It's funny, she couldn't tell the two children apart, and neither could her mother-in-law, but she could tell her husband and father-in-law apart perfectly.

Because of this, she asked many times, but every time the answer she got was intuition.

This is really infuriating.

Ding Qiunan dealt with these two unruly little rascals in a much simpler and more brutal way. She didn't care who they were; if they misbehaved, she would catch whichever one she could and beat them. If they wanted, they could take another beating.

After seeing that both children were lying down and covered with blankets, Wang Yueyue came out from this side and turned to go into the next room.

The children may be naughty, but as long as they obediently crawl into bed, she doesn't need to worry about them anymore.

Her sister lives next door, but this girl is different. If you don't sit next to her and watch her, she definitely won't go to sleep quietly.

Here she is, sitting on the bed reading that Saint Seiya comic book. I don't know why a girl likes to read these fighting comics. She's seen them on TV, and now she wants to buy the comic book to read.

There are just too many comic books at home, like Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, Captain Tsubasa, Slam Dunk, Ranma 1/2, Power Rangers, Ultraman, and so on.

The family even built a special bookshelf, but it wasn't big enough to hold them all. Luckily, they took turns reading from each other.

Some of them are indeed quite good, and Wang Yueyue also likes to watch them. However, she is also a little puzzled as to why there are no good anime produced in China.

There used to be great cartoons like Black Cat Detective, Havoc in Heaven, and Calabash Brothers, but now it seems like there's less and less to watch.

In recent years, television has been filled with everyday life dramas, or those American shows like Transformers and Superman.

Is this what Chu's father meant by cultural invasion?

She sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at the comic book in her hands, and thought to herself.

There are also street arcades where the games are all created by foreigners; there isn't a single domestic game content producer.

The claim that they're afraid children will become complacent because of playful entertainment is absurd. If they're so afraid that children will become complacent because of playful entertainment, then they shouldn't import these things. Why not just ban game consoles from entering the country? Allowing arcades to open but not trying to develop their own is just ridiculous.

[A book-reading app recommended to me by a friend I've known for ten years, Yeguo Reading! It's damn good! I use it to read aloud and listen to books while driving or before bed to pass the time. You can download yeguoyuedu here.]

And those Famicom consoles that people played at home, like the Little Tyrant learning machine, are really too much. They call themselves learning machines, but aren't they just games?

Their family strictly regulates the time these children spend playing games. They can play, but they can't get addicted. They even got a big arcade machine from the street and several game motherboards for them to switch between.

Putting aside the children, she loves to play. Wang Yueyue often thinks that children nowadays are so lucky, they have all kinds of toys. She didn't have any of these things when she was a child.

But she really didn't expect that these kids born in the 1980s would become the most miserable generation of kids when they grew up.

As we grew up and universities expanded their enrollment, graduates were no longer assigned jobs. Forget about vocational schools or junior colleges; if it wasn't a good school, even a bachelor's degree was worthless.

Houses are no longer allocated, and people have to buy them themselves, not to mention that house prices are skyrocketing.

After they get married and have children, their children's education will really have to start from a young age. All kinds of training and tutoring classes will leave them dizzy and overwhelmed, and the medical expenses for the elderly will be even more heartbreaking.

People in middle age are even more stressed and overwhelmed at work. They have to deal with the pressure from those born in the 1970s and the challenges from those born in the 1990s. There is also the midlife crisis, and they may lose their jobs if they are not careful. They have elderly parents and young children to support, and they have to swallow all the injustices in the workplace. They really can't afford to live, can't afford to get sick, and can't afford to die.

In the grove, Li Chu, who hadn't taken a lunch break, and Wang Jun, who had rushed back from lunch, were chatting casually.

After working in the Second Bureau for more than ten years, Wang Jun finally became the director, a position that brought him great honor.

His two younger brothers went on to become deans at their respective universities, thus leaving the front lines of education.

"Old Li, back when we were still in Nanniwan, did we ever imagine that things would turn out like this?" Wang Jun turned to look at the lush green forest around him and said with some emotion.

"Back then, all I could think of was filling my stomach." They were still young then.

"Sigh... we're all getting old."

"Are you ready to admit you're getting old?" Li Chu asked with a smile, looking at his brother and in-law.

Both of them had some gray hair, and Wang Jun had more wrinkles on his face.

"You have to admit it, I'm planning to retire next year."

"That's good. After running around for most of their lives, it's time to take a good rest. Qiu Nan will also retire in the second half of the year."

"Hmm? You're not planning to let your sister-in-law try to climb the corporate ladder again?"

"There's no need for that. She already has a major demerit on her record."

Wang Jun listened in silence. He felt a bit guilty about the punishment he received at the time, but it also showed everyone her protectiveness towards her husband. This woman had been ignored because of her man, but that shocking outburst made everyone look at her in a new light. She was really daring.

"I heard your application wasn't approved?"

"It can't be approved," Li Chu said with a smile and a shake of his head.

"I actually knew the outcome beforehand, but I insisted on submitting it just to show my attitude."

“You’re so willful. You don’t cherish what others long for. My dad told me the other day that you have a good chance to take another step forward next time, and you can add another bean on your shoulder.”

"Is it necessary? Even if I become the leader of our headquarters in '97, so what?"

How was Wang Jun supposed to answer that? He even considered saying, "If you don't want it, can you give it to me?"

“I ran into Shen Jun yesterday, and he was cursing at you.”

"Haha... He even cursed me to my face. But everyone has their own ambitions, and I have indeed been a bit tired these past few years."

After listening, Wang Jun nodded. He knew his brother well; he had indeed worked very hard over the years.

The care you need to provide for a healthy person in their prime is completely different from that needed for a group of elderly people in their seventies, eighties, or nineties.

Putting everything else aside, the combined worries of his father and mother, and the three brothers, don't even come close to what he does alone.

Moreover, if he hadn't personally taken care of their health and kept them company, they might not be alive today.

Seeing Wang Jun's expression, Li Chu knew what he wanted to say, and quickly said, "Stop, Junzi. My uncle and aunt have treated me like their son for decades. It's only right that I take care of them. Don't say thank you to me."

"Fine, I won't say anything more, but I'll still say thank you on behalf of my second and third sons."

They originally wanted to tell you in person during the Chinese New Year this year, but they were afraid you would hit them, so they had to ask me to do it for them.