Chapter 066: Foolishness
Song Hao's ninth birthday party was a Western-style buffet, and he did what he wanted to drink, take it himself, and eat what he wanted.
Jia Youwei stood alone in the outdoor garden of the Song family, holding a glass of pure water in his right hand, and looked at an apple tree with a slight distraction.
I don't expect an apple that falls from a tree to hit my head, causing it to open up and have a gravitational pull. Who told him not to be Newton? If that happens, he'll just have a bag on his head.
While others are busy socializing, exchanging business cards, and talking, he feels that the tree in front of him is becoming more and more interesting than socializing.
"So you're here! Xie Yu's father walked to Jia Youwei's left side.
Jia Youwei's attention was withdrawn from the apple tree. With a tone of "self-indulgence", he leaned in the direction of the room with a cup of pure water in his right hand, and smiled: "It's not appropriate for me to go there." ”
"I'm not suitable either. It's not our world there. To say a heart-wrenching remark and say that you are not envious is absolutely a lie. Let me live in such a big villa, the mood will be different.
It's not like me today, who is facing the pressure of making money every day, and has three points of nameless fire running in my heart. Not to mention that this birthday gift alone cost me a month's income. Presumably you're just like me, aren't you?" Xie Yu's father regarded the other party as a brother of the same class, so he shared his thoughts with Pan.
"Not really. I only spent a few dozen yuan to buy a set of Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem" as a birthday gift. Jia Youwei can understand his pressure.
Xie Yu's father was dumbfounded, and he couldn't believe that what he heard was true. He was stunned and said: "Isn't this too much to make children lose face in front of their classmates? Aren't they all talking now, it is better to be poor than to be rich and raise children, especially daughters." ”
"It's not that the price of the product is high, then the thing must be good. Scarcity reveals its preciousness. What's more, a child like Song Hao, who grew up in a wealthy family, what is a few thousand yuan worth of things?
How could he be rare? Only what he could not buy with money would make him feel precious. Whether it is rich or poor, the purpose is the same, that is, to let children become talented and understand things. Jia Youwei said slowly.
"Or writers like you who know children's hearts better. I can't. Xie Yu's father was ashamed that he had not read good books in the past, so he felt that he had spent a lot of money and had not been pleased.
I was relieved why my daughter said that the gift was good, and when she handed the gift to Song Hao, the other party didn't react at all.
Song Hao, whom he saw with his own eyes, held the book tightly with one hand, took it with the other, but put it among the many other gifts, and then disdained it.
And the group of children around the other party, in addition to shouting about the "three-body problem" and "Da Liu", surrounded Jia Qianqian as if she was today's little birthday star and protagonist.
Xie Yu's father mistakenly thought that Jia Youwei gave the gift skillfully, which touched Song Hao's heart. How can something that produces a few tens of dollars produce a utility far greater than something that costs thousands of dollars, so how can people not be discouraged?
What's more, the economic conditions of the family are very ordinary, very ordinary. He's a taxi driver, and his wife is a salesperson at a shopping mall.
The husband and wife are the most ordinary workers in this cosmopolitan city. One of the things that made them most gratifying was the birth of a smart and clever daughter Xie Yu.
At the beginning, the two couples just took Xie Yu to the current prestigious school with the mood of giving it a try. This can be admitted, the best, but if you can't be admitted, it's nothing, it's a big deal to go back to the most ordinary elementary school.
As a result, their daughter was admitted. This gives the couple a glimmer of hope. In the past, her daughter was only smart in the small circle of life, not necessarily really smart, after all, she had never played with a master.
The people who the two couples know are also ordinary people who are about the same as them. The profession is nothing more than a worker, a cook, a security guard......
Now, after making sure that her daughter is really smart, promising, and qualified, then her fate should not be as ordinary as theirs, but should stand higher and see a scenery different from what they see.
The husband and wife began to plan and design Xie Yu will be admitted to a prestigious university in the future, and his career will at least be a civil servant, doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
"We husband and wife can be said to have given the best things to our daughter, and we almost took out our hearts, but she didn't think so. She always felt that it was not enough, and she disliked it less. Xie Yu's father blurted out his long-pent-up emotions in a chat with Jia Youwei.
"It's normal for children to be small and not understand. The current social atmosphere is full of money worship at 360 degrees, and everything looks at money, which has caused alienation in the children's thinking.
In the final analysis, is it the fault of our adults, or is it their fault? I am afraid it is still our fault! Moreover, our nation has been poor for too long, and it seems inevitable that this kind of volcanic eruption will occur.
This is also a side of human nature, inevitable. If you can keep it, it means that your cultivation is high, but if you can't keep it, there is nothing to blame. The island countries, South Korea, and other Asian countries are almost all smiling at the poor and not smiling at prostitutes.
Even developed countries in Europe and the United States do not still have the same trend of worshipping money. Even if some of them have been rich for hundreds of years, they are still not exempt from vulgarity and have to talk about money. Jia Youwei said slowly.
Xie Yu's father suddenly brightened up, and said with a smile: "It seems that I have to ask you for advice from time to time." When it comes to enlightening people and educating children, you know a lot more than I do.
We husbands and wives only know how to feed our daughter well, dress well, use it well, and try to meet all her needs materially, unlike you, who also pay special attention to the spiritual and ideological construction of the child. ”
"One person, one bed, one bowl of rice, and one piece of clothing are enough. No matter how much it is, is it greedy? Or do you live for others to see? Or do you want to prove something, that I am stronger than you?
We came into this world empty-handed, naked, and when we died, we couldn't take anything with us. Jia Youwei naturally revealed the side of Buddhism in his bones.
In the Song family, they talked happily inside and out, and laughter burst out from time to time. It's just that the only difference is that the motives inside the house are impure and purposeful, while outside the house is the frank treatment of two men and the way of parenting.