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(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
During the May Day holiday, I had already agreed with my wife and daughter to take them out for a visit, because I am usually very busy with work and have almost no holidays, so we cherish this hard-won opportunity.
It just so happened that my college classmate sent me a message saying that I couldn't attend when he got married, and I could take this opportunity to go to their place for a few days.
Thinking that Qiang Dong and I hadn't seen each other for many years, it just so happened that my wife had said several times that she wanted to go to that city to see the sea, which could not only satisfy my wife's wish to see the sea, but also allow me to get together with my old friends, so I agreed.
After the agreement, I told my wife about it, and we happily made plans, but forgot the most important thing, which was to book a hotel.
It wasn't until my wife was about to pack up and ask me which hotel I had booked that I realized that I had forgotten such an important thing.
I quickly took out my mobile phone and prepared to settle the hotel, but found that the hotels in the vicinity were already full, and even some small hotels and folk customs around were overcrowded, and there were no extra rooms at all.
After telling my wife about this, I was not surprised to receive a criticism, and my wife and daughter did not look good, as if they were blaming me for not paying attention to things.
I said to my wife, don't be so depressed, in case someone unsubscribes to the room just by us to wait for it, my wife gave me a roll of the eye and said, you really haven't traveled for a long time, I don't know the current market, many people have booked a hotel a month and a half in advance, who can be like you, two days before leaving to remember to book ah!
I still think that people can unsubscribe, I think you are simply a pipe dream, even if there is, then it will not be your turn to be a horse!
After counting me down, at the end, my wife said again, don't forget to tell the people Qiangdong, we can't go, tell people not to wait for us.
If it weren't for my wife reminding me, I wouldn't have forgotten about it, so I quickly called Qiangdong, ready to apologize to him in person, and it seemed sincere.
After talking about the general situation with Qiangdong, who knew that he didn't have the slightest regret, but laughed out loud, and laughed for a while before telling me, or call you a fool, you forgot that I am a local, you and your younger siblings and nieces live in my house, what kind of hotel do you book!
Although we have been good friends for so many years, after all, we haven't seen each other for so many years, and I don't think it's good to live in someone's house as soon as we first meet, so I still refuse Qiangdong's kindness.
Who would have thought, Qiang Dong was still not happy to get up, and quarreled with me on the phone, saying Xiaofeng, you are too much to see me, who is with whom in our family, so it is decided, your family of three will come on time, and you will live in my house when the time comes, not to mention, your sister-in-law called me something, I hung up.
Without waiting for me to reply, Qiang Dong hung up the phone, and after putting down the phone, I told my wife about it, and my wife had the same idea as me, and felt that it was not suitable to live in someone's house.
But Qiangdong's attitude is also very tough, so I can't refuse, and in the end, my wife said, since Qiangdong has spoken, let's not save people's face, and then let's bring some gifts to others, and then give him some money.
After getting off work on April 30, my wife and I bought some local specialties and some toys for Qiangdong's children.
On May 1st, we got up early in the morning and drove away while there was no traffic jam, Qiangdong is still a little far away from us, and it took more than four hours to drive.
Qiang Dong and his wife were already waiting at the door to greet us, as soon as I got out of the car, Qiang Dong gave me a big hug, put his arms around my neck and said, Xiaofeng, we finally meet again!
Looking at Qiang Dong's "bold" attitude, my sister-in-law smiled and said, don't be surprised, brother and sister, Dongzi has been looking forward to you coming for a long time, and he talks to me at home every day, and I am a little excited to meet you this time.
I took out the gift from the trunk and handed it to Qiang Dong and my sister-in-law, after Qiang Dong took it, he pretended to be angry and said to me, Xiaofeng, you can see the outside, come here, why do you still bring gifts, next time you won't allow it!
My sister-in-law looked at the gift box in her hand and said to us, yes, yes, don't buy it next time, we can also buy these here, so you don't have to carry it all the way over.
My wife and I were stunned for a moment when we heard this, and then said with a smile, these are all our specialties there, thinking that you have not tasted it, so I brought it to you, but I didn't expect that you can all buy it!
Qiang Dong also stood up and said, don't pay attention to your sister-in-law, your sister-in-law is just straight-mouthed, this mouth doesn't know how many people have offended, don't be like her, let's go into the house, don't bask here.
After putting everything away, my wife poked my arm and said take out the red envelope for the child.
I just remembered that I also prepared red envelopes for Qiangdong's two children, and the children were not at home, so the couple would collect them for the children.
When I handed the two red envelopes to Qiangdong, Qiangdong was polite to me and didn't want to accept them, but my sister-in-law was a cheerful person, so she took the red envelopes and stuffed them in her pocket.
smiled and told us, you see you are coming, and you are preparing gifts and giving red envelopes to children, which makes us so embarrassed!
The wife stood up and said, sister-in-law, you can take it, we will bother you the first time we come, this is what we should do, you don't have to be polite to us.
Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Qiang Dong asked me, Xiaofeng, do you have anything you want to eat here, your sister-in-law and I will take you to eat, do you want to experience the special cuisine here?
I said okay, they all said that the specialties here are delicious, and if you don't eat it, it's equivalent to coming in vain, then let's go out to eat at noon, I'll treat you, don't be polite to me, it's so troublesome for you, you have to let ......
Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by my sister-in-law's voice, she came out of the bedroom and said to us, what do you do when you go out to eat, I can't just do it for you, what can I do in the restaurant?
