Chapter 48: Quality cannot be neglected for quantity
Faced with his stubborn parents, Qin Liufu decided to persuade them from another perspective.
"Mom and Dad, I want to ask you a question, what is the ultimate purpose of having more children?" Qin Liufu asked.
Qin's father blurted out: "Taizu said that if there are more people and more power, we rural people must have more children. If our Qin family didn't have more children, would we have the current prestige in the village?"
Qin's mother also said proudly: "That's right, although our family has been so poor over the years, its prestige in the village has always been one of the best, because our Qin family has a lot of power."
Qin Liufu said ashamed: "It is really good to have more people, but we can't ignore quality for the sake of quantity!"
Qin's father frowned and said, "What does it mean to ignore quality?"
"My parents, let me take Sister Huang as an example. I don't know how many streets the country girls you have arranged for my elder brother. But just to have a few more children, you don't choose Sister Huang, but to choose those country girls. Isn't this just for the sake of quantity and neglecting quality?"
Qin Liufu said: "With Sister Huang's appearance, if the eldest brother married her, the children they gave birth to would definitely be more handsome than the other, which is called genetic optimization. If the eldest brother married those girls in the countryside, the children born would definitely have an ordinary appearance and nothing worthy of praise."
Speaking of this issue, Qin's father and mother were a little silent.
Seeing this, Qin Liufu continued to say: "My parents, having children is like lychees, like those black-leaf lychees in our family. If you graft lychees of similar quality, the fruits that bear fruit will taste the same.
But if you keep grafting the top varieties of concubines, white sugar poppy, and even better green, cinnamon flavor, and glutinous rice cakes onto the black leaf trees, the fruits that will bear will definitely be stronger than each generation. This is the process of gene optimization.
Of course, black-leaf lychees are not necessarily suitable for grafting these top varieties. I said this is just an example for you. Only by constantly combining with better genes can one become stronger than the next.
Just like those young men and women from ancient families, no matter what kind of bird their ancestors grew up, why did they all look so handsome in their generation?
This is the reason.
Because when they marry their wives generation after generation, they always choose the best, and they marry all the beautiful women from thousands of years to thousands of years. After this gene has been optimized from generation to generation, the descendants will be fake if they are not handsome!
Moreover, I have also heard that if a man and a woman get married, the further away the wife she chooses, the smarter the child she gives birth to.
I don’t know what the specific principle is, but it should be related to blood ties or something.
After all, there are many generations of marriages that have been connected by generations. Many people may be able to find out their relatives after several generations.
Therefore, blood ties are relatively close. If you want to give birth to smarter children, try to get farther away and marry them.
So, parents, don’t marry a daughter-in-law with the idea of having more babies. No matter how much you have, your value is not as valuable as mine!”
Qin's father and mother understood the meaning of Qin Liufu's words. Because they understood, the old couple suddenly felt a little confused. What they had been holding on for most of their lives was actually wrong?
Think about my nine children. The one they like most since childhood is July, the most handsome one.
It can be seen that beautiful children are naturally favored than ordinary children.
The genetic optimization mentioned by Lao Liu should indeed be considered carefully.
Seeing that their parents' attitudes had loosened, Qin Liufu struck while the iron was hot and said, "Also, Sister Huang may not necessarily refuse to have children. I mean let it go. Maybe when they get married, they will see that the children born are beautiful and cute. Without you saying too much, they are willing to have more?
Didn’t the old saying gossip? Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. When it comes to marriage, you can’t make rigid regulations. At least you have to give a few sons a chance to choose!”
Qin's father said with emotion: "Lao Liu, it seems that you have really experienced it during this period!"
Qin's mother hummed a little depressedly: "I think he is just a big fool. We have insisted on the concept of most of our lives, and now we have fooled him with the idea of changing!"
Qin Liufu said laughing and cryingly: "Mom, look at what you said, why did I become a big fool? What I said is the truth!"
Qin's mother just said that, but she had actually accepted Lao Liu's persuasion in her heart.
"My mom and dad, look at the current conditions of our family are getting better and better. It is not suitable to marry a local village girl casually. It is not that I look down on the village girl. A few months ago, there was a village girl willing to marry her elder brother, but I am afraid that our whole family will have to have fun for a long time."
Qin Liufu continued: "But the scholar should look at him with admiration for three days. Our family's conditions are different now, so the eyes when choosing a wife must be higher, and it cannot be limited to a big place like a village.
If you two can trust me, I promise to arrange the marriages of the eldest brother, second sister, third brother, fourth brother, fifth sister, and others. Whether it is a daughter-in-law or son-in-law, they are all selected from thousands of people!
Think about it, then, your daughters-in-law and son-in-law will look like the big stars on TV. When you go back to the village together, who won’t envy you in those villages?"
When Qin's father and mother thought of the scene described by their sixth son-in-law, they couldn't help but feel a little excited. It was right to think about it. If their daughter-in-law and son-in-law were both chosen in the countryside, they would definitely not be much better in terms of appearance. No matter how many children were born, others would not necessarily envy them.
But if the daughter-in-law and son-in-law look like the big stars on TV, one is more handsome than the other, then they will return to the village together during the holidays...
Oh my god, who will not envy their Qin family at that time?
Thinking of this, Qin's father nodded and said, "Okay, now our Qin family is the sixth one, you are promising, so you are responsible for finding a partner for your brothers and sisters, and we won't interfere!"
When Qin Liufu heard that his father finally let go, he was overjoyed and immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, parents, just leave this to me, I'll guarantee that you and the two of you will be satisfied!"
Having reached this point, Qin's mother didn't say much, but just asked hesitantly: "Lao Liu, Sister Huang you just mentioned, is she really willing to talk to your elder brother?"
Qin Liufu smiled confidently and said, "Mom, don't worry, with me here, I can't escape. Maybe when the big villa in my hometown is renovated, you can have a happy couple!"
Qin's mother said happily: "It's good, Lao Liu, then you have to hurry up. Your elder brother is really not young anymore, he will be 32 soon!"
Qin's father also nodded repeatedly and said, "This is a good sign, two happiness is coming!"
"Okay, this matter is for me!" Qin Liufu agreed with a smile.
Today, I was able to make my parents smoothly understand their stubborn thoughts. On the one hand, some of his statements really touched the hearts of the two elders, and on the other hand, his status at home has improved greatly compared to before.
Chapter completed!