A trip starting from the courtyard

Fu Lili nodded and said, "Yangkou style comes from "Mencius Li Loushang".

Confucius had a student named Zeng Shen, named Ziyu, who was honored as "Zong*sheng" by later generations.

Zengzi’s father, who served him, once ordered that every meal must have wine and meat. When taking away the leftovers after a meal, he would always ask for instructions, “Who do you give the leftovers to?”

If Zeng Dian asked if there were any leftovers, Zeng Zi would definitely answer 'Yes. '

Zeng Zi answered this to reassure his father, meaning that our family is very well-off, and if you always eat and use, it will not affect the quality of life of your children and grandchildren.

Zeng ordered to death, and if Zengzi's son took care of Zengzi, there would be wine and meat for every meal; but when taking away the leftovers, he would not ask who to eat the leftovers. If Zengzi asked if there was any leftovers?

Zeng Yuan replied, 'No more.If you still want to eat, then I will make another one for you. "

As a parent, of course you say, "Oh no, I'm full."

Zeng Yuan's behavior is to raise his father's mouth and body, that is, to raise his mouth and body.And Zeng Zi not only satisfied his father's needs materially, but also respected his father spiritually and emotionally, which is called "raising ambition". "

After Fu Lili finished speaking, she looked at him and said, "Bingkun, am I right?"

"That's very well said." Wang Lidong clapped his hands and applauded. Although the father-in-law didn't applaud, he still showed admiration. The 'intelligence' of the mind as my second brother-in-law said."

"Zuo Zongtang once said, 'It is better to cultivate the mind than to nourish the body. To treat people as matters, we must get rid of the basics and get rid of the vanity.' This sentence was said to Hu Yanyan.

Due to Hu Yanyan's poor family background, he didn't read many books since he was a child. He grew from a waiter to a top businessman. Zuo Zongtang was afraid that he would go astray, so he said the above sentence to him.

The popular interpretation of this sentence is that individuals should not only pay attention to external material comforts such as food, clothing, housing, etc., but also cultivate their own souls and improve their ideological and moral standards. "

Wang Lidong looked at Feng Huacheng with a not-so-good face, "No matter Mencius or Zuo Zongtang, what you said is irrelevant. Just now you said that 'filial piety, since ancient times, nourish the mind and the body separately,' I think Excuse me, when do you mean 'Since ancient times', and which great sage did it come from?"

Feng Huacheng was choked and didn't know how to answer. Zhou Rong saw her husband in a predicament, and made a voice out of the siege, "Bingkun, Wang Yangming, a great Confucian in the Ming Dynasty, said that 'filial piety' has "three realms": nourishing the body, nourishing the heart, Yang Zhi.

Take care of your health and ensure that your elders don’t have to worry about food and clothing;
Raise the heart and make the elders happy.The so-called mother worries when a child travels thousands of miles.It is best for children to be filial in front of them. If not, they should always report to the family that they are safe, so that the elders can rest assured.Making achievements, honoring the ancestors and making the elders feel at ease, this is a higher level of filial piety.

Cultivate ambition, let the elders live a meaningful life. This is what Huacheng said, "Nursing the mouth and body, nourishing the mind". "

Her words were clear and resounding, everyone nodded after listening to it, in fact they agreed with Wang Yangming's statement.

Wang Lidong sneered, "The premise of cultivating the mind is to 'cultivate the body', and cultivating the body is the foundation. Leaving aside the cultivation of the body and only talking about the cultivation of the will, it is a 'castle in the air.'

The old man is hungry, can face be eaten?
The old man is paralyzed in bed, face can automatically clean up shit * urine * fart? "

Zhou Rong spat secretly, "Vulgar!"

"Bao Zheng passed the Jinshi examination at the age of 29. Because his parents were old and frail, he resigned and returned to his hometown to serve his parents (seven years). .

