Chapter 19: The Halfway Couple
Cao Zhongmou turned around, and the old lady slowly walked out of her room with the help of a rollator. She is seventy-nine years old this year, her body is still quite tough, but she is too fat, and now her height has shrunk to about one meter four, but her weight is still one hundred and fifty pounds. She is not a young man, and every pound of flesh on her body is a burden to her.
Cao Zhongmou greeted him, helped the old lady to the edge of the sofa, she sat down, and then said: "I can't figure out one thing, you are also a halfway couple, and you have only been married for less than six years, Xiaoqi was not born to her, why does she dare to take Qiao and call Xiaoqi with a big slap, this is not her own cub, I don't know if I feel distressed, right?!" Why, I shouldn't be in charge of this?! ”
Cao Zhongmou glanced at Luo Chaoying and asked what was going on. However, Luo Chaoying's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to notice his gaze, but instead found a place opposite the old lady and sat down.
But it was Wu Liping who said: "Dad, you still call Xiaoqi out and ask him what happened." I think he really needs to be disciplined well, and he can't be spoiled unprincipled just because he's young. ”
Cao Qi is Cao Zhongmou's youngest son who was born at the age of forty, and family planning was already implemented at that time, but he was an accidental product of Cao Zhongmou's ex-wife after the birth control procedures, and when he found out, he was already four months old, knowing that it was a son, he was reluctant to give up such a small life, and finally asked for it.
But because of this child, the couple was not only fined a large amount of money, but also lost their public positions. At that time, it was the stage when economic development was just starting, and the tide of the whole people going to the sea was becoming more and more intense. Cao Zhongmou was also bent on engaging in business at that time, and he had decided to give up the iron rice bowl, so he insisted on having this child and cut off his own back road.
Fortunately, after he was dismissed from public office, he did not lose his relationship in the unit at the beginning, because he was very familiar with the internal situation, he started his business in the textile trade, and in just a few years, he earned a lot of family property.
Later, due to the incident of college students and the blockade of foreign countries, the export situation was very bad for two years. At that time, his wife also became ill and left them.
It wasn't until later that she met Luo Chaoying, although Luo Chaoying's personality is not gentle, but whether it is in business or in life, she and herself are very seamless and tacit, and the two of them quickly came together.
Now the internal management of the entire company has been grasped by Luo Chaoying, and the company's development has also entered the fast lane. It really saved him too much heart.
But this Cao Qi, due to his neglect of discipline since childhood, was spoiled by the old lady, and he was much worse than his brothers and sisters. His eldest son has a personality that follows him, is gentle and elegant, indifferent to fame and fortune, and has no interest in business. After graduating from college, he earned a degree in economics at Berkeley, and after returning to China, he entered the university as a lecturer, and after only a few years, he became an associate professor.
Although my daughter can't compare to my brother in learning, she is also quite good, graduated from a prestigious university, and now has a travel website with her boyfriend, and her favorite thing is to travel around the world.
He didn't want to worry about the two big ones, but Cao Qi was different. When his ex-wife died, he was only six years old, and he was taken by an old lady, and he didn't have a good foundation since he was a child, and he couldn't study well, but he was still arrogant and exaggerated, and he developed a lot of bad habits. For this son, he is also both loving and helpless.
"Mom, Chaoying disciplined Xiaoqi, I authorized it. Even if Xiao Qi was not born in Chao Ying, Xiao Qi now has to call her mom and discipline her son as a mother, which is justified. The current pace of society is developing rapidly, he is still young, if the foundation is not solid, he is destined to be eliminated by this society in the future. He is studying in a mess now, and he doesn't study well every day, so he should be disciplined severely. ”
"You mean I don't teach well, do you? Don't forget, who did you bring up?! I didn't teach you badly, did I teach Xiaoqi badly now?! He is a little worse at studying, a little more naughty, but he doesn't want an outsider to beat him with a big mouth, my grandson doesn't need outsiders to teach him. ”
Luo Chaoying listened to her talk about outsiders, and she was not angry, in the past few years, she has been good in this family, but she has not been able to get along with the old lady, and she has been accustomed to saying a few words to her.
She stood up, took down two pieces of paper from the stand next to the TV, and handed them to Cao Zhongmou. "This is the cram school's opinion on what happened today, you can see for yourself. He was only fourteen years old, so he dared to burn the skirt of his female classmate, and it happened during class, fortunately the girl was not wearing a dress, but a half-length skirt, after the fire started, he quickly ripped off the skirt and controlled the fire, which did not cause a big disaster, but there was a slight burn on the thigh. I lost 30,000 yuan to the other party today, which is considered the end of this matter, but he made such a big mistake, doesn't he need to accept punishment?! If we don't establish a correct outlook on life and world outlook for him now, will we really have to wait until the state will help us discipline him in the future?! ”
The old lady glanced at her and said, "Even if he kills people and sets fires, it is not your turn to play prestige with the surname Luo!" ”
Cao Zhongmou glanced at ten lines, and quickly finished reading the materials in his hand, and he shouted "Mom......" to the old lady dissatisfied.
