Chapter 10: The Stress of Life

Xu Xincheng had already thought about it, and from this month onwards, he would send more money back, and he said to himself: "Yes, in the future, it will be no problem for me to bear all the expenses for taking care of my grandmother every month." ”

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11 months ago, Xu Xincheng's grandmother's back disease for many years suddenly worsened and she was sent to the hospital for treatment, which cost more than 70,000 yuan.

This amount of money is an astronomical amount for them, and their parents have spent all the money they have saved over the years, but there is still a gap of 37,000.

When Xu Xincheng learned about it, he immediately made up the money. At that time, he had only worked for a year, and his savings were not much, thirty-seven thousand was almost all his savings, but at that time, he did not hesitate at all.

He is the eldest grandson, from childhood to adulthood, grandma loves him the most, I don't know how much thought and effort has been spent on him, now, grandma needs to take care of, he himself can not accompany her, can not personally take care of her old man, there is a very big guilt in his heart, in terms of expenses, can make such a contribution, he is naturally reluctant.

Although she spent a huge amount of medical expenses, she still could not completely cure her grandmother's illness, and after being discharged from the hospital, she could only use a wheelchair and could not take care of herself.

After discussing with his second uncle and sister-in-law, her father decided that in order to take better care of her, he asked a distant relative to help, and this cousin took care of her on weekdays, and took care of herself on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

The average total monthly expenditure of this cousin's salary, grandmother's nutrition expenses, daily medical expenses and physiotherapy expenses is about 5,000 per month. Again, this is a huge expense.

The second uncle and sister-in-law's family background is very ordinary, and they both have children who are studying, so with the support of their mother, their father resolutely bears the expense.

But his salary is very small, even with the extra money he earns from carpentry in his spare time, his monthly income is only more than 4,000.

At this time, he is naturally even more responsible, after discussing with his father, Xu Xincheng bears 2500 per month, and every time he goes back to his hometown, he will buy some of her favorite snacks for his grandmother and buy a few new clothes, so that her old man is happy.

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Xu Xincheng thought to himself: "Finally, I have enough ability to take on greater responsibilities, and finally, I can alone carry the burden of life that weighs on the shoulders of my parents, and the burden of life that has weighed on them for more than 20 years." ”

He pondered for a moment and began to calculate, "Yes, after I get the quarterly bonus, I will add some new appliances to my home." ”

First of all, he wants to buy a fully automatic washing machine for his mother, and replace the semi-automatic washing machine that has been used for more than ten years, so that she can wash her clothes cleanly without worry and effort; second, he wants to buy a 50-inch high-definition LCD TV for his family, so that his parents, who have begun to be presbyopia, do not have to come to the 32-inch old-fashioned TV to watch news broadcasts and TV series; third, he also wants to buy a large refrigerator, so that parents can buy more vegetables at one time and put them in the refrigerator in the hot summer, so that they do not have to brave the scorching heat to buy vegetables every day。

He knows that he can't discuss the purchase of new household appliances, and no matter how much he discusses it with them, they won't accept it, and he must adopt the strategy of "buy first and play later".

By the way, he also wants to buy a comfortable large mattress and replace the old mattress that has been used for more than ten years, so that they can sleep comfortably at night.

Also, it is best to renovate the home, the floor tiles, walls, kitchen, etc. in the home are already very old......

Thinking about it, Xu Xincheng's eyes moistened, every time he thought of his parents whose temples had been dyed gray prematurely, and his grandmother in a wheelchair, he couldn't help but cry, for his parents, for his grandmother, he had to work harder to repay their nurturing kindness.

His parents have been frugal for more than 20 years, and they have been suffering for more than 20 years. Even in the past two years, they have remained the same.

Two years ago, after he started working, the family's financial situation suddenly improved a lot, but they were still reluctant to spend money on themselves, and they still wanted to save as much money as possible to prepare for him to buy a house in the future.

Yes, to buy a house.

