"What happened next? How did you find out they were pretending?" Yuxiu asked with curiosity.
"We were originally going to take them to the hospital, but then we realized they'd eaten so much, why bother going? When we asked them, we found out. Dashan was only seven at the time, and Xiaohai was even younger. He was the little bastard who followed his brother around." He listened to his brother's every word and loved to follow him around. "The brothers did bad things together, and in the end, Xiaohai was usually the one who took the blame."
"Xiao Hai has been a bit naive since he was little, and Da Shan is even more cunning, like a honeycomb of coal. Even though he's quiet, he's usually the one who comes up with the ideas for everything his brothers do."
You can imagine!
Zhong Yuxiu chuckled. Yan Rushan had grown up to be quite cunning, but he used his wisdom in the right ways, which made him seem more stable and reliable. "So, he must have taken a lot of effort to teach you, didn't he?"
"Well, it's definitely a lot of trouble, not just for him; Xiaohai too. We've put in a lot of effort, but we haven't been able to change his simple-minded nature." Yan Guofeng said this with a helpless look on his face. "Fortunately, Dashan is the eldest grandson and can take the helm. It doesn't matter if one is more thoughtful than the other."
They were both cunning and ambitious, which gave him even more headaches; so, the two grandsons each had their own strengths.
Although the fields are different, there is no conflict of family interests.
"Xiao Hai is doing well now. He works in a research institute and has a stable job. He will have a good salary after retirement. When he gets married and gives you another great-grandchild, you should feel relieved." In the eyes of parents, married people are a symbol of growing up and being able to let go.
After Yan Rushan got married, the old man really didn't care about him much; he rarely asked about him, and usually Yan Rushan would only ask the old man for advice when he had something to do.
Yan Guofeng chuckled, "Now I'm not worried anymore. His future is secure. As long as he works hard, he'll have a good future. As for getting married, I also want him to marry someone he likes as soon as possible, have a child, and live a happy life with a happy family and career. But I also know that he still has the heart of a child. It's better not to rush him into marriage now and bring disaster to the girl."
There are several types of men you should never think about getting married early, because that would bring disaster to you; first, men who can't even support their families, so don't even think about getting married; second, men with bad personalities and immature mindsets, women will be very tired after marriage; third, men who are insincere, who value face more than family, and who have never faced up to what marriage and family are, don't even think about getting married.
His eldest grandson possesses two of these qualities. As a man, he understands men best. Many men still have chauvinistic ideas, always thinking of finding a woman to live with, someone to do the laundry, cook, and take care of the family, children, and the elderly, so they can just sit back and play. But would a woman be willing to live like that?
There are cultured and well-educated men, but it requires men to become such people themselves.
Human nature has a dark side, and family education, legal education, environmental education, and knowledge education are the best tools to curb this dark side of human nature. However, some people do not consider curbing this dark side and just muddle through. Some people just make mistakes and never think about changing; and in the end, it is women who suffer.
"Xiao Hai is indeed still a little naive and has no concept of family now. Maybe he hasn't met the right woman yet. Once he meets her, he will naturally change himself." Zhong Yuxiu's idea is simpler.
She hadn't gotten married in several lifetimes, simply because she hadn't met the right person and didn't want to settle; for her, once she met the right person, nothing would be a problem.
"As for him, we won't force it. Our Yan family has enough great-grandchildren. He can get married whenever he wants. I don't care whether he will have children in the future." Yan Guofeng is very content with having three great-grandchildren. He knows the situation of his little grandson very well. Because he is the youngest child in the family, he has been spoiled all year round. Both he and his brother are always soft-hearted towards him.
And this soft-heartedness is the main reason why he is still immature.
Zhong Yuxiu smiled but said nothing. Yan Ruhai was doing very well, very well. In later generations, there were many men in their early thirties who had accomplished nothing. Some of them married because they needed a woman to take care of the family, bear children, do housework, and share the burden of the household. Others were forced to marry simply by family pressure.
After getting married, life became a mess.
After feeding the children, Yan Rushan put his son on the mattress with disgust, packed up the dishes and spoons and took them to the kitchen; when he returned to the yard, he was carrying two large buckets of hot water in his hands.
"Wife, the hot water is here. Go wash up and then come back for them to play with."
Zhong Yuxiu looked up and saw that he was holding two large iron buckets, which contained enough water for her to take a bath and wash her hair.
"I just needed to take a shower. Although it's quiet in the hospital, it's inconvenient to shower or wash my hair. Plus, even after disinfecting myself every day in the isolation building, I still feel dirty." She was being honest; she was a bit of a germaphobe. Working in a hospital office was fine, with easy access to handwashing and disinfectant. But now, living in someone else's hospital, with no fixed place to stay, she finds the sheets and quilts all dirty.
It’s not that it’s really dirty, but it’s a psychological reaction.
People with mysophobia should understand this subconscious reaction.
"Let's go." Yan Rushan called his wife to go to the bathroom together. After running the hot water, he said, "I'll get you some clean clothes. You wash them first."
Zhong Yuxiu nodded, untangled her hair, and began washing it. Yan Rushan came over with clean clothes, placed them on a small stool in the outer room, and left. He had to go help Grandpa look after the children. Whenever he was home, he would lend a hand; raising the children was ultimately his responsibility. With Grandpa and Goudan watching over them, he felt much more relaxed, so he took care of them whenever he could.
Yuxiu washed herself slowly, wrapped her hair with a dry towel, and put on clean clothes; her whole body felt refreshed, and she felt truly relaxed from the bottom of her heart.
She knew she wasn't feeling right now, perhaps because she'd been staying home for too long. She had a slight resistance to the outside world—not that she resisted socializing, but rather that she didn't want to go to places that would make her uncomfortable. One such place was a hospital. Her thoughts weren't right, but fortunately, she could overcome them. She figured she'd slowly adjust.
"Are you done washing?" Yan Rushan put his son down, got up from the mattress and walked over to take off the towel on her head; he brought her to sit on the mattress, and he knelt behind her to dry her hair.
Zhong Yuxiu let him do it, but in a blink of an eye, her sons pounced on her.
"Mom." The eldest son's big black eyes were filled with pure joy. His chubby hands hugged her neck, and when he grinned, you could see his little baby teeth in his mouth.
"Mother."
"Mother."
The second and third sons threw themselves into her arms one after another, but they were stacked one on top of the other, with the third son holding the eldest, and the second son holding the third son. It was obviously very crowded, but none of them wanted to leave, and they were happy just to be stacked like this and close to her.
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