Could it be that Bao Zheng, a Jinshi, doesn't know that cultivating the heart is a kind of "filial piety"? "

Wang Lidong looked at Feng Huacheng and said, "Isn't it because I don't want to serve and support my parents? You can just say it directly, don't talk so much nonsense. My father hasn't studied for a few years, and my mother can't even write a word." know.

Fortunately, I have read a few books and can understand what you said.

Actually, you are worrying too much. My parents have two sons and one daughter. My eldest brother is a famous dutiful son. Don't mention you as a son-in-law. It's a pity that the eldest brother is not here. If he wants to be, let him give you a reassurance. "

Zhou's father picked up the cigarette case, lit one, and took a few puffs. Zhou's mother lowered her head and carefully peeled the melon seeds.

Feng Huacheng stood up abruptly, and the chair made a "thud" sound, which made the eardrums of everyone in the room hurt, "It may be that my expression was not accurate, and Bing Kun misunderstood my meaning.

I am an orphan. When my father came to Guizhou to visit me and Zhou Rong and recognized me as the son-in-law of the Zhou family, I swore in front of Zhou Rong that her parents are my real parents, and I will repay and honor my parents in this life. I won't say much, it's up to me to act in the future. "

As soon as Feng Huacheng finished speaking, Zhou Rong immediately stated that she would not take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduating from university. She put her arms around her mother's arm, "Mom, when the time comes, I will go back to Jichun and take care of you and Dad."

"Mom is fine, I don't need you to wait on me," Zhou's mother still declined, letting her daughter study and work in the capital with peace of mind.

At this time, the little watermelon in Zhou Zhigang's arms twisted uneasily, and Zhou Zhigang hurriedly asked, "Little watermelon, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

Little Watermelon looked at her mother and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."

Zhou Zhigang looked at the wall clock and saw that it was already eleven o'clock, so he hurriedly asked his wife to light a fire for cooking.

"Yes, cooking!"

"Yo, it's past eleven o'clock, let's cook."

In an instant, more than half of the room was emptied. Mother Zhou, Feng Huacheng, and Zhou Rong, who hadn't even done anything since coming back from the Chinese New Year, rushed into the kitchen actively and took over the work of lighting the fire.

Fu Lili got up, ready to go to help in the kitchen, Wang Lidong stretched out his hand to hold her back, and told her to sit down again, now leaning over, if people don't appreciate it, they will find you annoying, besides, they are guests today, just wait for dinner.

Zhou Zhigang was fair to his in-laws, "Brother, can you play chess?"

Fu Jinshan peeled a peanut, "A little bit."

"Then let's play two sets."

"it is good."

Zhou Zhigang found chess, and set up a Longmen battle with Fu Jinshan. Zhou Zhigang is not very good, and Fu Jinshan is also a three-legged cat. Two stinky chess baskets collided with each other.

After lunch, Zhou Zhigang still wanted to bring his father-in-law to play two rounds, but Fu Jinshan had no choice but to decline. He had to go to a few colleagues' homes in the afternoon. , There must be a high and a low.

"Dad, you and Lili go back first, I have something to do." Wang Lidong sent the father-in-law and daughter-in-law to the small courtyard. Fu Jinshan glanced at the son-in-law. Although he couldn't guess why he stayed, it should be because he didn't It's convenient to be there, otherwise I said it earlier, nodded and said, "Okay, then Lili and I will go back first."

"Take the little watermelon back with me too."

Wang Lidong hugged the eldest son from Zhou's father, stuffed it into the small wooden chair in the back seat of his wife, and then helped the little one put on the hoodie.

When the bicycles of the daughter-in-law and the father-in-law gradually went away, Wang Lidong turned and went into the back room. Zhou Zhigang sat on the kang, crossed his feet, and looked at his youngest son, "What else is there?"

Wang Lidong found out that Feng Huacheng was still helping in the kitchen, so he said, "We'll talk about it when the great poet comes."

Zhou Rong said coldly, "What a great poet, it turned out to be your brother-in-law."

Wang Lidong lit a cigarette, "I don't have a sister, where can I get a brother-in-law?"

