Parental Love: Jiang Weimin's Life of Lying Down

Jiang Weimin still hopes that Jiang Yafei will go to college with him. Jiang Yafei's academic performance is not bad, and after graduating from the military academy, she will definitely be promoted to a higher position than on the island.

After graduating from the military academy, Jiang Changyi became a deputy battalion commander, a rank higher than Jiang Weiguo.

Moreover, going to college will give Jiang Yafei more choices in life.

Jiang Yafei did have a crush on Wang Haiyang in the past, but that was just the throbbing of adolescence and the ignorant feelings of youth.

If Jiang Yafei can't find a suitable person to marry in the future, it's not because Jiang Yafei has too high standards, but because he hasn't met the right person.

And that person may not be Yu Daguang or Wang Haiyang. What attracted Jiang Yafei was just a characteristic of them.

Although the Jiang family only has one college student, Jiang Yaning, Jiang Yafei has always been a person with cultural background.

It was Jiang Yafei who told Jiang Yaning the correct pronunciation of the word "Yi" when her uncle An Tai brought their daughter An Yi to the island to visit relatives.

Jiang Weidong failed in his military service, and Jiang Yafei said, "How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan?"

Later, the gift that Jiang Yafei gave to her uncle Lao Ding was full of thoughtfulness and showed her cultural heritage, which shows that Jiang Yafei has her own unique cultural literacy.

Although she did not go to college and did not obtain a diploma, she is an educated person without a diploma.

Because Jiang Yafei is well-educated and has her own unique insights into people and things, she is unwilling to follow the crowd when it comes to choosing a spouse.

In fact, Jiang Yafei ultimately likes someone with higher cultural literacy. However, Jiang Defu and An Jie did not understand Jiang Yafei, and the person they introduced did not meet Jiang Yafei's mate selection criteria.

The next day

"Mom, the doctor is here to take my dad's blood pressure."

"understood."

An Jie heard the knock on the door and went to open it. When he opened the door, a very beautiful female military doctor appeared. Jiang Defu sat on the bed and stared at her with wide eyes.

"Hello, Chief."

An Jie looked at the beautiful female military doctor who came in and asked in confusion, "Why is it you? Doctor Chen is not here?"

"I am in charge of health care. The health care of the division commander is under my charge."

"So you'll be the one to measure blood pressure from now on?"

"Yes"

After measuring Jiang Defu's blood pressure and finding it normal, the female military doctor left immediately.

After sending the female military doctor away, An Jie asked Jiang Defu with an unhappy face, "Why didn't Military Doctor Chen come?"

"Didn't she just say that she is in charge of health care? This matter is hers to handle."

"They are really funny. They sent a woman to do your health care. That's not convenient! You haven't even gotten up yet, haven't even put on your clothes yet, and she came. That's not the way it should be."

"You are the only one with problems. Who said I had no clothes on? I was wearing shorts and a vest."

"Besides, I'm covered with a blanket, and you're right beside me!"

Hearing this, Anjie immediately said angrily, "I'm not here, what else do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do!"

"What do you think?"

"Go away and don't make me angry here."

Jiang Defu put on his clothes and stood up, but suddenly he felt dizzy and sat down on the bed again.

"Look, this guy is dizzy again!"

"I'm so angry at you, my blood pressure must be high again."

"You deserve it! You deserve it for being taller! Who told you to let your imagination run wild? What do you want for breakfast?"

"Porridge and steamed buns! I don't want to have any wild thoughts."

After dinner, Anjie went to the hospital to learn how to measure blood pressure, and asked everyone in the family to measure their blood pressure one by one.

Jiang Weimin had just had his blood pressure measured after Jiang Defu got off work, and Jiang Weimin took Jia Defu's briefcase and hung it up.

An Jie happily greeted Jiang Defu and said, "You're back."

Jiang Defu immediately unbuttoned his sleeves and exposed his arms. An Jie laughed in surprise and asked, "You know everything?"

“Everyone on the island knows about it.”

"That's good. You have a family doctor now."

After An Jie finished measuring, Jiang Defu's blood pressure was normal. Jiang Defu asked doubtfully, "Is this accurate?"

"As long as your blood pressure is accurate, my measurement will be accurate."

“It turns out it’s that easy.”

"You think being a doctor is hard? From now on, I will be the one to measure your blood pressure. There are no more female military doctors. Don't expect to see other women when you open your eyes in the morning."

Jiang Weimin was watching from outside the door. "Dad, my mom is jealous, but she has mastered a skill out of jealousy."

"Jiang Weimin, don't be disrespectful!"

"My dad was jealous of the painter a while ago, and you came back again these past two days, mom."

An Jie laughed and said, "Lao Jiang, have you learned to paint by being jealous of the painter?"

"I still need to learn to paint. My son is a painter."

Jiang Weimin felt really happy looking at the smiling faces of An Jie and Jiang Defu.

A few days later

When Jiang Defu got home from get off work, he asked An Jie for Dream of the Red Chamber. When An Jie heard that Jiang Defu wanted to read Dream of the Red Chamber, he looked incredulous.

"Why did you think of reading Dream of the Red Chamber?"

"It's not me who wants to read it, it's the Chairman who advocates that we should read it. He said that all leading cadres should read it, and reading it once is not enough, they should read it three or four times."

"It's good enough that you can finish reading it once, but why three or four times?"

In the 70s, Chairman Mao said that "Dream of the Red Chamber" should not only be read as a novel, but also as history, and "one has to read it five times before one has the right to speak."

The Dream of the Red Chamber, a "very detailed and sophisticated social history", reveals the patriarchal, economic, political and class relations of feudal society, and allows us to understand the laws of the rise and fall of feudal society, so as to have a deeper understanding of the reality of China at that time and explore the direction of the "New China".

Reading history makes one wise, and learning from the past can help one to understand the present. The Chinese nation has always had the tradition of studying, learning and using history. This is why Chairman Mao asked leading cadres to read Dream of the Red Chamber.

"This time, I not only want to read "Dream of Red Mansions", I also want to read the four great classics!" Jiang Defu said proudly.

"Oh, great, you also know the four great classics!" Anjie looked at him in surprise.

"You, the bourgeois, look down on us working people. Let me test you. Which four great classics are they?"

"Dream of the Red Chamber is one, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one, and Journey to the West is one."

"Okay, I've named three."

"And... Shui Xu, right?" Jiang Defu gave a sly smile.

"What? Say it again." Angel stared at him with wide eyes.

"Shui Xuchuan." Jiang Defu smiled again.

"What boat? The Shuixu boat? You've been on boats too many times. You must be dizzy. What's this about the Shuixu boat?" Anjie laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

"Old Jiang, it's really easy to be a cadre. Just make sure you correct the typos when you're editing documents and read in plain language when you're making reports."

"Anjie, you're lucky to marry me. If you were out there, you would have been labeled a rightist for your nonsense."

"Can't people laugh when you read the big white words?"

"You're so self-righteous and a know-it-all that you can't even tell when someone is joking with you."

"Are you kidding me? You obviously don't know that word." An Jie was still mocking Jiang Defu.

"I don't know that word. Isn't it the Water Margin?"

Hearing this, the smile on Anjie's face froze instantly, performing a smile-disappearing trick.

Jiang Defu saw that he had achieved the desired effect and said righteously, "I don't know, look at how capable you are, and yet you laugh at others. I just want to remind you, don't be so proud and complacent. Remember, humility makes people progress, and pride makes people fall behind."

Anjie said angrily, "I'm a head behind you."

After saying that, he walked out angrily.