Chapter 180: When parents love their children, they plan for them far into the future

Bai Shuruo could only smile awkwardly.

Life in Dali was healing; she had never felt there was anything wrong with it.

Compared to the materialistic metropolis, she preferred the slow-paced life of Dali.

But that was also the choice she made only after experiencing a life of extreme luxury.

Xiaofeng, however, had no right to choose; she had been forced to live a life of poverty since birth.

Bai Shunan used a smart tea maker to brew a cup of tea for Bai Shuruo, poured a milkshake for Xiaofeng, and then sat on the sofa chatting with Bai Shuruo, while also notifying Lin Wanfen and Bai Shuhua to come over for a meal when they had time.

Xiaofeng could not sit still for a moment; whether it was due to her genes or because she was naturally fond of these high-tech things, she only took one sip of her milkshake before she started studying the various machines in Bai Shunan's home, ordering the household robot vacuum around several times to sweep the living room back and forth.

Next, she gave various commands to the robot's voice system, chatting with the robot and making it sing.

Bai Shunan took her to the restroom once, and she came out excitedly and said to Bai Shuruo, "Big Aunt's toilet wipes my butt for me, because there is a nozzle inside the toilet that sprays right onto my butt."

In short, she kept pestering Bai Shunan to teach her how to use various machines, and once she learned, she would study them herself, like a little adult.

Bai Shunan said to Bai Shuruo, "Look, in novels, the CEO's son can program at five years old; your Xiaofeng also has a high IQ. If she is nurtured properly, she will definitely be a talent in the future."

Bai Shuruo said, "Then should I let her go back to Fengcheng for school?"

"You have the conditions to go to school in downtown Dali, at least the conditions are slightly better. But I am certain you don't have the conditions; for one, you don't have a house, and for another, Xiaofeng hasn't registered her household yet, right? It's only because she is still young, otherwise she wouldn't even be able to get on the high-speed rail."

Bai Shuruo said faintly, "That stings."

"If you feel stung just by hearing this now, it will sting even more when she grows up. She has no house, and no impressive educational background; she can only be a plain, ordinary person. You might think being an ordinary person is nothing, but that is a last resort, because her parents didn't do their best. When parents love their children, they plan for them far into the future."

Bai Shunan had always been a very realistic person.

She was in her thirties now, but she had never had any unrealistic dreams. From the time she became sensible, she knew that if a person wanted to be respected, they had to have enough money or enough talent. Ever since she started working, she had been conscientious and diligent, working hard in society just like a man; even though she had liked someone, she had never given up on her efforts, because she felt that relying on anyone was not as good as relying on herself.

Bai Shuruo felt sheepish after being told this.

Compared to Bai Shunan, she felt she was very degenerate and useless. But Bai Shunan was right: when parents love their children, they plan for them far into the future.

She said, "Then I will consider it further and see if I can find a job in Fengcheng, and strive to transfer her household registration back before she starts elementary school; it would be best if she could go to Hu Xiao, our old elementary school."

Bai Shunan said, "Private schools are better than public ones now; you can send her to a private one. You don't need to worry about tuition; I am her big aunt, I will pay the tuition. You just focus on your career and raise your standard of living."

……

On the second day after returning to Fengcheng, Bai Shunan specifically set aside a day to take Xiaofeng and Bai Shuruo to the mall.

Of course, they went to the Trade City again.

The Trade City had been renovated last year; the venue was larger and the facilities were more advanced. But many of the old clothing stores were still there, and even the sales clerks hadn't changed.

To the left of the entrance was still that same Onelive; when Bai Shuruo saw this shop, her heart was struck hard.

Ali had told her that Han Yangting, in order to let her buy a few good outfits, had specifically given the sales clerk a large commission to run a discount promotion for her.

Seeing Bai Shuruo dazed, Bai Shunan knew what she was thinking.

Bai Shunan asked, "Do you want to go in and look around?"

Bai Shuruo immediately shook her head: "Forget it, I can't afford the clothes here."

That year, she hadn't graduated from university yet and couldn't afford the clothes here at all.

This year, she was running a homestay that could barely make ends meet; as long as she could eat and dress warmly, that was enough. Buying clothes that cost thousands of yuan each was truly extravagant. Besides, she felt that since she worked at the homestay every day, there was no need to dress so well.

Bai Shunan took Xiaofeng to buy new clothes, not feeling a bit of heartache over clothes costing hundreds or thousands of yuan.

Xiaofeng was already good-looking to begin with, and after putting on beautiful clothes, she looked like a little princess, especially her smile, which made Bai Shuruo feel guilty when she saw it, feeling that she really owed her a lot.

Then they went to eat dessert, and then to the fourth floor to eat hot pot.

Fortunately, that hot pot restaurant was still there, and because the taste was good, it was said that they had opened several branches across the country.

After arriving at the hot pot restaurant, Lin Wanfen and Bai Shuhua arrived as well.

Having not seen Bai Shuruo for a long time, Lin Wanfen and Bai Shuhua could not help but feel a wave of sadness. Lin Wanfen took Bai Shuruo's hand and said with heartache, "Ruoruo, why have you become so haggard over these few years? You must have had a very hard time, right?"

It was naturally hard, being in such a far-off place, giving birth to a child, the child being so young, and still having to run a homestay, struggling for food and clothing.

Bai Shuruo wanted to deny it, but Lin Wanfen said, "Don't be stubborn. I think after you come back this time, don't go back again. Sell the homestay to someone else and come back to Fengcheng. I will help you take care of Xiaofeng. Among young mothers nowadays, which family doesn't have an elder to help take care of the children?"

Bai Shuruo said, "Then... I will consider it."

"Don't consider it, it's settled."

Lin Wanfen went to look at Xiaofeng again, only feeling that Xiaofeng was extremely beautiful, cute, and sweet-talking.

Bai Shuhua also went to tease Xiaofeng. He looked at Xiaofeng for a while and said, "Xiaofeng looks so much like Brother-in-law; is she really not Brother-in-law's child?"

Lin Wanfen hurriedly signaled him not to talk nonsense.

No matter whose child Xiaofeng was, they would accept her.

This hot pot meal was quite happy, because with Xiaofeng there, the atmosphere was very lively. At Xiaofeng's age, it was truly a time when children spoke without taboos; she was whatever you taught her to be. Bai Shuhua asked her to sing a song, and Xiaofeng said, "I still have to eat, Little Uncle, you wait until I finish eating before you talk."

It made everyone laugh happily.

……

Beishi.

Han Yangting, Ye Caiyue, and Han Dongbei were also eating.

Ye Caiyue asked Han Yangting, "Yangting, how have things been... chatting with Nana these past two days?"

"It's alright." Han Yangting picked up a meatball and put it into his mouth.

Hearing that it was alright, Ye Caiyue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then, should we find a time for us to go to Nana's house together to sit for a while? Meet her parents? I heard that Nana's parents are both quite open-minded; her father is a diplomat, and although her mother is a housewife, she is also a virtuous helper. Nana is also a good girl, self-respecting since she was young, and talented in many ways."