When he has saved enough money, he wants to buy a big house in his hometown, so that his parents, who have lived a hard life all their lives, can live comfortably in a new house and live a good life.

When he saves more money, he will also buy a house in Guangzhou, so that his parents and grandmother can move in. Of course, if they are not used to living in Guangzhou, they can also only live in Guangzhou for a period of time and come to Guangzhou in winter......

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When he thought of buying a house, Xu Xincheng couldn't help but feel "a lot of pressure".

Buying a house in my hometown is because the house there is cheaper, so although there is also pressure, it is not too stressful.

However, to achieve the goal of buying a house in Guangzhou, the pressure is simply too great.

The house, for all young people like him, for all the migrant workers who go to the big city to work hard, is a mountain that weighs heavily on them, and it is a mountain that weighs them down.

Five years ago, when he first came to Guangzhou to study and live, he was deeply attracted by everything in front of him, and felt sincerely excited and happy for his new life here, but soon, he found that all this has a price, there is a huge price, and the huge price is the heavy pressure of life, among which the biggest pressure is the house.

He still remembers that when he first really felt the tremendous pressure of the mountain of the house, he felt an extremely great sense of oppression, an extremely huge sense of powerlessness, and an extremely huge sense of confusion.......

However, in the face of the huge pressure of life, he did not choose to passively escape, after a short period of confusion and pain, he chose to face it bravely.

He knew very well that the pressure was extremely huge for him only because he was not strong enough.

He knows very well that the pressure will not become smaller, and even bigger and bigger, and the correct way to deal with it is to make himself stronger, so that he can become stronger in terms of quality, ability, economic strength, etc., only in this way can the pressure become relatively small.

After all these years of hard work and hard work, he has become much stronger than five years ago, and now, every month, every week, and even every day, he is constantly improving and becoming stronger.

He believed that one day, he would eventually become strong enough to carry all the pressures of life with ease.

Of course, he also knows that he is still far from this day, and it will take 10 years at least, 15 or even 20 years at most.

He opened an Excel sheet on his computer and did the math in it.

He found that even at the current level of salary and bonuses, if you want to buy a house of about 60 square meters in the city, even if it is a down payment, you will have to save for many years, and then, there will be 20 or even 30 years of monthly payments, as well as children's education expenses, and .......

He suddenly felt a headache hit him, and he couldn't help but raise his hands, rubbing his temples on both sides, and then rubbing his neck and shoulders, which had suddenly become sore.

He sighed loudly and thought, "Oh my God! The road ahead is still far away! The road ahead is still difficult! I have to continue to work hard for the next five, 10, or even 20 years!"

He pondered again, now, the best way is to do this job well, strive for an early promotion and salary increase, and when he is promoted to senior assistant, the situation will be much better.

He secretly made up his mind in his heart: "Within three years, I must be promoted to senior assistant." Yes, that's my goal. ”

Two years ago, when he first started working, he made a career plan for himself, a plan divided into four stages.

In the first stage, through 3 to 4 years of hard work and hard work, he will be promoted to supervisor or general manager trainee assistant.

In the second stage, it takes 4 to 5 years to be promoted to manager or senior assistant to the general manager.

In the third stage, it takes 5 to 6 years to be promoted to department director.

In the fourth stage, if everything goes well and the goals of the previous three stages are achieved, then he hopes that it will take another 6 to 7 years to be promoted to general manager.

Now, two years later, he has achieved the goal of the first stage, which is very good, and he will continue to work hard to achieve the goal of the second stage in three years!

Xu Xincheng said to himself: "As long as I can achieve the goals of the second and third stages, then I can overcome the huge pressure of life, at least most of it." Yes, from this moment on, I will attack the goal of the second stage!"

He immediately took several deep breaths, adjusted his mood, sorted out his thoughts, took out the documents that had not been sorted out in the morning from the drawer, and immediately got into the state of work, and immediately got busy.

Throughout the day, he felt inexhaustible motivation and momentum, his work mood has been very high, and his work condition has always been very good.