System: Master Your Life-Chapter 646 - 164: Mother and Son Chatting, Ms. Ren Wants to Meet Ning Yuhuan (2)

When it came to the villa, Ms. Ren got interested.

"If I lived in a big villa, I would raise chickens and grow vegetables in the yard..." She kept talking, mentioning everything from raising chickens to growing vegetables and watering flowers, as if she had awakened her longing for rural life.

Listening to her future plans, Xu Lin thought she might just be caught up in the moment. Can you handle the smell of chicken manure? He remembered visiting his grandfather’s place as a child; they used to raise chickens and pigs, and the smell from the coops and pens was invigorating. No farmer actually enjoys the rural life of farming. The agritourism is just a novelty for city people; if they were really to stay in the countryside, they’d settle down quickly.

Ms. Ren continued, "And when you’re married and have two or three children, I can take care of the grandchildren. They must not be an only child; otherwise, they’ll be lonely, just like you were when you were little."

"Two or three might not be enough, at least five or six, or maybe seven or eight, to make it lively. Just like at Grandpa’s house, with so many family members, even the swallows come to build nests. Plus, a villa, no matter what, should have two or three floors, right? Considering the space, with multiple rooms on each floor, if there are too few people, it won’t be lively enough, so we need more people to liven it up."

"Do you think your wife is a pig to have seven or eight kids?"

"Then how about I marry a few more?"

"If you have the ability, go ahead and marry a few."

Ms. Ren didn’t take it to heart. After all, he was her precious son, and she knew his temperament from childhood. Xu Lin often joked, and his thinking was quite erratic. His train of thought wasn’t straight or curved; it might be more like a zigzag lightning that you couldn’t track.

However, what Ms. Ren didn’t expect was that Xu Lin indeed went on to have several daughters-in-law in the future, making her so busy with grandkids that it made her question life.

"Mom, while you’re in Jiangdu, you can also meet my girlfriend."

Ms. Ren finally revealed her true purpose. If it were a phone chat with Xu Lin tonight, he might play dead and disappear, but now, her precious son was right here, so how could he play dead? She insisted on getting to the bottom of it.

"Sure, I’ll bring her over to meet you tomorrow."

Huh?

Ms. Ren didn’t expect Xu Lin to agree so readily.

"What are her family’s conditions?"

"Small county town, from a small place."

Xu Lin’s family conditions weren’t bad. Ms. Ren had savings worth several million, not to mention his father’s side. His father’s net worth was in the nine-digit range, placing them among the wealthy class.

With Xu Lin’s family, if you insisted on matching family backgrounds, most girls wouldn’t meet the standard.

Xu Lin said, "Don’t say you disagree."

When it came to discussing marriage, Xu Lin wouldn’t listen to his parents. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

First of all, he’s economically independent, so he had nothing to fear. Those who needed their parents’ approval to buy a car or house would obviously listen to whatever the family said.

"I didn’t say I disagree. As long as the girl is nice and her parents are okay, I won’t oppose."

Mom said, "When I married your dad, your grandparents were farmers with little education, but they were sensible and kind. You wouldn’t know this, but while books and TV claim rural people are simple and honest, that’s only some of them. In our village, before any anti-corruption campaigns, there were some rotten people, some of whom were eventually imprisoned. One even got a life sentence!

A lot of people in the village used to gossip for fun, talking behind others’ backs. I was quite pretty, and when I got married, there weren’t any girls as beautiful as me in the village. Back then, the economy hadn’t developed, and rural women worked in the fields. I didn’t fit in, and they gossiped about me, saying I’d run away or seduce men. It was harsh. I’ve never felt so wronged in my life. Your dad wasn’t even home at the time. Luckily, your grandparents supported me. Marriage is a serious matter, and it’s important to consider the other person’s parents."

"Her parents are fine, honest people. I met her family when I took her home before. Her grandparents are nice too."

"As long as they’re good people, that’s fine."

"But who were those jerks gossiping about you? Damn it."

"That was a long time ago, and I didn’t spend much time in the village, just around half a year. After your dad came back from Vietnam, he bought a house in the county, and I rarely went back to the village."

Ms. Ren said, "When your dad heard that someone in the village was gossiping about me, there was an old jay who spoke the loudest. Your dad went over and gave her five hard slaps, making her cry. When her husband came, your dad beat him too, and when his brothers showed up, he beat them as well. Given your dad’s size, not many people in the village were taller. No one could stop the fight back then. Don’t be fooled by his gentle, educated demeanor; he only calmed down after turning thirty. He used to be quite hot-tempered, and even his own mom couldn’t calm him down when he was angry."

"That feels good."

Hearing that his dad had stepped in before, Xu Lin felt instantly refreshed.

But when you think about it, with his dad involved in smuggling rosewood from Vietnam, how could he not be bold? And they talked about his wife.