After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 163

Upon hearing this, the egret staggered, but thankfully didn't fall directly down the stairs.

For the first time, I hated myself for being so sharp-eared and so keen-eyed!
She hasn't even celebrated her 26th birthday yet, how come she's already approaching 30?!
But she didn't dare utter a sound, silently opened the door, and went to get the car.

The pressure from her parents to get married was terrifying, and she dared not risk it. As for Bai Wei, that good-for-nothing, she was even worse off. If it weren't for Bai Lu supporting her, she wouldn't be able to pay off her debts.

The youngest child in the family, on the other hand, felt no pressure at all. After all, he was a smart kid who had already found a partner for himself while he was in school.

Bai Jiang was fast asleep when he was suddenly slapped awake, leaving him completely dumbfounded: "Why did you hit me?"

“Your son and daughter are out again in the middle of the night.”

"Isn't it normal for young people to go out for a late-night snack?"

Bai Jiang was still in a daze. After a while, he said, "They're not going to steal anything. Can't they even go out for a meal?"

"Who's talking about that! I'm talking about Lulu's big life event!"

Speaking of this, Qin Xiu was worried: "She's already twenty-six, almost thirty, and she's never brought a boyfriend home. Others her age are already remarried!"

Bai Jiang: "!!!"

His sleepiness vanished: "A second marriage isn't a good thing, and you're even envious of that? Our family is making a good living right now, are you planning something else?"

Having walked hand in hand for twenty-eight years, Bai Jiang knows Qin Xiu better than he knows himself. She can endure hardship, but she can also be quite capricious.

I can't be idle; if I'm idle, I want to do something.

During this time, she started to have some free time... so she thought about getting things done for her as soon as possible, like it was a task.

Qin Xiu's life was half of what many women of her generation lived. As a child, she helped with chores at home and took care of her younger siblings, nephews, and nieces. After getting married, she earned money to support her family, raise her children, and send them to school. Finally, when her children grew up, she began to worry about their marriage. It was as if she would never have a moment of peace until she had finished all these tasks.

Buying Bai Chen a house and a car was to encourage him to get married sooner. Another important reason was that he was determined to be strong-willed and never let his future in-laws look down on him!

As for Bai Lu and Bai Wei, in her opinion, girls can start dating after graduation—yes, that's right. Qin Xiu was very strict with them during their school years and absolutely forbade Bai Lu and Bai Wei from "dating too early." As long as they were still studying, it was considered "early"!
Students are not allowed to date, but after graduation, they are expected to get married as soon as possible. These two extremely contradictory things are logically consistent in Qin Xiu's mind.

But no one listened to her.

The three siblings kept it a secret so well that Qin Xiu still believed Bai Lu had never even held a boy's hand.

What does "causing trouble" mean?

Qin Xiu was immediately displeased: "I've worried myself sick over them, and I'm wrong?!"

"It's not that you're wrong, but as a mother, you're doing what's best for your child, so who dares to say you're wrong!"

Bai Jiang said, "But children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You worry about this and that, playing matchmaker, and in the end, they'll resent you. Kids these days aren't like we were back then; they have their own ideas—"

"Don't be so quick to interrupt. I know what you're trying to say. You're their mother, you wouldn't hurt them, would you? That's not how it works. If you force-feed them things they don't need and expect them to accept them willingly, that's hurting them!"

This has always been Qin Xiu's way of doing things. However, Bai Jiang has always felt that his words carry little weight, and he also feels guilty about Qin Xiu's hardship with him. So he has never said anything to Qin Xiu. He has always taken a step back, and then another step back, and kept taking a step back, in order to get through this life. Only the world where Bai Lu and her two siblings are hurt has been achieved.

(End of this chapter)