184. Career of a miser
184. Career of a miser
The current situation of the Yan family is one of yin and yang. There is an old lady, five little girls, and the only two men in the family. Yan Chu spends half of the year outside making money.
Therefore, on weekdays, both the old lady and Yan Yuanbao's sisters consciously instilled in him the differences between men and women, for fear of raising this younger brother to be like a little girl.
Perhaps it was overkill, which also caused Yuanbao's child to feel aggrieved immediately when he heard that he might have to wear pink clothes. In his subconscious, pink is the color that his sisters like, which is like choosing rags to sew on clothes. When he was young, his sisters all liked bright colors, while he preferred more calm colors such as blue, light gray, and brown.
This is also related to Yan Chu's daily attire. As the only male elder in the family, Yan Yuanbao always subconsciously imitates his father's dress. It is absolutely impossible for Yan Chu to wear pink clothes. This makes Yan Yuanbao how Can you accept wearing pink clothes?
Yan Chu really has no way to interfere with children's aesthetic matters. What's more, as an upright man, he always subconsciously thinks that colors such as pink and rose should be worn by little girls. Of course, he doesn't think that men should wear them. If a child likes pink, there is nothing wrong with those lively and bright colors.
So when he was repurchasing fabrics for his family this time, he bought several pieces of fabric in several colors. For the sake of his younger son, he also bought a piece of sky blue fabric that was suitable for a little boy of his age. But that piece of fabric Packed at the bottom of the bag.
Understanding what made Yan Yuanbao sad, Yan Chu turned the piece of sky blue cloth out of the bag in a state of confusion. Yan Yuanbao also realized that he seemed to have cried too early and made a big mistake.
"Don't wear pink as a man. If a man encounters something, he will cry like you without caring about anything. Even if you want to cry, you have to wait until the matter is clarified before crying."
Yan Chu helplessly wiped the tears of the little meat dumpling, but he could not let him develop the habit of thinking that all he wanted to do would come true as long as he cried and fussed.
"I'm a man."
Yan Yuanbao pouted and added in a sullen voice.
"Then since you don't like pink, why didn't you tell dad in advance?"
Yan Chu was a little confused. Since his son knew that he was going to change the fabrics at home from hearing his conversation with his grandma that day, why didn't he tell him clearly in advance.
"Because my family has no money, when Yuan Bao saves up the money to buy fabrics, he can buy the fabrics he likes."
Yan Yuanbao pointed to his fingers and whispered: "I'm still young now. When Yuanbao gets rich, he will buy a lot of beautiful clothes for his father and grandma. There will be several pieces of each style and all colors." "
Yan Yuanbao patted his father on the shoulder. He would give birth to a child in the future, and he would be able to save a lot of money and buy good things for his father and grandma.
"Yuanbao is such a good boy."
Yan Chu touched his little head with gentle eyes, but did not tell him that he might never be as rich as his father in this life.
What he played in front of the sisters Yan Jin and Yan Zhen was actually his original self in his previous life, and even the level of hard work was slightly worse than that of his original self.
As an ordinary man, when his wife passed away and the family was under great pressure, he was able to make the final decision, resolutely quit his job, and then go south to do business. The mental pressure he endured was huge.
He is different from Yan Chu. With life experience in more than a dozen worlds, he is just an ordinary man.
Many people think that being a prostitute can make money, and that in addition to taking certain risks, the profits gained from this business are indeed huge, but they have not seen the sadness behind this scenery.
When I went to Shencheng for the first time, even with the help of an aunt whom I had not seen for more than 20 years, I still took many detours.
He had been cheated and lost a lot of money. For this reason, he did not dare to live in a guest house. He only dared to sleep on a park bench or under the eaves of an awning. Prices in Shenzhen were too high, so he relied on food brought from home. I lived on the dry food I went there, and I didn't dare to eat too much. I often relied on water to stay full.
The business of being a dealer is very particular about connections and information. In order to know which market will have new goods and which factory will sell some cheap goods that are slightly defective but do not affect their use, he makes fun of people time and time again, and does not do it again and again. Even if he tries to please others with self-respect, he will gain very little.
Twenty-four hours a day, he often sleeps only three or four hours. Sometimes he is not sure which markets will have new products, so he simply doesn't sleep and rushes back and forth to several markets, even in the dead of night. I was afraid of missing the scene of trucks going to the warehouse to replenish goods in the middle of the night.
