Chapter 602: The Difficult Middle Age

There are still many difficulties for people in middle age.

For example, divorce, unemployment, and children's poor academic performance.

Of course, all of this is inseparable from the illness of parents.

It can be said that at this age, everything needs money, and nothing can be maintained without money.

Chen Pingsheng booked a top restaurant to hold a class reunion. Because of his academic qualifications, his classmates only went to junior high school.

There is no experience of high school or college.

Many of his former classmates dropped out of junior high school. Some of them went to factories, and some learned a skill.

For example, auto repair, cooking, hairdressing, etc.

Regardless of whether they had a good relationship before, everyone came.

He rarely appeared in Shacheng, but his reputation was huge.

One time he appeared because of his grandmother, and the commotion was huge.

Another time was to stand up for his eldest sister's daughter Xiao Le, who knelt at the door of his villa for three days.

The school bully's daughter was also sent in by her father in person, and Shacheng talked about it with relish.

It can be said that his reputation in Shacheng is entirely due to these two things.

That's why most of them came when he called for a class reunion.

Chang Fu attended alone, while Chen Pingsheng came with Da Pi Wa and Er Pi Ya.

Most of them of their age have children, and those who used to have a good relationship with them are rarely unmarried.

At the table, there were some big dishes.

Many people knew each other because they were all in Shacheng.

So everyone chatted quite well.

For example, Zhang Wei, who used to follow them around, opened two barbershops in Shacheng.

He was divorced once, and the second marriage was with the receptionist in his own shop.

She was seven or eight years younger than him and was pretty.

This guy studied hairdressing after graduating from junior high school, and he has achieved some success in the past twenty years.

He is a typical person who is not as good as the rich but better than the poor, and can earn 300,000 or 400,000 yuan a year.

This kind of income is definitely nothing in Shanghai, but in Shacheng, buying a small villa is not too stressful.

Naturally, he can find a young and beautiful concubine.

There was also the one with the best grades in the class, who always ranked in the top three in the school.

He went from junior high school to high school and then went to a pretty good university.

After graduation, he worked diligently in an ordinary company for more than ten years.

Now he is still relatively stable, with a house and a car, and a monthly income of 120,000 to 130,000 yuan.

For people like him, it is not true that studying is useful, because as long as you learn any technology and work hard and don't run around, you can make at least more than 10,000 yuan in one place for more than ten years.

This is still the most ordinary one.

Compared with him, another girl in the class also relies on grades, not as good as him, and the university she went to is also average.

But now she is much better than him.

This girl was assigned to a very good public junior high school in Shacheng as a teacher right after graduation.

It's not because of how capable she is, but because her father is the village party secretary.

The only person with a formal staff in a village.

Don't underestimate the village party secretary. Although the level is not high, he is the lowest level person in the system.

But the power is not ordinary.

Those who understand will understand. Being arranged to go to a better public junior high school in Shacheng not only means income, but also means a different circle.

You work in those small enterprises, while they stay in the company.

When you meet her in public, you have to look up to her.

This is the power of the village party secretary. This female classmate is very low-key and usually does not drive a very good car in public.

Just a Honda Accord.

But her daughter has been studying in the best schools since she was a child. The tuition and various expenses in a year are spent.

It is impossible to do it without 200,000 or 300,000 yuan.

The husband she found is also the junior high school teacher. The couple is just low-key.

You want to compare who is richer 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 the income that others cannot see. They will never tell outsiders, let alone show off.

That's really stupid.

Except for being low-key in front of Chen Pingsheng, the two of them are polite on the surface when they meet other classmates.

It still can't block the class gap in their hearts.

Those who understand know that people like them simply look down on you for making hundreds of thousands a year in a barber shop, or how much money you make a year as a chef.

It is normal for people with a regular job to be a little arrogant.

However, these two are really low-key. Except that they usually don't use their resources to help their classmates, they are still easy to get along with in private.

In addition, there are some divorced classmates who say that their wives are materialistic and can't live a hard life.

In fact, they are still the same after one, two, and ten years.

The biggest despair is to see no hope.

Times have changed, and after these people's wives have seen a bigger world, of course they can only divorce.

There are some other reasons that are not their own.

It can only be said that there are all kinds of people in a small class reunion, and everyone is experiencing their own mediocrity.

Of course, some people here simply want to borrow money from him.

Some people have reached this age, and face and dignity are no longer needed.

In their eyes, Chen Pingsheng is not something you can see if you want to. If you leave this place today, even if you go to Shanghai or Jinshan.

You tell them that I want to see your boss, I am his classmate.

This could never reach the president's office, let alone Chen Pingsheng.

Because his schedule has been arranged, it is impossible for him to jump the queue just because you come.

