"Ah Zhe, don't be angry, Tingting and Xiaojie are such tempers!" Zhu's father's face was a little ugly, and Zhu's mother explained to Zhu Zhe.

Zhu Zhe sighed, shook his head helplessly, and said with emotion: "I just didn't expect that my eldest sister didn't even have any status in their hearts, and she didn't even have the least respect······ Alas! As soon as Zhu Zhe's words came out, Zhu's father and mother's face became more and more unnatural, in fact, Zhu's father and mother are not unreasonable people, but once it comes to their beloved son and daughter, the scale in their hearts will inevitably be a little biased.

In the past, they only thought that the second daughter and son were just a little willful, but today they suddenly had some different feelings.

"It's me and your mom who have been so used to them all these years!" Father Zhu said with emotion, looking at Zhu Zhe with apology and distress in his eyes: "You have worked hard in the magic capital alone all these years, and you have worked hard." Zhu Zhe's eyes flashed, and he said softly: "I don't have other people's education, and I don't have such a good family as others, so I can only rely on my own efforts, I still have thoughts in my heart before, no matter how hard and tired I am, I don't feel anything, but Tingting and Xiaojie ······" As he spoke, Zhu Zhe's originally bright eyes darkened, and his eyes were mixed with disappointment, weakness, exhaustion, and sadness.

Father Zhu only glanced at it, but he didn't dare to look at it again, and immediately looked away, and an unprecedented sense of shame and frustration arose.

Zhu's mother's face became more and more ugly, but the back of her hand was meat, and the palm of her hand was even more meat, even if she pulled Zhu Zhe to persuade: "Tingting and Xiaojie are still young and ignorant, and in a few years they will know that it is not easy for your sister." It's okay that Zhu's mother didn't say it, as soon as she said this, tears began to roll in Zhu Zhe's eyes, but after a while, two lines of clear tears slipped silently from the corners of her eyes, and the slightly vicissitudes of life on the cheeks of the painting were full of loss.

"I worked hard to make money, I was frugal, and I was reluctant to buy new clothes, just for them to go to school, hoping that our family could produce two college students, and I hoped that they would be able to have a good life after graduation, reduce the burden on the family, and have a better future, but I didn't expect that they, they ·······" The more Zhu Zhe's emotions became more excited, and the tears in his eyes couldn't stop pouring out like a spring, his face was full of loss and grief.

Zhu's mother watched Zhu Zhe cry, and was also infected in an instant, thinking of the willful behavior of her second daughter and youngest son, she was sad for a while, and she also wiped her tears with Zhu Zhe, and the mother and daughter sat on the sofa like this, holding hands and crying.

Father Zhu had the heart to persuade him, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything. For a moment, the father and daughter looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

After a while, Zhu's father said, "Ah Zhe, you and Wang Chong have really decided to get married?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Zhe nodded and said, "Do we have this plan?" Mother Zhu asked eagerly, "Do it with your sister?" ”

"Mom! How is it possible, Wang Chong doesn't know the customs on our side, can I still not know! "The custom in Zhu Zhe's hometown is not to marry two daughters in the same year, and those people in the city may have forgotten these customs a long time ago, but in the countryside, the older generation is still more particular about these.

"If only you had a good idea! Anyway, it won't be long before the end of the year, and if you really decide to get married, you can do it early next year! Zhu Mu said.

Zhu Zhe said: "That's right, Dad, Mom!" What do you think of Wang Chong's proposal just now? ”

"How's that?" Zhu's father and mother were still silent in the emotions just now, and their minds didn't turn for a while.

"That's what Wang Chong just said, he gives you and my mother a thousand yuan every month, and uses this instead of a bride price." Zhu Zhe said.

"In lieu of a bride price?" The old couple glanced at each other, but this time their opinions were not unanimous, Zhu's father was a little moved, and Zhu's mother was a little hesitant.

"Think about it, even if Wang Chong really gives a bride price, at most it is hundreds of thousands, but if it is 1,000 per month, it is 12,000 a year, and 120,000 in ten years, Dad, you are only fifty-four this year, and my mother is only fifty-one, think about it, this is not much more cost-effective than taking a bride price all at once!"

"And in this way, the burden on my shoulders and Wang Chong can be lighter, and you also know that in a big city like the Demon Capital, it is not easy to take root."

"Ah Zhe, hearing you say this, do you identify this Wang Zhong?" Father Zhu looked at Zhu Zhe and asked seriously.

