Yan Yanjun and Jiang Shufen felt that the recent days were pretty fucked up, but they were asked to tell the people around them what kind of aggrieved days they were, but they couldn't say it out, feeling a sense of unspeakable bitterness.
"Old Yan, you are really blessed. We old fellows, which of us have such blessings as you, can enjoy the blessing of a son when we are old."
As soon as Yan Yanjun arrived at the office, he heard the flattery from his colleagues. Who made his son a big boss and returned to his hometown in good clothes, and the news of his return to his hometown spread throughout Lin City in a short period of time. Who knows the acquaintances around him? The Yan family has developed.
Speaking of it, because of the current high housing prices, it is said that it is to raise children for old age, but often both parents have suffered for most of their lives. In the end, they have to fight for the son to save the down payment and save the car. Marriage expenses, future subsidies for raising grandchildren.
Not to mention getting the filial piety from your children, it is a great blessing that your children will not gnaw at you.
But Yan Yanjun is different. Who in the company doesn't know that his son is obedient and filial. The first thing he did when he came back was to buy a big villa and write it under his parents' names. After the house is delivered and renovated, they can live in it. went in.
That was the best real estate in Lin City, and those who lived in it were either rich or expensive. Just because he gave birth to a good son, Yan Yanjun immediately ran ahead of everyone.
"Where!"
Yan Yanjun twitched the corners of his mouth, he felt bitter, but in front of his colleagues, he still had to be tense and unable to speak.
That's right, it made him very happy that his son was successful, but the series of things that followed made him feel that it might not be a good thing for his son to be too rich and promising.
The conditions of Yan’s family are pretty good. Both Jiang Shufen and Yan Yanjun are workers. At the beginning of the layoff wave, Jiang Shufen’s factory was not profitable, and she was laid off after being bought out. To the small management.
With the money saved at the beginning, and Jiang Shufen's compensation for buying out seniority, the Yan family bought two small stores, rented them out over the years, and can earn 5,000 a month. The family's expenses, plus Yan Yanjun's salary, the family can live a very nourishing life.
But maybe it was because of the hard times, Yan Yanjun spent very frugally on weekdays. He only smoked Xuejuan cigarettes worth seven yuan a pack. , to save money, and gradually got used to smoking, Yan Yanjun really couldn't bear it anymore, even though his income can fully support him to smoke twenty-three packs or even more expensive cigarettes, he didn't give Xuejuan to her. Changed.
Half a pack of Xuejuan every day has almost become a habit for Yan Yanjun.
But it’s different now. Ever since his son enrolled him in etiquette classes and health care classes, smoking Xuejuan has become a serious crime for him. As long as he is caught by those teachers, he will be taught a lesson. Now Yan Yanjun dare not face his family. I smoked in front of me, sneaking around every day, smoking a root of Xuejuan, just like being a thief.
Forget it, he is old, of course he wears clothes because he is comfortable and how he came here, and the place where he works, gathers a bunch of old workers who were lucky not to be laid off at the time, wearing old men's shirts, big Baggy trousers can be found everywhere, and for a middle-aged man like Yan Yanjun who is gaining weight and has a general belly, this is his favorite attire.
But it's different now. All the clothes he liked in the past were thrown away by those etiquette teachers. Because the clothes should be in line with his social status and self-cultivation, he was forced to wear a restrictive shirt and suit. The belt, every day his big belly feels constricted, and it's boring to be a human being.
It's not that Yan Yanjun didn't want to resist, but what did the relatives around him say
They said that he has an unusual status now, and when he is away from home, he represents the face of Ah Chu, a young billionaire. They can't be so selfish, caring about their own enjoyment instead of taking care of their sons.
Also, is it not good to wear a suit and leather shoes? The price is tens of thousands, and most people can't wear it. These clothes represent the filial piety of the son to them. If they don't accept them, it will be a disappointment to the son's kindness.
With such a big reason in front of him, what else could Yan Yanjun say, even if he was reluctant in his heart, he could only bear it.
The colleagues in the office only regarded him as modest, and never thought about Yan Yanjun's current distress.
The same scene happened to Jiang Shufen.
As a standard Ben Wu old lady, her aesthetics fully reflects the mainstream preferences of this age group.
With curly tan hair, a red and purple dress, eyebrows and eyeliner tattooed, powdered powder and lipstick, she is the most beautiful square dancer. was overthrown.
Red and green clothes can't be worn, and they are replaced by women's dresses known as high-end gray tones. Ordinary and ugly, forced to wear such "rough" clothes, she couldn't even take her little flower fan to the garden of the community to find her group of little sisters to dance in the square.
Obviously the family has money, the favorite mahjong activity in the past was forced to cancel, and the short-term activities of the most enthusiastic gossip parents were severely stopped. Jiang Shufen was forced to learn from those teachers just like the puppets. After the heat is over, I am now patronizing and thinking about how to get rid of this kind of counseling.
