After the grandfather and grandson finished breakfast in the early morning, they walked into the French garden at the entrance of the villa. .

Not long after the sun came out, the air in Beverly Hills was fresh and cool. You could see two rows of low peach trees, now in full bloom. They are different from ordinary peach trees. The fruits they produce are peaches, flat, and the flowers are darker in color.

The gray magpie couple jumped and went to the lawn to choose suitable branches. They held their mouths to build nests on the pine trees. The gray magpie's feathers were quite beautiful in color, and they seemed to have a black hat on their heads, and they could hardly see their eyes, and they were quite large.

The day before yesterday, their old nest was damaged by a strong wind, and even the little magpie fell off the tree. The little magpie's feathers were about to grow in full bloom, but they couldn't fly. Now the gardener takes care of them and feed them when they catch the insects.

This time I fed a fat green worm. For it, the food was too big, only half of it was swallowed, and the other half was still twisting outside its mouth, almost choking the little magpie to death. When I saw this scene, Han Xuan decisively gave up the idea of ​​touching it. It was really not cute.

Fat Ding bullies the peculiar pet chameleon raised by the gardener. It constantly bites things of different colors and places them in front of the chameleon, then observes how it changes colors nervously.

For a long time, people believed that cats were color blind and could only see black, gray and white, but current scientific research has proved that this view cannot be valid.

Experiments have proved that cats can completely distinguish colors after training. Many scientists believe that cats do not care about colors. Although they can see colors, they do not give any meaning to colors.

At this time, Fat Ding put a lot of things in front of the chameleon at the same time, and then the chameleon became entangled and simply turned into colorful colors.

Han Xuan, who is suffering from terminal illness (intensive phobia), does not like chameleons. He has no love for species such as lizard family, snakes, bats, etc., and is afraid that this weird-colored chameleon will be accidentally played to death by fat Ding, so he took the fat cat away...

When I was chatting with the old man, I learned that my grandma was very busy recently.

She used to be bored at home, but recently she actually enjoyed the tiring work. She often lamented what the meaning of life was when she ate and slept all day long.

Han Xuanting was happy to see this change and clearly understood that what caused the change was not because he wanted to leave wealth for himself, but because the elders were enjoying the process of running their careers. Leaving wealth was just a matter of doing it casually.

People live for only a few decades, at most only a hundred years. To live for themselves, it should not be for their children or anything else.

Just look at China and you will know how many men work hard to support their families and work hard for their children’s future. The same goes for women. They are busy taking care of their children while working. The whole family revolves around their children, and the pressure of life is very high.

Only divide life into two stages: before having children and after having children, before having children, life belongs to you, and later living for others, not only taking care of offspring, but also having to take care of offspring.

It is said that raising children to prevent old age, but it seems that there are many people who rely on their parents. Excessive spoiling is a breeding ground for nourishing rice insects. For thousands of years, no one has thought this practice is abnormal, but instead proudly began to play with his parents.

After the child gets married, the parents give money to support him. When the parents get old, the pension will be paid to the child. This is a large number of people.

In the past, Han Xuan also took his parents for granted, but after coming to the United States, he found a fact: American parents are happier than Chinese parents, and more than a little happier.

The life stage of Americans is probably from themselves to their children, and then the next nearly half of their lives belongs to them. For children, they only spend about one-quarter of their lives.

If you don’t have anyone to support yourself, you can make money by yourself. The way to live with poor and rich is still free and easy, and your children are not on the streets. In fact, most of them know how to live better after adulthood.

When American children turn 18, they can’t wait to leave their parents. For them, living alone is the most important sign of proof of their independence. No matter how society develops, American values ​​have never changed.

Western children are like adults at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Here they refer to independent living ability and thinking concepts. However, Chinese children are still more like children after graduating from college, getting married and having children.

Times are changing and society is changing. Westerners believe that raising children until adulthood is the obligation of parents. After parents save enough university funds to fulfill their obligations, they will let their children go out to work hard by themselves and strive for their own lives. Whether it is brilliant or ordinary, being happy is the most important thing.

If you get a scholarship or drop out of school halfway and you can’t use the university fund, then turn the university fund into a entrepreneurship fund or money for marriage, or if your child successfully finds a good way out, parents can save the money for themselves.

The elderly drive Ferraris, and their descendants drive worn-out second-hand cars are common in Western society. This is not selfishness. If descendants work hard and can drive luxury cars until they are old, these parents are living for themselves and enjoying their lives.

