A Home for Veterans Chapter 17: The Hotel (Part II)
Yin Ling put down the menu, glared at Tamson Sen in disappointment, and said stupidly: "I think you built a house and fell into the devil." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Dad, you are really, today's dinner is not your salary, what do you feel sorry for?" Xiaohong said generously, "I'll tell you a story: a pregnant woman in order to increase nutrition, let her husband buy her soft-shelled turtle to make soup to drink, the husband was afraid of spending more money, only bought some beef and mutton, he said to his wife, some people say what to eat, eat beef will give birth to a child who will be born in the future, eat mutton will give birth to a child in the future has a good character, if you drink soft-shelled turtle soup, the child born in the future will definitely be the last in the race." β
Tan Xiaohong laughed as she spoke, seeing that her parents' expressions had not changed, and then said absurdly, "If we can eat shark fin often, maybe we can all be strong swimmers in the future." β
The waiter poured three glasses of red wine, Yin Ling picked up a glass, and said to her husband and daughter: "Because of my work, I have not fulfilled my responsibilities as a wife and mother at home, I hope you two can understand, come, long live understanding, let's have a drink!" β
"Okay, drink this damn 'working relationship'!" Xiaohong raised the cup in her hand and said playfully.
After each dish was served, Yin Ling had to personally clip some for Tan Sen and Xiaohong. Her actions reminded Xiaohong of the mother who took good care of her in the past, and also made Tamson feel very unaccustomed and unnatural.
High-end cosmetics can't hide the haggard face of his wife caused by running around and working hard, Tan Sen looked at Yin Ling affectionately, and said with a little pity: "You are also a person in your fifties, don't work as hard as before in the future, work so hard, the money in the world is inexhaustible, some people say that money is a good servant, but a bad master." If you are the owner of the money, you can harness it and make it work for you; If you take it as a master, you will be led by the nose and enslaved by it. β
Yin Ling felt that Tan Sen's words were not very good in her ears, and said with a cold smile: "Some of your 'some people' have some truth and work in life, and some seem to make sense, but they don't work in life. Who is the master and who is the servant, sometimes it is the people who have the final say, and sometimes the money has the final say. I like to be a Chinese teacher, and I am willing to dedicate myself to the party's education cause. However, some teachers get the honor and status they don't deserve because their family has money and power, but I can't get the honor and status I deserve because my family has no money and no backer. I saw the miraculous effect of money, there are eight and three generations of rich kings, and there is no money Jiaolong as a grandson, so I jumped to work as an editor in Life Magazine. β
"I know that you like to be a Chinese teacher, but the statement that you are willing to dedicate yourself to the party's education cause is unconvincing. If you are willing to dedicate yourself to a cause, you will not be afraid of suffering and being wronged for it. β
"I'm inviting you to dinner today, not to give me a lesson!" Yin Ling was a little unhappy.
Xiaohong said with a smile on the side: "I like to listen to Dad's words." β
"Ass!" Yin Ling glanced at her daughter and drank the small half glass of red wine in front of her.
When Xiaohong went to the bathroom, Tan Sen said to Yin Ling: "My daughter sometimes feels lonely when she comes home, a girl of her age needs to be a mother in many aspects, I am a father after all, and some things are not easy to say." When she wants to say something to you, don't always show a rejection attitude. β
Yin Ling said sadly: "I sometimes want to have a good talk with her, but this child's rebellious psychology is very strong, and she wants to find a reason to refute everything I say." β
"The key is the lack of ideological communication between the two of you, and I am willing to be a bridge between your mother and daughter."
Xiaohong came back from the bathroom and said to Tamson mysteriously: "Dad, I saw Uncle Wang's family and a few people eating in a single room over there. β
"Which Uncle Wang?" Yin Ling asked casually.
"It's Wang Nianjun's father, he and a man are standing there toasting each other, and next to Wang Nianjun and a few women are sitting, because the door is ajar, I saw them, and they didn't notice me." Xiaohong replied.
"Mr. and Mrs. Wang are very frugal people, why do they come here to eat?" Yin Ling asked Tan Sen suspiciously.
Tan Sen didn't answer Yin Ling's question, and asked Xiaohong again: "What does the person who eats with your Uncle Wang look like?" β
"Not tall, fat, belly-" Xiaohong reflected Yin Ling's good genes at this time. She gestured with her hand over her body and exaggeratedly said, "βit's so big." If his belly grows on a woman, he will definitely be suspected by others of being pregnant with twins. β
"I know, he is Boss Hao who cooperated with us in the development of the housing land project."
"It's not normal!" Yin Ling said vigilantly.
"Wang Quan and Boss Hao were comrades-in-arms when they were soldiers together in the engineering regiment many years ago, today I forgot about it, what is this seafood city called? It's a 'Pacific Restaurant'! The two of them made an appointment to eat together, and several of us in the preparatory office knew in advance. β
"No, there are some things here that are difficult to explain clearly, the real estate industry has always been an inexplicable business, you have to be careful when you work with them, don't fall into it, and don't do things that others lead the cow and pull out the pile yourself."
"Lao Wang can't take a cow, and I won't pull out a pile, don't you think-"
"With what? Even if I have the heart of a villain, some people do not necessarily have the belly of a gentleman. β
Tamson said firmly: "I believe in Lao Wang! β
"In the past, there was a saying that 'the loss is dishonest', and now there is a saying that is 'the loss is too honest'. Sometimes you suffer because you are too honest, how many times have I persuaded you, but you just don't listen, as the so-called country is easy to change, and your temperament is difficult to change. β
Yin Ling's words in a teaching tone made Tan Sen feel very uncomfortable when he heard it, he looked at Xiaohong, who also showed discomfort, and wanted to say something.
Yin Ling continued: "Now that things in society are complicated, people's heads are also more complicated, and when encountering problems, we should see more about what and why, and then decide what to do!" β
Tamson felt that there was a flame in his stomach that was about to burst out, he stabilized his emotions, and said to his wife calmly: "I don't feel that I have suffered much loss in my life, of course, the lack of some systems and morals will make honest people lose a lot." But people's admiration of good nature will also make honest people get a lot, and honest people get things that cannot be calculated and exchanged with money and materials. I remember I once told you that most of the people who repent in prison are dishonest people, and most of them are honest people who spend their ordinary lives in a quiet environment. In addition, I also think that honest people not only refer to people's character traits, but also refer to attitudes in the world, and I am not qualified to wear the crown of "honest people" now. β
After listening to Tan Sen's words, Xiaohong nodded in agreement, and Yin Ling's facial features were misplaced.
"Your mind is still stuck in that era of heroes, I wonder if you are a vegetative person who has just woken up after forty years in a coma?" Yin Ling took a sip of wine and asked Tamson in a sarcastic tone.