"No, I have to talk to my son."
After two months of counseling, Yan Yanjun and Jiang Shufen came up with the same idea.
*****
"Dad, Mom, what do you want to tell me?"
Yan Chu went home and sat down, because the villa he bought hadn't been renovated yet, and now the family still lives in the old house.
Today, Yan Chu received a series of fatal calls from both his parents, so he took a little time out of his busy schedule to go home for dinner.
He looked at the couple sitting across from him, and he probably guessed the main purpose of their coming back this time. Two months is almost their limit.
"Ah Chu, your dad and I just want to ask you if you can withdraw from the etiquette class and the health care class. Your dad and I are not young anymore, so we really don't want to suffer from this."
Ever since this son became capable, Jiang Shufen couldn't teach him in the same tone that the elders used to teach the younger. The difference between the two is too great. The current achievements of this son are no longer something that a mother like her can point out.
"Look at those nutritionists, they won't eat this, and they won't eat that. How old are your dad and I? Even if we live long, it's twenty or thirty years old. Why can't we eat something we like? something."
Jiang Shufen felt a little wronged, she loved cracking sunflower seeds, but those people just said that cracking sunflower seeds was bad for her teeth, and if she was asked to eat the peeled flesh of sunflower seeds, she would lose the soul of sunflower seeds, so what's the point.
There is also seafood that she dislikes the most. Because of its high nutritional value, those nutritionists forced her to eat some seafood for every meal. After attending the remedial class, I have never had the pleasure of eating again.
"That's right, why don't you just eat some pig's knuckles? After eating it for so many years, my body is still in good condition. Why are those people too busy to let me eat it?"
Speaking of the changes in diet, Yan Yanjun was also full of anger.
Many of them who came over in that era were short of oil and water. Perhaps it was the lack of ruthlessness at that time, which led to the fact that every household can afford meat now. He still loves those oily and big meat.
"Mom and Dad, these are all for your own good, why don't you listen to persuasion so much?"
Yan Chu frowned after hearing his parents' complaints: "Dad, you have high blood pressure and high blood fat, and eating those greasy pig's knuckles is also a great burden on your body, and Mom, you love spinach too much." It’s high in oxalic acid and purine, you forget that you have kidney stones, the doctor said, you shouldn’t eat more of that.”
These words of his are all well-founded, but they are the things the old couple love to eat, and they all have a great impact on their health. It's just that they refuse to give up their appetites, and they are lucky. , I haven't been too taboo.
"Didn't you educate me like this when I was a child, how come you can't set a good example for me?"
Yan Chu was a little puzzled and helpless, thinking that when Yuan Shen was a child, his parents controlled his diet, which was called strict.
Before he went to university, he didn't know what KFC and McDonald's were like. When he was in elementary school, he couldn't resist the temptation for a while, so he ate a bunch of fried skewers on the roadside, and was accidentally discovered by Jiang Shufen, who came to pick him up from school. Guys, it's a men's and women's doubles meal when you go back.
In Yuanbang's memory, his meals were always ordered according to the portions set by his parents.
How much rice to eat, how many mouthfuls of vegetables and meat to eat, can't follow his own mind.
From the starting point, the couple must be doing it for the good of their son, but is this approach of being strict with others, lenient with self-discipline, and an attitude that is too strict to the point of perversion, really correct
"And mom, Mr. Lin told me that you wore your red and green dress to dance in the park community a few days ago. Didn't I buy you a lot of big-name dresses? You don’t wear cheap clothes worth a hundred yuan, or if you tell them, people will think that my son is not filial. Also, the teacher of the jewelry appraisal told me that in the jewelry class, you were in front of the whole class. It is said that gold is better than diamonds and emeralds, how can you say such things in front of outsiders, gold, how vulgar!"
Jiang Shufen was stunned by the spray, she really thinks gold is good, she likes gold and likes to commit crimes
"And Dad." As he said that, Yan Chu turned his finger on Yan Yanjun again: "The red wine appreciation class I reported to you before, the teacher said that your attitude towards learning is very bad, and everyone in the same class as you is similar to you Older uncles, some of their sons are not as good as me, and your grades are so poor, it's embarrassing to me."
The couple originally wanted to persuade their son to help them withdraw from these classes, but they were scolded by the son instead, and they couldn't stand it immediately.
"No matter what, I won't take these classes."
Yan Yanjun lost his temper, he is an old man, why now he is being trained by this son like his grandson.
"Forget it, I won't tell you now."
Yan Chu waved his hand, took out his mobile phone, and made several calls one after another.
"Auntie/Sister-in-law/Uncle/Uncle, come to my house to persuade my parents, obviously everything I do is for their benefit, why don't they listen to my advice."
Seeing the son complaining to his relatives like this, for some reason, Yan Yanjun and Jiang Shufen felt a familiar feeling in their hearts, as if such a scene seemed familiar.
It's just that the protagonist of the phone call has changed.