Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

Gu family.

"Xiao Ze, I heard you've taken a fancy to a girl. Is that true?" Gu's mother asked casually from the sofa.

"That's not true, don't listen to Yu Cheng's nonsense." Gu Ze knew immediately that Yu Cheng was the one who said this. Gu's mother was Yu Cheng's aunt, so they had a lot of contact in private.

"How can you say that's nonsense? I haven't seen him talk about anyone else. I don't care about anything else, but you have to bring a girlfriend home this year." Gu's mother said unreasonably, she was really desperate to have a grandson.

"Where am I supposed to find a girlfriend?" Gu Ze asked, frowning.

“If you’re willing to look, I can introduce you to someone. Your Aunt Zhang’s daughter is quite good. My son is so outstanding, he’ll definitely be able to win her over easily.” Gu’s mother was telling the truth.

She had three sons. The eldest son was plain-looking but serious and earnest. The second son looked like his father and was dull and uninteresting. Only the youngest son looked like his mother and was handsome. Therefore, his mother favored him from a young age.

At this moment, Mr. Gu put down his newspaper and began to listen attentively to their conversation. It's worth noting that people his age typically have three generations in their families.

Although I have three sons, my eldest son and his wife have been pursuing their careers for almost ten years, but they still don't have a child.

The second son was transferred directly to the border, and it's unknown when he'll be able to return, let alone get married and have children.

The third son, who had never been quick to understand anything, was already 26 after the New Year, and in their generation, he would have been a father long ago. Now, when his wife wanted to introduce their son to potential partners, Mr. Gu wholeheartedly supported it.

"Gu Ze, you really need to think about your personal life!" Gu's father said seriously.

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Caught between his parents, Gu Ze was itching to confront Yu Cheng immediately!

Meanwhile, Zhou Min finally made it through the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Min packed her bags and went to school. In the days that followed, she had very little communication with her mother. Zhou Min and her mother had some similar temperaments; both were easily angered and prone to outbursts.

However, Zhou's mother would vent her frustrations on Zhou's father and Zhou Min, while Zhou Min would keep it all bottled up inside. When Zhou Min couldn't hold it in any longer, that would be the start of a family war.

To avoid a family war, the sensible Zhou Min simply avoided seeing him.

Originally, Zhou's mother was already angry because she didn't have money to sponsor her nephew, and she started to berate Zhou Min at home every day. After Zhou Min left home early for school, Zhou's mother was so tired that she didn't even want to talk.

She couldn't understand why, despite constantly sacrificing herself to please others, no one understood her in the end.

Now her parents, siblings, and daughter all resent her, and her husband, though not saying anything, has also become increasingly silent.

She was initially furious and planned to move back to her parents' house to make those ungrateful father and daughter starve, but now she's worried about what to do if the family falls apart.

Don't think she can't see through it. Her daughter is heartless. She only scolded her a few times, and she left immediately. What parent doesn't scold their child? If every child acted like her, would there be any decorum in the future?

While Zhou's mother was still struggling with her decision, Zhou's father dealt her another blow. Already worried about his daughter, Zhou's father was also concerned because the four pre-sale apartments he had bought for Zhou Min were starting to be handed over to residents.

He still needed to handle the handover procedures, since his identity information was used, so Zhou's father also rushed to the capital on the third day after Zhou Min went to school.

Looking at the cold, empty house, Zhou's mother suddenly didn't know what her purpose was.

After arriving in the capital, Zhou's father learned that Zhou Min had not started school. For the past two days, Zhou Min had been staying in the second-hand apartment she had bought before, and she was eating frozen dumplings from the convenience store downstairs every day.

Seeing Zhou Min's silence, Zhou's father didn't know what to say to comfort her.

“Don’t blame your mother. She was raised that way since she was little, and her thoughts and personality are already set. She didn’t want to be like this herself.” Mr. Zhou tried to organize his thoughts.

"Don't say anything, I know everything. I just don't want to argue with her. I'm afraid I won't be able to control my temper." Zhou Min also has a very bad temper, and she herself is afraid when she loses control.

In her previous life, Zhou Min often had outbursts during junior and senior high school. When she became hysterical, even her mother was ashamed of her. At that time, Zhou Min sometimes felt that her consciousness had left her body.

After maturing, Zhou Min worked hard to learn self-control over her emotions, so her parents have never seen her act crazy in this life. Of course, the temper tantrums Zhou Min had before her rebirth have long been forgotten by her parents.

"Well, try to go back less often in the future." Mr. Zhou didn't want Mrs. Zhou to be constantly influenced by her family.

"You know, human nature is disgusting. They raise their daughters like they're working hard, making them toil away from a young age, and instilling in them the spirit of sacrificing and dedicating themselves to their maternal family. In the end, these daughters become thieves after they get married, desperately trying to steal their husband's family's things and then taking on the responsibility of caring for their parents in their old age. It's true that children raised with such leniency are the most filial." Zhou Min said with a bellyful of disgust.

"It's not always like that, your grandparents..."

“So my grandparents had a hard life, they were poor old men and women, and they still eat bran and wild vegetables every day.” Zhou Min interrupted her father.

Grandpa and Grandma Zhou were used to hardship their whole lives, and even after they became wealthy, they still preferred to eat coarse grains and pickled vegetables.

During the most difficult times, Grandpa and Grandma Zheng ate fine grains while their children ate coarse food and wild vegetables. Of course, the children who pleased them could eat fine grains like them, such as Aunt Zheng, Uncle Zheng, and Uncle Zheng.

Sometimes Zhou Min would maliciously wonder if Grandpa and Grandma Zheng had so many children so that they could get more food rations and more people to take care of them. You have to understand that at that time, the policy was that food was distributed according to population, and the more children a family had, the wealthier they were because they ate less.

Zhou's mother, who came from a wealthy family, lived a life worse than even poor farmers before marrying Zhou's father. However, Zhou's mother never realized this. She felt that it was already good enough that her parents were able to raise them. This may reflect the values ​​of people from two different eras.

"Don't say that in the future, after all, they are your elders."

“Sometimes I wonder if it’s because I’m a girl that my mom feels insecure. Maybe you and my mom could adopt a boy, or have a surrogate. I wouldn’t mind.” Zhou Min couldn’t understand why her mother always only thought about her own family.

Shouldn't a mother love her own child the most? Why does Zhou's mother always put outsiders first?

"You must never say that again. Your mother and I didn't mean it that way. Be careful someone overhears and takes it to heart." What Zhou's father said was true.

Last year, Zheng's aunt's husband approached Zhou's father and said that his sworn brother's mistress was pregnant with a boy and asked Zhou's father if he wanted the baby. Zhou's father sternly refused.

At the time, Zhou's mother grumbled for a long time. The main reason she didn't want to raise the child was that everyone knew them, and she worried about what would happen if the child came to claim them as family members after growing up. Although Zhou's father didn't agree with his wife's idea, he still didn't want to say it and hurt Zhou Min's feelings.