CHAPTER XVI

When Chen Jing returned home, she was already exhausted, and Yang Xiaoman asked her about her feelings in the car before, which made her a little depressed, after all, every independent and strong woman has several injured stories behind her, and girls with smooth emotions have been in an environment of being cared for for a long time, just like flowers blooming in a greenhouse, and her personality is generally soft, of course, except for the equally gentle Lin Ruiyu, she actually has a strong heart under the gentle appearance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Jing drooped her head and entered the house expressionlessly, and saw that her mother was still in the living room. Mother rests early on weekdays, but she hasn't slept today, Chen Jing was afraid that something would happen to her mother, so she asked, "Mom, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to wait for you, you always come back late, I go to bed early, I always feel that I can't see you often, and I don't have a chance to talk to you." Chen Jing's mother is a Chinese woman in the traditional sense, hard-working, budget-conscious, before Chen Jing graduated from university, a person with children and multiple jobs, although it is very hard, but has always cleaned up herself and Chen Jing clean and decent, all this, Chen Jing remembered, as soon as she graduated, she worked hard and honored her mother. Over the years, relying on her own efforts, Chen Jing has also become famous in the photography circle, she has long been able to stand on her own and support her mother, and she can live well, but there is more and more work, and the time to accompany her mother is getting less and less, just hearing her mother's words, her heart is also sour, and after chatting with her mother for a while, Chen Jing got up and let her mother go to sleep, she has clearly seen the old man's deliberately hidden sleepiness.

The next day, Liu Qian went to work and saw Zhou Linlin in a bit of a trance and asked what the situation was. Zhou Linlin quietly pulled Liu Qian to the side: "Last night, Lao Zheng suddenly proposed to me, which scared me. ”

Liu Qian was also a little surprised: "Aren't you inappropriate, how can you 。。。。。。 ”

"Yes, I never thought about living with this old man for the rest of my life, I was young, and I still wanted to find a handsome guy to live a good life in the future, so that I would spend the next so many years on this old man, and I would have died, if it was Mr. Xiao Zheng, I would not hesitate. Then who knows which tendon of this old man is firmly tied to play really. ”

Liu Qian smiled: "Then how do you want to get it?" How did you answer his marriage proposal? ”

"I didn't get anything back, stupid."

Liu Qian thought for a while: "In this way, Mr. Zheng is still serious about you, it's good, as long as he treats you well, you can think about it, for the sake of money, you can't lose anything, after twenty or thirty years, you will be free again, and you will still be a rich free body." ”

"Twenty or thirty years? Crazy, I don't want to wait so long, I'll be an old woman by then, and I'm looking for some handsome guys. ”

"Sister, but when the time comes, you will be rich, rich, are you afraid that there will be no man? Now that you are separated from Lao Zheng, you will definitely be able to meet a perfect man to spend your life with? ”

Zhou Linlin was silent, and Liu Qian continued: "Of course, you are indeed too different in age, and marrying him is really wronged by you." But you have sacrificed for so many years, and now you refuse to withdraw, there is nothing left, will you be willing? ”

"It's messy." Zhou Linlin lit a cigarette, and the two of them were in the fire staircase, and no one saw it: "Why do I feel that I am more entangled by what you say." ”

"Life is tangled everywhere, in this life, there will always be a lot of choices, the result of each entanglement marks the direction of the next life journey, if you don't get tangled, you can't continue, what is a waste of your time and youth."

"But I'm afraid to make a choice that I'll regret."

"Actually, I don't think this question is difficult, it's nothing more than money and affection, which one do you want. Of course, it's good to get both, but how can there be such a thing as the best of both worlds? I thought I had got it all, and I was done, and I saw that in the end, I didn't end up with both personal and financial resources. There is no choice that guarantees that you will never regret it in the future. ”

"Yes, I regret my decision to be with Lao Zheng now, I thought I had made a shrewd calculation, but who expected to put myself in it now." Zhou Linlin sighed, lit another cigarette, took a sharp puff, and then spit out a thick cigarette, and the tobacco was wrapped around her face, giving birth to a little fairy energy.

There are about two kinds of women smoking, one is the man type, smoking the same cigarette as a man, and snorting boldly; The other is the charming type, thin moir or other, mint flavor, orchid finger cigarette, wearing tight dress, red lips, sexy dust. Zhou Linlin smoked, but it was a cigar smoke, to be exact, it was not a cigarette, it was a cigar as thick as a cigarette, the Great Wall, with a strong chocolate taste, surprisingly good smell, she sent it to Liu Qian, although she usually did not see Liu Qian smoking, but Zhou Linlin knew at a glance that this was also a woman with a smoking addiction.

"It's a cigar, not a cigarette, don't get into your lungs, it hurts." Zhou Linlin took care of it when she passed the Great Wall.

"It's the first time I've seen a girl smoke a cigar, and I can't see you so fierce."

