There are still many difficulties for people in middle age.
For example, divorce, unemployment, or poor performance of children.
Of course, all this is inseparable from the illness of the parents.
It can be said that at this age, everything requires money, and nothing can be maintained without money.
Chen Pingsheng hired a top restaurant to hold a class reunion. Because of his academic background, his classmates were only in junior high school.
I have no high school or college experience.
Many of those classmates in the past dropped out of junior high school. Some of these people went to factories, and some learned skills.
Such as auto repair, chef, hairdressing, etc.
No matter whether the relationship was good before or not, everyone comes here whether they are available or not.
He rarely appears in Shacheng, but his reputation is huge.
One appearance was because of his grandma, and the commotion could be said to be huge.
Another time he stood up for his eldest sister’s daughter, Xiao Le, and she knelt at the door of his villa for three days.
The daughter of the school bully was personally sent in by her father, and Shacheng talked about it with great joy.
It can be said that his reputation in Shacheng is entirely due to these two things.
For this reason, most of the students came when he called for a class reunion.
Chang Fu was still present alone, while Chen Pingsheng came with Da Pi Wa and Er Pi Ya.
Most of them have children their age, and few of those who had a good relationship with them before were not married.
The banquet was filled with some big dishes.
Because they are all in Shacheng, many people know each other a little bit.
So everyone was chatting quite harmoniously.
For example, Zhang Wei, who used to run behind them, opened two medium-sized barber shops in Shacheng.
He was divorced once, and the second time he got married was with the front desk of his own store.
She is seven or eight years younger than him, and quite beautiful.
This guy has been studying hairdressing since he graduated from junior high school. He has made some achievements in the past 20 years.
Typically the kind of person who is better than the best but better than the worst. You can make a steady income of three to four hundred thousand a year.
This kind of income is certainly nothing in the Magic City, but in a place like Shacheng, buying a small villa is not too stressful.
Of course you can find a young and beautiful wife.
There is also the one who used to have the best grades in the class, ranking among the top three in the school all year round.
I went from junior high school to high school and then went to a pretty good university.
After graduation, I worked diligently in an ordinary company for more than ten years.
It's pretty stable now, with a house and a car and a monthly income of 12,300 yuan.
Studying is not really useful for people like him, because if they just learn any skill, as long as they work hard and don't run around, they can earn at least ten thousand in one place in more than ten years.
This is still the most common kind.
Compared to him, the other girl in the class also relied on her grades. She was not as good as him, and she went to an average university.
But now I am far better than him.
This girl was assigned to be a teacher in a very good public junior high school in Shacheng just after graduation.
Not because of how much ability she has, but because her father is the village party secretary.
The only person in a village with a formal establishment.
Don’t underestimate the village party secretary. Although his rank is not high, he is at the bottom of the system.
But the energy is not that big.
Everyone knows that being admitted to a better public junior high school in Shacheng means not only income, but also a different social circle.
When you work in those small businesses, they stay at work.
Whenever you go out to meet her, you have to look at her.
This is the energy of the village party secretary. This female classmate is very low-key and generally does not drive a very good car in public.
It’s just a Honda Accord.
But her daughter went to the best schools since she was a child, and she spent a whole year on tuition and various expenses.
It’s impossible to do it without two or three hundred thousand.
The husband she found was also a junior high school teacher, and the couple just kept a low profile.
Who do you want to compare with them? Who in an ordinary family can spend more than 300,000 yuan on their children’s education every year?
Both of her daughters are like this.
This is income that others cannot see. They won’t tell outsiders about it, let alone show it off.
That’s a real pen.
In addition to keeping a low profile in front of Chen Pingsheng, the two of them could not be more polite when meeting other classmates.
Still cannot stop the class gap that exists in my heart.
Everyone knows that people like them look down upon you making hundreds of thousands a year by opening a barber shop, or how much money you make by working as a chef.
It is normal for well-organized people to be arrogant.
However, these two are really low-key. Apart from not using their resources to help their classmates, they still get along very well in private.
There are also some divorced classmates who all say that their wives are materialistic and cannot live a hard life.
The reality is that one year, two years and ten years have passed and it is still the same.
The greatest despair is not seeing hope.
Times have changed, and of course these people's wives have no choice but to divorce after seeing a bigger world.
There are also some reasons that are not my own.
It can only be said that everyone is present in this small class reunion, and everyone is experiencing their own ordinaryness.
Of course, some people here simply want to borrow money from him.
Some people live to this age and no longer need face or dignity.
In their eyes, Chen Pingsheng is not something they can just meet if they want to. If you leave this place today, even if you go to the Magic City or Jinshan.
You told people that I want to meet your boss, I am his classmate.
This can’t reach the president’s office, let alone Chen Pingsheng.
Because his time has been arranged, it is impossible to jump in line just because you are here.
So many people spoke directly, saying that their parents had an incurable disease and that their daughter had a disease.
