You Have to Start with Childhood Friends If You Want a Wife

When I was five, my mother set the course of my life with a single sentence. That day, as she watched a weepy supporting actress on TV, she suddenly turned to me and said, "Son, when it comes to finding a wife, you have to get started early. A girl you've raised yourself will be the most devoted to you." Her beautiful eyes glinted mischievously. "Remember, pick someone pretty and sensible. Whatever you do, stay away from a princess type." I was barely tall enough to reach the edge of the dining table. I looked up at her with an innocent face. "Mom, where do you find someone like that?" Chewing on an apple core, she took a long moment before finally managing four words: "Raise her from childhood." Those four words...