In this way, he gradually established a foothold in Shenzhen, and each time he brought home more and more goods. Even in the early 1990s, he opened his own factory at the best time, relying on the knowledge he learned from Shenzhen. With the experience of running a factory, this small factory developed into a local benchmark enterprise.
Who can not admire such a man?
It's a pity that he also has a common problem among some men, which is to report good news to his family but not bad news, and try his best to create the image of himself as a glamorous and stalwart father.
He never complained to his children about how difficult it was for him to work outside the home, because he owed the children a long time ago for losing his mother. What he showed to his children was that your father is very capable, your father is very capable of making money, and he can provide them with What life looks like at its best.
Because he couldn't always be with his children, all he could do was give money, lots and lots of money. He was reluctant to give up food and clothing, and spent all the money he earned on his children.
In addition, every time he comes from Shenzhen, he always brings the most fashionable clothes in the south, and can bring many of the most popular commodities, such as televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines. The living conditions of the Yan family have become the most popular among the surrounding families. Okay, but the children have been living with their grandma all year round. Under the connivance of the old man, they have increasingly lost their former sense of proportion.
Under the provocation of thoughtful people, conflicts gradually arise in the wealthy family.
At that time, the siblings had all grown up, and the five sisters were all afraid of the only brother in the family, fearing that all the wealth their father had earned would eventually be taken away by him.
The younger brother is also disgusted with the five older sisters. He feels that since he is the only son in the family, everything in the Yan family belongs to him. After the older sisters get married, they should have nothing to do with all the family property.
This kind of contradiction is not monolithic. The five sisters are equally suspicious of each other.
The eldest sister feels that she has contributed the most, and she can account for the majority of her father's property. The second sister and the third sister feel that they have not been taken seriously since childhood. As compensation, they are the ones who need financial support the most among the sisters. The same is true for the twins. Because of their younger brother, the sisters lost their mother's love early on. They are the two sisters who should be loved by their father the most.
Based on everyone's little thoughts, they each found reasons to ask for money from the original person, fearing that if they wanted less, they would be advantageous to other brothers and sisters.
No one thinks that the original person will be tired of making money. His past words and deeds have left a fixed impression on the children, that is, it is very easy for him to make money. In this case, it is appropriate to give them more money.
He was originally a man who grew up under a standard education. He loved his daughter, but inevitably felt that his son was his inheritance, so there was inevitably a bias in the division of property.
In the end, the daughters disliked him for favoring sons over daughters, and accused him of trying to make him feel guilty so that he could get part of the property. The only son felt that he did not give enough and actually gave such a large share of the family property to his sisters, so he complained. he.
In the end, he worked hard all his life, and no one appreciated him. In the hearts of everyone, including those relatives who received a lot of care from him, he was just a rich but stingy man. In the eyes of his children, he was patriarchal. She is a young girl who doesn't distinguish between good and bad, and is also a completely stupid parent.
This time, Yan Chu just let his children clearly see his difficulties. At the same time, he also paid more attention to investing in the children's education than the original person. The children have completely changed from the previous life.
It can be said that the ending of the previous life, even if there were problems with the children, the original body was not completely faultless.
But it does not mean that correct education can only be based on poverty. The poor have poor education, and the rich have education. Rich families can also teach children with both moral integrity and talent. In the final analysis, it is just the original expression of love for the child. Time went wrong, and this has nothing to do with the quality of the family.
Just because he complied with the original person's request, he had to play a poor father.
Although he knows that he is really rich.
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Time flies, and in the next few years, the remaining four children followed Yan Chu to Shencheng one after another, and they felt more intuitively the difficulty of their father.
Coupled with Yan Chu's daily education, no one felt that such a father was too useless. Instead, they all aroused a strong enterprising spirit, hoping to rely on themselves to change the current situation of the family and allow their father to retire early and live a better life. A comfortable senior life.
"Actually, our family's current conditions are not bad either."
Yan Chu had no intention of pretending to be poor for the rest of his life. Subtly, he was also quietly changing the living standards of his family.
For example, after every household had a color TV, the Yan family also welcomed the first TV in the family. For example, the food at home has changed from four dishes and one soup at the beginning, with only one opportunity to eat meat dishes every week, to six now. There must be a bowl of meat or a plate of fish at every meal.
"Dad, we all know it, but we are not young now, and we can also do some things for the family."
