Chapter 126: Getting Ready for School
After such a bad thing last time, at least, there will be no other stores to trouble them for a long time.
Chen Meilan also felt a little more leisurely, otherwise there would be endless people looking for trouble like this, and it would also disrupt their normal life.
The snack bar's business was already on track, and even if she didn't have to watch it all the time, the two employees she had hired knew what to do.
Chen Meilan suddenly became much more relaxed.
However, she has never been a person who likes to be idle, because in her eyes, idleness means idleness.
She is at a good age, and she still has to work hard.
However, if she wants to open a restaurant or other stores, the funds are still too small at the moment, and she can't consider it yet.
In this way, she turned her eyes to Chen Meiling and Chen Meifeng again.
She still wanted to send them to school.
One is 16 years old and the other is 12 years old, they are already old, and they can't afford to delay their age.
At the age of 16, you can get married in this era, but after a few years because of the family, if you don't go to school, you really don't have a chance.
Earlier, she also talked to her mother about going to school, but her mother objected because of money at that time.
Now that I've earned enough, I'll have to convince my mother this time.
The more Chen Meilan thought about it, the more feasible she felt, and she was already thinking about what kind of school she should go to for them.
In the evening, she discussed the matter with Li Chunhua.
At that time, the two of them had finished eating, washed their feet, and were sitting outside in the shade.
It's the time of spring and summer, it's a little hot during the day, and the night breeze blows very cool at night.
The family likes to do this outside to cool off, and after a busy day, this is a rare time to relax.
Chen Meilan also took advantage of her mother's good mood to mention this matter to her: "Mom, there is something I still want to discuss with you. ”
Perhaps because her expression was too serious and solemn, Li Chunhua couldn't help but get nervous: "Meilan, if you have anything, just say it." ”
"Mom, you relax a little, people who don't know see it and think we're discussing some confidential matters, in fact, I just want to tell you, Meiling Meifeng is not too young, I want to send them to school?"
After Li Chunhua heard this, her brows furrowed suddenly: "This, why did you mention this matter again, Meilan, my mother knows that you mean well, but it is not easy for you to make money, and your two younger sisters are also older, it is better to help you at home, how can you afford them to go to school again?"
"Mom, I know you feel sorry for me, but I also feel sorry for my two younger sisters, they are not young but have no education, they say that it sounds good to help me, and if it doesn't sound good, it is a small job, what future can I have, I think Dad will not agree if he knows. Seeing that there was no way, she moved out of her father, who had died.
Li Chunhua listened, suddenly lowered her head, sighed again, and then said slowly to her: "Speaking of which, when your father was here before, Meiling and Meifeng both went to school for a few years, and you are three daughters, but your father has never disliked it, and he also tried his best to send you to school, but ...... later."
Li Chunhua said, perhaps thinking of her husband's death, tears couldn't help but fall.
Chen Meilan listened, and she was also full of emotion in her heart.
Although she had never seen that father, she did not feel the fatherly love of that father.
But just by the things he did, he could also feel the greatness of that father.
In such an era, not only is there no preference for sons, but they also want to send their children to school in every possible way, and such fathers are difficult to find even in modern times.
Chen Meilan thought about it, sighed deeply, hugged Li Chunhua into her arms, and comforted her in a low voice: "Okay, okay, Mom, don't cry, although my father is gone, but I am with you, and my sister is with you, our family will definitely be fine." ”
Li Chunhua heard her comfort, and she was sentimental, and she slowly eased up after a while.
"Meilan, I know your kindness, but your two younger sisters have been delayed for so many years after all, Meifeng is okay, it's good to read more books at the age of 12, but Meiling is already 16 years old, and it is time to get married. Li Chunhua fully expressed her worries as a mother.
But Chen Meilan was very speechless when she heard this.
You must know that at this time, 16 years old is just the age of graduating from junior high school, and it is still very early to talk about marriage, and even if you get married, you will be punished by the law.
But in today's era, they are married and childbearing early, and they are still good at 16 years old here, and there are fourteen or fifteen years old in many places.
Chen Meilan couldn't even think about it, but it also fully demonstrated the disadvantages of this era.
For women's feudal thinking, the 80s were still not too open.
Li Chunhua is such a common example.
Because of this, Chen Meilan wants to send her two younger sisters to school.
Only by recognizing the wider sky can we not be confined to today's situation.
So she took her mother's hand and asked seriously: "Mom, I know you have been thinking about your sister for a long time, but if my sister doesn't go to school, she has no education and no ability, how can she find a good family, if she has a degree, even if it is a few years late, there are people vying for it, you see I am because I went to school for a few years, and I changed my English to change our family, if my sister also meets a mother-in-law like grandma's house, she can't do anything, how can she escape from such a predicament." ”
It is impossible for Chen Meilan to tell her mother the theory of equality between men and women in her previous life.
For a feudal mother, it is extremely difficult to convince her.
It is better to start from this aspect, from the future of the children.
Li Chunhua is a person who cherishes her children, and of course she will plan for her daughter.
Sure enough, when she said this, Li Chunhua was slowly moved.
Chen Meilan made persistent efforts: "And I've heard that in developed places like Shanghai and Guangdong, it is very common for girls to marry in their twenties, and only in underdeveloped places will they marry very early, so there is never a shortage of people who have the ability and culture to marry." ”
Chen Meilan gave a few more examples, all of which are from big cities.
Li Chunhua was really moved when she heard this.
Moreover, she also hopes that her daughter can have a better future.
So, she tightened her heart at the end, clenched her fists, and finally nodded: "You're right, even for them, I can't be so selfish, we have money in our hands now, we can't deprive them of their right to education, I don't have any ability, and I can't recognize a few words, but I hope my daughters can be well, okay, Mom doesn't hesitate anymore, do what you want, Mom will support you." ”
Li Chunhua took her hand with great care, her eyes full of motherly feelings.