"The Three-Body Problem" is quite long, with 200,000 words. If Zhang Zhong had a hard liver, he could probably write it in one day. However, he didn't prepare for a hard liver. He could write 30,000 to 40,000 words in a day, so he wrote slowly.
, it will definitely be done within a week.
He had just been writing for a while when his mother asked him to go down for dinner.
The whole family was here during the Dragon Boat Festival. Zhang Xingjun was in a good mood and found a bottle of liquor to have a drink with Zhang Zhong.
Since it was a holiday, Zhang Zhong did not refuse.
Halfway through the meal, Pengpeng suddenly asked, "Dad, won't Teacher Xu come over and teach me how to draw today?"
Zhang Zhong said, "Mr. Xu has something to do at home these days, so I can't come over, but you can't slack off. You have to complete the tasks assigned by Teacher Xu before. Maybe I will ask her to video chat with you tonight.
If your progress is not up to standard during the inspection, you will definitely be reprimanded."
Pengpeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm the best. I've finished eating. Dad, grandparents, you can eat."
"Remember to complete the task." Zhang Zhong quickly explained.
Pengpeng said without turning around, "I know, I'll watch TV for a while first."
"This girl." Zhang Zhong shook his head.
Hu Huifang whispered, "What's going on at Yuhan's house?"
"Her parents are back for the holidays and want to be at home with their family." Zhang Zhong clinked glasses with his father and said.
"Son, you and Yuhan have been together for a long time, right? Do you want to find time to meet her parents? If we don't take the initiative in this matter, how can the girl's parents be so embarrassed? After a long time, they have to say that we don't
You’re sensible now.”
"It won't take long, it won't be urgent."
"It's not urgent, it's not urgent, there's nothing urgent. Is there anything that can make you anxious?" Hu Huifang frowned, "Anyway, you should pay more attention to this matter and don't let me worry about it all the time."
"Yeah, I understand. Come on, dad, let's have a drink."
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"Yuhan, tell me the truth, have you fallen in love?"
Xu family, in the kitchen, Cao Ruixia asked her daughter while washing dishes.
Xu Yuhan hesitated and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? It's nothing."
"You said no, then why are you blushing? You are such an adult, how can I interfere with your love affair? Tell me, what does the boy do, where is he from, and how did we meet him?"
Xu Yuhan was a little nervous by her mother's three consecutive questions and said, "Mom, we haven't been together for long, okay? I'll talk to you later."
"Why are you nervous? I didn't say anything. Mother and daughter can't have a heart-to-heart relationship with each other? They say women's universities are not good at getting admitted. This is true. Remember when you were in middle school, someone wrote you a love letter. You must
Run back and give it to me. It's better now. You got a boyfriend without saying a word and hid it well. I can still eat your boyfriend."
"Mom, that's not what I meant, but I don't think it's time yet."
"Then when is the time, oh, when you are all talking about getting married, send me and your dad a message before the wedding, and then we can go have a wedding banquet?"
Xu Yuhan was silent for a while and said weakly, "Mom, if you are not satisfied with him, what will you do?"
"Not satisfied? This person hasn't even seen it yet. How can you talk about satisfaction or dissatisfaction? Besides, as long as you are satisfied with the boyfriend you are talking about, what's the use of me not being satisfied? Do you think I am dissatisfied?
You can be separated from others."
"That's definitely not possible." Xu Yuhan said quickly.
"That's right, I said, I don't want to interfere with you by asking this, I just want to understand the situation."
"He has a child." Xu Yuhan gritted her teeth and said.
"What!" Cao Ruixia's voice suddenly rose, revealing a hint of disbelief. Then she lowered her voice for fear of scaring her daughter, "You said he has a child?"
Xu Yuhan bit her lip and nodded, "Well, he has a daughter who is six years old. I asked her to draw and we met her."
Cao Ruixia felt that her mind was a little blank. She just thought that even if the boyfriend her daughter found was not very good, how could it be any worse? At most, he looked bad and his work was bad. She would never have thought that her daughter would find a boyfriend who was married and had children.
of.
No - Cao Ruixia suddenly had a terrible thought and asked her daughter, "Yuhan, is he divorced? Could it be..."
"Mom, what are you thinking? Who do you think I am? He is raising the child alone. The mother of the child left before and has never come back."
"Oh." Cao Ruixia breathed a sigh of relief, this can be considered the good news among the bad news.
After sorting out her emotions, Cao Ruixia said, "Daughter, it stands to reason that the kind of person you find to spend your life with is your own business, and your father and I should not interfere. But after all, you are still young, and there are many things that you lack consideration for.
I hope you can seriously consider whether this person is the person you want to entrust your life to, and whether he is worth entrusting your life to. And if he has a child, then your future life will definitely be like that of an ordinary couple.
It’s different. It’s not unreasonable to say that being a stepmother is difficult. You are still young. Are you sure you can handle these things? Life is not a temporary romance. There are still daily necessities such as rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, and hurdles that need to be overcome together.
"
Xu Yuhan regretted telling her mother this. Although her mother tried to be subtle, she could hear her mother's objection.
She can understand her mother and knows that her mother is for her own good.
But then, she felt that it was good to speak out, and things were not as difficult as she imagined.
And the reason why she didn't tell her mother that the other person was Zhang Zhong first was because she wanted to show her bad side first. Maybe they would be better off later when they knew that the other person was Zhang Zhong.
The mother and daughter were silent for a while, and there was only the sound of water running in the kitchen.
After a while Cao Ruixia said, "How old is he?"
"Just thirty."
"thirty?"
The number thirty is younger than Cao Ruixia imagined, and she is not much older than her daughter, which is good news.
"Then what does he do?"
"He does the same job as you."
"Teaching? Junior high school or high school?"
"It's also a university, right at Jiangyang University."
Another good news, at least the job is very good. I should be a university lecturer. The salary may not be high, but the nature of the work is decent.
"How about taking advantage of this holiday to ask him out for a meeting? Your dad and I happen to be both here." Cao Ruixia took advantage of the heat to strike.
Xu Yuhan thought for a while and said, "I want to ask him if he has time."
Cao Ruixia smiled and said, "Okay, you go and ask. It's just a meeting and nothing else. Just tell him not to be nervous."
"Um."
I guess he won't be nervous. I should be the one who is nervous, Xu Yuhan thought.