Hu Lai followed the team to finish the first winter training in Yunshan Changshui, returned to Jincheng for a week of repair, and then set off with the team to Yuezhou Province, the southernmost province in China, for the second phase of winter training.

In order to save money, the club did not choose to go abroad for winter training like other teams.

Just as Hu Lai left Jincheng, his parents set foot on the land of Jincheng.

They're here for the New Year, or strictly speaking, they're here to pay it back.

I borrowed 350,000 yuan from my eldest brother, and now I have to repay it with interest.

They took a taxi directly from the train station to the restaurant where they were eating.

After entering the private room, I met Hulai's grandparents and siblings.

What makes Xie Lan happy is that the second sister, who has not seen her for many years, also flew back with her husband for the New Year this time.

"I heard Hao Hao say that you are coming, and I will come back." The second sister, that is, Peng Hao's mother, grabbed the little sister's arm and said happily.

Peng Hao was going to go home during the winter vacation, but when he heard his grandmother happily talk about Hu Lai's mother, that is, his little aunt, who was coming back for the New Year this year, he decided to stay in Jincheng for the New Year. Not only that, but he also called his mother and asked her and her father to come to Jincheng as well, and their family was here for the New Year.

Peng Hao's mother thought that she had indeed not come back for a few years, and the most important thing was to be able to see her little sister who she hadn't seen for at least ten years, so she agreed to her son.

In this way, I finally met my little sister who I hadn't seen for almost ten years.

The two sisters who hadn't seen each other for a long time were very happy to see each other again, sitting on the sofa in the private room chatting, and at the same time waiting for the eldest brother's family.

After everyone came, their eldest brother's family was late.

Although he apologized to everyone when he entered the private room, saying that it was because the district leader asked him to go to the house to chat a few words, so he delayed some time.

But in fact, everyone knows that the eldest brother is just taking this opportunity to pretend to be forced to show that he has a relationship with the district leaders.

Peng Hao was naturally a person who had long seen that his uncle was unhappy, and he pretended to be surprised when he heard the words: "The leader is so busy? It's been Chinese New Year's Eve and you haven't rested, and you have to ask your uncle to go to his house to talk about work? ”

"Small talk, it's not work, Director Wang and I have a personal relationship......" I don't know if the uncle heard the sarcasm in his tone, anyway, after the uncle dealt with him casually, he turned to Xie Lan.

Seeing the youngest sister in the family, the uncle smiled and said, "The little sister just came?" I told you to come early, it's not like I can't live at home......"

It seems that she cares about Xie Lan, but in fact, she is complaining that she came to Jincheng from Dongchuan to eat, as if she came only for this meal, which is to say that Hu Lai's mother is alienated from the others.

Xie Lan smiled slightly: "Isn't this a high-speed railway, isn't it convenient to get from Dongchuan to Jincheng?" It takes 35 minutes to get there by high-speed train, and Dongchuan is a small city, counting the time we took to get out of our house to the train station, maybe it was shorter than the time you took to get here from home, big brother......"

If Peng Hao's previous words can be regarded as the words of the juniors, the irony is not too obvious. So everyone can hear what Xie Lan means by saying this - sarcastically arguing her eldest brother to put up a fight, and everyone is waiting for their house. As a native of Jincheng, he came later than the little sister in the neighboring city.

I was late, but I still had to show off my relationship with the leader in front of everyone.

It's obviously a family banquet, and it's the same as the business entertainment outside, opening and closing your mouth is all about leadership, relationships, and connections...... Who are you going to show this?

The eldest brother naturally heard the thorns in the little sister's words, and the smile on his face suddenly stiffened. But he only froze for a moment, and walked past Xie Lan and her husband Hu Lixin.

Hu Lai's cousin Peng Hao, who was watching coldly from the side, couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he saw this scene.

If this was put aside, how could the uncle just have a stiff smile on his face? I have to bend my little aunt and my little aunt father over and over again......

And now he can only smile stiffly, and it's over.

Why is that?

Of course, it was because of that family dinner that I told them the true identity of Cousin Hulai.

I don't know if my uncle watched that issue of "Portraits" later, that episode of the show was quite exciting!

The eldest brother did not continue to quarrel with the little sister, but this time the little sister did not seem to plan to let the eldest brother go.

