The next day, the pouring rain finally subsided a little.
Today is a weekend, neither parents went to work, and Chen Zhu was also woken up for breakfast at home.
What is the most comfortable sleeping state for college students?
It was probably because the weather was a bit cold. I was covered with a quilt and could hear the white noise of raindrops hitting the windowsill, and I stayed up all night.
In fact, Chen Zhu stayed up late last night, mainly because his mother Mao Xiaoqin kept asking him to chat.
Think about it, if your son suddenly brings a girl home, any responsible parent will not remain indifferent.
After Chen Peisong and Mao Xiaoqin discussed it, they decided that it would be more appropriate for Dr. Mao to talk to his son.
After all, this is an emotional issue. As a mother, it is naturally easier to communicate than a father.
Mao Xiaoqin used Chen Zhu's "experience in school this semester" as the starting point. After going around in a circle, he finally settled on his relationship with Yu Xian.
To sum up, Dr. Mao wants to express two aspects:
First, Yu Xian is a good girl. Since you have brought her home, your father and I will recognize her as our daughter-in-law;
Secondly, now that you have made your choice, don’t get hung up on anything vaguely to avoid making any mistakes.
In fact, Chen Zhu heard it, and his mother wanted to emphasize the second point——
Since I have chosen Yu Xian, I need to keep an appropriate distance from Song Shiwei.
How can Chen Zhu keep his distance?
I just sent a message to Sister Sweet.
She was also very miserable these days, and Professor Lu adopted strict measures to restrict her activities at home and in the community.
Even when walking in the community, Professor Lu, who is also on winter vacation, will follow him every step of the way.
"I can't imagine that Sister Sweet has been living under such high pressure in her previous life."
Chen Zhu shook his head, feeling a little pitiful for this cold and cold little girl.
Maybe part of the meaning of my rebirth is to rescue these beautiful girls.
Of course, saying "rescue" may be an exaggeration. In fact, the flapping wings of this butterfly do have a great impact on the people around it.
However, Mao Xiaoqin saw the disapproval on his son's eyebrows and his remarks about being proficient in Tai Chi. He obviously didn't listen.
Mao Xiaoqin sighed in her heart, suddenly missing her obedient son in high school.
At that time, I thought he was too honest and even hoped that he would join the student union to hone his social skills.
I don’t even know that my relationship with Lao Chen is so stable. Where did Chen Zhu’s distorted view of love come from?
It was as if he had been immersed in a dirty environment for a long time, causing his moral bottom line to be stretched continuously.
"Where is it so dirty?"
Mao Xiaoqin didn't understand.
But after all, she is a doctor in a tertiary hospital, a regular medical undergraduate in the 1980s, and she is not the kind of parent who "gets angry easily when her children disobey".
Facing her son who was still wavering in his mind, Mao Xiaoqin knew that the matter had to be corrected slowly, and while urging him to rest early, he also said meaningfully:
"This game of life is sometimes very strange. You will regret it if you choose it, and you will regret it if you give it up. There can be no best of both worlds in the world."
"Chen Zhu, having the best of both worlds is just an ideal, not an existence."
Facing his mother's teachings, Chen Zhu remained silent for a moment, then took out his cell phone and sent "good night" text messages to the beautiful girls.
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After being called two or three times in the morning, Chen Zhu came to the living room after washing up and found that his mother had made his favorite egg pancake in high school.
"Oh~"
Chen Zhu grinned, recalling a year ago in a trance.
At that time, in order to catch up with the 7 o'clock morning self-study, Queen Mother Mao would make the noodles the night before.
When it was bright in the early morning, I got up and was still getting dressed, while my mother was already busy.
Chen Zu usually memorizes some English words at this time. The "sizzling" sound of frying in the kitchen is mixed with the scent of green onions, slowly floating in the living room, as if even the letters ABC are mixed with the smell of egg pancakes.
It was really hard for Queen Mother Mao at that time. After serving her son, who was a senior in high school, after breakfast, she hurried to the hospital to go to work.
No wonder Lao Chen has always said that this family can survive without anyone, but it can never survive without Dr. Mao.
"Mom~"
Chen Zhu picked up the egg pancake and smelled the familiar smell. He said to his mother who was cleaning the house: "How about I hire a nanny? Don't be so tired." "No!"
Mao Xiaoqin wiped the stove and said without looking back: "After you went to college, except for eating at home on weekends, your dad and I worked at work at other times."
“The hospital cafeteria is not delicious.”
Chen Zhu said: "Invite an aunt so that you can enjoy hot meals when you get home from get off work."
"We only have this little space in our house, where can we hire a nanny?"
Mao Xiaoqin rolled her eyes at her son.
"It's not a live-in nanny, the kind that has day shifts now..."
Chen Zhu was going to persuade his mother to learn to enjoy happiness early, but when he heard a "squeak" sound, Lao Chen opened the door and came back from outside with an umbrella and some soy milk in his hand.
"What are you talking about?"
Chen Peisong put the soy milk with a straw in front of Chen Zhu and asked with a smile.
"I said I would hire a nanny for you..."
Chen Zhu took a sip of the fragrant soy milk.
There was not much technology and hard work in this era, and even the soybeans used to make soy milk were not genetically modified products.
"Forget it, we have hands and feet and don't want others to take care of us."
Lao Chen also refused directly. He could understand his son's filial piety, but it was really not that far yet. In addition, as a leading cadre, he had to pay attention to the impact.
"Right."
Chen Peisong did not discuss the "nanny" thing, but touched his pocket and said: "When I came back from buying soy milk, I saw a letter in the mailbox that had just been delivered, and it was postmarked by your school."
"Yeah?"
Chen Zhu raised his head, thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's the transcript of the final exam..."
It is not 2024 now, and final university grades can be checked online.
In other words, even more than ten years later, some schools will still send parents transcripts to protect their right to know.
I don’t know if Lingyuan will change this approach in the future. Like many schools, it still reports to parents through simple paper documents.
"Bring it to me and see!"
After Mao Xiaoqin heard this, she wiped her hands on the apron around her waist.
She is also very sensitive to her son's scores just like she was in high school.
Although scores are actually not that important to college students.
Seeing the expectant and eager expression on his mother's face, Chen Zhu, who didn't care so much at first, suddenly became a little nervous.
At this time, Lao Chen also realized that this might be a "family harmony destruction list."
Chen Zhu is starting a business and falling in love this semester. How much energy can he allocate to his studies?
Chen Peisong's view was not optimistic, and he regretted not asking Chen Zhu in advance.
But his wife had already come over, and Lao Chen did not dare to disobey him. He could only watch as she snatched the envelope from his hand.
Empress Dowager Mao tore the seal in front of her and pulled out a thin piece of A4 paper.
"Um?"
Under the incandescent light in the living room, Mao Xiaoqin was stunned for a moment, and then looked at it carefully.
Chen Zhu couldn't judge the meaning of Queen Mother Mao's reaction for a while, but he suddenly remembered that since the transcripts had been sent home, they had probably been announced in the class group.
Chen Zhu quickly took out his mobile phone and opened the QQ group of "2007 Lingnan Economics Class".
Sure enough, the counselor Fu Qianling shared an excel document of "Final Exam Results".
This is a new feature launched by QQ last year, which also means that this purely entertainment and leisure communication software has begun to include daily life and office functions.
Click on the excel document, which contains the scores and rankings of all classmates.
Chen Zhu went from top to bottom, quickly locked on his name, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I live up to my fate!
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(One more chapter tonight.)
Chapter completed!