Yan Jin comforted her father and said that as the eldest sister in the family, she had already graduated from college. She was admitted to a medical university and now works as a pediatrician in a hospital in the provincial capital. Every month, she turns in three hundred Yuan as household expenses.
Although neither Yan Chu nor the old lady will use this money, they will only save it and add it to her dowry when she gets married.
Prices have risen rapidly in recent years, and the per capita monthly salary in urban areas has reached 700 yuan. As a doctor, Yan Jin's salary level is also at the upper level, with a monthly salary of around 1,200 yuan.
The siblings of the Yan family are very precocious and sensible. Each child consciously refused the living expenses provided by the family when they reached adulthood. In addition, when several older children were studying, the state still covered college tuition and living expenses. It can be said that the youngest children After Yan Yuanbao became an adult, his family basically did not have much expenses.
By the time the twin sisters and Yan Yuanbao arrived, although the state no longer provided tuition and living subsidies, the part-time income of the siblings was enough to cover these expenses.
Perhaps because he read enough books when he was a child, Yan Yuanbao developed a hobby of writing when he grew up a little. At first, he just published diary essays in children's newspapers and periodicals. Later, with Yan Chu's encouragement and advice, he started writing. Novel, now his pen name has become somewhat famous. The medium-length novel that is being serialized can receive 80 yuan in royalties for every 1,000 words.
Compared with current prices, such an income of 1,000 words is already considered a middle-to-high-level person in the industry. He is only nineteen years old now, and there are still many possibilities in the future. He may not become a master like Mr. Jin.
As for the twin sisters, because they are sensitive to colors and love painting, they signed up for a painting class when they were in junior high school. The money for registration was borrowed by the sisters and their brother Yuanbao, a young writer. At that time, Yan Yuanbao relied on ten yuan and twenty He has saved a sum of money from RMB of royalties and is the richest child in the family.
Now the sisters earn some pocket money and living expenses by sending illustrations to newspapers and occasionally drawing design drafts for clothing factories, so they don't need the elders in the family to worry about them.
Therefore, although the family's living conditions have improved over the years, everyone from Yan Jin to Yan Yuanbao thinks it is just because of the lack of expenses for their children.
"Dad, you are not young anymore. You can stay at home from now on. If you feel bored, Erzhen and I will save some money and open a small grocery store for you. It will be easy and hassle-free."
Yan Zhen graduated last year and is now an honorable middle school teacher. Among the siblings, the youngest is Yan Zhu who is the best educated. She skipped several grades along the way. Although she is younger than her two sisters, she has the highest academic qualifications. , is now a graduate student, and still has the ambition to study for a Ph.D.
Yan Jin thought that it didn't take a lot of money to open a grocery store. Her savings in the past two years plus the money saved by her second sister were enough.
In recent years, the economies of various places have begun to develop. The southern goods that originally had advantages no longer dominate the entire market. The era of being a bad guy has long passed.
The siblings saw that their father always went to Shencheng every once in a while as before. Although he looked very relaxed when he came back every time, he always brought a lot of goods, and he quickly used his own accumulation over the years. It is sold through various sales channels, but the sisters all know that even if there is a price difference, it will not be too much.
Their two older sisters have already started to earn money. If they didn't take into account the majesty of their father as the head of the family, they would all want to directly take over the burden of the family and let their father retire early.
The idea of sisters Yan Jin and Yan Zhen is not strange. Many families are like this. There are many brothers and sisters in the family, and the older brothers and sisters consciously take on the task of supporting the family.
But really speaking, Yan Chu is only forty-five years old this year, far from the age where he needs to cultivate at home.
Yan Jin is a doctor and has also minored in some psychological subjects.
She knows that an elder like her father has been needed by his children for most of his life, and suddenly asking him to step back and change from the family's supplier to the demander will cause a certain psychological gap. In more serious cases, it will weaken his will and fighting spirit. Therefore, Yan Jin felt that even if his father was allowed to rest, he would have to do it step by step. The first step was to let him give up his job as a father-in-law and switch to a more leisurely one.
It's good to open a canteen. The audience is the surrounding neighbors. You only need to sell some daily necessities and some snacks that children like to eat. You don't need to buy a lot, but the money you make is enough to cover some family expenses.
If it's still boring, you can install a TV in the canteen and rent some videos at that time, which is also a good pastime.
Yan Jin had already begun to think about her father's life in his later years. Seeing that his father didn't care much, he hesitated for a while and then spoke.
