Passerby's Guide to Eating Watermelons

Chapter 265: World of Ages 17: Incident

It's not like meeting the parents in public, it's just that everyone looks at each other first, at least to see if they are compatible.

For Zuo Zhizhi, what is more important is to see how she will deal with it later.

Whether you want to live a peaceful life in the future or make other plans, you always have to think about it in advance.

Although Zuo Zhizhi's meeting with Gu's parents was not very pleasant, there was no dispute.

Unlike what Zuo Zhizhi expected, the salesperson job that the other party had promised had already been secured, and they were just waiting for Zuo Zhizhi to find a time to report in.

Because at this stage, all the unemployed people are going crazy, so Zuo Zhizhi plans to wait for a while.

Now is the time for two people to discuss getting married. Whether it is preparing wedding items or decorating the wedding room, it will take time.

Therefore, it is not too late to go to work after getting married.

Sure enough, after hearing Zuo Zhizhi's words, Gu's parents' expressions improved a lot. Although they couldn't stand their son's nagging and gave the sales job to their daughter-in-law, they could only feel at ease if it was their own family member.

Although we are dating, I always feel uneasy as long as we are not married.

And the daughter-in-law is a very sensible and good child who took the initiative to say that she would work after getting married!

The few of them had a very pleasant conversation and decided to wait a while before getting married.

It’s not that I don’t want to decide now, but Gu Jiqing is now in a critical period of grading, and he must work harder during this period.

Therefore, the two of them met less frequently during this period, so they had to postpone the meeting.

Zuo's parents also knew about this, so they had no objection to Zuo Zhizhi's behavior of staying at home and not going out.

I just asked them to get married as soon as possible.

But Zuo Zhizhi didn't want to face everyone from her husband's family alone so early, so she decided to stick to her previous idea and wait until Gu Jiqing passed the exam.

Although other classmates came to see her during this period, Zuo Zhizhi ignored them most of the time.

I only occasionally hear about my classmates' various farces from other people.

For example, in order to avoid going to the countryside, anyone with a job in the city has become very popular recently. Even those who are in their 30s and have two children have many people waiting to marry them.

Of course, there are also some strange ones among them. For example, one had already found a job, but just for another boy, she voluntarily gave up her job and followed him to the countryside.

What’s even more terrifying is that this boy is not her boyfriend, and there is even another girl next to him!

If it wasn't the wrong time, Zuo Zhizhi really wanted to rush over. After all, this was the story of the protagonist in the novel!

I stayed at home for a few days. I thought Gu Jiqing was busy recently, so I just did my own things at home.

Unexpectedly, just as Zuo Zhizhi was about to take a rest after everyone else left, she heard a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, I found it was Gu Jiqing.

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Zuo Zhizhi asked worriedly, "Why do you look so bad? What happened?"

Gu Jiqing just shook his head. Seeing that this was not something that could be explained in one sentence, Zuo Zhizhi could only pull Gu Jiqing outside to discuss it.

The two found a relatively quiet environment. Although someone might come over, they could see them from a distance, so there was no need to worry about their conversation being overheard.

Gu Jiqing's face looked unhappy. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to speak.

"My brother wrote to me the day before yesterday, saying he didn't want to stay out anymore and wanted my dad to transfer his work relationship back!"

Zuo Zhizhi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The Gu family had three children. The eldest worked in another place, and the third was still young. She had known this for a long time.

"What's wrong with that? Is it because the job is not going well?"

Gu Jiqing shook his head: "There's no problem with work. My dad has already said that he will find someone to transfer the work relationship back. Although it will take a while, it will definitely be no problem!"

"That's fine, what's wrong?"

Gu Jiqing was a little embarrassed to speak, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "We live in an apartment building, and there are not enough rooms right now. I want to make room for him. I don't know what my parents will think!"

"But when I return to work, won't there be staff quarters?"

Gu Jiqing shook his head: "Those are all single dormitories, but my brother is coming back this time and he plans to bring his girlfriend with him!"

Zuo Zhizhi nodded and said with some understanding: "I'm going to bring my girlfriend back to get married, so I definitely can't live outside, so I have to prepare a wedding room at home!"

"Also, she's interested in a sales job, so her previous job might change!"

Gu Jiqing blurted out all the words at once, and even Zuo Zhizhi couldn't help but laugh out of anger!

This family is really strange.

After confirming her relationship with Gu Jiqing, Zuo Zhizhi naturally learned about the situation of this family.

Gu Jiqing has an older brother, but he is not at home.

Because this elder brother responded to the call and took the initiative to go to the countryside. Although he had a job in the countryside, the conditions were relatively difficult.

The most important thing is that his elder brother went to the countryside to follow his female classmate. He didn't expect that after so much time, the two of them were just ordinary boyfriend and girlfriend.

Now he suddenly says that life is difficult away from home and he wants to go home and marry his girlfriend. It’s not that it’s not possible, but the way his family eats is just too ugly.

You know, ever since the eldest son went out of town, Gu's parents have called many times and asked them to come back to their hometown.

After all, according to traditional concepts, everything in the family is inherited by the eldest son, and retirement care also depends on the eldest son's family.

But the eldest brother refused to listen to any advice. For so many years, he treated all these letters as nonsense. Even though Gu's parents persuaded him again and again, there was no change.

So Gu's parents decided to give up. Since the eldest son could not be relied upon, they decided to train the second son.

That's why they actively look for a job for their second son and even take care of every aspect of their daughter-in-law's job. Isn't it because they hope to get ahead and let them take care of their retirement in the future?

Unexpectedly, as soon as the eldest son wrote to the Gu family, his parents began to hesitate.

You know, according to Gu Jiqing, the eldest son's letter was sent the day before yesterday, which means that after thinking about it for a day, they decided to give up the second son and choose the eldest son to take care of them in their old age.

The wedding room that was previously decorated for the second son will now be given to the eldest son, and the work that was previously given to the second son’s wife will now be given to the eldest son’s wife.

It was as if as soon as the eldest child came back, the second child became an outsider and completely redundant in the family.

Moreover, today Gu Jiqing came to tell me, and seeing that he didn't look well, maybe he had already known the news yesterday, and after struggling with it all night, he decided to tell me.