Xie Lan took a few steps forward, walked to the dining table, and said to the eldest brother through a round table that could accommodate twenty people: "Big brother, have you brought an IOU?" ”

Her eldest brother, Hulai's uncle, was stunned for a moment: "What IOU?" ”

"It's the IOU you gave you when you borrowed our money. I came here this time for a reason, which is to pay you back. The money has been returned to you, and the IOU must be given to us, right? Xie Lan looked at his eldest brother with a smile.

Before her eldest brother could react, the other people in the room, especially her eldest sister, reacted first and exclaimed: "Little sister, you have enough money so quickly?" ”

When they knew that Hu Lixin had borrowed 350,000 yuan, everyone felt that with their family's economic level, it might take many years to pay it back. The eldest brother once teased that when they can repay the money, 350,000 yuan will only be equivalent to the current 200,000.

After all, everyone knows the economic situation of Xiaomei's family. Xiaomei gets a dead salary in a public institution in Dongchuan, and she can't get high or low. Her husband Hu Lixin works as a security guard for others, and he earns a little more, but it is also hard money, and it is very unstable, maybe one day he will be fired for offending the owner? Even if he hadn't been fired, how long would he be able to do this job with his body?

From borrowing money to repaying the money, it's only been three and a half years, how can you save enough 350,000?

Except for the eldest brother who is in business, everyone is a salaryman, and they know how difficult it is to save 350,000 yuan.

Xie Lan looked at the room of surprised people, held his head high and said proudly: "My son, Hulai, has signed a new contract with the club, and the signing fee alone is enough to repay the money, and there is still left!" ”

The second sister asked in surprise next to her, "What is the signing fee?" ”

Peng Hao hurriedly explained to his mother and everyone present: "When a player transfers or renews his contract with the club, he has to sign a contract, and the club has to promise to give the player a sum of money as a reward in order to allow the player to agree to sign the contract, which is called the signing fee." ”

After listening to Peng Hao's explanation, everyone exclaimed: "It's equivalent to the club begging for money for Hu Lai?" ”

"Yes, if you don't give money, your cousin won't sign." Peng Haocai didn't care if the actual situation was like this, anyway, he was blowing his cousin vigorously.

Many of the people in the house were ordinary salarymen, and such a thing was a bit strange to them.

And the uncle who was originally the most knowledgeable in this house thought that he used to go to negotiate business with people and sign contracts, in order to let the other party agree to sign a contract with his company, he had to give some gifts and invite a guest, and he had to serve the other party well before he could win the deal......

I want to say that I am also the person who gives people signing fees.

I don't know why, when Peng Hao explained, he felt for a moment that Hu Lai had become the one who needed him to nod and serve well......

This made the uncle feel very uncomfortable.

Obviously, in this family, he has always been the most promising, the most knowledgeable, and the object of everyone's stars, everyone has to discuss with him for ideas, although his father is still alive, but he already has the posture of the head of the family.

He enjoyed it very much.

But now, watching Xiaomei understate a few words has attracted everyone's admiration and envy to the past......

He couldn't help but snort: "It's okay to repay the money, let's calculate the interest first." ”

He was really angry because there was no mention of interest on the IOU. And everyone knows in their hearts that with the economic situation of the little sister's family, it would be good to be able to repay the principal, what kind of interest do you say?

Xie Lan heard the words of the eldest brother, but he was not angry, but replied loudly with a smile: "No problem, big brother, let's calculate the interest according to the bank's current interest rate." ”

How much can 350,000 even if there is interest? The 400,000 yuan given by his son, plus the money that her husband and herself have worked hard to save in recent years, is it not enough to repay the interest?

When the others saw this scene, they frowned, but they didn't say anything, after all, it is reasonable to borrow money to repay the interest, and if people don't lend you this money, there will be an interest of more than 3.0% if you put it in the bank for a fixed time......

I just think that the eldest brother said it so directly, which is a bit unparticular.

The eldest brother snorted, a little deliberately finding fault: "It's not calculated according to bank interest." Who still keeps their money in the bank these days? All our family money is used to sell financial management, and the annualized rate is 30%! If I hadn't lent you the money, I would have earned 30% of the principal in each of the three years......"

