A leisurely life that begins with the possession of a game character

This chapter does not advance the plot and can be skipped.
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Li Shumiao's evaluation of his cousin Li Zheng's family is that some things were originally thought to be plots in TV dramas, but who would have thought that reality could be so similar to TV dramas.

If the same thing happened to him, Li Shumiao felt that he would have exploded long ago. For example, the matter of Li Zheng and his wife's brothers and sisters was clearly an attempt to shirk responsibility in Li Shumiao's view.

But in Li Zheng's opinion, relatives who are able should contribute more. There is no loss or benefit. As long as they do their best, it is good.

Li Zheng thought his second brother was impeccable in his treatment of his mother. When he was poorest, he would borrow money to buy a gift. All these made Li Zheng feel that the home he had when he was a child was still there, the warmth was still there, the family affection was still there, and his mother was the core of the home. Although Li Zheng had his own little family.

The eldest brother of Li Zheng's wife is a section-level civil servant in a remote city. The number of times he visits his mother depends on his own lumbar disease. Whenever he needs to come for medical treatment, he will come to see his mother.

After coming here, she never put down her phone. When seeing a doctor, she only got out of bed for three things: pee, eat, and charge. Li Zheng's mother-in-law still played cards, cooked, wasted time, and watched TV.

The two stayed in the house for a week and spoke less than ten sentences before the son was driven away by Li Zheng's mother-in-law.

But the mother-in-law loves her son deeply. When her son, who is almost fifty years old, asks his mother, who is in her seventies, for money to invest in stocks, the old lady still gives it to him with a curse.

Li Zheng's mother-in-law knew that her son had two empty houses that had been renovated but not rented out. The mother-in-law also wanted to live with her son, but there was nothing she could do because her son always said that the company might take the houses back at any time.

The son was very patient and the house remained empty for more than ten years. The mother-in-law wanted to live there but was too embarrassed to tell her son, so she told Li Zheng's wife that if they didn't care about her, she would go back to her hometown village. Li Zheng's wife naturally didn't want her mother to go back and suffer.

Li Zheng's sister-in-law was doted on by her family when she was young, and she felt uncomfortable attending class. So Li Zheng's father-in-law waved his hand and said, "If she feels uncomfortable, then don't go to class. We can't let our daughter suffer that." Okay, she graduated from junior high school and stayed at home unemployed.

More than a decade ago, I fled to the city where Li Zheng was. Now I live not far from Li Zheng's mother-in-law, working as a temporary worker and having trouble getting enough food. Even on weekends, I don't come to visit.

Li Zheng's mother-in-law also felt sorry for her little daughter. "Don't run around in such hot weather. I know you're thinking about me." "Don't run around in such cold weather. I know you're thinking about me."

You are busy this season, so I won’t delay you. I know you are thinking about me.

Recently, Li Zheng's mother-in-law's health has been getting worse and worse, so she needs someone by her side. Li Zheng and his wife thought about it and decided that they were not at home during the day and had to work on their business on weekends.

Can we buy a house near my sister-in-law's son's school and let her live with my mother-in-law? Li Zheng and his wife will pay my sister-in-law a salary.

As a result, the sister-in-law flatly refused, which made Li Zheng completely angry. I bought a house for you and your son to live in, and you can take care of your own mother during the period. Why are you unwilling?

But there was nothing they could do even if they were angry. The other person just didn't want to live there and didn't want to take care of his mother himself. Li Zheng and his wife couldn't do anything about it. They couldn't just force a cow to drink water if it didn't want to.

And this matter is not over yet. The wife of Li Zheng's uncle thought that her grandson's grandmother never took care of her grandson, so she sent her grandson to her grandmother's place thousands of kilometers away to go to school. There was no reason, but she just did it. Even if the grandmother didn't care, there was still the aunt.

Aunt, just treat your son as your own and raise him well. Let him learn whatever your son learns. Just treat him as your own son. Well, this made Li Zheng, who was already angry, lose control of his emotions. He couldn't hold back his emotions and had a big fight with his eldest brother-in-law, wanting to send the child back.

But the old lady wouldn't let her go at this time. She said, "If you don't like my grandson, I do. If you don't want to raise him, let me and my daughter raise him. If there is any problem, I won't come to you. I will go to my daughter and the child's aunt."

This made Li Zheng feel very upset and his face was dark all day. Li Zheng felt that for matters like supporting the elderly, if you have money, you should pay, if you have time, you should pay, if you have no money and no time, you should walk more diligently and call more frequently.

The elderly also despise the poor and love the rich. They care about money, and what they lack even more is the greetings from their children.

Li Zheng and his wife are businessmen, and they do business in the southern coastal area. Apart from other things, most of their business partners are very particular about traditional reputation and filial piety.

Over the years, Li Zheng's business has grown. Some bosses who have never cooperated with him before showed special confidence in Li Zheng the first time they cooperated with him. Another reason was that Li Zheng was supporting the elderly on both sides of the family alone.

So most of the time, Li Zheng would just bear with it. Occasionally, when Li Shumiao came over, Li Zheng would complain about the old man, but later he would specifically remind Li Shumiao not to tell outsiders casually.

After a long time, Li Zheng no longer felt that supporting the elderly was a big deal. If you do your best to show good intentions, you will find that over time, some things will come to you unknowingly along with your positive energy.

When Li Shumiao had opinions about his parents, Li Zheng analyzed the situation for Li Shumiao from his own perspective. Once some things are compared, you will find that they are not as bad as imagined.

Although Li Shumiao often thinks back to when she first got married to her husband, she couldn't bear to eat at that time. Even though she worked in the CBD, she felt a certain psychological burden when she spent more than 15 yuan on a meal. She always wanted to find a cheaper one every time she ate. She found a restaurant with the right price and taste, and she went there almost every day, and the smell of this restaurant was all over her body.

She was reluctant to wear clothes and wore very ordinary quality clothes. For many years, she and her husband had only a few sets of clothes, which they wore and washed over and over again. They continued to wear the clothes even if they were a little torn. No matter how clean and tidy they were, they could not hide the whiteness caused by washing.

I am reluctant to walk. I will never take a taxi if the bus or subway can reach me. When the bus or subway is nearby, I will use Baidu Maps to navigate and run around in all the alleys.

In remote places, it takes half an hour to get there by subway and an hour to find a place. I would rather leave home one or two hours earlier than to use that one or two hours to rest and adjust my state. During the Chinese New Year and other holidays, I always go home after the holidays, for fear of missing out on a few days’ salary if I take leave in advance.

I seldom attend events and socialize much. Even if I don't invite others, just to fit in, a cup of milk tea costs twenty or thirty yuan. I went once or twice, but started to hesitate the third time.

When people are poor, they rarely think about other things. At that time, Li Shumiao was always full of complaints when he thought of his parents.

Now, life has improved. I have settled down in a big city, own two houses, and have a stable job and source of income. When I think back to the past, I start to think from a different perspective.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace. If a person or a family is always struggling for food and clothing, anything else is false. (End of this chapter)