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A few days ago, I came across this sentence while scrolling through my phone.

Among three generations, there is always one generation that has to work hard. Either you endure hardship, or your children endure hardship, or your parents continue to endure hardship for you.

As a person born in the 1980s, when I saw this sentence, I instantly had the urge to roll up my sleeves and work harder.

The post-80s generation is a special generation.

We have experienced poverty and experienced a wealthy life.

When I was young, I was most afraid of paying tuition fees when I started school. Those days of bowing my head to borrow money made me unwilling to owe anyone money now.

When I was young, I was most afraid of heavy rain in the middle of the night. The feeling of being woken up by the dripping rain made me keep pushing myself to have a little nest of my own.

When I was young, I looked forward to the Chinese New Year the most. Only during the Chinese New Year could I wear new clothes, only during the Chinese New Year could I eat orange candies, and only during the Chinese New Year could I eat my favorite braised pork.

Those born in the 1980s are really afraid of poverty, so they work hard like this.

There is a lyrics that goes well: for a few taels of silver, for three meals a day, for a car, for a house.

Every word of the lyrics is heartfelt. It is really a portrayal of real life for us born in the 1980s.

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Why do we, those born in the 1980s, work so hard because our parents will no longer endure hardships for us.

Most of the parents of those born in the 1980s were born in the 1960s. People of that era suffered much more than we do.

In that era, farming relied on people digging out the land with pickaxes. When harvesting corn and soybeans, we face the loess and back to the sky, and cut them out with one sickle after another.

At that time, there were no machines in the factory, and the neat goods had to be moved out piece by piece.

In that era, transportation was not very developed, and roads were made step by step by people.

With the resumption of the college entrance examination system, parents have seen that studying can change people's destiny and make people live better.

Parents who don’t have much knowledge, in order for us to no longer suffer like them in the future, no longer be as tired as them.

They lived frugally and sold iron at the expense of money so that we could study and go to school.

After working hard for most of our lives, we grew up and had a family, and they also retired.

Now, it is time for them to spend their old age in peace. But in order to leave more inheritance to their children and reduce the burden on their children, they refused to be idle, just to make more money.

Since we started a family and had children, we, as parents, have become more aware of how difficult it is to be parents.

Please fight for your parents. What you fight for is that they can not suffer hardships, and what you fight for is that they can have a good body.

As the saying goes: When you are seventy, you have a family, and when you are eighty, you have a mother.

Parents are a wall between us and death. Without our parents, we face death.

Post-80s, please work hard for the health of your parents!

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Post-80s, why do you work so hard? It is to prevent our children from suffering.

In this era where knowledge can change destiny, no one wants their children to lose at the starting line.

Nowadays, although the children there can go to school, the efforts of the parents also affect the children's life.

I remember I once saw a column about exchanging identities between rural children and urban children.

In one episode, a primary school student who ranked first every year in a rural area was moved to a big city.

On the day of admission, he thought he was very good and took the initiative to answer the teacher’s questions. He saw that the classmates around him were many times better than him.

His self-esteem was deeply hit, and he immediately shed tears of sadness.

Why do students with excellent academic performance in rural areas become middle- and lower-class students here?

This may be affected by the living environment and living conditions.

Big cities have rich social resources, and they receive a variety of education from an early age.

Compared with rural areas, society is relatively backward and education is relatively simple, which greatly widens the gap between them.

Children in rural areas can actually have a future. However, because they have been lost at the starting line since they were young, they will need to work harder than children from big cities to catch up with them in the later stages.

Those born in the 1980s have the most experience. Compared with students in first-tier cities, we have to work harder to gain a foothold in big cities.

So, fight for your children. What you fight for is that they will suffer less hardship and be less tired in the future.

In this time of competing parents, give your children a higher level so that they can jump further than others.

Post-80s, let’s work hard for our children’s future!

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Those born in the 1980s, please work hard for yourself so that you will not become a burden to your children when you grow old.

Those born in the 1980s understand the importance of making money precisely because they have experienced poverty.

Those born in the 1980s understand that as long as they work hard, they will live a good life because they have lived a prosperous life.

When we were young, we always had many dreams, but with the pressure of life and the growth of age, all dreams can only become illusions.

In this age of material abundance, as long as there is enough money, all fantasies will transform into reality.

Most people born in the 1980s have reached middle age, which is the golden period for career development.

In order for your family to live a better life, please give up your laziness and work hard.

In order for your children to win at the starting point, please give up your laziness and work hard.

In order for your parents to spend their old age peacefully, please give up your laziness and work hard.

Finally, I hope you and I can become the rich generation in our family and live a happy, healthy and happy life.