His wife sighed repeatedly when she saw this.
Meanwhile, the child was obediently doing his homework.
When dinner was almost ready, the man took a few coins out of his pocket and tossed them to his son, who was still in elementary school.
"Son! Give me a whole bottle of ice-cold beer!"
"Buy whatever you want from the rest!"
The boy flashed a bright smile and quickly pushed open the door to leave.
The wife frowned immediately when she saw the man's lazy appearance.
"You're doing this again!"
Of course, she only made a few complaints. These days, the entire burden of the family falls on the man's shoulders, and the man's only pastime is drinking a bottle of ice-cold beer with dinner.
Dinner was almost ready, and the family of three planned to stay home and watch the news.
As a local news channel in Zhongzhou Province, after the news broadcast, their usual hosts appeared on television.
The man tapped the beer bottle open with chopsticks and heard the host's voice coming from inside.
"Wallace will now announce the time for you. It is currently evening on July 13th..."
The man raised an eyebrow slightly, a look of surprise on his face.
"Wow! This Wallace is pretty good, they've even got their ads on TV."
"Wallace tells you the time."
The wife, holding her bowl, glanced at the television, a hint of doubt in her eyes.
"Hey? Old Wang just got fired and started delivering for Wallace's, right? Did you talk to them while you were playing cards?"
The man sighed deeply when the matter was brought up.
"Don't even mention it, Old Wang is living a great life now."
"He didn't win a house when the factory was giving away houses the year before last, did he?"
"I was fired from my job this year, so I bought a small apartment and can still make a thousand or eight hundred a month."
The wife looked shocked.
"so much?"
These days, even a man with seniority in the industry only earns a little over 600 yuan a month. With year-end bonuses, he earns a little over 800 yuan a month.
She was genuinely surprised that someone who works as a food delivery driver earns about the same salary as this man.
Thinking of this, the man took a swig of his drink, his tone tinged with helplessness.
"Stop talking about it, everyone in the factory is discussing it, we'll have to lay off more people next year."
"If we keep driving like this, I'm planning to go over there too."
His wife nodded with a wry smile. In this era, factories across the country were undergoing transformation and laying off workers, and the entire factory was filled with anxiety.
Last year, my wife was an employee at a local textile factory, but this year she can only stay at home as a housewife.
But the man was optimistic about it and even started to make fun of it.
"Son, when will the exam results come out?"
"Wait till the exam is over! If you do well, I'll take you to Wallace's!"
The boy's eyes lit up when he heard that.
"Dad! Don't lie! Only dogs lie!"
"Definitely!"
"It's a deal?!"
"It's a deal!"
The family enjoyed a happy time together at the dinner table.
Soon the news segment ended, and it was time for the weather forecast. The wife was clearing the dishes, while the boy and his father sat in front of the TV, playing around.
Soon after, an advertisement started playing on the TV.
An old woman's lonely appearance at home.
Upon seeing the new advertisement, the father and son became interested and watched it quietly.
After the advertisement ended a short while later, the two of them thought about the final tagline and muttered it to themselves.
"This Wallace ad is interesting."
"No gifts this holiday season, but if you must give a gift, give Wallace."
"Who's going to give Wallace this? You can't even give away this foreign stuff."
The man laughed and joked, but the image of visiting the elderly in the advertisement also made him think about going back to his hometown to see his mother over the weekend.
Meanwhile, the wife, who had just finished clearing the dishes, smiled and spoke to the man.
"This Wallace ad is actually quite well done."
"It's not just this one, there's something even more interesting coming up."
“I feel like he’s not asking you to give Wallace as a gift, but rather to let the elders in your family try the burgers made by our own people.”
The man paused slightly, then became a little curious.
After watching a TV series for a while until the commercials ended, a Wallace commercial was successfully inserted in the middle.
While a short commercial was playing, a second commercial appeared, showing a man visiting his elderly parents and the neighbors making fun of the situation.
This made the man miss his elderly parents at home even more, and he wished he could ride his bike there right now.
The advertising slogan "Give Wallace the gift" in particular made him think about buying some for his elderly family members to try.
Over the years, his family has scrimped and saved to send him to work in the factory, giving him a stable family life.
He really didn't let the elderly in his family try these new things.
As the evening commercials ended, the man prepared to watch TV a little longer.
Just as the TV series ended and the man was about to turn off the TV, the third commercial appeared.
The man blushed when he saw his elderly mother meeting him at the entrance of the Wallace store.
When he climbed into bed that night, his wife could also sense his low spirits.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. If we have time this week, we'll go back and see our parents."
His wife paused for a moment, then nodded.
Then the man suddenly added something.
"I'll buy some Wallace on the way and let my parents try it."
The wife hesitated for a moment, then nodded again.
After watching the advertisement today, she also had the idea of going back to her parents' home.
Saturday arrived quickly, and the man and his family of three drove home with their bags full of belongings.
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