590. Father's Responsibility
The person who came was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he still looked very handsome, and he looked like a very handsome man when he was young. However, now he is also here, and it is the first time that Jingwen and him have met.
"Cui talks about Cui Gongzi?" Jingwen asked.
"It's me, Cui Tan!" Cui Tan replied.
The person who came was Cui Tan, that is, Cui Ying's father. Jingwen also didn't expect Cui Ying's father to come back, Cui Ying's father is the eldest son of the Cui family, that is, the future heir of the Cui family. And the current head of the Cui family is in his sixties and is about to be seventy years old, but he still occupies this position, so that those middle-aged heirs can't wait. As the leader of a family, it's not a good thing to live too long! If the life span is too long, the descendants of the family will inevitably fight.
"Mr. Cui Tan, did you come to me for something?" Jingwen asked.
"Originally, I wanted to come to Chang'an, meet my daughter, and appease her. But now, I don't think I need to appease her! I just want to meet her now, will you let me meet her? Cui Tan asked.
Originally, Cui Tan's request was not too much, but Jingwen didn't want Cui Tan to see Cui Ying, because now Cui Ying was in a sad time. And Cui Tan is afraid that he sent a very bad news, so he can't let Cui Ying hear it. The Cui family completely gave up on Cui Ying, which was very painful for Cui Ying. And if her father had said it himself, it would have been even more devastating.
"Cui Tan, do you think you are qualified to meet her?" Jingwen asked.
"Why not qualify? I'm her father! Cui Tan replied as a matter of course.
But Jingwen immediately said, "Have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a father?" ”
"Why didn't I do it?" Cui Tan asked rhetorically.
"Then why did you let your daughter marry a bad old man for your own benefit?" Jingwen asked.
"Because I'm her father!" Cui Tan replied.
Jing Wen also said-for-tat: "Everyone has the right to choose their own destiny and future in life, why should you deprive it?" ”
"This is her life, since she was born in my Cui family, she must work hard for the longevity of my Cui family. And the only thing she can do is as a marriage! Cui Tan said.
But Jingwen asked rhetorically: "What did the Cui family give her?" What benefits did she get from the Cui family, and why did she have to pay so much for the Cui family? ”
"Why didn't the Cui family give it to her? The Cui family gave her brocade clothes and food. gave her a life of worry-free food and clothing, clothes to reach out and eat to open her mouth, shouldn't she pay something for the Cui family? Cui Tan asked.
But Jingwen asked rhetorically: "Are these things very valuable?" Cui Ying asked if you wanted it? ”
Jingwen's words made Cui Tan a little speechless for a while. Because Jingwen actually competed with him like this, he obviously didn't plan to let Cui Tan see Cui Ying. The eldest son of the Cui family, when did he receive such a grievance! Therefore, Cui Tan was also angry.
But Jingwen was still stimulating him, and said, "Cui Ying didn't ask you for these brocade clothes and food, and your Cui family took the initiative to give it to him." Don't. Can't you survive without food and clothing? And countless children from poor families in the world have no food and clothing, do they all have to commit suicide? ”
"Also, she didn't ask you for any food and clothing, you gave it to her yourself. Isn't it just right for parents to raise their children? Now you are giving her fine clothes and food as a condition to let her marry a bad old man, you are too immoral, right? What's the difference between you and buying and selling? She didn't ask you for food and clothing. It's ridiculous that you forced it on her and now it's ridiculous to ask for something in return. You have only done the duty of a father, and it is your duty to raise your children. Your responsibility, not your gift. But don't you think you are very shameless when you turn your obligations into rights, and your responsibilities into conditions for you to coerce your children? If you don't want to raise her. Then why did you give birth to her? ”
Cui Tan was a little confused by Jingwen's words, it was the first time he had heard this theory. Since ancient times, children have been asked to repay their parents' nurturing kindness, but Jingwen has never said that parents are obliged to raise their children in another aspect. It's a responsibility. If you are not ready to raise children, if you do not plan to raise children, then do not give birth to them. And Jingwen can be said to have subverted all the ideas of the past, and it was a gift for parents to raise children in the past, but now it has become an obligation.
Jingwen is a person of later generations, and the laws of later generations clearly stipulate that parents have the obligation to raise their children. And as for how you raise it, that's your business, in short, you can't abandon it. And the parenting of children is no longer a gift, but an obligation and a responsibility. In Jingwen's view, although Cui Tan gave Cui Ying a carefree life. But this is only a fulfillment of the father's responsibility, and it cannot be used as a gift to think that he can let his daughter do things that she does not like.
Jingwen's words mean that the parents' high status in the past has become an equal status with their children. This is completely different from the education that Cui Tan has experienced since childhood, Cui Tan's past education was father and son, and the father was high up and had supreme rights in front of his children. But now Jingwen actually refutes him like this, which is a little unacceptable.
"Since you let her marry a bad old man, and your Cui family hasn't given her anything, that's the end of it. From now on, Cui Ying has nothing to do with your Cui family! Because you have not fulfilled your responsibilities, and you have not fulfilled your obligations as fathers, why should you make her obey you? Jingwen said.
Cui Tan also had nothing to say for a while, because now if he followed his own thoughts, he couldn't say anything. People can be ruthless, since Cui Tan let his daughter marry Lu Jian, the head of the Lu family, then in fact, he is not very happy as a father. Actually, Cui Tan now has a feeling of guilt in his heart, so he can't refute anything to Jingwen. If you refute Jingwen, isn't that just a conscience? Because Cui Tan still felt that he owed Cui Ying something, he couldn't say anything.
Cui Tan said helplessly: "I hope you can take good care of her, she hasn't experienced much since she was a child, so I hope you take good care of her and don't let her suffer!" ”
Cui talked about this, that is, I hope that Cui Ying entrusted it to Jingwen. As for the future, as long as Cui Ying is not abused, then Cui Tan will not say anything.
Cui Tan left quickly, and Jingwen sent away this so-called cheap father-in-law who had only met once. (To be continued......)