【Chapter 24】The Lost Chinese Civilization
Tang Zongtian is also an old fritter who has been crawling in the mall for many years. There is a mystery in what he said. He didn't say directly, whoever wins, he will promise to marry his daughter to whomever he wants. It's just that whoever wins will get the right to propose.
This right can be said. Literally, the winner has the right to propose to Tang Zongtian. That's right. But he can mention that he Tang Zongtian may not agree.
In other words, even if you win the other party, you can only mention the matter to the woman's parents. As for whether Tang Zongtian is willing to marry his daughter, that is another matter. The initiative is in the hands of the father-in-law.
He said this clearly, and Jin Yu and Li Xiaochen could hear it clearly. But no one can take Tang Zongtian's trick. If you don't fight for it, you don't even have the right to propose marriage. If you work hard, you may not be able to marry Tang Yao.
Still, I had to try my best to answer these three questions. Otherwise, there will be no chance at all.
Tang Zongtian has the nature of a businessman. Whether you are rich or poor, he will not offend any party who comes to ask for marriage. The situation is changing all the time. There may be opportunities to work with them in the future. So he habitually didn't fill the conversation and left room for it.
If he had to choose one of Jin Yu and Li Xiaochen, he still preferred Jin Yu in the bottom of his heart. My father is the chairman of the famous Taozhu Group. Tang Yao marrying him is equivalent to allowing the Tang Group and Taozhu Group to establish many cooperative relations. In the future, we will work together to achieve greater economic benefits.
But this is just his wishful thinking. If he Tang Zongtian were Tang Yao, he would definitely marry Jin Yu without hesitation. It's a pity that she married her own daughter. From the perspective of a father, of course, he hopes that his daughter can have a happy family and a happy home.
That's where he struggles. Is it to marry a rich second generation to be happy, or to marry a poor boy with feelings and no money?
Tang Zongtian is a person from the past. He knows that love is only a temporary thing. It's one thing to be in love. Getting married is another matter. He never believed in eternal love. That kind of thing only happens in fairy tales that deceive children.
There is a way that it is easy to fall in love and difficult to get along. As the years change, love will slowly wear away. If you marry Li Xiaochen, by that time, what will be left of your daughter?
Tang Zongtian thought about it with his toes, and he knew how to choose. Therefore, in terms of questions, he will also try to make it as convenient as possible for Jin Yu.
After glancing at the two of them and then at Tang Yao, Tang Zongtian showed a fatherly smile and said, "My wife passed away early. My daughter, I haven't enjoyed the warmth of mother's love since I was a child, and I lack discipline. And because her mother is not alive, huh...... In addition, the family has a little money, so I spoil her very much. Our Yaoyao doesn't know how to do laundry, cook, or do any housework. Oh, who wants to marry her, it's really moldy for eight lifetimes......"
"Dad~" Tang Yao dragged Tang Zongtian's arm in embarrassment, feeling a little embarrassed, "Did you say that about your daughter?"
Tang Zongtian nodded Tang Yao's nose and smiled helplessly: "Isn't what I said right? Tell me about you, what will you do? Since you were a child, our family has been serving you with maids and nannies, stretching out your hands for clothes, opening your mouth for food, not being diligent in your four bodies, and not separating your grains." I don't want to wash the socks I wear. Clothes are also littered. Daily necessities are also littered and often not found. You ......"
"Dad, how can you be like this? Tang Yao, who was embarrassed, glanced at Li Xiaochen weakly. The latter stared at her with a smile and did not say a word. But that playful expression made Tang Yao ashamed.
Tang Zongtian pointed to Tang Yao's room without any scruples, and said to a few of them, "I don't believe you can go and visit immediately." Look at what Yaoyao's room is messed up with. It's even worse than a garbage heap. ”
Han Hye-jin frowned again and again when she heard this. She said with emotion: "Chinese women are dirty, too dirty. Where are we Korean women, not only take good care of themselves, but also keep the house in order. In South Korea, what girl dares to indulge like this? She has to be taught to death by her elders! Yu'er, listen to her mother, it's better to marry a Korean daughter-in-law. ”
She said these words as if no one was around, which immediately made the faces of Tang Zongtian's father and daughter change greatly. Not only the two of them, Li Xiaochen and Qin Yufei, but also all the relatives of the Tang family present, all of them were angry.