"Zhou Bingkun"

Seeing that the siblings started to quarrel again, Zhou's father's face darkened, and he slapped the kang table heavily, "If you quarrel again, get out of here!"

The two glared at each other, each grabbed a handful of melon seeds.

When Feng Huacheng entered the room, Wang Lidong put down the melon seeds in his hand, looked at Zhou Rong and his wife and said, "In March 76, you asked Guo Cheng to send Yueyue home. Mom suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell into a coma because of the two of you. After coming here, he suffered from hemiplegia. Fortunately, my mother was lucky. After half a year of treatment, I recovered a lot, but my body was not as good as before.

It's too dangerous to live alone in this situation, after discussing with my eldest brother, I decided that during normal times, my mother will live in my house, and I will return to the old house during the Chinese New Year, and Yueyue will also live in my house with my mother."

Zhou Rong hugged her mother, weeping uncontrollably, Feng Huacheng even bowed and apologized to Zhou's mother, "Mom, please forgive me."

Zhou's mother hurriedly asked her daughter to help her son-in-law, Wang Lidong took a puff of cigarettes and said, "You have never apologized to Mom since you came back for the Chinese New Year."

"Aren't I fine now? It's not a big deal," Mother Zhou comforted her daughter and son-in-law, telling them not to worry about such a trivial matter.

The couple asked about Zhou's mother's physical condition, and learned that there was nothing serious about it, except for the occasional numbness of the right hand. After the couple decided to return to the capital, they asked a famous doctor through their relationship to cure their mother's minor illness.

Zhou's mother smiled and told them not to worry about it. The couple are both in the capital now. Zhou Rong goes to school, and Feng Huacheng has a salary alone. As the saying goes, living in the capital is not easy. Money must be used wisely .

Zhou Rong peeled an apple for her mother, "Mom, don't worry about the money. I now have a stipend of 14 yuan a month, and Huacheng has a monthly salary of 70 yuan. salary, don’t save him money”

Wang Lidong took out a notebook with a yellow cover from his pocket, "Did your little days go well?"

Zhou Rong glanced at him, "Don't worry about it!"

Wang Lidong spread out the notebook and turned to the middle, "In March of 3, Yueyue lived in my house, and it has been [-] years now. You can pay for the basic necessities of life for these three years."

The room fell silent, Wang Lidong saw everyone looking at him in astonishment, "Why are you looking at me like this, is it weird? Feng Yue is Zhou Rong's daughter, and I'm just her uncle, so I have no obligation to raise her."

Zhou Zhigang took a puff of cigarette, "Bingkun, you are Yueyue's uncle, how much can a child eat and spend in a month? You have to calculate the money clearly?"

"It's not like there's a saying that brothers and sisters settle accounts clearly, let alone a generation away."

Zhou Zhigang took another puff of his cigarette, looked at him and said, "Then your mother has lived in your house for three years, so you have to settle the score?"

"It's two different things. My mother gave birth to me and raised me. It's only natural for me to eat and drink and live for me,"

Father Zhou exhaled a puff of smoke and snorted, "You still have a little conscience!"

"Whether I have a conscience or not is not up to you." Wang Lidong looked at Zhou Rong and his wife, "What do you two say?"

Just as Zhou Rong was about to speak, Feng Huacheng said first, "We'll give you the money, how much is the total?"

Wang Lidong spat out a series of numbers lightly, "1836 yuan, let's just give 1830 yuan."

Zhou Rong almost jumped up, "Why is it so expensive?"

1830 yuan for three years. On average, it costs 50 yuan a month. Now the salary of an ordinary worker is only more than 20 yuan. This is taking them for a ride!
Feng Huacheng's heroic face also froze instantly, and Wang Lidong slapped the workbook in front of the two of them, "This is Yueyue's expense ledger, every expense is recorded."

The couple opened the workbook and looked at it page by page, "Five yuan for the monthly rent?"

Zhou Rong said to her daughter beside her, "Yueyue, do you have a room by yourself?"