Zhu Zhe said: "Dad! I'm thirty-two, and I'm already past the age where I can pick and choose, and Wang Zhong treats me very well, and I like him too. ”

"Xiao Wang is really good, but the amount of alcohol is a little worse." Father Zhu nodded. Mother Zhu bumped into Zhu's father, and just wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhu's father: "Okay, you don't say a word, Tingting is a college student, and young, we don't care about the son-in-law asking for a bride price when she gets married, Ah Zhe is this age, and Xiao Wang didn't know about it before, but now that people know about it, if we still care about people asking for a bride price, that is, we will watch people put down dishes." ”

"In the future, our Ah Zhe is going to live with Xiao Wang for the rest of his life! Didn't you listen to Tingting and Xiaojie say that Ah Zhe still owes foreign debts! Zhu's father said something, and directly blocked all the words that Zhu's mother was about to export, the palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat, and Zhu Zhe, the eldest daughter, has paid too much for the family over the years.

Sweat, youth······ Zhu's father and mother themselves feel that they owe Zhu Zhe, and now that they have talked about it, how can the old couple still pull their faces down to drag Zhu Zhe down.

"Dad, Mom, you want a bride price, it's for Xiaojie!" But Zhu Zhe can understand the difficulties of his parents very well.

"Hey!" Father Zhu sighed and slapped his thigh. Zhu Mu reluctantly squeezed out a smile and nodded.

"Dad, Mom, it's not me who said, Xiaojie doesn't even have a serious job now, even if he really talks about his girlfriend, his family may not be willing to marry his daughter to him! Even if the king gave the bride price, how long would the bride price last him? Father Zhu was silent, but he also knew in his heart that what Zhu Zhe said made sense.

Zhu Mu said: "Ah Zhe, you have been in the magic capital for so many years, you must have met a lot of people, why don't you let Xiaojie go to the magic capital with you, and you will introduce him to a job?" ”

"I can introduce Xiaojie to work!" Zhu Zhe said: "But I'm afraid that Xiaojie won't like the job I introduced!" As soon as these words came out, Zhu's mother suddenly didn't know how to answer, even if Zhu Minjie didn't have a job, he was a serious college student, but Zhu Zhe, graduated from vocational high school, worked as a waiter in the hotel, cleaned toilets and wiped toilets, if there was really a better job, Zhu Zhe himself would have gone a long time ago, Zhu Minjie is a college student, how could he look down on the job introduced by Zhu Zhe.

"Go to the magic capital, isn't it good for Xiaojie to be in his hometown, according to me, just as Ah Zhe said, let Xiaojie take the civil service exam, if he is admitted, he will have an iron rice bowl, and he will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life." Zhu's father reprimanded Zhu's mother.

"Don't I know the benefits of an iron rice bowl? But the key is that Xiaojie himself is unwilling to take the test! What can we do? Mother Zhu said helplessly, and even a little anxious on her face.

"Hey!" Father Zhu couldn't help but sigh again.

"Actually, it's not impossible!" Zhu Zhe said.

"Huh?" Zhu's father and mother all looked at Zhu Zhe. Mother Zhu couldn't wait to ask: "What way?" Zhu's father's eyes were also full of expectation.

Zhu Zhe's gaze jumped back and forth between Zhu's father and mother: "Actually, the key to the problem is still on you." ”

"On us?" Zhu's father and mother looked at each other.

"Xiaojie has been graduating for so long, and he has done a few jobs, but every time he doesn't do it for a few months, have you thought about the reason?"

"Xiaojie refuses to do it, that's because he doesn't like it, he thinks those jobs are not suitable for him, there is nothing ······" Zhu Mu forgot the words as she spoke.

"There is no room for growth, there is no prospect for development." Zhu's father added.

"Then where did Xiaojie get the money he spent outside?" Faced with Zhu Zhe's question, Zhu's father chuckled in his heart, as if he realized something.

Zhu Mu said: "Some are his own salary, and some are given by us." Zhu Zhe didn't say anything directly, but changed the topic and said: "Dad, I remember you said that since you were fourteen years old, you have followed a few uncles and uncles in the village to find work in the county, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Father Zhu nodded and said: "Your mother and I were in poor conditions when we were young, and our family had a large population, so the food we planted would be able to feed our stomachs. Zhu Zhe said: "I still remember when I was a child,"

"Dad, do you think that with our Xiaojie now, even if he really talks about his girlfriend and gets married, can he afford the burden of the family?"

