Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 426 - Chapter 426 426. Yanping Third Company_1

Chapter 426: 426. Yanping Third Company_1 Chapter 426: 426. Yanping Third Company_1 A house full of brand-new furniture and decorations, how could it not fill one with joy?

After her daughter Wu Lan had worked hard for half her life, life was finally looking up. Grandmother’s eyes and brows were filled with smiles as she said:

“Good, good, good!”

“Tantan,” she sighed now, “you said on the way here that you wanted to focus on your career before finding a partner. It does make sense now that I see it–you’ve managed to build such a big house. What if your future partner can’t afford one? Then isn’t it true that the quality of life would only get worse? That really won’t do.”

Song Tan: …

If Grandma had said this earlier, why would she have bothered with all that nonsense talking?

But Song Tan’s faint melancholy didn’t last long because as soon as Grandmother opened the door, there stood Zhang Yanping, now dark and tall at the doorway, grinning at her with a mouthful of big white teeth:

“Grandma, I picked out the mattress for you, is it to your liking?”

“It’s perfect, firm, just the way your grandpa and I like it. Oh, my dear grandson is so thoughtful…”

Grandmother was also smiling eyes crinkling with joy: “But Yanping, what happened to you? Didn’t Qiaoqiao say over Dragon Boat Festival that you weren’t working? Why have you gotten so dark, as black as lacquer?”

Zhang Yanping: … It’s not necessary to broadcast to everyone that I’m not working, right?

But to ask such a heart-piercing question like that, she is indeed a true grandmother.

He felt wronged:

“I don’t even know!”

As for sunbathing, he surely did it. But the thing is, who didn’t get sun in the family? Why did he turn out so dark?

He remembered when he first arrived, his skin was white and soft, just a bit chubby, and his smile was so warm that old classmates told him he had the natural look of a businessman.

Now it’s a different story–his face has darkened, his fists clenched; he looks like he’s out to collect debts, scaring the life out of people.

Yanping felt aggrieved.

Fortunately, Grandmother soon overlooked his appearance.

After all, to the eyes of someone who had seen much of the world, being a bit darker and brawnier was at most unattractive, and it didn’t interfere with dressing or eating.

So she continued, “Yanping, you’re also not young anymore, almost thirty, right? Why haven’t you found someone yet?”

Zhang Yanping: ?!!!

Song Tan: !!!

She perked up, thinking, Brother Yanping oh Brother Yanping, this round isn’t me sacrificing you first, you really just walked into this one. It has nothing to do with me, Tantan.

Sure enough, Zhang Yanping also looked devastated.

But luckily, adults have all been through this kind of thing, so he quickly began to laugh it off:

“It’s fine, Grandma, a great young man like me has to consider carefully when dating. I have to establish my career before starting a family, right?”

Grandmother ruthlessly teased him, “Yanping, you’re a grown man, you can’t always think so highly of yourself–you’re not a scientist whose every second is devoted to contributing to the country. Will getting married really hinder your ability to work on your career? Even without marriage, do you even have a career?”

Zhang Yanping: …

Grandma, you can kill your grandson, but you can’t insult him!

He retorted indignantly: “I pay taxes to the country, isn’t that contributing?”

Ah, this.

Song Tan felt a bit embarrassed: “Brother Yanping, your salary of just over two thousand, you’re not eligible to pay taxes.”

Zhang Yanping: …

He said resentfully: “What about me, how is this not a career? I’m serving as Tantan’s salesperson and customer service, I’m multitasking!”

“You’re quite capable, huh?”

Grandma was indeed a bit surprised, but…

“Doesn’t every sales customer service rep carry their phone and laptop with them wherever they go? Why didn’t you go back home for the Dragon Boat Festival?”

That’s right, Wu Lei didn’t return for the family gathering on Dragon Boat Festival, neither did Zhang Yanping, and Wu Ling, who was at college, didn’t make it back either. Grandma felt a bit disappointed and now she posed the question.

Zhang Yanping sighed:

“Grandma, you really have to talk to my mom about this. She insists that I go back home to take exams for a civil service job! I just don’t like being a civil servant. Every time I see her, she’s either urging me to sign up for classes or to go to training courses. I just can’t stand to face her…”

Grandma frowned, “Your mom does get some silly ideas. Can just anyone become a civil servant? You look so fierce, it’s a good thing it’s modern times, in the old days nobody would want a government official who looked like that.”

Zhang Yanping: …

Got it. Grandsons really have no standing, huh?

His face instantly soured, making his dark complexion appear even more menacing.

Grandpa, overhearing the increasingly inappropriate conversation, hurriedly tugged at his wife’s clothes: “What are you talking about!”

It was then that Grandma realized and quickly added, “But the salary for civil servants isn’t high, and as a big guy without a partner, it wouldn’t really be suitable for you. You’d need your parents to help support the family.”

“Right?”

Zhang Yanping finally found someone who understood: “My mom keeps saying a ‘steady bowl of rice’ is good, but how much salary does one get a month with that steady bowl? I truly don’t like it.”

Grandma, being old, was not bothered by much:

Now she reassured him with a smile, “Your mom is fixated on it. Back when she was young, her good friends went straight into good jobs right after high school. Your mom had to work for others, almost got tricked into some pyramid scheme… Since then, she’s believed that a steady job is best.”

“You young people nowadays all have your own ideas. You should have a good talk with your mom, let her know as long as you are living well, that’s what matters.”

Zhang Yanping was beaming with happiness:

“Grandma, you really are open-minded!”

Grandma nodded her head, “Isn’t that so!”

“However, Yanping, you might not pursue a civil service job, but your position at Tantan’s is secure. So, when do you plan on finding a partner?”

Zhang Yanping: …A Mobius strip, an infinite loop, right?

He stammered: “I haven’t met the right person, and I haven’t met anyone I like.”

“What do you think is suitable, what do you like?”

Grandma asked with genuine curiosity, “Tell me what you are looking for, and I’ll ask around for you.”

“Look at you all, young people these days call themselves what, ‘single dogs’? Is finding a partner really that hard?”

Zhang Yanping chuckled, avoiding the topic: “Grandma, it’s quite hard to find a partner, but the most important thing is being single is very joyful. You don’t need to worry.”

He quickly ushered the little old lady around to change the subject and then, together with Grandpa, escorted her into the living room.

There, Qiaoqiao had already cut the watermelon, she was patiently waiting!

Of course, as soon as Grandma saw Qiaoqiao, she instantly forgot the previous conversation: “Look at our Qiaoqiao, so fair and well-behaved!”

“Yanping, I remember when you were fair-skinned, you also looked gentle and seemed very amiable. I even told your mom that you’ll surely be popular with the girls in the future, but now your face has grown tougher and tougher, it looks fierce no matter how I look at it…”

Zhang Yanping was numbed by now.

So, the dark face, the unattainable ‘steady bowl of rice’, and the singlehood failure… couldn’t escape any of it today, could he?

But then Qiaoqiao, after pondering for a while, said earnestly, “Grandma, you don’t have to worry. My sister said that Brother Yanping, being dark and strong, looks like he can really fight and endure hardships. He seems very hardworking, he’ll surely deceive someone into it.”