A life of financial freedom

Suddenly, a soft and low voice was heard: "Little girl, can I sit next to you?"

Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw an old lady with silver hair, slightly hunched, leaning on a cane, but every step was so powerful.

A faint smile appeared on her face, and there was a unique warmth and wisdom in her turbid eyes.

"Of course." Zhong Tingyue smiled slightly, stood up, and helped the old lady sit down.

"Thank you."

"It's okay."

The old lady stared at her: "I haven't seen you before, you just moved in?"

Zhong Tingyue said: "I'm not a resident of the community."

"Which unit are you from?"

Zhong Tingyue answered truthfully. Hearing this, the old lady raised her eyebrows: "You are the girlfriend of the handsome guy named Chu Fang."

Zhong Tingyue was a little surprised that the old lady knew Chu Fang's name. The former nodded generously, and the latter looked her up and down and said slowly: "The young man is very good. Under his handsome appearance, he has a kind and gentle heart. Unfortunately... ...”

“What a pity?”

The old lady smiled: “It’s a pity that he is not my grandson-in-law.”

“I once wanted to introduce my granddaughter to him, but the young man didn’t like my granddaughter. He said that he wanted to find a woman who shared his mind and feelings with him to spend the rest of his life with. I have always been a little resentful. Whether it is family background or appearance, my granddaughter is outstanding. What is it about my granddaughter that is not worthy of him?”

“But after meeting you today, I realized that my granddaughter seems to be a little worse than you.”

Zhong Ting raised his eyebrows, and there was such a story.

She said modestly: “You are too kind.”

“No, no, no.” The old lady shook her head and objected to her reply, “Do you know? The first time I saw you, I felt that you and Chu Fang were the same kind of people. The figures of you two overlapped in front of me. You both have your own understanding of love, and once you decide, you will stay together for life.”

Is there such a big similarity?... Zhong Tingyue lifted her hair.

"Actually, we are not that suitable."

"Why?"

"I come from an ordinary family..."

Before she finished her words, the old lady interrupted directly: "Isn't he? Counting three generations, who is not born in the mud? Who is nobler than who?"

The old lady's questions made Zhong Tingyue speechless. The former looked at the sky, a little empty, as if recalling the past, and said softly: "If there is a choice, I would rather give up wealth and glory and be with the person I like."

The old lady once had an unforgettable relationship, but because of the big gap between the two families, and she couldn't make up her mind at the time, or she was extremely confused about the future, she broke off the relationship with her first love, and under the guidance of her family, she married and had children with someone she didn't like.

Decades later, the old lady has sons and daughters, grandsons and daughters-in-law, the whole family has branches and leaves, and the family business is also thriving. Everyone in the family is praising her for her contribution to the family business.

These sounds so nice, but the old lady feels particularly harsh.

Yes, she sacrificed herself for the family and received praise from everyone, but she failed herself and her first love.

Looking back now, the old lady regrets it very much.

She should have been bolder and braver at the beginning.

The old lady spoke softly, as if a breeze was blowing, but Zhong Tingyue sensed the complex inner fluctuations from her words, and for a moment she didn't know how to comfort the old lady.

After a long while, the old lady came back to her senses, put away her emotions, looked at her and smiled: "Sorry, when people get old, they always unconsciously recall the past."

"It's my fault for bringing up your sad past."

"Hi!" The old lady waved her hand casually, "It's over, it's not sad. What I want to say is that since you love, be bold, so as not to regret it. People only come to this world once, let your own ideas do it."

She stood up slowly, patted her back, and said: "No more chatting, I'm going home, goodbye little girl."

"Take care."

Zhong Tingyue looked at the old lady's back with a cane, and a feeling of loneliness and solitude came straight to her heart. She slowly exhaled.

Compared with this old man, she was too hypocritical.

"Sister-in-law!" At this moment, Chu Yi's voice sounded in her ears.

She turned around and saw Chu Yi and Zhou Qiong walking side by side. When they saw her, they hurried over and the latter said softly, "Sister-in-law..."

"Why are you here?" Chu Yi asked.

"Your brother said that he hasn't seen you two for a long time and missed you two very much, so he came to see you two." Zhong Tingyue touched Chu Yi's hair.

"I don't believe it.!" Chu Yi pouted, "My brother won't miss us, he will only find us annoying, sister-in-law, don't say good things for him in the future."

Chu Fang almost didn't care about his two sisters, no matter how they made trouble, and the task of taking care of them fell on Zhong Tingyue's shoulders.

Zhong Tingyue spent more time with his two sisters than Chu Fang did with the two of them. He bought clothes for them, took them shopping, handled various school matters, and even added the school parents group.

Therefore, Chu Yi was extremely dissatisfied with Chu Fang, but he was particularly respectful to Zhong Tingyue, and the relationship between the two was also very good.

However, in return, Chu Fang was very good to Zhong Rou.

The two treated each other's family in their own way.

"Your brother is busy." Zhong Tingyue explained for Chu Fang.

"Sister-in-law, you should make up a decent reason in the future. ”

“... ...”

Busy?

This word is quite humorous when used for Chu Fang.

The three of them went home together.

As night fell, a breeze blew, and the curtains fluttered.

Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue were cooking dinner in the kitchen. Hot pot was the best time to have a family reunion. The three sisters did not disturb their world of two.

Chu Yi looked at Zhong Rou, a small girl with her hair tied up, her coat open, her hands in her pockets, and an indescribable temperament. She asked, "I heard you are very good?"

"Just average, the best in the world." Zhong Rou raised her chin.

"Can you teach me? I want to learn too." Chu Yi said, pulling Zhong Rou.

"My boxing is for killing the enemy, not for show."

"Then I want to learn even more."

"The tuition fee is one thousand. I'll give you a discount because we are relatives."

"Then I won't learn. ”

“... ...” Zhong Rou was silent for a moment, pointing at Chu Yi and saying: “You don’t have a talent for martial arts!”

Zhou Qiong smiled softly as she watched from the side.

After a while, the aroma of hot pot enveloped the entire room. While eating, Chu Yi remembered something and slapped his forehead: “Chu Lao Er, the school is going to hold a swearing-in ceremony a hundred days before the college entrance examination... ...”

Before he finished speaking, Chu Fang directly refused: “I won’t go.”

He was too lazy to go to that so-called ceremony. There was nothing interesting except basking in the sun.

Chu Yi retorted: “I didn’t ask you to go.”

“I won’t go even if you ask me to.”

“I didn’t want to ask you.”

“You can ask me or not, I won’t go anyway.”

“You can go or not, I don’t want you to go.”

“I don’t want to go at all. ”

“... ...”

The two of them talked about this topic for a long time, and the people around them were speechless.

What are you two doing here?

Chu Yi glared at Chu Fang, took a deep breath, calmed down his agitated emotions, and said: "After the college entrance examination oath-taking ceremony, the school will be closed until the end of the college entrance examination, so as not to disturb the exam due to external things, so my mother wants to come and see."

"Oh." Hearing this, Chu Fang suddenly understood and blamed Chu Yi: "Then just say it directly, why are you beating around the bush with me, Chu Yi, are you crazy?"

"Chu Lao Er, I will kill you."

Seeing Chu Fang confuse right and wrong, Chu Yi could no longer suppress his inner irritability, bent his ten fingers and grabbed Chu Fang.