“He’s quite capable,” He Xinyan said casually, touching her hair and gripping the strap of her canvas bag. “With such excellent qualities, he should find an excellent girlfriend. There are plenty of good girls in our area. As his friend, you should give him some advice.”
He Xinyan wasn't one to meddle, but these days there's a huge difference between urban and rural household registration, and as a local, she somewhat looked down on rural household registration.
Mi Fei didn't tell her about his family background, so he naturally wouldn't mention that Chu Yu was admitted to Tsinghua University and that she would get a Beijing residency permit after graduation.
He didn't tell He Xinyan that Chu Yu had opened a furniture store, several clothing stores, and was also planning to establish an entertainment company.
These are all trivial matters. At least in Mi Fei's view, a second-generation Red, one cannot make friends based solely on family background.
"It's not appropriate for us to interfere in other people's affairs. My brother Donglin is a man of his own mind, and they have a good relationship. Chu Yu is a very good girl. As friends, we only need to offer our blessings and not say things that shouldn't be said."
Mi Fei was unusually assertive, and He Xinyan pursed her lips without saying a word.
Buying a house isn't something you can decide on a whim. These two courtyard houses cost around 100,000 yuan in full, and there aren't many people who can afford them right now. Chu Yu and Dai Donglin aren't in a hurry and plan to negotiate the price further.
The four of them ate together. Dai Donglin bought Chu Yu several bags of snacks, several cassette tapes, and also gave Chu Yu a bag of cosmetics and skincare products, all of which were English brands that He Xinyan had never seen before, and they looked expensive.
"Where did your brother Donglin buy his cosmetics?"
"I asked someone to buy it from the port city."
Actually, he instructed his smuggling subordinates to buy it, but Mi Fei didn't tell He Xinyan this.
"Bought in Hong Kong? It must have been very expensive."
"It's only a few hundred yuan. Don't let my brother's cold face and quiet demeanor fool you; he treats his girlfriend very well. He even asked someone to buy her a diamond bracelet and a tape recorder before. He never gives her anything cheap as a gift. A few hundred yuan is nothing."
Mi Fei didn't think it was a big deal to spend money on women. If a man doesn't spend his money on women, who will he spend it on? He's a Beijing man, and he wants to pamper his wife after he makes money.
Buy him a bracelet today, a necklace tomorrow, so his girlfriend can enjoy being pampered.
Mi Fei had also mentioned wanting to give He Xinyan a gift, but He Xinyan always haughtily stated that she didn't need any of those.
"Material things cannot tarnish sacred love." These are He Xinyan's original words.
Mi Fei was afraid of offending the other person, so he had no choice but to give up.
For some reason, He Xinyan felt uncomfortable. Chu Yu was inferior to her in every way, yet she had found such an outstanding boyfriend.
He Xinyan likes men like Dai Donglin, who are unapproachable to outsiders but dote on and pamper their girlfriends.
Chu Yu actually accepted so many things from Dai Donglin.
We're not even married yet, how could I possibly do that?
She looked down on Chu Yu more and more. He seemed quite aloof, but he was still eager to spend a man's money.
A rural girl who marries a man from Beijing should be extremely humble and trembling, and shouldn't ask the man for a single penny.
She's quite something; she accepts money from men, but how dare she accept something so expensive?
Feelings are pure; how can they be tainted by material things? No matter how beautiful Chu Yu is, her soul is not noble enough; she can't compare to me.
He Xinyan pursed her lips, took out 10 yuan from her bag, and stuffed it into Mi Fei's hand.
Mi Fei did not forbid He Xinyan from being noble.
But some things lose their meaning when taken to extremes.
He had known He Xinyan for over a year. He Xinyan often used words like "pure," "untainted by materialism," and "lofty ideals." The first few times he heard it, Mi Fei was quite happy, thinking he had found a good girl. But after hearing it so many times, he inevitably felt uncomfortable.
He Xinyan was so virtuous that everyone knew she was virtuous.
That's not how it works at all!
Mi Fei scratched his head. "Xin Yan, my friend came out to play. My brother bought something for his girlfriend. I wanted to give you something in return, but you didn't want it and even gave me money."
He Xinyan tossed her hair and proudly raised her chin. "I told you, I'm different from her. I'm not the kind of woman who loves to spend a man's money. A woman can only earn a man's respect if she respects and loves herself. I have a job, I can support myself, and I admire the foreign concept that women and men are equal. A woman shouldn't spend a penny of a man's money, nor should she take advantage of a man in any way."
Mi Fei was stunned, holding the 10 yuan, unable to react for a moment.
Chu Yu never expected that she would become the woman others described as "lacking self-respect," "lacking self-love," and "spending men's money."
She could afford the things Dai Donglin gave her, and even if she couldn't afford them, she could accept them.
When a man gives her a gift, she compliments him, saying she really likes it, and accepts it readily.
A carefully prepared gift will only make the giver happy if it is appreciated; at least Dai Donglin didn't want her to be a virtuous rejecter.
She had considered buying a gift in return, but in Deyang, it was impossible to find anything decent. Imported goods required foreign exchange certificates, which she didn't have.
She then thought of helping Dai Donglin solve some major problems, such as reminding him to buy more courtyard houses, to do legitimate business, and to save money to enter the real estate market.
Information is the most valuable thing; isn't that better than buying a gift?
Chu Yu felt like laughing. "Miss He, I have no objection to your saying that men and women are equal, but I don't agree with your saying that women shouldn't spend a single penny of a man's money."
Mi Fei was surprised that Chu Yu would come back and felt a little embarrassed. Luckily, Dai Donglin went to drive, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to explain it to Dai Donglin.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, Xinyan misunderstood, she was just talking nonsense."
Chu Yu doesn't stop others from becoming gods, nor does he stop others from patting themselves on the back.
He Xinyan is truly virtuous; she wouldn't gossip about others behind their backs. Isn't she just trying to impress men? She should be showing off herself; why drag others down with her?
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