333. People who are good for you 5
333. People who are good for you 5
Yan Yanjun and Jiang Shufen feel that the past few days have been pretty fucked up, but if they are asked to tell the people around them how frustrating they have been these past few days, they can't say it out loud, which makes them feel unspeakable.
"Lao Yan, you are so lucky. Among us old guys, none of us are as lucky as you. We can still enjoy the blessing of a son when we are old."
As soon as Yan Yanjun arrived at the office, he heard the flattery of his colleagues. The news that his son had become a big boss and returned to his hometown with great honors spread throughout Lin City in a short time. Who among his acquaintances didn't know? The Yan family became prosperous.
Speaking of which, because of the high housing prices now, it is said that raising children is a way to provide for old age, but often both parents have struggled for most of their lives. In the end, they have to struggle to save a down payment and a car for their son. Until they save enough for the RV, they still have to worry about their children. Expenses for marriage, subsidies for raising grandchildren in the future.
Not to mention receiving filial piety from your children, it would be a great blessing if your children could not bite you to death.
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 large villa and put it in his parents' names. When the house is handed over and renovated, they can live in it. Went in.
That was the best real estate in Lin City, and the people who lived there were either rich or noble. Just because he gave birth to a good son, Yan Yanjun immediately jumped in front of everyone.
"What the hell!"
Yan Yanjun twitched the corner of his mouth. He felt bitter, but in front of his colleagues, he still had to remain tight and unable to speak.
Yes, he was very happy that his son was successful, but a series of things that followed made him feel that it might not be a good thing if his son was too rich and promising.
The conditions of the Yan family are pretty good. Jiang Shufen and Yan Yanjun are both workers. During the initial wave of layoffs, Jiang Shufen's factory was not very profitable and she was bought out and laid off. Yan Yanjun changed his factory. Because he has a good diploma, he can still survive now. It’s down to small management.
With the money they saved and the compensation they received from Jiang Shufen's long-term service, the Yan family bought two small stores. They rented them out over the years and earned 5,000 a month. This was enough for the low-consumption Lin family. With the family's expenses covered, plus Yan Yanjun's salary, the family can live a very comfortable life.
But perhaps because he came from hard times, Yan Yanjun is very frugal in his daily expenses. He only smokes Xuejuan cigarettes that cost seven yuan a pack. This kind of cigarette is spicy and has a choking smell. When he first started smoking this kind of cigarette, , to save money, and gradually got used to smoking, and Yan Yanjun really couldn’t let go of it. Even though his income now fully supports him to smoke twenty-three-one packs, or even more expensive cigarettes, he did not give Xuejuan Changed.
Half a pack of Xuejuan every day has almost become a habit for Yan Yanjun.
But things are different now. Ever since his son enrolled him in some etiquette class or health class, it has become a serious crime for him to smoke Xuejuan. As long as he is caught by those teachers, he will be taught a lesson. Now Yan Yanjun does not dare to do it in front of his family. I smoked in front of me, and I smoked Xuejuan secretly every day, just like being a thief.
Forget it, at his age, of course he wears clothes according to his own comfort. In addition, where he works, there are a bunch of old workers who were lucky enough not to be laid off. They wear old clothes and look big. There are many people wearing baggy pants. For an old man like Yan Yanjun who is very fat in middle age and has a general belly, this is his favorite dress.
But it was different now. All the clothes he liked in the past were thrown away by the etiquette teachers. Because the clothes must be in line with his worth and self-cultivation, he was forced to put on a restrictive shirt and suit and tied it up. The belt made his big belly feel so tight every day that it made him lose his sense of being a human being.
It's not that Yan Yanjun doesn't want to resist, but what do the relatives around him say?
They said that his status was extraordinary now. When he went out, he represented the face of A Chu, a young billionaire. They could not be so selfish and indulge themselves in their own enjoyment instead of taking care of their sons.
Also, isn't it good to wear a suit and leather shoes? The price is tens of thousands, but most people can't afford it. These clothes represent the filial piety of their sons. If they don't accept them, they will be betraying their son's kindness.
With this great truth blocked in front of him, what else could Yan Yanjun say? No matter how reluctant he was, he could only endure it.
Colleagues in the office only regarded him as humble and had no idea about Yan Yanjun's current distress.
The same scene happened to Jiang Shufen.
As a standard Benwu old lady, her aesthetic reflects the mainstream preferences of this age group in all aspects.
With tawny curly hair, a red and purple dress, tattooed eyebrows and eyeliner, and good powder and lipstick, she is the most beautiful square dancing flower. But since taking that etiquette class, all Jiang Shufen’s past preferences have disappeared. was overturned.
Red and green clothes cannot be worn, and they are replaced by women's dresses known as high-end gray tones. The cuts are simple, with almost no unnecessary lines, and they everywhere highlight the expensiveness and high-end. However, in Jiang Shufen's eyes, such clothes mean Ordinary and ugly, and forced to wear such "shabby" clothes, it was hard for her to take her little flower fan to the community garden to dance square dance with her group of little sisters.
