Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 442 - Chapter 442 442. Mom and Mom_1

Chapter 442: 442. Mom and Mom_1 Chapter 442: 442. Mom and Mom_1 Guo Dong was suddenly at a loss for words.

“Just… why is there such a big difference between mothers?”

Like her mother, who insisted during her university years that her major was an “iron rice bowl,” stable and secure.

When Guo Dong needed to spend money to secure a position in the hospital after graduation, her mother said that a girl’s family shouldn’t study this because it would prevent her from taking care of the family later on.

Guo Dong didn’t care either way, it wasn’t worth spending so much just for official status at a small city hospital.

She sold a prescription left by her grandfather (as society was advancing, the prescription wasn’t worth much, only thirty thousand yuan). With that thirty thousand, she got a license and opened a clinic in the urban village of the university city–specializing in health conditioning for people.

Over time, she slowly built a good reputation and made some money.

At that point, her mother began to worry.

Anyway, not getting married after graduation was like clearance stock in a warehouse, whenever you meet someone, you have to shout out a promotion.

It was a mess Guo Dong didn’t want to mention anymore; looking at Wu Lan’s eyes now, she felt a rare touch of emotion:

“Auntie, do you really think that way?”

Honestly, Wu Lan didn’t use to think so.

A girl attending university to learn a skill, then reaching the right age, getting married, managing her own little family and having two kids–how perfect would that be?

But nowadays…

Such a mindset wasn’t absent, but it was very different from before.

Learn a skill–reach the right age–then you must definitely make a lot of money!

Just look at our new house, it makes it clear that earning money is the most important thing.

With more money, most troubles just vanish. Even getting married, you wouldn’t have to worry about a dowry–several couples in our village from earlier years fell apart over disputes about bride price and dowry.

And when a girl has skills, when marrying, she’ll choose someone from her own class and her future children won’t have to suffer poverty…

Just take Qiaoqiao, how fast she has progressed since she had a teacher!

If only they had the money and the attention to get a teacher for their kid when Qiaoqiao was young…

Why should a child needlessly lose so many years?

These thoughts, Wu Lan had never spoken out loud. She only pondered them deep in the night, extracting life’s insights bit by bit from bitterness.

Now, since she was trying to persuade Guo Dong to stay in the village, she naturally went all out.

“Of course, would I still lie to you? Look at my children, I never rush them.”

Ah, although not rushing, Tantan is also twenty-four or twenty-five this year, following two bachelor cousins around, when will she ever go out and meet someone?

Wu Lan kept this matter in mind.

At the same time, she was also chattering about heartfelt concerns:

“Doctor Guo, you are young and capable, you must not let marriage hold you back.”

She said earnestly, “Not to mention anything else, but getting married, that can happen any time, whereas making a career is different.”

“Just say you want to do business, you’ll need to invest some money. If you’re unmarried, you can gamble however you like, and you won’t be afraid even if you lose.”

“But if you’re married, it’s different for a man, and for a woman? You have to start being cautious with money.”

That’s how the world is, at least, that’s how most of the families Wu Lan sees are.

There are good ones too, but she, being in the village, rarely sees them.

“If you make money, it’s fine, but what if you lose? Tell me… some families are open-minded, but many more are definitely going to blame you.”

“Later on, if a young couple starts bickering and brings up the issue again, no matter how capable you are, you’ll have to tread carefully next time you want to do something.”

Isn’t that just the truth!!!

Guo Dong’s eyes were nearly brimming with tears in an instant, she was just short of swearing sisterhood with the simple village auntie in front of her.

Just think about it, everyone else seems to understand this principle right away, so why can’t her mom figure it out?

“Auntie! What you said is so true!”

She finally spoke her heart out, “Not to hide it from you, Auntie, I once had my own start-up and was doing quite well for myself, making a living.”

“But then my mom said she felt lonely at home by herself and suggested that now that the village was developing so well, I could move back in with her. She would cook for me, and I could continue treating patients.”

Guo Dong was initially reluctant.

But then her mom would complain of a headache one day, a sprained ankle the next… It was always something.

Thinking it over, she felt she should fulfill her filial duties; after all, she had to settle down somewhere, so why not return to her hometown?

After all, isn’t there a current push for the idyllic countryside life, promoting the goodness of home?

Once back at home, in the beginning, things were really good between mother and daughter. Her mom stopped complaining about headaches and sprains and felt less agitated. But then she would occasionally sigh about how old the house was getting and how it was too cramped. She would point out the cracks in the walls and speak of the dangers they posed…

After some thought, Guo Dong discussed with her mom: refreshing the entire house but also carving out half of the yard to build a clinic for herself.

Her mom agreed very readily at first, and the house renovation wiped out Guo Dong’s savings. Luckily, her patients traveled great distances to seek her treatments and medications–

Considering the delicate nature of their conditions, her effective and nourishing, yet affordable remedies were just right!

But Guo Dong had completely forgotten how gossip in the village spread faster than the speed of light.

The locals would come by from time to time to have their pulses checked and consult about ailments, and although Guo Dong never charged a consultation fee unless they took medicine,

the aunts and uncles would mutter to each other, soon spreading the most sensational rumors about the men who came to visit her…

It was from that point on that her mother began to look at her strangely too.

Whenever a patient arrived, her mother would guard the door like a sentinel, insisting on watching everyone closely from within the room.

When Guo Dong tried to discuss private health matters with patients, her mother would pound on the door…

How was she to continue her work like this?

With no other option, Guo Dong had to reveal that she was helping these male patients regulate their health and casually mentioned concocting some tonics to strengthen their virility.

Boy, oh boy!

Once she said this, she became utterly shameless in her mother’s eyes!

Thus, the frequency of marriage nagging increased, and the array of suitors her mother paraded before her became ever more ridiculous…

Take this gambler, for instance–yes, he just liked to play cards from dawn till the early hours of the morning… but he hadn’t caused their family to go bankrupt!

And besides, men settle down once they’re married.

She didn’t agree in the least at first and made up a suitor on the spot.

But to verify, her mother went so far as to sneak out with her laptop to show people their photos and chat records in town–

All to see if Guo Dong had someone in her life!

Guo Dong was at her wit’s end!

It was a good thing she kept her patient files under lock and key, and didn’t sync her contact list messages. The half-skilled computer users in the small town couldn’t possibly fathom it…

But even that was terrifying enough!

Before she left, she smashed her laptop to pieces, both to prevent any information leaks and to vent her own inner fury.

Now, having bottled it up for so long, even though it’s said that family matters shouldn’t be aired in public, she couldn’t help but reveal her feelings, leaving Wu Lan completely shocked!

After a long while, she cautiously asked,

“Um… Doctor Guo, do you usually watch TV? I mean… about those shows with the swapped heir and tricksters…”

Guo Dong: …

For some reason, her profound indignation suddenly found itself at a loss for words.

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