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Chapter 183 I've Become an Old-Fashioned Person
Chunli's words seemed to remind Anmin of her youth. She never imagined that so many years had passed in the blink of an eye.

That evening, everyone gathered around the table for dinner, reminiscing about the past.

Liang Yi and An Min leaned against each other, looking at the houses in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Who would have thought they would go to the south later?

Are they still there, and have they built their own businesses?
They stayed in Baiyanggou for a long time, and it was two months later when they returned home.

Anmin was quite satisfied with her trip to Northwest China.

However, when she got back, she was almost driven crazy by her daughter.

Anmin was sorting through the local specialties and photos she had brought back, a smile on her face.

Just then, the phone rang. It was Liang Si'an, Liang's daughter, who was far away in the United States.

At first, it was just a routine greeting, asking about each other's health and recent situation.

But soon, Si'an's tone became excited, and somewhat tentative.

"Mom, I have something to tell you. I've decided to change my major for graduate school."

Anmin wiped her hands and asked with a smile, "Oh? What are you switching to? Are you going to continue deepening your economics knowledge, or switch to more practical financial engineering? Your dad said you have a talent for this."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, followed by Si'an's clear yet unfamiliar words to Anmin.

"No, Mom, I want to study user experience design, or interaction design, which is about how to make digital products, such as websites and software, more comfortable and user-friendly."

"I believe this will be a particularly important and cutting-edge field in the future!"

An Min's smile froze. "What? User experience? Design?"

She suspected that she had heard wrongly.

"What kind of major is this? It sounds like... something like interior design or computer graphics? Can this be considered a respectable profession?"

"You've studied for so many years, even majoring in economics at a prestigious university, and now you're turning around to study something that sounds fancy and unheard of?"

Si'an's enthusiasm was instantly extinguished by her mother's series of questions, and her tone hardened.

"Mom! Why are you so old-fashioned? This isn't just about manipulating images; it's an interdisciplinary field combining psychology, design, and computer science!"

"The future is the digital age, and every product needs a good user experience. How is that not serious?"

"Serious? I think it's just neglecting one's proper duties!"

Anmin's temper flared up as well; perhaps it was because she was middle-aged and increasingly intolerant of disobedience.

"You went through all that trouble to go abroad just to learn this kind of vague and unrealistic stuff, where you can't even find a job?"
Look at your younger brother, he's studying at the National Defense University, learning defense technology, truly contributing to the country! And look at you, what's it like studying this? Who knows what the future holds?

"What if no one approves? Will all that money and time invested go down the drain?"

"It's the younger brother again! The younger brother is so good, you can just stay and take care of him!"

Si'an's voice was tinged with sobs and utterly rebellious.

“You don’t understand at all! Times have changed! Your predictable ideas are outdated! This is my future, my choice, and I don’t want you to interfere!”

After saying that, he slammed the phone down.

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, An Min was so angry that her hands trembled, her vision blurred, and she almost lost her balance. She had to hold onto the sofa to catch her breath.

"Old Liang! Old Liang! Look at your daughter! She's driving me crazy!"

She called out to Liang Yi, who came out of the study upon hearing the noise, her voice filled with disappointment and confusion.

Liang Yi quickly helped her up, and after listening to her angrily recount her story, his brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't immediately react. He sighed, first helping An Min to sit down on the sofa and pouring her a glass of water.

That evening, Liang Yi called his daughter and gently asked her to explain in detail what her major entailed and what her possible future career paths might be.

Despite her emotions, Si'an patiently explained to her father what the Internet was, what human-computer interaction was, and why Apple's products were so good.

Liang Yi listened, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

“Si’an, Dad admits that what you’re saying is also new to me. When I was your age, I was still thinking about how to solve the problem of food and clothing as soon as possible.”

Your mother is angry not because she doesn't love you, but because she experienced an era of scarcity and limited choices. More than anyone else, she wants you to have a stable life, free from risks and hardship.

He then changed the subject: "But Dad also understands that the world belongs to you."

"Back then, many people thought that doing business was not doing proper work and was speculation, but we seized the opportunities of the times."

Now that you say you see future trends, Dad is willing to try to understand them.

However, you should also try to understand your mother; her concerns are not entirely unfounded.

It takes time for anything new to be accepted.

What you need to do is not argue with your mother, but patiently explain your plans and the value of this career to her in a way she can understand.

Si'an was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, her anger subsided a bit, but she was still stubborn: "But she doesn't listen to what I say at all, she just thinks I'm being ridiculous."

"Give her some time, and give yourself some time to do thorough research and come up with something more convincing."

Liang Yi comforted his daughter, "Let's discuss this slowly, okay? Don't rush to make a decision, and don't say anything that will hurt your mother's feelings."

After hanging up the phone, Liang Yi returned to the living room and spoke to An Min, who still had a stern face.

“What the child said wasn’t all nonsense. Back then, who could have imagined that a self-employed individual could become an entrepreneur? Who could have imagined that computers would change everything? Perhaps what the child is seeing is a future that we haven’t even seen clearly yet.”

Anmin turned her head away: "You're always trying to smooth things over. You've never given us this much trouble in maintaining the business!"

Liang Yi smiled when his son was mentioned.

There are ways to maintain an existing business, and there are ideas for thinking about it.

Times have changed; we can't use the same yardstick to measure all children.

Just like Chunli said, when we were young, didn't we also have a strong desire to forge a different path?

Chunli's words seemed to remind Anmin of her younger days.

Those days of breaking with convention and forging ahead, that impulse to refuse mediocrity.

Unexpectedly, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

I've somehow become one of those older people who couldn't understand my choices back then.

She gazed at the night outside the window without speaking, her anger still burning, yet also feeling somewhat lost and bewildered.

As the wheels of time roll ever onward, has the sense of security she so firmly believed in truly become a tradition that needs to be broken by those who come after her?

My daughter's future is like a new continent shrouded in a thin mist.

She stood on the familiar shore, worried about the wind and waves.

But the daughter longs to set sail and explore the vast unknown.

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