Phi-Fic Chapter 1296 Daughter Fights for Face
Chapter 1296 Daughter Fights for Face
Mu Ning looked at Zhuang Shiyuan in surprise. Zhuang Shiyuan turned to her and asked, "You haven't seen it?"
Mu Ning nodded hesitantly, "Is there such a saying?"
Zhuang Shiyuan smiled and continued with his kind advice, "As for the tutoring job, if you want to do it, then go ahead. However, my suggestion is that you quit. First of all, it's cold, and it gets dark quickly, so it's dangerous to come back late at night. Secondly, you don't make much money with two classes a week. But you've put a lot into this, and the effort and reward aren't proportional, so you can give up on it. But after quitting, you can't just sit around playing on the computer all day. My suggestion is that you take driving lessons, and start early. Winter vacation is short after all, so the sooner we can start, the better. What do you think?"
This was probably the first time that Mu Xiaonu listened to Zhuang Shiyuan's long speech so seriously. Her thoughts were still not caught up after he finished speaking.
"Well, that's right." Mu Xiaonv said with a chuckle.
Zhuang Shiyuan sat up and asked, "How about quitting your job?"
"Okay." Mu Ning agreed without hesitation.
Zhuang Shiyuan was surprised by her straightforwardness. This was unlike her. Normally, she would take a long time to agree to something.
"Then it's settled. The key is with you and you can move in anytime. Uncle Ren will come to see you in person this Wednesday. You take your household registration information to the housing management office to go through the formalities. After the formalities are completed, the house will be yours. Of course, you can also leave it to your parents. I'm just saying that. It's up to you to decide." Zhuang Shiyuan said seriously.
"Well, I'll think about it seriously." Mu Ning said seriously.
As soon as Zhuang Shiyuan left in the afternoon, Mu Ning went to her parents' house. Zhuang Shiyuan usually didn't give her money except for living expenses. He said that if she needed money, she could ask him for it. But the problem was, how could people live in this society without spending money? Even drinking water cost money. Did she have to ask him for money all the time?
She has already taken advantage of Zhuang Shiyuan enough, and she really doesn't want to ask him for money for her daily expenses. They are not married yet, right?
Mu Ning's parents lived in the basement, a small room where they ate, drank, defecated, urinated and slept.
In Beijing, even living in a basement is considered good. Many people live in underground tunnels and dry wells. Compared to them, Mu Ning's parents are doing well.
Of course, this was also because Mu Ning's father didn't want to endure more hardship. How much money could Mu Ning's mother make selling stinky tofu every day? Nowadays, barbecue, cold noodles, and stinky tofu all have specialty stores, and people no longer bother to buy them at small stalls. So relying on the little money earned from selling stinky tofu to pay rent and expenses was really difficult.
Originally, they wanted to support their daughter, but ended up supporting themselves all these years. They had no money for their daughter's tuition or living expenses, and had borrowed money countless times from relatives and neighbors back home. People back home thought their family had made a fortune in the capital, and after living in the imperial city for so many years, they must have picked up a lot of money.
Everyone in the mountains thought so. Mu Ning's parents also thought so before they left the mountains. They thought that the capital was a place where you could pick up money everywhere.
But only after coming here did I realize that it's better to live comfortably at home. After a day's work at home, at least I can sleep soundly in my own house. In Beijing, I slept on overpasses for many years before finally finding the basement where I live now.
The reason why Mu Ning's father has been doing nothing and drinking and smoking every day is that he found this place and thought that if he lived here, he would help the landlord upstairs with all kinds of things every day. The landlord upstairs was an old lady, and her son and daughter-in-law rarely came back, so Mu Ning's father moved here at that time to help the old lady upstairs with a lot of things.
The reward was that Mu Ning was admitted to the school here and was admitted to high school under the name of this child. Thanks to her hard work and not embarrassing others, she successfully entered Beijing University.
I heard that the old lady upstairs’ son worked in the Education Bureau, so the matter went quite smoothly at the beginning.
Just because his daughter went to a good school and got into a good university, the father started to enjoy the life of a great man in advance. Without him, there would be no daughter attending Peking University. You have to know how many college entrance examination students in the country competed for a place in Peking University. Raising a daughter who attended Peking University makes you feel proud wherever you go.
So Mu Shiqing lived a carefree life and even complained about Mu Ning's mother.
Mu Ning's mother was a submissive person who never complained no matter how hard her heart was. She had no complaints when her husband didn't help with the chores or work to earn money. Mu Ning often felt sorry for her mother, but what did her mother say?
"I've been here for so many years, and I'm not exhausted."
These are the exact words of Mu Ning's mother. She is a person who accepts her fate. Many women at that time, or even women with less education in remote mountainous areas now, basically have this idea: if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. If the husband doesn't work, then the woman has to do it, otherwise she will starve to death.
Mu Ning knocked on the door. His father was at home, sleeping soundly. His snoring could be heard outside the door. Mu Ning kicked him.
"Dad, open the door!"
After shouting several times, there was finally movement from inside, but the door was not opened immediately. The person inside had drunk too much last night and was still dizzy when he opened his eyes.
However, the old lady upstairs heard Mu Ning's voice and came down.
"Ning'er, you're back? Come up and sit for a while. Why don't you come back more often? Grandma misses you so much." The old lady walked down the stairs step by step with a cane. Mu Ning turned around, paused, and then hurried to help her.
When Mu Ning came over, the old lady stood there and refused to move. She took Mu Ning's hand and said warmly, "My dear daughter, come sit with grandma for a while. There are a lot of delicious food at grandma's house. Come on, go get some with grandma, okay?"
"No need, grandma, I'll just be back for a while." Mu Ning said seriously.
The old lady was a good person. Mu Ning had often felt that this old lady loved her more than her father and was more like her relative.
"Yeah, it's narrow inside, there's no place to sit. Let's come to grandma's house, it's spacious there." The old man pulled Mu Ning upstairs.
The elderly who are left unattended are always pitiful. Now the old lady is doing better. Her son and daughter-in-law come back once a week. Sometimes her grandchildren will drive back to see her when they have time. In the past, after her son and daughter-in-law went out to live, the old lady was like a childless person, which was very pitiful.
So the old man likes Mu Ning. Mu Ning's family has lived in the basement for many years. The old man has watched Mu Ning grow up from a little girl. Seeing her is like seeing his own granddaughter. How could he not like her?