Chapter 52: Convincing Mom and Dad
The orange light was warmly sprinkled on the table of flower fabrics, Zhao Xiaomo looked at her parents who were eating in front of her, inexplicable happiness was born from her heart, she lowered her head and took a bite of rice, Dad made four dishes and one soup tonight, which were lion's head, fried cauliflower, shredded leek, garlic chrysanthemum and seaweed egg soup, the vegetable soup was well matched, and the nutrition was comprehensive and the taste was satisfied.
Zhao Xiaomo was eating and began to think about how to propose to her parents to buy a workshop and open a studio to start a business, and when she was thinking about it, her father was the first to speak.
"Mob. Dad took a bite of the food and was the first to break the silence at the table, he looked up at her and said, "Can you tell Dad about when you were a child?"
"Huh?" Zhao Xiaomo listened to her father's words, and inexplicably thought of her father's call to the orphanage before, she was stunned for a few seconds, and then said calmly: "Dad wants to know what happened to me when I was a child?"
"Anything, your dad and I just want to know more about you. It was her mother who was talking, and as she spoke, she took a lion's head and put it in Zhao Xiaomo's bowl, her eyes full of pity and curiosity.
Zhao Xiaomo looked at the lion's head in the bowl, took a breath and said: "Actually, I have nothing since I was a child, Mother Ye has been very good to me, and I have not experienced any catastrophes, the only time is a long time ago, I had smallpox when I was in elementary school, and I had a high fever at that time, and it was Mother Ye who carried me to the hospital in the middle of the night." ā
Zhao Xiaomo doesn't know much about the memory of when she was a child, but she remembers that she has a deep memory, she remembers that Mother Ye carried her on her back, and she arrived at the hospital step by step, the road that night was very tortuous, and it was terrible to get dark, but Zhao Xiaomo was not afraid at all, she leaned on Mother Ye's back, and felt unusually stable.
"Mother Ye is very good to me, even though I am not nominally a child of the orphanage now, she is still my Mother Ye. Zhao Xiaomo looked up at Zhao Qikang and Mo Tingting when she spoke, and she paused: "Of course, you are also my parents, maybe in the first twenty years of my life, without your company, but after that, you will always be with me, right?"
"I don't even know what to say about the words you made up later, kid. Mom sighed and said, "When I'm free in the future, you can take me to meet your Mother Ye! Mom touched Zhao Xiaomo's head as she spoke.
Zhao Xiaomo said 'um', his father, who had not spoken at this time, looked up at Zhao Xiaomo, his expression did not change much, he was still unwavering, he looked at Zhao Xiaomo and said, "Have you been alone in the orphanage since Nianxi left?"
"Well, yes, but Nianxi is very good, and comes to see me every week. Zhao Xiaomo said with a smile, she knew that sometimes it was not a bad thing to show her liking in front of her parents.
Zhao Qikang listened to Zhao Xiaomo's words, frowned, and asked again: "Then every time she comes to see you, does she say anything?"
"What can you say?A little private matter between girlfriends?" Zhao Xiaomo heard Zhao Qikang ask Zhao Nianxi about it continuously, she roughly guessed what Zhao Qikang was suspicious, and before contacting, he called the orphanage, Zhao Xiaomo felt that his father should have found some clues.
Zhao Xiaomo paused, and asked tentatively: "Dad, why did you suddenly ask me and Nianxi." ā
"I have two daughters at once, and I have mixed feelings. Dad said something serious that made Zhao Xiaomo speechless, and he continued: "And whether it's you or Nianxi, you've been too busy lately, and you don't come to see me and your mother much." Dad skillfully staggered the focus, Zhao Xiaomo looked at his father, and continued with his words: "Nianxi has been busy with school affairs recently, but it should be almost over, and what about me...... There's something I'd like to discuss with you. ā
"What's the matter?" asked Dad after eating, putting down his chopsticks and sipping his tea.
Zhao Xiaomo looked at his father who was drinking tea, and said cautiously: "I want to open a studio." ā
"Poof......" The mother who was the first to talk, her hand scooping the soup shook, and then asked a little funny and uncertain: "Do you want to start your own business?"
"Well, I'm studying jewelry design, there are only a few ways out in the future, I thought about it, I want to start my own brand, maybe it's too early for me to make this decision, after all, my age and qualifications are not good, but I want to try. Zhao Xiaomo couldn't help but look at her parents when she said, and paused: "And don't you all support college students to start their own businesses now?"
Zhao Xiaomo blinked her eyes after speaking, looked at her parents who didn't speak, and her heart hung slightly, although her parents didn't support it, she also had other ways, but at the moment she felt that the best way was to let her parents support her.
