（二女婿大川以前是建筑工人，父亲对他有成见。现在大川勤劳致富了，过年回到家中，父亲却还对他有些怀疑。）

父亲：我是个大老粗①，说话不会拐弯抹角②。

大川：这我知道。

父亲：听说你盖了个很招眼③的小洋楼，还买了个摩托车，组合啥④的。

大川：反正⑤啊，该有的我全都有了。

父亲：这钱是正道⑥ 上来的？

大川：是。

父亲：你一个月能开⑦多少钱？

大川：一个月能开小一千⑧呢！

父亲：二萍呢？

二萍：旺季⑨能拿五六百吧！

父亲：冬天你干什么？

大川：我的工程队转向搞室内装修。

父亲：国营职工这么干不犯 毛病⑩？

大川：我凭力气挣钱，犯什么毛病？

父亲：别看现在不犯病，政策一变就要命。你琢磨琢磨。

大川：这身力气，不用也攒不下来，干总比不干强吧。

 

 

①大老粗dàlǎocū: uncouth fellow, used to refer to people with little education. The father calls himself so out of modesty.

②拐弯抹角ɡuǎi wān mò jiǎo: ambiguous, to talk in a roundabout way. This originally meant “to walk along a road with twists and turns”. The expression is used to mean that one does not speak or write in a straightforward way. Here father means that he talks to the point.

③招眼zhāoyǎn: eye-catching.drawing one's attention. 

④啥 shá: An expression in Northern dialect, meaning “what”. Here it is used at the end of a series of things, indicating “and so on”.

⑤反正fǎnzhenɡ: Used to indicate that whatever the circumstances, the result is the same. Here Dachuan means that whatever his father lists, he is very sure he is in possession of.

⑥正道zhènɡdào: the right way. Dào means “road” and zhengdao (also zhenglu) is used to indicate that one behaves or handles affairs in a sensible and proper manner. Its opposite is xiedao (the evil way).

⑦开 kāi: pay. Here it means to pay (the wage).

⑧小一千xiǎo yìqiān: Xiao slightly less than, For instance, 950 can be referred to as xiao yiqian (slightly less than one thousand yuan).

⑨旺季wànɡjì: busy season,the season in which the business is good, and its opposite is danji (slack season).

⑩犯毛病fàn máobinɡ: the two expressions fan maobing and fan bing originally mean “to get sick”. Here both mean “to run counter to the policy or violate the law”. The father suspects that Dachuan earns his money illegally.