objective world rationally.
Besides, at least he still has a family, at least he still has a house, and at least he still has a wife who truly loves him.
There are many people in this world who are more miserable than him. If compared with those who have suffered real misfortunes, he should be grateful to the world and be satisfied with his current situation.
For example, Mi Xiaoran just accepted the death of her husband.
Zhao Hanyu's unexpected death caused everything in Mi Xiaoran's world to collapse, especially her life.
The news of her husband's unexpected death was something Mi Xiaoran couldn't accept at all.
When she figured out what happened and went to identify the body, she almost lost her mind when she saw Zhao Hanyu's miserable condition.
Perhaps it was due to a stress reaction. When she was at her most emotional, the world began to spin and she fell unconscious.
After waking up, Mi Xiaoran found herself lying in the hospital, and accompanying her was Zhao Hanyu's sister-in-law.
At this time, Mi Xiaoran felt that there was no light in her life, and she fell into despair. If she hadn't remembered that she had a child who was just a few months old, she would have wanted to die.
On the day of Zhao Hanyu's funeral, Mi Xiaoran's eyes were as red and swollen as a peach from crying. She was in much more pain than Zhao Hanyu's blood relatives.
Although she didn't love Zhao Hanyu that much when she first married him.
But in the years after marriage, after several years of being together, after discovering that Zhao Hanyu treated her the same, and that the two of them had the fruit of love, Mi Xiaoran had already given up on Zhao Hanyu and regarded him as the most important person in her life.
My only companion, I will never do what he wants again in this life.
Her emotions, her family, her expectations, her future, so everything she can outline about happiness is all based on his participation.
And now, she has lost her husband and also everything else. How can she control this grief?
Not only that, after the funeral, Mi Xiaoran faced an even more severe situation.
Because in her life, Zhao Hanyu is still the family's financial supporter and the support of her life.
Now that Zhao Hanyu died suddenly, she even lost the basic guarantee of life.
First of all, they had just bought a house, and she was simply unable to afford the huge mortgage loan and continue to pay for the house.
Secondly, she still has a child to feed.
In addition, she has no job, no financial resources to pay her living bills, and no savings.
The most unfortunate thing is that their little savings were used to pay the down payment for the house, and even the little financial compensation they received after Zhao Hanyu was fired was used to pay for his funeral.
Otherwise, with the original more than 20,000 US dollars, Mi Xiaoran could at least be able to support himself independently for a while.
But now it's no longer possible. Not only does she have no extra money to let her calm down her pain quietly, but she can also think about what to do in the future.
She even had to brace herself up to deal with the many bills and bank reminders that were due.
Now Mi Xiaoran is really in debt, troubled and penniless.
Even though she was exhausted physically and mentally, and she still had a young child to take care of, she had to cope with everything and had to accept the cruel reality.
In the end, with the help of the Zhao family, they managed to make do with everything, transferred the house to someone else at a low price, and barely got back two thousand US dollars.
Twenty-five thousand dollars turned into two thousand dollars, not counting the regular monthly payments during the few months we moved in.
Such a loss of blood made Mi Xiaoran almost cry without tears.
But even this is better than nothing, after all, the current world situation has made the stock market crash an outrageous event.
The number of unemployed people in the United States is increasing every day, stores are closing every day, and entire commercial buildings have been built but cannot be rented out.
Let alone houses, even daily necessities are overstocked in stores and cannot be sold.
Banks are selfless yamen, and they will deduct your profits every day.
If you don't pay for one month, you will be given a yellow slip warning. If you fail to pay for two months, you will be given a red slip warning.
If you don't get any money for three months, the house will go directly to the bank, and you won't get a cent.
So if the Zhao family had not been deeply rooted in the United States and knew enough people to help her find an old overseas Chinese who worked as a charterer to take over, Mi Xiaoran wouldn't be able to get even this little money.
Even the old overseas Chinese, who wanted to be friends with Zhao's parents, sympathized with her plight and allowed her to live there until New Year's Day before moving out.
For her, this was considered a blessing in misfortune.
