Chapter 96 Origin: Three generations mention old things and compose new words day and night in Mid-Autumn Festival

"You should have told me earlier." As soon as Uncle Zhang finished speaking, An Ji's grandfather He Zhenhua suddenly clapped his hands and spoke with a bit of arrogance, "If you had told me earlier, I would know where to buy it."

"Yeah, that's good!" My daughter and son-in-law are both abroad and can't be around to fulfill their filial piety, but they still send money to Uncle Zhang. Coupled with the latter's pension, the family is much richer than He Zhenhua's family, "

If my girl doesn’t like it, I can always buy a few meters and go to the tailor to make a dress.”

"Speaking of it, there was nothing I could do. I couldn't find a place to buy it at that time. Those time-honored brands were selling very old-fashioned clothes. There was nothing suitable for a girl who was getting married..."

When he mentioned this matter, Uncle Zhang felt sad not only because he could not buy a piece of cloth for his daughter as a dowry according to the custom, but also because his daughter married into a married woman and was thousands of miles away from him.

If you look into it more carefully, you may be unable to compare your own aging with Hangluo's decline, so that in the end you will only feel sadness and helplessness for yourself and for these old things that have been left behind by the times.

"That's easy to say, you are asking the right person when you talk to me!" He Zhenhua looked at his granddaughter with a smile on his face, "Isn't my granddaughter a doctor? Before she designed clothes, she found a factory in Hangzhou and learned weaving.

Woolen cloth."

Uncle Zhang responded when he heard this: "That's really good."

"Not many children like these old things these days. Your granddaughter is so nice." The elders chatted and most of the time they had to praise other children. "It's not like that girl in my family. Hey... she doesn't think anything."

Big international brands, they even sent me so-called big-name luxury goods home before."

"When I saw the clothes, they were made of chemical fiber. They made me feel uncomfortable when I put them on. Not only was it inconvenient to move around, but it was also hot because I was sweating!"

"Let's talk about those so-called brand-name bags and watches. They're not even leather. They're...artificial leather!"

The older generation still cannot accept so-called international luxury goods - except for brands and some designs that are not in line with Chinese aesthetics, the materials are not materials, and the use is not as good as the plastic bags in the supermarket!

Therefore, even though his family's conditions are much better than that of He Zhenhua's family, and he has enough money to buy things, and he doesn't need to consider the so-called cost-effectiveness, Uncle Zhang still looks down upon the things his daughter sent him thousands of miles away from abroad.

"If you ask me, it's your ability to educate children that's why your family, Yan Qing, has given birth to such a good girl!" He Yanqing also didn't expect that after not having much interaction for many years, at most they just met and said hello, Uncle Zhang would actually

I still remember my name.

"What's the point? Now the children have different ideas. In addition to correcting their thoughts, we old things have to move forward on our own. Come into front of everyone."

"Besides, maybe this is a family inheritance." He Zhenhua now knew how to be modest. When he boasted about his granddaughter just now, he didn't restrain himself at all. When others praised him, he would inevitably change the subject elsewhere.

"I am also a retired employee of the textile factory. I was still working at the time when Hangluo was earning foreign exchange."

When He Zhenhua said these words, An Ji immediately took his eyes away from his mobile phone and went straight to his grandfather. Unfortunately, everyone except Uncle Zhang was still full of envy, so he was speechless.

He Yanqing knew that if he continued talking, he would definitely say something that shouldn't be said, and he might not know how his daughter would react.

Although it was not appropriate for him as a junior to interrupt, in order to prevent things from going off track, He Yanqing still carried the teapot on the side and refilled it for the two old people, and then said: "It's all in the past. After all, let's talk about this Mid-Autumn Festival."

Let’s talk about something else.”

"Hey, it's okay. People of our generation have gone so far. We finally bumped into each other and chatted about the past." Grandpas don't know that He Yanqing hides some things from his granddaughter for the sake of the elders' face. Naturally, he is very careless.

Say whatever comes to mind.

"It's just a good time for An Ji to listen to the stories from back then. Maybe they will be her ideas for designing."

After talking about this, He Yanqing also knew that if he stopped him again today, he might not know what his father would think. After a moment of silence, He Yanqing chose to let nature take its course.

