Cheng Huanran laughed and said, "My dad is very humble. He probably doesn't think so himself."
"But that's the truth!" Xue Heng said truthfully: "In my opinion, if a person can have a happy family, respect the elders at the top, love the young at the bottom, and have a harmonious family, it is definitely better than having a career. Your dad can do it
This is something that many people are ashamed of - including me."
"I didn't think so before." Cheng Huanran nodded in agreement: "Now that I have a small family, I realize that it is really not easy to maintain balance and harmony in a family. This is true for a small family, let alone our big family.
Just work hard to make money, and with hard work and luck, you may be able to rise in one fell swoop. But the happiness of your family is a matter of hard work, day after day, or even decades of persistence. In my opinion, it is much more difficult than struggling for a career.
!”
Xue Heng seemed to think of something and smiled sadly.
"My mother used to scold me from time to time, and even said, don't think that making so much money is a big deal! She gave the example of the richest man in the country more than a hundred years ago, who could rival the country, but he didn't educate his children and grandchildren well, and their children and grandchildren could lose in one night.
Lose an entire street's worth of property. No matter how rich or powerful you are, future generations will not be able to support it. A prodigal will be completely ruined in a few days. If you raise your children carefully, your family will be harmonious and smooth. Even if you are not well-off and wealthy, your life will be as ordinary as water.
, I will be happy no matter what. I have less wealth than your mother, and I am worse at taking care of the family than your father, so there is nothing I can do."
"Auntie is a typical mother's mouth!" Cheng Huanran said with a smile: "Uncle Heng is not as bad as she said! He is worse at family matters, but not at all bad at other things!"
"That's it." Xue Heng pouted: "Others can define my life as a failure."
Cheng Huanran shook his head: "There are so many aspects in life, how can we only use one aspect to define success or failure."
"But family is the most important thing." Xue Heng squinted his eyes and drank all the red wine in the cup. "If there is no family, there is no point in struggling no matter how hard you work. What I am most gratified about now is that my old father is still alive and my daughter is getting better and better every day.
Growth. With them here, my continued struggle is meaningful."
Cheng Huanran smiled and helped him pour the wine, and said warmly: "My dad said that among his contemporaries, you and Uncle Huan are the only ones still struggling on the front line."
"There is nothing we can do, life is miserable!" Xue Heng laughed: "If Xiaohan could be as good as you guys, I would have retired early. I would have left all the property at home and abroad to her, and I -
- Have fun and relax!"
Zheng Duoduo reacted belatedly and asked: "Brother Ayuan's business...isn't done?"
"Leave it to a few old subordinates." Cheng Huanran replied: "He has already retired. My father gave all employees shares, and the salary plus dividend model was left to them to run. Originally, the epidemic should not affect the business very much.
Well, it may be due to the efforts of the old employees that the income has been very stable. My father is not greedy either. He only holds 60% of the shares, and his current income is quite considerable."
Zheng Duoduohu asked: "When did it happen? Why didn't I know that brother-in-law Ayuan had retired?"
"Last year." Cheng Huanran chuckled: "My dad has always kept a low profile, and he doesn't like to make any noise about his own affairs. We have been working in this industry for more than thirty years, which is a long time. It is indeed time to retire."
"That's right." Xue Heng thought for a moment and said, "He started wholesale paper towels from the beginning. His products have grown from a single product to a diversified one. He keeps up with market demand and his business has been very stable."
Cheng Huanran said: "My mother said that the location of my father's warehouse and small company is getting better and better. Even if the company goes bankrupt in the future and the warehouse is no longer needed, the land can still be sold at an excellent price."
"That piece of land was given to my brother-in-law by my uncle, right?" Xue Henghu asked, "Is that so? I seem to have some impression of it."
Cheng Huanran replied: "My mother asked my grandfather to buy it. The land was quite large, including some small shops on the roadside. My grandfather later gave the land to my father. My father originally built a
The small warehouse later developed and was rebuilt into a better large warehouse. Shops nearby came and went, and my dad took over one after another, so the place expanded a bit. Later, the road in front of the door was repaired, and the transportation nearby was convenient.
Many of the shops started to become valuable. My dad listened to my mother and demolished the old shops and built rows of professional shops and rented them out one by one."
"That place will be demolished in the next two years or so." Xue Heng guessed: "That place is close to the city center and the land is very expensive."
Cheng Huanran shook his head: "I don't know. My mother said that there will be fewer and fewer buildings to be demolished in the future. Only if it is an excellent land with the right time, place and people, can we get a good price."
Xue Heng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Anyway, your father is not short of money. If a good time comes, your father may have a big harvest at once."
"I can't guess how many years it will take." Cheng Huanran said: "The imperial capital is expanding to the suburbs, and it can't keep expanding. People are constantly investing in renovating and demolishing the dilapidated places in the city center. Sooner or later it will be my dad's turn. Specifically, what can I do?
You can't get a good price, you have to listen to my mother - the right time, place and people."
"Haha!"
Cheng Huanran explained: "After my parents retired, their main task was to take good care of themselves and take care of the elderly and children. Only with them connecting the past and the future can this family continue to be stable and harmonious."
"This word is well used!" Xue Heng clinked glasses with him, and then clinked glasses with Zheng Duoduo, "Each generation of people must clearly understand their own position and connect the past with the next. Otherwise, where is the future? Where is the hope? You young people
People, study hard! Don’t just think about yourself all day long and do whatever you want!”
Cheng Huanran glanced at Zheng Duoduo secretly, suppressed a smile and took a sip of red wine.
Zheng Duoduo glanced at Xue Heng, frowned and muttered: "Brother Heng, why do I think your last sentence was deliberately aimed at me?"
Xue Heng pretended to be stupid: "Ah? The last sentence? Which sentence? No! What am I doing against you?"
Zheng Duoduo punched his arm in a funny way and said: "Okay, okay! I am willful! You are the big brother, you can criticize me as you please!"
Xue Heng also laughed and said in a warm voice: "Oh, you are more than ten or twenty years younger than me. We live on the same floor, and we meet each other in the morning and evening. You are the child I watched grow up. Brother, this is where I failed.
It’s not much, but you can really see it. You are more mature than them, so you should be able to see through it better than them.”
"I really... can't bear it." Zheng Duoduo smiled bitterly and sighed: "I don't know what to do now."