But having said that, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and the Zhao family's help is not without cost.
After all, Americans are very pragmatic about finances and make clear distinctions. No one will pay in vain for someone who is not related by blood.
And even if it is a blood relationship, there are conditions, and the hand will not be in vain.
Mi Xiaoran never expected that after dealing with the creditors who sent bills or came to collect debts, another heavy blow would follow.
Unexpectedly, it was the turn of Zhao Hanyu's relatives - those who, like her, were also grieving for Zhao Hanyu's unexpected death - came to force her.
Zhao Hanyu's parents had a private conversation with Mi Xiaoran. Their intention was very simple. They wanted to hand over Zhao Enxia to Zhao Hanyu's brother and sister-in-law to raise him, and he would be considered their child from now on.
The old couple plausibly said that although Zhao Hanyu had gone, he still left them a grandson. The Zhao family could not ignore Zhao Enxia, a member of the Zhao family's bloodline.
But Mi Xiaoran is different. She is still very young. She has to continue to live. She will definitely move on and marry someone else in the future.
Of course, it is very inconvenient for a single mother to take care of a child alone.
Considering the situation of an orphan and a widowed mother, not only is it difficult to survive, but it will also hinder her future happiness.
So in view of this, Zhao Hanyu's parents suggested that she might as well give up the custody of the child, leave the child to the Zhao family to raise, and move forward with ease to find a happy new life.
Especially now that the children are still young and will not remember too many things, it is easiest for Mi Xiaoran to leave, and it will not have any impact on the children's future.
Zhao Hanyu's brother and sister-in-law will definitely take care of Zhao Enxia as their own child, give him the best education, and let him go to the best university.
The Zhao family is willing to give Mi Xiaoran US$50,000 as compensation for this.
As long as she promises not to interfere with her children's lives again, and is willing to leave New York from now on.
If Zhao Hanyu's death was an unbearable blow given to Mi Xiaoran by God, then the Zhao family's request at this time is tantamount to adding salt to Mi Xiaoran's bloody wound.
Mi Xiaoran never thought that the Zhao family would actually make such a ridiculous and shameless suggestion.
They actually wanted to take away her child!
She actually wants to use money to cut off the blood relationship between her, a mother, and her biological child!
They will not be allowed to meet again from now on!
How is this possible?
How is this possible?
How can they be so cruel!
Of course she couldn't agree. In her opinion, the price offered by the Zhao family was for her to sell her own child, which was simply a great insult.
So she flatly refused on the spot and told the Zhao family with tears in her eyes that she would never be separated from her child.
She said her children did not need anyone else to raise them, not even the Zhao family's help.
No matter how difficult the future is, she will do her best to raise her children and cultivate them into talents.
However, although her angry words made her appear to be particularly ambitious, she had just forgotten that the present was different from the past, and it was no longer the time for Zhao Hanyu to be alive.
In the past, the Zhao family would treat her as their daughter-in-law because they were concerned about Zhao Hanyu's face and feelings, so some things were not allowed to go too far.
But it's different now. In addition to a little baby, the Zhao family can feel a little warmth. To her, Zhao Hanyu's widow, the Zhao family now only treats her as an unrelated outsider, a woman who will marry someone else sooner or later.
Why would they allow the Zhao family's bloodline to call a person with no blood relationship his father?
So the Zhao family stopped pretending, and their hypocritical kindness was meaningless at this time. Since they were competing for the custody of their children and became irreconcilable conflicting parties, the Zhao family simply used the law as a weapon and money as a means to coerce them.
Mi Xiaoran surrendered.
"Don't be like this. You know, what you are saying is meaningless. This is the United States. You, a girl from mainland China, can't do what you say. As for basic life, you can't even have a stable life."
If you don’t have a job and you don’t have any source of income, how can you raise your children?”
"Okay, even if you can find a job, what will happen to your children when you go to work? Can your income satisfy the lives of your mother and son? What if you get sick? What if your child is accidentally injured? Do you, mother and son have medical insurance?
?Even if these are not problems, how can you ensure that you give your children the best education? Just by going to those public schools? Are you going to move your children to the ghetto?"