"No, I just think it smells better than cigarettes, and I don't touch that kind of thick cigar, so I smoke this as a cigarette."

Liu Qian took it, lit it, and tried it.

"For the first time?"

"Yes."

"How?"

"Still, not bad."

The two women burst out laughing when they finished talking.

"You know, I used to see the kind of girls who ******** want to marry a wealthy family, unless they are the right people, otherwise I think they are so naΓ―ve, just like Zhao Yan, how can there be so many Cinderella fairy tales in reality, Xiao Zheng will not be attracted by a girl like her, so, I think I am a little smarter than them, curves to save the country, in the end, don't you just want to make money, my son can't catch Lao Tzu, no one will come to the real thing, it's easier to get started, and when the time comes, I will get to the level of my satisfaction, It's also easier to get out. However, now, I feel that I am even more stupid than them, and I agree to get married, which is to exchange my life with this old man for the so-called glory and wealth, not to mention that he is not rich enough to be ranked, at most, he can buy clothes and bags without blinking, and he feels a little lost. If you don't agree, it means that you have slept with this bad old man in vain in the past few years, and you will lose even more. ”

Liu Qian just carefully remembered Zhou Linlin's instructions and tried not to habitually inhale cigarettes into her lungs, but as soon as Zhou Linlin's words came out, she couldn't help laughing and choked in: "What you say is not rough, what you say is very reasonable, I like your straightforward character." In fact, you are really a smart person, and you think more than the average girl of the same age and see far, which is already quite good. ”

"So what, it's not that I stumbled and died of sorrow."

Liu Qian patted Zhou Linlin: "This sister really can't help you, you just complain and speak, I can listen, this decision is too big, you must think about it yourself." In fact, Liu Qian likes Zhou Linlin's direct personality, she speaks very straight, and expresses her thoughts very directly, which is many times stronger than those green teas, and her straightforwardness is not despised.

"By the way, remind you of something, does the person who introduced you come in also know Xiao Zheng, I feel that Xiao Zheng is still covering you, and I obviously feel that Zhao Yan is a little unhappy, probably because I am afraid that you will rob her Xiao Zheng, you just be careful."

"No, I never thought of 。。。。。 with Mr. Xiao Zheng" Liu Qian was a little dazed.

"I'm just feeling, so I'll remind you, it shouldn't be anything."

"Zhao Yan is just a little girl who is guilty of sitting and dreaming, so I won't worry about anything with her."

"Yes, one day the dream is shattered, knowing that in reality, Cinderella can't get into the eyes of the prince at all, and she will grow up, let her experience it herself, and she will grow. In fact, I still envy her, she is a foreign girl alone in Shanghai like me, I know that it is not easy to survive, so I compromised and was willing to use myself and Lao Zheng to make a deal, but she can still maintain such a simple girlish heart, it is not easy. ”

"It turns out that Zhao Yan is not from Shanghai, and I also think she is still a little princess living under the protection of her parents."

"I really envy that you can work and live in the place where you grew up, you can see your parents at any time, there is no pressure to rent a house, everything around you is the most familiar environment, there is a sense of intimacy and security."

"When you say that, I really feel much happier than you. So why do you have to come to Shanghai, isn't it good to find a job in your hometown to be with your parents? Here, there is a lot of extra food and rent expenses every month, and then no one has anyone to take care of. ”

"Don't you know, in our hometown, this kind of third-tier small city that you haven't even heard of by name, even if you find a decent job, it's not as much as finding an ordinary job in Shanghai to deduct expenses. To be honest, as long as the working environment, opportunities, and income can be similar to those after deducting expenses here, even if it is a little worse, who is willing to leave their hometown. To put it more ugly, if I stay in my hometown, how can I know Lao Zheng, how can I have the current clothes and cars, although this kind of life is not glamorous, but it is also very tempting for girls, isn't it? The money I give to my family every year is a huge amount of money in our place, and my parents can hold their heads up in front of relatives and friends, and my daughter can earn so much money working in such a big city, what a proud thing it is. ”

After listening to Zhou Linlin's words, Liu Qian was silent. She really never thought about these particularly real issues, and she never knew how much parents in small cities valued their children's jobs in big cities.

"Let me tell you a word from my heart, if you really let me go back now, I'm not used to it, there is no good food, no fun and no good luxury brands, and I don't want to go back to the kind of life that has nothing to pursue after basic food and clothing."

Liu Qian expressed her agreement and understanding.

"Do you think I'm vulgar now, it's all about money."

"No, I'm grateful that you can tell me so many honest things, which means that you treat me as a friend. You are very direct and straightforward, I think it's very good, as for money, who doesn't love money, who doesn't want to wear beautiful clothes and carry a brand-name bag to drive a good car, as long as you don't do anything harmful, everyone has the right to choose what kind of life they live. ”

Zhou Linlin was so moved that she hugged Liu Qian, she thought that Liu Qian would understand her at the beginning, but she didn't expect to understand her so much.