The next morning, everyone in Xinyuan went to bed later than usual.
Maybe it was because it was too late last night, so Xue Yue's family didn't come to Xinyuan as early as the previous two days to have fun.
Xue Zhilan got up, washed up, changed out of her pajamas and walked out.
"Zhilan, come and drink some wolfberry water." Xue's father greeted: "I boiled it in the health pot last night, and it's still hot now."
Xue Zhilan stepped forward and looked around.
"Brother Wu, did you get up early in the morning?"
Father Xue nodded: "After sleeping for more than three hours, I couldn't sleep anymore. I came out around five o'clock, walked around in the back garden a few times, and then sat here to drink water."
"Are you having trouble sleeping?" Xue Zhilan suggested, "I'll make some medicinal food for you later."
Xue's father chuckled: "It's okay. It's normal to not be able to sleep occasionally. I'm already at this age, so how can I fall asleep as fast as young people do, sleeping for seven or eight hours at a time. When I came out at five o'clock, Ranran and Yang Yang
They were all sleeping on the sofa in the living room, so I drove them back to the room to sleep, so as not to wake up complaining about neck pain."
"You! You're in a bad mood and can't sleep." Xue Zhilan pointed out the key point at once and sighed: "You usually sleep well."
Father Xue poured a cup of bright red wolfberry water and handed it to him, and whispered: "These days, I will think of my third brother from time to time. If he were still alive, I don't know how heartbroken and sad it would be to see his descendants fail one by one.
."
"One generation is inferior to the other." Xue Zhilan said truthfully: "However, the son of a genius is not necessarily a genius. Some things cannot be inherited, such as moral character. Today's society is prosperous and complex, and various new media are dazzling. The dissemination of information and
The temptation is getting bigger and bigger. People nowadays need to have strong self-control, otherwise they will be more likely to learn bad things."
Father Xue sighed lowly: "I...I can't speak."
"I can't speak either." Xue Zhilan said with a stern face: "To do such a shameless and shameless thing is already illegal and illegal - how can we intercede with him! It's difficult for others to do anything!"
Father Xue was extremely embarrassed and whispered: "If we don't talk to Lingling, they won't let us live a peaceful life. Not only will I be scolded, but you, who is forced to be a lobbyist, will also be scolded."
"Just scold me." Xue Zhilan was quite open-minded: "I have been scolded by many people in my life, and I am not afraid. When I was young, I was thin-skinned, and I might feel embarrassed. Now that I am this old, I am so shameless.
I'm old and wrinkled, so what's there to be afraid of? Forget about scolding me, just hit me directly - I'm not afraid either!"
Father Xue smiled and said in a low voice: "But you're not here yet? You're ignoring it because of the third brother's bad reputation, right?"
"Alas..." Xue Zhilan sighed with a bitter smile: "They moved the third brother out, so I had to agree to come. The third brother is the leader of our old Xue family, and we all grew up under his protection and guidance.
. If they weren’t Third Brother’s son and daughter-in-law, I wouldn’t bother to talk to them!”
Xue's father naturally understood the reason and said, "I have a compromise, but I don't know if Lingling and the others will agree."
"Come and listen." Xue Zhilan chuckled: "I'll check it for you first."
Father Xue took a sip of water and whispered: "That little bastard Xue Yue did something wrong, and he still owes a lot of debt. What I mean is - help pay back the debt. As for him misappropriating the money without authorization to go into chaos
Come on, these are not things I can handle. He is in his forties, and he should know what he can and cannot do. Now that he has done it, he must have the ability to take responsibility for it himself."
Dad Xue thought for a while and asked, "Are you worried that debtors will come to your door and threaten them, so that their family will not have a peaceful life?"
"They are already in their seventies, so they are no longer young." Xue's father shook his head: "Although they are not up to par, they are still our nephews. This is an indisputable fact. They are older and have always been timid.
Don't be frightened. People who collect debts have all kinds of methods. If they can't find Xue Yue, they will definitely find the elderly at home, their wives and children."
Father Xue frowned and said: "They are all people who live on a little retirement salary. How can they get tens of millions together? Even if they sell all their houses, it will not be enough to pay back."
"I can only help with this," Father Xue said, "I can't do anything else. I can barely take care of my nephew, but I don't have enough energy to take care of even my nephew's son."
Xue Zhilan couldn't help but remind: "They have always been greedy, especially the niece-in-law..."
"I don't care." Xue's father shook his head: "You can tell them this after breakfast later. Lingling will be merciful for the sake of the clan and plead for Xue Yue, but she has done something wrong to him.
The person who sentenced him was the judge, and the person who arrested him was the police, so we can’t control him that much.”
"Okay." Xue Zhilan agreed.
Father Xue pushed the cup on the coffee table and said warmly: "Drink it quickly, don't let it get cold in a while."
"Thank you." Xue Zhilan picked it up and took a sip, then shook his head and smiled: "These so-called health pots are not as good as the old-fashioned casserole pots."
Dad Xue laughed and said: "Nowadays, everything has been transformed into electrical appliances. The casseroles are no longer usable, only glass bottles. The taste and efficacy are not comparable, but the old casseroles are inconvenient to use, and young people don't have the patience to stand still."
Waiting by the stove, put everything into the health pot, let it stew and keep it warm, and drink it when you have time. I have to say, today's electrical appliances are really convenient."
"Convenience is convenience." Xue Zhilan said helplessly: "Although old things are easy to use, they are no longer suitable and are destined to be abandoned by the times. If we are still alive, some old things will still be used. When our generation is gone, young people will
Maybe I can’t remember the old thing.”
"Isn't that the case all the time?" Dad Xue chuckled: "There are always new things appearing, and old things are constantly being eliminated and disappearing. This is all development."
Xue Zhilan looked at the wolfberry water in his hand thoughtfully and whispered: "Brother Wu, we are all old, and the third brother has been dead for many years. Our brotherhood is still there, but young people cannot be like us. In the blink of an eye, you
We are all great-grandfathers, but the generation of Yangran and the descendants of Third Brother have barely moved around. Some things must be eliminated when they become old, gradually forgotten, and eventually leave this world."
"...Hmm." Dad Xue smiled and said with emotion: "Yes! We are all old... We are still alive, so we will still care about some 'old things'. The younger generation will not care about them.
We must not force it. We can use it as we want now. As for the future, we have no control over it."