An old Chinese lady and an old American lady in love

I think the process is more memorable than the result.

The old ladies in China and the old ladies in the United States have different lifestyles. Of course, everyone's lifestyle will be different. We don't need to choose one of them at all to imitate one by one.

We have the best to choose the best and the shortest. You can save money to travel, but you also have to live a life that is not too ordinary.

In fact, life is not what you think, watch more movies and go to the park more will not seem too dull. As long as two people are together, they are happy and happy. There was a smile on his face.

Such a life is enough. Even if it's just the two of you in life, even if it's just sitting on a bench on the side of the road and gossiping, even if it's just holding hands and strolling through the hazy night. These ordinary scenes can no longer be ordinary, but they will also touch our hearts deeply.

We don't have the money to eat at a restaurant, so we can sit at a roadside stall and enjoy the flavor of roadside snacks.

We don't have money to go to the amusement park, so we can go to the square and take a walk by the river.

If we don't have money to go to the movies, we can rent movies and enjoy the world of two people at home.

We don't have time to be together, so we can just use text messages.

The process of two people working together and struggling together is the most memorable. No matter how beautiful the result is, it can't be compared.

Do my best and be able to help. Enjoy the process, and the past will go with it.

According to the national conditions, we are socialist and distinctive, so we are still an old Chinese lady.

This story is often told to illustrate that Americans' view of consumption is superior to that of Chinese; Americans spend ahead of time and enjoy life; And the Chinese have worked hard all their lives, but they don't know how to enjoy it or don't have time to enjoy it. The story is also sometimes mentioned by some scholars as an example of the comparison between Chinese and Western cultures. However, the sequel and prequel to this story are not mentioned.

The sequel should look like this; After the old American lady went to heaven, her children said, "We just finished my mother's funeral, and we are going to take out a loan to buy a house again." "After the old Chinese lady went to heaven, her children said:

My mother is so good, she has worked hard all her life and left us a new house, and we also have to work hard to save money to buy a house for our children. "Children in the U.S. are living in new homes that they bought with loans, and children in China are living in new houses that their mothers just bought but didn't have time to enjoy.

The prequel should look like this; When the old American lady was young, her mother died. Before her mother died, she had just paid off the loan, and the house had been living in for thirty years, which was too old. After the funeral, she went to the bank to take out a loan to buy a house, she said

I'll take out a loan to live in a new house first, and as for my children, when they become adults, they will take care of themselves, just like my mother did to me. "When the old Chinese lady was young, her mother died, and her mother also worked hard all her life, and bought a house before she died, leaving it to her. She said after sending her mother to her death

My mother has worked hard all her life so that we can live in a new house, mother's love is really great, how can I repay my mother The only thing I can do is to leave a sum of money for a new house for my children in the future. ”

After listening to this complete story, we can correctly view the difference between the concept of consumption in Chinese and American cultural concepts, as well as the difference in family ethics and social values related to it. An old American lady took out a loan to live in her own house and enjoyed life; The old Chinese lady also has a new house to live in and can enjoy life, but she lives in a new house left by her mother (see the prequel section). From the perspective of the continuity of the three generations of grandchildren, the three generations of Americans are "in charge of themselves" and "children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren"; The three generations of the Chinese are "the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade".

Therefore, Americans prayed before eating: "Thank the Lord for giving me clothing and food." "Before eating, the Chinese light incense in front of the ancestral spiritual seat, burn a few pieces of paper money, serve hot meals, and then eat for themselves.

Americans are grateful (God's grace), because from ancient times to the present, God is the only one, and He blesses everyone, so Americans advocate fairness; Chinese respect ancestors, because ancestors bless their descendants, "ancestors" is an ever-increasing sequence, including living people, will also become a part of this sequence in the future, so Chinese advocate ethical kinship. With the exchange and integration of Chinese and Western cultures, Chinese will accept loans for consumption while accumulating wealth for their descendants, and Americans will pay more attention to the value of family ethics.

Actually, I really want to say that this is something in the textbook, compulsory one, and the teacher should have talked about it in class.

Let's talk about it... A few of my handfuls of us Chinese are not afraid of anything.