Zhou Xiaoyun’s Happy Life

Chapter 20 I don’t want to be called Zhou Xiaoyun

 The school started in the blink of an eye. Zhou Guoqiang paid the tuition fees for Dabao and Daya and received new textbooks.

Dabao used a pencil to write his name crookedly on the page: Zhou—Zhi—Liang.

There are many strokes, Dabao's characters are big and ugly, and the last character "Liang" is missing two points and written wrongly. Seeing Dabao writing his name, Zhou's father suddenly remembered that Daya didn't have a famous name yet, and wanted to give Daya one that sounded nice, was easy to remember, and was easy to write.

"Hmm...what's a good name? Let's just follow Xiaoxia, let's call her Xiaoyun, Zhou Xiaoyun. It sounds nice and is easy to write, so I'll call it Zhou Xiaoyun."

 Father Zhou held it in for a long time and finally thought of it.

 No way, Zhou Xiaoyun wailed in his heart. Why did dad only give her such a name from his previous life to this life? She doesn’t want to be called Zhou—Xiao—Yun—ah—

 Ask why? This is a good question. Zhou Xiaoyun has a belly full of bitter water that he wants to pour out.

 Girls are given names with temperament and connotation. Things like "Shiqi" and "Yuwei" sound like the names of beauties.

As for my own Zhou Xiaoyun, no matter how I listen to it, I feel that it is a complete mess with no connotation, no temperament, and tacky temperament. Especially after becoming an adult, it is so awkward to be called around by Xiaoyun Xiaoyun. No wonder he has no future. A person's name has a huge impact on a person's life.

Zhou Xiaoyun has always regretted that her parents gave her a name that was too casual and careless. Now she must strive for her lifelong happiness.

“Dad, I don’t want to be called this name. Give me a new one.”

Zhou Xiaoyun begged, and Zhou’s father was a little unhappy:

"What's wrong with the name Zhou Xiaoyun? I think it's very good. It's easy to write a name with less strokes. Look at your brother, you still write the three characters "Zhou Zhiliang" wrongly. Isn't it because Liang is too difficult to write? The word "He Yun" is so easy to write, so why are you dissatisfied?"

“It’s easy to write, but it’s also too common. Can’t it be called Zhou Han? It means cultivated. When people hear it, they will think that the girl with this name is a cultivated girl.”

Zhou Xiaoyun suggested that she had already thought about her new name. Zhou Han sounds like a temperament type.

　　Father Zhou’s face looks bad. No father can even remember his name and will be disliked by his children:

"Zhou Han? Two-character names are not allowed. All the children in our family have three-character names. Your brother and younger brother are boys, and their classmate is Zhi, so they are called Zhou Zhiliang and Zhou Zhijie, the cousin of your uncle's family. My brother’s name is Zhou Zhihai, and my eldest girl’s name is Zhou Xiaoxia. Of course you have to choose a name accordingly. I’ve already thought of it, and your sister’s name will be Zhou Xiaoyue.”

 Why should she be named after Zhou Xiaoxia? Zhou Xiaoyun was indignant. As expected, my sister’s name is still Zhou Xiaoyue. Is it really impossible to change? No, she had to argue with reason.

 “How about I call you three words, Zhou Tingting? Or Zhou Yuanyuan?”

Zhou Xiaoyun settled for the next best thing and thought about girls' names that sounded nice and ladylike when they overlapped.

Father Zhou shook his head and disagreed: "It doesn't sound good, so let's call him Zhou Xiaoyun. There is a small character in the middle. It's so kind. It's both a nickname and a nickname, and it's easy to pronounce and easy to pronounce."

　　Zhou's father became stubborn. As a child, Zhou Xiaoyun had no strength to resist, so she turned to Zhao Yuzhen for help. Zhao Yuzhen actually said: "His father's name is not bad."

Zhou Xiaoyun had no choice but to accept the name he had been called for more than 20 years. It seems that not everything is going as expected!

 After dinner, Zhao Yuzhen was busy sewing a schoolbag for Zhou Xiaoyun under the lamp.

 Zhou Xiaoyun used this schoolbag until he was in fourth grade before changing to a yellow canvas bag. It's a little inappropriate to call it a schoolbag, but it's actually just a bag made of several old pieces of cloth, which can hold a few books and some homework.

Zhao Yuzhen took out the old clothes at home that could not be worn, found a thicker one, cut it into several rags with scissors, and then used a needle to sew the edges of the cloth together to form a cloth bag. Finally, cut a long strip and sew it on for carrying.

After finishing the work, Zhao Yuzhen looked at it and thought it was pretty good, so she handed it to Zhou Xiaoyun who was waiting aside: "Da Ya, your schoolbag is ready."

Zhou Xiaoyun responded and took the schoolbag. Looking at the colorful cloth bag, he felt very kind in his heart. Naturally, as a child, I don’t have the guts to ask for a canvas bag, and Dabao is also using the same cloth bag! Besides, Zhao Yuzhen’s craftsmanship is very good, and the stitching is so fine that from a distance you can’t tell it’s made of several pieces of cloth.

 Zhou's father said to Zhou Xiaoyun: "Da Ya, bring your book and I will write your name on it."

Zhou Xiaoyun didn't want to. Her father's handwriting was not good at all. Her handwriting was much better than his. However, she couldn't say that she could write names.

“Dad, I want to learn to write my name. School starts tomorrow. What should I do if I can’t even write my name? Come and teach me how to write it!”

 Father Zhou agreed excitedly, picked up a pencil and wrote the three characters "Zhou - Xiao - Yun" crookedly on the paper. This font looks familiar, huh? Why are the characters similar to those of my brother Dabao?

No wonder Dabao’s handwriting is so ugly. It turns out that it comes from his family education!

Zhou Xiaoyun didn't dare to laugh, so he tried his best to hold back his laughter, put on a serious look on his face, and wrote his name in the Chinese mathematics book stroke by stroke. Try to show the unfamiliarity and effort of beginners in writing, and write deliberately to be ugly.

Even so, it was enough to surprise Zhou's father: "Come and see, mother, we can write names after learning it once. The handwriting is so regular and beautiful, come and see."

Zhao Yuzhen leaned over to take a look and was surprised. She was not well educated and had not graduated from elementary school. She only knew some simple words and it was difficult to write them. Seeing Zhou Xiaoyun writing his name one stroke at a time, I was surprised and happy at the same time:

“Da Ya is so smart, she can write her name just once. Even now, Dabao still writes his name wrong sometimes!”

 (End of this chapter)