CHAPTER 645: CHAPTER 620: BLIND DATE

Fan Xiuying and Jiang Yue are washing dishes.

Jiang Yue’s tailoring shop is now on the right track, and she has hired three tailors. Apart from designing and cutting clothes, she doesn’t have to make clothes herself much anymore.

After all, there are people doing the work in the shop now, so she can find time to take care of the two kids. As a mother, she can’t spend all her time on business and neglect her children.

Zhaodi and Ladi are very sensible, and the children are currently performing excellently in school.

"Mom, the household is getting big, if it’s really difficult, why don’t you just hire a nanny? Look at you, this place is almost like a kindergarten. At dinnertime, there are at least four or five kids, plus you and Dad, and then us."

Jiang Xin could say this with confidence now. Her fashion tailoring business is booming, and she earns several thousand yuan a month.

In these times, a household making ten thousand yuan is rare, so her income is indeed enviable.

Fan Xiuying speaks while wiping a dish.

"You’ve got money now and become a tycoon, and want me to hire help right away. Hiring a nanny isn’t something our family does. The neighbors would ridicule your mom and dad if they knew. We’re at home all day doing nothing and then hiring a nanny for chores."

The lives of their children are stable, and their jobs are good.

The couple’s burden is much lighter now. They used to make matchboxes at home to supplement household expenses.

But now, with so many grandchildren needing care, the couple stopped making matchboxes long ago.

Besides their pension, each month the children also send them money for living expenses, so the couple actually has a pretty good life.

"Mom, you can’t be too concerned about the neighbors’ perceptions. If you always care about others’ opinions, you’ll only tire yourself out. We have too many kids at home, even though you probably do know this, with Ladi and Zhaodi practically living right in front of you, you and Dad are always helping me.

We can’t tire you too much. I get busy with my business and can’t always be home, and you know how busy my sister is with college courses. Xiao Xiao is the same, not only busy with school but also pregnant with twins now.

I simply can’t count on you. And you’re aware Jiang Lei is never home, busier than can be. In their old age, it just makes you two even busier."

Jiang Xin genuinely feels indebted to her parents.

Fan Xiuying sighs, "Being busy is okay, being busy is fine. We older folks have nothing to do anyway. What’s more worrying is your brother. Look at him, how old is he now? The sisters all have families and kids, but he’s still hanging around, unattached.

I just hope he gets married and settles down soon."

Urging for marriage might be a trait every parent has in every era.

Of course, Fan Xiuying worries about her son; he’s three years older than Xiao Xiao, and look at how old Xiao Xiao’s kids are now.

Jiang Lei isn’t anxious, but his parents are.

Jiang Xin thinks, yes, Jiang Lei is already twenty-five.

In this era, that is considered a mature youth.

"Mom, don’t be too anxious. This kind of thing needs fate; you can’t hurry it."

Indeed, Jiang Lei is the only one in the family not settled down.

Me?!

"You are the same, your Aunt Liu was just telling me two days ago about a nice teacher. His wife has passed, leaving behind a daughter, he’s a good person, honest and sincere. Why don’t you meet him? It’s no good to always stay single.

You’re still young!"

Fan Xiuying worries about every one of her children.

The oldest and the youngest are stable now, no worries there, but the second and third keep her heart constantly concerned.

Especially the second one, now living a life raising two kids as a single parent, though her business does keep her financially secure.

But money isn’t everything, a woman still needs someone to rely on.

Jiang Xin feels a headache coming when this topic arises.

"Mom, I don’t have the mindset for it. I just want to raise the kids well, growing up healthy; that’s all I think about, nothing else."

Encountering someone like Qin Dazhuang was already troublesome enough for Jiang Xin.

Another one?

The thought of it frightens Jiang Xin.

Being without a man doesn’t mean one can’t live; she simply doesn’t want to consider it.

What’s the use of having a man? Back then, facing Qin Dazhuang, she thought that was her lifelong lover, now look? Domestic violence, gambling, all kinds of devious behaviors emerging one after the other.

Someone she once considered so honest and reliable turned into this; what if she had to face another stranger?

Jiang Xin really has no interest.

Why bother with those thoughts every day? It’s better to focus on doing business well at home, take good care of her kids, nurture them to adulthood, and that’s her life.

Fan Xiuying sighs again.

"Mom knows you’ve been hurt, and whenever someone is wounded mentally, they leave scars. Scratching them hurts a lot. But how old are you! Look, you’re only 29, you can’t spend your life alone raising kids. People have to look ahead; Qin Dazhuang was bad, doesn’t mean others will be too.

Look at your father, isn’t he a good man? You can’t paint everyone with the same brush. Think of the kids too; they grow up without a father, always being looked down upon.

You know how it is. It’s challenging for a woman to live alone, and Mom isn’t forcing you. Heal from being hurt and start anew. There are more good people than bad ones in this world. Mom believes this."

Fan Xiuying may not know how to discuss grand philosophies, but she knows her daughter has been hurt badly.

Who knew Qin Dazhuang would be that kind of person, once so honest and gentle towards his wife and kids. But later, he changed into that, although it’s said by the kids he stopped gambling, started a small business, and treats the kids nicely now.

But good as he may seem, she wouldn’t dare hand her daughter back to Qin Dazhuang. Who knows what he might revert to after a drink?

Her daughter had suffered greatly from abuse; they’re aware.

Jiang Xin stays silent.

Fan Xiuying was out of options.

"I get it, you’re just like your dad. Not able to talk openly about things; keeping all worries inside without uttering a word. You go tell Jiang Lei, tomorrow he must go on a blind date. Your Aunt Liu introduced a girl.

She’s a nurse at a hospital, two years younger than him. He will see her, whether he wants to or not."

This was an unyielding order.

Jiang Xin smiled, thinking about Jiang Lei’s slightly impulsive personality. Who knows what kind of girl he’d meet and marry, maybe one who can settle his restless heart.

"Don’t worry, Mom, I’ll certainly pass on your orders to him. If Jiang Lei dares not to go, I’ll drag him there by his ear, okay?"

Fan Xiuying rolled her eyes at her daughter.

"You’re all birds of a feather. You dare say you’d drag him there by his ear. It’s not like you could overpower him, could you? He runs faster than a rabbit; could you catch up to him?"

Jiang Xin burst out laughing.