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He paused and then explained, "It’s not just about teaching the children, but more about using this opportunity to suppress the endless growth of desire in my heart."

He put the small kettle aside and poured a cup of tea for both his sister-in-law and Jiang Peiyao.

"Some things are hard for you to understand because you haven’t reached the stage your sister and I are at. At this stage, the resources and energy we can mobilize are too vast. Sometimes, I see a small place and even have a crazy idea - if I cover it with one palm, could I arbitrarily change the lives of these ordinary people."

"Once desire is unleashed, it never ends. Your sister and I have already reached a certain peak. At this time, the most important thing for us is not how much more money we can make, but to guard our desires, which means controlling our own ambitions."

"To keep rushing forward recklessly would be very dangerous."

He might also be speaking to himself, deliberately reminding himself.

He knew his sister-in-law would not understand this feeling, the only one who could understand would be Mr. Ma.

Clearly, Mr. Ma is still charging forward.

While he, on the other hand, has chosen to guard his desires.

Once you touch the ceiling, if you don’t know how to step back, troubles will escalate infinitely.

He neither wants to move all his assets overseas nor is he willing to leave this homeland that nourished him.

So, he must control his ever-expanding ambition.

This is much more difficult than expanding everywhere.

Unsurprisingly, his sister-in-law was baffled by his words.

After thinking hard and unable to understand, Chen Pingsheng still chose to chat about some family matters with her.

He also casually asked how Yang Changwen has been treating her recently.

Song Wu said there’s still a spark in her man’s eyes, and Yang Changwen has been very honest lately.

No out-of-line behavior, and his care for her has been meticulous.

As for her little cousin Jiang Peiyao, she just came to see her cousin’s new living environment.

She also lives in this neighborhood, which is very convenient.

Unlike Yang Mi, Jiang Peiyao isn’t bursting with career ambitions.

Nor does she see her performing arts career as a lifelong struggle like Zhao Liying.

She is content with being modestly wealthy - filming a few months a year and earning ten or hundred million, she’s already very satisfied.

Not pursuing to be some top superstar too aggressively.

They didn’t stay long here mainly because they just moved here and many things are still not in order.

Like Er Piya, who insisted on installing a large bathtub in her own bathroom under her strong demands.

After filling it with water and soaking briefly, she came out saying she was done bathing.

Song Yanxi noticed her hair wasn’t even wet and dragged her back for a proper wash.

Er Ya made a fuss about it unhappily.

After her sister gave her a glimpse of what she calls a ’casserole-sized small fist’, Er Ya immediately turned around to wash her hair.

She also casually asked her mom, ’What about the water at home?’

This little girl is just imagining moving back to the big villa through her actions.

Song Yanxi glared at her, and that was that.

As for Little Third, Chen Lu, he has been quite obedient, sleeping and waking up on time.

Just that his usual peeing and pooping are a bit troublesome.

Song Yanxi couldn’t stand it after two nights, and even asked Chen Pingsheng to hold him to change the diaper.

He was willing before, but now he wasn’t keen on doing it.

Simply bought the large apartment upstairs, letting his grandmother Peng Ying and maternal grandmother Liu Fen live there.

And to occasionally look after Little Third, Chen Lu. @@novelbin@@

The family still has to slowly adapt to this new middle-class lifestyle.

Chen Pingsheng also adjusted his own schedule - sending the two sisters to school at a little past seven in the morning.

Picking them up at four in the afternoon, then going home to cook.

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The remaining time is either spent handling corporate matters or serving as a guest professor at the university.

He probably teaches a few classes a week, to both university students and corporate executives.

The salary of twenty or thirty thousand per month is quite relaxed, all for adapting in advance.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it’s been a week since they moved into the new house.

Chen Pingsheng even specially fried a fish from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River at home to celebrate their happy new middle-class life.

The spoiled brat was hugely amused.

Dad is so busy but still makes time to be with her every day, what could she possibly be dissatisfied with?

As for Er Piya, although the house has shrunk a bit, it’ll be fine after a bit of adjustment.