The cultures of China and South Korea are different. Speaking is also exquisite. Chinese like to be modest. If nothing else, it can be seen from the title. For example, "clumsy jing", "cheap concubine", "contemptible", calling other people's fathers "Lingzun", calling their own sons "dogs" and so on.
This is the way the Chinese speak. Whatever is your own, be humble. Even if it's good, it's all "bad". And everyone else's, for better or worse, is all "excellent".
Tang Zongtian first counted his daughter's shortcomings, which also belonged to a modest way of speaking. didn't expect Han Hye-jin to really regard his daughter as a lazy and useless second ancestor.
"Mom!" Jin Yu gave her mother a wink, signaling that she shouldn't talk nonsense. But Han Hye-jin just couldn't swallow this breath. She's a straight-hearted person who has always been straightforward.
Han Hye-jin didn't consider other people's feelings, and shouted loudly: "Where did I say it wrong? Our Korean women are better than Chinese women." We are literate and high-quality citizens, and we are one of the few high-IQ people in the world. Yu'er, I don't understand, where is Tang Yao's good? What is the use of marrying a Chinese woman who doesn't know anything about housework? If you marry her back, all the children and grandchildren of our family will be finished! This is the inheritance of inferior genes, the infiltration and corrosion of inferior bloodlines!"
When Tang Yao heard her say something halfway through, she already wanted to open her mouth to refute. But Li Xiaochen grabbed Tang Yao in time and didn't let her speak against her. That's why she forced the fire and listened patiently to what the other party said. If someone hadn't stopped her, Tang Yao would have had to sneer at each other and scold her.
Who would have thought that Han Hye-jin would be cheap and obedient, and continued to chatter: "This country is poor and backward, and it can't even make decent domestic high-tech products." The people are lazy, dirty, arrogant, noisy, stupid...... What is even more tragic is that they have grandly abandoned their traditional culture, but still advertise themselves as a country of etiquette. Are you embarrassed to say that you have the only remaining Chinese civilization among the four ancient civilizations?"
Han Huizhen snorted disdainfully, and then said, "As far as I know, a few years ago, people in this country actually clamored to cancel their Chinese medicine that had been circulating for thousands of years. Their people dismissed the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism that had been handed down to this day as feudal superstition and cultural dross, and dismissed them with disdain. Also, if it weren't for the fact that the Republic of Korea had successfully applied for the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival, how could they have made Cheongyeong and Chongyang a statutory holiday? How could the people of a country that could abandon even its own traditional culture and lose faith be any better? Only the girls of the Republic of Korea are the best. Yu'er, marrying a Chinese girl is doomed to a lifetime of tragedy. Really, you'd better go back to China with your mother. Mom will find you a good girl who is thousands of times better than Tang Yao. Don't whisper and beg them here. ”
Every word of her words was deeply rooted in Li Xiaochen's heart, and he was stunned and speechless.
Some Hong Kong people once commented on the mainland: The mainland is not short of money, but what it lacks is faith. Now, Li Xiaochen understands the meaning of this sentence.
Indeed, the Chinese civilization, which has been inherited for thousands of years, is still able to hold on to how many people can keep it? Everyone is busy making money. Who should pass on the missing faith?
It is true that Chinese civilization originated in China, but after it spread, Japan and Korea did attach more importance to these precious intangible cultural tangible heritage than China in this era.
Why has South Korea repeatedly had friction with China in the area of traditional culture? Isn't it because we don't have the civilization that they attach importance to our own country? There have been viral rumors on the Internet that Koreans say that Confucius is Chinese. This is indeed a false rumor, a false thing. South Korean officials also issued a statement saying that the matter was false. But why is this happening? It's worth reflecting on.
Rather than exploring whether Confucius was Chinese or Korean, what spirit and doctrine did Confucius leave behind?
