Chapter 1499 1501 [Harmonious Neighborhood Relations]
Because Zhenghuan''s family is relatively wealthy, the phone is already a cordless phone. In comparison, the phones in Shanyu''s and Deshan''s homes are still old dial phones.
"Didn''t you agree not to come back for dinner?" Luo Meilan shouted loudly after picking up the phone.
Xiang Nan knew that the call came from his father, Jin Chengjun. He originally agreed to eat out today, but now he called back and said he wanted to go home to eat.
This disrupted Luo Meilan''s arrangements and made her naturally angry. Luo Meilan is nicknamed Ms. Leopard not only because she likes to wear leopard print clothes, but also because she has a hot temper and is as smart as a leopard.
After losing his temper, Luo Meilan''s tone softened, "Okay, I understand, come back soon."
After hanging up the phone, she poured the tofu soup back into the pot, preparing to reheat it and wait for her husband to come back. Then she discovered that not only was the gas tank out of gas, but the stewed rice was also gone.
Because she knew that her husband would not come home for dinner, she cooked food for three people, but now it is naturally not enough.
"Zheng Huan, go downstairs and ask for a bowl of rice." Luo Meilan greeted, then used a large bowl to fill a bowl of tofu soup for Xiang Nan, "Send this over by the way."
“Okay.” Xiang Nan nodded, picked up the tofu soup and came downstairs.
The downstairs of their home is the Cheng De Shan Family.
Sung Dong-il, Deshan''s father, guaranteed a loan for a friend. After the friend took the money and ran away, the bank pursued the debt from the guarantor. As a result, Cheng''s family''s financial situation plummeted and they were forced to move to the basement of Kim Jong-hwan''s house.
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When Xiang Nan came downstairs, he saw Cheng Deshan bending over and washing lettuce in front of the water pipe.
??If it were Kim Jong-hwan, he would definitely take the opportunity to play some pranks. This is also his way of showing his affection. Just like in middle school, boys deliberately pulled girls’ pigtails.
?But Xiang Nan is much more mature than Kim Zhenghuan, so he won''t play such boring tricks.
“Auntie~” he shouted loudly.
“Zhenghuan is here, what’s going on?” Deshan’s mother Yihua came out to greet him.
“Mom asked me to bring you some tofu soup.” Xiang Nan said with a smile, “I’d like to have another bowl of rice by the way.”
"Wow, it must be delicious." Ichika said after taking it, and then took a bowl with rice, "Your father originally said he would come home later, but it seems he will go home early."
Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.
He knew that Li Yihua, Luo Meilan, and Sunwoo''s mother Jin Sunying were sisters from Ssangmundong. They sat on the bed in front of their house and worked every day, chatting and gossiping while working, so there were no secrets in the entire alley. , can be called South Korea’s Little Foot Detective Team.
??Li Yihua handed the filled rice to Xiang Nan, and then said, "Zheng Huan, take some more radish kimchi back." As he said that, he filled another large bowl of radish kimchi.
"Okay, thank you." Xiang Nan thanked her, returned home with rice and kimchi, and said to Luo Meilan, "Auntie said, these kimchi are for us to eat."
“Wow, it must be delicious.” Luo Meilan praised, and then filled up another bowl of chili fried pork, “Zhenghuan, please send it downstairs.”
Xiang Nan nodded and was about to leave when Shanyu opened the door and walked in, "Auntie, my mother asked me to bring you some curry to try~"
Xiang Nan looked at him and smiled at each other.
??It has become a tradition in Phoenix Hall for each household to send food to each other. In fact, this phenomenon is relatively common in family buildings in rural and urban areas of China. Every household that makes delicious food will invite their neighbors to taste it. For example, the rural areas of Northeast China still have the habit of killing pigs for the New Year. Every household kills pigs during the Chinese New Year. Every time a pig is killed, fellow villagers are invited to eat the pig-killing vegetables.
So in the next half hour, Xiang Nan, Deshan, Shanyu, and Donglong were busy delivering food everywhere.
Xiang Nan’s family gave fried pork with chili, Deshan’s family gave lettuce, Donglong’s family gave seaweed, and Shanyu’s family gave curry... From the dishes given, we can also see the family background of Xiang Nan’s family. is the best.
?Only Cui Ze doesn’t have to deliver food from house to house, because Cui Ze’s father doesn’t know how to cook, so he can’t do it even if he wants to. However, the neighbors still delivered food to his family and took good care of their father and son.
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After the food was delivered, I waited for another half an hour before I heard the door open.
“Dad is back.” Luo Meilan knew it as soon as she heard the news.
Jin Zhengfeng and Xiang Nan immediately stood up and greeted, "Dad, you are back~"
South Korea has been greatly influenced by China since ancient times. In particular, the Confucian culture has a very strong hierarchical concept of monarch, minister, father and son, superior and inferior, and order of elder and younger. When younger generations see their elders, they must not only bow and salute, but also use honorifics when speaking.
?In Xiang Nan’s view, the Confucian culture of South Korea is not authentic at all and has long been alienated.
Because China''s Confucian culture also pays attention to respect, hierarchy, etiquette, and filial piety, the key to a person''s achievements and whether he will gain the respect of others is his own ability, not his status.
?For example, for the position of emperor, there has been a dispute between the eldest son and the virtuous man for a long time. It is not necessarily that the eldest son can succeed. Moreover, Confucianism does not advocate unconditional obedience to the monarch, elders, and predecessors.
"Mencius" states, "If the ruler has serious faults, he will remonstrate. If he repeatedly refuses to listen, he will change his position." A minister is not a minister, a father is not a father, a son is not a son."
South Korea requires the younger generation to unconditionally obey their elders and seniors, and is not allowed to refuse even unreasonable requests. This is really a misinterpretation of the true meaning of Confucianism.
?However, people have to lower their heads under the low eaves.
The current social environment is such that Xiang Nan can only follow the local customs. Otherwise, if a person has no dignity and no big or small hat is slapped on his head, he will basically die in society.
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I saw Jin Chengjun walking into the house wearing sunglasses and a serious face, like the Terminator.
?For those who don’t know, I thought he was from the underworld.
But then he took off his sunglasses and started singing and dancing, "Excuse me, excuse me, stretch, stretch. I looked around and asked, is this my home?"
Even though I had seen him perform tricks many times before when watching the drama, Xiang Nan still felt a sense of shame when seeing this scene again. It was really embarrassing.
In fact, what President Jin did was imitating the performance of Zhao Jinshan, a well-known comedian in the 1980s. But this show was from a few years ago, so the jokes are already out of date.
Furthermore, the status of comedians in South Korea is not high. In the South Korean entertainment industry, film actors rank first, followed by television actors, then singers, and finally comedians.
?Hence, President Kim’s imitating the outdated jokes of comedians is a very low-level behavior. It’s no wonder that no one is willing to agree with him. Only those who are kind, casual, and playful are willing to cooperate.
So, after President Jin finished singing and dancing, no one in the family paid attention to him, which made him feel very bored.
(End of this chapter)