noveltune Chapter 115 My Father's Former Ideals
Chapter 115 My Father's Former Ideals
"Have you heard? Old Lu's son bought his dad a Range Rover."
"Really?"
"Why would I lie to you? I met Lao Lu on the street, and he told me. I did see a Range Rover drive into our village."
"I saw it too."
"Let's go, let's go take a look at the Lu family."
"Okay, let's go take a look."
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The saying goes, "One who returns home in glory does not return home."
If others find out you've become rich, then your extended family, neighbors, and relatives will automatically start posting messages about patients needing money for medical treatment, houses needing money to repair, and wives needing money to buy baby formula.
Or they might say the village roads are too narrow and need repairs, or use various other excuses to ask you for money.
If it's a friend you met outside who borrows money, you can simply disown that friend.
But it's very troublesome to borrow money from villagers and relatives.
Young people may not care, but for the elderly in the family, they cannot live without these relationships that have lasted for decades.
Lu Ran naturally understood this principle.
He had previously considered keeping a low profile and hiding his wealth to avoid trouble.
But when he thought of his father's wish, and his father's gradual silence in no longer mentioning Range Rover.
Lu Ran changed his mind again.
Screw it! I'm a person with a system. Even if I have money, I'll still let my family live the same old life when I go home. I have money but I dare not use it or spend it.
What's the point of having this money then?
So Lu Ran decided to stop pretending and come clean. He wanted to tell everyone in a high-profile way that Lu Changshu had an extraordinary son.
What's a car?
Later, Lu Ran also planned to build a villa for his parents in his hometown, and was also considering whether to contract the idle barren mountain in the village for his father to grow fruit.
Based on his understanding of his parents.
It's practically impossible to expect the elderly couple to simply lie in bed and enjoy life every day.
Because my parents are used to being busy, even if they have no worries about food and drink, they feel uncomfortable if they don't do something every day.
My father was one of the few college graduates in the village, majoring in cultivation and related fields. He resigned from his teaching position because he wanted to develop fruit sales channels in the village, encourage the collective to plant fruit trees, and lead the whole village to get rich.
These were my father's dreams, but back then no one had money. Even though many villagers believed in my father and each family contributed a sum of money, in the end, it was still far from enough.
The matter was thus dropped.
Although people's living standards gradually improved and each household accumulated some savings, the idea of growing fruit gradually lost its appeal as the internet developed and information spread.
Even the father himself had lost confidence.
I grow my own fruit and occasionally do odd jobs in the county town to support my family.
My father is actually very professional in planting, and he has a strong learning ability. He is willing to accept new things and is not the kind of rigid person.
Everyone else is desperately trying to hide the fact that their fruits and vegetables have been sprayed with pesticides.
My father, however, kept up with technological advancements and carefully studied new-era planting techniques. He never shied away from discussing things like spraying and using pesticides. He would grow the crops himself, test them first to make sure they were safe, and then sell them to others.
Now that I have the ability, why not help my father and fulfill his dream?
Moreover, Lu Ran's business plan already included projects that focused on agricultural economics.
Instead of looking for someone else, it would be better to let my father take the lead in this direction. Besides, my father is a knowledgeable professional, a talent that is hard to find even with money.
"Old Lu, you actually got the paperwork done? And the car wasn't rented after all!"
"Old Lu is really in for a treat now. I never thought you'd actually be driving a Range Rover before you turned fifty. Ah, if only I had such a capable son."
"Old Lu, Miss Wen, your Xiao Ran isn't married yet, and my daughter just got divorced. How about we arrange a marriage between our two families? Don't worry, no dowry required."
When Lu Ran drove his pickup truck home, he saw a group of old men and women gathered in his yard.
It's obvious without even thinking that they came because of the car.
The Range Rover holds a special allure for middle-aged men, a quality that Lu Ran finds unsurprising.
Lu Ran parked the car, got out, and greeted everyone present.
He talked to his uncle, who was about to introduce his second-marriage daughter to him, and mentioned that he had a girlfriend and they were about to get engaged.
After some polite exchanges.
Finally, all the onlookers were sent away.
The last two members of the Lu family, father and son, kept turning back to look at each other, their faces full of envy and jealousy.
Lu Jiacheng kept muttering things like, "It's nothing special, just average," but his father would always scold him for it.
There's no way around it; they're both people with sons, but the difference is just too big.
After everyone had left, Wen Youli then spoke to her husband and son about her concerns.
"Xiao Ran, do you think what we're doing is a bit inappropriate?"
Lu Ran laughed and said, "Mom, are you worried that others will come to borrow money?"
Wen Youli pursed her lips: "It's not that I'm worried, it's just that you young people think differently from our generation."
"You're young and not afraid of offending people, but your father and I have lived in this village for so many years. What if a relative or friend comes to us for help? If I don't help, I'll offend them."
"Even if we help, it won't work, because the money is earned by you, son. We can't use your money to maintain the friendship between our older generation."
"If this goes on and on, not to mention others, I'm afraid that you, son, will have a problem with us in the future."
Wen Youli's considerations can be described as far-sighted.
They not only considered conflicts between relatives and friends, but also potential unpleasantness among family members.
There are many examples in the village of families quarreling over money.
Lu Changshu thought for a moment and said, "Xiaoran, why don't you drive the car away after the New Year?"
"I told you that you lost money in business and sold the car."
"I'd be more than satisfied if I could drive a Range Rover for even a few days in my life."
Lu Ran smiled faintly and said, "Dad, Mom."
"Do you think I'm so stupid I wouldn't think of these questions?"
"As a villager, exposing your wealth does indeed lead to many interpersonal conflicts arising from money."
"So I had already thought of a solution."
Lu Changshu was taken aback: "What plan? It's just a matter of lending or not lending."
"Xiao Ran, don't try to save face by pretending to be something you're not. No matter what your plan is, once you start, you'll have to grit your teeth and keep going."
The son bought a Mercedes-Benz G-Class and a Range Rover, and also gave the family two million yuan.
Lu Changshu knew that his son must have made a lot of money.
It would have been fine if they hadn't bought him a car; he and his wife could have just pretended not to know. But now that their son has bought him a car, it will be much harder to keep it a secret from him.
Old Zhang's son in the village won a million-dollar lottery, but it caused a huge uproar. The whole family was so embroiled in a dispute over money that they couldn't even all sit at the table for the New Year. Lu Changshu didn't want such a thing to affect his family.