Peng Hao really couldn't listen to it next to him, he didn't like this uncle in the first place, and at the same time, as a student who just came to Jincheng to go to college, maybe he wouldn't stay in Jincheng in the future, he didn't need to worry about the face of the elder uncle at all, and when he heard the uncle say this, he exclaimed again and again: "Isn't it?" Uncle, aren't you? You hurry up and get the money out! If you are careful later, you will lose everything! Thirty percent annualized? Aren't you afraid of thunderstorms? Which bastard recommended this kind of financial product to you? I'll tell you uncle, this man is uneasy and kind, and he is not as good as a beast! If you hadn't said it today, I wouldn't know, and if you don't do it later, my cousin's marriage book will be gone! ”

The cousin standing behind his father turned his head and waited for Peng Hao's glance, what do you mean, little brother?

"Haohao!" Peng Hao's mother finally came to her senses, and she scolded loudly. As an adult, why can't she hear Peng Hao's words with guns and sticks?

Peng Hao decided to pretend to be crazy and stupid to the end, anyway, he was already unhappy with this uncle, and he must let him have a bad year today in front of everyone. When he was young, he was wronged here, and today he has to forget it all.

So he turned his head to look at his mother, with an anxious expression: "Mom, I'm serious!" If you go to a regular bank and ask, what is the concept of an annualized rate of 30 percent? No institution would dare to promise such a high annualized rate! If the uncle really got the dividends, it can only mean that the financial product he bought was by absorbing the blood of those new users to support old users like the uncle. But how can this act of tearing down the east wall and making up for the west wall continue forever? Once the wealth management company's funds are broken, it will collapse directly. When the time comes, no matter how much money my uncle invests, I won't get a penny back! ”

Then he said to his uncle: "Uncle really, you must not be reckless in this kind of thing, for a person like you who does business, if the cash flow is gone, it is equivalent to bankruptcy." You may have to sell your house to pay off your debts...... Don't talk about our brother's wife, I'm afraid that even you and your aunt's pension money will have to be lost! Now that the house price in Jincheng is so expensive, if your house is gone, it is not so easy to buy it back! ”

He said it very seriously, and it seemed that he was really thinking about his uncle. But at this time of the Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve night, it sounded like he was cursing his uncle's family, first his eldest brother had no money to marry a wife, and then his uncle and aunt didn't even have pension money......

How could the middle-aged man, the uncle, not hear what his nephew really meant, he was so angry that his face turned red.

Of course, he didn't buy any financial products with an annualized rate of 30%, he was a businessman, and he was not a fool, how could he not know the truth that his nephew said? He just said this casually, asking for a lot of money, wanting to disgust the little sister who was arrogant in front of him.

Unexpectedly, he was seized by his nephew and gave him the opportunity to ride his face and output.

In this case, it is impossible for him to say that his previous 30% annualized financial products are nonsense, right?

So even if he was scolded by his nephew, he couldn't talk back......

I feel so aggrieved and aggrieved.

Why is this little bunny so hateful? Did Lao Tzu provoke you? Just chase Lao Tzu and bite!

Xie Lan's eyes also widened, and she mended the knife in time: "Oh, big brother, why are you so confused?" The 30% annualized rate is indeed high, but with a little brain, it is impossible for something with such an annualized rate to last...... Oh, I see, big brother, you're not confused, you don't know the twists and turns behind this, do you think you're smarter than others and can retreat in time before something happens? Big brother, this is yours, isn't it, you are aiding and abetting! You can't be too greedy......"

Although Hu Lixin never told her how he was squeezed and humiliated by his eldest brother in order to be able to borrow money from his eldest brother, with her understanding of her brother, she could guess that it was nothing more than a blow to her husband's self-esteem and personality.

Just like he used to point to his son and scold him for being the "turtle son" who broke his brother's toy.

Calling my son a "turtle son" and bullying others when our family needs money...... I borrowed a lot of money from you and returned it to you even a penny with interest, but we have to calculate this account today!

Xie Lan has never been a woman who swallows her anger, but she was able to directly flip the table and quarrel with her father during the Chinese New Year, how could she be weak?

The sister-in-law saw that her husband was attacked left and right by a nephew and a little sister, and suffered a loss, so she stood up to speak for her husband: "Little sister, if you say that, your eldest brother will ......."

