10. Lobbying
When Wang Jichang returned home from the day's poker games, it was almost dark. This afternoon, he was a little unlucky, and not only lost all the eight yuan he won in the morning, but also spit out more than ten yuan. At this time, he suddenly remembered that at noon he had told the two mothers to come back from work early in the afternoon to make rice noodles, and now it was past eight o'clock in the evening, and the hungry two mothers must not have a good face for themselves, plus lost the money, Wang Jichang felt that he was at a loss, and when he went home, he lost his scruples and became a little shrunken.
But soon, he puffed up his chest, feeling that he was not strong enough just now. A big man, the head of the family, can still make the women talk nonsense? Wang Jichang raised his head and raised his chest, pretended to cough twice, pushed open the door of the hall with one palm, and said loudly at the same time:
"Bo'er, have you bought the rice noodles and meat, right? You wait for me, I'll wash my hands, and I'll get it right away!"
"When you come back, I'm afraid it's dawn!" Zeng Fanyu said with a straight face. She was helpless and unable to "make a living from cards" for her husband.
"Dad, you don't have a chance to get it. My mother and I have already made the old soup and rice noodles, and the rice noodles have been scalded. And my mom and I have already eaten a bowl, just waiting for you. Sit down, don't move, I'll give you a bowl and show you my craft. "REGARDING WANG JICHANG'S LATE RETURN AND NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, THE CURRENT WANG BO CAN BE SAID TO HAVE NO CARE AT ALL, AND HE DOESN'T CARE AT ALL. What kind of virtue his stepfather is, he has seen through it in his previous life. Lazy, unrepentant, vain and arrogant, many of the vices of human beings can find a standard sample in him. He doesn't have the strength to change his stepfather, so the best strategy is to change himself, slowly accumulate strength in private, and wait until even his stepfather has to look up to him, and then it's not too late to slowly "heal", otherwise, now he will be pinpointed against Mai Mang's stepfather, except for stiffening the relationship, it will not help at all.
Wang Bo's words once again made Wang Jichang fall through his glasses, and he felt that the stepson in front of him seemed to be really different from before. Have you grown up, are you sensible, and do you know how to understand the "painstaking feelings" of your parents?
Thinking about it this way, coupled with Wang Bo's statement that retreat is advancing, Wang Jichang, who found out in conscience, felt a little embarrassed, showed a trace of shame, and said: "Alas, I was too lucky this afternoon, and I have been trying to turn the book, otherwise, I would have come back a long time ago." ”
"Haha, playing cards, it's normal to win and lose. If you lose today, you win back tomorrow, it's not a big deal. Wang Bo gave a "haha" and said nonchalantly, "Dad, you wait a few minutes, and I'll give you a chance right away." ”
Wang Bo left the hall and went to the kitchen to make rice noodles for Wang Jichang, but Wang Jichang salivated, stared at his wife and said, "Fanyu, have you noticed it, our Bo'er seems to have really grown up and become more and more sensible." ”
"You also know that Bo'er can grow up, and when he grows up, he will need money. Two years later, when Bo'er is admitted to university, the tuition fee for one year alone will cost five or six thousand, and I think you, an old man, will pay him what to pay when the time comes. Zeng Fanyu still did not pretend.
"I know how to figure it out! Isn't there two more years? I'll figure it out for him when the time comes. Wang Jichang repeated his cookie-cutter cliché.
While the two were chatting, Wang Bo brought in a bowl of rice noodles and put it directly in front of Wang Jichang.
"Ha, this rice noodle looks good. Aha, it's still beef dumplings!!Yes, yes, I'll taste it. To tell the truth, after playing cards all afternoon, Wang Jichang was already hungry, so he picked up chopsticks and ate rice noodles with a snort.
After only one bite, Wang Jichang's face changed, surprised, excited, and puzzled, and several expressions changed several times on his face.
"Delicious, really delicious. Hey, Fanyu, I didn't know you were going to have rice noodles, and the rice noodles were so delicious! I've never eaten such delicious rice noodles. Wang Jichang gave his wife a thumbs up, and then began to gobble up.
