Chapter 163 This is a challenging era

Author: half west wind half sand

Chapter 163 This is a challenging era

Especially Gao Yuzhi's mistress, a retired cadre, who used to praise her abroad when they ate together. At that time, Ji Ping hoped that Ji Donglai could hitch a ride on Jiang Xue, but it was a pity that Ji Donglai's academic performance...

Now that their son has opened up a new path on his own, Ji Ping and Ning Caiyun are silently watching everything about their son, hoping that their son can break out through his own efforts.

So what if we don't get together during the Chinese New Year? As long as we don't become two people again...

Another strong light flashed across, and Ning Caiyun looked at it reflexively for a while. As a result, the strong light stopped moving and then went out.

"My son is back, coming from the east..."

"Hey, Mom!"

Ning Caiyun greeted, Ji Donglai hurriedly agreed, Ning Caiyun immediately ran out the door, Ji Ping behind him also had an unconcealable smile on his face, Ji Heng and his wife behind him also turned around and stood up slowly, Ji Heng thumped his waist, and his wife

He also held Ji Heng's hand and slowly walked out.

"Papers have been handed out. Donglai just happened to be back. Let's fire off cannons everywhere. Come on!"

Watching Ji Donglai enter the yard, Ji Heng handed the firecrackers at home to Ji Donglai. Ji Ping also began to prepare yellow paper. According to the old tradition of the Northeast, the yellow paper at home was burned from the stove to the door of the courtyard.

Ning Caiyun specially prepared dumplings for Ji Donglai. Most people would cook celery dumplings on New Year's Eve. She hoped that the whole family would work hard. In the traditional belief of Chinese people, hard work can conquer everything.

As the times move forward, hard work is gradually being replaced by intelligence. But everyone's expectations for the future have not changed. Even though everyone doesn't like to eat, they still have to do it.

Ning Caiyun specially prepared a plate of pickled cabbage dumplings for Ji Donglai, waiting for his son to come back to cook them.

"Crackling..."

"It's Chinese New Year, hahaha..."

The unique smell of burning firecrackers came to the nose, and the whole family's faces were filled with happy smiles. Ji Donglai took his grandfather into the house.

"Grandpa, this year is not only a New Year's Eve, but also a century's Eve! You are now an old man who has crossed the century!"

After giving Ji Hengman a small glass of juice, Ji Donglai and his family sat at the table again, with a long-lost smile on Ji Hengman's face.

"That's not true. Donglai, let me ask you a question. How many steps would you take to put an elephant in the refrigerator? Haha..."

Ji Donglai didn't expect that Ji Heng suddenly said such a sentence. Ji Donglai was slightly startled, and then he remembered the sketch "Hour Worker" in this year's Spring Festival Gala. This is the most famous line of the middle-aged Song Dandan.

"That……"

"Haha, Dad! How could Donglai have guessed that he was still driving at that time!"

Looking at Ji Donglai, he was stunned, and the whole family fell into joy. Ji Donglai also laughed, but he felt a little sad inside.

This sketch is very contemporary. With the reform and opening up entering the deep water area, more and more young men and women gathered on the southeast coast. From this time on, more and more Chinese elderly people will transform themselves into husband stones during New Years and holidays.

Not only the problem of reunions during holidays, the one-child problem, the declining fertility rate, the difficulty of getting married...a series of problems will arise with the comprehensive advancement of industrialization.

The entire society will also face the overthrow and reconstruction of values. The traditions that have been built for thousands of years have become riddled with holes as the New Year's bell rings.

One year from now, China will formally integrate into globalization, and certain things that have been inherited for thousands of years will face huge challenges from globalization. As someone who has experienced it firsthand, Ji Donglai only knows that it is too fast, and it will take decades to appreciate it.

The scenic car is almost at the end.

Looking at the round table in front of him, Ji Donglai could clearly feel the difference from a few years ago.

Not to mention anything else, every New Year's Eve before the layoff wave in the past few years, Ji Heng's six children would gather at Ji Ping's house without exception. The whole family was having fun and it was very lively.

People represented by He Ping, because the factory's performance is not good, many families are in economic crisis, based on the principle of not adding difficulties to Ji Donglai's family.

Relatives spontaneously reduce the frequency of gatherings at home. After all, as the eldest brother, Ji Ping has a heavy burden of supporting the elderly. Frequent eating and drinking will make it more difficult for the couple to support their lives.

In many cases, it is not the deliberate alienation of relatives, but the social standard of value that is quietly changing. Although many people are unwilling to admit it, money will become the subject that people chase in the next century.

Despite constant adjustments, the comprehensive introduction of the Western model's economic structure will inevitably bring about a series of problems arising from this model. No matter how glorious China's culture that has been passed down for thousands of years has been, it will have fewer children, fear of marriage, world-weariness, and more.

Coming one after another...

After dinner, the family started playing cards. Ji Heng was not in good health, so everyone in the family went to rest around one o'clock. Ji Donglai returned to his small courtyard alone, threw some coal into the stove, and looked around at the empty space, unable to sleep.

I simply put on some thick clothes and walked along the alley.

Looking at the bustling scene in front of him, and the occasional white smoke coming out of a stove, Ji Donglai felt mixed emotions.

From 1999 to the Spring Festival of 2000, Ji Donglai almost came here in a blink of an eye. If it were not for catching up with the tide of the times, Ji Donglai would now have enough wealth to live comfortably.

It’s just that in this era, how can you be willing not to struggle? After all, a certain treasure has just started to struggle now, and more than ten years later, he will still shout the famous horse era. Although Ji Donglai does not have such big ideals, he does not want to see it.

I look at myself with sour eyes when some people lie.

"Donglai, where are you going if you don't sleep at night?"

To Ji Donglai's surprise, not far away, Ji Ping followed.

"I miss my friend. I don't know what happened to this guy Liu Yupeng. He went to the south without even a single call. This guy is so heartless!"

Occasionally, children would come out to set off firecrackers on the street. The sound of the lamb whip and the two kicks was particularly loud in the empty alley. Ji Dong came to remind his father to pay attention.

When Ji Ping started talking about Liu Yupeng's family, he stopped talking.

"After the Chinese New Year, I plan to go to your aunt's place to help. People say that construction wages are high now. Let's make some as well. We can't just stay in a factory and collect dead wages, right?"

The two of them walked slowly along the streets of their hometown. Ji Ping finally compromised with reality. After all, Ji Donglai's strength was still too weak. It would be too difficult for a twenty-year-old young man to work alone.

Ji Donglai was slightly startled when he heard what Ji Ping said, and glanced at Ji Ping. Ji Ping turned his gaze to the distance, put his hands in his pockets and walked slowly along the road.

Ji Donglai secretly thought in his eyes that everything that should come has come back. It can be seen that as the head of the family, Ji Ping finally decided to leave the family and business. Although Ji Donglai tried his best to let his parents enjoy what seemed ordinary but enviable

The family happiness is still difficult to avoid the changes of the times.
Chapter completed!