Hearing this, Feng Qing congratulated her, “Hai Ling, you’ve decided to register your marriage with President Lu? Congratulations! I wish you and President Lu a lifetime together, and may you have a precious daughter soon.”
Hai Ling already had a son.
No need to wish for a precious son anymore.
In the future, if Hai Ling became the head of the Feng family, she’d need to have a daughter as her successor.
So Feng Qing wished her a precious daughter instead.
Hai Ling smiled, accepting her early congratulations, and said, “Getting to this point with Dongming hasn’t been easy. Considering neither of us is young anymore, we decided to go ahead and make it official.”
“Feng Qing, thanks for your blessings. As for kids, there’s no rush.”
She didn’t have the energy to conceive another child right now.
Whether she took over the Feng family or not, she was already busy. Her new company might look like it was doing well, but it hadn’t truly found its footing yet, it was only temporarily stable.
That stability still relied on the influence of her brother-in-law and others.
Hai Ling had the heart of a strong woman, she wanted to work hard to shed the influence her brother-in-law and others brought to her company, hoping to carve out a real place in the business world through her own efforts.
Feng Qing, however, said, “Hai Ling, if you take over everything in the Feng family, I’d advise you to have a daughter sooner rather than later. You and Young Master Lu aren’t exactly young, don’t wait until you’re too old to have one.”
“I’m worried you might not have the energy to care for a child, and being an older mother might not be good for your health either.”
“Think about your grandmother, she was an older mother, it damaged her health, and that’s… how my mom got her chance.”
Feng Qing herself was born to an older mother too, Feng Yue was seventy-one (in nominal years) when she died, Feng Qing was twenty-eight (in nominal years), her mother had her at forty-three.
Some people are grandparents in their forties, while others are still having kids.
“And you can’t guarantee your second child will be a daughter. If your second is another son, you’d have to go for a third, and there’d need to be at least a three- or four-year gap between the second and third, right?”
Hai Ling, “…Feng Qing, you’ve even said you’d borrow a seed to have a kid without a husband. What you’re describing sounds like IVF, I could do IVF for my second child and have a daughter.”
“Or…” she said, her beautiful eyes twinkling as she lowered her voice, “change the rules, make the successor about merit and ability, not gender.”
Feng Qing laughed, “Hai Ling, I know why we get along so well, a lot of the time, we think alike.”
She’d also thought that if she were in charge, she’d gradually change some of the outdated customs and rules, successors wouldn’t be limited by gender but judged by merit and ability, only those with both could lead the Feng family back to its peak.
With the rules changed, those in power wouldn’t have to keep having kids just to get a daughter, harming their bodies in the process.
“You mentioned IVF, but regular hospitals don’t let you choose the gender…”
Feng Qing lowered her voice, “Unless you go abroad for it, or, like you said, change the rules so the successor isn’t restricted by gender, just merit and ability.”
“Of course, I still think it’s more fun for us women to be the head of the family, haha.”
Feng Qing laughed a few times after saying that.
Hai Ling laughed too, she also felt it was more satisfying for women to call the shots, especially after spending three years as a housewife and enduring so many grievances.
Though Lu Dongming wouldn’t treat her that way.
And she didn’t need to live like that anymore, still, she wanted to keep pushing forward, striving to never have to rely on a husband to support her.
Earning her own money to spend freely, that was the life.
“My wedding hasn’t even happened yet, I’m not thinking about a second kid for now.”
“When are you and Fang Yao going to invite us to your wedding? Feng Qing, the grudges of the last generation are over, when you and Fang Yao get married, remember to invite us for the celebration.”
Hai Ling said.
They all had a good impression of Feng Qing.
