Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 286 - 285: If You Keep Pulling, You’ll Go Bald

Chapter 286: Chapter 285: If You Keep Pulling, You’ll Go Bald

There’s a lot of truth in what was just said.

Before parents criticize their children, they should first let them try.

Through direct experience, they gain a clear and objective understanding of themselves, knowing their own limitations.

To deny them the chance to try, and immediately negate based on personal life experience with an attitude of "I’m doing this for your own good," keeps children trapped in a comfort zone.

This is unfair to children.

The result can be no more than three outcomes.

One: The obedient child becomes accustomed to conforming, leading to a predictable future.

Two: The rebellious child will resist, straining family relationships, ultimately returning home with nothing to show but bruises.

Three: The stubbornly rebellious child, who likes to forge a path to ruin, may run away never to return.

In Jiang Xingxing’s case, it hasn’t reached this point yet.

But if this high-pressure opposition continues, the future is indeed uncertain.

Looking at the girl in front of him, eyes filled with dissatisfaction and deep resentment, Yi Chichi took a deep breath and gently asked, "Have you seriously talked to your father?"

"...No."

There’s no way to talk; her temper is bad, and her father’s temper is no better.

Used to giving orders from his high position, he carries the same attitude at home.

Recalling her interactions with her father, Jiang Xingxing chuckled bitterly, "When I was little, I didn’t have any impression of my father. When I started to remember, he was busy with work, busy with this and that, rarely home."

"Maybe because he’s used to commanding, the rare times he’s home, his attitude toward me and my mom is like dealing with his soldiers, often making my mom cry..."

She sniffled, her voice tinged with a sob, "At first, I didn’t dare make a sound, only dared to hide aside until fourth grade when he smashed a bowl in a fight with my mom. My mom was so scared she shivered, and in that moment, I rushed forward to confront him..."

Sighing, she rubbed her face with a helpless expression, "Ever since, every time I see him, we argue, even if we start with a friendly conversation, we’d end up arguing."

Yi Chichi understood but couldn’t offer an accurate judgment.

It’s hard to offer consolation because he can’t completely empathize.

Genuinely comforting her would be useless.

Such matters aren’t scarce in this era, admittedly, Jiang Xingxing’s situation isn’t unique.

It’s the reality most military children face.

Just like in her original world, her third cousin dealt with similar issues due to the second uncle being in the military and stationed at the border, causing the family not to be able to join him due to the harsh environment.

Visiting is even harder than traveling across the entire country to visit Wen Shi.

Because the traffic situation at the border was even worse, until modern times, where you still had to thread through flights, trains, and cars to get there.

It’s exhausting enough to wear a person out.

Thus, within her childhood, the third cousin had no impression of his father, even mistaking the eldest uncle and her father as his father.

Until the second uncle was promoted and left the border, they finally joined him, and the family could truly reunite.

However, years of estrangement lingers; until she left that world, her brother and the second uncle were still at odds.

Therefore, it’s no surprise that Jiang Xingxing and Commander Jiang’s relationship is strained like this.

"Do you hate him?"

Jiang Xingxing’s eyes suddenly widened, looking as if she heard nonsense, and said, "Why should I hate him? It’s undeniable that as a husband and father he’s lacking, but he’s a qualified soldier."

"Then there’s resentment."

This Jiang Xingxing doesn’t deny; she nodded, "It’s not just resentment; it’s so deep I’d like to fight him. But he doesn’t engage physically with me or my mom, and when we argue verbally, he plays both sides like a fence-sitter, with no stance."

Her tone showed some disdain, but her face wore a smile.

Yi Chichi laughed; this girl has love, resentment, and pride towards her father.

"Go back and have a calm conversation with your parents."

She gently said, "No matter what your parents say, you must, must express your true thoughts calmly."

Jiang Xingxing showed hesitance, "Will that work?"

"Hard to say."

Yi Chichi made no promises, "But personally, I think as long as you don’t act rashly, and you’re willing to take the right path, stand your ground firmly; if your parents genuinely love you, they’re likely to compromise and give you a chance to try, thus converting to support."

"I’m worried they won’t agree."

If in her place, she wouldn’t agree either.

The dream is simply too grandiose and distant.

It lacks even the slightest value.

If there’s a clear, unyielding goal, things might be different.

"Are you set on taking the engineering route?"

She opened her mouth to speak, but Yi Chichi quickly stopped her, "Don’t rush to answer, first think carefully about the path you want to take, and confirm a clear goal before speaking."

The words were stopped in Jiang Xingxing’s mouth, yet she wasn’t angry, but instead looked at her with some grievance, and then seriously asked, "Sis, do you have some understanding of engineering?"

"No."

She was clueless about mechanics, but she’s aware of the general categories, "Design, manufacture, maintenance, and upkeep are distinct areas."

"Choose from them."

Jiang Xingxing was dumbfounded, shockingly asked, "Aren’t they all the same?"

"Who told you they’re all the same?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Yi Chichi was even more shocked than her, "Take a ship designer for example, they only design, manufacturing is for making, upkeep is for maintenance and repair, and research is, as the name suggests, developing new things, like engines, etc."

Jiang Xingxing scratched her head, damn, previously she didn’t have a clear concept of mechanics and was overly presumptuous.

Now listening to Yi Chichi’s words, she felt her head itch as if it’s growing a new brain.

Then, Yi Chichi watched as she turned her hair into a bird’s nest, and started pulling hair from the top, seeing the hair falling through her fingers, ready to continue plucking.

Frightened, she quickly spoke, "Stop plucking your hair, or you’ll go bald."

Before mechanically setting off, becoming a bald girl first, Auntie Guan might lose it.

Jiang Xingxing released her hand, looked at the hair between her fingers, silent for two seconds, then calmly pocketed the hair, "I’ve made up my mind, I want to be a mechanical designer."

"That’s ambitious."

Yi Chichi gave her a thumbs-up, "Since you’ve set your goal, you’ll need the leverage for your father to find a teacher to learn about this field."

Jiang Xingxing’s mouth twitched, "So I still have to go to school?"

"If you don’t go to school, forget designing, you might not even understand blueprints, much less various parameters."

These words are quite discouraging, but reality is harsher than words.

"Going to school..."

She paused, and said in a low tone, "We’re basically idling our time in school, not learning any useful knowledge."