Attending night school?
You can learn some things.
"Working at a clothing store."
Mrs. Wang wasn’t surprised. "Now that individual businesses are allowed, a lot of stores have opened up."
Switching from a jewelry store to working at a clothing store wasn’t a big deal.
"Working during the day and attending night school in the evening, can you handle that?"
Working long hours at these shops, I heard the wages are quite good.
"Her cousins, both her male and female cousins, got into university, taking their siblings to Capital City to find work."
For a rural person to get into university, that’s really like a golden phoenix flying out of the countryside.
"There are four siblings in her family; she’s the youngest."
The very youngest one.
Wang Jianguo knew how to use the strategy of praise before revealing concerns.
First talk about the good points, then mention the drawbacks.
To give his parents some time to transition.
"She has been divorced."
At these words, both Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang were shocked.
They never expected that their son would fall for a divorced woman.
It wasn’t that they looked down on divorcees.
Many Educated Youths who had returned to the city had gotten divorced.
But for them to accept a wife for their son who had been divorced, that was something they couldn’t quite accept so quickly.
"Son, there’s no rush with your marriage," Mrs. Wang weighed her words carefully before speaking.
Previously, she had been anxious about her son’s marriage.
"Mom, Comrade Zhao is really good. She divorced because her ex-husband’s family looked down on her for not being able to conceive. It turns out it wasn’t her fault after medical checks, she’s very gentle."
Mr. and Mrs. Wang exchanged looks.
They saw the difficulty in each other’s eyes.
"I know you might not be happy that she has been divorced, but that wasn’t her fault. Now she’s still attending night school, brings home a good salary every month. Initially, she didn’t want to have anything to do with me. It was only after I went to see her elder brother that he helped to persuade her. Even now she hasn’t agreed to become my girlfriend."
This speech left the old couple at a loss for words.
It was clear that their son was genuinely fond of the girl.
They couldn’t just forcibly separate a loving couple, could they?
Their son would end up hating them, wouldn’t he?
That girl, even if she came from a rural area, even if she hadn’t had much schooling, they wouldn’t mind.
But her being divorced was what they really couldn’t accept for the time being.
Their son was on the verge of his first marriage.
"Let’s eat first, shall we eat first?"
Over at the Courtyard House.
After Zhao Xinxin returned, she had dinner and then went to find Yun Xiaoxiao.
At this hour, the couple hadn’t gone to bed yet. One was looking at a ledger by the open window, the other was eating fruit.
"Xinxin, is something the matter?"
"Sister-in-law, could you step out for a moment?"
Step out for a moment?
Zhao Xinxin didn’t hide anything and told Yun Xiaoxiao everything Wang Jianguo had mentioned to her.
Considering marriage as a prerequisite for dating?
Their younger sister is not bad at all.
Although she didn’t attend school for many years, she is learning to read and attending night school. After graduating, she might work in a factory as a apparel designer, and if she gets the chance, she could even study abroad.
Even though divorce is a stain on her history, it doesn’t need to be hidden.
"You haven’t agreed yet?"
"Sister-in-law, I’m afraid his family won’t agree. Officer Wang works in Public Security, their family of four, his sister got married, and they even mentioned having three rooms in their house."
Three rooms in their house?
Today, many are allocated housing by their workplace.
Having three rooms allocated means the parents must be capable.
They’re probably leaders.
Afraid they would mind the younger sister’s divorced status?
If she really married into that family, it would be marrying up. Would she feel inferior?