It can be said that Liu Kou's departure gave Sun Lifang a new direction for thinking.

Is regret always bad?

In the past, Sun Lifang always wanted to solve problems and arrange everything around her perfectly, to be a perfect wife and mother, and preferably to run a business.

"Isn't this the kind of life most women want to live?"

Indeed, this is the world's expectation of women, and it is also Sun Lifang's expectation of herself after her rebirth.

She also aspires to be like the female lead in a drama, "grasping both career and family, loved and praised by everyone."

But how is that possible?

If you can't do it, someone else might.

Out of curiosity, Sun Lifang once asked the successful businesswoman Yoshiko Takeuchi, "How do you balance love and career?"

Although it may seem impolite to ask this question, it is indeed the truth.

Yoshiko Takeuchi gave her a cold glance and said casually, "How can I balance this? Do I even have that thing?"

"Look around, which successful woman has a love life and family?"

There are always two difficult things in this world, and with self-consolation, Sun Lifang forgave her own "incompetence".

When it comes to making money and doing business, she is actually good at "face-to-face sales," doing business with people one-on-one, communicating with them, and selling products.

But real big business isn't like that; each level has its own barriers to entry, and it involves a much wider range of areas.

After giving birth, Sun Lifang has been searching for her own interests.

After searching around, I realized that I had no desire to make money at all.

Making money is about working. If you have some savings, you can do it without worrying about money.

Who would want to work?

Sun Lifang's "dream job" is staying at home.

Go wherever you're comfortable. Who wants to work nine to five every day, squeezing onto the subway, eating breakfast, and going to work?

That's not living, that's just surviving.

Sun Lifang, who didn't have any grand ambitions, leaned back on the sofa and chatted with Jiang Meimei, "Is there any job you'd like to do?"

When questioned, Jiang Meimei was eating dried fruit, her mouth full, and she shook her head indistinctly.

She is content with her current life and has no great ambitions.

After swallowing the dried fruit, he said, "I know you want me to learn childcare so I can have something to do."

but--

"I am content with my current life and do not want to step out of my so-called comfort zone."

Content with modest wealth, I find joy in it.

"Satisfaction is enough," Jiang Meimei emphasized. "Even if I were to die right now, I would have no regrets."

Will I die without regrets, or with regrets?

Jiang Meimei and Liu Kou gave completely opposite answers to the same question.

Life can be filled with regrets or without regrets; both are perfect answers.

Standing between the two squares, Sun Lifang found her answer, convinced herself, and finally stopped being so anxious, able to let go of her worries.

"How do you balance family, love, and career?" Yoshiko Takeuchi, usually not one to tease her friends, replied seriously, "Just do whichever comes first—"

"Believe me, successful female entrepreneurs don't have families."

A single word can be a wake-up call; that is indeed the truth.

Looking at the famous female entrepreneurs of later generations, Sun Lifang discovered—

She's either widowed or divorced.

After losing her husband, Tao Bihua started selling chili sauce and built a successful business.

After her divorce, Dong Mingzhu raised her son alone, starting from the bottom.

“No one can balance career and family, unless she wants to take advantage of you.” Yoshiko Takeuchi has a marketing logic: “You can make a lot of money if you manage it well, but I have never thought about doing that.”

The places where big capital can't see or is too embarrassed to invest are where ordinary people can make money.

Yoshiko Takeuchi hesitated to speak about her best friend—

"Who exactly fed you this toxic motivational rhetoric, making you feel compelled to make money? Pushing you forward like this?"

It's true that women have more confidence when they have money, but "you have to look at this issue dialectically."

Yoshiko Takeuchi really likes Chinese culture. After reading the I Ching, her way of speaking changed.

In a deep, old-fashioned voice: "Why do people work? People work only out of necessity."

As the old saying goes, "There is no blessing that cannot be enjoyed, only suffering that cannot be endured."

Look around you, there are clearly many people who don't work but live very comfortably.

"If you marry a good husband, not working is not a sin, so what sin is there?"

After experiencing a near-death experience, Yoshiko Takeuchi let go of her previous prejudices—

“In the past, I always looked down on women who stayed at home and relied on men to support them.”

"Now that I'm at a certain age, I'm not as radical as I was when I was younger."

I truly admire you guys who stay home all the time.

Being able to manipulate men is a skill in itself, no less complex than doing business.

When she lived in Shanghai, Yoshiko Takeuchi often saw women playing mahjong and making tea. But in Beijing, she saw many housewives who did nothing but grow flowers and play with birds.

When she was young, Yoshiko Takeuchi thought she was so cool, that she didn't have to rely on others, and that she was an independent woman who led the trend.

But now, "I realize I'm not as good as them."

They are better at business and judging people than others.

Isn't that a skill?

"I'm not being modest, but many of my female customers are extremely wealthy. They are all full-time housewives who don't work and buy cars and houses outright."

Can you say they're incompetent?

"Taking good care of your family and keeping the money in your own hands is also a skill."

"I'm already so envious of you, so don't be envious of me anymore."

Yoshiko Takeuchi couldn't understand why Sun Lifang always looked up to other people's lives. "Everyone has their own way of living, why are you so hung up on it?"

It's human nature to want something and then want something else; we're never satisfied.

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