Chapter 779 Father's Persuasion(1/2)
Feng Yifan and his three families finished their trip by the lake and drove back together with the sunset.
Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling also ended their meeting with the two old men.
Lu Xiyu and Quan Chengping were still a little disappointed because they were unable to convince Lu Cuiling, even if they had obtained Feng Jiandong's support.
However, Lu Cuiling's attitude was still relatively firm and she did not agree to go back to visit her father.
When Lu Cuiling saw that the sun was already deviating from the west and urged her to leave, Feng Jiandong naturally couldn't continue to stay.
However, when saying goodbye, Feng Jiandong still said that he would continue to help persuade him when he returned.
Seeing Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling leave, Lu Xiyu had no choice but to say to Quan Chengping beside him: "It seems that Xiao Lingzi is still more stubborn. It's not enough to just ask Feng Jiandong for help."
Quan Chengping nodded and said, "Now it seems that Feng Jiandong is a pretty good person. Why did his brother-in-law disagree with them being together back then?"
Lu Xiyu shook his head and sighed: "Isn't it for the sake of face? I feel that my daughter has lost her family's face when she married a young man from the countryside."
Quan Chengping smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's the age, and I'm still making those things."
Lu Xiyu said: "You don't understand. My elder brother received such education since childhood. Although he once held a high position later, his concept of being a good match has not changed in his bones, so he firmly opposed his daughter's marriage to Feng Jiandong."
Quan Chengping sighed: "Oh, but even if he chose other children, the final result would not be like that? They all disobeyed him, and the family was just maintaining a superficial harmony. Is that kind of family interesting?"
Lu Xiyu said: "How can there be any perfection? There must be a choice."
Quan Chengping said: "Then I think Xiao Lingzi's choice is right."
Lu Xiyu smiled and said, "Whose life is not a big gamble? We cannot use the current results to reversely judge whether the original choice was correct. If their whole family did not succeed today, the vegetable base was in a loss, and his son did not become a top chef, that might be another story."
Quan Chengping shook his head and said, "No, I have different views from you. Life is not a big gamble. Life requires corresponding efforts to gain something.
Isn’t the happiness of Xiaolingzi and his family that we see today that everyone in their family has gained? Among them are the efforts of Lu Cuiling and Feng Jiandong, the efforts of Yifan’s father-in-law, Yifan’s efforts, and the silent efforts behind Yifan’s wife.
Life cannot be smooth sailing, and it is impossible to succeed or fail just because of a choice.
While making a bold choice, you must also make corresponding efforts.”
After hearing this, Lu Xiyu fell into silence for a moment.
Then he laughed happily: "Hahaha, okay, Lao Quan, you really have a better view than me, so let us two old guys keep working hard."
Quan Chengping also laughed and reached out to hold Lu Xi'an together: "Okay, keep working hard."
On the way back, Lu Cuiling said to her husband a little dissatisfied, "Can you stop being soft-hearted at any time? If someone says a few good things, you will forget all the insults back then? He actually agreed to persuade me to go back to see the old man? Feng Jiandong, don't forget, he didn't want us to go back at the beginning."
Seeing that his wife was so angry, Feng Jiandong could only hold her hand to comfort her.
"I know, I know that what happened at the beginning made you suffer a lot of grievances, and I also know how much pressure you were under when you married me.
But now isn't everything gone?
If you don’t think about your son, you must think about our Ruruo and our soon-to-be-born young grandson?"
Lu Cuiling looked at Feng Jiandong a little strangely, but she didn't quite understand what her wife meant.
Feng Jiandong continued: "Think about it, if it is Ruoru, or the little grandson in the daughter-in-law's belly, and when asked about our family's affairs in the future, how would you tell them?"
Lu Cuiling was stunned for a moment, but soon said very firmly: "My Ruoru must be on my grandma's side."
Feng Jiandong said: "Of course, Ruruo must be on the side of grandma, but you don't want to give children a bad role model, right? We must set an example and let children learn to be tolerant and understand their parents, rather than ending up not interacting with each other until they die of old age."
Lu Cuiling glared at her husband and said, "What do you mean? Are you saying that we Ruoruo will quarrel with our parents in the future? Then, like me, fell in love with someone Yifan who did not allow her to marry? You, as a grandfather, can't you read a little?"
Feng Jiandong quickly patted his wife's back of his hand and comforted him: "I'm making an example. We can't give Ruruo a bad example."
Lu Cuiling also said: "I resist those feudal ethics, and my parents' destiny is a bad example?
Besides, your son is not a good role model? He ran away from home and later went abroad alone for so long and didn't come back. Are these bad role models?
After several confrontations, Feng Jiandong found that he was really unreasonable.
He thought about countermeasures while driving.
Seeing that his wife couldn't tell her that she was so she started driving with a tight head and she was in an instant.
"I tell you that the reasons you said are not valid at all. Don't try to use those words to educate the younger generation. I will not pay attention to your tricks. I am a rebellious person, and my son is also a rebellious. In the future, my granddaughter and grandson can also rebel."
Speaking of this, Lu Cuiling quickly added: "Of course, rebellion is rebellion, and no illegal or criminal matters are allowed."
