nycdaug Chapter 509 Why should I care about what others think?
Chapter 509 Why should I care about what others think?
Shen Qingran is almost 24 years old, and it is rare for her to find someone she likes. Zhou Gui is happy for her, but does not agree with her dating Xu Hanqi on the grounds that her daughter should not marry outside the family.
Shen Qingran: "Mom, Hanqi said he will return home as soon as possible."
Zhou Gui: "Then wait until he returns to China. He is now an American citizen, and it is not easy to change his nationality. He may not give up everything in the United States for you. I don't believe in any promises, I only look at actual actions."
Shen Bohang: "Your mother is right! We don't look at those empty words, we just look at his specific performance. If you want to trick you away with a few empty words, it's impossible!"
Shen Qingran: "...He wants to come home this weekend, do you agree?"
Zhou Gui: "I disagree. It is unknown whether you two can succeed. If he comes to our house, the neighbors will think he is officially our son-in-law. If you break up in the end, it will become a topic of conversation.
Although people's minds are more open now, many people still care about the reputation of lesbians. You were about to get married, but you suddenly changed your mind and some people made irresponsible comments. We explained to others that you wanted to go to college, but the man disagreed, and that you had different ideals. This was an excuse to get away with it.
If Xiao Xu comes to your house and you two can't get married in the end, you will be seen as a casual girl in the eyes of some people, which will have a bad reputation for you, and it will be difficult for you to find a good husband in the future."
Shen Qingran: "Why should I care about what others think?! My life is my own, I can live it however I want. I don't eat other people's rice or drink other people's water, so what right do they have to interfere with me?"
Zhou Gui: "If you live alone in the wilderness, you don't have to care about what others think, but as long as we live in the city, we have to go out and work, and we have to deal with all kinds of people.
You have not graduated yet, you don't have a job, you haven't started a family, your own strength is very weak, and your ability to protect yourself is limited. At this time, you have to be careful about your reputation and don't let some trivial things become weapons for others to attack you.
Lijuan, who lives next door to us, worked as an educated youth in the countryside for a few years. She returned to the city some time ago, but the Labor Bureau and the Street Office had no job for her.
Her parents had paid to find her a job as a workshop worker in a textile factory and had also found a family for her. But later someone reported that she had given birth to a child in the countryside, abandoned her husband and children, returned to the city alone, and had bad morals.
Not only did she lose her job, but the family she was seeing also called off the engagement. The neighbors made fun of her, and she cried at home every day, not even daring to leave the house.
You have been educated in new ideas and don't care about other people's opinions, but people's words can be scary, so try to avoid troubles that can be avoided.
If Xiao Xu really wants to spend his life with you, he should consider you. Tell him what I said. When his family officially returns to China, I welcome him to visit at any time. "
Shen Qingran pondered over Zhou Gui's words and felt that they made sense: "Okay, I'll go find him later and talk to him about it."
Shen Bohang: "This is our good daughter, she is a very honest person!"
Shen Qingran: "......"
Xu Hanqi felt a little disappointed when he learned that he could not visit the Shen family, but he also understood the concerns of Zhou Gui and others. After parting with Shen Qingran, he told Xu Ce about the Shen family's attitude and asked him when he could return to the United States.
Xu Ce: "If you go back now, can you get rid of the Third Master? It's a rare opportunity for me to come back, and the New Year is coming soon. I must spend the New Year with your grandparents before leaving. If you can't wait, just go first.
When you were not back, you were clamoring to come back, and now that you are back, you are clamoring to leave. Can you be more mature?"
Xu Hanqi choked. His vacation was also two months. If he failed to defeat the Third Master after returning, he didn't know when he would see Qingran next time. If he was unlucky, he might never see her again in his life.
In the limited time, he should cherish every moment with Qingran...
February 81, 2 was New Year’s Eve.
Zhou Qing'an had not returned from his mission yet, and it was inconvenient for Liang Jingyi to take the three children to catch the train alone, so their family did not return to Jiangcheng to celebrate the New Year this year.
I sent some northern specialties and 200 yuan to Zhou Rong to express my apology.
Zhou Rui had a fever and was coughing all the time. Zhong Jiawen was worried that the long journey would make her condition worse, so after discussing with Zhou Qingping, they decided not to return to Jiangcheng for the New Year. They wrote a letter to Zhou Rong and sent her 300 yuan for the New Year.
Zhou Jifan hadn't seen Zhou Rong for two years and missed her a little. When he learned that he couldn't see his grandmother again this year, he sighed frequently at home.
Zhou Qingping said: "If you miss grandma, write her a few more letters."
Zhou Jifan: "The more I write, the more I think about it. Every time I see my grandma's reply, I think of the days when I was with her when I was a child."
Zhou Qingping: "You are over 7 years old, you are a big kid, how about I send you on the train and you go to grandma's house by yourself?"
Zhou Jifan: "...Dad, you have blind confidence in me! Grandma said that there are the most human traffickers on the train, aren't you afraid that I will be kidnapped?"
Zhong Qiaoen, who was fiddling with his toy gun, interrupted, "Didn't you say you were the smartest person in the family? If you were kidnapped, it means your intelligence is fake."
Zhou Jifan: "...I am your brother, my dear brother! Can you please stop arguing with me?"
Zhong Qiaoen: "Everyone is equal before the truth. You should be more low-key in the future. I, who is planning to invent a spaceship, don't boast about my intelligence, but you always talk about your intelligence. You are not humble at all."
Zhou Jifan: “…”
Zhou Qingping listened to the two brothers' bickering and shook his head with laughter. These two were more cunning than the other, and it was estimated that only their grandmother could tame them.
When Zhong Jiawen was pregnant with Zhou Rui, she had a project to rush through and did not get enough rest, which resulted in her child being weak and sickly after birth.
Zhou Qingping and his family felt very distressed when they saw that Zhou Rui always had to get injections and take medicine at such a young age. Almost the entire family revolved around her, and they paid relatively less attention to Zhou Jifan and Zhong Qiaoen.
Zhong Qiaoen is young and as long as he has food to eat and fun to play with, he doesn't care about anything else. Zhou Jifan is a few years older and has his own understanding of the various behaviors of adults.
He felt that his family didn't like him as much as before. In order to attract everyone's attention and establish his prestige as the eldest brother, he waited for Zhong Qiaoen to go to the public toilet and pretended to accidentally drop his toilet paper into the pit.
Zhong Qiaoen asked Zhou Jifan to pay compensation.
Zhou Jifan: "Okay, I'll go home and get you some paper, wait a minute."
Zhong Qiaoen waited for more than half an hour, her legs were numb from squatting, but Zhou Jifan's paper had not been delivered yet.
A child came to the toilet, and Zhong Qiaoen asked him if he had seen Zhou Jifan.
"Your brother is playing marbles with someone. Do you want to go and call him?"
Zhong Qiaoen's cheeks puffed up with anger: "Do you have any paper?"
"No."
Zhong Qiaoen: “…”