But he still gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, this is not a question of talking back or not. We are just being reasonable. It's just a favor between relatives."
After a pause, he continued, "Besides, can you please stop thinking of us as so superior? There are many people who are better than us. We can't be happy just because others praise us, or be jealous or even angry when others surpass us!"
Zhang Bufan felt that his mother was not a bad person by nature. It was just that her life gradually got better after she married his father, and she would be praised by relatives every year when she came back.
Over the years, he had already lost himself in the flattery and developed the idea that he was invincible.
Now that I have been surpassed by others, my sense of superiority has been shattered, and that is why I am angry.
He talked back to his mother at this time just to make her recognize him again and let her know that their Zhang family would not always stay at the top.
At the same time, Zhang Bufan is also training himself. He has been a mama's boy for more than 20 years and has lived under the shadow of his mother all his life. Now, he wants to break this shadow.
After hearing this, the mother raised her eyebrows and said in a sharp voice: "I am doing this for your own good! When you see someone is excellent, you should work harder instead of trying to curry favor with them! You are so unmotivated, have you forgotten what I taught you?"
"I'm doing this for your own good" and "I've walked more bridges than you've walked roads" have always been parents' weapons to attack their children.
However, they rarely think about whether their outdated ideas can keep up with the changes of the times
Decades ago, everyone was proud to work in a factory. But today, decades later, are people still instigating their children to work in factories
Of course, I don’t mean to belittle any profession here, but if there is a better development direction, why not choose the one that is beneficial to you
Times are progressing, and sometimes old ideas that stick to the old ways are really no longer applicable.
But many people have not discovered this.
Just like Chen Liping now, she has been unable to give up her sense of superiority and wants her son to surpass Chen Ming, become the center of relatives again, and be praised by others.
But she had no idea that Chen Ming's first move was to create a game worth hundreds of millions, and he was rising rapidly in the army.
Now the family of her second brother Chen Gensheng is no longer what it used to be.
Besides, Zhang Bufan had no intention of currying favor with Chen Ming. He got the game from Chen Ming and asked him to sell it to the company.
He is a game developer and knows the pros and cons of this game. He believes it will definitely set off a trend of the times.
Chen Ming let him make the decision, which undoubtedly allowed him to promote this trend and write a brilliant chapter in the history of game development.
This is the supreme honor. He is helping Chen Ming and also thanking Chen Ming!
As for currying favor with Chen Ming and trying to gain benefits from him, Chen Liping obviously overestimated her son's emotional intelligence.
As a mama's boy, he was born with a programmer's brain, which is straighter than a golden hoop. How could he have so many twists and turns in his mind...
That night, Zhang Bufan and his mother Chen Liping argued all night long. His father Zhang Feng huddled in the corner, trembling and not daring to step forward, secretly giving Zhang Bufan a thumbs up in his heart.
To be honest, even he felt that his wife had become more and more flamboyant in recent years. If this continued, it would have a bad impact and she really needed to be disciplined.
Although he wanted his wife to face reality a long time ago, he didn't dare to do so. After all, his wife was too strong and he was a little afraid...
In the end, the argument ended with Zhang Bufan entering the room and Chen Liping sitting on the sofa sulking, with no winner.
Zhang Feng mustered up his courage, stepped forward, and carefully comforted him: "Don't be angry, Xiaofan has grown up, and many things can be left to him to decide for himself~ˇ."
"Besides, this is also helping your second brother. This is a way for relatives to get together. Didn't you ask Xiaofan to get together with relatives more often? Now that things have started, you should be happy."
Zhang Feng persuaded carefully.
Chen Liping rolled her eyes at him and said viciously, "How happy are you!"
Zhang Feng was so scared that he dared not speak.
At the same time, Zhang Bufan in the room slapped his chest in fear.
Damn it, I was so scared. My mom’s expression just now was as if she wanted to eat me alive.
Zhang Bufan thought with trembling in his heart.
Even though he looked so tough just now, deep down he had already wanted to kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake.
But fortunately, he managed to get through it. At this moment, he felt that his heart, which had been imprisoned by his mother for many years, had some cracks.
Next time he plans to make decisions on his own, he should be much bolder.
Thinking of this, he quickly took out a cigarette that Chen Ming had given him earlier, lit it up, took a deep breath, and calmed his throbbing heart.
…
In a blink of an eye, it is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve.
These days, there is a constant stream of people visiting.
Because the news that he had made military achievements and became an officer spread.
There is a saying that goes, "A poor man in a busy city has no one to care about him, but a rich man in a remote mountain area has distant neighbors." It is absolutely true. All kinds of distant relatives who I have hardly met came to visit me.