Dad looked at it, was silent for more than ten seconds, and then asked, "We have a lot of shops at home, and many of them are engaged in jewelry business, if you want to run one, you can choose one." Dad put his chin on his hands and denied her idea in a changing direction.
Zhao Xiaomo frowned slightly and said, "Dad, it is true that it would be better and stable to take over from the family business, but I am still young and I want to have my own experience." ā
"But ......" Mom looked at Dad, probably understanding what he wanted to say, but before Mom's words were finished, Zhao Xiaomo lightly interrupted Mom's words, "Mom and Dad, I know what you are worried about, otherwise I will report the specific plan of each month's expenditure to you, and treat it as your investment." Zhao Xiaomo paused and continued: "Don't worry, I won't let my parents invest a lot of money, if the profit starts, I will try to repay the balance of your original investment, but I have a request." ā
"What requirements?" Zhao Qikang looked at the stubborn Zhao Xiaomo in front of him and couldn't help asking.
"It's just that I don't want to include this brand in the Zhao family. Zhao Xiaomo paused and said very emphatically: "This is my personal brand." Zhao Qikang didn't know why his daughter would make this statement, he nodded and agreed: "I can agree to your request, but ......"
"That's it, how much money do you need, you tell your mother, and your mother gives it to you. Mo Tingting interrupted her husband's words, she knew what her husband wanted to say, and she also knew that her husband wanted to dissuade Zhao Xiaomo from starting a business, after all, starting a business is a very difficult thing, and there are many difficulties in addition to capital operation, especially in the jewelry industry, which requires a strong forward-looking.
Mo Tingting knew that it was not that her husband didn't trust Zhao Xiaomo, but he felt that the current Zhao Xiaomo needed an experience, rather than starting a business directly.
She knows, she knows...... It's just that from the perspective of a mother, when she sees that her child has such a strong need, she can't say no words.
"Qikang, I have a lot of savings in the restaurant over the years, and it is completely enough to fulfill the child's dream, so let's do it!" The mother paused, touched Zhao Xiaomo's head, looked at the bracelet on her wrist and said: "This child has always made me feel at ease since he was found. Anwen, I know you gave her a black card, and I have also checked the consumption records of this card, except for some cheap cosmetics, I bought some raw materials for me to make bracelets, she is so sensible, I really have no way to refuse her, anyway, the start-up capital for opening a small studio is not much, just rely on her!"
Zhao Qikang saw that Mo Tingting said this, and directly sighed and said, "Well, then let's decide!"
Zhao Xiaomo didn't expect that it was her mother who was the first to agree, she looked at her mother, and didn't know what to say for a while, although she thought that her family would oppose it before she came here, and she also thought of a lot of rhetoric, but she didn't expect this matter to be settled so easily, Zhao Xiaomo took a deep breath and couldn't help but say, "Mom...... Thank you. ā
"Why the whole family is starting to say thank you. Mom smiled and got up and said, "Okay, I'll go wash the dishes, you two go out and buy some fruit, there is no fruit at home." ā
"I'll wash it!" Zhao Xiaomo looked at her mother who got up, and also got up, but as soon as her words came out, her father interrupted directly, and her father paused: "Let's go together, your mother's body is not suitable for wind, and she is easy to get cold."
eā¦ā¦ Zhao Xiaomo pursed her lips and didn't dare to refute, at this time her father had already put on her coat and said, "Let's go, go out and buy fruit for your mother." ā
Zhao Xiaomo nodded, didn't care about his father's commanding tone, and walked out directly with him.
The streets at the end of summer are a little cool, although there is no scene of flowers blooming, but there is also a different taste, Zhao Xiaomo followed behind his father, his parents' residence is a simple community, there is a supermarket downstairs, there are banks and a primary school around, so there are many children in this neighborhood, as long as you go out, you can hear all kinds of bear children playing and playing.
"Your mother's savings are not enough for her to support her retirement, if the funds in the studio are not enough, you can come to me, don't use your mother's money. Dad pulled her over, and the two walked side by side on the sheep intestine path, and Dad sighed: "It's not easy for your mother to make money." ā
Zhao Xiaomo listened to her father's words silently, and didn't know how to answer for a while, she could only nod, although she knew that her father was a wife protector before, but she didn't expect him to say that it was not easy for her mother to make money against her will.
In addition to some real estate, Mom has a restaurant, which has been managed by a professional team hired by Dad, and Mom basically collects money every year.
Ahem...... It's not easy to make money like this?
Of course, this kind of fancy show of affection and complaint, Zhao Xiaomo only dared to put it in her heart, no matter how this trip, her purpose was completed, as long as her parents supported her to start a business, then she would have to do a good job next, although she has only just become an adult, but she has the soul of a thirty-year-old middle-aged aunt in her body, how to run a studio? forward-looking? These are not problems for her!