Martha’s words gave her eldest son great encouragement.
Her eldest son, who was on the other end of the line, could not hide his excitement and said, “Mom, I’m really relieved to hear you say this!”
Martha snorted coldly and said, “Let me tell you, you’d better stop fooling around outside anymore in the future. This is especially so with people such as Saul’s daughters! Their level is too low!”
Her eldest son hurriedly asked, “Mom, what do you mean when you say that their level is too low? What is it? I don’t understand!”
Martha felt resentful because her eldest son could not live up to her expectations and said, “I told you to study harder! I’ve been away for more than twenty f*cking years now, but you don’t even understand what level is. You’re really useless!”
Her eldest son laughed and said, “People say that there is an excess of yin which leads to yang deficiency. Mom, you can support our whole family by yourself, so I’m naturally not as capable as you are...”
Martha’s mood eased a lot after her eldest son had complimented her, and she asked, “If I remember correctly, I saw Saul’s daughter when I went back to my hometown to pay my respects to my ancestors a few years ago. It seems as though she did not graduate from junior high school and was just working in a factory, right?”
“Yes.” Her eldest son said casually, “She worked outside a few years ago, and later, it seems like she came back to be matchmade, but she was not interested in any of the boys in the village. So, she said that she still wanted to go out to work. That is why her father looked for me...”
Martha snorted and said, “Keep your distance from their family in the future. Cut off all contact with them after the baby is born. In the future, you should set your sights a little higher if you’re looking for a woman outside. At the very least, you should find a young woman who has graduated from university! That way, she can also give you two more children!”
Her eldest son said resentfully, “Mom, why would a university graduate have any interest in someone like me?”
Martha sneered disdainfully and said, “So what if she graduated from university? How much money can a university graduate earn in a month? How many lifetimes would she have to struggle to be able to drive a luxury car and live in a villa after graduating from university? You’re already a successful person in the eyes of university graduates, so they would definitely be happy to have such a great opportunity!”
Martha hung up the phone, and Jalen, who was driving, then asked with a smile, “Martha, are you going to have another grandchild? How many do you have now? Nine?”
Martha gave him a rare smile and then nodded as he said, “Yes, nine.”
Jalen asked in surprise, “Martha, do you like children that much? If I were you and my two sons had eight or nine children, I’m afraid that I would have been so overwhelmed.”
Martha waved her hand. “You don’t understand.”
Having said that, she turned around and glanced at Kyler and Heather who were sitting in the back row before saying, “Listen carefully. Being in our line of work is most detrimental to the virtue and good fortune of our future generations. So, if the conditions enable it, it is necessary for you to have more children and grandchildren. If God wants to make a person be left without any descendants, the fewer children he has, the harder it would be for him to fight his destiny. However, if he has enough children, if retribution were to come and befall his descendants, perhaps there might be one or two children that would slip through the net and escape unharmed, then.”
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