Zeng Xiaoya smiled and said, “Everyone is like that. When there are many grandsons, they want a granddaughter. When there are many granddaughters, they want a grandson.”
“They always want everything, and for everything to go perfectly.”
But in this world, how can everything go perfectly? In life, eight or nine out of ten things turn out unsatisfactorily.
Zhan Yue said, “Exactly. Now my eldest brother and sister-in-law have had a daughter, so my grandmother finally has a great-granddaughter and feels a bit better. In the past, whenever she saw someone else’s daughter, she always wanted to take her home.”
She most wanted to take Ye Junbo’s only daughter.
Ye Junbo also had just one daughter, and every time Grandmother went to Fengchen Villa, she wanted to bring Junyan back to raise. It made Old Madam Jun guard against her as if guarding against a thief.
After Grandmother Jun passed away, Grandmother did not visit Fengchen Villa for a long time.
Alas, in a person’s life, one has to bid farewell to many people one knows.
Thinking that Grandmother was getting old, Zhan Yue worried that one day she would leave them too. Even though he knew everyone must die eventually and that day would come sooner or later, the thought of losing her still frightened him.
“In your family, having a daughter is the most treasured.”
“Of course. Grandmother has one great-granddaughter now, but she wants two or three. She hopes we can all give her more great-granddaughters.”
However, so far, apart from the eldest sister-in-law, the other sisters-in-law have not had daughters.
Having Beibei is already very good.
Although Zhan Yue also liked little girls, he did not have the same strong longing as Grandmother.
If one day he had two or three sons, he might end up hoping for a daughter just like her.
However, he would not have so many sons.
One child would be enough.
Anyway, he had many cousins. If everyone had children, even if he had only one, his child would not be lonely, with plenty of cousins around.
Why think so far ahead? He had not even succeeded in pursuing a wife yet.
“Xiaoya, once you have finished eating, if you like them, just let me know. I will have more picked and sent over for you.”
Zhan Yue said, “We grow quite a lot of seasonal fruits at the old family home. Usually we eat them ourselves, and only sell the surplus.”
In fact, a lot gets sold.
They could not eat that much themselves. At most, they tasted the fresh ones when they first ripened and sent some to relatives and friends.
Zhan Yue saw no need to say these things, in case Zeng Xiaoya felt uncomfortable accepting the fresh fruits he sent.
“All right, I will tell you once I finish them.”
Xiaoya replied politely.
“Are you heading back now?”
“Yes, Grandmother asked me to deliver the fruits. I have delivered them and chatted with Second Uncle and Second Aunt for quite a while, so it is time to go back and report to her.”
“By the way, when is your next day off? Grandmother keeps asking when you will have a holiday and when you will come to keep her company. I told her you only just had a couple of days off.”
Zeng Xiaoya had not expected the old lady to keep mentioning her holidays. She said, “This Saturday should be my day off. Once it is confirmed, I will let you know.”
She was already a bit regretful for agreeing so quickly to Grandmother Zhan.
Not only did she have to visit Zhan Yue’s home on her next day off, but on the one after that, she had to go on a self-driving trip with Zhan Yue to admire the autumn scenery.
But since she had promised Grandmother Zhan, even if she regretted it, Zeng Xiaoya would still follow through.
She always kept her word. If she could not do something, she would not promise lightly, for fear of breaking trust and damaging her own credibility.
“All right, I will wait for your call.”
