A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

Sure enough, when Dabao arrived at the grocery store, he went straight to the meat counter. He learned that he needed a meat ticket to buy meat, which he didn't have, so he had no choice but to give up.

Gu Qinghuan did not accompany him, but just followed behind and let him go shopping by himself.

Seeing that he was worried about the meat tickets, Ming Ruxue wanted to take the meat tickets out of her pocket and give them to him, but was stopped by Gu Qinghuan. She wanted to see what this child would do.

Dabao looked around and asked about eggs, fish, shrimp, etc. When he learned that no ticket was required to buy fish, he finally smiled.

I carefully asked the uncle who sells fish which kind of fish is suitable for making sauerkraut fish. He remembered that his mother had made it once before and it was delicious.

The uncle told him that grass carp, black carp, and carp would all be fine.

Dabao chose and chose from the big fish basin, and finally selected a fish that he was most satisfied with. The uncle helped him fish it out, weighed it, filled out a ticket, and asked him to pay first and then come to pick up the fish.

Dabao knew how to look at the numbers. He carefully confirmed it several times. When he saw that the receipt said 90 cents, he happily went to pay.

The girl who collected money at the counter had two big braids that swung back and forth, and her face was powdered. She must be an unmarried girl.

Seeing that he came to pay the bill by himself, she asked him why he bought the fish by himself. Dabao proudly said that he spent his own money to buy fish for his family. The girl even praised him, which made Dabao blush.

Then he got his fish and ran over happily with the three-pound grass carp in his hand: "Mom, I bought a fish for us. Can you make pickled fish for dinner?"

Gu Qinghuan smiled generously and gave a thumbs up: "No problem, arrange it!"

The last bit of uneasiness in Dabao's heart disappeared.

He smiled and took out the remaining banknotes in his pocket.

"Mom, I still have two dollars and ten cents. If you want to buy anything else, I'll pay for it." His proud little look made Ming Ruxue and the people around him envious. "Dabao, why are you so cute!" Ming Ruxue rubbed his cheeks.

Dabao said generously: "Auntie Ruxue, I will buy you whatever you want, but I only have two yuan and ten cents. Can you buy something cheaper..."

Ming Ruxue was so happy. This child was grateful and kind-hearted. Sister Huanhuan had not treated them wrongly.

She only bought him chocolates a few times, but he was willing to spend all his money on her. He was a very good child.

"Aunt Ruxue doesn't lack anything. Our Dabao should save it for himself and buy some candy later."

Dabao looked at Gu Qinghuan.

Gu Qinghuan also shook her head: "Mom can't think of anything for now, I'll tell you when I think of it.

You can also choose to save your money and use it wisely.”

"Okay, Mom." Dabao put the money into his pocket with satisfaction.

Beibei looked at it with such envy that even the chocolate in his hand suddenly tasted dull.

It seemed that her brother's three dollars were more useful than the chocolate in her hand. After buying such a big fish, she could still save some money.

When she thought about it, she felt that she was too greedy and not as smart as her brother, and her face turned red with shame.

Gu Qinghuan noticed in time that her mood was not right.

"Beibei, don't be depressed, you are great too, there is nothing shameful in choosing what you like.

As long as your choices don’t hurt others, you don’t need to feel guilty.”

After being coaxed by Gu Qinghuan, Beibei suddenly had an outlet for her emotions and tears kept falling.

"Mom, I shouldn't have bought chocolates. I was too greedy." She said crying.

“My brother just chose the way he preferred to spend the money, and it’s not right for everyone to be like him.

My child, remember that it is important to please yourself in life. Don’t hurt yourself just to please others. You are doing very well.”

"Mom, what does it mean to please yourself?" Beibei looked at her in confusion, her eyes red like a rabbit.

"Pleasuring yourself means eating whatever you want, wearing whatever you want, and buying whatever you want.

To make yourself happy is to please yourself."

"Is this really possible?" Beibei snuggled into Gu Qinghuan's arms, her voice full of discomfort.

"Of course! We should be good to ourselves first before we can be good to others, right?"

Seeing this, Dabao also said quickly: "Yes, you ate the chocolate and you were very happy. I spent my own money to buy what I wanted, which made me happier than eating chocolate. We are all doing things that make ourselves happy. Mom said that being happy is the most important thing."

After being comforted by them, Beibei finally stopped crying.

Ming Ruxue listened to the conversation between the mother and her two children and seemed to be thinking about something.

Yes, throughout their lives, people are pursuing a certain ability, the ability to please themselves. Many people are born with the shackles of serving their families and cannot do what they want to do.

She strongly agrees with this educational method that allows children to become whoever they want to be and please themselves rather than please others.

Dabao carried the fish home by himself with a smile on his face the whole way.

At noon, the few of them just had a simple meal, and saved this meaningful fish for everyone to eat together in the evening.

Over in the small western-style building, the two men cooperated better and better, and were very efficient. They had already installed curtains for an entire building.

Gu Qinghuan left the child at home with Ruxue and ran over to bring food to the two of them.

At noon, we prepared a simple meal of steamed buns with two-grain flour and pork chili sauce for them to eat, which was enough, and there were also some fruits after the meal.

Gu Lanting had a small appetite, so after he finished eating, he pulled Gu Qinghuan aside to talk in private.

He had seen his sister's extravagant shopping habits recently and had many doubts in his mind, but he was afraid to ask for fear of hurting his sister's self-esteem.

This time I really couldn't help it.

"Sister, is the money you spent during this period your brother-in-law's?"

Although he was a little puzzled as to how a country man like Xu Huaian could have so much money, his sister certainly wouldn't have that much, and Xu Huaian didn't look like a simple country man, so he privately put the money on him.

Gu Qinghuan choked. How could she say that? It was hard for her to deny it.

You can't say that all this money was earned by your sister and me. Gu Lanting might believe it if it was one or two hundred yuan, but recently she has spent more than one or two thousand yuan.

She could only stiffen her neck and say, "What's wrong with me spending some of your brother-in-law's money?"