So many people speak directly, saying that their parents have an incurable disease, and that their daughter is sick.

They look embarrassed, but in fact they just want to borrow money.

This kind of money is borrowed without any intention of paying it back.

Chen Pingsheng just listened to them making a lot of excuses idly, and he agreed to it no matter who came to him.

It doesn't make much difference whether you ask for one million or ten million, because everyone can only take 200,000 at most.

This is his equal treatment.

Those who didn't borrow money will despise those who borrow money.

Those who borrow money will ridicule those who didn't ask.

Why pretend? Everyone came to this class reunion just to curry favor with him, Chen Pingsheng.

He is doing so well today, isn't this class reunion also for showing off?

If he really thinks everyone is classmates or the same relationship as before, why didn't he contact them normally?

Isn't it to let everyone see how well he is doing 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 like it or not, you will find that you can never go back to the past with those people in the past.

Because they will feel inferior and lost around you.

And feel the ruthless show-off.

Even if you don't say a word, it's the same.

But they will instinctively want to get close to you and want to make some money from you.

For example, various reasons to borrow money.

This is what people do when they reach middle age. Loss, inferiority, and unsatisfactory life will pay for your indulgence in youth.

Because six or seven people came to borrow money in a row, Erpi Ya was angry.

She is not a little girl without temper. She really says whatever she wants to say.

No one present can let her accommodate.

Her words made these people who borrowed money extremely embarrassed.

"Why are you all like beggars?"

The classmates came in anticipation and left in not being disappointed.

Of course, some still got the opportunity to go to his private villa.

For example, the female classmate who is a teacher, and Zhang Wei who runs a barber shop, and several other classmates who would not ask for money.

They all have one thing in common, they worked hard when they were young.

It’s not too good now, but it’s definitely not too bad.

As long as you don’t think about making a fortune, it will be enough for your life.

Erpi Ya made many people feel ashamed with just one sentence.

Of course, she didn’t just say it, regardless of whether these messy reasons were true or false.

If she was in Shanghai, she would hear that you were her father’s classmate and couldn’t afford the medical expenses for her mother or daughter.

She would let you see what a second princess of a wealthy family is like if she raised her hand.

Five million in front of you, how much can you take with your two hands?

The premise is that you can only take it with your hands.

Erpi Ya has almost all the characteristics of a little princess of a wealthy family, which is the absolute superiority brought by her original family.

It will not change just because you take her to work for a month or two, just like the elegance of the older generation in Shanghai.

Even if they have no money, they will dress themselves up absolutely exquisitely with their old clothes.

That is the elegance engraved in their bones, and it is also something that distinguishes them from the ordinary people.

They don't allow themselves to lose their elegance, even if they live in a small house.

Erpi Ya is like this, she has a strong sense of superiority since the day she was born.

No matter how much she makes trouble, if you ordinary people dare to point fingers at her.

She can teach you to be a new person and know yourself with just one sentence.

This is a common characteristic of children in their circle, and there are very few like Chen Anan.

She can always keep her original intention and get along well with those ordinary classmates.

No matter how much Chen Pingsheng thinks that Erpi Ya has shortcomings, it can't be changed.

Because this is everything her high-quality life has given her.

Just think about it from another angle. She is a six-year-old girl who can easily spend millions of dollars.

You are a worker who works hard every day for mortgages and thousands of wages.

No matter how much you know, you can't make the truth sound like a fairy.

She can knock you to the ground and doubt your life with just one sentence.

Have you paid off your mortgage?

Just this sentence, do you still want to reason with her?

This is a fool. She will not listen to anyone except her father's reason.

Because you are so far from her.

And people in their class will not reason.

Reason seems to be the most useful and reasonable thing in this world.

But it is actually useless.

For example, you help an old lady cross the road, you are doing a good deed, but someone falsely accuses you of hitting her. Your family is ordinary and can't afford to help her.

She is a fool who helps the old lady, why don't you sue her for hitting her?

She can make your whole family doubt life for eight lifetimes.

She can make your ancestors lose their jobs for this decision, and no big company dares to hire your family.

Is this reasonable?

No, this is just the sphere of influence of her family.

So, rather than saying that she doesn't listen to reason, it is better to say that she will not believe in what the weak say.

You are much stronger than her, so you have the qualifications to teach her.

Otherwise, she will easily teach you to be an honest person.

Even Chen Pingsheng himself couldn't say anything about Erpi Ya's point.

Because she only believed in what the strong said.

In their circle, the real strong are above reason.

As long as they don't take the initiative to bully the weak, they are already good people!

What else do you want to expect?

Erpi Ya seems to be fooling around, but in fact, she has her own way.

In her words, that is, I do whatever I want.