life is sweet

Chapter 87 [087] Empathy

After Tao Jianguo entered the door, he put a box of things on the cabinet at the entrance of the entrance, and then whispered back: "Yes!"

When Chen Meixia saw Tao Jianguo's things, she hurriedly helped tidy them up. At first glance, Chen Meixia saw the white coat on the top.

She asked curiously: "Old Tao, why did you bring this overalls?"

While changing his shoes, Tao Jianguo replied, "Yes, let's keep it as a souvenir."

Chen Meixia glanced at Tao Jianguo, didn't say much, but replied: "Oh, it's good to keep it as a souvenir."

After speaking, he folded the clothes neatly and put them in the cabinet in the entrance.

"Come on, let's eat after washing your hands." Chen Meixia said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Ah."

Tao Jianguo walked into the living room and found no one else, so he asked, "Hey, didn't you invite Xiaorui and his wife to dinner today?"

Chen Meixia followed behind and hesitated for a while, then replied: "Oh, Xiao Rui's daughter-in-law just happened to go to study abroad these two days, so she can't come, Xiao Rui, he has something urgent today and has to work overtime..."

"Working overtime?" Tao Jianguo said with some disappointment.

"Yes!"

"Are you so busy?" Tao Jianguo said as he walked to the bathroom and washed his hands.

"Xiao Rui is usually very busy." Chen Meixia carefully replied while preparing something in the restaurant.

"I'm retired, and I finally have time, and they don't come to eat at home. Knowing that they won't come, we might as well go directly to my parents to cook, so as to save them cooking."

Chen Meixia quickly explained: "Hey, Xiaorui's overtime work is also a short-term notice. Their company is a Japanese company, and overtime work is common."

"When I went to study in Canada, the company opened by someone was not good, and I chose to go to the company opened by the Japanese. I don't know what he thinks. Could it be that our Chinese companies cannot tolerate him?" Tao Jianguo complained.

"People in any country open the same companies, aren't they all jobs?" Chen Meixia said, "Besides, jobs are not so easy to find."

"He is a master student studying in Canada, why is it difficult to find a job?" At this time, Tao Jianguo had washed his hands, walked into the restaurant, and said as he walked, "When he came back, I told him to go to the restaurant. At Lao Cai’s place, how good is Lao Cai’s unit, and it’s so close to home!”

"I must go."

Tao Jianguo continued, "This child, a lot of things have changed after leaving school. These children seem to have forgotten their roots."

"Jianguo, the children's work is their own business, so let's leave it alone." Chen Meixia persuaded.

"I want to control it, but I don't care."

"So, if you know you can't control it, it's better not to worry about it, so as not to make yourself miserable." Chen Meixia said, "Besides, young people now have young people's lives. If you don't come, don't come. The two of us It's been pretty good."

Speaking of which, Chen Meixia added, "Come on, hurry up, I made your favorite steamed mandarin fish and garlic prawns."

By the time they spoke, the two had already sat at the dining table.

Tao Jianguo saw that his wife cooked a table of delicious dishes, and he understood that it was all her kindness, and it was not good to spoil everyone's interest, so he said, "That's right, they have their lives, and we live ours. fine."

"Yup!"

Chen Meixia said, "Come on, let's have a drink."

By the way, Chen Meixia took out a goblet and poured two glasses of sober red wine. After pouring out, she held the wine glass in front of her nose and smelled it, then took a sip, and exclaimed: "Well, You came at the right time, this wine is just right for you to wake up."

"Really."

"Come on, try it."

Chen Meixia said and quickly handed the wine glass to Tao Jianguo.

Tao Jianguo cooperated with Chen Meixia to take the wine glass, took a sip, and said, "Well, although I don't know much about red wine, it should be good."

"Ha ha….."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's start." Chen Meixia suggested.

"Ah."

"Cheers!" Chen Meixia took the initiative to raise her glass.

After clinking glasses, Chen Meixia joked: "How does it feel to retire?"

"happy?"

Tao Jianguo looked at Chen Meixia, hesitated for a while, and said, "What do you think?"

Chen Meixia smiled and asked back: "You ask me, how do I know how you feel?"

"Then are you happy?"

"I started to be happy, but then I became unhappy." Chen Meixia said, "This process is actually very complicated, and it is difficult to describe in words."

"Yeah," Tao Jianguo said, "Meixia, now I can always understand how you felt when you retired."

Chen Meixia smiled, and replied: "Where is this? You just retired today, and you feel it?"

"It's still too early."

"Really, it doesn't take long, but today I feel particularly lost." Tao Jianguo said, "This time I can completely empathize."

"Hehe... You are still early. After a while, the feeling will be really uncomfortable, and you will be able to understand what the real sense of loss is." Chen Meixia said in the tone of someone who has experienced it.

Seeing what Chen Meixia said was true, Tao Jianguo became even more worried, and sighed: "Hey... this retirement is really, I thought, I don't work anymore, isn't it good, I can do what I want , but I thought, I really don’t go to work, what else can I do?”

"So, the real pain is not your so-called sense of loss, but the emptiness. You don't know what you want to do. A morning is longer and unbearable than the original day." Chen Meixia said.

"Then how did you come here?"

"Me?" Chen Meixia said, "That's how I came here."

"Pain, loss, low self-esteem, irritability, and irritability!" Chen Meixia smiled knowingly after speaking.

After Tao Jianguo finished speaking, he added with deep guilt, "I'm really ashamed to say that, I didn't pay much attention to your emotions at the time, and thought you were just in menopause."

Chen Meixia understands Tao Jianguo's feelings now, and only at this time can she truly empathize with Tao Jianguo's state.

"Hehe, I actually thought it was menopause at the time, but maybe it was also due to this factor. The combination made me feel very bad at the time," Chen Meixia said suddenly, "Anyway, I asked other friends about this feeling, and they retired. It’s the same thing when you’re in the office, so I guess it’s what people call retirement syndrome.”

"Retirement syndrome?"

"Yes, in fact, everyone will feel this way. You are not an exception, it's just that different people have different degrees."

"Hey... Maybe I'll get used to it after a while,"

After Tao Jianguo finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and asked quickly, "Oh, by the way, we have nothing to do during this time, why don't we go abroad for a trip?"

"Going abroad?"

"correct."

"Didn't you always say that I'm usually busy with work and don't have a chance to go out? This time is just the right time, we are all free, so let's have a good time."

"Okay, where are you going?"

"Anywhere is fine!" Tao Jianguo said, "If you really don't know where to go, then we will go to the tour group, and we will go wherever the tour group has been recently."

"What do you think?"

Chen Meixia thought for a while, and replied: "It's also possible."

"It's good to travel and relax."

(End of this chapter)