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205 Father's Sorrow, Society's Sorrow

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    My father has a broad mind. Although he felt resentment towards his grandfather, when his grandfather was dying, his father still chose to let go of everything without hesitation and waited by his grandfather's bed every step of the way.  After grandpa passed away, my father tried his best to arrange grandpa's funeral in a good way.

    Uncle's various behaviors, no matter whether he was instigated or not, in the eyes of his father, they were all expressions of ungratefulness.  Therefore, when he was angry, his father would emphasize that "I don't have this brother"!  But even if they turned against each other, when his uncle learned of his father's cancer and took the initiative to express his friendship, his father still chose to abandon his previous suspicions and reconcile with his brother.  With his broad feelings, his father embraced everything about his relatives.

    Yaomei resolutely refused to recognize each other, which became an eternal regret in his father's heart.  Perhaps, if it were someone else, they would all harbor resentment towards their cruel daughter.  However, judging from the fact that my father is still doing his best for Yaomei after the operation for esophageal cancer, his father has only regrets for this little daughter who refuses to recognize him.  Perhaps, for the father at that time, the biggest wish was to meet his long-lost daughter.  At that time, the father no longer expected to recognize his daughter.  Poor parents all over the world, the father just wants to take a look at his own daughter, just to confirm whether his daughter is doing well or not.

    The father's broad mind is of course not only reflected in his relatives.  Father is a person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and he can say whatever he has.  Therefore, in his later years, when life was unsatisfactory, even if he was working behind his apprentice, his father was outspoken.  It is precisely because of his straightforward temper that his father has been rejected by his boss and apprentice many times.  It can be said that my father's part-time job in his later years often changed construction sites.  However, the father never blamed his apprentice.  Father just felt more and more frustrated because of it.

    The broadness of my father's mind actually comes from his noble character.  Father is helpful.  Many of my father's apprentices were taken out of sympathy by my father to work hard when he saw his family was poor.  His father's help to them was selfless. The moment his father led them out of the predicament, his starting point was simply to help those poor people.  Father didn't want anything in return from them at all.  Therefore, when his father was frustrated in his later years, he always thought that his apprentices did not owe him anything.  They gave themselves a job, it was a favor, so my father would try his best to do his job well, and his outspokenness was actually just to get the project done.  It's a pity that the father's behavior has become an abominable act to refute his face in the eyes of those bosses and apprentices who are different from the past.  They dismissed themselves because of their own career development considerations.  Although they used to be their apprentices, they didn't owe themselves anything.  Therefore, there is no need for them to support themselves.  Being dismissed by his apprentice, the father never harbored resentment.

    The frustration in his later years is the sorrow of his father's life, but is it not the sorrow of society?  After the reform and opening up, although the economy has developed rapidly, don't we feel that we have lost something while enjoying a rich material life?  Under the flood of material desires, many essences accumulated by the Chinese nation for thousands of years are gradually being abandoned by the Chinese people.  Is a rich life without persistence and connotation really a rich life?

    Seeking profit has always been derogatory.  But after decades of reform and opening up, how many people now have a real resistance to the word "profit-seeking" in their hearts?  When we evaluate a person now, the standard we use is often only his wealth and status.  How much wealth this person has, then in the eyes of everyone, this person is absolutely successful in life!  As for where this person's wealth comes from, and as for this person's character, almost no one cares.  This person is in a high position, so everyone can only envy him.  As for how this person was promoted to a high position, as for whether this person has used power for personal gain, or whether he has been corrupt, no one will pay attention at all.  What everyone cares about is whether they can establish a relationship with this high-ranking person, and whether they can ask him to help them.  Today's people are almost always chasing money and status.  For money and status, many people will even do anything.  Isn't this "seeking profit only"?

    I have inherited my father's disposition, and I have a persistence in my heart.  When others flatter me, I am sticking to my own personality.  Others have been promoted, but I am still struggling at the bottom.  I once said to a class teacher in the university: "This society is like a big dye vat. When everyone is becoming colorful, I don't know how long I can hold on?"

    Now even the evaluation of professional titles requires gifts to clear the relationship.  If you have not expressed anything, then even if the conditions are met, in the case of very fierce competition, it will definitely not be your turn.  crownThe reason is that your conditions are not as good as others.

    In fact, thinking about it, I also think this is normal.  People's official positions were originally obtained by flirting and flattering, sending this and that.  You are playing noble now, so who will look up to you?  It costs money to be the first, and if you don't double the cost of being the first, what is the purpose of being an official?  The flattery of others is the compensation for the loss of personality of the official in front of the superior, and the enjoyment is spiritual pleasure; the gift of others is the return of the material contribution of the official, and the enjoyment is the material  level of satisfaction.  If there is no such compensation and return, then I think, no one will be desperate for promotion.

    Father insisted on a true self, but it was precisely because of his outspokenness that eventually caused his bosses and apprentices to avoid him in fear.  Although you used to be a master, you are now working for me after all, and you have become one of my employees, so you must have the consciousness of being an employee.  The father's mistake was to point out the common sense mistakes made by the boss's apprentice in front of everyone.  The so-called present is different from the past. It turned out that when I was an apprentice, my father said that they were nothing.  But now that they have become bosses, my father still said as usual, that is something that these boss apprentices can't bear.

    The father's frustration in his later years can more or less reflect some abnormal phenomena in today's society.  A gentleman who insists on principles and has a noble personality loses the opportunity to advance step by step; but a villain who only seeks profit and flatters his horse has become a hot topic.  For a gentleman who is indifferent to fame and wealth, perhaps these are nothing.  However, such an abnormal social orientation will only make fewer and fewer people stick to their true selves.  The so-called gains come with losses, perhaps, this is the price to be borne for rapid economic development.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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