Chapter 2075: Chapter 2076: Old Mrs. Zhang Reborn in the ’70s Reforms Her Ungrateful Children 107

Wei Dazhi watched Wei He storm off angrily and asked Zhang Yu in confusion, "Why didn’t you agree?"

Zhang Yu always said Li Juan was a spendthrift, and Wei He didn’t want to divide the hard-earned money he had saved for his grandchildren with Li Juan.

"Why should I agree? They’ve talked about divorce before and made quite a fuss, but what was the result? They patched things up again."

"They’re happy now, a loving couple, but you know how your younger son’s mouth works, right? There’s no secret in front of Li Juan."

"What if he gets excited and tells Li Juan he’s not a failure, revealing his side earnings and plans to buy a house under our name? Imagine Li Juan’s attitude."

"Would we end up well? Wei He has done stupid things before, though those were small matters."

"Li Juan is someone who calculates very clearly. Her salary is her money; she can spend it however she wants, and no one can interfere."

"But Wei He’s money, that’s family money, and she believes she should have a share."

"If she finds out Wei He bought a house under our name, would she let us off?"

For the sake of money, Zhang Yu had seen many ugly faces. "She might cause a ruckus, saying Wei He used to put money in our place."

"Claim our property is partly Wei He’s. What would you do?"

"Even though things are more open now, when we bought the house, we used gold and jewelry, even in monetary transactions. We always have withdrawal receipts as proof that it was our money."

"But being sickened by her, would you feel good inside?" Zhang Yu preferred to prepare for the worst rather than get entangled in trouble.

"If Wei He genuinely wanted to keep his money safe, wouldn’t he have ways?" Zhang Yu sneered coldly.

This is not the future where, in the internet era, sufficient permissions could access everyone’s property information, financial transactions, shares, or debts.

Now, even a bank’s data is not interconnected.

"Based on what he said before, he’s been submitting articles for years and writing novels for years, so he must have savings for several years."

"He managed to hide it from Li Juan before, so why can’t he now?"

"He’s worried the housing price will rise and miss the good timing. Is the housing price rising rapidly? It’s still slowly increasing."

Initially, Zhang Yu was just being cautious, but the more she analyzed, the more she felt something was amiss. "From last year until now, in a year and a half, the price per square meter rose by 200, right?"

"Unless he divides his money with Li Juan, even if it rises by 500 per square meter, would that loss be significant to him?"

"Besides, Li Juan uses her salary on herself, isn’t that because Wei He spoiled her?"

"Since he’s already spoiled her for so long, giving her a portion of the money during divorce, what’s the problem?"

"Anyway, I feel there’s a problem." Zhang Yu paused, "Of course, I also hope that I’m overthinking and Wei He doesn’t have such an idea."

Wei Dazhi thought about it; having come from that era, even though he hadn’t experienced it firsthand, he had heard quite a few things.

"You indeed need to be careful." When they bought the house, to prevent anyone from claiming their money source was unknown, every house purchase had proof.

As for the gold jewelry used for buying the house, including the things picked up cheaply in the past, they had unified the story that it was from Zhang Yu’s maternal family.

The old neighbors knew Zhang Yu’s maternal family were dart masters, a profession that earns money with one’s life; could their income be low?

Even if someone suspected, they wouldn’t connect it to picking things up cheaply, as they rarely went to recycling stations, and even when they did, it was to buy old newspapers or old wood.

The only clock proving their successful pick was deliberately burnt as evidence a few years ago.

Zhang Yu went over the plan again, though she had already reviewed it before, and there was absolutely no problem. "In short, whether it’s Wei He or Wei Jiang, regardless of their reasoning."

"If they want to buy a house or store their money with us, we should not agree." Zhang Yu intended to remain firm, fearing that Wei Dazhi might get confused momentarily. It’s mainly about being wary of children and grandchildren scheming against you.

Wei Dazhi nodded repeatedly, "Really, alas."

Seeing Wei Dazhi wasn’t in high spirits, Zhang Yu, of course, aimed to cheer him up because this was what the patron cared about.

"Now that you’ve completely stopped working, I thought about it, how about we learn to drive, and then buy a minivan, fixing beds in the back, and we drive to travel around."

Not sure if there are RVs now, there should be abroad; in the country, they haven’t seen them yet, and even if there are, the price is likely high. Rather than complicate things, they should just buy a van.

"Learn to drive?" While private cars have increased on Capital City’s roads over the years, Wei Dazhi never thought there would be a day he, an old man, might actually learn to drive, let alone imagine he might drive.

Zhang Yu nodded, understanding why Wei Dazhi was so excited. After all, drivers used to be one of the prestigious roles.

Even though drivers are not as revered now as before, they are still among high-income groups, "Then we can drive around leisurely."

"Let’s not stay here, and avoid their faces."

"We are old now, let’s venture out while we’re still fit, driving slowly, I’ve decided we’ll visit places one by one, staying in hotels since we have money anyway."

"Visit fun places for a few more days, and skip the uninteresting ones." Wealthy, free old folks can have a more carefree life.

"Their trivial matters aren’t our concern." If Wei Jiang found out about Wei He’s matters, there could be trouble. Instead of balancing things out, it’s better to leave them be.

"Let’s enroll in driving classes, then buy a car." Even an old lady could easily pass the driving test, as she’s like an experienced old driver anyway.

Huh? Wei Dazhi never expected his wife to be so aggressive, "We, we haven’t even passed the driving test, so buying a car now is..."

If they don’t pass the driving test, wouldn’t it be a waste?

"No ifs, we will definitely get our driving licenses."

"Buying a van worth tens of thousands gives us no other option. Old man, bring the hard-working attitude from when you learned under your master."

Seeing Zhang Yu’s impressive stance, how could Wei Dazhi refuse? After all, passing a driving test is a minor matter.