CHAPTER 364: 364. GOLD SHINES EVERYWHERE IT IS.

Lian En firmly decided to graduate, no, he was determined to return home during the second semester of his senior year internship.

Shuzhen and Lianshan tried to persuade him again and again, just hoping that he wouldn’t cry so easily. When he did cry, his tears were like a string of pearls that had broken, dripping continuously without stopping, making people feel extremely heartbroken. They urged him to stop crying.

No matter what he said, they agreed with him wholeheartedly. After all, graduation was still far off. At that time, there would be Feng Ju, who took great interest in their son’s future, perhaps even more than they as parents did, providing focused analysis and guidance. There was no worry that Lian En would make a decision detrimental to his future development.

However, when a year and a half quickly passed, and Lian En excitedly sought to discuss with them, the couple was stupefied.

"Are you really going to return home and not stay in Beijing to continue your development?" Lianshan looked at his eldest son in complete shock, although this child had mentioned similar things before. Yet, he always thought it was just offhand comments!

After all, Beijing is the political and cultural center of the country.

Being able to stay and develop in Beijing is something many people dream of!

But their eldest son ran home excitedly during the second semester of his senior year internship, even turned down the olive branch of staying to teach at his alma mater, insisting on going to become an art teacher at Number One Scholar Village High School.

Just so he could stay close to home, making it easy to care for his parents.

As a father, Lianshan was deeply moved by his son’s filial piety, yet the more he was moved, the more he was reluctant to just allow his son’s bright future to be delayed!

"Yes, hadn’t we agreed on this earlier? After I graduate from college, I won’t go anywhere; I’ll stay in the Liu family village to honor my parents and master. From the first year of college, I’ve been longing for this day. It’s finally come true!" Lian En was happy, exceedingly satisfied.

He could stay close to his parents and still hold his beloved paintbrush, continue painting, and teach more people who love traditional Chinese painting.

It’s like having both family happiness and personal dreams come true simultaneously, no matter how he thought about it, it seemed absolutely perfect.

"But staying in the village as a small art teacher is such a waste of your talent, isn’t it?" Lianshan hesitated, "Though your mother and I think of you often, wishing that you, your siblings, would never grow up, always surrounding us all cute and lovely, enjoying family happiness together forever. But children have to grow up eventually, and young birds must fly high.

As parents, we always think more about our children at any time.

Compared to your future, our feelings come second.

After all, with today’s advanced technology, by plane, train, or driving, it doesn’t take much time to get from home to Beijing.

If you don’t have time to come back, your mother and I can always bring little Yanzi to visit you, right?

I would say you should choose to stay in Beijing, as it is more suitable for your development."

"Listen to your father; having filial piety is a good thing. But if filial piety delays a lifetime of prospects, making my good painter son’s talents buried, I won’t be happy!

After all, your father and I are in the prime of our years, full of energy, so where do we need you to take care of us?" Shuzhen said a bit complainingly, yet the smile on her face fully revealed her feelings.

Her son was outstanding, successful, and filial, willing even to put aside his own future to come home and be filial to his parents. Which mother wouldn’t feel immensely delighted hearing this?

Allowing is one thing; whether he has this intention is another!

Lian En rubbed his forehead, avoiding looking at his master’s smug face.

Really, it’s not like he hadn’t seen it coming!

What’s so great about it!

Lian En thought sarcastically, but he kept a cheerful face, clinging shamelessly to Shuzhen’s arm, "Yes, yes, mom, you and dad are both healthy, with good appetites. You’ll stay youthful and live long lives! But your son misses home, misses you both!

Thinking about you every day, longing every night.

Wishing the days were ten times as long, just hoping to come home early and be filial to you and dad!

Now that the dream has finally come true, you can’t push me away."

"What silly talk is that? How could we bear to push you away, but the environment outside is more suitable for your development. Filial piety is good, but if being by our side it restrains your wings from flying high, how heartbroken and guilty would your mother and I be?" Lianshan spread his hands, looking particularly helplessly at Lian En, who was much taller than his wife, acting all spoiled and unreasonable.

"Oh, dad, what are you saying? If gold is real, it will shine wherever it is, just like you and mom, who have spent a lifetime mostly never leaving the land of the Liu family village.

You’ve still cultivated and improved who knows how many high-quality seeds?

Renowned nationwide, even famous abroad!

If it isn’t meant to be, even placed in a golden palace, it’s still just a clod of dirt!

With my current painting skills and the meticulous guidance of my master, a super national master, there’s nowhere that can hinder my future!

Master, master, am I right?" Fearing his words might not be convincing enough, Lian En hurriedly and forcibly pulled over Feng Ju, who was watching the show, to add testimony for him.

Feng Ju, what could he do?

The disciple he spoiled, he had to keep spoiling even with tears!

Besides, compared to the complicated and slightly politically-mature Beijing, he actually preferred the clear waters and lush mountains, lively and positively energetic Liu family village more!

No problem, take the easel into the mountains with the apprentice for some landscape painting, urging the apprentice to progress diligently.

Exchanging banter with Lianshan, comparing their respective apprentices with Old Yang.

If the mood was right, the master and apprentice could even go on road trips for inspiration.

Thinking of such a life, it sounded incredibly delightful!

To live such a wonderful life soon, Feng Ju was doing everything possible to help encourage it.

In short, let the idea of staying at school wait on the sidelines, we want to stay in the Liu family village!

It’s not like doing business where you need to consider foot traffic or purchasing power.

As long as you can create amazing paintings, who cares if the artist lives in a bustling city or a remote mountain?

Since this professionally skilled and most protective master supports his apprentice like this, what worries could Lianshan and Shuzhen have?

Stay, stay in the Liu family village!

If family happiness and personal dreams can both be fulfilled, who would prefer to be separated from their children?

After quickly settling the eldest son’s internship position, Lianshan went home and dialed Su family’s eldest, Su Yanfu’s number.

Why?

To pull some strings, to quickly send a team to build a house for the family, maybe a little building instead!

Two-story or three-story would work, make it like one of the garden villas shown on TV.

Lian En is already twenty-one, on the verge of graduating from college, and things like getting married should be on the agenda.

Once the house, car, and other essentials are prepared, the options for choosing a bride will be broader and at a higher level, right?