"Is your dad the Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering? Is he crazy? Why did he marry a widow for no reason and help others raise children? He married me for no reason? Who cooked for you since you were a child? Who washed your clothes? When your dad came home, he had everything he needed, and I even had to help him take off his shoes! These things are worthless in your eyes, right?"
He Chunhua was speechless.
"In the old society, even maids were paid. Did your father pay me? If all of this is converted into wages, do I have the right to say that I raised you?"
He Chunhua muttered, "I just said it casually, why are you repeating it to me?"
Geng Panqiao: "Remember, it's not that I can't live without a man, but I've suffered all my life, and now that I'm old, I want to be more independent. As children, I don't want to care so much."
He Chunhua didn't want to care about Geng Panqiao's personal problems. She was just in a bad mood and took it out on Geng Panqiao.
Thinking of the humiliation she had just received at her uncle's house, He Chunhua forgot that Geng Panqiao had just beaten her, and started to complain to Geng Panqiao.
Just as Geng Biao expected, after listening to what was said, Geng Panqiao pointed at He Chunhua and started scolding her.
"You've got your head kicked by a donkey, didn't I warn you not to ask your uncle for anything? We were able to settle down in Yun County thanks to your uncle, and whether you can develop well in the future also depends on your uncle. But you have to take it slow in the future, to understand the ways of the world, you have to have relationships first! Who do you think you are, and if you ask your uncle to help you with something, he has to listen to you? How shameless you are!"
Seeing that Geng Panqiao didn't stand on her side, He Chunhua shouted in grievance: "Are you still my mother? Why are you so mean!"
Geng Panqiao: "If I weren't your mother, I wouldn't say these things to you! Put away your arrogant temper and be down-to-earth!"
He Chunhua said nothing, obviously unconvinced.
Geng Panqiao was too lazy to tell her too much. "Your uncle Li said he wants to introduce you to a guy. Although he is from a rural background, he is a technical secondary school student, works in the water bureau, has cadre status, and looks okay. You can decide when to meet him."
He Chunhua: "I don't want a rural person. I have nothing to say to people who come from rural areas."
Geng Pan smiled tactfully, "You're rejecting me before you've even met me? What kind of person would be pleasing to you?!"
He Chunhua: "Then you should ask your uncle to help me find an officer in the army, at least battalion level or above, who must be from the city, not the countryside."
Geng Panqiao: "...dream on."
He Chunhua became excited again, "How can I dream? Even Xiao Xiaocui can marry an officer and follow the army, why can't I? I can't compare to her, a village girl?"
Geng Panqiao paused for a moment before realizing who Xiao Xiaocui was.
She snorted coldly, "Do whatever you want. Anyway, if you don't follow the path I planned for you, don't even think about asking me to find another path for you. I have already fulfilled my responsibility in raising you to this age. You are responsible for your own life in the future."
After hearing Geng Panqiao's cold-blooded and heartless words, He Chunhua stared at Geng Panqiao hatefully and said, "If you don't care about me, don't expect me to take care of you in your old age!"
Geng Pan smiled and said, "I never expected you to take care of me in my old age."
Geng Panqiao was telling the truth. She had given birth to two children in her past, all of whom were very successful. Each of them gave her one yuan a month as living allowance, which was enough for her to live comfortably for the rest of her life.
As for what to do if she becomes unable to move when she is old, Geng Panqiao has also thought about this problem seriously. If there really comes a day when she needs to be taken care of to survive, she would rather hang herself with a belt at the head of the bed to free herself and not burden her children.
As a mother, she was responsible for He Chunhua's marriage problems, but if He Chunhua didn't listen to her, she really didn't want to interfere.
Except for the few sweet days she had when she was married to her first man, Geng Panqiao's life was full of bitterness. Now that she is old, she just wants to be free and do whatever she wants.
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