After all, it’s not some super cheap house, but at least it’s worth thirty or forty million.

Who can really get used to it forever?

Little Third, Chen Lu is a bit outrageous, often pooping or peeing without giving any hint through expressions.

Every time this happens, he calls for his grandma and grandma to take the stage.

The little guy should probably grow to be one year old before stopping this behavior.

His older sister, when she was over a year old, basically knew to say it in advance.

Kids under one are the most troublesome.

"Dad, tomorrow is National Day, should our family go watch a movie?"

"That’s fine."

The group has holidays and universities also have holidays. Chen Pingsheng has time these days, but he added:

"Just a reminder to you two sisters, from now on, your mom and I have a combined monthly income of ten thousand, with five thousand going to the mortgage every month. The most we can spend on living expenses is five thousand. You two also need to adjust a bit."

"We need to cut expenses?"

Er Piya was the first one to blow up; she thought it was just a slightly smaller house with no other changes.

Who knew the pocket money would also be cut now, what can be done with five thousand a month?

"Er Ya, your protest is invalid. You really inherited your older sister’s capriciousness from her childhood. Look at your grandma’s room, it’s almost filled with the fake stuff you bought from Pinduoduo."

Er Ya started to lay still again, perfectly illustrating what it means to be despondent.

Her older sister was fine, already past the age of spending recklessly.

They must adjust to a middle-class lifestyle. If they still use the unlimited card to just buy, buy, buy.

How could they adjust?

"Dad, I’m just a four-year-old kid," said Er Piya pitifully.

"Right, actually you are only three years and four months old."

Chen Pingsheng took out his wife’s heirloom calculator, clacked away for a bit before saying:

"With a monthly income of ten thousand, this is already a high-income family. Then paying five thousand monthly mortgages takes half of the family expenses which indeed seems unreasonable. But there’s no choice, this is the environment we live in.

"Your mom and I don’t need to spend too much money each month, let’s count it as fifteen hundred dollars; your younger brother, before he turns one, won’t count into family expenses, leaving three thousand five hundred. One thousand needs to be saved regularly every month, and the remaining two thousand five hundred is the cash you sisters can freely spend."

"Dad, how much do I get!"

Er Piya reacted quickly, she stopped thinking about the dwindling pocket money.

She just wanted to get more than her older sister.

"You two split it equally, but let me warn you, don’t try to get money from grandma and don’t even think about selling things from home for money. From an early age, you should develop a good habit of spending money with a plan."

Chen Pingsheng put away the family heirloom calculator.

To properly guide these three little ones, this also required a lot of effort.

However, once he decided on something, it wouldn’t change much in the future.

Both sisters always spent freely and have developed absolute confidence in money.

Now they need to plan their spending.

Each month they only get that much pocket money, and when it’s gone, it’s gone.

For their age, over a thousand a month is already a great treatment.

They really think a monthly salary over ten thousand is easy to earn.

For the people in urban villages and ordinary workers, that’s damn hard.

For at least the next five years, they could only slowly adapt to this planned economy.

Maybe when Little Third, Chen Lu, is about to turn one, their family could truly resemble a flawless middle class.

Right now, there are holes everywhere.

Er Ya, like a little adult, would occasionally recite hundreds of Tang poems with hands behind her back.

In her view, that’s expressing her helpless emotions.

It should be said, Er Ya is absolutely genius-level, she’s likely to skip grades in elementary school.

What she can’t understand is, studying is as simple as eating and dining, why can her older sister never learn?

Her older sister’s biggest confusion is, Er Piya never looks serious, reads less than me, why does she learn things on the first try?

So unfair, really unfair.

Both little princesses in the house are one literature and one martial, Chen Pingsheng feels quite relieved.

Just not sure what kind of person Little Third, Chen Lu, will grow up to be?

A father’s joy is watching his children grow up day by day.

Comrade Lao Chen feels quite comforted.

Just adapt day by day, but things like movies also need to be included in family expenses.