Tan Deming also sighed wistfully. "Our family has always relied on your grandma and your mom. To be honest, it's rare for women to be the pillars of the family in the countryside. In our village, it's pretty much just us. It's because your dad and I just aren't cut out for it, you know?"
Tan You said, "I get it. That's why I don't want to have kids or get married in the future. Whenever I hear a child cry, I feel this deep-seated frustration, because those aren't good memories for me."
"After Tan Yue was born, I couldn't go anywhere. I had to stay home and help take care of her, so I couldn't go out and play with my childhood friends. I had to rush home right after school to help my dad with the chores."
"I understood they were working hard, but I still felt wronged. I was only nine years old. Why did I have to do all those things?"
