Chapter 241

In that era, the obsession farmers had with shedding their rural household registration was hard for later generations to imagine. For a long time, wanting to jump out of the "rural gate" meant either passing university entrance exams or being recruited by a factory; the difficulty was immense, one could say it was one in a hundred. If one could understand this obsession, then it wouldn't be hard to understand why farmers spent large sums of money to buy household registrations.

After hearing her mother's words, Su Xinghui was truly speechless. The matter hadn't even begun, so how did it get dragged into buying household registrations and having children?

Guo Suhua said to Su Wenjun again: "You still discriminate against rural people; didn't you come from the countryside yourself? Didn't I come from the countryside too?"

Su Wenjun was from the suburbs of Jiangcheng and originally had a rural household registration; it was only after he was admitted to university that he transferred to an urban one. Guo Suhua was from Baota Township, Yulin City, the seat of the Yulin region; she also originally had a rural household registration and transferred to an urban one after being admitted to the regional finance and economics school.

Su Wenjun said: "I am not discriminating against rural people; I have never discriminated against rural people. I am merely stating an objective fact."

Guo Suhua was still about to bicker with Su Wenjun when Su Xinghui said: "Mom, that's enough, aren't you tired? I'm still very young, why talk about dating so early? I want to take advantage of my youth to build my career. If I start revolving around a wife and children so early, would you be happy?"

Seeing that her son was a bit unhappy, Guo Suhua nodded and said: "Fine, then you focus on your career first. But if you find a girl you like, there's no harm in dating. If you have children, Mom will raise them for you; you won't have to."

Su Xinghui shook his head incessantly and said: "Alright, alright, I promise you, once I have a girl I like, I'll date, okay!"

Only then did Guo Suhua nod happily and say: "That's good, Mom will wait for your good news!"

After Guo Suhua finished speaking, she hummed a song while clearing the dinner table. Su Xinghui was quite familiar with this song; it was called "Our Life is Full of Sunshine."

After Guo Suhua entered the kitchen, Su Wenjun raised his head and locked eyes with Su Xinghui. The father and son shared a bitter smile.

Guo Suhua was certainly a good wife and a good mother, but sometimes she was just too prone to worrying and too nagging. However, this was a common ailment for women of her age, and sometimes one just had to go along with her.

Guo Suhua entered the kitchen and called out again: "Xinghui, come here for a second."

Su Xinghui entered the kitchen, and Guo Suhua pointed at the two pheasants and two bamboo rats, saying: "How should we handle these? Mom doesn't know how to kill them. Besides, there are several already frozen in the refrigerator; we won't be able to eat these anytime soon, right? How about we take them to your maternal grandparents when we go to pay them a New Year's visit?"

Su Xinghui's maternal grandparents, who were Guo Suhua's parents, lived in Baota Township, Yulin City. That place was to the southeast of Shangjun County, more than forty kilometers away. Su Xinghui was definitely going to pay them a New Year's visit during the holiday.

Su Xinghui thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "How about this: when I go to visit my grandparents, I'll take one of each for them. As for the remaining two, I'm going to Jiangcheng on the fifth day of the New Year to visit an elder, so I'll take them to him then."

The elder Su Xinghui spoke of was, of course, Lu Zhenghong. He had been worrying about what to bring as a gift for Lu Zhenghong. Ordinary things were too common, and buying something too expensive would change the nature of the gesture and wouldn't be ideal. These two wild game animals were just right—neither common nor expensive, yet very meaningful. Presumably, Lu Zhenghong would gladly accept them.

Guo Suhua nodded and said: "Fine, but they'll need to be fed for a few days."

Su Xinghui said: "It's fine, Director Zhao also brought some feed, so they can be fed for a few days. If the feed runs out, feeding them something else will work too."

Guo Suhua said: "That's good."