Going home for the Lunar New Year
On the last day of 2016, most of the people in the imperial capital have gone home.
LittleMaster is bored in his affordable rental apartment, mindlessly browsing discount websites.
Suddenly, Q, which has been silent for years, breaks the calm. LittleMaster takes a look and realizes it’s a message from the goddess.
Trembling, he opens the message and sees four words: “I’m getting married.”
Shock.
Going home for the Lunar New Year has become a pain for the younger generation.
As a second-dimensional person, LittleMaster naturally knows the “family relationship equation.”
Assuming parents live another 30 years, and assuming I go home once a year for an average of 5 days, subtracting time for socializing, eating, sleeping, etc., the actual time I can spend with my parents is about 24 hours in total over 30 years, which is roughly a month.
In addition, according to the “Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly,”
Family members should pay attention to the spiritual needs of the elderly and not neglect or ignore them. Family members who live separately from the elderly should visit or greet them regularly.
In order to avoid facing legal action, LittleMaster tries to see his parents twice a year.
But the timing often clashes with holidays like the Spring Festival.
Because of an unforgettable holiday experience, LittleMaster has a deep psychological scar:
It was during the Tomb Sweeping Festival in 2013 when LittleMaster invited the goddess to visit West Lake. After passing by Quyuan Fenghe, they went to Sudi and were shocked by the crowds.
At that time, LittleMaster stood at the entrance of Sudi, unable to appreciate the beauty of West Lake because of the people on both sides. LittleMaster didn’t consider that the main reason was his height and instead blamed it on the holiday.
The Spring Festival is a first-class citizen among all holidays, thanks to the traditions of the previous generation. It’s the perfect opportunity for the seven or eight aunties to interrogate about wages, romantic partners, and having children.
And now, the next generation has already appeared in this world, so red envelopes are naturally indispensable. While the meager year-end bonus is gone, they still have to force a smile and say, “Oh, this child is so beautiful.”
What’s even worse is that Guo Jia has now fully implemented the two-child policy, and the timing is just right for Double.
During last year’s Spring Festival, LittleMaster repeatedly used the strategies from the Thirty-Six Strategies of War, particularly the chained strategies (25).
As a wizard, he naturally knows how to swipe train tickets, so he deceived his parents by delaying his departure by five minutes (1) and then going at his leisure (4).
He later told his parents, “There are no more tickets,” and pretended to surrender (16), even if the plane tickets were doubled, he would definitely come home.
Naturally, LittleMaster’s parents were shocked by this feigned distress (24) and immediately said, “You don’t have to come back…”
Following last year’s precedent, it would be much easier to replicate the success this year.
Until he saw a poster that exposed the truth:
Going home for the Lunar New Year is the ultimate winner in life.
Translated by gpt-3.5-turbo