Возможно, это будет самая странная история, которую вы прочитаете за весь день, но я просто не могла не поделиться ей для нашей рубрики #tuesday_news

7 Chinese Girlfriends Buy Huge House Where They Will Retire and Die Together

A group of seven girlfriends in southeastern China purchased a dream home as part of their pact to retire and die together in the future.

What started as a joke among the friends in 2008 has now become a reality in the 700-square meter house in suburban Guangzhou.

💰💰Together, they then pulled around 4 million yuan ($584,000) to buy and renovate the house. They are planning to cook together, barbecue in the fields, sing and collect food in the village.

🏡 Among themselves, the friends have already discussed the matter of learning an individual skill that they can use to contribute to their retirement household. These include cooking, growing vegetables, playing instruments, traditional Chinese medicine and so on.

“Ten or 15 years later our children might have grown up, so we also hope that we can still be together in the next years,” one said.

The friends’ story touched many netizens:

“May I be the 8th?”
“What a beautiful house and story of friendship!”
“This house is incredible, built with the most beautiful friendship.”

🔺to purchase: купить
🔺to retire: выйти на пенсию
🔺a pact: обещание, договор
🔺a netizen: (неформально) пользователь Интернета
🔺to contribute: внести свой вклад
🔺to renovate: ремонтировать
🔺a household: хозяйство, дом

Хотим еще заметить, что слово girlfriend здесь используется в значении "подруга", а не "чья-то девушка".

Посмотреть оригинал статьи и фотки дома можно тут: https://nextshark.com/7-girlfriends-retire-and-die-together/?fbclid=IwAR3aPBhVU9e3ecFTVIpuXKkrW0TmJ2fcAWSB7PQiVwZgPbpuqooLwRdTyKM