Inheritance of Rebirth

78. Consciousness

Yuan Cheng thought for a while, and looked at his mother seriously, "You are a teacher, why do you think we should receive education?"

"Huh?" Mom was obviously taken aback.

Yuan Cheng asked without waiting for her to speak, "Or, what do you think is the essence of education?"

"Original inheritance!"

My mother was obviously very patient, "Let's not talk about such nonsense! Why do you say we need to receive education? How can you gain a foothold in society without education? How can you survive? What's the use of talking about it if you can't even survive?"

"That's how I understand it," Yuan Cheng smiled, "Let's just think of it as teachers and students exchanging ideas. Don't you also do ideological work with the scumbags in the class?"

"……you say."

"I agree with the view that education can enable us to master knowledge, experience the joy of learning, and can bring us money status."

"However, its essence is to help us learn how to think, to give us control over how we see the world."

"It has a video called ThisisWater. I don't have it on my phone, so I'll give you a brief introduction."

My mother reluctantly responded, "...um."

"It begins with two small fish swimming together, and an old fish swims towards them. The old fish greets the little fish:" Good morning, children, how does the water taste? ", After finishing speaking, they swam away separately."

Yuan Cheng smiled, "But the two small fish continued to swim for a while, and finally one couldn't help asking, "Who is the water? ""

Mom has no expression, but listens carefully.

"Our life is "water", and I have also written "life is as plain as water" when I write essays."

Yuan Cheng smiled again, "This video mentioned some of the dilemmas of ordinary life: trivial, repetitive, boring, and a sense of worthlessness."

"It's about how to keep yourself in a conscious state all the time in your life, knowing 'this is water', ThisisWater."

Mom frowned and didn't speak.

"Actually, there are two states of life: conscious and unconscious. Conscious is to know what is important, and unconscious is the default setting, it is the struggle, it is the struggle, it is the animal instinct."

Mom frowned even tighter.

"I feel like I can feed myself now and know what's important to me, and that's enough."

"...Just selling haggis?" My mother raised her eyebrows, very contemptuously.

"Just sell haggis."

Under the pressure, Yuan felt impatient, "You may not agree with the lifestyle I choose, but it allows me to maintain peace of mind. No anxiety, and a happier life."

My mother snorted, "You are happy now, so what if you regret it in the future? Time waits for no one, can you go back to 17 years old and go back to school?"

"But if I go back to school, go to university, find a job, and go this way, I will not be happy now."

"you!"

My mother tried her best to suppress her anger, "You are making too much sense! You are short-sighted!"

Yuan Cheng laughed. My mother's patience is limited after all. He said softly, "Your expectation of me is to get into a good university and find a good job. You can save money for me without getting married."

Mom nodded.

Yuan Cheng smiled again, "If I get married, you will help me take care of the children in the future to reduce the pressure of my life."

These are all my mother used to talk about, and sure enough, my mother nodded again, her expression relaxed a lot.

"But do you know what my dad expects of me?"

Mom looked surprised, "What?"

"My dad said that his minimum requirement for me is to be able to support myself, and his greatest expectation for me is to be able to enjoy myself."

"your dad"

Yuan Cheng said softly, "My dad has no education, but that doesn't mean he has no education."

"Your ideal in life is to teach and educate people, and the world is full of peaches and plums. This ideal is great, and you have always done very well."

This was Yuan Cheng's first affirmation of her since elementary school. His mother didn't speak, but her expression was a little shaken.

"To be honest, good teachers with conscience and responsibility must be giving. They eat grass and milk. You just look at your income, which can't be compared with your working hours and effort. "

Mom's expression slowed down even more, thoughtful.

"You are also a top student, and it must be easier to be an ordinary white-collar and gold-collar worker than it is now."

Speaking of this, Yuan Cheng smiled, "Isn't that what my uncle is like? Back then, he scored more than 80 points lower than you in the college entrance examination, but what is his net worth now? The coordinates are still in Shenzhen."

In fact, my uncle is not as good as my mother in studies, but his emotional intelligence must be ten times and a hundred times higher than hers, of course, this cannot be mentioned.

Being understood in this way, my mother might be surprised, she stared at Yuan Cheng with a complicated expression.

"As for my dad, his ideal is to open the haggis shop passed down from his grandfather, make money to support the family, and let his wife and children live a good life."

Mom looked alert, and a little helpless.

Yuan Cheng smiled, "That's right. A man can help the world if he is rich, and he can be alone if he is poor. He is filial to my grandfather, runs a store with integrity, loves his wife and children, and makes us have no worries about food and clothing. This is an ideal life. "

Yuan Cheng sighed softly, "At least he kept saying in the end that he has nothing to regret in this life. With you and me, it's not a waste of work."

Mom's eye circles turned red all of a sudden.

Yuan Cheng was also sad, he said softly, "Mom, you are a teacher, don't you know the diversity of the world? Don't you know how to seek common ground while reserving differences? I do what I like, just like Dad, what's wrong with that?"

"you"

"My dad used to say that for a lifetime, one is at ease when one's heart is at ease. Isn't what one seeks in one's life to be at ease?"

"Original Cheng,"

"That's what I wanted to tell you that day."

Yuan Cheng sat up straight and said seriously, "Mom, today I will tell you again seriously: First, I have the life I want, and I will live it well."

He looked directly into his mother's eyes, "Second, I don't need you to save money for me, buy me a house, and bring up children when I get married. I don't need any of these."

Yuan Cheng paused, and said very seriously, "I hope you can find another suitable person, whether you get married, have another child, or fall in love without getting married, I will support you unconditionally."

"you!"

Mom was obviously not used to such a turning point, and was a little angry, after all, Dad had only been away for a few months.

"I'm serious, that's what my dad meant too."

"I,"

Mom's tensed shoulders slumped.

"Whose life is not life? I don't need you to sacrifice for me, and I don't need anyone to sacrifice for me."

Yuan Cheng's voice became sharp, "That won't make me happy, it will only make me stressed and embarrassing."

"I," my mother was dumbfounded by such decisive words.

"My life is conscious of myself."