Chapter 66: Back to the Millennium to Abuse Phoenix Man 9 The inspiration provided by the daughter...
"What's there to discuss? It's not a big deal. Third sister didn't want the restaurant anymore, so I'm taking it over for fun. Any problems?" Shen Qian said in a nonchalant tone, urging, "Give me the oven information quickly. I want to see it."
"Dad... knows about this? Your mom knows about this too?" Chen Shifeng looked suspicious, feeling that there was something fishy about this matter.
He knew the personalities of Shen Shiguo and Fang Lan. Both of them were very traditional in their thinking and would not suddenly let their daughter take over the family business.
"They all know. Are you going to give the information to them or not? My dad asked me to get it from you." Shen Qian's tone was no longer friendly.
Chen Shifeng had no reason to refuse, so he took out a document from the drawer and said, "Have someone make a copy for you. I want to keep the original."
"Got it. I'll go make a copy right away."
After Shen Qian finished speaking, he took the information from him, turned around and walked out.
The two brothers stared at Shen Qian's leaving back in amazement. After a long time, Chen Shiming came back to his senses and looked at Chen Shifeng: "Brother...did you have a fight with your sister-in-law?"
Chen Shifeng was naturally unwilling to admit that there were problems in their relationship. In fact, in his opinion, what happened before was not a problem at all, but just trivial matters in life.
He also knew that Chen Shiming and his wife were arguing all day long.
He and Chen Qian didn't even have a quarrel, they just... started a cold war and slept in separate rooms for some unknown reason.
In fact, they had been married for many years, and his feelings for her had faded long ago. He did like her at the beginning. As a poor boy who had just entered college, it was easy for him to be attracted by such a beautiful girl. However, the real motivation for him to decide to spend a lot of time and energy to pursue her was that he accidentally learned that Shen Qian was the daughter of the famous Shen Family Restaurant in Yuecheng.
If he could catch up with a girl like this, he would be able to cross the social ladder, a goal that he might not be able to achieve even if he struggled his whole life.
So he pursued her at all costs, and the two finally got married. His parents-in-law also finally accepted him as their son-in-law. Now everything is finally on track.
In Chen Shifeng's heart, their marriage is just a stepping stone for him to achieve his life goals, and the feelings between them are just a tool to achieve the purpose of marriage.
Now that the goal has been achieved, it doesn’t matter whether the tools are still useful or lost.
But... Chen Shifeng still felt a little uncomfortable. Recently, Chen Qian seemed to be better at dressing up than before. She was fashionable and had delicate makeup. She even felt like she was back in the old days, and she even had more charm of a mature woman than before.
And such a woman is his wife, he should have been happy, but his wife never looked at him from beginning to end, and there was no affection in her eyes when she looked at him.
This made Chen Shifeng feel a little embarrassed.
"We didn't have a fight, so don't talk nonsense." Chen Shifeng said irritably, "By the way, don't talk nonsense in front of Mom."
Chen Shiming rolled his eyes, with a thousand questions in his mind, but he finally agreed reluctantly: "Okay..."
After Shen Qian got the information, he walked to the copier in the office area outside, operated the copier skillfully, and quickly made a copy of the information.
Chen Shifeng's secretary came over, recognized her, and said attentively, "Miss, do you want me to help you?"
"No need, I've already copied it."
Shen Qian handed the original to the secretary: "When this is finished, please return it to Chen Shifeng for me."
The secretary wanted to talk to her a little more, but Shen Qian took the information and left the company.
Shen Qian got back into the car. Chen Zhizhi had been waiting for her there for a while. "Mom, I'm a little hungry. What are we going to eat later?"
"What does Zhizhi want to eat?"
During this period, every weekend, Shen Qian fulfilled his promise and took Zhizhi everywhere, either to the amusement park or the zoo, or shopping for clothes.
This made Zhizhi very happy. He became more cheerful in studying at school and had more friends around him.
After thinking about it carefully today, she said, "Usually my mom takes me to the restaurant I want to eat at. Today I want her to choose, okay?"
Shen Qian smiled and said, "Okay, then let's go to McDonald's."
Chen Zhizhi was about to be happy, but her little mouth pouted again: "I already said we were going to Mom's favorite restaurant, why did you go to my favorite restaurant just to accommodate me?"
Shen Qian smiled, waved the stack of information in her hand and said, "Mom is going to do market research, and Zhizhi also happens to like McDonald's. Isn't this a coincidence?"
When Chen Zhizhi heard that her mother had to go to McDonald's for work and she could take her there to eat, she was so happy that her eyes turned into crescents.
"OK!"
The mother and daughter sat in the car. After a few weeks, Shen Qian found that her daughter seemed to be much more cheerful than before, and she talked to her more. Chen Zhizhi was still willing to share with her what happened on campus, and now she was more curious about what she was busy with.
"Mom, I find that you are completely different now than before."
"Hmm? What's different?"
"You used to always play cards with a few aunts on weekends, but now it seems like you're... very busy."