"Listen to our advice and don't be obsessed with it. Otherwise, we will have to go through legal proceedings. Needless to say, based on your conditions, the court cannot award you the custody of your child. And you
How can you possibly win this lawsuit if you don't even have a lawyer?"
"Don't look at us like that, it's not that we are cruel. We are doing this for your own good and for the good of our children. If you really love your children, you should change your perspective and think about Enxia's future. The children will follow
What will your future be like? Can he go to a prestigious university and have a good future? If something happens to you, will he be sent to an orphanage? This is the priority of a mother who loves her children.
.If you just can’t let go of your child, isn’t that selfish?”
"We really don't want this to be a stalemate, so let's be sensible and solve the problem. Take this money and keep the kids. You can at least go somewhere else to start your life again, get married, and have kids."
, as long as you are willing, you will have your own children, so why do you have to go to the extreme? If you feel that fifty thousand yuan is not enough to relieve your emotional pain, then because Hanyu loves you so much,
I finally gave in one more step, $80,000."
"This amount of money is indeed not too much, but you should know that in this world, the economy is about to collapse. Now no one has money, and it is difficult to find a job. With the ability of the Zhao family, this cash is not easy
You can make it up. If you don't want to stay in the United States anymore, go back to your hometown. With the consumption level in mainland China, this money will even be enough for you to live a prosperous life for a lifetime. Isn't it? In short, do well.
Think about it again..."
These were the last words left by the Zhao family to Mi Xiaoran.
Since coming to the United States, Mi Xiaoran has heard that the people here are impersonal.
At first she thought she was talking about the whites and blacks here, or the non-Chinese people of color, but she finally learned the lesson!
Even if they are descendants of China, if they come to a place like this and are surrounded by the smell of money every day, they have already become cold-blooded animals.
The United States has everything, the moon here is round, the air here is sweet, but it has no conscience and no feelings.
Here, there is no need to be ashamed if one eats another.
Even if it's a former relative, even if it's a friend who grew up together.
As long as it's against Jing'er, if necessary, he can fall out with him as soon as possible, or even raise a gun to kill the opponent wantonly.
Suddenly realizing this with pain, Mi Xiaoran couldn't help but feel that the light of the lighthouse of the free world was much less powerful.
In this poor place, without Zhao Hanyu, the two of them would starve to death without anyone taking care of them.
But having said that, resentment is still resentment, but realistically, the predicament will not be changed because of these bad emotions.
Although the Zhao family was shameless and excessive, some of the things they said still made sense, and Mi Xiaoran had to seriously consider some of their words for the future of her and her children.
Yes, there are too many unemployed people in the United States now. It is not that easy for Mi Xiaoran to find a job.
Even though she already had a decent degree, but she had no relatives here, so it was tantamount to wishful thinking to find a well-paid, relaxed and comfortable white-collar job based on just this degree.
Even Zhao Hanyu, who graduated from a prestigious university, was fired by the company, so how can she do it?
The most likely possibility is to work in a restaurant or store and rely on physical labor to make ends meet.
At her current age, she is still competitive in this industry, not to mention she has sufficient experience. She has done some work in the Zhao family, but don't expect too much in terms of salary.
It would be good to have a monthly salary of 1,500 and have the boss buy medical insurance on his behalf.
But the question is how can this money be enough to support her and her children?
She doesn't have any requirements for living, as long as she has a place to sleep and is in a safer community.
But I don't dare to eat too much for her, because the baby still needs to drink breast milk.
If she cannot ensure nutritious and healthy food, the quality of her milk will not be guaranteed, and she will have to feed her child milk powder, which costs 20 dollars a bucket.
Various fruit pastes, vegetable pastes, and meat and vegetable pastes cost about one dollar per small bottle.
There is also money to be spent on "exporting". 124 pieces of diapers cost US$25, and a box of 72 wet wipes costs US$2.
There are also children's toys, toiletries, etc., which cost dozens of dollars per month.
These daily expenses and basic living expenses are barely enough.
