Old Yuan took a deep breath, then another, and finally managed to suppress the urge to smack so sense into his foolish son.
"Old Fourth, have you thought about how you’re going to live in the future?"
"With the way your wife is acting now, if you don’t straighten her out, what are you planning to do?"
Trying hard to keep his temper, Old Yuan decided to have a good talk with his son. After all, this was his own child, and he had always been quite obedient.
"I don’t know!"
Yuan Zhaodi sighed. "Back when I was managing at the docks, everything was fine. Even when we ca to Daxia, over in Sanchuan City, there weren’t any issues either..."
"Dad, what on earth is going on with Shouhu’s mother?"
Yuan Zhaodi looked at his father, feeling just as confused.
Old Yuan stared at Yuan Zhaodi for a while, then said, "Old Fourth, you were pretty good at managing people at the docks, weren’t you?"
"So why are you so confused about your wife’s issues?"
"Dad, working at the docks, what kind of problems could there be? Just organizing people to work, treating the few bosses to so als now and then, and saying nice things. But with Shouhu’s mother, it’s different!"
Yuan Zhaodi felt it was his father who was being muddle-headed.
Can outsiders and insiders be the sa?
For outsiders, you just need to humor them.
But with his own wife, he couldn’t figure it out.
Thinking about so of Mrs. Xiao Li’s actions, Yuan Zhaodi felt a headache, but he really was at a loss.
In the past, she wasn’t like this at all.
Back then, anything that ca up, she would discuss it with him, but now she doesn’t. Yet sohow everything she says sounds reasonable.
"Old Fourth, a couple living together, it takes ti and rubbing against each other to fit smoothly!"
"When your grandparents decided to split up the family, your mother and I also had our argunts and fights."
"But over the years, through all the bumps, we’ve made it through!"
"As for you and your wife’s issues, I can’t really interfere."
"But, I hope you rember, you are the head of the household. You are the pillar of the family. Whether it’s matters of the house or outside, your words must carry weight."
"Of course, if your wife is right, you should also be open to persuasion!"
"Your mother is right, a man who hits his wife is the most incompetent man."
"So, you as the father, the pillar of the family, if your words have no effect at ho, are you capable or incapable?"
"I don’t know!"
Yuan Zhaodi lowered his head.
Old Yuan raised his hand and patted Yuan Zhaodi’s shoulder, speaking earnestly, "Old Fourth, your wife is biased, favoring boys over girls, and it has already cost you a daughter!"
"You need to think this over carefully!"
"A young tree won’t grow straight without pruning!"
"For a couple just starting life together, you’re both young trees as well!"
At this point, Old Yuan stopped saying more.
If he said any more, he feared he might just tell his son to give his foolish daughter-in-law a good beating.
Teaching a son to beat his wife?
Even with the best intentions, Old Yuan couldn’t do such a thing.
He had said what needed to be said; whether his son could save face and make the marriage work was no longer sothing Old Yuan could manage.
The sa old phrase, each generation has its own blessings.
At his age, he couldn’t keep slaving away for his son forever.
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