691: Move to the county town
The old couple glanced at Zhou Ziheng and asked:
"Whose idea was this?"
Zhou Ziheng said:
"My idea is that although Xiao Ye is married to me, she doesn't want to leave you now, and I don't want her to leave her parents because of me. So, if you two elders have no objection, I hope you can accompany us to move to Mishan County, and then we can live together as a family."
After hearing Zhou Ziheng's words, Yu Jiahui and Xu Ying looked at each other silently.
Yu Jiahui started to have a headache again.
Yu Xiaoye saw the expressions of his parents and quickly interrupted:
"Mom and Dad, let's eat first. I'll tell you about this in detail after dinner!"
There are some things that are not convenient to say in front of Zhou Ziheng, and they must discuss them secretly among the three of them.
But the old couple couldn't eat anymore. They put down their bowls and chopsticks. Xu Ying moved under the kang:
"I'll go call your second brother back for dinner."
Yu Jiahui also moved under the kang:
"I'm going out for a walk, doing some patrol."
Yu Xiaoye watched his parents leave, his eyes rolled, and he quickly got off the kang:
"Dad, I'm going with you!"
The father and daughter put on their shoes, Yu Jiahui held a flashlight, and they went out together.
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Ziheng was the only one left at the dinner table.
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The father and daughter walked out of the house with flashlights and headed towards the street in front of the field office.
Yu Xiaoye took her father's arm and started to act coquettishly:
"Dad, you're not mad at me, are you?"
Yu Jiahui sighed:
"I never thought you would get married so early."
"Are you disappointed?"
"It's not that I'm disappointed. I just want to ask you, do you plan to be a peaceful official's wife in the future, without having to go to college or struggle anymore?"
Yu Xiaoye asked in surprise:
"How is that possible? Dad, why do you think that of me? Even though I married him, I never intended to rely on him for my living. I still have to go to college and work hard on my own in the future."
Yu Jiahui felt relieved after hearing this answer:
"That's fine—let me tell you, there's a big gap between you and him. He has family background, ability, and status—he's better than you in every way. If you don't work hard and just want to rely on men to make a living, the gap between you will only get bigger and bigger. Sooner or later, he'll despise you. Mountains will fall if you rely on them, and people will run away if you rely on them. Don't count on his conscience to make a living. It's still the most reliable to rely on yourself."
"Don't worry, Dad. I will work hard to live well without him. If one day he wants to leave me, I'll lose if I even blink!"
Yu Jiahui finally felt relieved when he heard his daughter was so ambitious:
"That's good."
The reason why the old couple does not want their daughter to get married so early is that they are worried that women will take on more family responsibilities after marriage, and they cannot bear their daughter to take on so much at such a young age.
What’s more serious is that if you have a child early after marriage, you will have to take care of the child wholeheartedly for a long time.
The old couple is well aware of the hardships of raising a child. They don’t want their daughter to spend her time and energy on day-to-day household chores at an age when she should be studying and working hard.
They hope that their daughters can focus on building their own careers, gain a foothold in society, and then consider having children.
Especially in the future when there will be golden years everywhere, you should seize the opportunity to expand your career instead of being a housewife at home and missing out on great opportunities.
What made Yu Jiahui feel fortunate was that his daughter was still sober and was not blinded by Zhou Ziheng's sweet words.
"Xiao Ye, Daddy doesn't mean to look down on housewives. Your mother was a housewife in your previous life. I am very grateful for her contribution to the family and for her careful care and training of you.
However, I can't guarantee that Zhou Ziheng has the same conscience as me. You can't gamble the rest of your life on this, so you have to understand the good intentions of your mother and me. It's not that we don't want you to get married and have children, but we hope that you can get married and have children while being able to support yourself. Do you understand?"
"I understand. You don't need to explain. I understand everything."
"I'm glad you understand." Yu Jiahui turned and smiled at his daughter.
The father and daughter have reconciled.
The two walked along a dark road for a while and came to the main street of the field office, where they took a walk.
Yu Xiaoye mentioned again the matter of moving to Mishan County.
Yu Jiahui asked:
"Whose idea was this?"
"It was indeed the director's idea at first, he was the first to bring it up, but then I thought about it and felt it was feasible.
I know that you, my mother, my second brother and his wife are used to living here and definitely don't want to leave, but we can't stay on this farm forever, right?
Even if you don't consider the adults, you should consider your newly born granddaughter.
You all understand the reason without me having to explain much. In the future, we will still develop in the city. Now we should take this opportunity to move our family to the county town. It can be regarded as moving into the city one step ahead, so that my second brother and his wife can get used to the life in the city.
Moreover, when the educated youth return to the city, the farm will undoubtedly face the problem of decline, and the farm workers will have to find other ways out. We have more opportunities and more ways out if we stay in the city, right? "
Yu Jiahui listened carefully to his daughter's words, and felt as if he had been enlightened:
"So, do we have to move there? But it's hard to say what's going on with your mother. She just planted the vegetables in the yard, and she walks around the garden eight hundred times a day, hoping the seeds will sprout."
"Let's go and persuade my mom together. She's quite reasonable. She agreed to move from the company to the headquarters last time, so she should agree this time too."
Yu Jiahui thought about it seriously. Although he was indeed accustomed to the life here and didn't want to leave, his daughter was right. They still had to leave eventually, not only for the adults but also for the children.
Not to mention anything else
Take medical education for example. Medical education in big cities is definitely better than that in the countryside, and is more conducive to children's growth and development.
If we move to the city earlier and gain a firm foothold there, our descendants can save decades of hard work.
These are all very realistic problems.
Thinking of this, Yu Jiahui nodded resolutely:
"Well, if Mr. Zhou is willing, let him arrange it."
Yu Xiaoye was a little unhappy when he heard his father call Zhou Ziheng "the one with the surname Zhou":
"Dad, you should either call him Xiao Zhou, or call him the director, or call him by his full name. Why did you call him by his last name Zhou? It sounds so ugly. If someone didn't know, they would think you two had some deep hatred for each other."
Yu Jiahui said with a sour tone:
"Tsk tsk tsk, you're not happy when I call him Zhou. If I really beat him up today, are you going to cut off all ties with me?"
"No, you are a grown man, but you are so petty."
Yu Jiahui sneered:
"I'm mean? If I were mean, I would have kicked him out of the house long ago—"
The father and daughter were walking and talking when they suddenly saw someone coming out from the side.
"Hey, are you two taking a walk here?"
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