But the most expensive thing is the labor to take care of the children. Hiring a nanny to take care of a child costs US$1,500 a month. Day care is cheaper, but the minimum is US$700 or US$800.
And this creates a paradox. If she wants to take care of her children, she can't go to work, and if she has to go to work, she can't take care of her children.
What's more, her income from work is about the same as what others charge to take care of her children, so her work is meaningless.
This situation may only be resolved when the child is five years old.
Because only children who are five years old can enter kindergarten and enjoy all the free benefits in this area in the United States.
Therefore, economic problems have indeed become the most difficult problem that needs to be solved in Mi Xiaoran's life.
If this problem cannot be solved, even if the Zhao family does not compete with her for the child, mother and son will not be able to live a normal life.
What should we do?
Forced by the situation, Mi Xiaoran did not cry or shed a single tear.
Without a husband she could rely on, and being persecuted by the Zhao family, her heart was filled with hatred and grievance, but also mixed with a kind of determination.
Determine to face reality, bravely overcome all obstacles, and fight on.
She wants to be a person, a real person, and a strong mother.
As the saying goes, women are weak by nature, but mothers are strong.
For this child, Mi Xiaoran, who used to jump in the queue in Shanxi, drive donkeys and horses and dare to compete with men, came back again.
All the squeamishness and vanity faded away, but the stubbornness of a girl from the capital still remained in his bones. The Mi Xiaoran who believed in the great leader's teachings of "fighting with others is endless fun, fighting with heaven is endless fun" is back.
Not to mention, in this situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, Mi Xiaoran still had to come up with a workaround.
She could definitely send her child back to her hometown in the capital, why not?
Not only do you have your own father, mother, and sisters there, but you also have those old neighbors in Courtyard No. 2.
No one would treat their children badly.
If we knew that this child had become an orphan, everyone would take better care of him and never let him suffer any injustice.
My hometown is poor, but has kindness.
Mi Xiaoran is absolutely certain of this.
In addition, the cost of childcare is really low.
Don't say that you can work in the United States and send money home. Even if you don't have money, you can support such a little one with your family's income.
In this case, although she can be separated from her child for the time being, she will not be separated for a long time. As long as she establishes a foothold in the United States as soon as possible, she can take the child back with her parents when the child is four years old.
And the most important thing is that since then, the Zhao family has nothing to do with her even if they file a lawsuit. Her children are no longer in the United States. What can the Zhao family do with her?
Yes, run away. As long as she returns to the capital with her child, all problems will be solved.
But the problem is... I need to buy a plane ticket when I go back. How should I pay for the plane ticket?
That's right, in the end the problem is back to the starting point, it's hard to move forward without money.
In fact, Mi Xiaoran didn't even have a thousand dollars on hand.
You know, after getting the two thousand dollars from selling the house, she had already spent a lot because she had to change her residence and buy some things for her children.
The air ticket from New York to Beijing costs at least a thousand or several hundred dollars.
Having no money was the key factor that made the Zhao family think they could manipulate her.
Thinking of this, Mi Xiaoran, a clever woman who had no money to make a living, became worried again. She had no other choice but to open her things and select jewelry that could be pawned.
Zhao Hanyu bought some for her before his death, but it was hard to say how much money he could get back if he took these things to a pawn shop.
She felt distressed and helpless. Now that things had come to this, she couldn't keep the things she originally wanted to remember.
However, sometimes the twist comes by coincidence. When Mi Xiaoran found the jewelry box and took out all the jewelry, she suddenly became excited.
Because she suddenly discovered that in the bottom layer of the jewelry box, there were more than a dozen green hundred-dollar bills.
Mi Xiaoran covered her mouth in surprise. She couldn't believe her eyes, let alone her luck.
How could she forget that she still had the money that Ning Weimin entrusted Zhang Shihui to give to her - fifteen hundred US dollars!
She once despised it, and even thought she would never need it in her lifetime, and wanted to return the money to Ning Weimin.
At the beginning, Ning Weimin had said that he wanted her to respond quickly, but to his surprise, this guy got it right again.