Pei's father drank the wine he had brewed at home and asked Pei Zhi about her work.
"What have you been busy with lately? You haven't come home to visit for so long. When I asked A-Wang, he said he couldn't see you either."
Pei Zhi had driven the car back once before when she bought it.
These days, Pei Zhi is busy with her phone, running around the company and keeping an eye on things at the factory. She doesn't even get enough sleep every day.
Naturally, there was even less time to go back to the village for a visit.
“I used to run a small company, and recently the company has been very busy with business.”
Pei's mother didn't understand these things, so she put an egg in Pei Zhi's bowl.
"No matter how busy you are, you still need to eat. You've gotten so thin from starving."
Pei's mother muttered, "Don't go back tonight. After we've tidied up, I'll kill an old hen and make you some soup."
Pei Zhi hadn't planned to leave today anyway. "Okay, I was just planning to stay at home for a few days."
Pei's mother nodded happily and kept urging Pei Zhi to eat more.
The elder sister-in-law questioned, "Didn't you tell A-Wang you were coming back this time?"
“He’s busy with work, so I’d rather not have him come back with me; it would be too much trouble.”
Pei Zhi felt that Pei Wang would be worried if he knew she had returned to the village.
Pei Wang will definitely have to go back, and Du Lei will definitely drag Du Lei along again.
It's estimated that Pei Wang wasn't satisfied and wanted to bring Cheng Xuelin and Jiang Qingyuan along as well.
Pei Zhi just wanted to spend a few quiet days with her parents and didn't want anything too lively.
The first few times Pei Zhi came back, there were always this many people.
Pei Zhi didn't have much time to talk to her mother.
Pei's father asked, "You're a girl, don't put all your energy into your work. What are you and Xiao Jiang planning to do?"
Pei Zhi retorted, "What happened between him and me?"
"You two were husband and wife before. What, now that you're back, you don't plan to continue being husband and wife with him?"
Pei's father became somewhat angry upon seeing Pei Zhi's attitude.
“Xiao Jiang hasn’t looked for anyone else in the past few years. He treats your mother and me like his own parents. You two weren’t divorced before.”
"Although we're not divorced, we've been apart for years and it's like we're strangers."
Pei's father was a rough man, and he spoke very crudely.
"What's so strange about it? Once we sleep in the same bed, we'll all be familiar with each other, won't we?"
Pei Zhi was too lazy to argue with her father, and she understood that if her father found out about her views on relationships, he would probably kick her out of the house.
"Dad, I think the road in the village looks like it was repaired a few years ago, right?"
Pei Zhi abruptly changed the subject, without her father noticing.
"It's been under repair for about five years, but the work is done by mediocre people. It's only been a few years, and there are already potholes everywhere."
Pei Zhi put down her chopsticks and said to the town, "Father, you are the village chief. I came back this time intending to do something for our hometown."
"I'm thinking of building an asphalt road for the village."
Pei's father was, after all, a village chief and knew a few characters.
"What is an asphalt road? What kind of road needs to be paved with oil?"
"What?" Upon hearing that oil was to be poured on the road, Pei's mother immediately exclaimed, "How can oil be poured on the road?"
"Oil is precious, and if there's oil on the road, it'll be slippery to walk on."
Pei Zhi smiled and shook her head, "Asphalt roads are much better than our gravel roads. Dad, you are the village chief, so you'll have to talk to the town leaders about this."
Mr. Pei nodded. "How long do you plan to build it? How much money have you prepared?"
"You don't need to worry about the money, Dad. As for where to repair it, we'll have to see how the road conditions are."
Pei Zhi wasn't stupid or rich; some roads were in good condition and didn't need repairs, so she didn't bother with that.
Pei Zhi is not a miser; she believes that money only has meaning if it is spent.
Upon hearing this, Pei's father immediately became highly motivated.
After finishing his meal, Pei's father dusted himself off and went to town.
Pei's mother then pulled Pei Zhi aside and complained, "You earn so little money through hard work, why don't you keep it for your own enjoyment, and use it to dress yourself up?"
"Why bother building roads? Do you have too much money to burn?"
“I’m giving you this as a token of my respect, but you don’t spend any of it. There’s nothing I can do. The money is in my pocket and it’s interfering with me, so I can only donate it.”
Pei's mother couldn't help but pinch Pei Zhi's arm. "I'm worried about your money, and you're trying to be all high and mighty in front of me?"
Pei Zhi laughed and joked around with her mother for a while.
The eldest sister-in-law was going to the field to pick some vegetables, and the mother was preparing to kill a chicken, so Pei Zhi took her two nephews and nieces to play.
The child is almost of school age, and the two of them will have each other's company.
Playing with the toys Pei Zhi brought back from the city, he was very quiet and not at all annoying.
Seeing Pei Zhi staring at the two children in the house with a smile, Pei's mother said, "Zhizhi, it's not that I'm criticizing you."
"Women will eventually have children. No matter how much money you earn, it can't compare to the happiness a child brings you."
Pei Zhi did not agree with this statement, but she did not refute her mother.
Pei's mother spoke with great interest, "Let's not talk about others, let's talk about your sister-in-law."
"We didn't have any children before, so they always insisted on doing chores at home."
“Back in the village, I don’t like to go out. I’d rather avoid people than go out.”
"Although, these two little ones are not your sister-in-law's biological children."
“But after A-Wang brought the two kids home, your sister-in-law had a lot of energy for everything she did, and she doted on the two little ones even more than your mother did.”
Pei Zhi couldn't listen anymore. "Mother, I'm not like my sister-in-law."
Pei Zhi was playing with an orange in her hand. Pei's eldest sister-in-law was an honest and hardworking person, and men were her everything.
Pei Zhi will never be like that; she will always be her own world.
"I don't plan to have children in my life."
Giving birth is so hard; other people's children seem alright.
You're asking Pei Zhi to have a child on her own? Pei Zhi is absolutely unwilling.
After thinking about Pei Zhi's past experiences, Pei's mother was worried that Pei Zhi might have health problems.
Compared to her daughter's health, Pei's mother didn't care so much about whether or not to have children.
"If you're not going to have children, you should at least find a man."
"How wonderful it is to have a man who cherishes you and loves you."
Pei Zhi tossed the orange in her hand into the air and caught it back.
"Don't worry, Mother. You don't need to rush me when it comes to finding a man."
Pei's mother choked up, remembering the three godsons she had inexplicably gained.
After giving her a pep talk, Pei's mother added, "Actually, you don't need to rush to find a partner right now."
"These days, people always say that women should hold up the sky, right?"
"Zhizhi, you should focus on building your career first."
Pei's mother also regretted her quick tongue; didn't her daughter already have enough men with this trick up her sleeve?
"Mom, why did you change your mind so quickly?"
"You were just telling me to find a man to cherish and love me, and now you're telling me to focus on my career?"
Pei's mother, holding the slaughtered chicken, couldn't explain why for a long time.
"I'm going inside to boil water and pluck the chicken feathers. You watch the two little ones," said Mother Pei, before fleeing to the kitchen.
The little girl ran up to Pei Zhi with eager eyes, "Auntie, what are you laughing at?"
Pei Zhi pinched her little niece's cheek. "Auntie is laughing because we'll have chicken tonight."
The little girl didn't understand what was so funny about eating chicken, but she laughed along with her.
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