A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 456 The purpose of opposition

"Brother, the child is still young, and I have work to do..."

The eldest sister who was specially called to the house disrupted the plan Li Xiang had laid out for her with just a few words.

"It won't matter if it's a year or two later. It will be better when the child is older." Li Xiang comforted her and comforted himself at the same time.

He just felt a little pity for his eldest sister, who missed the best year to take exams.

Although later generations defined this year as thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, it is undeniable that the difficulty of the exam questions this year was actually relatively simple, considering that education had been interrupted for many years.

The so-called "crossing a single-plank bridge" mostly refers to the large number of applicants and problems with political review.

And these are not big problems for the Li family.

The only thing they have to worry about is reading more books and answering more questions before the exam.

As long as the eldest sister and the younger brother review according to Li Xianghua's key points, the result of passing the exam is basically certain.

People change. She wanted to be a doctor more than ten years ago, but now she doesn't want to.

"That's not what you said earlier. I thought you were more interested in treating illnesses and saving people." Li Xiang replied with a wry smile.

With this confusion, she even began to doubt her eldest brother's intention of disapproving of her marriage to Gao Weicheng.

The eldest sister smiled. She had heard sighs like her eldest brother's too many times.

In fact, both those who are close to her and those who are not so close to her often say such things, which shows that the big sister's transformation is huge.

Li Xiang's eyes turned into incomprehension and a hint of subtle disappointment during the elder sister's explanation.

If her eldest brother was just an ordinary student in the earliest days and was desperately opposed, she could still understand it. Maybe he didn't understand the hidden dividends of this class at that time.

"Brother, I'm not thinking about postponement..." The eldest sister turned away embarrassedly, unable to bear the earnestness in her eldest brother's eyes.

"Brother, I have been promoted to head nurse. I just need to step by step to be promoted to dean. I am thinking, is it necessary to change my path? Is it better to start from a doctor? Delayed my future."

But facing the elder brother who still kept her dream in mind, the elder sister was a little speechless.

"You have really changed a lot since marrying into the Gao family." Li Xiang sighed.

"Brother, I always thought that being able to live a solid life was the best result for people like us. But now I know that it is the best result and also a fixed upper limit. Why didn't you tell me before? If you pass me and reach another level, there will be so many shortcuts to take." The eldest sister looked at her elder brother in confusion.

It's so huge that even an outsider can detect the changes.

"If it were five years ago, I might still have the same idea. At that time, I was not married, and I was still assisting doctors in treating diseases and saving people." The elder sister recalled the past and felt that she was too naive at that time.

But when she and Gao Weicheng were discussing marriage, her eldest brother had clearly enjoyed this bonus, so why did she object.

Li Xiang couldn't help but sigh after hearing what she said. It seemed that he had misjudged his elder sister's determination.

He originally thought that the thing that would make his eldest sister give up her dream would be because of her children. At present, it seems that children occupy only a negligible position in this.

Power is alluring, and he didn't expect that he would fall in love with the eldest sister who was always rational.

"So, you have tasted the benefits of being promoted to head nurse, and you don't plan to rely on yourself for future promotions." Li Xiang asked rhetorically without answering.

"Brother, you are talking as if I am following a different path. I am not the kind of person who has no bottom line. No matter now or in the future, every step of my promotion will be justified and blameless. I don't I am an airborne soldier, but no one can take away the prey within my range," the eldest sister responded seriously.

Maybe it was because the seriousness in his eyes was too serious, and that seriousness made people feel chilled for no reason.

"Didn't you ask me why I objected? Since the reasons at that time were no longer enough to satisfy your thirst for knowledge, today we brothers and sisters will open the sky and speak openly. When we have made it clear, which way do we want to take next? I'll do whatever you want." Li Xiang decided to respect his elder sister's choice, but he had to let her understand the pros and cons before making the choice.

The eldest sister motioned to the eldest brother to continue. She was mentally prepared.

Li Xiang came to the window, lit a cigarette, took a puff and said slowly:

"The slogan that women hold up half the sky has been shouted for more than 20 years. I also admit that female workers in all walks of life are very qualified, but it's okay for you, sister, to be ignorant before. Now that you are in this position, if you still can't understand, That’s why you’re stupid.”

Li wanted to crush his half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.

The eldest sister has never seen her eldest brother look at her with such eyes.

The indifference in those eyes was not like looking at family members, but like facing a strange and stupid person.

"I refused at first because you have your own dreams, and that kind of family doesn't need dreams." Li Xiang glanced at the eldest sister up and down, as if to say that this would come true.

The eldest sister understood what the eldest brother meant and coughed dryly.

"Furthermore, have you ever seen wives from such families, how many of them put their career first?" Li Xiang asked her with a raised eyebrow.

The eldest sister rolled her eyes and wanted to refute the example of Sun Mu and Gao Mu, but Li Xiang refuted it first as if she had no idea.

"Don't take Aunt Sun and your mother-in-law as examples, otherwise I will only laugh at you even more. Do they hold any important positions, or do they work in the morning and evening shifts like you? The most important thing is , are their current positions like yours, where they have worked hard to get promoted and are beyond reproach? "

The eldest sister bit her lip and shook her head repeatedly when the eldest brother questioned her.

"I don't need to say any more. The elders you mentioned as examples are not only not that important, but they are even quite free in order to make it easier to take care of the family."

Then, Li Xiang sneered and said, "Sister, I dare to bet you that after you go back from here today and tell the Gao family that you want to quit your job and focus on raising your children at home, they will only be filled with joy. I guess only Gao Weicheng will ask why, but if you insist, he should be happy to accept it."

At this time, the tears in the eldest sister's eyes were already shaking.

But Li Xiang's expression didn't change. After telling such a little truth, he couldn't bear it anymore. There was something more cruel to come.

Since I plan to talk a lot today, why not just say it all at once.

(End of this chapter)