bayedsolid Chapter 511 She was not choosing as a second-best option.
Chapter 511 She was not choosing as a second-best option.
"This..." Liu Fen knew that her son's words were still meant to upset her, so she quickly said, "If I don't have a grandson, I'd be happy to hold my granddaughter!"
well...
Gu Juncheng couldn't stand the word "also," because it meant settling for second best.
When did his precious daughter become a second-best choice? His daughter is the best, the only good one! Not just any "good" one!
But then, Liu Fen added, "This time it's a daughter, next time it'll definitely be a son. 'Zhangzhu' is her formal name, we'll give her the nickname 'Zhaodi'..."
Gu Juncheng's eyes widened as he looked at his mother in disbelief, and he asked her, "Do you remember what Bottle Sister's name is?"
“I remember!” Liu Fen said, “Her name was Zhao Di, and later, sure enough, she brought home a younger brother.”
Gu Juncheng laughed angrily, "I think your memory isn't very good after all. You didn't remember the most important thing. Pingzi has already severed ties with her family so that her younger sister wouldn't be called Zhaodi and wouldn't become the older sister of the younger brother she recruited! Do you want me to sever ties with you too?"
Liu Fen choked up, "Then...then...it doesn't have to be called Zhao Di...anyway...anyway..."
“There’s no such thing as ‘anyway’! We’ll only have one child! Zhangzhu is the only precious daughter of Pingzi and me. She came into this world because Pingzi and I longed for her, not because she wanted to have a younger brother!” Gu Juncheng said, and then opened the door and went into the house.
"Only one child?!" Liu Fen was shocked for a moment. When she remembered to go in and check, she found the door was already closed, and she was locked out by her son...
Suddenly, the sound of a baby crying came from inside. She panicked and shouted from outside, "The baby is crying! Let me in and see! Let me see! You don't know how to take care of a child, let me take a look!"
However, Gu Juncheng did not open the door.
Liu Fen was at her wit's end. Fortunately, the crying only lasted for a short while before stopping. No matter how hard Liu Fen listened, she couldn't hear anything coming from inside, so she had no choice but to return to her daughter's side dejectedly.
Gu Youlian said to her, "Did you get the cold shoulder?"
"How utterly unfilial! How can you turn your mother away like this?" Gu Dafu said angrily, taking out his pipe.
Upon hearing this, Liu Fen quickly defended her son, saying, "He knew we were staying at his sister's place, that's why he locked the door. Otherwise, why would he lock his old mother out?"
Gu Dafu sneered, "It's all your fault for spoiling him!"
He was about to light a cigarette when Gu Youlian stopped him, "Dad, don't smoke. My room smells wonderful. If you smoke, it'll make it stink!"
Gu Dafu threw down his pipe, angrily turning to leave. "On the island, your daughter-in-law wouldn't let you smoke! Now in the capital, your own daughter won't let you smoke! Weren't you raised in a smoky environment? Now that you're in the city, you've adopted those weird, fussy ways?"
Liu Fen's mind was completely focused on Zhangzhu's crying. She hadn't seen Zhangzhu yet, and she wouldn't let Gu Dafu leave no matter what. She even sided with Gu Youlian and said to Gu Dafu, "I told you not to smoke, so just don't smoke! Look at Lianzi's room, how white the walls are painted, how clean the cabinets and tables are! And that steel piano, it's snow-white, but with all this smoke, it's all turned yellow. Do you even want the room anymore?"
"Why can't I keep it? What a fuss!" Gu Dafu ultimately didn't pick up the pipe again.
Liu Fen, who was longing for a baby girl, said to Gu Youlian, "The crying is so loud, it must be a chubby little girl!"
Gu Youlian scoffed, "More than that! Her eyes are like Chengzi's, big and wide, with long eyelashes, and her skin is as white as a bottle. She's truly the most beautiful child I've ever seen!"
Zhiyuan had told Liu Fen this description countless times, but Liu Fen couldn't get enough of it. She pulled Gu Youlian aside to explain in more detail, and the more detailed Gu Youlian's explanation became, the more she craved it.
Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said to Gu Youlian, "I heard that people in the city like to take those kinds of photos. Do you have any pictures? Let me see them."
"No! It's not the 100th day yet, we'll be taking pictures for the 100th day." Gu Youlian said, deliberately tempting her, "How many days are you staying? You're not going to participate in the 100th day celebration, are you?"
"Of course! Of course I'll participate!" Liu Fen's heart ached. Her son had just said that he would only have one child, only one child. So, Zhangzhu would be their only grandchild. Even though she was a girl, it was still... good!
But I still want another grandson, what should I do?
She pulled Gu Youlian aside and whispered, "Lianzi, did Pingzi tell you? Did she really only have one child?"
“Yes! Chengzi said the same thing.” Gu Youlian already knew what her mother wanted to say. “Don’t make me try to persuade them to have another child. You still hold onto this kind of sexist mentality. Let me tell you, you’ll have an even harder time seeing your daughter!”
Gu Youlian couldn't understand her mother's thoughts at all. On one hand, she was so eager for her precious daughter, but on the other hand, she also wanted a boy. What kind of mentality was that?
Liu Fen rolled her eyes at her daughter. "What kind of mentality is that? Having many children brings many blessings. Isn't it good to have both a son and a daughter?"
Liu Fen spoke to her daughter in detail, "You should talk to them and say that you know they are busy and tired and don't have time to take care of the child. Your father and I will take care of her! They are on the island, so we can take care of Zhangzhu. I guarantee she will grow up healthy and chubby! Zhangzhu is also my granddaughter. Would I mistreat her?"
"I'll bring it for you?"
"What's wrong?" Liu Fen could tell from her daughter's tone that she looked down on her. "Am I not as good as you and Chengzi at taking care of her?"
“No…” Gu Youlian said, “The way young people raise children now is different from how you raised them back then. They want them to go to school, receive a good education, and be nurtured into successful individuals.”
Liu Fen said, "How can a girl become successful? What's the use of raising her well? She still has to get married. Take Pingzi for example. She got into the university in the capital, but she still went to the island with your brother to be his wife."
"I don't like hearing what you're saying, not even Pingzi!" Gu Youlian said. "Forget it, stop thinking nonsense, stop giving bad advice, and stop urging Pingzi to have a second child. Just stay here with me and enjoy a few comfortable days."
Liu Fen couldn't persuade her daughter. She couldn't understand why people shouldn't come to big cities. One by one, they all became wild and unruly after coming to the capital!
She gave what she considered a very simple example, and pulled Gu Youlian along to continue, "Putting aside everything else, what will happen to your big house and your brother's big house in the future? You both have daughters, and daughters will eventually get married. What will happen to these houses? They will be taken to other people's homes when they get married. All the money you and Pingzi have earned will be for nothing! You still need to have a son!"
"Mother, I'm telling you, stop worrying. Just calm down. If you want me to have a baby, who am I supposed to have it with?" Gu Youlian knew her mother couldn't figure it out in a day or two, so she stopped talking to her and went about her own business.