Wait a while, I'll go out and buy some food, make it at home for you, don't go out to eat, and save money, where is the money saved, you say no!
My sister-in-law said so, and we can't insist on saying that we go out to eat, so we can only say haha, then it will trouble my sister-in-law, I didn't expect to be able to taste your craftsmanship as soon as I came, and we are really lucky!
After a simple politeness, my sister-in-law went out to buy groceries, Qiang Dong and I reminisced about the past of college in the living room, and my wife took our daughter to play in the playground downstairs.
The wife and sister-in-law came back with the front and back feet, and the wife came back earlier, I don't know if the daughter made her angry again, and her face was not very good when she came back.
After my sister-in-law came back from shopping, I went into the kitchen, and we were embarrassed to let my sister-in-law work alone, so we all washed our hands and went in to help.
After my wife and I helped fry two dishes, my sister-in-law kicked them out, saying how could we ask the guests to help, and told us to rest and wait outside.
This break lasted for more than an hour, and it was almost two o'clock before we had our first meal of the day, and if I hadn't eaten some snacks in the morning, I'm afraid I would have been hungry.
When I ate it, I don't know if it was because Qiangdong and the two of them usually had such a heavy taste, or for other reasons, except for the two dishes fried by my wife and me, the others were salty and difficult to eat.
But my sister-in-law still asked us if it was delicious, and we could only eat hard, and in the end we didn't eat much, but the water was drunk cup after cup.
After a tiring day, my wife and I didn't go out to play in the afternoon, and my daughter fell asleep after eating, so we couldn't leave her alone at home to go out to play, so we simply rested at home for half a day.
I was sitting in the living room with Qiang Dong, he took out a game of chess out of nowhere, and said to me, Xiaofeng, we are competing, when you were in college, you always beat me, now let's see if my skills have improved.
At about six o'clock, my sister-in-law called Qiangdong over, saying that the back pain had recurred again, and she couldn't cook for us, so she told us to go out to eat.
My wife and I felt that it would be bad for a group of us to go out to eat if we left my sister-in-law alone at home, so we discussed with Qiang Dong that we could simply cook something to eat at home.
In the end, the three of us made noodles for dinner, not because we didn't want to make anything else, but I really didn't know where the spices in his house were.
After eating, my wife and I didn't disturb my sister-in-law's rest, washed up briefly, and went back to the room.
When I got back to my room, my wife called me over and told me that she felt that my sister-in-law didn't welcome us and even hated us a little.
I think it's because my wife is too sensitive, so I explained that my sister-in-law is just straight, not that she hates us.
My wife didn't listen to me, looked at the door of the bedroom, and whispered to me that when she took Duoduo (daughter) out to play at noon today, she heard the conversation between her sister-in-law and the neighbors in the community.
The sister-in-law said that Dongzi's classmates were here, and they had to buy some food to entertain them, and complained to that person that they were not classmates with good relations, so they had to come to live at home, and I had to cook and greet them.
As he spoke, he took out the two red envelopes we gave in the morning in his pocket and said that there were only 600 yuan in this red envelope, and I was embarrassed to take it.
Then, the wife didn't continue to listen and came back with her daughter, which is why the wife looked bad when she came back.
Listening to my wife talk about what happened today, I thought about today's meal and dinner again, and I felt more and more that my sister-in-law was a little unwelcoming of us.
My wife told me, let's take the children tomorrow, you put down 3,000 yuan for Qiangdong, it will be regarded as his hospitality to us, and we will pay for our hard work.
I listened to my wife's advice, and by 11 or 2 o'clock in the evening, I had put the red envelope containing 3,000 yuan into the chess box on the coffee table.
My wife asked me why I didn't give it in person, and I said that I would definitely be embarrassed to accept it if I gave it to Qiangdong in person, and I would think that we would look down on him.
The next day, I got up early in the morning, packed my luggage, said hello to Qiangdong, and left quickly.
Before leaving, I told Qiang Dong to look at the coffee table and pay attention to the chess box on the coffee table.
On the way back, I received a call from Qiang Dong, he said, Xiaofeng, you see you put down another 3,000 yuan for me, you have only lived for a day, and you are about to give Xiao 5,000 inside and out, how embarrassing is this!
I said to Qiangdong, you can take it, this is what my brother and sister and I mean, we have already bothered you very much, if you don't accept this money, our brothers will not be able to do it.
In the end, Qiang Dong finally accepted the money, and he told me that when we come next time, we must stay for two days, so that he can also fulfill the friendship of the landlord.
After hanging up the phone, my wife told me that I would never go again in the future, I spent more than the normal hotel, and it was not good, so I would like to book a hotel in the future, and don't look for any acquaintances, there is no need.
In fact, it is not a bad thing to get together with old classmates, but after all, after so many years, we don't see each other often, and we don't know what our former classmates have become.
Besides, now that we have our own families, it's really not good to bother again, and I also realized my mistakes from it, and it is important to meet old classmates, but it is also necessary to grasp the degree, grasp the sense of boundaries, and don't make people feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, I would like to advise you here, whether you are out to play or have something to do, if you can stay in a hotel, try not to stay at the house of classmates, friends or relatives, so as not to cause trouble to both parties, and you can be more comfortable.
(The story comes from life, but it is higher than life, this article aims to remind young users to correctly handle the relationship between friends and face life with peace and joy through fictional plots)