My parents took my lucky money when I was a kid.
I believe that when many people were young, when relatives came to visit during the Chinese New Year, they would give you their lucky money, but their parents would ruthlessly plunder them afterwards, which made them extremely unhappy. For this reason, they may have a lot of dissatisfaction with their parents, but in fact, there is also a factor in their parents’ conduct.
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Before that, we need to understand why relatives give you red envelopes.
The first is to give red envelopes to distant relatives. Since ancient times, most of our Chinese families have been tied by blood relations, which are then passed down from generation to generation and gradually develop with the family as the main body. However, as time goes by, a family may become more and more diverse.
The older you get, the more relatives and friends you will have, and the blood relationships will become more and more distant (I believe everyone must be aware of this, and a person from the south may be related to the north), and these are
It may cause the acquaintance time between relatives and friends to become shorter and shorter, and it is easy to dilute the feelings between families. People will always encounter difficulties and ask others to do things. At this time, the relationship between the family will be reflected.
After all, these people are more or less related. They always get together during the Chinese New Year in the hope that they can help, right? But the relationship is not that deep. How can they maintain this shallow family relationship? At this time, they
I have taken a fancy to your child. Children, when they see the red banknotes, who would refuse it (I can’t refuse it anyway). In this way, your child receives the red envelope, which is equivalent to saying that I will give it to you.
I gave you a gift, but you must remember it!
Your parents will definitely admit it to save face, and in the end they will acquiesce to it, thus strengthening the relationship between distant relatives. The second type is those relatives around you who are directly related, such as the red envelopes given to you by your uncle and second uncle, which is even more important.
It's straightforward. After all, brothers and sisters who are both parents have a stronger blood relationship. They all hope to overcome difficulties together and can help themselves in time when difficulties arise.
There is also the so-called sense of family honor. They are all a family in the true sense and have all struggled together. I believe that these relatives hope that their descendants can make a difference and earn a place for the family.
, so they treat children with more care, so half of the red envelopes they give are to maintain family relationships and preserve feelings.
The other half is to reward your children for certain outstanding achievements to encourage them, so their red envelopes have a more family-like feel.
Now that you understand the reasons why relatives give red envelopes, why do your parents take back your red envelopes afterwards?
In fact, this is a piece of wisdom in life called: courtesy and reciprocity.
Ancient thoughts have always dominated us, and the idea of ??family orientation is strong, so etiquette is particularly important. Reciprocity now means that I will treat you the same way you treat me. When parents accept gifts from relatives, they will naturally treat relatives with kindness.
Feeling guilty, I want to return the gift to others quickly. Then the question becomes how to return it. It is very simple to return the red envelope in the same way, that is, to give red envelopes to relatives, children, and parents.
If you want to return all the money, parents will face two choices. The first is to spend the money yourself and return the money. The second is to collect the money from the children and put a vest on it and return it. Of course, most parents will
Choose the second option, after all, you will neither lose nor make a profit, so your New Year's money is being watched by your parents. I often hear you ask your parents what they did with their New Year's money.
Children usually say they use it to play mahjong. This time it proves to parents that it is really to repay other people's kindness and stop wronging their parents.
So relatives give red envelopes and parents return red envelopes. This seems to be a cyclical operation, but there is something that is constantly deepening, and that is family affection. The process of constant exchange between parents and relatives continues to perpetuate the implicit family affection. This is also
Why can we always know that there is always a relative or friend in a far away area? This is also the reason why each of our families can be harmonious and harmonious. What they convey is a deep affection.