The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 1963 Text

Chapter 1899

During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, the author placed the food on the coffee table in the living room in the evening. It was arranged so neatly that he took photos as a souvenir.

At that time, it was time for dinner, so I turned on the TV to see what programs were available or to watch the news as usual, but I found that the large rear-projection TV had no line signal, and the screen was all blue, with no programs to watch. This was not a big deal, as the author read more plot introductions of works and materials from ancient and modern Chinese and foreign expositions on the website, and rarely used the TV because the Internet was so developed, so he no longer watched TV programs as often as he used to.

After my family came back this time, we ate in the living room. Sometimes I would turn on the wall-mounted TV in the bedroom where my family lived, turn up the volume, and listen to the sound of TV programs. But because I ate in the living room during this period, I would turn on the standing fan to lower the temperature and not use low-speed wind volume. My mother used the highest wind speed of the electric fan. She couldn't blow directly, so she chose to blow diagonally. The highest wind speed of the standing fan would make some noise, so some TV sounds were not clear, but it didn't matter. It just affected the eating habits. Usually, I ate while watching the picture and listening to the sound. I could hear some information and slowed down the speed of eating. In my bedroom, the author used an external computer monitor to watch images, connected the computer to the Internet to watch various movies or commentary videos, and then ate a lot.

That noon, after my family came back, they had to take a short break, but I chose to wait a little longer. I sat on the shoe-changing chair in the entrance hall and waited. I could see the table in the living room. The food was simple. I didn't spend much money this time, but I had prepared something.

After sitting for a while, I went to the kitchen and simply cleaned the pots and kitchen waste. After eating, I just had to clean the kitchen. At that time, I was just waiting, and I didn't use my phone or look at anything. After my mother finished the call, she told relatives and friends that she was safe. Before eating, I unpacked the luggage and threw some clothes into the washing machine to wash. Sometimes, I wash clothes as soon as I enter the house, forgetting that I can eat first, rest for a while after eating, and then clean up and tidy up. Sometimes, the dishes have been served, but the children have to wait slowly until the food is cooled down. It's not like going to a restaurant. If all the dishes are served, of course you have to eat. Sometimes I'm hungry and want to eat some dishes before all the dishes are served. This time, according to the request of my family, I didn't prepare hot dishes, and the garlic eggplant was also served cold. There was no hurry to eat, just wait, even if it took half an hour or more, it was not uncommon before.

When it was almost time to eat, my mother didn't want to take pictures. In the past, she went to a roast duck restaurant in the suburbs and ordered dishes worth three hundred yuan, and also bought pastries worth a hundred yuan. The preparations were richer than this time, but she didn't take pictures as a souvenir. She felt it was meaningless. She still went to a restaurant and spent one or two hundred yuan. Professional food is much better than the one made at home. Sometimes, if she thinks it's good or she is in a good mood, she will take pictures.

I said let's take a photo of the table! Although we spent less money this time, the rice dumplings, buns and watermelon were all bought from the market more than an hour ago. My family said they had to be fresh and light, and I had done my best to complete what I asked. She didn't want to take a photo, but after hearing what I said, she took a photo anyway. After the meal, she posted it on WeChat Moments, saying that the children had prepared a suitable lunch for her to welcome her home, which was thoughtful. She asked me to put the watermelon in the refrigerator and wait until it was cold. The amount of food for lunch was still sufficient, and I could have fruit in the evening. I couldn't eat so much food at the same time.

During the meal, she said her brother didn't send her to the train station, but the taxi driver said he didn't want to ask the shift driver for help, so as not to owe him a favor. She felt dissatisfied and had to call a taxi to the station by herself. It would be better if her ex-husband helped her this time. She bought a hundred yuan worth of sausage. This was one of the few gifts she received from others during her many visits to her hometown this year. She mainly gave gifts to others and spent money, but received little in return.

In the first half of this year, my mother returned to my grandfather's hometown to worship the ancestors during the Qingming Festival, and then returned to her hometown again. One day, we went to a buffet restaurant on the top floor of a five-star hotel. The food was good and the environment was nice. The three of us spent more than a thousand yuan, of course, all of which was paid by my mother, which was equivalent to making up for the New Year's Eve dinner. Because my mother lived in a small country abroad last year, she spent the New Year with me there this year. She felt guilty towards her relatives, so she spent more money to eat at high-end places. During the Qingming Festival, they returned to my grandfather's hometown to worship the ancestors and remember them. They spent money and effort, and they worked hard.

I heard that the five-star hotel is a new landmark building in the area, with more than 40 floors and 300 to 400 rooms, which may be twice as big as an ordinary five-star hotel. The high-rise buffet restaurant of that hotel charges nearly 400 yuan per person, which is one of the most expensive buffet restaurants in the area. The main reason is that the high-rise restaurant has a wide view and can see the vast city and river. There are some new buildings on the ground, which are fashionable and novel. The style is good. My mother thinks that the hotel restaurant is very high-end. Although the swimming pool of that hotel is not an infinity pool style, it is designed like other hotels' swimming pools. I misread the place I booked, but the environment of the swimming pool there is also good and meets the hotel's grade standards.

I expressed my envy, saying that the price of a buffet restaurant in the suburbs that costs only 100 yuan is not cheap. The buffet restaurant in that hotel charges nearly 400 yuan per person. It is really expensive. We didn’t spend more than 1,000 yuan on a table of food for the New Year’s Eve dinner this year. That area looks really luxurious. Her brother thanked her for this and thought that his sister was good enough to go to a nice place in that area and spend more than 1,000 yuan to treat her. But her ex-husband didn’t thank her at all. He thought that he had to spend money on gas to drive the car, and the debt owed to his ex-wife could not be repaid by spending a few hundred or one or two thousand yuan. She has bought 18,000 yuan worth of nutritional supplements for her ex-husband, but her ex-husband thinks that those high-end nutritional supplements are free. When his physical condition gets better, he will think about finding another woman. He thinks that he still needs a partner. He always thinks that someone will take care of him for free and help him in his old age. I don’t know if some ideas can be realized, but it seems that the probability is very low. Some people feel indebted, but others have no reason to feel indebted.

After mid-April this year, she bought a tablet computer worth more than 1,000 yuan, and spent another 300 yuan to treat her ex-husband and friends to a restaurant. She paid for all the expenses. She gave her ex-husband a tablet computer as a birthday gift, but her ex-husband didn't say anything. I just heard from my mother that her ex-husband still looked happy about it. After all, he spent 1,000 or 2,000 yuan at a time to buy a brand tablet computer from a self-operated store on the online mall, went to a restaurant for dinner, and bought a cream cake. If it were someone else, they would think it was good. But when it was her brother's birthday, no one seemed to care. Because she was not very nice to others, she naturally didn't get much positive feedback. Her ex-husband was able to spend 100 yuan to buy food and send him to the station this time, which made my mother feel grateful. She thought that her ex-husband had a hard life. Even though he often committed domestic violence in the past, he didn't care and could forgive some sins on behalf of others. Some things, she is willing, but it doesn't mean others are willing.

  People have their own wills and ideas. On some issues of principle, we cannot replace the actions of others. We should take care of ourselves and manage ourselves.