"How can I have this ability! Zangzi, old soup, and spicy oil are all made by Bo'er, so I helped him burn the fire. Zeng Fanyu said angrily.
"What, Bo'er?" Wang Jichang turned his head to look at Wang Bo, with a look of disbelief.
"I got it, Dad. Let me tell you, I have a classmate, the old man opened a rice noodle shop at the intersection of the two roads, the taste is super good, and the business is very hot......" Wang Bo once again offered his classmate as a shield, explained, after explaining, he asked directly, "Dad, do you think anyone will buy this bowl of rice noodles when they are taken out, if we also sell it at the same price as other rice noodle shops?"
"It's so delicious, then someone must buy three!" Wang Jichang said without thinking.
"I think so too. By the way, Dad, how about we go to the city to open a rice noodle shop?" After paving for so long, it was only at this time that Wang Bo "tried to see the poor dagger" and said the ultimate purpose of his series of actions today. The stepfather belongs to the type of person who has more than enough success and more failure, and he knows it very well. But he and his mother alone couldn't turn around to open a rice noodle shop (there were not enough people), at least, he didn't have any way to start the business, and he still had to rely on borrowing. And after thinking about the relatives of my mother and father, the only one who can easily get that money is my stepfather's sister who lives in the city.
"What, open a rice noodle shop?" Wang Jichang's eyes widened.
"That's right! It's to open a rice noodle shop! I'll tell you, there is a cake shop not far from the entrance of our school......" Wang Bo told Zeng Fanyu in the afternoon in front of Wang Jichang again, and after speaking, he finally concluded, "So, the taste is good, the location is good, the location is good, and there are a large group of students and children, I bet that the business of our rice noodle shop will definitely be hot! When the time comes, a few big ten a day is less, and if you don't make it, it will be a hundred hundred yuan!" In order to impress his stepfather, Wang Bo directly drew a big cake.
As soon as he mentioned money, Wang Jichang's eyes lit up, and the speed of eating rice noodles also slowed down, frowned, and said, "If the position you said is really that good, this business is also done!
"I don't have any money to borrow three! Dad, ask my aunt and uncle to borrow it! Once our rice noodle shop becomes popular, we will be able to repay the money in two or three months at most!" Wang Bo immediately answered and directly encouraged his stepfather to go to his sister to borrow money.
"Looking for your aunt to borrow, no, no!" Wang Jichang shook his head directly, "Our family has not paid back the few thousands of dollars that our family built a house to borrow from your aunt, and now we are borrowing it again, how embarrassing!"
Do you still know that you are embarrassed? The stepfather's words made Wang Bo feel the urge to go up and slap his stepfather!
You, who are husbands and fathers, if you still have even a little bit of shame and responsibility, you will not have to get two sets of decent new clothes for your mother-in-law and children for more than ten or twenty years and keep letting them wear second-hand goods that others don't want; you won't go from elementary school to high school until you can't drag it on, until your baby loses face in front of her teachers and classmates, and when her self-esteem and self-confidence are trampled on the soles of her feet, you won't go to find money to pay for tuition; and you won't make a living playing cards all day long!
Are you embarrassed? Good face? Do you have the qualifications to have this good face? Are you worthy? Do you still have a face?
Wang Bo's heart was full of anger and sneered. Now he is not a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, but under this young skin, he is an old heart in his thirties! Wang Bo in his previous life had a very poor evaluation of his stepfather. When Wang Jichang did not listen to his own persuasion and forcibly bought a motorcycle to show off in order to satisfy his vanity, and finally led to the death of his mother, his disgust and resentment towards him reached its peak! If it weren't for the little affection that his stepfather had for his years of nurturing kindness, and the car accident that caused his mother's death was indeed an accident, it is simply said that his driving skills were not up to par and not deliberately, he would have broken off the father-son relationship with this person a long time ago!
Of course, the grievances of the past life are the grievances of the previous life, and it doesn't make much sense to bring it to the present life, and the sins that have not happened are not called sins. Wang Bo warned himself to stop his anger, and if he wanted the rice noodle shop to open smoothly, he couldn't do without Wang Jichang's cooperation at present. So, he took a breath and continued to lobby his stepfather.