Feng Jiandong was amused by his wife's words.
"What do you think your granddaughter is unfilial then?"
Lu Cuiling immediately said: "Filial piety is filial piety. Filial piety does not mean obeying parents. We must distinguish this."
Feng Jiandong said: "Okay, what if he is unfilial?"
Lu Cuiling said: "Impossible."
Feng Jiandong asked in surprise: "Are you so sure?"
Lu Cuiling nodded: "Of course, think about our son. When we were young, we were not by his side. He once had hostility and hatred towards us, but now he also has a good relationship with us?
So in fact, many things cannot be seen one-sidedly, we must have confidence in Ruoru."
Feng Jiandong did not retreat this time and still said very firmly: "I think we should set an example to educate our children. If we want Ruoru to understand filial piety in the future, we should be a good example for our children and let them understand right and wrong."
Without giving my wife a chance, Feng Jiandong said seriously while driving: "Maybe you think that choosing to forgive my father-in-law is a compromise to the beginning, but in fact, when we went to visit and forgive my father-in-law, we gave our children a role model. We are generous and we can forgive our parents' faults.
This is true filial piety. We understand our parents’ faults, but it does not mean that we agree with our parents’ faults.”
After saying this to Feng Jiandong, Lu Cuiling was a little moved.
Feng Jiandong did not stop there, but continued: "In fact, parents and children need to follow a principle of harmony and difference. For example, when we are with Yifan, we are harmonious but different. We may not agree with what Yifan wants to do, but we will not stop it, right?"
When Yu Guang saw his wife nodding, Feng Jiandong continued to speak.
"So, now as juniors, we go to visit your father. The example we set for Ruruo is that parents may be wrong, but children should still have a tolerant and understanding heart.
This does not mean that we compromise, nor is it our surrender, but our respect for the elderly.
This is also called harmony but difference.
Each of us has different ideas, but we still retain respect for other people’s thoughts and ideas.”
Feng Jiandong spared no effort to persuade Lu Cuiling really made him so excited.
Finally, Lu Cuiling said: "Okay, you can drive well, I'll think about it when I go back."
Feng Jiandong understood that his wife had been persuaded, but it was still difficult to agree directly due to face, and it also took some time to ease it.
So Feng Jiandong did not speak anymore, but drove seriously.
Coincidentally, when Feng Jiandong and his team drove back to the community, they happened to meet three children who came back from a trip to the lake.
Seeing his little granddaughter, Lu Cuiling instantly smiled and got out of the car and headed straight for the three little girls.
"Oh, my Ruoruo, Xixi, Feifei baby, you are back."
When the three little girls heard the sound, they turned their heads and saw grandma, and rushed towards grandma together.
"Grandma, why did you get off the bus just now?"
"Grandma Lu, where are you?"
"Hello Grandma Lu, Grandma Lu, have you and Grandma Lu and you went out to play together?"
Lu Cuiling squatted down and hugged the three little girls, smiled and said, "Yes, grandma is out with grandpa, you three are out with you, and you don't take grandma with them, so grandma has to go out with grandpa."
Feng Ruoru immediately hugged his grandmother and said, "Oh, grandma, you didn't tell Ruoru. If you told Ruoru, Ruoru would definitely take his grandmother to play with him."
Yang Xiaoxi also said: "Yes, Grandma Lu, we will definitely take you there."
Chen Yaofei said: "Grandma Lu, my grandparents are all going, you and grandpa can go too."
When Lu Cuiling heard the words of the three little girls, she was also very happy. She knew that the girls were thinking about her, and she was also very satisfied.
"Okay, grandma just came back from doing business with grandpa. You three happened to be back, so let's go home together."
The three little girls nodded and agreed.
Then Lu Cuiling led the three little girls to walk into the community first.
Chen Shoulin and Li Xiuchun were originally going to take their granddaughter home to take a shower and change clothes, and then go to the ancient street to meet with the other two children to eat.
As a result, when the children were taken into the community by Lu Cuiling, the two grandparents were also helpless.
After discussing, Li Xiuchun had no choice but to say: "Grandma Ruoruo, take the child to your house for a bath and change clothes. Grandpa Feifei and I will go back to take a bath and change clothes first. Let's meet on the ancient street later."
Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "Okay, Grandma Feifei, don't worry, I will definitely wash the children."
Chen Yaofei did not forget to turn around and waved her hands to say goodbye to her grandparents.
As for Yang Zhiyi and Li Feier, they didn't have to go home because they were already planning to take a shower in this house in the community.
Then the two families also handed over the children's clothes to Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi.
"Okay, let's take it back, and we will go home to take a shower and change clothes."
Feng Yifan looked at the things on his hands and said helplessly to Yang Zhiyi and Li Feier: "Uncle Chen and Aunt Li are far away, so they go home to wash. You two are so close, do you also have to smoke someone and go to my house to wash the children? You can't expect our Ruoxi to wash the children, right?"
Yang Zhiyi thought for a while and said, "Then like this, Yifan, go to my house to wash with me, let Xixi's mother, Ruoruo grandma and mother go to your house to wash."
Feng Yifan thought for a while and said, "Well, this is OK."
To be continued...