Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 1122: Chapter 1123: Don’t Let the Child Lose at the Starting Line

Last year on their birthday, Qi Taiguo and Cheng Su took a set of wedding photos. At that time, they agreed to take a photo every year for commemoration, so Qi Taiguo brought Cheng Su to the same photo studio as last year.

"You’re here again." The owner of the photo studio still remembered them and smiled upon seeing them: "A year has passed, and you two haven’t aged a bit. In fact, you look even better than last year!"

"Yes, we’re here again." Cheng Su and Qi Taiguo exchanged a smile.

Another year has passed.

This time, they weren’t in the mood to take wedding photos. They just took a simple picture and left.

After leaving the photo studio, Cheng Su asked Qi Taiguo where they should go next.

"I heard there’s a new tourist spot developed around Xiushan County. They say it’s quite beautiful, so why not take a stroll there?" Qi Taiguo smiled and said, "Nowadays, people are living better lives. They’re full of ideas, even going on trips. Isn’t it quite extravagant?"

Cheng Su smiled subtly, "You don’t get it. This is what they call knowing how to enjoy life. It’s nothing now, but in the future, people will pay more and more attention to the quality of life. Traveling will become commonplace."

Qi Taiguo looked around cautiously and asked in a low voice, "And you, will you also know how to enjoy?"

But as soon as he asked this, he felt it was a pointless question. Cheng Su surely knows how to enjoy life; just looking at the various decorations at home and that fancy coffee shows she’s someone who enjoys life.

He used to wonder how she knew so much, and she would say it was from reading books. But it turns out, it was from her firsthand experience!

Qi Taiguo couldn’t help but think, even in this era of scarce resources, she manages to enjoy a carefree life. What would the world be like in her era, thirty years into the future?

Thinking of this, Qi Taiguo couldn’t help but have a bit of longing for the future world!

"I studied abroad for two years, soaked up some Western knowledge, and backpacked all over Jiangnan. In that future era, the pace of life is too fast, and the pressure is much greater than now. So, for us working folks, we definitely have to learn to de-stress ourselves. Travel is a de-stressing choice for many, along with family vacations."

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As they talked along the way, the car soon took them to the touristic area of Xiushan County. It was basically an original forest enclosed with some renovations, complete with mountain streams, flora, and rare animals.

Anyway, they were out for a stroll and didn’t care about the scenery. They walked and talked along the way.

Qi Taiguo was very interested in the future and asked her, "According to what you said, the future should be more convenient, and life should be better, so why say the pressure is much greater?"

Cheng Su sighed and said, "Because of the various national policies, you’re aware that everywhere they’re promoting family planning, advocating the benefits of having only one child. Actually, the ones hardest hit are those born in this era. Being the only child, without siblings, in decades, wouldn’t they be the only ones to care for their parents and grandparents? If their spouse is also an only child, then their family structure is the same. Wouldn’t it be two people supporting ten? And if they decide to have kids, wouldn’t it be even harder? Don’t you think the pressure is great?"

Qi Taiguo hadn’t considered this before. Imagining it now, it does seem quite pressuring.

"Exactly!" Cheng Su stopped and looked at him, saying, "I have to carefully plan the birth of a child. This is one reason. I really don’t want my child to also struggle like that in the future, losing at the starting line!"

The so-called starting line is actually determined long ago. Children from wealthy families will always run faster than those from poor backgrounds, a principle of class solidification.