Chapter 640: Closed-door teaching wife: sweet talk is not hypocrisy, it is to make yourself suffer less
The next day, I accompanied Dongzi and her family to the "Daughter Island". Although it was not yet open to the public, the visit was quite novel.
Dongzi and his family were taken care of in every possible way. The staff on duty on the island were attentive and considerate with bright smiles.
So much so that when eating lunch, Dongzi's wife sighed:
"You still have to be a leader. Look, here on this island, General Wan, everyone treats us like family. They smile so sweetly and are so polite in their every move."
I said, “It doesn’t matter if I don’t come.”
Dongzi's wife absolutely didn't believe it and said, "It's absolutely impossible for you to receive such good treatment if you didn't come."
Dongzi sighed, saying that nowadays tour guides will give you a long face if you don’t buy anything.
If you ask one more question, they will just say, "Just read the instructions yourself." Others will just play dumb and pretend not to hear you when you ask them.
Dongzi's wife continued, "You are the leader. When they see you, some bend over and some smile. Their smiles are so intoxicating."
I didn't want to explain much, but just said, "Next time, bring a few friends to experience it, and it will be similar to this."
Dongzi's wife absolutely didn't believe it and said, "No way?"
"Yes. Because I have worked out a detailed assessment method with them."
"That's no use. You're not watching them all the time."
I said, "I introduced the American way of collecting taxes."
At this point, Dongzi became interested and asked, "What does the tax collection method have to do with employee evaluation?"
I explained, "Americans won't come to your door to collect taxes. You have to pay them on your own initiative. You can also evade taxes because the IRS won't come to check on you."
However, the tax bureau reserves the right to conduct surprise inspections, and you don't know when they will come.
Any fraud will be exposed once it is discovered. No matter how good someone says, it will be useless.
You are blacklisted. Whether it is opening a business, getting a loan, buying a house, or traveling abroad, nothing works for you.
One mistake can ruin your life. It's your choice whether you cheat and evade taxes or abide by the rules.
Dongzi’s wife’s eyes widened.
I said, "It's the same on the island. If you break the rules, you'll be fired if you're caught. There's no such thing as forgiveness once and then a second chance to teach."
Dongzi said, "That's a good idea. Then will you arrange a special monitoring team to patrol the island?"
“If we don’t assign someone to oversee this and do it on their own, there will be the problem of collusion, and the supervisor will become too high-handed.
Supervisors are selected from employees. For example, all 200 employees on the island are ordinary employees, and their names are numbered.
Every day, the office randomly pulls up three lists from the computer and tells them to be supervisors, with other people taking over their positions.
This means that there were originally 197 positions. I recruited 200 people. There would always be 3 people who were redundant and would take over the supervisor positions.
So, I don't know who will be chosen. Secondly, all employees have the opportunity to supervise others and be supervised. It just takes turns."
Dongzi sighed, "There's nothing we can do about you. But it only works in a company like yours. If it were an agency, the boss would just give a word and the supervision would be useless."
I said, "Yes. Rules are only effective if everyone follows them."
After lunch, I made an exception and didn’t take a nap, but sent them to the other side.
The family thanked me profusely. I stood there until they drove off before getting in the car and heading home.
It took forty minutes to get home, and I had a good sleep until Xiaolin woke me up for dinner.
During dinner, my mother asked, "We haven't seen each other for so many years. What did Dongzi say to you?"
I know that the elderly need psychological comfort, need to be praised, praised, and cared for. So, I said something, whether true or false:
"Dongzi and his wife said that you are so lucky to live in such a big house, which they will never be able to afford in their lifetime.
They said that you were too polite, old man, and that you treated them with some expensive fruits. Even at such an old age, you still accompanied them to climb the mountain.
You are truly a role model for them. They can never learn from you in their lifetime, as you have such enthusiasm, cheerfulness, generosity and optimism.
They said you two are getting healthier and healthier, and you don’t look old at all, you look like you’re in your forties or fifties…”
Xiaolin ate a few mouthfuls hastily and said, "Eat slowly, I'm full."
Put down your dishes and go upstairs.
I used so many adjectives, but my mother didn't think she was satisfied and asked:
"That's all? What else did you say?"
It made me pretend to recall the past and rack my brains to find a "eulogy".
"By the way, when they left, they asked me to convey their gratitude. They wanted to thank you for thinking about them, caring about them, and loving them every day for more than ten years."
My mother said, "Really? If I don't ask, you'll embezzle it. You must convey their kindness."
My grandparents, it’s a good thing my dad went to the house of his erhu-playing friend for dinner today, otherwise, if he were there, wouldn’t he laugh when he heard it?
But my mother thought all this was true, and even suspected that I had too much to do, and that I had "embezzled" what Dongzi said and had not told the whole story.
After dinner, I went upstairs. Xiaolin winked at me and I followed her into the bedroom.
She said, "You wanted me to make a fool of myself. I listened and listened, and I wanted to laugh so hard that I walked out."
I said, "You still need to improve your self-cultivation. It's the same when you're old. That's how it is with young and old.
When she was young, she was strong and courageous. She could do anything. She didn't care whether you complimented her or not.
Because she thinks she has the power to make things happen, and she doesn't care if you slander her.
But as she got older, she couldn't do this or that, and she felt inferior.
At this time, she needs to be respected, praised and commended.
I didn't lose anything; I just said a few nice words. My parents are in a good mood and healthy, and our lives are a little easier. What are you laughing at?
Not only can you not laugh, you must learn to speak like this in the future. My sister just can't speak, and my mother doesn't like her. Look, now my sister doesn't come here anymore.
What's the point of life when my own daughter doesn't even come to see me? This is my sister's fault, and we have to argue about who is right and who is wrong.
If my mother gets high blood pressure and becomes paralyzed and needs to be hospitalized, my sister will still come to say hello and go to the hospital to take care of her.
Why don’t you restrain yourself in normal times so that you don’t suffer when the time comes?
So when my brother-in-law came, my mother was in a good mood. It's because my brother-in-law knows how to behave and talk. As a daughter-in-law, you should be a little sweeter.
You can't be sweet-talking to outsiders and casual with your family. That would be like Wang Jingwei, organizing puppet troops to massacre Chinese people and curry favor with the Japanese.
Xiao Lin was silent for a long time. Then he said, "Didn't you say that home isn't a place for reasoning? You start giving long lectures in class."
I laughed and said, "It's not reasonable, but we must stick to principles. Without principles, things will get messed up."
Xiao Lin said, "You're just like your mother. You keep saying things in a different way, and you always seem to have a point. Alas, Master Wan, your best career would be to be a lawyer."
"I won't do it, because lawyers have no principles and will speak for whoever hires them."
The phone rang, it was Mr. Deng calling.
After I got through, Mr. Deng said, "Do you have time to come out for tea? Mr. Wang is here with me."
I smiled and said, "I was just looking for you two."
Before going downstairs, I said to Xiaolin, "Think carefully, I'm telling the truth. If you anger the elderly at home, you'll be the one who suffers."
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