Chapter 4 What can you do?
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Xu Yun was really happy these past two days! His eldest son was released from prison after being wrongly accused, and the family could finally be reunited.
But after only three days of happiness, Xu Yun was no longer happy.
Why?
It was just because Xu Kai had no intention of looking for a job at all. Every day he either practiced qigong, practiced the so-called prisoner fitness, or browsed some messy websites and videos on Xu Li's old computer.
Don't get me wrong, Xu Kai was not browsing that kind of website or watching that kind of video. If that was the case, Xu Yun would be able to understand it. After all, Xu Kai had been in prison for more than ten years, so it was normal for him to have physical needs.
But the problem is that what Xu Kai looked at were just some messed up websites and videos, like medical skills and law.
Please!
What do these things have to do with you, a person who has just been released from prison and has been out of touch with society for ten years? If you talk about medical skills, law, etc., then that's not a big deal.
So, what did Xu Kai want to do by watching magic decryption, rope buckle encyclopedia, parkour teaching, freehand rock climbing, and lock picking skills? Xu Yun heard from others that it is easy for people who are released from prison to go back to prison, especially in the first three years after being released from prison.
To take a step back, even if Xu Kai didn't want to go astray, it wouldn't be okay for him to just stay at home and be decadent.
So Xu Yun decided to have a good talk with Xu Kai.
After dinner, Xu Yun found Xu Kai lying in a strange position.
"You went to bed so early?"
Xu Kai listened, sat up, and said with a smile: "I am not sleeping, but meditating. My meditation can not only cultivate qi, but also has a much better effect than sleeping. When you reach a certain level, meditating for two hours can be equivalent to sleeping for a whole day. Do you want to learn it? I will teach you. It can prolong your life."
"We'll talk about this later."
Xu Yun, who didn't believe Xu Kai's words, perfunctorily said something to Xu Kai and went straight to the point: "Take a few more days of rest and find something to do. Don't forget, you still have such a big girl to support. Mai Mai's expenses are not small now. I'm afraid Xu Li will have to spend 5,000 or 6,000 for this Rubinstein Jr. Piano Competition alone. Next year, when she goes to junior high school, the expenses will definitely be even greater. You have to be prepared. You can't always let Xu Li help you support your girl. He also has to get married and raise his own children in the future."
"Besides, you are only thirty-one years old. You are still young. You can't spend the rest of your life alone."
"By the way, are you still in touch with Dong Ye?"
"That girl is actually quite good. It's not her fault for what happened back then. It wasn't her who took the initiative to seduce the bully. Besides, she even said afterwards that she would be filial to me and your mother and wait for you to come out."
"Alas~"
Sighing, Xu Yun continued, "It's all because of the gossips of the villagers, saying that she is a beauty that brings disaster. Without her, you wouldn't have gotten into this situation. Your mother is also soft-hearted and loves you, so she didn't treat her well. Plus, several young men in the village stared at her every day and wanted to eat her up, so she left Mai Mai and ran away."
"Please put yourself in her shoes. You were sentenced to life imprisonment. Who knows how many years it will take for you to get out? She was only nineteen at the time. If she hadn't been tricked by you into playing rock music at the age of seventeen, and then had given birth to Mai Mai for you, she should have been in college at the time. She still had a lot of youth, and it was human nature for her not to wait for you. You shouldn't hate her."
"Now that you're out, try to find her if you can. After all, you had feelings for each other. The key is that she is Mai Mai's biological mother, and no one can replace her."
Glancing at the indifferent Xu Kai, Xu Yun pulled back the topic: "Of course, after so many years, she has never come back. She hasn't even looked at Mai Mai. This shows that she is still very determined to leave. Maybe she is married now, and the possibility of returning is not great. You don't have to hang on to her tree. If you find a suitable one, you can find another one."
"But marrying a wife costs money. You've been in prison, and you're married for the second time. You're so old, and you're still with such a big girl. If you want to marry a good girl, you'll definitely have to spend more money than an ordinary guy."