Feng Yue nodded.

"How big is the room?"

Feng Yue looked at the current room, "It's a little smaller than this one."

Zhou Rong looked at him and said, "For such a big room, the rent is at most 2 yuan a month, and I'm talking about the house price in the capital."

Wang Lidong said lightly, "A single room that costs 2 yuan, does it have heating? Is there a private bathroom? Is there a TV? Is there a radio?"

Zhou Rong shut her mouth, and flipped through the account book again, "What kind of tutoring fee, five yuan a month?"

"Every day after school, Dudu will take Yueyue to play together. After Yueyue went to elementary school, Dudu is also responsible for helping Yueyue make up lessons. Is 5 yuan very expensive?"

Zhou Rong looked at the food. Every day there was meat, either beef or mutton, and milk every day. She asked her daughter in a low voice if it was true. Feng Yue nodded, "A cup of milk every morning, two eggs, meat buns, fried dough sticks at noon Basically eat fish, beef and lamb at night”

The food is better than that of the couple, more than a little bit better. This kind of treatment is not affordable for ordinary people in the capital.

Zhou Rong was not only a little puzzled, but where did the third brother get so much money and notes, Feng Huacheng reminded in a low voice, "He is an old man".

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Zhou Rong turned a few more pages, and the accounts were almost the same, so she speeded up, and suddenly a large number appeared in front of her eyes, as if she had caught a life-saving straw, she said excitedly, "What kind of clothes, one piece costs 90 yuan?"

Wang Lidong looked at Feng Yue, who was wearing a brand new floral padded jacket, "Yueyue, I remember you were wearing a down jacket the day you came back, where are your clothes?"

Feng Yue pointed to Zhou's mother and said, "Grandma put it away."

Wang Lidong looked at his old lady, Zhou's mother said in surprise, "Yueyue's clothes cost 91 pieces, what about mine?" She looked at the coat on her body, and Wang Lidong said, "150 yuan."

Zhou's mother quickly took off the black down coat on her body, and found a lot of oil stains and scratches. She was very distressed. If she had known it was so expensive, she would not be willing to wear it normally.

"Clothes are not just clothes."

Mother Zhou changed her overcoat and put on a half-worn padded jacket, then found out the granddaughter's down coat, and he reached out to take it and handed it to Zhou Rong, "Look for yourself, I think you can understand."

When Zhou Rong heard the word 'down jacket' just now, she knew that Wang Lidong might not be fooling them. This item is not produced in China now, and it is all imported. When she went to the Friendship Store, she saw women's down jackets, and the style was beautiful. , It is also very warm, but any one, the price is not less than 100 yuan.

After hesitating for a long time, I was still not willing to buy it in the end.

Reaching out to take it, the clothes are very light. After touching them, they are very delicate and warm. "For such expensive clothes, one is enough. Why do you need to buy three?"

Wang Lidong said to Feng Yue, "Yueyue, tell your mother, how many down jackets does Dudu have?"

Feng Yue said, "My sister has 3 pieces, the color is the same as mine, one is white, one is black, and one is pink."

Wang Lidong said, "If I buy one less piece for Yueyue, if Mom doesn't tell her face to face, she will definitely say that I am biased behind her back, so every time Dudu buys something, Yueyue will also bring one."

Zhou's mother immediately refuted the youngest son, there was no such thing, Wang Lidong rolled his eyes, "2 years ago, I bought a pair of new skates for Dudu, and Yueyue was too young, so I didn't buy them for her, you Just nagging for half a month."

"Is there? Why don't I remember?"

"Daughter-in-law, tell Mom if there is any."

Zhou Rong and his wife looked at each other, feeling a bit bitter in their mouths.

Blame mother? !

The mother was also kind, for fear that her daughter would be wronged at Wang Lidong's house.

But the cost is really astonishing!

When he turned to the last page, he didn't find any major problems. Wang Lidong saw the two of them closing the ledger, "Cash, or should you remit it to me after you return to the capital?"

