When Wang Jian was about to head to Capital City, his father, Wang Tianhe, chose to leave home again.
Although Wang Jian's current earnings meant that Wang Tianhe no longer needed to work to supplement the family's income, decades of habit had ingrained a need to have something to do every day. Lately, staying at home with nothing to do had made him feel restless all over. He finally made the decision to go out and have some fun. He could choose not to work, but he simply couldn't stand being idle.
Wang Jian couldn't persuade him, as the mindset of their generation was completely different from the older one. For the older generation, work and labor were seen as a given, something they had grown so accustomed to that they felt uncomfortable the moment they stopped. Wang Jian's generation, on the other hand, believed that "lying flat" was true happiness.
