Chapter 1547: Saying the Opposite of What One Feels

When Sheng Hanyu saw the food on the table, his eyes lit up: "This is the recipe Zichen made for me, right? You must have told him; you just can't keep your mouth shut!"

Although the words were a complaint, he ate with much more relish than in the previous few days.

A classic case of saying the opposite of what one feels.

"How do you know the recipe was made by Zichen? I could have said I made it."

"It couldn't be you; you don't have that ability."

"Now you admit it's an ability?"

Sheng Hanyu:...

He had been checkmated by his wife!

So he changed the subject: "Eat. One should not speak while eating or sleeping."

"Get lost. When did our family ever have a rule about not speaking while eating or sleeping? Don't try to put on airs as the head of the house in front of me; it doesn't work. I'm a head of the house too."

Sheng Hanyu was speechless once again.

There was no helping it; both at home and abroad, there was only one person he couldn't handle, and that person was his wife.

His wife had him completely under her thumb; he hadn't established a firm foundation since he was young.

Shi Youxuan did not forget the previous topic and continued to ask: "Speak clearly, how did you know just by looking at the food that it was a recipe made by Zichen?"

"A tiger father has no dog for a son. Besides my son, who else would have this capability?"

"Now you know it's your son. Back when he liked cooking, you didn't hold back on discouraging him and throwing away his recipes."

"Why are you specifically digging up old dirt?"

"Did I say something wrong?"

"You didn't, that's exactly why I don't want you to say it."

Shi Youxuan:...

For the first time in many days, Sheng Hanyu ate a full meal—a meal with flavor and substance.

Shi Youxuan took the opportunity to say to him: "Zichen wants to change his major; let me tell you."

Actually, it wasn't Zichen who asked her to pass the message, but rather he had discussed it with his mother. However, Shi Youxuan had never attended university, so she didn't know whether changing majors was good or bad.

Such matters still needed to be discussed with her husband. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses; playing to one's strengths and avoiding weaknesses is not only an effective self-awareness but can also yield the most correct answer to the greatest extent.

"Change his major? Where does he want to transfer to?"

"He wants to study Food Safety."

"Fine, I know. I'll call him."

Zichen was his son. Although the time the father and son spent talking and interacting was not as long as the time Shi Youxuan spent with Zichen, he also knew what his son was thinking.

Sheng Hanyu called Zichen, skipping the small talk and getting straight to the point: "I heard you want to change your major and study Food Safety. Is it because it relates to what you want to do in the future?"

"Yes, Dad, that's what I'm thinking."

Sheng Hanyu said: "No need to change. Changing to that is useless. Only those doing scientific research find it useful. If you want to do something bigger and build a scale, don't change your major."

"Business Administration is to teach you how to manage people. To become a scale, this skill is indispensable. You don't need to be a jack-of-all-trades. A truly capable person is one who cultivates various talents to be used by them, rather than doing everything themselves."

"Small-scale farming mentality is about self-sufficiency, but a wise person borrows strength to act..."

Sheng Hanyu did not hold back, imparting some of his own insights and experiences to his son.

In the past, it wasn't that he didn't want to talk about these things with Zichen, but the Zichen of the past wouldn't listen and wasn't interested!

Now he could listen, and the relationship between father and son had become much more harmonious over the last two years.

Like now, chatting calmly and peacefully—Shi Youxuan wouldn't have even dared to imagine this in the past, but now it had become reality.

She quietly closed the door so as not to disturb their father-son exchange.

This time, Sheng Hanyu chatted with his son via video for two hours!

He even suggested that his son could open a small restaurant while studying, combining theory with practice without delaying either.

The relationship between father and son had never been this harmonious.

After Zichen hung up the phone, he still felt like he was dreaming. He pinched himself hard—it hurt!

Since it hurt, it wasn't a dream, and a huge sense of happiness welled up.

It seemed that from childhood to adulthood, his father had rarely been this pleasant to him. He always had a dark face, disdaining his hobbies. Today, he had actually offered advice for his hobby; it seemed he had truly accepted him.

Sheng Hanyu was a man of action; construction on the Sheng Family's house in Chen Family Village soon began.

The house was not far from Gu Zhihao's home, just a five or six-minute walk, with mountains behind and water in front—the scenery was excellent.

Once the location was chosen and the plot of land purchased, they picked an auspicious day and broke ground amidst much bustle and excitement.

Gu Zhihao took it very seriously; he ran around helping out, and whatever was needed, he took from his own home.

But after seeing the blueprints, he didn't understand and quietly asked his wife.

"What do you think your brother-in-law and the others are thinking? With so much money, what kind of luxurious house couldn't they build? They could even plate the exterior walls with gold, no problem. Why did he only pave one exterior wall with bricks, while the back and sides are just cement walls? Is it necessary? How stingy!"

A house is the face of a rural person and their most valued asset.

Many people work hard and suffer outside, unwilling to eat or dress well, just to save money to build a house back in their hometown.

The house must be built beautifully; even if there is no money left for interior decoration, the outside must be covered in beautiful exterior tiles, making it shine with gold.

Gu Zhihao was used to such people, so naturally, he didn't understand Sheng Hanyu's approach.

Shi Yuke laughed at him: "You don't understand this, do you? Wealth should not be flaunted. Rich people are as low-key as possible and don't want to be flashy. The richer they are, the more this is true."

"Mother-in-law isn't like that."

Shi Yuke:...

Really, he just had to bring up the one thing that shouldn't be mentioned.

Why bring up Ji Yingjie for no reason?

She gets a headache whenever she thinks of that woman.

"Don't mention that woman in front of me; can't you learn a lesson?"

Gu Zhihao put on a fawning smile and apologized: "I'm sorry, wifey, it's my fault, it's all my fault. Please don't be angry; I definitely won't do it again next time."

She wasn't truly angry; it would be fine as long as her husband didn't bring it up.

"You didn't tell anyone else that this is a house belonging to the Sheng Family, did you?"

"No, didn't you tell me not to? So I didn't say anything."

"Good, don't let it slip, so as not to cause trouble for their family!"

"I know."

Interpersonal relationships in a village are quite different from those in a city.

The villagers are simple and honest; if any family has an issue, everyone will step up to help—this is a merit.

The merits are obvious, but the drawbacks are equally prominent!

There are always some people who cannot stand to see others doing well; they are jealous of those around them who live in prosperity, and upon seeing others doing well, they will act maliciously, trying every possible way to drag everyone down to the same level.

They don't want to work hard themselves, they only want to drag down those who do.

Of course, that is not to say that such people don't exist in the city!

Neighbors in the city interact less; everyone is busy with their own affairs and sometimes has no time to meddle in others' business.

But it is different in the village.

In the village, if any family has any major or minor Xiao Qing, everyone knows about every little stir.

If the villagers found out that her brother-in-law's family was exceptionally wealthy, it would be inevitable that short-sighted people would come over to borrow money, sponge off them, or even steal things; any situation could happen.