Obviously her family is rich, but her favorite mahjong activity in the past was canceled, and her favorite activity of gossiping about parents' filial piety was severely stopped. Jiang Shufen was just like a puppet, forced to learn from those teachers. At the beginning After getting over the heat, I am now thinking about how to get rid of this kind of counseling.
"No, I have to talk to my son."
After two months of tutoring, Yan Yanjun and Jiang Shufen came up with the same idea.
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"Dad, Mom, what do you want to say to me?"
Yan Chu returned home and sat down. Because the villa he bought had not yet been renovated, the family still lived in their old home.
Today, Yan Chu received a series of life-threatening calls from his parents, so he took some time out of his busy schedule to go home for dinner.
He looked at the couple sitting opposite him and probably guessed their main purpose of coming back this time. Two months was almost their limit.
"Ah Chu, your dad and I just want to ask you if you can quit the etiquette class and the health class. Your dad and I are not young anymore, and we really don't want to suffer this anymore."
Ever since her son became capable, Jiang Shufen couldn't teach him the same tone as her elders used to teach her younger ones. There was really a huge gap between the two. This son's current achievements were no longer something she, a mother, could guide.
"Look at those nutritionists. They don't give you food here, and they don't give you food that. How old are your dad and I? Even if we live a long life, it's only twenty or thirty years. Why can't we eat something we like? Where's the thing?"
Jiang Shufen was a little aggrieved. She loved to eat melon seeds the most, but those people said that eating melon seeds was bad for her teeth. If she was asked to eat the peeled melon seeds, she would lose the soul of the melon seeds. What's the point?
There is also seafood that she dislikes the most. Because of its high nutritional value, the nutritionists forced her to eat some seafood with every meal. After attending the tutoring class, I never had enough food again.
"That's it, why don't you just eat some pig's trotters? I've been eating them for so many years and my body is still fine. Why are those people so busy and not letting me eat them?"
Speaking of changes in diet, Yan Yanjun was also very angry.
Many people who came from that era were short of oil and water. Perhaps it was because of the shortage at that time that now every household can afford to eat meat. He still loves those oily and heavy meats.
"Mom and Dad, this is all for your own good. Why are you so disobedient?"
Yan Chu frowned after hearing his parents' complaints: "Dad, you have high blood pressure and high blood lipids. Eating those greasy pig's trotters will also be a big burden on your body. And Mom, you love spinach too much." "It contains high oxalic acid and purine content. You forget that you have kidney stones. The doctor has said that you shouldn't eat more of that stuff."
These words of his are all well-founded, but they are the things that the old couple likes to eat, and they have a great impact on their health. However, they are unwilling to give up their appetites, and they are lucky. Over the years, , and I didn’t have any taboos.
"Isn't this how you educated me when I was a child? How come you can't set a good example for me now?"
Yan Chu was a little puzzled and helpless, thinking that when Yuan Shen was a child, his parents were very strict in controlling his diet.
Before he went to college, he didn't know what KFC and McDonald's were like. When he was in elementary school, he couldn't resist the temptation and ate a bunch of fried skewers on the roadside. He was accidentally discovered by Jiang Shufen who came to pick him up from school. Well Guys, it’s a doubles game between men and women when we get back.
In the original memory, his meals were always forced to follow the portions set by his parents.
He can't eat as much rice as he wants, or how many mouthfuls of meat and vegetables he eats.
From a starting point, the couple must be doing it for their son's good, but is this approach of being strict with others and being lenient with oneself, and an attitude that is too harsh to the point of perversion, really correct?
"Mom, Teacher Lin told me that you wore your red and green dress and went dancing in the park community a few days ago. Didn't I buy you a lot of big-name dresses? Don't wear cheap clothes worth a hundred yuan, otherwise people will think my son is unfilial. Also, the jewelry appraisal teacher told me before that in the jewelry class, you actually acted in front of the whole class. How can you say gold is better than diamonds and emeralds in front of outsiders? How tacky!”
Jiang Shufen was stunned for a moment after being sprayed. She really thinks gold is good. If she likes gold, she also likes to commit crimes?
"And Dad." After saying that, Yan Chu turned his attention to Yan Yanjun: "When I enrolled you in the wine appreciation class before, the teacher said that your study attitude was very bad, and the students in the same class as you were almost the same as you. Uncles at this age, some of their sons are not as good as mine. Your grades are so bad, you are embarrassing me."
The couple originally wanted to persuade their son to help them withdraw from these classes, but instead they were scolded by their son, and they couldn't stand it immediately.
"No matter what, I won't take these classes."
Yan Yanjun had a bad temper. He was an old man, so why was he now being trained like a grandson by his son?
"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore."
Yan Chu waved his hand, took out his mobile phone, and made several calls in succession.
"Auntie/Sister-in-law/Brother-in-law/Uncle-in-law, please come to my house and persuade my parents. Obviously everything I do is for their own good, but why don't they listen to my advice?"
Seeing their son complaining to his relatives like this, for some reason, Yan Yanjun and Jiang Shufen felt a familiar feeling in their hearts, as if this scene seemed familiar to them.
However, the protagonist who made the call has changed.
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