Mother Chengâs words sound pleasant, yet theyâre not entirely flattery; theyâre quite sincere. Nowadays, when discussing Xiashui Village, the household most envied is the Qi family.
Why?
The Qi family has four siblings; except for Qi Fenglian, who hasnât achieved much, the eldest, Qi Taiguo, is an officer, the youngest son is in college, and even Qi Fengping, who previously caused a stir with a premarital pregnancy, managed to get into college. Perhaps itâs not evident now, but upon graduating, they wonât struggle to find good jobs or lack money, will they?
What, Qi Fengping has a bad reputation? Never mind, she was just naive and got taken advantage of once. But now sheâs made changes and gone to college. As for the past, hasnât everyone encountered some troubles? Saying someoneâs shameless for one mistake, who dictated they canât ever bounce back? She halted her losses in time and is clearly wise now.
So, some truly want to learn from the Qi family on how they raised such capable children who could all get into college. Itâs truly enviable.
And if getting into college makes people envious, then being wealthy makes them even more so!
Attending college earns a good reputation, but as long as you can make money, it doesnât matter whether you attended college or not. Wealth is ultimate. Like the eldestâs wife, Cheng Su, sheâs like a treasure trove, and sheâs also a college graduate treasure trove, yet this kind of person ended up with the Qi family.
Therefore, among the two villages, who doesnât envy the Qi family? All the good things come their way; how can one not envy them?
Mother Qi felt reassured and comfortable by Mother Chengâs words but still pretended to be modest, saying, "All good, all good, your family is good too."
"...You know, not long ago, someone asked me about a match for Jianguo. Well, I thought heâs a university student, still studying, itâs too early to talk about such things, so I declined. Actually, I believe a promising university student should find a well-matched partner, how could he casually choose an uneducated girl? Donât you agree?" Mother Cheng praised her further.
These words surely hit Mother Qiâs heart, "Youâre absolutely right, if they donât match well, it just means more arguments, whatâs the point?"
"Exactly."
Seeing her agreement, Mother Qi felt even more delighted, looked at Mother Cheng, who seemed more pleasing than before, and decided to return the favor, saying, "I have no big demands, as long as Jianguo has a good job in the future and finds a good wife to live lovingly together. Look at his eldest brother and sister-in-law, both understanding and cooperative, it proves setting them up was very suitable, such a good match, even their horoscopes are perfectly aligned. Our Taiguo is lucky to have Xiao Qiâs mother as his wife."
Mother Cheng nearly covered her mouth to hide her laughter, thinking, "Itâs rare to hear such praise from you; itâs been so many years before you finally said something good."
"Isnât that right? In the future, Taiguo will surely become even more successful, you just wait and enjoy. Now they have a grandson too, let them live as they wish, we just play with the grandchildren and have fun!" Mother Cheng laughed.
Mother Qi nodded, looking at Qi Xiaoqi, whose eyes wandered restlessly, and sighed, "What a pity, this child isnât very close to me yet."
Though itâs not like before, crying as soon as she held him, if she did hold him, he couldnât stay calm for five minutes, making Mother Qi feel discouraged and quite upset.
Mother Cheng sympathized and said, "Once he gets used to it slowly, itâll be better, as long as your legs are completely fine."
Indeed, otherwise, holding the increasingly heavy grandson, her legs wouldnât be strong enough, and she wouldnât be able to hold him.