Chapter 65: Surrendering to Worldly and Social Pressures
"Is it comfort or sarcasm?" Gu Hao heard that Cheng Pengpeng's tone was wrong, "If you promise to marry me as soon as I divorce, I will believe your words and put down Jiangbian immediately." ”
Cheng Peng smiled ambiguously and glanced at Fang Shanmu: "Is it true that a man will divorce his original partner only if he has a spare tire?" neither of you has a spare tire, so I am very entangled in the snub of the original partner. ”
Fang Shanmu replied to Cheng Pengpeng's vicious look: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, men are sometimes not as dedicated as women, but they are not cold-blooded animals, and they also have good feelings?" Of course, men care about face in marriage. Just like if a man cheats, some women will forgive him, and if a woman cheats, most men will not forgive and will divorce, and a large part of the reason is the face factor. ”
"So if you want to get rid of the original partner, you won't care if they will lose face, but if the original partner doesn't want you, you will feel very faceless and can't raise your head, right?
Fang Shanmu and Gu Hao looked at each other, the two wanted to refute, but they felt that there was no way to talk about it, Fang Shanmu smiled awkwardly: "Sometimes I do have to admit that men are not as tolerant and generous as women. It's like Du Tu Nan and Xu Wenqu, which of them do you say is right and who is wrong?"
"It's not good to talk about the length of the person behind your back......" Xu Wenqu's voice suddenly sounded behind Fang Shanmu, and she gently patted Fang Shanmu's shoulder, "Such a coincidence, Brother Fang, the capital is big and big, and small is small, and we meet again." ”
Fang Shanmu was startled and stood up: "It's really like life meets everywhere...... In fact, I am not talking about your strengths and weaknesses behind my back, but I want to help you analyze where the problem is, how to solve it, and maybe you can have the opportunity to join the growth game and become a branch line that can provide gamers with life experience. ”
"I don't have a solution to his problem, don't bother......" Xu Wenqu sat next to Fang Shanmu and faced Gu Hao face to face, "Do you mind if you are with me?"
After sitting down, Fang Shanmu was embarrassed to drive her away: "It just so happens that I have a treat today, even you will invite you together, but it is just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks." ”
"You speak exactly the same tone as my dad. Xu Wenqu Waner smiled, "He always said that in the past, most children were because the children were easy to feed, and if you add a handful of rice and a pair of chopsticks, you can raise one more child." It's different now, it takes a lot of energy, time, and money to have an extra child, and the success rate is extremely low. ”
Well, since Xu Wenqu mentioned the issue of children, Fang Shanmu pushed the boat down the river: "You don't like children very much?"
"It's not that I don't like it, but I don't feel it, I don't want to give birth, I don't want to raise it, and I feel that the input-output ratio is too low, and it's a completely uneconomical deal. You can calculate an account......" Xu Wenqu picked up a dumpling, dipped it in vinegar, and put it in his mouth, "We will all have the same illusion, the dumplings we eat in the restaurant are delicious, and we will feel that the dumplings we make are also delicious." Just like seeing other people's children excellent, the children you cultivate yourself will also be excellent, which is actually a kind of survivorship bias. ”
"So what is the biggest investment of a family? Outside the house is education, since kindergarten there are all kinds of cram schools, parents with a monthly income of three or five thousand will not blink their eyes in the cram school of five or six thousand a month. From birth to graduation from college, a child will cost tens to millions, to say the least. If you go abroad, you will spend millions more. After graduating and working, they found that with a monthly income of 78,000 to 10,000 yuan, how many years will it take for them to pay back the cost of education? In fact, some people have made statistics that no matter how much effort and money parents pay, the success rate of children has always maintained a constant value, that is to say, the vast majority of investment has always been wasted. ”
Cheng Pengpeng brought a plate of dumplings in front of Xu Wenqu to himself: "I'm sorry, it's the beef radish I ordered, what do you want to eat yourself, don't rob others, okay?
"No, no, no, I didn't mean that......" Xu Wenqu didn't mind Cheng Pengpeng's move, and went to eat the dumplings in front of Gu Hao again, "I mean it's best not to raise a child, because the chance of raising a child is only one percent, and the probability of success is only one in 10,000. ”
Cheng Pengpeng felt that Xu Wenqu's way of thinking was incredible: "If you have to be like you, won't the human race be extinct? ”
Fang Shanmu understood Cheng Pengpeng, and she brought honorifics with her when she spoke, either intentionally alienating the other party, or mocking and snubbing.