As for how much inheritance the descendants can get after their parents die, it depends on luck. The love for their children has not changed, but this does not prevent them from enjoying their lives.

No country's laws stipulate that children must be richer than previous generations. In the animal world, no animal will work diligently to take care of future generations for a lifetime. This shows that the Chinese's practices are not in line with the principles of survival and are imposed on people by the limitations of secular concepts.

Chinese people always like to say, "This is for the children, and to make more money for the next generation." But each generation says that they make money for the next generation, but which generation will it take to spend this money?

It is really selfish to sacrifice the happiness of your family for the sake of the happiness of your descendants. It is not uncommon for couples to separate from their children. It is no wonder that the material flows in society in the future and money is the first priority.

The main reason for the high divorce rate is that the affection for the child is greater than the love itself and has not considered it for the other party. Of course, it is believed that the child is everything, and everything else can be put aside first...

When he encountered a question he didn't understand, he asked the old man. After hearing Han Xuan's questions about his descendants, he put forward a new point of view and told him: "It's probably because we Chinese have been afraid of being poor for thousands of years.

At that time, my father and grandpa and others left me the best things, killed a chicken, and all of their legs were mine. The elders watched me eat. At that time, I didn’t know how to be polite, but now I think about it and blushed.

The big family that lived in the four generations in the past was a legend. There are three unfilial things, and no descendants are the greatest. Although some old ideas have now declined, some of the spirits of traditional culture are still deeply rooted in the Chinese.

China has never had a perfect social security system for thousands of years, so everyone has no sense of security and is trying hard to squeeze out today for tomorrow. It is not that we like wealth, but that we provide insurance for ourselves in advance. Whites and blacks cannot understand these.

Even President Clinton is calling for the savings rate of Chinese residents to be too high and should consume more to stimulate the economy. The original Prime Minister of China also believed that it would set up a Golden Week holiday to encourage residents to consume.

Can those white people who have lived under a complete welfare system since their ancestors understand the helplessness and fear of the future of ordinary Chinese people?

Chinese people are really afraid of being poor. Even if I have made a fortune now, I still want to make more money. In our Chinese people, we believe that leaving more property for their descendants is the greatest care for their descendants and the greatest responsibility for their families.

I know there is something wrong with this idea, but most Chinese people do think so, and it is difficult to change.

When I was young, I was busy working all day and almost divorced your grandmother. The reason why I don’t have a close relationship with your father is because I was not at home for a long time and he still complained about me.

When I was a child, my family was poor and I was chased by white police like dogs all day long, wearing old clothes, eating leftovers, and going to the street to pick up garbage and buy hot dogs. I was reluctant to finish the meal.

Now it’s hard to openly pursue money safely. Don’t expect that this kind of storm and motivation that has been suppressed for too long has been relieved in one or two generations.

Recently, many Chinese American families who have become rich have been learning from Western parents to make their children independent, which shows that the Chinese's previous practices are inseparable from the lack of social security, and they are still closely related to the lack of social security.

If you don’t have to worry about the lives of your descendants, who would be willing to spend your whole life just to make money? Are you born with a low life and like to work?

However, there are indeed problems with this approach, and you can't support them for the rest of your life.

After all, there are only a few rich Chinese, and the vast majority of overseas Chinese are still poor. Many illegal immigrants cannot even solve their identity problems. Our North American Chinese organization is trying to help contact the government to solve the problem, but there are endless people who immigrate, and it can't be done simply..."

These words were like enlightenment, allowing Han Xuan to see clearly the contradiction.

It’s not that parents don’t want to relax, but that they are too poor and society has not yet developed to the stage where parents can relax and relax. If parents do not interfere in their children’s lives, they need a house or a car to get married, they will naturally be solved.

Thinking about it this way, modern Chinese are sad. Apart from the small group of people who became rich first, and those who do not want children, the rest are destined to take on the responsibility of being parents and children.

What’s even more sad is that hard work may not necessarily lead to good results. The speed of making money cannot be compared with the speed of rising housing prices and depreciation of currency. This is the responsibility that the country should bear.

If you don’t have children, you have to take on the responsibility of taking care of your parents. If you have children, you will have another responsibility. The most tragic thing is: the money you earned before the age of 60 is used to treat patients after the age of 60. A labor force, to support a family of seven in a normal family, and to consider the life of future generations. A disease or a house is enough to destroy people...

(I know the reason why I am not in the state recently, including chronic enteritis and fatty liver. I am poor that I am only 22 years old and I sit every day and take time to exercise) (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!