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Chapter 127 No Regrets in Being Born in China

But before Lin Yu could speak, his father spoke up again, "You've never experienced hardship. You don't know how we were bullied by foreigners when we were weak. Although our country is strong now and foreigners don't dare to bully us anymore, they've changed their methods to suppress us."

They used military aggression, which our ancestors humiliated, and now they've resorted to cultural warfare. South Korea has been using a deceptive tactic, claiming our culture as their own. Island nations shamelessly continue to plagiarize us, while the United States relentlessly exports its culture to us, trying to assimilate us, attract us, and cause our talent to drain away.

What are they doing? They're trying to uproot us! Unfortunately—there are indeed a growing number of people who are becoming obsessed with foreign things.

Lin Yu looked at his father's eyes, which hadn't reddened in over twenty years, but now they slowly changed color.

"Dad—did something happen to you?" Lin Yu asked slowly.

Lin Yu finally realized something was wrong. He had been in this family for over forty years, both in his past and present lives, and his father had never mentioned any of these things to him.

Although Lin Yu asked the question through his father, it was actually his mother who spoke.

"Your dad—he hit someone!"

"Dad—did he hit someone?"

Lin Yu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Mom, you're not kidding, are you? Dad's a teacher, how could he possibly hit someone?"

Looking at her son's incredulous expression, Lin's mother sighed softly. "Sigh—he's just one of his students' parents."

"What exactly happened?" Lin Yu asked anxiously, "Actually, it wasn't exactly a fight; it was the child's father—"

"Let me tell you!" Lin's father interrupted Lin's mother and continued, "That child's father is a foreign-worshipping scumbag!"

More than two months ago, he came to process his son's transfer to another school, saying that he wanted to study abroad because he thought the teaching facilities in China were too backward.

You're going to transfer your child to another school, fine, but you keep saying that studying abroad is better than studying in China! I clearly don't think the child wants to study abroad at all! I really don't understand why this father keeps forcing his child.

And you keep slandering your own country! Aren't you Chinese? What's wrong with us Chinese? Just because you got a green card doesn't mean you're not Chinese anymore? What? The moon is always brighter abroad, isn't it?

Seeing his father's outburst, Lin Yu was somewhat moved. "It seems Grandpa really didn't make a mistake in naming Dad Lin Aiguo!"

"Xiaoyu, do you know what that child said back then?" Lin's father suddenly asked. "Ha! Dad, how would I know?" Lin Yu shook his head, somewhat speechless.

A look of reminiscence suddenly appeared on Lin's father's face. "That child said—Teacher, is what my dad said true? But even if it is, I don't want to go abroad. I don't believe our country will always be inferior to them! I don't want to go abroad at all, but I can't convince my parents. Teacher, can you help me?"

When Lin Yu heard this, he completely understood. It must have been that his father's persuasion failed, and that person said some trashy things that belittled the motherland, which made his father lose his temper and take action. And the facts proved that Lin Yu was right.

Lin Aiguo had been kindly advising the father to take his child's opinion seriously and not to always think that the moon was rounder abroad than in China.

But the father was clearly a representative of foreign worshippers who not only ignored Lin Aiguo's advice but also kept praising the West and belittling his own motherland.

If Lin Aiguo could continue to endure this, he wouldn't have this name.

But he didn't intend to do anything to the father; he just wanted to swat away the claw that was about to point at his nose. However, he didn't expect the father to be so weak that he could be knocked down by slapping his hand.

As a result, the child's father started to make a scene, repeatedly saying that he was now an American and that Lin's father, a Chinese man, dared to lay a hand on him? He must have a death wish!

This infuriated Lin Aiguo. If other teachers hadn't held him back, that man would probably have ended up in the hospital, given his father's height of nearly 1.9 meters!

The person behind was probably also intimidated by Lin's father's imposing manner. After completing the formalities, he hurriedly led his child and fled.

After listening to his father's story, Lin Yu fell silent for a moment, because he knew what kind of person his father was. Although he seemed a bit unreliable and occasionally silly, he was filled with love for his country at heart! Lin Yu knew that he was far inferior to his father.

Moreover, having experienced his previous life, he also knows that there are many "banana people" in China who worship foreign things and have the American dream—yellow on the outside and white on the inside!

Furthermore, the vast majority of people who have the "American Dream" are from the 60s and 70s, with a small portion being from the 80s.

There are very, very few people born in the 90s and 00s.

The reason why people born in the 60s and 70s are so eager to go to the United States is largely due to the historical context of their upbringing.

The generation born in the 60s and 70s grew up during the eve and early stages of my country's reform and opening up. The Chinese public witnessed the high standards of living and advanced science and technology of developed Western countries, and in comparison, China lagged far behind. It could be said that at that time, developed Western countries completely overwhelmed us.

Therefore, people at that time generally had a "foreign worship" mentality, feeling that developed Western countries were good and represented "democracy, freedom and progress". Even people with white skin were seen as having a halo in the eyes of the Chinese, who felt that they were more cultured, more civilized and wealthier. This mentality was very common and normal in the society at that time.

In that era, the "American Dream" began to take root in the hearts of many. Some may have experienced events that made them feel social injustice, and felt resentful, so they longed for a better life abroad, and even regarded immigrating to the United States as a spiritual pillar, or even a belief in life.

If anyone criticizes the United States, even if the criticism is based on substantial facts, or even if the critic is their own child, they are likely to vehemently refute it, even at the cost of conflict. If it reaches this point, these people are no longer simply "worshipping foreign things," but rather "fawning over foreigners," and may even have become "bananas" (people who are culturally Westernized but culturally alien).

Although they have yellow skin, they completely believe in Western values ​​and even blindly praise developed countries while belittling their motherland.

To put it bluntly, these people are called "traitors" who attack their motherland online.