"Dad, we are older siblings. If you have any ideas, don't worry about us."
When their mother died, their father was only twenty-seven years old. A man of this age could definitely remarry.
It's just because I worry that the stepmother will not be dedicated enough to the children in front of her, especially after having her own children, she will be selfish to some extent.
Their father has been single for more than ten years and has never remarried.
In the beginning, the siblings really didn’t want a strange woman to take their mother’s place, and they were also afraid that if they had a stepmother, they would have a stepfather. Now that they have grown up, they understand better how difficult it has been for their father over the years, so they won’t. There are so many entanglements, as long as the woman is good, as long as dad likes her, it doesn't matter if he wants to remarry.
"What ideas can I have?"
Yan Chu was helpless, no one believed him if he told the truth these days.
"Actually, my father has also done a little business over the years. Every time he goes to Shenzhen, he brings those goods to sell. It's just a casual thing. Now, the family has saved a lot of savings."
Yan Chu said tentatively, he wanted to see how these children would react to his words.
"Dad, we all have money."
The siblings winked at each other, and then, with Yan Yuanbao as the representative, they spoke to Yan Chu.
"With the money you earn, you should eat, drink, and do whatever you want, as long as you don't make yourself work too hard."
"You really don't want to? I don't want to ask my father how much money he has saved over the years?"
Old God Yan Chu took out a bankbook from his pocket, put it on the table and asked again.
"We siblings have hands and feet, so we will not be jealous of your money. As long as you and grandma are healthy, we will rest assured."
The Jade sisters took the passbook and put it in their father's hands, not even wanting to open it and read it.
"Since you have said so, I won't give you the money now. Anyway, after a hundred years, whatever money is left will be shared equally between your siblings."
The children didn't care that he was so rich. Yan Chu put the bankbook back into his pocket. This was not because he was stingy, but because the children didn't want it.
However, Yan Jin and others were thinking that in recent years, the business of the business owner has become increasingly difficult. Even if his father can save money, how much can he save? In addition, he spent a lot of money to buy this small courtyard. , I spent many years paying off debts, and it was during these years that I really started saving money.
I'm afraid even if I save money, the amount won't be much.
Even though his father was very good at educating the sisters, he was quite proud of himself. He had to admit that he was rich. He was not old yet, but he had already started to lose his temper like an old child.
The family is living happily together. Lu Aihua is almost 70 this year and has lost all her teeth. Her granddaughters and grandsons are filial and have pooled their money to buy her a pair of dentures. They have just gotten used to it and are looking at the group of juniors in front of them with a smile. I took a bite of the apple, it was so sweet.
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Brothers and sisters are together and cannot be separated forever. One day they will grow up and start their own new lives.
Yan Jin married her college classmate and colleague after graduation when she was twenty-six years old.
Yan Zhen followed and married the son of an old teacher from the same school.
After finishing graduate school, Yan Zhu chose to study abroad for a PhD. She was also the furthest among all her siblings, settling in the UK and marrying a French man.
The Jade sisters became well-known designers at home and abroad. Until they were in their thirties, they were on and off with their boyfriends and had no intention of entering the wedding church.
Yan Yuanbao rushed to get married before his two sisters. His wife was a fan of his. The two communicated through long-term letters, and finally met, dated, and got married in one step.
The old lady passed away when she was eighty-nine years old. At that time, she had already seen the birth of the fourth generation of great-grandchildren in her family. She died with a smile on her face.
In the second year after the old lady's death, the brothers and sisters were not mentally prepared for their father's critical illness.
Stomach cancer, the original person died of this disease in his previous life.
It's just that when he was undergoing painful treatment in his last life, he didn't have any relatives around him. Even if he had, they would only ask him over and over again in his ears whether he had any other private property, and use words to hint him not to be partial.
Money, money, money is what everyone is talking about. Even because of the high cost of treatment, those children and those relatives who have been released early in this life hope to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.
It's already at an advanced stage anyway, and it makes no difference whether it's treated or not.
This life is different. When Yan Chu was diagnosed with terminal cancer, all the children who worked outside came back, including Yan Zhu, who had settled in the UK.
The six children have their own development in different fields. They found him the most authoritative doctor and the best treatment environment. Each child took turns to accompany him during his life, for fear that his father would have something when he was not paying attention. Something went wrong.
"I should remind him to have a checkup every six months."
Yan Jin regretted that after they got married, they inevitably transferred a large part of their energy to their own small families, while neglecting their father who lived with his grandmother in the old house.
