Xue's mother and father nodded in approval: "Yes, unless you are too old to work like us, you shouldn't be lazy."
Cheng Tianyuan chuckled: "I almost sold the company and retired completely. It was Lingling who persuaded me, and I finally came to my senses."
Ahu's words made him even more enlightened!
When a person begins to enter old age, his body and mind are both old. If he does not find something to support him, he will be easily at a loss, such as Ahu now.
The son works, the daughter also works, the daughter-in-law starts her own online business, the eldest grandson goes to kindergarten, and he himself walks around the house bored every day except watching TV.
When the weather is nice, he can come here every day.
The weather has been too cold recently and there is ice and snow everywhere. He is not very healthy and dare not go out casually. He can only watch TV or sleep. He complains about boredom in the WeChat group every day and sends a lot of emoticons.
However, young people are all busy with their own affairs and have no time to read WeChat. After struggling for a long time, no one can respond. In the end, Cheng Tianyuan had to send a "Go away" emoticon to successfully "persuad Ahu".
retreat".
Ahu was full of envy for him, both in his actions and words.
Although Ahu now has rent from houses and stores, the agency employees he entrusts will send him rent every month or every quarter, indicating which store and house the rent is for. He is not short of money at all.
But he always felt that he was doing nothing and being bored.
"At our age, we are not old yet." Xue Ling analyzed: "Then we have to find some spiritual sustenance. We can't work hard to start a business like young people, but we can't do nothing, otherwise we will really be unbearable."
Cheng Tianyuan chuckled: "Ahu said that he would come over for dinner later and not go back tonight. He asked me to play cards with him and have a drink."
"Ahu is too busy now." Xue's father squinted his eyes: "It's a bit late for me to retire, but I have controlled the branch factory for many years, so I don't have to worry about taking care of it. I just drive there every day to take a look. I can make money at first.
Later, when it didn’t work, I stopped insisting. The children were still young at the time, so we simply took the children out for a trip so that we could have fun ourselves and help the children broaden their horizons.”
"Yes." Mother Xue said with a smile, "You can learn from us, travel for more than ten years, and then stay at home until you can no longer walk or crawl."
Xue Ling nodded: "I can't travel all the time. I can't compare with you in energy! I can travel occasionally, work at other times, and help take care of the children at home."
"Just the last item is enough for you." Father Xue sighed: "We have relied on you to take care of us all these years, which is a drag on you. You can't worry about it. You will probably have to wait until we die before you dare to leave home.
travel."
"Dad!" Cheng Tianyuan said angrily: "How can you say such a thing! Taking care of the elderly is the duty of us juniors, so there is no burden. We really have no intention to travel now, and the few children have not yet married. Although the second child
We are married, but we still have to help him take care of his children. Secondly, we are still reluctant to let go of our own careers."
Mother Xue smiled helplessly and said: "There are only two children, and there are nannies to help take care of them. The main reason why we dare not leave is because we three old people are dragging us down."
"It's not a drag." Liu Ying suddenly agreed: "It's not a drag, it's not a drag."
Everyone was speechless for a while, then started laughing one after another.
Xue's mother held Liu Ying's hand and said with a smile: "Yes! We are not a burden! We are the longevity stars of the family! Old antiques! Old stubborn!"
Liu Ying giggled.
Everyone laughed.
At this time, Cheng Huanchong walked over while putting on his coat and hurriedly greeted everyone.
"I'm going out and I won't be back for dinner."
Xue Ling nodded: "It may be icy on the snowy road. Don't drive too fast and pay attention to safety."
"I know! Mom!" Cheng Huanchong shouted.
Xue's mother couldn't help but tease: "Are you going out on a date? Look at you! All the coats are wearing the latest styles! Our third child is so handsome and tall, why is he suddenly not confident?"
Everyone laughed.
Cheng Huanchong smiled bitterly and explained: "The place we are going to this time should be quite formal, so it is not suitable to dress too ordinary. A senior asked me to help look at a painting. He said that the price was a bit high and I didn't know if it was suitable to buy it.
Let me help you with your eyes. My thoughts have been stuck recently, and I am reading a book to find inspiration. If he hadn’t urged me several times in a row, I wouldn’t have wanted to go out and endure the cold.”
Father Xue was extremely curious and couldn't help the old man's gossip mentality.
"The price is a bit high? How high is it? Hundreds of thousands or millions?"
Cheng Huanchong replied: "It was said to be five to six million, but he was worried that the price was too high and there was no investment value."
"Oh!" Xue's father suddenly nodded: "It turns out that he is engaged in investment!"
Cheng Tianyuan thought for a while and said: "There are many businessmen investing in art nowadays, especially in paintings. However, I heard that this kind of investment is very risky. A painting can easily cost millions or tens of millions, and there is a lot of water."
"Every line is like a mountain." Xue Ling was confident and modest, and said warmly: "We don't understand this industry. However, in my opinion, art spreads culture and ideas, and these are priceless. If it is always
Using money to measure and buy and sell artworks ignores the value of the artwork itself. Of course, artists also have to live and cannot live without daily necessities. Buying and selling is human nature."
Cheng Huanchong narrowed his eyes with a smile, hugged Xue Ling and kissed her hair.
"As expected of my mother! She spoke my heart right away!"
Dad Xue joked: "Which sentence is your true voice? The last sentence? Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this!
Cheng Huanchong was so amused that he stopped: "I'm greedy! I want the cultural heritage and extraordinary emotions expressed by the artwork, and more importantly, its value. My senior is an art collector and a big businessman. I heard that he
He is a super rich second generation, and his family has a lot of collections. He has learned a lot from childhood, and later he just engaged in this industry, making a lot of money by buying and selling, and collecting what he likes when he encounters it."
"Oh!" Xue Ling raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Then his family used to be a wealthy family, right?"
Cheng Huanchong shook his head: "I heard that he is from the old imperial capital, so that's probably true. I have only met him a few times. He is very funny, elegant and elegant, and has the temperament of an antique dealer. Maybe this painting is a comic series.
, he would come to me again and again. I’m really sorry, I can only go once.”
"Go ahead." Cheng Tianyuan reminded: "If you don't know what to say, you have to control your words. If you can't help others, just refuse. Don't feel embarrassed."
"Okay!" Cheng Huanchong waved his hand: "Then I'm leaving!"