"Don't think that you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future just because you have 1.3 million. Things are different now than they were ten years ago. You know, Tang Yun's family asked for 500,000 yuan for the betrothal gift alone. When it comes to you, it will definitely be much more. Moreover, young people nowadays may not be willing to live in our countryside. If she wants you to buy a house in Hengdian or even Dongzhou, your money, after paying the betrothal gift, may only be enough to buy a two-bedroom apartment."
“So you have to work hard to make a career.”
Xu Kai, who has lived longer than his master, Mr. Pindao, in both his lives, how could he not understand what Xu Yun meant? "I promise you and my mother that I will never lack women. As for my career, you don't have to worry about it. I will never lack money no matter what I do."
"Look at you, you're so crazy, and your mother and I don't have to worry about you. Son, you need to know yourself correctly. You are already 31 years old. Others of your age have already established themselves, but you still have to start from scratch. The key is that you have no academic qualifications and no work experience. What can you do?"
Without waiting for Xu Kai to answer, Xu Yun said again: "Don't tell me that you want to continue playing rock music. I have made it clear to you. If you continue to play rock music, don't blame me for not recognizing you as my son."
"Look at the people who play rock music. They fight, get drunk, are decadent and indulge themselves. There are no good people at all. Moreover, times have changed. Rock music is no longer popular and it doesn't make money."
Xu Kai did not say that not all people who play rock music are like you said, but he followed Xu Yun's words and said: "Rock music has no appeal to me anymore."
"I've actually thought about it a long time ago. I plan to open a clinic. My master is..."
Before Xu Kai could finish, Xu Yun interrupted him and said, "You need a medical license to open a clinic. Do you have one?"
"You didn't."
"I've asked Xu Li to check online. There are academic requirements for medical licenses. At least you have to graduate from a medical college. You didn't even finish junior high school and you went to Kyoto to play rock music. Tell me, how did you get a medical license?"
"Also, doesn't it cost money to open a clinic? If you spend all your money on this illusory clinic, how will you get a wife?"
Xu Kai did not say that if he wanted to open a clinic, there would be people willing to invest money in him, nor did he say that if he wanted to marry a wife, the woman might pay him money.
The medical license is a bit troublesome. Although it is not certain that someone will check your medical license if you show your school's sign, what if this happens? Seeing that Xu Kai was silent, Xu Yun said, "Look, I told you that you think too simply."
"Then I can do other things." Xu Kai said.
"What?"
"Become a lawyer and open a law firm?"
"This also requires certification, and certification requires relevant academic qualifications. Again, you haven't even finished junior high school, what academic qualifications do you have?"
Xu Yun bluntly blocked Xu Kai's "unrealistic" fantasies and prevented Xu Kai from "ambitiousness".
"Then I can open a health club or a gym, and I can also..."
"Stop it now."
Xu Yun stopped Xu Kai again: "Any business requires initial investment. Let me make it clear to you first. Your 1.3 million can only be used for your wife. Otherwise, no matter what you want to do, your mother and I will not agree."
"I definitely won't be short of money even without the 1.3 million."
After being denied by Xu Yun, Xu Kai felt that he could no longer hide it, so he told the truth: "Money is not a problem for me at all. I can just cure a few difficult and complicated diseases and the money will come."
"here we go again."
Xu Yun said earnestly, "Son, why can't you understand? You just learned some folk remedies from a country bumpkin and read a few medical books on your own. You are not worthy of being a doctor. How can you be a doctor?"
Xu Kai was speechless by Xu Yun, and could only say: "I learned cooking skills from the master chef of Manhanlou for a year in prison. If it doesn't work out, I'll open a restaurant..."
Seeing that Xu Yun was about to speak again, Xu Kai quickly lowered the standard: "If it really doesn't work, I can sell lunch boxes. Is that okay?"
“That’s a way out.”
Xu Yun then changed his tone: "But this is not the best way out for you right now."
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(End of this chapter)
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