If she had known this, even if her father refused, she should have forced him to move in with her.
"Sister, how can I blame you? We siblings all have responsibilities. If he hadn't taken care of us when he was a child, he wouldn't have to rely on steamed buns and sesame cakes to survive every train in order to save some money, and he wouldn't have to rather go hungry. An adult man I only eat two or three steamed buns every day. My father’s stomach must have been damaged during those years.”
Yan Zhen wiped her tears. She had never cried since she grew up, let alone in front of her juniors.
"When I was a child, I was not sensible, so I cheated my dad for money just for skating. If I had been better, my dad might have been able to eat more at every meal."
The siblings all looked for excuses on themselves, as if this would make them feel better.
The doctor said that the cancer cells in Dad's body have completely spread. He is suffering tremendous pain every day he lives. Even with the best drug treatment, it is conservatively estimated that it will only last ten days.
Obviously, my father is still so young, and none of my siblings are ready to lose him.
"Mr. Yan."
When the six siblings, their husbands, wives, and children gathered around Yan Chu's hospital bed, telling him interesting things about the children to make him happy, five or six men in straight suits walked in and looked at him. All those who went up there were elites with good backgrounds.
"You are?"
Yan Jin looked at the visitor, stood up and asked doubtfully.
"We are here to handle the inheritance distribution that Mr. Yan entrusted us to handle."
The leading lawyer nodded towards the emaciated man on the hospital bed and said to the children present.
"heritage?"
Yan Jin and others looked at each other, wondering why so many lawyers were needed with just the little money their father had.
"Mr. Yan's inheritance includes 27 real estate properties in three cities, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, including shops, office buildings, villas and vacation homes, bank funds of 35 million, stocks of 27.32 million, and several We hold shares in listed companies, as well as several electrical appliance companies under his name that Mr. Yan entrusted us to handle. Because we were worried that they would not be able to handle the company's affairs, all of these companies have been sold, with a total of 370 million in cash."
One property after another was reported, and the siblings were completely petrified. They never thought that their father said several times that he was very rich. He was not joking about being rich, but he was really rich.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that every time his father said that he was rich, the siblings asked him to save the money and spend it himself in order not to hurt his self-esteem, but they never thought that this was not bragging.
Nowadays, houses in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen are so expensive. The total amount of these inheritances is probably more than 600-700 million.
Yan Yuanbao, the best-selling novelist and the richest among the siblings, only has a net worth of 10 to 20 million. He thought he was great, but in the end he didn't even reach a fraction of his father's.
"According to Mr. Yan's entrustment, half of these inheritances were donated to five charities, and the remaining half will be divided into six equal shares among his children after his death is confirmed."
The lawyer said to Yan Jin and others. After reading out the will made by Yan Chu, he looked at Yan Chu again. Yan Chu nodded to express his agreement with his words.
"Then I would rather never get this money in my lifetime. I just want my father to live well."
It is undeniable that the siblings couldn't help but feel excited when they heard such a huge inheritance. After all, even if they donated half and the six siblings shared the rest equally, everyone would immediately become a multi-millionaire.
But after the excitement passed, I thought that this was a gift from my father before his death, and I immediately felt that this wealth had come at the wrong time.
"I am very happy to have children like you in this life."
Yan Chu held the hand of Yan Fei who was closest to him, looked at the children with a smile and said, because of the illness, it was extremely difficult to say even one sentence.
"No, being able to be your child is our happiness."
Yan Fei shook her head. She suddenly felt that she should get married earlier. What the elders most wanted was for their children to be happy. Although her father had never urged them to get married, she probably still had regrets in her heart.
"Do you mind if I donate half of my fortune without notifying you?"
Yan Chu twitched the corners of his lips and asked softly.
The siblings shook their heads. If there is really cause and effect in life, they hope that all this merit can be added to their father. In the next life, he will be his children and they will be their parents, and they can give back all the kindness he has done to them in this life.
"That's good."
Yan Chu smiled, waved to several children, stacked their hands together, and then covered them with his own hands.
Keep smiling and close your eyes forever.
The scene freezes at this moment.
"Welcome back to system space."
007 glanced at Yan Chu and at the end of the mission world.
It may know why Host No. 17 is able to do everything possible. In every mission world, he gives his sincerity. If he exchanges his sincerity for his sincerity, he will naturally receive gifts.
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