Jiang Qiaoqiao was a little confused. The Luo family absolutely doted on their youngest daughter, Luo Yingzi. In the past, when Luo Yingzi's mother came, she would bring delicious food and give her money, afraid that her daughter would suffer alone outside.
So Luo Yingzi was always especially happy whenever someone from the Luo family came to visit.
What happened this time?
After a moment of confusion, Jiang Qiaoqiao quickly understood, "Is your mom urging you to find a boyfriend?"
Luo Yingzi immediately gave Jiang Qiaoqiao a mournful look that said, "You understand me," and nodded helplessly.
“My mom said that I will be 20 years old next year. In the countryside, someone my age who is not married is already considered an old maid.”
If I don't hurry up and find a partner, then it will be others choosing me, not the other way around..."
"Sigh—" Luo Yingzi said, then sighed heavily again with even more helplessness, "Sister Qiaoqiao, do you think marriage is that important? Does one have to get married to live?"
You know, I earn just as much as men do now, yet I still have to get married and find a man to serve me, essentially paying someone to be my servant. What am I doing this for?!
Jiang Qiaoqiao recalled her past life.
Decades later, with rapid economic development, more and more women have their own jobs, and women's consciousness has awakened. At that time, the idea that women can hold up half the sky is no longer just a slogan.
More and more women are beginning to realize the constraints that marriage imposes on women, and they are choosing to be their own leading ladies and live their own wonderful lives.
Jiang Qiaoqiao thought for a moment and said to Luo Yingzi, "I think that for both men and women, marriage is not a necessary option in life."
The prerequisite for marriage should be meeting someone who makes your heart flutter, someone you're willing to grow old with, someone you're willing to have children with, and someone you wouldn't find boring even if life revolved around the mundane details of daily life.
As Luo Yingzi listened to Jiang Qiaoqiao speak, her eyes were full of envy and longing. "Sister Qiaoqiao, is Brother Beixiao the kind of man you can be with and never get bored, even when you're just dealing with the mundane details of life?"
Jiang Qiaoqiao smiled and nodded.
Huo Beixiao wasn't that person before, but now he is!
Luo Yingzi's eyes were filled with even more envy, "Sister Qiaoqiao, I really envy you..."
Jiang Qiaoqiao patted Luo Yingzi's hair encouragingly, "Why are you envious of me? You'll find someone like that sooner or later."
"What kind of person are you looking for, Luo Yingzi? Who are you looking for?"
As soon as Jiang Qiaoqiao finished speaking, Xu Yizhou walked in from the half-closed door and said, "Luo Yingzi, let me tell you, when it comes to finding someone, you've come to the right person."
I'm not bragging, but I, Xu Yizhou, have been practicing medicine in Yun County for several years now. I can't say about anything else, but I know most of the people in Yun County..."
"Wow, Dr. Xu knows so many people! I need to find a man to marry, Dr. Xu, can you help me find one?" Luo Yingzi said to Xu Yizhou with a forced smile.
Xu Yizhou:......
He didn't know why, but when he heard Luo Yingzi say that she wanted to find a man to marry, his heartbeat suddenly changed.
After a pause, he finally came to his senses, cleared his throat, and replied, "Well... that's fine too. Tell me what kind of conditions you're looking for, and I'll go ask around for you."
Jiang Qiaoqiao looked at Xu Yizhou with some surprise. She really didn't expect Xu Yizhou to agree to such a thing.
Luo Yingzi straightened her posture and said to Xu Yizhou seriously, counting on her fingers, "First of all, I like good-looking people."
Upon hearing Luo Yingzi's words, Xu Yizhou subconsciously touched his face.
"I don't have to be as good-looking as my brother Beixiao, but at least he can't be ugly."
"Secondly, I want to find someone who already has a job, and the salary doesn't need to be too high, just not lower than mine."
Third, he has to agree that after we get married, we'll share the housework; I'm not going to be someone's free maid.
Fourth, he has to agree that we don't live with his parents. Of course, I won't object to him being filial to his parents; he should be filial and take care of them. If he really needs my help, I will. But he shouldn't expect that after marrying a wife, he'll have to be their slave. He doesn't even know how to take care of his own parents, and he expects me to take care of them too.
After Luo Yingzi finished speaking in one breath, Xu Yizhou nodded and said, "I've got it. Don't worry, I'll definitely keep this in mind and handle it properly for you."
Jiang Qiaoqiao's gaze fell on Xu Yizhou, watching him pat his chest and make a promise.
A sly glint flashed in her eyes as she asked Xu Yizhou, "Dr. Xu, do you agree to the conditions Yingzi proposed?"
"I agree!" Xu Yizhou replied without hesitation. "Why wouldn't I agree? Every condition she proposed is reasonable. Any normal man could accept it!"
Jiang Qiaoqiao looked at Luo Yingzi.
Luo Yingzi looked at Xu Yizhou with some surprise in her eyes.
She probably didn't expect Xu Yizhou to be so accepting of the conditions she proposed.
After all, her first two conditions are reasonable, but few people would agree with her third and fourth conditions.
They not only do not approve of men sharing housework with women, but they also believe that daughters-in-law should be filial to and take care of their parents-in-law, and that men should take care of their own parents.
Later, in the process of helping Luo Yingzi choose a partner, Xu Yizhou also discovered that these conditions, which he took for granted, were seen by other men as women trying to ride roughshod over men and needing to be properly disciplined.
Xu Yizhou came here today to buy winter clothes.
With Luo Yingzi guiding him through the selection process, Jiang Qiaoqiao left first.
She had just stepped out of the store when a figure suddenly darted out.
She instinctively dodged away.
The man suddenly grabbed her clothes and knelt down.
Jiang Qiaoqiao then realized that the person with disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and bloodstains on her face was actually Peng Cuiying.
She frowned slightly.
In the past few days, she had heard some things about Peng Cuiying. Jiang Yongxian took away the child support money given to Jiang Yiran by the Jiang family from Peng Cuiying under the pretext of helping Jiang Yong'an.
But instead of helping Jiang Yong'an make arrangements, he took the money and bought a train ticket, returning to Beicheng overnight.
Peng Cuiying was left alone in the compound, showing off that she was about to go to Beicheng with her eldest son and live in the capital, unlike the country bumpkins in the compound.
Until she discovered that Jiang Yongxian would not only not take her to Beicheng, but would even abscond with the money and never come back, and that she had been fired from the food factory and was no longer allowed to live in the family compound.
She started acting crazy and causing a scene in the family compound.
However, Jiang Qiaoqiao did not expect that Peng Cuiying would still dare to come looking for her.
“Qiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao, Mom was wrong, Mom really knows she was wrong… Jiang Yongxian and Jiang Yiran, those ungrateful wretches, have both run away, and Mom only has you left. Please don’t abandon Mom, please don’t ignore Mom, okay? Mom begs you…” Peng Cuiying hugged Jiang Qiaoqiao’s leg and cried particularly bitterly.
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