Koreans learn from Confucius, then Confucius is Korean. If the Japanese learn from Confucius, then Confucius is Japanese. If the whole world learns from Confucius, then Confucius is the world.
His flesh may have borders, a motherland. But his spirit knows no boundaries. China is abandoning and slandering its ancestors. Other countries are learning from our sages. Isn't that heart-wrenching?
A country can have no territory, but it cannot be without faith, just as a person can have no body, but he must have spirit. Without faith, there is no cohesion. The collapse of the people on the spiritual level is ten thousand times more terrible than the loss of territory.
Following Han Huizhen's words and reflecting all the way to this point, Li Xiaochen couldn't help but sigh and felt very helpless.
While he was reflecting, the relatives of the Tang family in the living room were not happy. Such a Korean, who is a big country, dares to speak out on Chinese soil in front of many Chinese. Isn't this a red fruit slapping them in the face?
Li Xiaochen can endure this kind of thing, but they can't bear it!
These relatives stood up one after another and glared at Han Hye-jin. They picked up the things in the living room that could cause harm to people and shouted loudly.
"What are you talking about, Korean stick! Our business, is it your turn to say it!"
"it! Go back to your projectile land immediately!
"I'm going to let her go straight back, it's too cheap for her. Let's beat this with a cheap mouth to death first!"
Seeing this group of relatives rolling up their sleeves and grabbing weapons, Han Huizhen subconsciously took two steps back, pointed at them and said, "What are you going to do?
"I'm going to beat you to death!" what can you do with me!" I don't know who shouted this. Everyone swarmed up like explosives that had been ignited, and Han Hye-jin couldn't help jumping in anger when she saw that this group of people really rushed up. Her eyes widened in anger, and she stretched out her hand to point at them and shouted, "You unqualified Chinese." Don't think I'm afraid of you! With your kind of goods, I can't have a problem fighting a thousand by myself. ”
"Mom, Mom!" Jin Yu stepped forward and stopped in front of Han Huizhen, sweating profusely in a hurry, "Let's dissipate our anger first." We can't conflict with them. They are Yaoyao's relatives. ”
Han Huizhen shouted: "I don't care who they are! Whoever is unreasonable with me, I will be anxious with whom!"
Tang Zongtian saw that the two sides were going to fight, so he also came over to stop his relatives and persuaded: "Everyone has something to say, don't do it." Even if I give Tang Zongtian a face, okay?"
"Uncle cousin, it's not that we don't give you face. It's really this who is too arrogant. Didn't you hear what she said about us just now? Soldiers can be killed, not humiliated!"
"Yes, his grandmother's said that they Koreans have the highest quality in the world. Saying such things in front of us, she didn't take us seriously at all!"
"For this kind of garbage that doesn't know how to respect others, there is only one word - hit!"
When Han Hye-jin heard this, she became even more anxious. She opened her mouth and shouted, "Come on!"
Seeing that the conflict was becoming more and more intense, Tang Yao immediately stopped between the two sides, constantly dissuading them, calming their emotions and trying to calm the fight.
Li Xiaochen, who saw all this in his eyes, turned his head and glanced at Qin Yufei, who was standing still like water. The latter nodded slightly, as if in touch with the former. After exchanging opinions with his eyes, Li Xiaochen walked up to Han Huizhen and said, "I didn't want to fight with you. But I want to prove that we have not abandoned our civilization and culture. If I can, I'd like to have a more civilized competition with you. I wonder what you think, Mrs. Kim?"
Han Huizhen glanced at Li Xiaochen contemptuously with squint, and snorted, "Accompany me at any time." ”
Li Xiaochen nodded to her, turned to the relatives of the Tang family and said, "Everyone is calm and calm. Don't let foreigners see our jokes. Our country is a country of etiquette. If you shout and kill like this, it will only make others think that we are even more unqualified. We should solve the problem in a more peaceful way. ”
As soon as he said this, someone immediately asked, "What kind of peace is it?"
Li Xiaochen smiled slightly: "Use magic." I will use Chinese 'magic' to compete with the Koreans. I promise that you will have a good time without bloodshed. If you agree, allow me to fight the Koreans on your behalf. ”