Chapter 191: Judge others by yourself and have a clear conscience
Hu Limin was bewildered after being scolded.
Isn't raising children a woman's job? Why did Lin Guoqing make it sound like he had committed a crime?
Of course it's not illegal, but it's a bit annoying.
"Does your wife know that you are here to avoid being idle?"
Hu Limin shook his head. "Of course we can't let her know that. Otherwise, she'll be angry."
"That's all!" Lin Guoqing said bitterly, "Since you think it's natural for women to take care of children, then why don't you dare let your wife know you're hiding out here? Isn't it because you subconsciously think this is immoral?"
Hu Liming: ...I really didn’t feel that way before, but after Lin Guoqing’s complaints, I felt a little guilty.
Lin Guoqing is not a man who really studies the wife's rule or loves his wife. It's just that when he lives with Shen Chunhua, he always follows two principles:
Judge others by your own standards and have a clear conscience.
Before he does something, he will think about whether he can tell Chunhua openly about it. Will Chunhua agree if she knows about it? If he were Chunhua, would his partner be angry if he did this?
His father once said that when a couple lives together, they need to take a step back, I need to think about you a little, and you need to think about me a little. Although he didn't feel that his mother had taken care of his father much, his father really did.
In contrast, he was certain that Chen Chunhua had always thought of him, so he couldn't just sit back and let Chen Chunhua do everything. With Chen Chunhua's temper, she probably wouldn't tolerate this grievance.
Of course, taking care of children is tiring. Back when we were working in the production team, they each carried one, either by hand or on their backs. The third child is also naughty! If I'm not paying attention, he'll sneak off somewhere and get into trouble. Sometimes I really want to give him a beating every three days, a big one every five days, to teach him a lesson.
But isn't it the same for all boys? They grow up from children to adults, and there's a process they all go through. If you don't educate them, how can they become mature and stable? Is it up to fate?
Besides, is it shameful for a man to take care of a child? Wasn't he raised by his father? How did it become natural for a woman to take care of a child?
Hu Limin was choked and speechless. He held the cigarette between his hands and took one puff after another. After a while, he finally remembered to explain.
"It's not just my wife who takes care of him alone, my parents are also there..." Even his father is not around sometimes.
"I'm just tired of arguing with people all day long over a few cents of profit, and I just want some peace and quiet at night, so I came here to hide..."
Okay, he was guilty, but he still couldn't stay at home every day playing with the monkeys.
"I'll stay home to take care of the kids tomorrow, and then I'll try to go out every other day..."
Buffering, this is called buffering!
Lin Guoqing rolled his eyes and didn't say anything. She was his wife, not his own.
He checked his watch, took the last puff of his cigarette, put it out, and turned to leave.
"Hey, get out of class isn't over yet!" Hu Liming called out to him.
Lin Guoqing opened the door and turned around. "My wife is in class at the agricultural machinery station. It takes ten minutes to get there. It's already 8:50. I have to go pick her up."
"Then will you come tomorrow... the day after tomorrow? I have to report my name as a student in the class!"
Apart from the topic of taking care of children, he and Lin Guoqing had a good chat, and he really didn't want to lose this chat partner.
Lin Guoqing: "...Come on, I'm really bored. If you don't care about your wife, what can I say?"
"Didn't I already tell you that I'll take care of the kids every other night starting tomorrow... Then my wife can rest while I take care of them. Shouldn't we take turns? You can't just let me take care of them every day!"
Hu Limin was feeling a little aggrieved. Wasn't it better to take turns taking care of the children? In fact, he was always there to play with them during the day on weekends! He was much better than many of the men in the factory. They smoked, played cards, fished, and went to see prostitutes on weekends, but they just didn't stay home to look after the children.
He doesn't like activities with a strong smell of smoke and alcohol, so he can't chat with them, so he hides here alone. He doesn't waste money and doesn't let his family down. But when he compares himself to Lin Guoqing, he still looks like a scumbag.
Lin Guoqing shrugged. "What's the point of you telling me so much? I'm not your wife." He waved and walked out. "I'm leaving. See you the day after tomorrow."
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At 9 o'clock, Teacher Qian finished the get out of class on time. Chen Chunhua said goodbye to the teacher and also said goodbye to Qi Caigen and several familiar classmates. She stood at the door of the agricultural machinery station thinking she would have to wait for a while, but unexpectedly, Lin Guoqing appeared in front of her in just 2 minutes.
"How come you are so fast?" Chen Chunhua climbed onto the tricycle in surprise.
"Our teacher ends the get out of class ten minutes early!" Lin Guoqing bared his big white teeth, his face full of pride.
Chen Chunhua frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "What kind of teacher is this? So irresponsible? I paid tuition. If you come 10 minutes early every day, that would add up to several hours a month!"
"It's okay, I didn't pay tuition, so the class is free."
"Huh? What class?"
“The art of speaking!”
Chen Chunhua: ...There's such a weird class at night school? The point is, what's the point of taking this class? I'm not dumb, so why can't I speak?
"Tsk! If I say you're uneducated, you're upset. If I say you're educated, I'm really going against my conscience." Lin Guoqing had already forgotten how he complained about Hu Limin at the beginning. He was just bragging in front of his wife.
"To be frank, this course is mainly for people like me who work in the supply and marketing department! Salespeople definitely need to be able to speak well! Do you know the background of this teacher?"
"I don't know." Chen Chunhua answered honestly. She sat steadily in the middle of the tricycle and huddled herself behind Lin Guoqing as much as possible so that she would not be blown by the cold wind.
"That's the master's family!"
"...Are there few legal advisors from prominent families here? They all have famous trades." Just look at the famous Zhou family, there are more than a dozen legal advisors, right?
Lin Guoqing: "...His family also produced the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, a red-top businessman, you know! Merchants are all about sales, isn't it? I can learn something from them. Maybe one day I can become the richest man in the village!"
"Then why don't we charge you tuition?"
“…Because I’m the only student.”
Chen Chunhua: ...
"Oh, I've seen all the other classes, and they really don't interest me. I want to learn how to drive, but they don't even teach! Instead of wasting money sitting in the classroom and dozing off, I might as well take this speaking arts class! At least it doesn't charge me!"
"Nonsense, he's just chatting with you to kill time, it's good enough that he doesn't pay you, why would he charge you?"
I have to say, women are sometimes so accurate in seeing things. It's obvious that these two extremely bored people are just killing time, but they just call it a class.
What a ridiculous tuition fee!
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I am a bit sensitive, but I also like to read comments. I am a novice but I like to play around.
People always come up to me and tell me that my prices are ridiculous, especially when it comes to building a house. I’m afraid that if I reply a little harshly, people will stop reading. After all, you ladies and men are my breadwinners (yes, I’m that cowardly!)
But! Is it really possible not to have the world around you?
Just a question: when people built houses back then, didn't they use steel? Bricks and cement are cheap, but steel is expensive! Even in the countryside, some houses built in 1983 haven't been demolished yet; they're all reinforced concrete.
Ten thousand in 1983 was a lot of money, so Chunhua and Guoqing had to save for years to get it. But it's not impossible to earn, and you can't compare it to factory wages. It's like some people say factory wages in the 2000s were only a few hundred yuan a month. But the rich have already gone to Macau and lost millions and come back to start all over again...
If I have to start my life over again, do I have to send them to work in a factory?
I've been looking for information on CNKI recently...
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