If the father himself is willing to tell, there is no need to consider the privacy and face of the elders. Recalling the conversation with Teacher Wang that day, He Yanqing knew that the matter has come to this: no matter how An Ji makes a decision, what will happen to his grandfather?

Even if it is blocked, it may be the best choice and arrangement.

"Workers are great, they are the cornerstone of the country!" Uncle Zhang is considered an older generation of intellectuals, and he speaks in a formal manner, "It is the workers and peasants who can rejuvenate the country through science and technology and strengthen the country through culture and education. It is the workers and peasants who can truly solve the country's worries..."

"Hahaha, we can't even talk about it, we just want to make a living." Hearing this, He Zhenhua smiled heartily, "It's helpless to say that our factories later became more and more focused on quantity rather than quality."

"We ordinary people keep those old things of good quality in our homes. Those that are neither of high quality nor cheap will of course be eliminated by the times."

"In the end, we people will naturally be laid off and have no jobs." Now when he mentioned the helplessness and suffering back then, He Zhenhua just laughed it off, "It's better now, the national economic development has not forgotten us people, and the salary is one year.

It’s getting better than last year, and the policies are getting better and better.”

Uncle Zhang nodded in agreement: "Those of us who are retired are also getting salary increases every year. My girl is always afraid that I don't have enough money to spend, so she will pay me back from abroad, so I told her that my current pension is enough!"

Seeing his mother's caution just now, and listening to these old things told by his grandfather, An Ji suddenly understood his mother He Yanqing's resistance to Hang Luo - if his grandfather had chosen to learn other skills, whether it was a pension or his mother's childhood home,

conditions will be better.

As many people say now, what you lacked when you were a child can never be made up for in your lifetime. My mother lived in poverty when she was a child, so even now, she always puts reality at the forefront and does not want anyone in the family to encounter what she had when she was a child.

everything.

At that time, He Yanqing was still young, so of course he put the source of everything on Hangluo. He naively thought that without Hangluo, his father might go to other jobs, and his mother would not need to work hard to support the family.

…

At this moment, An Ji fully understood why his mother wanted to hide it, and also fully understood the sadness and helplessness behind his mother's repeated obstruction.

It’s just that times are changing, and times create heroes. Today’s China in the new era is no longer a time when food and clothing are a problem for hundreds of millions of people. The needs of the people in the current era are changing, and the value of Hangluo is no longer a simple matter of livelihood.

Dress fashionably.

In front of outsiders, An Ji knew that now was not the time to speak even if he had all kinds of words. Only when the stars and the moon were blocked by the curtains and the lights in the room were about to rest, Uncle Zhang finally refused everyone's attempts to stay.

I returned home with more fruit than when I came.

After sending the person to the door, He Yanqing wanted to send him away again, but was stopped by Uncle Zhang. In desperation, the former did not lose his words.

"In the future, my uncle will be visiting often, and I usually don't have much time to spend with my parents. You are of the same age, you can talk a lot, and you have each other's company. It would be good to go out for a walk together."

"Okay, okay, it's rare to have a good conversation. As long as you don't dislike Zhenhua, I will come to bother you often."

Uncle Zhang's daughter is abroad and his wife has passed away long ago. Now he is living alone. Fortunately, he lives in this land where he has lived for decades. Otherwise, he doesn't know how frustrating his daily life would be.

Although they are old neighbors, Uncle Zhang and the He family don't know each other very well. Their work and living conditions were different back then. Nowadays, they usually just say hello when they see each other. This is the first time they sit together and talk about those years.

memory.

"I am alone at home. To put it bluntly, if I die one day, no one will know... By the time my daughter calls, I will be rotten and smelly!"

Although the life of Uncle Zhang's family has been far better than that of He Zhenhua's family from beginning to end, neither family companionship nor care for the elderly can compare to the latter... Many times, money is not everything, and finance is the most important thing.

, it is difficult to bear the weight of thoughts.

Farewell to Uncle Zhang, He Yanqing was also touched in his heart. Money and achievements are very realistic, but they never seem to be everything in reality. Just like many families, when they are poor, brothers and sisters live together, but when they become rich, there will be quarrels over the division of family property.

Even though the old man is dead, he still can't give up.

However, even if you don't have money or achievements, you still have to be stable... You can't be like what you did when you were a child, where you even have to wonder if you will wrap yourself up in a quilt and sleep on the street the next moment.

