Dad Gu looked at him thoughtfully and slowly said, “Do I know this colleague of yours?”
“No, you don’t!” Yunzhi was somewhat embarrassed, not expecting the old man to ask such a question.
“How is he unhappy?” Dad Gu asked.
Yunzhi hesitated and said, “They have no common language. He feels very oppressed when he’s with his wife…”
“Does his wife feel the same way?”
“It seems… not!”
“That’s it!” Dad Gu smiled slightly. “When two people are together, you can’t focus only on one person’s feelings. The reason he feels unhappy is that he hasn’t really wanted to manage this marriage properly. Actually, marriage is a massive project that requires two people, even two families, to fill the soil, add bricks, and lay tiles. So-called common language can actually be cultivated quite easily.”
Your mom came from a wealthy family and was somewhat bourgeois, while I’m very practical and don’t understand romance at all, so we also had no common language. After marriage, we had many conflicts, and your mom even threatened to divorce me. But look at us now – we’re living quite well. Through wind and rain for decades, we’ve supported each other and made it through. So feelings can be cultivated. For marriage, understanding, respect, tolerance, compromise, tenderness, diligence, and the ability to handle life are more important than love. Otherwise, those who are deeply in love and make passionate vows will quickly disappear and become worthless!
“Dad!” Yunzhi was deeply moved, having never thought that his usually rigid father would say such insightful words. Truly a professor, explaining things so thoroughly and with solid reasoning.
Song Yunhua pretended not to hear, smiling warmly at Gu’s father: “Dad, you’re back from a walk?”
Yunzhi sighed, walking over to Gu’s mother, “Mom, I have something to do, so I’ll leave first…”
“I’ll go with you!” Song Yunhua intercepted his words, taking her coat from the rack, “Dad, Mom, we’ll come see you again next time!”
“Go ahead, take care of your own business, don’t worry about us, we’ll take care of ourselves!”
Gu’s father waved his hand, and Gu’s mother helped Yunzhi put on his coat.
