Most of my relatives have settled in the county seat, some are in the urban area, some of them are in business, and some are "big officials".
For more than ten years, they have dragged dozens of people with their families, gathered at my house every year, ate and drank for nothing, and felt that it was a great "gift" to my family! This year I refused!
My parents are in their hometown in the countryside, they grow hundreds of acres of corn every year, and they also have an income of more than 100,000 yuan a year.
Father is the eldest in our family. Because of this, if there is anything important in the family or in the village, I have to consult with my father.
What my father said also has a certain weight, and everyone will give a few "thin noodles".
It was only later, as my father grew older, the young people in my family who were of the same generation were admitted to university one after another, some had formal and stable jobs, and some made money in business.
As for me, after graduating from junior college, I didn't have much development, I did a small business on my own, and I entered the system as a temporary worker.
The status of our family has declined, but the "good tradition" of relatives gathering at my house every Spring Festival has been preserved.
My father once said that there are many ways for one more relative and friend, but for so many years, my relatives have never helped me in my work arrangement.
I'm a temporary worker, and I don't fantasize about "turning into a regular worker", so I'm satisfied if I can find a better unit. Among them, there are the main department and the deputy department, all of whom are leaders of real power units, and they refuse outright.
Every year around the Spring Festival, there are leaders in the city and county, there are main sections, deputy departments, and section members. Those who do business have an annual income of several million, and there are also hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
They said that it was very boring to celebrate the New Year in the city, and there was not even a place to set off firecrackers, let alone a place to pay New Year's greetings. When it comes to the Spring Festival, in addition to eating, I just watch TV, which is very boring.
At the end of the year, just a few days after the Chinese New Year, everyone can relax, or in the hometown of the village, the whole clan can get together, the children are usually in various cities, usually very busy, it is rare to see each other.
Such a family dinner, the New Year is just a lively and reunion, and there is a taste of the New Year. It's a great way to save money at home, it's convenient, and it's also a place to chat.
My house has 6 large tiled houses, air conditioning, refrigerator, heating, range hood, bed, rotary table, etc., some of the buildings in the city are available in my house, and those that are not in the city are also available in my family.
So, my house is the ideal meeting place.
Every year, my parents had to cook seven or eight tables. I really feel sorry for my parents, not only do I have to cook for them.
These relatives don't contact each other once a year, not even a **. I won't help when I encounter something, and I dragged my family to my house for dinner during the Spring Festival, and I was very picky about eating. One is that my parents are old and lack physical strength and energy.
The second is that my relatives treat my house as a free hotel, and they eat for nothing and live for nothing.
The third is that they don't know how to be grateful. In the world they know, they are all city people, they are all people with status, and eating at our house is to give us face.
Fourth, I just want to reciprocate and never pay. They spend more than 800 yuan per table, not counting tobacco and alcohol. They just symbolically brought a carton of drinks, two cartons of milk, etc.
These things are very commonplace, and they can be bought in the shops in our village. Some of the things they take are almost expired.
Fifth, it costs too much. Taking a Chinese meal as an example, a table is calculated at 800 yuan, and 8 tables are 6400 yuan. In two days, my family had to spend at least 10,000 yuan, not counting water, electricity, gas, tobacco and alcohol.
Sixth, the income is too small. There are 6 relatives in total, each family has five or six people in tow, and each family only has one representative, only 200 yuan for my parents and 500 yuan for my children, a total of only 1,700 yuan.
However, my parents and I still have to give more than 10 children, each child 200 yuan of New Year's money, and once we go, we "lose" nearly 1,000 yuan.
Our family is often in much better shape than the average family, and the key problem is that they think that if they don't eat it, they won't eat it for nothing. These junior children, who have never tasted of kinship, never know gratitude, treat us as strangers.
This year, my father said in the group that this year's New Year, relatives will not all come to visit relatives. There are more and more people, I can't sit at home, and I am not in good health this year, so I can't cook so many tables.
The relatives immediately blew up and wanted to come to my house for a party. They said that if even such a family dinner was canceled, there would be no point in celebrating the New Year, and there would be no taste of the New Year at home.
And so on and so forth. When they were almost done, I said that it was okay to have a party, whoever wanted to eat anything could buy it themselves, and I was responsible for doing it, and everyone had to take a hand, and we couldn't just eat and dry, our family was too busy.
Then, the group stopped talking! Quiet!
To be honest, our family is not the kind of person who is stingy, and everyone who is not afraid of eating and drinking.
My parents have worked hard for a year, and I am so tired, and I can't stand it anymore when the same people come like this every year.
If it were you, how would you feel? I don't know what everyone thinks of this way of celebrating the New Year? I don't know what everyone thinks of this way of celebrating the New Year?
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