He looked embarrassed, but in fact he just wanted to borrow money.
I borrowed this kind of money with no intention of paying it back. Chen Pingsheng just listened to them make a lot of excuses. No matter who came to talk to him, he would agree.
It doesn’t make much difference to him if you ask for one million or ten million, because everyone can only take up to two hundred thousand.
This is how he treats everyone equally.
Those who have not borrowed money will despise borrowing money.
These people who borrow money will ridicule those who have not spoken.
What are you pretending to be? Everyone comes to this class reunion just to curry favor with Chen Pingsheng.
He is doing so well today, isn’t this class reunion just to show off?
If he really thinks that we are classmates or have the same relationship as before, then why don't we keep in touch?
Isn't it just that he wants to show everyone how well he is doing when he comes back now?
This is why Chen Pingsheng doesn’t like to hold this so-called class reunion.
When there is a huge gap in life, whether you want it or not, you will find that you can never go back to the people you were before.
Because they will feel inferior and lost when they are around you.
I feel the ruthless showing off even more.
Even if you don't say a word.
But they will instinctively want to get close to you and want to make some gains from you.
For example, borrowing money for various reasons.
This is what happens when you reach middle age. Loss, low self-esteem, and unsatisfactory life will all pay for the indulgence of your youth.
Because there were six or seven people borrowing money in a row, Erpu Ya got angry.
She is not some temperless little girl, she really says whatever she wants.
No one present could let her accommodate her.
She made these people who borrowed money extremely embarrassed with just one sentence.
“Why are you all like beggars?”
The class reunion comes in anticipation and leaves in disappointment.
Of course, some still got the opportunity to go to his private villa.
For example, the female classmate who is a teacher, Zhang Wei who owns a barber shop, and several other classmates who don't know how to borrow money.
They all have one thing in common: they all worked hard when they were young.
I can’t say it’s great now, but it’s certainly not bad either.
As long as I don’t think about making a huge fortune, I will definitely have enough in this life.
Erpuya made many people feel ashamed with just one sentence.
Of course, she didn't just say it, no matter whether these messy reasons were true or false.
If she is in Shanghai and hears that you are her father’s classmate, you still can’t afford the medical expenses of your mother or daughter.
She will show you what it means to be the second princess of a wealthy family by raising her hand.
With five million in front of you, how much can you take with two hands?
The premise is that it can only be held by hand.
She has almost all the characteristics of Erpuiya, the little princess of a wealthy family. These are the absolute sense of superiority brought by the family of origin.
It won’t change just because you took her to work for a month or two, just like the elegance of the older generation in Shanghai.
Even after they have no money, they will use their previous clothes to dress themselves up absolutely exquisitely.
That is the elegance engraved in their bones, and it is also what distinguishes them from the ordinary people.
They do not allow themselves to lose their elegance, no matter how small the house is.
That's what Erpuya is like, her sense of superiority has been strong since the day she was born.
No matter how much she behaves, if you ordinary people dare to point fingers at her.
She can teach you a new life and get to know yourself in just one sentence.
This is a characteristic shared by children in their circle, and there are very few like Chen Anan.
I can still maintain my original intention and get along really well with ordinary classmates.
No matter how much Chen Pingsheng thinks Erpuya is a shortcoming, he still can't change it.
Because this is everything her high-quality life has given her.
Just think about it from another perspective. She is a six-year-old girl who can easily spend millions of dollars as improper money.
You are a migrant worker who works hard every day to pay for your mortgage and earn tens of thousands of dollars.
No matter how much you know, the truth will be exaggerated by you.
She can knock you to the ground and doubt your life with just one word.
Have you paid off your mortgage?
Just this sentence, do you still want to reason with her?
This is Erfuya, she will not listen to anyone except her father.
Because you are so far apart from her.
And people of their class don’t know how to reason.
Principle seems to be the most useful and reasonable thing in this world.
But it’s actually useless.
For example, if you help an old lady cross the street, you are doing a good deed, and people falsely accuse you of hitting her. Your family is ordinary and you cannot afford to help her.
She went to help the old lady, why don't you tell her to hit her?
She can make your whole family doubt life for eight lifetimes.
If you make this decision, all your ancestors will be unemployed, and no big company will dare to hire you.
Is this true?
No, this is just her family’s sphere of influence.
Therefore, it is not so much that she does not listen to reason, but that she does not believe in what the weak say.
You are far better than her, so you have some qualifications to teach her.
Otherwise she will easily teach you to be an honest person.
Even Chen Pingsheng couldn't say anything about Erpuya.
Because she only believes in what the strong say.
In their circle, the truly strong ones are above reason.
As long as they don’t take the initiative to bully the weak, they are already considered good people!
What else do you want to look forward to?
Erpiya seems to be fooling around, but in fact, she has her own tricks for a long time.
According to her words, it is whatever I want.
(End of this chapter)