Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1424 Mixed Feelings 4

"Oh, going to school is a great thing, you must attend! I often say to your aunt when we chat, your wife is not lacking in any aspect, except for that graduation certificate which represents her educational level. Otherwise, what job couldn’t she find? We don’t care about having this kind of educational certificate, but outsiders do. All the government agencies and factories that hire people, except for the laborious jobs, don’t they all look at education? As for your request to have the two kids help you take care of the children and not to distract them from their studies at home, I have a good candidate in mind."

Upon hearing that Cheng Baoguo had someone in mind, Lu Jiang’s heart stirred.

He did not ask Cheng Baoguo who the candidate was; Cheng Baoguo cursed with a smile, "Clever boy, you’ve guessed it, haven’t you? That’s right, it’s your third aunt. Let your third aunt help with the kids and hire a nanny for the household chores, wouldn’t that be perfect?"

"How could we do that? No, that won’t do, we can’t let the aunt take care of our children."

Lu Jiang shook his head repeatedly, and after a few shakes, he remembered that Cheng Baoguo in Huaibei City couldn’t see him, so he stopped.

Cheng Baoguo spoke seriously: "Why not? What’s not suitable about it? Your aunt is retired, doing nothing at home, what’s wrong with her looking after your kids for a few days? Letting her enjoy the pleasure of doting on her grandchildren is an act of filial piety from you. Although we don’t have children and have never regretted it, I know your aunt envies her peers who are taking care of children. You don’t know but ever since Xibao came back these past months, your aunt has been finding excuses to go to Wanglou Brigade every now and then."

"This..." Lu Jiang hesitated.

"Don’t be so hesitant. Your aunt is a hundred times more familiar with the Capital than you and your wife combined, knows the place and the people, and everything is convenient. Isn’t Comrade Chen Xueniang in the Capital? That’s even better; the sisters can be reunited. The most important thing you haven’t considered is that although your wife is their aunt, Tianzhi and Ayu are not so young anymore, and your wife looks good and young. We, as a family, don’t see any issue, but we can’t control nor silence the talk of outsiders; public opinion is something to be feared!"

Lu Jiang’s heart chilled. His nephews had grown up in front of his wife since they were little, and he overlooked this issue for a moment, never expecting that anyone would think this way; he had thought it would be enough as long as it wasn’t Lu Jiang’s father coming over.

It definitely wouldn’t be appropriate for Lu Jiang’s father to take care of the children—fear of gossip between a father-in-law and daughter-in-law is the last thing they wanted.

Without hearing a response from Lu Jiang, Cheng Baoguo knew he had taken his words to heart, "Your wife received special instructions from the old chief; she can absolutely apply for an apartment for teaching staff with this, and no one would disagree. Having your aunt come over and the two women looking after the children together, that’s much more suitable than Tianzhi and Ayu doing it."

With that, Cheng Baoguo let out a sigh, his voice full of deep concern: "Ajiang, your aunt and I don’t have a child to take care of us when we’re old, so we will have to rely on you and Xiaoxue for our end-of-life care. Your uncle’s household is wealthy and has many descendants, and there’s a lot of trouble. It has never crossed our mind to depend on their children for our funerary matters. So, what does it matter if we give you a bit of help now? The children are grown and easy to take care of. If you disagree, your aunt and I will be too ashamed to accept any filial piety from you and Xiaoxue in the future."

With the discussion reaching this point, if Lu Jiang were to refuse, it would be an ungrateful act. He replied gravely: "Then we’ll trouble Aunt to come to the Capital as soon as possible. Qingxue is packing up her stuff and will leave shortly."