Chapter 77 Neighborhood Daily Life
The tranquility of the early morning was broken by Han Meili's voice. She was urging her husband and eldest daughter in the courtyard. Every day, her husband drove to work and dropped off her eldest daughter at school. During this tense time, the father and daughter often made mistakes, which required her as a mother to worry about. After sending the father and daughter away, she had to help the baby brush his teeth and wash his face, and also had to coax the baby who refused to eat breakfast.

She talked to the kid while cleaning the dishes, mopped the restaurant floor, sent the kid to kindergarten, and went to the market. She prepared the food when she came back. She was the only one at home at noon, so she ate casually, but the family dinner had to satisfy everyone.

Cui Jian is already very familiar with Han Meili's daily life. Before lunch, she has nearly an hour to chat with her family, and usually goes to the old lady and the old man's villa. After lunch, she takes a nap and starts to be busy again. Cleaning, picking up the baby, bathing the baby, preparing dinner, waiting for Xiao Ya to come back or waiting for her husband to come back to eat, washing dishes, urging everyone to take a bath, taking a bath herself last, washing clothes, and hanging clothes to dry. After everything is done, she uses her mobile phone to check school notices, check Xiao Ya's homework, and take pictures to check whether they are correct. Coax the baby to sleep, help clean up before Daya goes to bed, and specially check the textbooks and stationery needed for tomorrow's class. It is already eleven o'clock in the evening or even later when I return to the bedroom to rest.

Cui Jian took a cup of black tea and sat on the small balcony of the second-floor bedroom, watching Han Meili riding her electric bike to send her child to school. He didn't understand what Han Meili's motivation was. He knew that if he asked her, she would definitely answer that it was her family, her husband, and her children.

Before this, Cui Jian had never paid attention to the lives of ordinary people, nor did he think about their thoughts. It was just that he had too much free time living here, and seeing Han Meili busy running around day after day, he couldn't help but think about this problem.

The housekeeper said that the essence of faith is spiritual sustenance, and spiritual sustenance is the most indispensable thing for a person. Perhaps family is Han Meili's spiritual sustenance. While she devotes herself to it, she also gets fulfillment and satisfaction. Lawyer Han Piaoliang's sustenance is money and success. What she can't stand the most is not losing love or family, but failure.

Cui Jian put down his teacup, went downstairs to drink porridge, and mixed it with the side dishes given by Han Meili, which was refreshing. After finishing, Cui Jian strolled to the villa of the old man and the old lady. At present, only this villa was occupied.

After the old man's son made a fuss yesterday, the old man sitting in the courtyard today was in a bad mood. He sat on the stone drum and stared at the Clivia in front of him in a daze. Seeing Cui Jian, he nodded casually. Cui Jian nodded and went into the living room as if he were at home. He chatted with the old lady who was busy in the kitchen, took the tea tray and went to the courtyard, sat down next to the old man and made tea.

The old man turned to look at Cui Jian after smelling the tea. He then picked up the small cup of hot tea and drank it all. Cui Jian filled the old man's cup. The old man sighed deeply: "Ah..."

Cui Jian asked back: "Old man, why are you sighing?"

The old man was annoyed: "My child is like that, can't I even sigh?"

Cui Jian: "Which do you think is worse, the child's death or the child being like that?"

Old man: “What do you think?”

Cui Jian: "When a child dies, you will be sad for a while at most. Whenever you think of him, you will think of his goodness and the happy times. If your child becomes like this, you will probably have to sigh and feel sad for the rest of your life. You will be so annoyed whenever you think of him. It would be better if he died."

The old man was startled: "You are talking about heresy."

Cui Jian said to himself: "It's better to cut off ties with him and treat him as dead. He won't bother you anymore, and you know there's no need to be sad when he's alive. And every time you think of him, you can still recall the happy times."

The old man paused for a long time, thinking for a long time and still not knowing how to refute Cui Jian. Finally, he said helplessly: "It's my fault for not educating my son well."

Cui Jian: "You successfully avoided all the answers and chose the one that would cause you the most pain, thus hurting yourself as much as possible. You are awesome."

Old man: “You…” Angry, but didn’t know how to refute.

Cui Jian: "At this point you still take the blame on yourself, which shows that you are extremely doting on your child mentally, which is why your child has to borrow money from loan sharks. Don't hit him, don't hit him."

Cui Jian protected the old man's falling cane with one hand and poured tea for him with the other hand: "Without me, you have nowhere to vent your anger."

The old man snorted, concentrated on drinking his tea, and ignored Cui Jian.

The two of them sat quietly for a long time, one making tea and the other drinking it, without feeling awkward, until Cui Jian broke the silence: "Old man, what do you think is the meaning of family ties?" "Hmm?"

"Why do you need a family?"

The old man stared at Cui Jian for a long time in surprise: "You really are a Taoist priest."

"Hmm?" What does that mean? I have a Taoist certificate, which can be checked online.

Old man: "Perhaps only people like you who are outsiders cannot understand."

Cui Jian: “I’m trying to understand.”

The old man thought for a long time and said, "Are you happy about your promotion?"

Cui Jian: “Happy.”

Old man: "If you have a girlfriend, you can share this happy news with her. She will also be happy for you, and you will get satisfaction from her happiness. It means that your value is recognized and that you can make her happy. You are happy, your girlfriend is happy, and you will be happier because of this. You will get double happiness."

Cui Jian thought for a while and asked, "What about the pain?"

Old man: "You share your pain with your girlfriend, and she comforts you. She gains girlfriend value, and you reduce your pain."

Cui Jian: "For example, if my legs are broken."

The old man wanted to hit the man again, but he held back and answered patiently: "You have lost confidence in life because of the amputation of both legs. If you don't have family, girlfriend, or any spiritual support, you will only become more and more decadent. Maybe your parents are sad about your situation, but it may also give you courage. For them, you may cheer up and face life bravely."

Cui Jian listened with a confused look, and asked, "What if I am a person who could die at any time? For example, I am an orphan, but I know the identities of my parents. Should I meet them? You see, they have already accepted the fact that I don't exist, and they may have completely forgotten my existence. If I recognize them, they will be happy for a day, and then I will die, and they will be sad again."

The old man pondered...

Cui Jian: "For example, if I meet a love, I like that girl, and she also likes me, should I reject her decisively? Because I don't know when I will die, so it is better to cut off all ties before there are any ties."

The old man continued to ponder...

Cui Jian: "The criminals kidnapped my wife and children and forced me to kill my parents. Or the criminals kidnapped my parents and forced me to kill my wife and children. What should I do? If there were no such ties, the criminals would not be able to threaten me at all. Do you think it is right or wrong for me to accept emotional ties?"

The old man is still thinking...

Cui Jian: "Suppose I work for a secret department in South Korea and have access to many secrets. At this time, bad guys hold my parents, wife and children hostage and ask me to hand over the secrets. Should I hand them over or not? Why do people only emphasize the benefits of emotional ties, but no one mentions the constraints of emotional ties?"

(End of this chapter)