Zhou Rong and his wife looked at each other, they didn't have that much money together, and they knew that they would not be extravagant in the past six months.

Seeing the expressions on the two of them, Wang Lidong guessed, "You don't think you can't afford such a small amount of money? I remember when Zhou Rong was in Guizhou, she wrote a letter and told her mother that the combined salary of the two of you was 38 yuan a month." It is not worth a few yuan to grow vegetables by myself and buy food from fellow villagers. Over the past ten years, this item alone has cost more than 4500 yuan.

Even if it took half of it, there would be more than 2000 left, not to mention what Zhou Rong said just now, a large sum of salary was paid out. "

Feng Huacheng immediately began to complain. He was imprisoned in the first two years, and Zhou Rong would send him rice, meat and cigarettes every month. The money he saved in the past few years was basically spent. , but the prices in the capital are much higher than Jichun's, and his salary is not enough for the two of them. If it weren't for the replacement salary a year ago, the two still owe money to their colleagues
The nagging was endless, Wang Lidong was not interested in listening to his bitterness, and interrupted with a wave of his hand, "I am not your leader, nor your parents, you can save these words for the relevant personnel, and I will ask you, what's the matter?" Money, will you give it or not?"

"Here, there are not so many now, can you give me some first?"

"How many do you have now?"

The couple looked at each other, and Feng Huacheng said, "We only have 800 yuan left on us. The travel expenses to go back after the new year, plus the living expenses for the next month, I will give 700 yuan first, okay?"

"How long are you going to pay off the rest of the money?"

Feng Huacheng showed a troubled expression
Wang Lidong waved his hand and said, "I can see that, you don't intend to pay back the remaining money."

"No, no, definitely, it's just that we are in some difficulties now, Bingkun, don't worry, we won't rely on the money, after your sister graduates and works."

"A couple with a salary of more than 80 yuan a month actually told me that it is not enough to spend. I think you are just trying to renege on your debts." Wang Lidong stood up and said, "Forget it, don't give me 700. After the New Year, I will go to the capital to find your leaders."

The faces of Zhou Rong and his wife changed drastically. If Wang Lidong really went to the capital, they would not be able to hang out in the capital in the future.

"Bingkun, if you have something to say, we are all one family." Feng Huacheng reached out to stop him, but there was nothing he could do to stop him. Seeing that Wang Lidong was about to go out, Zhou's father shouted, "Come back, How much is missing, I will make up for you."

Wang Lidong stopped, turned around and went back to the house, looked at Zhou Zhigang with a dark face, more than 1000 said to dig out, what a father's love!
Ten minutes later, Wang Lidong finished counting the money in his hand, "One cent is not more, one cent is not less, it's clear." He stuffed the money into his pocket, glanced at Feng Yue, "After the New Year, you take Feng Yue back home. Capital, or let her continue to live in my house?"

The couple said in unison, "Bring them back to the capital."

"Oh, before you leave, come to my house and take away all Yueyue's things."

Hearing what capital city he was going to go to after the new year, Feng Yue plunged into grandma's arms, crying heartbreakingly, "I don't want to go to the capital city, I want to live at my uncle's house, and I want to be with grandma."

"Yueyue, be obedient," Zhou Rong coaxed, "Don't Yueyue like to live with mom and dad?"

The door was pushed open with a 'click', and Zhou Bingyi and his wife entered the room, "I heard Yueyue crying as soon as I entered the door, what's wrong?"

Feng Huacheng waved his hands and said, "It's nothing, just a small matter."

Seeing the eldest son and daughter-in-law coming, Father Zhou patted the edge of the Kang happily, "Bingyi, Chunmei, sit down quickly."

Zhou Bingyi looked around, but did not see Wang Lidong's wife and three nephews, "Where are the siblings and Xiao Xigua?"

Wang Lidong said, "Going back, what's the matter?"

Zhou Bingyi nodded slightly, and then announced the good news to everyone, "Dad, Mom, Dongmei's parents are coming over tonight"