Li Yulan argued with Aunt Zhao based on reason.
Both men and women in the city have the opportunity to find a job, so why is there such a strong preference for sons over daughters?
People in the countryside favor sons over daughters because sons can do more work, and having more sons means earning more work points, which is essential to supporting the family.
In the city, people don't need to do physically demanding work like they do in the countryside, so why is there still such a strong preference for sons over daughters?
He even said his daughter was a money-losing burden.
"Yulan, what are you saying? You do have a job, but isn't it very easy? You're a broadcaster in the propaganda department. All you have to do is talk. You don't even need to exert any physical strength."
"Look at the jobs that Acong's dad and your dad do, they're not jobs that women can do, are they?"
"If a woman becomes a driver, and something really happens, she not only won't be able to stop it, but she might also get herself killed."
"There are many jobs that women can't do..."
Aunt Zhao counted on her fingers for Li Yulan, explaining that even in the city, not both men and women could do the jobs.
Li Yulan did very easy work, while her father and husband did the kind of work that only men could do.
Li Yulan was speechless; she didn't know how to refute it.
When she was little, she admired her father who could drive and wanted to learn to drive and repair cars from him so that she could become a driver for a transport team in the future.
But her father disagreed.
They also said that female drivers are very dangerous, especially long-distance drivers like themselves, who are even more dangerous.
So her father didn't teach her to drive or fix cars. Instead, he arranged for her to work in the publicity department as a broadcaster who only talked when she grew up.
When she was little, she didn't know how to argue with her dad. But now that she's grown up, she wants to tell him that besides being a long-distance bus driver, she can also be a shuttle bus driver or a public bus driver.
Especially on buses, the destinations aren't particularly far, so you won't encounter robbers like long-distance bus drivers.
But by then she had already joined the propaganda department, and she was about to marry Zhou Cunming, so her father wouldn't listen to her anyway.
"Yulan, a girl should be aware of her place and not try to compete with boys." Aunt Zhao patted Li Yulan on the shoulder and said this earnestly.
"Ah Cong's dad, your mom gave you so much stuff? Wow, this pumpkin is huge! Is it a real pumpkin?"
"This winter melon is huge! Your family probably can't finish such a big winter melon, right? Can you share some with me?"
Li Yulan's mother, Hu Xiuying, waved her hand, "Go away, you're really shameless. You just said my daughter is a money-loser, and now you dare to ask me for things?"
"Oh dear, even though I may be blunt, isn't that the truth?"
"You can't finish such a big winter melon in one or two meals, so just give it to me."
Hu Xiuying rolled her eyes at her, "We definitely won't be able to finish the soup, but I'll use it to make candied winter melon for Acong, not for you."
"Yulan's mom, what you're saying is really hurtful. We've been neighbors for years."
"Give me a piece of winter melon, and a piece of pumpkin too? Keep the pumpkin seeds for me, I'll try to grow a pumpkin this big."
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