"Dad, we also..." He Yanqing became more and more conflicted in his heart. Is it right or wrong to not support his daughter's dream? How replicable is his own experience, the times and the present he has experienced?

So He Yanqing wanted to escape, just like when he faced the problem with An Ji, the former's experience in his heart was that 'time will solve everything'.

But will time really solve everything? No. Otherwise, there will be no lifelong regrets, let alone the so-called difficult feelings, no people who will never be forgotten, and no regrets for things that have not been done...

While speaking, He Yanqing had already greeted his mother with his eyes. The latter knew her daughter's character well. She was vigorous and resolute in daily life and the pillar of the family. After all, she was also a person who could cry and laugh. Naturally, she would be confused and helpless.

An Jianing naturally received the signal, but as a supporter of his daughter, An Jianing also wanted to try to see if this coincidence started by an outsider would be an opportunity for his wife and daughter to think deeply.

The opportunity to dream on and move on.

"Don't leave in a hurry. Sit down. You all sit down. I have something to say to you." He Zhenhua had a frustrated past, but now his daughter has shown it so obviously. Even if He Zhenhua deliberately pretends to be stupid, he still can't.

I don't understand why.

When the family of three sat back on the sofa, the grandmother sighed and had no intention of stopping her: My daughter is clinging to the past, and there is nothing wrong with pursuing stability, but it is naturally not advisable to stop eating because of choking.

"Yan Qing, do you think it was embarrassing for me to be laid off?" Ever since Uncle Zhang left, the excitement in the room had ceased. At this time, He Zhenhua's words had brought the surrounding atmosphere into a silent night.

"Of course I didn't. Dad, why would you think so?"

Of course not. He Yanqing has never blamed his father for being laid off and having no job, and for the family's financial difficulties. He is even more envied by many classmates because of his family's harmony.

Although it was inevitable to be looked down upon and laughed at by others, at that time He Yanqing only felt that he was happy. His mother would save a month's money to buy herself a piece of candy and an ice cream...

He Zhenhua did not respond to He Yanqing's words, but continued to ask the next question: "If you were asked to go back to the time when you supported Xiaoan, would you still make the same choice?"

An Ji was stunned for a moment after listening to his grandfather's words, and then he realized that the Xiao An mentioned by his grandfather was his father. He Yanqing, on the other hand, looked at his father with his eyes and gave the latter a positive answer.

meeting!

He Yanqing knows that even if he goes back to the past with his memories, he will still support his husband in pursuing his dreams.

When he was a child, He Yanqing also had a dream of being a writer, but when he grew up, reality faced him, and a stable life was He Yanqing's only dream.

At this moment, there is a person standing in front of you, and the confidence in his eyes seems to tell you that even if he breaks his head, he will not get back up. Even if he steps into a coffin one day, he will have no regrets in this life...

Even a fallen star is always more precious than an inconspicuous stone on the ground. Even if it is short-lived, the former has been with light and heat, while the latter... is just squeezed and squeezed and then forced to tighten.

Tightly wrapped together.

"I don't know what you and An Ji are hiding from me, and what you are hiding from her. I hope I can give you the answer to the question I just asked you."

"Okay, let An Ji stay with me tonight. Her grandmother and I haven't seen her for a long time, and we are thinking a lot." He Zhenhua gave his daughter enough time to think. "You go and do your work first.

, there can’t be no one at home, you can come pick her up tomorrow.”

He Yanqing understood the good intentions of his father's words and stopped arguing. Yes, since he would not blame his father for his frustration and helplessness, An Ji had the support of her boyfriend, and Xiao Ning could trust the child herself, so there was no need to worry.

Their future?

"Yan Qing, I hope you can think clearly by then. You don't have to give this answer to me, but to An Ji and yourself."

He Zhenhua knew that his daughter would not be able to figure out what she had been struggling with for most of her life in just a few minutes, so he simply sent her home so that the latter could calm down and think by herself, and also listen to An Jianing's advice.

He Yanqing did not respond, but turned around and told Grandpa An Ji not to cause trouble at Grandma's house. He would come to take An Ji home early tomorrow morning. Then he only asked her husband to pack his things and bid farewell to his parents with him.

Go back home.

The stars and moon outside the window do not want to accompany her, and the people coming and going have their own clear destinations and destinations. However, He Yanqing's thoughts are traveling through the past few decades, hoping to find a way back.

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