Before she finished speaking, Hu Lixin stepped forward, stood next to his wife, and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, I haven't seen each other for so long, isn't it normal to say two heart-wrenching words?" Everyone is a family, Xie Lan is also for the good of the eldest brother, I am afraid that he will be obsessed with money, and the family will not speak two words, so he will speak so directly, you have to understand. I think we'll leave things between their siblings alone. ”

The words that the sister-in-law originally wanted to say were blocked in her throat, and she looked at Hu Lixin with incredible eyes, she really couldn't imagine that the son-in-law who was always silent at the Xie family's party before would dare to speak to herself like this.

Not only the sister-in-law, but the other brothers and sisters in the house also looked at Hu Lixin with surprised eyes.

Many years ago, when everyone was at the dinner table, the eldest brother and sister-in-law looked down on Hu Lixin, and from time to time they said two unpleasant words to stab him, but he didn't say a word, and never dared to refute a word.

Today...... Today, not only him, but also the little sister Xie Lan, feels like their family has been reborn.

Only Peng Hao was particularly happy, and he couldn't wait to be able to send out an emoji in reality: "Tear well!" Tear it up a little more! ”

At this moment, the old father, Hu Lai and Peng Hao's grandfather, who had not spoken in the house, suddenly coughed.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that the old father was still there...... How can you quarrel in front of him?

But then again, was the old father asleep just now? Why didn't the little sister and the eldest brother come out and say something?

Seeing that everyone was quiet, the real head of the family patted the table lightly, looked at Xie Lan and said, "Thirty percent or three percent, if the boss wants it, you will give it to him." It is still appropriate to borrow money with interest. ”

Facing his dying father, Xie Lan did not lift the table this time, but nodded: "Don't worry, Dad, a penny is a lot for big brother." ”

After getting Xie Lan's promise, the old father nodded slowly, and said, "I don't want you to repay the interest on my part of that money." ”

Xie Lan and Hu Lixin were stunned.

Daddy's part of that money?

They all thought that the money was lent to them by the eldest brother, why is there still their father's money in it?

Seeing the two of them like this, especially the ignorant daughter, the old mother standing beside her husband said to her: "Of the 350,000 miles, 300,000 yuan belongs to your father, and he has saved it for decades to support his old age." ”

Peng Hao exclaimed again: "Huh? No way? No way? It turns out that the uncle only gave 50,000? Hearing my uncle screaming so fiercely, I thought that the 350,000 yuan was from my uncle! Alas! ”

In fact, he already knew about this - he heard about it when he first attended the Xie family's family banquet when he came to Jincheng to go to college, and he pretended to be forced in front of people. The only people present who didn't know were probably the little aunt and the little aunt.

The reason why he pretended to hear about it for the first time was just to take the opportunity to make up for his uncle.

Sure enough, the mother of "knowing her son is like a mother" reached out and slapped him on the back, but she didn't scold him.

Xie Lan didn't appreciate the eldest brother who was blushing by his nephew's words, but looked at his father blankly.

The old man, who had been sitting in the chair since she came in, had not gotten up, and was now breathing a little heavier and a little tired after saying a word just now.

This person, ten years ago, could still slap the table and point at his nose angrily.

The second brother is forty years old, and if he doesn't listen to him, he still slaps him, just like a child.

At that time he was the real head of the family.

Now he is just an old man with old age spots on his face, white beard, and walking with a cane.

Xie Lan never thought that 300,000 of the 350,000 miles borrowed by her husband were the pension money of this father who pointed at her and scolded her for getting out.

The eldest brother, who couldn't say anything from the younger sister and nephew, finally seized the opportunity to speak at this time, and he snorted to Xie Lan: "You think I want to lend you money? I know that in your family's situation, nine times out of ten, you don't want to get the money back...... Later, when Dad found out, he filled in all his money and lent it to you in my name......"

The old man gently patted the table again, and the dishes in front of him jingled: "Don't talk about these things for the New Year, let the waiter serve the food, it's time to eat Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

The family, young and old, sat around a large round table with a bonsai in the middle.

The waiter brought the prepared dishes to the table one by one, and also intimately turned on the TV for them, and soon the room sounded the sound of staggering, and the designated BGM of the Spring Festival "Spring Festival Overture".