My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 478 - 12 It’s a World that Judges by Appearance

Chapter 478: Chapter 12 It’s a World that Judges by Appearance

Lin Xiaoguai and Zheng Cuicui discussed many boudoir girls, but Han Shouzhen rejected each one without exception.

Actually, Han Shouzhen wasn’t usually so picky, but when it came to her precious son, her level of pickiness was definitely MAX.

"The gentle ones you think lack decisiveness, the lively ones you find unreliable, the reticent ones you think are boring, what exactly do you want in a daughter-in-law?" Zheng Cuicui said exasperatedly.

"Uh..." Han Shouzhen also realized she was being a bit excessive and hesitated for a long while before saying, "Anyway, that young girl won’t do, waiting for her to marry Ping’an will take at least four years."

"Then, sister, let me ask you, is it more important to have a grandson soon or for Ping’an to be happy?" Lin Xiaoguai asked.

Han Shouzhen clearly understood the implication in her words and suddenly didn’t know what to say.

"Right, Shouzhen, I think the young girlfriend Ping’an found is quite good. Although the girls nowadays are more open-minded than in our time, the young lady is still shy. To have been pursuing Ping’an for two years shows she really likes him. Look, finding a daughter-in-law, external conditions are secondary, the key is whether she’s wholeheartedly devoted to your son."

"Moreover, from what you said, the girl’s background isn’t bad either. You said before about your family situation, if some pampered young lady from a wealthy family married in, who knows if she would look down on Ping’an due to her status and show disrespect to you, the mother-in-law."

"As for the help you mentioned about Ping’an’s career, although Shouxin and his younger brother are both in the Military Department, it doesn’t mean they can’t support Ping’an at all. He’s capable, hasn’t he won several awards? This time he graduated from his master’s program, didn’t the higher-ups fight over which department he should join? Why are you always thinking about taking shortcuts?"

Zheng Cuicui spoke these words earnestly.

Han Shouzhen remained silent for a long time, "Let me think about this further."

Seeing her attitude loosen, Lin Xiaoguai breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to give Ping’an an explanation.

On the way back, thinking that Zhi Xin Garden would have a batch of freshly slaughtered beef today, Lin Xiaoguai made a detour to pick up two pieces of fresh brisket.

"Mrs. Zhang, what are you doing?" She saw Mrs. Zhang holding a cloth, standing dazedly as if lost in thought, as soon as Lin Xiaoguai entered and spoke up.

"Ah, madam, you’re back so early?" Mrs. Zhang came back to her senses and said somewhat absentmindedly.

"It’s not early." Lin Xiaoguai pointed to the clock on the living room wall, "It’s almost five o’clock."

She glanced at the cloth in her hand, "Why are you doing this again? Didn’t I tell you your job was to handle the meals? Leave the cleaning to the hourly workers, right?"

Ever since the quadruplets had grown up and had their own rooms, the housework at home had become more burdensome. Lin Xiaoguai had hired two hourly workers to clean the house regularly, with Mrs. Zhang only needing to prepare the meals, wash some clothes, and occasionally take clothes to the dry cleaners. However, Mrs. Zhang, used to being diligent, often took over the hourly workers’ tasks despite Lin Xiaoguai telling her several times.

"It’s fine, I’m just idling otherwise." Mrs. Zhang wiped her hands and hesitated before asking, "Madam, I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?" Lin Xiaoguai asked curiously.

"How is the selection fee calculated for key high schools?" she asked softly.

Lin Xiaoguai was stunned, "Has Xiao Xin’s middle school exam score come out?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded, "She’s set on attending a key high school, but she missed the cutoff score for the least competitive key high school by sixteen points. The child is devastated, I was thinking if I should pay the selection fee for her."

"Mrs. Zhang, you better dismiss that idea." Lin Xiaoguai quickly said, "The selection fee for missing the score by a single point starts at several thousand yuan, and for schools like the City Central School it’s ten thousand yuan per point. That’s not how you should spend money. Besides, even if you pay to get her in, Xiao Xin’s performance is what it is, she wouldn’t get good teaching resources in her class, and she’d face discrimination due to her reserved nature. It’d probably just worsen her condition."

"But madam, you didn’t see how upset Xiao Xin was, her face was deathly pale," Mrs. Zhang said painfully.

The cost of the selection fee was much higher than she had anticipated. Although she had saved a decent amount of money working in the Shen Family over the years, she couldn’t just pour all of it into a selection fee without considering the future.

"That kind of indulgence isn’t good either. Do you think money grows on trees?" Without mentioning Mrs. Zhang’s financial situation, even if Lin Xiaoguai herself, who was not short of money, were in a situation where Little Niangao or one of the quadruplets didn’t score enough for a key high school, she wouldn’t spend that kind of money.