Ye Yaodong patted Ye Chenghu on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Son, let me tell you, what about us? We should be low-key when doing things. If we are too high-profile, it is easy to steal the limelight from others and make people hate us. Do you know what it means to make a fortune in silence?"
Ye Chenghu looked at his father blankly and shook his head.
"It means to avoid letting others see the profits you have made. We should not be too high-profile. When you are high-profile and desperately show off to others, you may be envied and your wealth will be dissipated in the dark."
"There are always people better than you. What you are proud of may be nothing but superficial things in the eyes of some people. They may look at you like a clown."
"For example, the shark fin you showed off yesterday is indeed a good thing in the eyes of the poor people in our village. It is worth showing off if you can eat it. But if you tell your school about it, you might get slapped in the face. If a child from a cadre's family looks at you with disdain and says that you are a bumpkin who has never eaten anything, what will you do?"
Ye Chenghu glared forward, clenched his fists, and said, "Beat him!"
Ye Yaodong: “…”
Didn't he deserve to say it in vain
But think about it, there seems to be nothing wrong with it, I have to beat him up!
"No, son, let me tell you, those who live a high-profile life and can't help showing off to the whole world when they have a little achievement are short-sighted and have no idea how big the world is. They are like frogs in a well. Can't we become such people?"
Ye Chenghu looked at him in bewilderment. "How big is the world? I was just showing off to my friends in the village. Can't I just chat with them for a few minutes? They also told me that they ate canned food yesterday and drank soda today. I was so envious that I was drooling! Others also showed off to me!"
Ye Chengyang also licked his lips at this time, "Dad, do you know what soda tastes like?"
"Of course, your father doesn't even want to drink anymore."
"You're bragging! I've never seen you drink!" Ye Chenghu didn't believe what his father said at all. Who can drink soda to the point of not wanting to drink it anymore
"Tsk~ Can you see me drinking? If you see me drinking, will I still have some left?"
Ye Chenghu was skeptical.
Ye Chengyang didn't think much about it, but looked at Ye Yaodong eagerly, "Then Dad, can you let me have a sip next time you buy it?"
"It depends on my mood!"
Lin Xiuqing looked at the father and son in silence. What a foolish father! Wasn't he teaching his child? How could he be led astray by his child and even talk about drinking soda
"What are you talking about? Aren't you teaching a child?"
"Oh yes, you bastard, I almost got you the lake!"
Ye Chenghu said with a smile: "No, I didn't say anything. You said you didn't want to drink soda anymore."
Ye Yaodong was confused for a moment, it seemed like he was the same
"No, did you hear what I just said to you?"
"Yes, you secretly bought soda outside every day and didn't tell us or let us know. Now we all know it."
This bastard!
Ye Yaodong knocked him on the head and said, "Don't talk nonsense to me. I told you to change your habit of showing off. Did you hear me?"
"Why? Everyone is showing off to me, and I can only look at them with envy. Can't I let others envy me too? That's not okay. That's so unfair. I also want others to envy me for having a good father and a good mother, better than theirs."
After hearing this, the couple felt very relieved.
Ye Yaodong was also happy, he is a good father!
"Then just let others show off, and don't envy him, okay? Just treat him like an idiot."
"But I really envy them. I don't have what they have, and I haven't eaten what they have. I don't even know what soda tastes like, and yesterday Shitou told me how sweet and delicious it is, that it has bubbles, and that it makes a sizzling sound when you put it in a bowl. It's magical."
"There's nothing to envy. Others have it. Come back and tell me, and I'll get it for you! I'll buy you a soda when I get back!" Ye Yaodong said domineeringly.
Isn't it just a bottle of soda? Why envy others
Other children have food to eat, so how can his child drool over watching others eat
He may not be able to do anything else, but how can he let his children envy others for a bottle of soda
Ye Chenghu jumped up with joy instantly, and said loudly in surprise: "Really? Buy me a soda when you get back?"
At this time, they were waiting for a bus to go home on the roadside in Jinjia Town. There were also a few people waiting not far away. They were all attracted by Ye Chenghu's surprised shout and looked over sideways.
"Keep quiet, it's just a bottle of soda, what's there to be excited about?"
Lin Xiuqing also patted Ye Yaodong in a stern manner, "I just told your son not to show off so much, why are you supporting him now?"
"How can I say I support you? It's just a bottle of soda. Why should they envy others..."
"You're not supporting him, are you? He came back to tell you that he had something, and you helped him! If you're not supporting him, what is that? You're supporting him to show off. Where did you just say you were being low-key? You're an adult, but you're letting a child convince you. If he envies other people's families for having stars, you pick the stars for him. If other people's families have the moon, you pick the moon for him, too?"
“These are two different things.”
"Whose child can have everything he wants? There are 60 or 70 kids in his class, and each of them has something he doesn't have. He's envious of them, and yet you give them back to him? How can you spoil him like this? Just now you told him not to show off so much, and now you're ready to back him up."
"Well… "
He thought about it and felt that what Ah Qing said seemed to be right, and it seemed to be the truth.
He can't be used as a capital for the child to show off, or a backing for showing off. In order to prevent him from envying others, you can't give him everything and let him show off. This is not acceptable.
"Just ignore what I said. If you envy what others have, then you should study hard and earn money to achieve what you want. You can't rely on your parents for everything. When you are successful in your studies, you can buy these things by yourself."
Can’t you buy it
It will take more than ten years for him to succeed, and it will also take more than ten years for him to succeed.
Ye Chenghu felt like crying but had no tears in his eyes. He was so happy in vain. His mother was so abominable. His father had clearly agreed to it just now, but now he was gone.
"Dad, you can't go back on your word."
His face was downcast and he looked like he was about to cry.
It will be hard for him to study and succeed in his life. He won't be able to drink soda for the rest of his life. Tears well up in my eyes...
"What did I say? I taught you to make a fortune quietly, stop envying others, and just treat others as idiots. Did you listen to me?"
There's definitely nothing wrong with treating others like idiots.
"I did listen to you, and I will do as you say. If someone shows off to me, I will definitely treat them as idiots, but you can't forget the soda you promised me." Ye Chenghu was obsessed with the fact that his father had just promised him the soda, and he was still brooding over it.
Children are like this. If you promise them something, they will remember it firmly.
Lin Xiuqing always felt that her eldest son's description of treating others as idiots was correct, and she automatically replaced the "idiot" in her mind with Ye Yaodong.
You've only taught the child a few sentences, and you've already thrown in a bottle of soda before you even see any results
She didn't know how he taught her. She thought what he said in the long speech at the beginning was very good. It was rare for him to speak so reasonably and with such level of skill. But she didn't expect that he would be so vulnerable to the eldest son.