Chen Xingling was so busy moving to a new home that he slept for two full days before he finally came back to life.
On the morning of the third day, Jia Shuangqin arrived.
Chen Xingling ran out happily to open the door, "Welcome, welcome! Welcome!"
"Huh?" Jia Shuangqi looked around curiously: "Are you home alone?"
Chen Xingling replied: "The older one went to work, and the younger one went to school."
Jia Shuangqi was extremely envious and whispered, "You have your own little home, you must be very happy, right? No nosy mother-in-law, no sisters-in-law, just you and I, living happily alone!"
"That's right!" Chen Xingling said with a smile, "You are the boss of your own territory, you can do whatever you want!"
Jia Shuangqian parked his car under a big tree and leaned against the trunk.
"I've decided - after I get married, I'm going to move out and live alone. If I can't have my own little home, I'd rather get married after graduation."
Chen Xingling couldn't help asking, "Didn't your parents say they would give you a small apartment from their company as a dowry? You don't have any children yet, just the two of you, so there's no need to rush to live with the old people."
"Ah!" Jia Shuangqi sighed depressedly: "Don't mention it, I can't hold back my anger when I mention it! My parents are from the same unit, and the unit gave us some help when we were given housing, so we finally had such a small apartment. But my uncle is so old-fashioned that he said that the feng shui of that apartment is not good enough, the direction is not good enough, and it will--affect the continuation of our offspring in the future. He told my aunt and cousin that we are not allowed to live in that apartment in the future!"
Forehead?
Chen Xingling was a little speechless: "Why don't we ask Feng Shui to check it first?"
"No." Jia Shuangqian rolled his eyes and explained, "My uncle is a very superstitious person. He reads all kinds of Feng Shui books all day long. He forbids this and that. Today he forbids water, tomorrow he forbids fire, and he even forbids going out. It was fine before, but now that he is 18 years old, he has become more superstitious, as if he is going crazy!"
Chen Xingling touched his nose and asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do? After you get married, will you temporarily live with your mother-in-law?"
"...I don't want to." Jia Shuangqi answered sullenly, "My cousin's house is not big, with only two rooms and a small living room. My aunt wants my cousin and I to live in one room, and nothing else will be changed. I can still have my own desk and an independent room at home, but if I get married, I may not even have my own desk. My uncle likes to control this and that, and I feel scared when I think about having to deal with that every day!"
"At least there are no conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law." Chen Xingling led her across the brick path and coaxed her, "Your mother-in-law is your aunt. You are her niece, there is no reason for her not to love you."
Jia Shuangqi was still unhappy, and whispered: "My cousin said that we can't live in the new house, and I was very disappointed. He has always been filial to my aunt and uncle, but I didn't expect that he would believe in my uncle's superstitious ideas and persuade me to listen to my uncle. My eldest aunt is very good, but the one who really wants to spend the rest of my life with me is my cousin."
"No way?" Chen Xingling was a little bit incredulous: "He is young and has been educated, how could he believe in those messed up superstitious ideas?"
"He believes it more and more." Jia Shuangqi said angrily, "Now whenever he has free time, he reads the Feng Shui book, gestures here and there, and calculates with his fingers. He is no different from a fake Taoist priest!"
Chen Xingling couldn't help imagining her cousin pretending to be a Taoist priest, and she almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
"You are a contemporary university student, and you believe in science and materialism. If you try to neutralize him, maybe it will be just right."
"Forget it!" Jia Shuangqi sat down and snorted coldly, "I wanted to come to your house for dinner that evening, but he stopped me and said I could only go out after 5:45. He also said that the time conflicts were not good for new guests! If I wasn't afraid of you laughing at me, I would have told you and Dali when I came that day to help me scold him!"
Forehead?
Chen Xingling laughed out loud: "No wonder you guys came so late the day before yesterday!"
Jia Shuangqi sighed weakly: "I am almost fed up..."
"Don't be angry or upset." Chen Xingling turned on the ceiling fan and pushed open the rear window to let in the cool breeze from the front and rear windows. He said, "Stay here with me today and relax. Adjust your mood."
Jia Shuangqi held his chin and looked at her eagerly.
"Lingling, were you and your lover the same as me and my cousin when you were dating? Are you happy after you got married?"
Chen Xingling shook his head: "Not happy, especially in the first few days. He went abroad to study, leaving me alone in his hometown to take care of the kids. I had to do a lot of housework every day, busy from morning till night, but my mother-in-law was still not satisfied. She would curse at me at every turn and even secretly abused me."
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When Jia Shuangqi heard this, he was immediately frightened.
"How could your mother-in-law be so mean!"
Chen Xingling poured her a glass of water and said calmly, "The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been the most difficult to deal with. Although I want to be good to her, she treats me as an outsider in every way and only loves her own son and daughter. In this case, forget it."
"...What do you mean?" Jia Shuangqi was stunned.
Chen Xingling explained: "In my opinion, a relationship between people is meaningful only when both parties contribute. If only one party contributes, then the relationship will not last long. In the past, I thought that she was my husband's biological mother, and I tried my best to treat her well, thinking that she would find out my goodness sooner or later. But she did find out, but her attitude towards me still could not change."
"Really?" Jia Shuangqi asked, "Why can't she change?"
Chen Xingling replied: "The tone or attitude may change for a while, but the intention is gone. In the end, it's still the same old saying - it's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change one's nature."
Jia Shuangqi has always been soft-hearted. Hearing her say this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for his friend.
"Those guys you were with in the capital city... must have been suffering."
Chen Xingling nodded and looked around.
"So, don't just look at my current good life and not delve into the underlying reasons. If I could live well in my husband's family, my brothers wouldn't have to work so hard to help me build this small garden. As for me, I waited until the clouds cleared and the moon appeared."
Jia Shuangqi seemed to be thinking about something, but no one knew what he was thinking about.
"Or - I'd better tell my cousin and get married tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Chen Xingling couldn't help but remind him: "The parents are pushing so hard, can you handle the pressure?"
"But I really don't feel like getting married at all now!" Jia Shuangqi grumbled in dissatisfaction, "I have to prepare a dowry, and I can't live outside. I also have to study, so how can I follow their advice of 'not going out', 'avoid water, fire, and wood' all day long! Now when I hear that my cousin wants to read the horoscope and draw the eight trigrams, I just want to turn around and leave!"
"Is it so exaggerated?" Chen Xingling asked suspiciously, "When did your cousin start to become like this?"
Jia Shuangqi replied: "It started today. It's getting worse day by day. I'm being abused by my uncle! Lingling, what do you think I should do? I tried to persuade him, but he didn't listen. It's fine if he didn't listen, but he insisted that I listen to him!"
Chen Xingling didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm sorry... I'm afraid I can't help you with this."
The older generation in Chongqing does like fortune-telling, but one thing they believe in is belief, but to the point where they even have to check the lunar calendar to figure out what time and moment is right to go out seems a bit too obsessive.
Jia Shuang's face wrinkled into a ball, and she begged, "Ling Ling, please think of a way! You are so smart, you will definitely be able to help me."
"The hardest thing to change is not the idea." Chen Xingling smiled bitterly, "but the people's concept, especially the deep-rooted one. Unless you can persevere in trying to change their ideas, it's really impossible."
"I... I can't stand it for a few days." Jia Shuangqi cried out in grievance: "Still persisting? It's killing me!"
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