"No, no, no, you're thinking too much about it again. Xu Wenqu still has an attitude of not being sick, "Everyone in Tsinghua University and Peking University wants to go to it, but in the end there are still a few who can get it, why? First, the ability is not enough, and the second is that many people just think about it, and do not work hard to fight for it." There are many people who think the same way as me, but in the end, most of them will succumb to the pressure of the world, parents, and inertia, and choose the path of life to have children and nurture them. ”
"So, do you think you're very unique and excellent?" Cheng Pengpeng couldn't help but sneer, "I really didn't expect that after studying abroad for so many years, you didn't learn anything else, and optics would be selfish." Master Gu, take my Shang Fang sword and peel an apple for Xu Xiu'er......"
"What do you mean?" Gu Hao stuffed a dumpling in his mouth, opened his mouth wide, thought about it for a while and realized what it was, and couldn't help laughing, "You women talk, don't talk to me, I'm busy eating." ”
"No, I just want to live a relaxed life without too much responsibility and baggage. Women are born with reproductive functions, but not giving birth to children, I must have autonomy over my body, right?" Xu Wenqu smiled without any waves in the face of Cheng Pengpeng's aggressive tone, "I didn't expect you to be a 90s girl, with more old-fashioned and traditional thinking than me, are you particularly eager to be a fertility tool?"
"Joke!" Cheng Peng put down his chopsticks and looked serious, "It is natural for women to have children, and it is freedom not to have children, you can't say that if you don't have children, you will be more trendy and have children is a fertility tool, your thinking is very extreme and dangerous......"
"Yes, I don't think it's dangerous, and I don't endanger society or hinder others, is it wrong to just live well?" Xu Wenqu turned his head to look at Fang Shanmu, "Brother Fang, how many children do you have?"
"One. Boy. Fang Shanmu couldn't accept Xu Wenqu's point of view, originally he wanted to find an opportunity to persuade Xu Wenqu to help Du Tunan pass the test, but now it seems that the difficulty is too great, more difficult than the difficulty of him and Sheng Chen getting back together.
Xu Wenqu tilted his head, looking innocent and cute: "Let me ask you a question, don't hide your true thoughts, if you and Sheng Chen don't have children, will you leave a long time ago?"
Cheng Peng slapped the table and stood up: "It's too much!" Xu Wenqu, Uncle Fang is not familiar with you, please leave." ”
Fang Shanmu waved his hand: "Peng Peng, sit down, it's okay, it's just to discuss the problem...... If we really don't have children, Sheng Chen and I estimate that we will divorce halfway through the accumulation of conflicts, and it won't drag on until now. I have a three-year contract with her, but in fact, the fulcrum is still the issue of my son's education. My concept is more traditional, children are the bond and bridge between husband and wife, and if there are no children, many couples will divorce under impulse. Therefore, I am in favor of having children, and when I have children, both men and women have a sense of responsibility, and they will be more rational and willing to give, rather than just caring about themselves and others. ”
Fang Shanmu understood Cheng Peng's dissatisfaction and disgust with Xu Wenqu, to be honest, he was also a little unaccustomed to Xu Wenqu's self-esteem and strong self-righteousness, but he warned himself that those who have always achieved great things are not informal, Xu Wenqu has nothing to do with him and infinite care and limited responsibility on the surface, but in fact, who knows if she will be able to improve everyone's cultivation and experience?
If it is a difficulty, we must face it head-on, not bypass or run away.
"Well said. Cheng Pengpeng heard Fang Shanmu's extraneous meaning, which meant to imply Xu Wenqu, and couldn't help but be happy again, "Xu Wenqu, if you and Du Tunan have a child, will they not divorce?"
"Nonsense! The reason I divorced him was that I didn't want children, and we didn't have any other differences. Xu Wenqu looked at Gu Hao again, "Master Gu, if you don't have children with Jiangbian, isn't it not what it is now?"
Gu Hao didn't expect to ask him, and was stunned: "I didn't think about this question, and I never thought that I would have children if I got married." In fact, I have always wanted a second child, but Jiangbian disagreed, for fear of delaying her youth. Her youth is long gone, what is there to delay?"
Fang Shanmu smiled: "My family is just the opposite, Sheng Chen wants a second child, I don't want to." The main thing is that I don't want Sheng Chen to suffer anymore, but Sheng Chen wants to use the second child to tie me up. ”
"Tut-tut......" Xu Wenqu stretched out his right index finger and shook it, "Your problem is that the starting point of having a child is not pure enough, the first child may just be a by-product of your husband and wife life, and when it comes to the second child, you are rational and fully prepared, but there are too many reasons attached, making having a child a fulcrum of the competition." Even if you give birth to a child, do you think it will be fair to the child? When he grows up, you will tell him the truth, let him know that he came to mend your broken marriage, do you think he will be happy?"
Cheng Pengpeng was angry again, and stood up with a slap on the table......