TGDS Chapter 12.1

Good Dad System [Arc 1] Chapter 12.1: Father, He Is A Great Man (23)

 

Dad and uncle were still chatting. The hall was very noisy and seemed lively. Pei Chuqing was standing nearby, but she felt that her heart was particularly deserted. Sister Xiaoqin was talking about something, and her mother was listening attentively, but Pei Chuqing could catch a glimpse. She could see that her mother was in a trance.

 

“Didn’t my family tell me not to study at that time? Uncle even went home to help me talk about my love a few times, and also said that he would help pay for the tuition. It’s just that my family was afraid that I would be delayed.” Xiaoqin’s eyes kept chasing after Sa Huan jogging in the distance. “Later, I went home. I followed my father to work in the electronics factory in the south. I worked on a piece-rate basis. I could earn up to eight thousand a month! It was also a supplement to the family income.”

 

“Then…” Su Xiuzhen pursed her lips. She used to argue with her husband during the day and at night because of Xiaoqin. After all, Xiaoqin occupied half of her daughter’s room at their house, and she spent an extra share of her spending on weekdays. Su Xiuzhen also asked her husband several times about Xiaoqin, but the other party kept it a secret, and she didn’t ask any more questions because of her troubles , “Actually, there is no need to rush into marriage. “

 

She worked in the surgery department, and often listened to the nurses in the obstetrics and gynecology department talk about early pregnant girls who went out to work, and even complained to them a few times. These girls were young and did not know how to value their bodies. It was not good to get pregnant too early.

 

Xiaoqin continued, speaking in a brisk tone: “There was someone from the next village who went to work in the factory together. When we came back from the Spring Festival, someone came to us as a matchmaker, so we simply held a banquet at home, but later we were in a hurry to go back to the factory, so we didn’t invite aunts and uncles to come and have a drink.” Xiaoqin actually lied. At that time, Pei Naochun went to the countryside and had many quarrels with her family because of her ability to study. Her father would not dare invite her uncle to the banquet, for fear that he would come over and the tables would be overturned.

 

“That’s it.” Su Xiuzhen felt uncomfortable. She had already held Xiaoqin’s hand at some point, hiding her words and unable to ask. What else could she ask? Are you living a good life, are you happy? Does it make sense?

 

“I’m fine.” Xiaoqin knew that Su Xiuzhen felt sorry for her, and saw the way Pei Chuqing hesitated to speak. She smiled, “Eight out of ten girls in the village are like this. I’m already very lucky. I can get a junior high school diploma, I know a lot of words, and now I am a team leader in the factory! But I am pregnant again, and I don’t know if I will still have a position after I give birth.” It seems that at this point, suddenly there was a little sadness in her eyebrows.

 

“There must be. Our Xiaoqin is smart and can be used anywhere.” Su Xiuzhen vaguely remembered the most fierce argument between her and her husband. Her husband told her that Xiaoqin’s grades were very good. As long as she performed steadily, she could go straight to high school. The department was in good condition, he said to her at that time, just help her again! She didn’t say anything, she was so angry that her mouth was blistered. She thought she was quite selfish and not a sympathetic person, but looking at Xiaoqin’s round belly and the tiger-headed little boy next to her, she became angry and filled with regret for the first time. At least Xiaoqin is a good child.

 

“Auntie, Chuqing, I have troubled you before.” Xiaoqin said suddenly.

 

“No trouble!” The mother and daughter retorted in unison.

 

“It’s really troublesome. I know the fact that I had to live with you at that time really caused too much trouble for you.” There was sadness in her eyes. “I’m really grateful to uncle, you and Xiaoqing for making me feel that my life can still move forward.”

 

The teachers and students at the county junior high school were talking about going to big cities and studying in good schools in the future. Some wanted to be officials, some wanted to be scientists, and some wanted to be stars… When they returned to the village, everyone talked more about, How much money did she make this time, which factory is more stable, how many children will she have…

 

Sometimes she also felt that she was a bitch-hearted. She once hated her uncle, so why didn’t he help her anymore? She also wanted to study again, but that irrationality would eventually end. She thanked her uncle, at least for the rest of her life, she will remember that she once read books without any worries, had classmates, read extracurricular books, and secretly held dreams.

 

“Mom, Mom!” The little boy in front was wearing too many clothes. He suddenly fell down and threw himself face down on the ground. He shouted to his mother and started to cry loudly. When Xiaoqin heard this voice, she immediately got up and hurried over.

 

Pei Chuqing, who was left behind, didn’t know when she held her mother’s hand tightly, and her and her mother’s eyes were at a loss at the same time.

 

Their hearts were also conflicted. On the one hand, thinking about the past, they still felt that Pei Naochun’s actions were terrible and did not want to go back. But on the other hand, they began to be confused. What were those idiotic behaviors that Pei Naochun did? Stupid?

 

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Pei Naochun had to drink for the second time that night. Even though he was extremely talented, he couldn’t hold on this time. When he woke up, he already had a splitting headache and wanted to be beheaded on the spot.

 

He rubbed his forehead with one hand and opened his eyes drowsily, only to see his wife staring at him with bright eyes. He was so frightened that he jerked back and almost fell off the bed.

 

“What’s wrong, Xiuzhen?” Pei Naochun looked at his wife’s eyes and guessed, “Are you not comfortable with the bed and didn’t fall asleep?” Most of the beds in the village are made of wooden boards and cushions, which doesn’t feel like sleeping on a mattress.

 

 

 

 

 

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