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 woke up."
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 doesn't find something to rely on, 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 actions and words.
Although Ahu now collects 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 yet old."
Xue Ling analyzed: "Then you have to find some spiritual sustenance.
You can’t work hard to start a business like young people, but you can’t sit idle either, otherwise you’ll 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."
Father Xue narrowed his eyes: "I retired a little late, but I controlled the branch factory for many years, so I didn't have to worry about taking care of it. I just drove there every day and took a look. It made money at first, but then it didn't work, so I didn't insist on it anymore.
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.”
"right."
Mother Xue smiled and said: "You can learn from us, go out to travel for more than ten years, wait until you can no longer walk or crawl, and then stay at home."
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."
"On the last item, you are already busy enough."
Xue's father sighed: "We have relied on you to take care of us these years, which is a drag on you.
You can’t rest assured, you’ll probably have to wait until we die before you dare to leave home and travel.”
"dad!"
Cheng Tianyuan said angrily: "How can you say such a thing! Taking care of the elderly is the duty of our juniors, so there is no burden.
We are really not in the mood to travel right now. Our children have not yet gotten married. Although the second child is married, we still have to help him take care of the children.
Secondly, we are still reluctant to let go of our own careers."
Xue's mother 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."
"Don't be a drag."
Liu Ying suddenly echoed: "It's not a burden, it's not a burden."
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 teasing: “Let’s go 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 so unsure of himself all of a sudden?"
Everyone laughed.
Cheng Huanchong smiled bitterly and explained: "The place we are going to this time should be quite formal, so it is not good to dress too ordinary.
A senior asked me to help look at a painting. He said that the price was a bit high and he was not sure whether it was suitable to buy it. He asked me to help him look at the painting.
My thoughts have been stuck recently and I am reading books to find inspiration.
If he hadn't urged me several times, 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 oh!"
Xue’s father suddenly nodded: “It turns out he is an investor!”
Cheng Tianyuan thought for a while and said: "There are many businessmen investing in art nowadays, especially in paintings.
But I heard that this kind of investment is very risky, and a painting can easily cost millions or tens of millions, which is a lot of water."
"Every other line is like a mountain."
Xue Ling was confident yet humble, saying warmly: "We don't understand this business.
However, in my opinion, artworks spread culture and ideas, and these are priceless.
If you always use money to measure and buy, you will ignore the value of the art itself.
Of course, artists also have to live, and they 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!"
Father Xue joked: "Which sentence is your inner 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 of the artwork and the extraordinary emotions it expresses, but also its value.
My senior is an art collector and a businessman.
I heard that he is a super rich second generation, and his family has a lot of collections. He has learned a lot since he was a child, and later he just engaged in this industry, buying and selling to make a lot of money, and collecting what he likes when he encounters it."
"Yo!"
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 he is probably so.
I have only met him a few times. He is very funny, elegant and has the temperament of an antique dealer.
Maybe it was because this painting was a comic series that he came to me again and again.
I’m really sorry, I can only go there once.”
"Go ahead."
Cheng Tianyuan reminded: "If you don't have confidence in your heart, you have to control your words properly.
If you can't help someone, just say no, don't feel embarrassed."
"okay!"
Cheng Huanchong waved his hand: "Then I'm leaving!"