He had already drunk a lot of wine, and at this time he was so emotional that his eyes turned red, which frightened the old lady. "Zhongmou, don't get excited, your blood pressure is also high, pay attention to your body."
Luo Chaoying hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to Cao Zhongmou, he drank half a glass of water, controlled his emotions and said: "Mom, the current social development, one year is equivalent to the previous ten years, and the intensification of social changes will lead to more and more changes in the level of society, in short, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, the poor are poorer, and the rich are richer." I don't expect Xiao Qi to become a successful person, but I absolutely can't accept that he will be eliminated by this society in the future. So, in the future, you don't have to worry about this aspect of his education. I'm not saying that you don't teach well, but you really can't keep up with this era, and your education method is incompatible with the current society, do you want to make Xiaoqi a good-for-nothing person in the future?! ”
Before the old lady could react, he had already stood up and walked towards Cao Qi's room with a bang, the old lady hurriedly stood up with the armrest of the sofa, and shouted anxiously: "If you have something to say, if he is wrong, you can educate him, don't do it!" ”
Cao Zhongmou turned a deaf ear and went to pull Cao Qi's door, but he didn't expect that the door was locked from the inside. He knocked on the door and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and open the door for me, you come out for me now, I will talk to you well, if you don't open the door again, don't blame me for a while." ”
Cao Yi, who heard the movement, came out of his house, came over and helped Cao Zhongmou and said, "Dad, don't be angry, you have high blood pressure, pay attention to your body." The younger brother came back today, and I also had a good talk with him, although he did not have a deep understanding of his mistakes, but he also realized his mistakes, so you should dispel your anger first. ”
Cao Qi's voice came from inside the house. "Dad, if you don't beat me, I'll go out!"
Cao Zhongmou laughed angrily and shouted, "When did Lao Tzu do anything with you?!" If you don't come out again, Lao Tzu will break your leg in a while! ”
Wu Liping couldn't help laughing, her father-in-law, usually has a slow voice and gentle appearance, and today is really the first time I have seen it! But her smile was seen by the old lady, and she pursed her lips dissatisfiedly and snorted. "What's so funny?! You laugh embarrassedly when you see your dad angry, I really don't know what kind of tutor it is! ”
Although Wu Liping's family is not very rich, it is indeed a real scholarly family, not only her parents are university professors, but one of her two elder brothers is also teaching, and only the second brother ran out to start a business and do cultural business. She has never been short of money since she was a child, so she really didn't care about the Cao family's wealth. From beginning to end, she married because she liked Cao Yi's temperament and her family's temperament.
In this family, she likes her husband, including the restless sister-in-law, and even her father-in-law and mother-in-law, who are in business but do not have a bit of copper smell, she also appreciates them, but she has no good impression of the rustic and unhygienic grandmother and arrogant uncle.
Just because after giving birth to a child, she was unwilling to let her take the child, so she held a grudge against herself, and she was weird in front of herself every day. She didn't want to think about it, she was an old lady who was almost eighty years old, she was sick, and the child was with her, could she have a good one?! What's more, she doesn't talk about hygiene at all, the house where she lives is cleaned every day, four spittoons are placed, and phlegm is vomited everywhere.
However, Wu Liping is not as knowledgeable as her, so she can't hide if she can't be provoked! She walked to her room with the child in her arms and shouted, "Mom, come to our room for a while, Pineapple is learning to walk now, and I can't stand it anymore when I coax him alone." ”
The old lady watched her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law leave without looking back, and gritted her teeth angrily, didn't she just dislike that she was an old lady from the countryside and had no culture! I don't want to think about it, I count three generations up, and it's not all mud legs?!
Luo Chaoying stayed in her daughter-in-law's room for almost an hour, and when Cao Yi returned to the room, she came out and went back to her room. Cao Zhongmou didn't take off his clothes, lying on the bed and pretending to sleep.
Luo Chaoying sat down beside him, smoothed his frowning brows and said, "Children's education is not an overnight thing, it would be good if you used more snacks for him in the future." I had a fight today, and I really won't be able to discipline Xiaoqi anymore in the future, I don't want to have a war at home every day in the future. ”
Cao Zhongmou grabbed her hand, opened his eyes and sighed: "Let you be wronged again, I don't feel good in my heart!" ”
"The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good, and it is even more difficult for you as a son! Anyway, in my heart, I have never regarded my mother as an enemy, and I have never cared about her hostility at all. ”
Cao Zhongmou let out a long sigh, "Speaking of which, it's still my son who is incompetent!" ”