In fact, what Chen Zhizhi really wanted to say was that although her mother was busy now, she was better to her than before, because even when she was busy, she would still take time to accompany her.
"Do you like your mother's current state or her previous state?" Shen Qian asked.
Chen Zhizhi thought for a moment and said, "I like you now. Although you are very busy now, I feel happier than before."
Although she is only in the first grade of junior high school, she is very sensitive to the emotions of adults.
She felt that although her mother had a leisurely life before, she was always bullied by her grandmother at home, and she dared not refute anything her grandmother said.
Now that my mother is busy, she seems to no longer be blindly obedient. Sometimes when my grandmother compares her with Sister Xiaojuan, my mother can argue back on her behalf.
She likes this kind of mother.
Shen Qian didn't expect that her daughter would think she was happier now.
That's right, the original person naturally lived a very depressed life in such an environment. Now she herself didn't feel very happy, but her overall state was quite relaxed. Maybe her daughter also felt her change.
"Yeah, I'm really happy now."
The two of them came to McDonald's. Shen Qian asked Chen Zhizhi to order her own food, and she also let Zhizhi decide on her own meal.
This is something Shen Qian has done frequently in recent weeks. She feels that school bullying is hard to prevent. Instead of transferring her daughter to another school and communicating with the teacher in advance, it is better to cultivate her daughter's independence.
When the mother and daughter were together, she always let her decide what food she wanted to eat and what she wanted to do, let her choose her own clothes and order her own food.
Every time her daughter asked for her opinion, she would mainly encourage and praise her. After a few weeks, Chen Zhizhi is now less reserved in public.
For example, at this moment, when she was ordering, Shen Qian could still see her nervousness, but when she came over with the plate, Shen Qian smiled at her: "Zhizhi is great, you can even order by yourself."
"Mom, here's the change."
Shen Qian took the money, took out another hundred yuan from her bag and said, "Zhizhi, you're in junior high school now. Mom has overlooked one thing before. You should have your own pocket money a long time ago. This hundred yuan will be your pocket money this week. From now on, I will give you a hundred yuan every week and you can spend it as you like. You can spend it all at once. If you don't want to buy anything for the time being, you can save it first. Mom will open a bank account for you later. You can deposit your savings into the bank account yourself, or you can save a large amount and buy anything you want."
Chen Zhizhi was completely stunned. Looking at the hundred yuan on the table, she felt like she was having trouble breathing.
"Mom...Mom, you give me...a hundred dollars a week? That's so much?"
"I told you, if you think it's too much, you can save it. As little girls grow up, there will definitely be many things they want to buy for themselves. Only after spending money can they learn how to manage it. Mom wants you to have a sense of control over money from now on. This money is yours now."
Chen Zhizhi was so excited that she didn't know what to do. Her parents had never thought of giving her pocket money since she was a child.
Many of her classmates had pocket money since childhood, and she was very envious. However, she always heard her grandmother say that they should save money. In addition, her family didn't even buy her new clothes and made her wear her distant cousin's old clothes. She thought her family's financial situation was not good.
But every time she talked about where she lived, it would arouse the envy of her classmates. She also felt very conflicted. Is her family rich or poor?
However, Zhizhi has also longed for a long time, hoping to have her own pocket money, so that she doesn't have to ask her parents every time she wants to buy small things like stationery and hair ties. Of course, she can also buy some snacks and buy small gifts for her friends on their birthdays.
Pocket money plays a big role.
Now, her mother actually gives her a hundred yuan pocket money every week. She feels it is too hot to hold. She has never had so much!
"Mom, don't worry, I won't spend money recklessly." Chen Zhizhi had her own plans. She wanted to save the rest of the money except for some small things she wanted to buy, and give her mother a gift on her birthday.
"Well, but I said, you can spend this money yourself, and I won't interfere even if you spend it recklessly."
Shen Qian does what she says. In her experience, people can only learn to restrain and manage themselves after they have truly experienced something. There are some things that she can only truly learn after experiencing them herself.
From the moment she gave her daughter pocket money, Shen Qian decided to let her daughter face it independently. One hundred yuan a week of pocket money was indeed a bit too much, but Zhizhi went to an aristocratic private school, and most of the children in the school came from wealthy families. Her child did not have to compare with others, but she could not feel deprived either.
The two began to have lunch together, and Shen Qian asked Chen Zhizhi many questions, such as why she liked McDonald's, and what her classmates said about McDonald's.
Chen Zhizhi knew that her mother's work today was related to these questions, so she answered them seriously: "Because they are delicious. French fries, fried chicken legs, hamburgers, they are all delicious! And you don't have to wait. You can get them very quickly after ordering. My classmates also like them very much. However, many of their parents don't let them eat McDonald's, saying that eating too much fried food is not good for you. Is that true?"
Shen Qian had just talked a lot with her daughter, and what she said hit the nail on the head.
She made a note of the point about health in her little notebook.
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