Chapter Twenty-Five: Family Gathering

  It turns out that no one is a fool, even if they are reborn, the people of the previous life's society are not so easily deceived.

  Su Can's careless remark made Wang Yue burst out laughing, and she reached out to scratch his head, messing up his hair. "Seriously, you almost got me fooled! You're acting like you've been to the big city and seen the world. Let's go back, we can't stay here for too long!" Su Can was left feeling embarrassed.

  Although Wang Yue didn't mention the matter again after she left, it seemed that her words had made an impact on herself, and in her heart, she felt a sense of gratitude and vague confidence towards herself. Perhaps she really did look forward to her mother merging their family store with others to form a chain.

  Su Can thought to himself, he also often says such words to others, but what strength and courage does he have now to promise others' dreams and a better tomorrow? This world is sometimes very cruel, there are many people with dreams, and just as many who die with their dreams in their arms. The world is so big, not everyone can achieve their ideals, even if they were reborn, Su Can wouldn't dare say such things with certainty, at least now he's stuck in the mud because of Wang Haoran and his gang.

  It was in the evening when his parents came home and lay on the sofa watching TV, Su Can walked out of the bedroom to move around, came to the living room, and his mother immediately brought out the peeled walnuts and fruit, inviting Su Can to sit down and rest and have something to eat.

  The TV volume was turned down very low, just right for parents not to disturb their own study in the room, intentionally quiet, seeing the bowl peeled off the outer skin, a few white and tender walnut kernels and orange fresh flesh, in this quiet night, Su Can was infected again.

  Eleven years later, his mother would still lean against the cabinet, peeling off the walnut skins for herself, and fill a bowl with walnuts. No matter how much liquor her son had drunk outside, no matter how many mountain delicacies or sea delicacies he had eaten, or how much boxed junk food, this bowl of walnuts always carried the hope of nourishing his body.

  Su Can knew that after rebirth, the future of this family would change in ways he couldn't fully grasp. However, these trivial and warm scenes were forever unchanging.

  Eating crispy walnuts, I think of the various things that have emerged in later generations. In this home eleven years ago, old furniture, a 21-inch color TV with a Longwang brand, calendars, clocks - all these things that were gradually eliminated and collected by later generations seem like fleeting dreams. Sometimes he wants to say to the clock hanging in the living room, which has not chimed for eleven years, "Do you recognize me?"

  This is a ridiculous time reversal consciousness, people who are reborn once would probably think that all things have gods.

  Back to the topic, Su Can mentioned to his mother about opening a branch store. After all, if the store wants to develop, opening a branch is one way to do it, and this will enable the store to enter autonomous management, allowing parents to let go of their hands and focus on more important things.

  Parents stared at themselves with a look of surprise and doubt.

  After a while, her mother continued, "Isn't this already very good? Why do you still want to open another branch? We have become one of the designated procurement stores in the city, and we receive many orders. Although our family is not short of money now, it's not to the point where we need to use this money to invest in opening another branch! Son, focus on your studies for the next three years, and your parents will be able to earn enough money for you to attend university!"

  "Dad nodded, 'Su Can, I know you have a talent for these things, but don't overdo it. What's more important is to cherish the time and study hard at this stage! Your parents didn't think about opening a big store or making a lot of money. No matter how much money we have, it can't compare to health and peace. As long as you can get into a good university safely and steadily, your parents will do whatever it takes to support you, even if it means selling the shop.'"

  Su Can let out a sigh. After his rebirth, although he understood his parents' intentions, he still didn't want them to spend their whole lives worrying about him and living for his happiness.

  The reason why he let his parents get this store is that he hopes they can find a new direction in life, because according to their previous logic and inertia, the unit they relied on was once glorious, but it's also a kind of toxin and restriction, restricting their thinking logic, invading their thoughts, making them deeply dependent on the iron rice bowl mentality.

  It is easy to liberate people from a miserable life, but it is difficult to liberate their minds.

  Just as Su Can was moved by Wang Yue's dream, he also hopes that his parents can have a dream of independent entrepreneurship that is not pinned on the precarious unit.

  It's still too aggressive... Su Can felt a slight relief in his heart, his parents only hoped that their careers could be stable, allowing the next generation to have a stable growth space. As for the so-called business empire and financial myth, they were too far-fetched, too elusive for them. Even for Su Can, these were extremely illusory.

  It's easy to fantasize about something, but when you actually put it into practice, you don't know what your true abilities are. After all, some things may seem profitable on the surface, but once you dive in, you'll realize they're not as simple as you thought.

  It's perfectly normal for parents to bring up these things, even if they're not passed at a family meeting.

  "But... " Zeng Ke frowned, "The branch you mentioned is not impossible, after all, although it has become a municipal designated procurement enterprise, this is not permanent, the contract period is only one year. In this year, your brother-in-law's construction bureau will have a larger share of procurement, but this is also uncertain. Look at the office supplies in the city now, they are very strong, we can't guarantee that we will be selected next year, we can't rely too much..."

  When impoverished, one thinks of change; when successful, one becomes accommodating. Su Can was delighted to find that his mother had changed.

  Having abandoned the shattered dream of a state-owned iron rice bowl, my mother's vision finally became more far-sighted. She was no longer limited to the gains and losses of immediate interests and began to consider the future with trepidation.

  Maybe people really need to be hurt before they can grow strong and tough in their scars.

  Nowadays, parents may still be looked down upon by everyone, as if they were from a later generation. Whenever someone mentions Su Can's family, some people who are trying to arrange marriages for their daughters will directly ignore them because of their family situation. In the face of such events, he will do his best to fight against this kind of life and prevent it from happening again.

  Mother Zeng Ke has discovered the problem, and Father Su Li Cheng also nodded in agreement. "Unit procurement is an important aspect, but retail is equally important. Both aspects cannot be neglected. Recently, most of the students who come to visit are mainly facing retail, so if we want to open a branch store, it would be meaningless to open one nearby. We should still open it around some schools, and retail will only work... Moreover, now talking about opening a branch store is still a bit early, after all, there should still be a sum of money in hand..."

  Su Can nodded and stood up, "Mm, let's talk about it later, I've finished eating, going back to the room."

  Behind him, his parents' instructions to go to bed early came, Su Can felt that what his father said was reasonable, and he also felt that the promise he made to Wang Yue was too early, everything, let's talk about it again after a while.

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  Thanks for the rewards and collections from brothers!

  P.S., Recommend "The Metamorphosis", book number 1448788.

  Good book, currently reading, just the update speed is slower than Ao Burg ~