"Xiaojie is still young, when he gets married and feels the pressure, he will become himself!" Zhu Mu said.

It turns out that most men are indeed like this, and after getting married, they feel the pressure and begin to learn to take on the responsibilities of the family.

Before and after marriage, the same man, the change is indeed very big.

"We are Xiaojie's family, of course we can think so, but Xiaojie's parents and family members of his future girlfriend may not think so!" Zhu Zhe said: "Let's not say anything else, let's just talk about me and Tingting, if Tingting's future husband is like our Xiaojie, a rural family, there is not even a serious job, and I usually have to rely on the help of my parents to live, are you and my mother willing to let me marry Tingting?" Zhu's father and mother were speechless by Zhu Zhe's words, and they didn't know how to answer at all.

Zhu Zhe hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Dad, Xiaojie is the only male in the family, Tingting and I are going to get married after all, our old Zhu family, we will still rely on Xiaojie to set up a household in the future!" You and my mom are so old, how long can you help him? If Xiaojie himself is not angry, even if Tingting and I can help him for a while, we can't help him for a lifetime! ”

"Ah Zhe, you have always had the right idea, what should you do now?" Father Zhu froze his mind, looked at his panicked, ownerless wife, and thought about it, this matter could only fall on the head of the eldest daughter Zhu Zhe, who has always been sensible.

Zhu Zhe said: "What else can we do, we have to find a way to make Xiaojie stand up, let him realize his pressure and responsibility, let him mature early, don't be in his twenties, he is still like a child." ”

"But we can't do anything about Xiaojie!" Mother Zhu said helplessly.

"Dad, Mom, didn't you just say that the reason why Xiaojie dares to be so willful and reckless, changing jobs is the same as changing clothes, this reason is in the two of you."

"You mean because we gave him money?" Father Zhu said. Zhu Zhe nodded and said: "That's right, if you really want Xiaojie to grow up quickly, you have to let him suffer hardships, let him know that society is cruel, different from at home, no one will let him, will keep tolerating him, and let him know how difficult it is to make money." ”

"First of all, you and my mother have to be willing to stop giving him financial support, let him learn to be independent, let himself earn money to support himself, and rely on his own ability to survive." Zhu's father was obviously moved, but Zhu's mother was still a little hesitant, mainly because she felt sorry for her son.

"Mom, Dad! I know that you feel sorry for Xiaojie, and you can't bear to see him suffer, but this hardship must be suffered, now you two are still young, and you can still help Xiaojie, but when you are old and can't do it, what should you do at that time? ”

"I'll say something ugly, these are just based on the premise that our family has been smooth sailing, but people have good fortune and misfortune, who knows what will happen tomorrow, if our family is unlucky, who gets a bad disease, what an accident, what will happen at that time?"

"As the old saying goes: relying on the mountains and mountains, relying on everyone to run, the only thing we can really rely on is our own family."

"Even if Tingting and I get married, this is still our home, and if we are wronged in our in-laws' house in the future, only Xiaojie will be able to support us and give us a head."

"But if Xiaojie has always been like this, then how will he support me and Tingting in the future?" Zhu Zhe's words were like a basin of cold water poured on his head in the winter, which made Zhu's father and mother cold from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet, more like a sharp thorn, deeply pierced into Zhu's father's heart, and made Zhu's father feel the pain of drilling his heart.

"Mom, Dad! There are still a few days before Tingting gets married, these days you two should also think about what I said, my opinion is that long pain is better than short pain, to let Xiaojie grow up quickly, at least have a serious job and a stable income. ”

"You guys think about it slowly, I'll go and see how Wang Chong is." Zhu Zhe got up and left as he spoke, poured a glass of warm water, and entered the guest room where Wang Chong was.

Just sat down, wiped Wang Chong's forehead again with a towel, but he didn't want Wang Chong, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand and grabbed Zhu Zhe's wrist, the corners of his mouth rose, squeezed out a smile, and winked at Zhu Zhe.

Zhu Zhe naturally knows his father's amount of alcohol, and he also knows Wang Chong's amount of alcohol, and he also understands his father's temperament, he and Wang Chong must be drunk before they are willing to stop, so the two discussed it at the beginning, let Wang Chong control it properly, and pretend to be drunk when he sees that it is almost over, so as not to pour Zhu's father down.