Chen Ming's former high school, junior high school, and elementary school teachers and principals all came to visit and praised Chen Ming for being sensible and obedient in the past.
Chen Ming felt numb after hearing so much praise for himself.
Even when Chen Ming was painting his house a few days ago, many people came to visit, forcing Chen Ming to stop working for a while to receive them.
Chen Ming didn’t understand. He was just a major. Was it necessary for so many people to visit him
A major officer in the Dragon Country Army is not really that impressive.
Normally, if you graduate from a military academy and spend ten years there, you can get promoted.
Especially in the Air Force, a single brick hit can kill a large number of colonel-level officers.
After all, if you want to become an air force pilot, you must have a very solid cultural and theoretical foundation. Basically, all of them are top students and have high military ranks.
But the news spread too widely, and everyone in the area called him a major general, so people thought that the Chen family had produced a general.
Even though Chen Ming's former teachers and principals were intellectuals and somewhat skeptical about the authenticity of this major general, they began to believe it after hearing the news from so many people.
After all, three people can become a tiger. There are more than three people involved, and the story has spread to more than three villages.
All kinds of unfounded great achievements were attributed to Chen Mingguan.
For example, disaster relief efforts saved hundreds of people.
There was also a case of arresting a criminal who was shot several times.
What's worse is that some enemy country planned to invade along the border, and Chen Ming drove a tank to blow them away with one shot.
It spread so much that everyone believed it.
As a major, he actually enjoyed the treatment of a major general.
Many young girls from all over the country rushed to his house upon hearing the news and looked inside curiously.
Some people were bold enough to add Chen Ming's QQ contact information, which made Chen Ming very helpless these days. His home seemed to have become a zoo, with tourists coming one after another.
Chen Ming was thinking about hanging a sign that read "Ten yuan for taking photos, five yuan for viewing", and then standing at the gate of the yard and letting his parents collect the fees outside the yard.
I guarantee you can earn a few thousand dollars.
At noon that day, Chen Ming and his parents had finally seen off a group of visiting town cadres. Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw their third uncle Chen Yongchun coming over with his little daughter and a big yellow dog.
Uncle San came over with a piece of pork belly and said to Chen Ming with a smile:
"My little nephew, my family just slaughtered a pig today. I'll give you a piece. Ask your mother to make braised pork with pork belly or steamed pork with rice flour tomorrow night on New Year's Eve to help you gain some weight. You're still a little skinny. It would be better if you could grow some weight."
If it was a gift from someone else, Chen Ming would have declined it, but his third uncle was a relative and he raised pigs at home, so there was no need to refuse a piece of pork.
Moreover, after slaughtering the New Year pig, giving meat to relatives is very common in the village.
If Chen Ming's family slaughtered a pig for the New Year, they would also carry the meat to send to their relatives.
So Chen Ming thanked him and turned around to take it into the house to his mother.
Uncle San and his father Chen Gensheng sat on the chairs at the door and chatted with each other.
The two are brothers. Although they have started their own families, their feelings for each other remain unchanged.
Moreover, my third uncle is not as jealous as my aunt. He is more likely to be happy for his brother and nephew from the bottom of his heart.
Looking at the clean white house, he praised Chen Gen for having a good life and a good son.
While they were chatting, their niece Chen Xueqin came over.
Chen Xueqin is eight years old this year. She is very cute, with a chubby and rosy face. She has two ponytails on her head that swing when she jumps. She is wrapped in a very warm cotton coat.
She pulled Chen Ming's hand and said timidly, "Brother Xiao Ming, can you send my dog Da Huang to the army as a military dog? I also want him to gain military merit."
After saying that, she touched the head of the big yellow dog next to her. The big yellow dog stuck out its tongue at Chen Ming, as if with eyes full of expectation.
…
Chen Ming was stunned for a long while, and his brain was a little confused.
These days, there are so many people who ask him to use his connections to get their children into the army that he is exhausted.
But what are you doing, little sister? You want to get your dog into the army to be a military dog. Do you think I am Qi Tongwei
He patted his niece's head affectionately and said with a smile: "Xue Qian, if your dog joins the army, he won't be able to accompany you. Are you sure?"
When Chen Xueqian heard this, she thought it made sense, so she immediately hugged the big yellow dog's neck and said firmly: "Then I'd better not let Dahuang be a military dog."
Chen Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw cars driving towards their house in the distance.
The license plate number of the leading Audi car made him stunned. It was Qian A00001.
Oh shit, a big shot is coming to visit!
This license plate number belongs to the city's top leader!