Chapter 606: Family Fighting for Wealth
Because there is no direct plane to the place where Tang Qian lives, he must get off the plane and transfer home, fortunately, the distance is not far, Tang Qian got off the car and chartered a taxi and went straight to home. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This driver master doesn't seem to have ever watched sports, so he doesn't know Tang Qian, and he only keeps talking to him about the changes in Y City in the past few years. What went to the provincial capital and rebuilt the road, what XXXX opened a chain shopping mall, what a beautiful star came here to shoot the scene, etc., in short, although it was bagged, it also made Tang Qian listen to it with relish.
China is recently undergoing rapid urbanization, a change a year, it is not an exaggeration, as far as Tang Qian himself is concerned, he has not come back for nearly 2 years, and many places and places in his impression have changed in detail.
However, this is all for the better, Y City is more prosperous and comfortable.
After paying, Tang Qian looked at his community, and suddenly a burst of "excitement, hesitation, fear" and other feelings came to his heart, he took a slight breath, and then strode in with his luggage. It may be close to lunch, so he didn't meet any acquaintances along the way, but there were a few children who were very eye-catching, and if you think about it, it should be whose children have grown up. Two years is not a long time for adults, but for children, it is a sea change.
From height to appearance, they are all different, changing with each passing day.
Walking to the unit building where he lived, his breathing and heartbeat, for some reason, suddenly accelerated uncontrollably.
There are 2 more floors and 1 more floor...... Because it is an old house, it is impossible to have an elevator, Tang Qian's huge figure walked in the corridor, and it seemed that this space was becoming more and more narrow and cramped. But the people who went upstairs were not affected at all.
He just silently counted the number of layers in his heart.
Walking to a slightly rusty gray security door, Tang Qian took off his luggage, then reached out and knocked on the door, and squeezed out in an extremely muffled voice: "Dad, Mom, I'm back." ”
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After a hearty home-cooked meal, Tang's mother began to pull Tang Qian to look up and down, and kept muttering the words "strong", "strong", and "more like a calf". Tang's father began to ask Tang Qian's life in the United States.
Obviously, since their son started playing in the NBA, these old couple have been very concerned about American affairs.
What "shooting", what "California's new policy", what "abnormal bad weather in the United States", etc., etc., it seems that Tang Qian, a person in the United States, knows no less than Tang Qian, a person in the United States. However, Tang's father and Tang's mother had a very tacit understanding, and they didn't mention Tang Qian's negative news at all. It's like they don't know at all.
In fact? It is impossible not to know that some things about Tang Qian, whether it is in the domestic sports circle or foreign sports circles, are in an uproar, how can Tang's father and Tang's mother, who are extremely concerned about Tang Qian's news, not know. Just to make their son go home comfortably, they discussed it a few days ago, and if they can, they will try not to mention this aspect, so as to save their son from "worrying" when he comes back.
Tang Qian thought of this, his nose was a little sour inexplicably, and his parents' love for him was absolutely meticulous.
So he took the initiative to say: "Dad, Mom, don't believe too much in those things on the Internet, whether it's true or not, there's no conclusion, as long as your son and I play basketball well, it will eventually disappear." Tang's father and Tang's mother nodded, as if they accepted Tang Qian's statement.
But when Tang Qian found out that his parents were still in a state of "laid-off", his anger suddenly increased, and he wanted to theorize, but was stopped by Tang's father and said: "Forget it, we also guessed the general reason, if it is interference from above, it is useless for you to go to Boss Zhang, and he will not be able to disobey." Besides, my son has a future, and it is not impossible for me to retire early. ”
"Dad, you ......"
Father Tang waved his hand and motioned to Tang Qian not to continue, after all, they still stayed in China most of the time, and there were many things that could not be as decisive as Tang Qian.
On the first day, Tang Qian used the simple equipment at home to practice his strength, and then went to bed to end the first day after returning to China.
Early in the morning, he received a phone call and said, "Don, where are you?" I've arrived at your house, why is there no one? ”
What is this sound? Taylor. Swift? Tang Qian woke up and said, "It's Taylor, I'm not in Los Angeles now, I'm going back to China." "I've returned to my country???" A spirit on the other end of the phone: "When did you return to China?" Didn't you say you were going to spend the entire offseason practicing the game??? Taylor's words obviously complained that Tang Qian "cheated" her, and after Tang Qian heard it, he said with a wry smile: "I'm going to practice all the time, but my parents miss me here, and I just want to relax, so I came back to China." ”
"When did you arrive? Went back alone? Taylor asked, a little "clueless".
"Just arrived yesterday. Of course it's alone, otherwise you'd run so far with me? After Tang Qian finished speaking, Taylor said, "Well, that's good, I know, I'll see you later." Then, the phone shows that the call is over.
What the hell? See you later? Is she angry? Alas, woman, what a trouble.
Tang Qian was not easy to return to China, so he was too lazy to think about it, and soon left this matter behind.
After accompanying his parents for a whole day, Tang Qian called Lu Yang in the evening and asked him if he had time to come to Y City for a gathering, and he could reimburse all the expenses. As for why Tang Qian didn't go there, one was because it was inconvenient, after all, Tang Qian is now a celebrity who is not big or small, and it is easy to cause siege; The second is that the main purpose of his return to China is to accompany his parents, so one more day is a day. You must know that the Chinese New Year is not a good place for foreign countries. So when he came back this time, he tried not to stay away from Y City and his parents.
How do you know that Lu Yang scolded Tang Qian as soon as he heard it, and then said loudly: "Look down on my brother so much? Am I not a poor ghost? Do you still care about the fare? You wait, I'll leave right away, about 7 o'clock in the evening to Y City, tonight we don't get drunk and don't go home! ”
After saying hello to his parents, Tang Qian took a mask and went out. Force", now I know that this is not just for the sake of "pretending. No one wants their private time to become "public time", and celebrities also need their own "independent space".
Otherwise, wearing a "smiling mask" every day, people are easily physically and mentally exhausted.
Of course, it was impossible to stay up all night, but Tang Qian still made an exception and drank a little wine with Lu Yang, and the two found a private room and chatted, and the initial feeling of "stagnation" quickly disappeared. Lu Yang also felt that Tang Qian was enough friends, and he had become a big star, and he didn't have the slightest argument about himself, and everything he talked about was the same as at the beginning. In this way, the two ate and drank, and soon at 12 o'clock in the morning, Tang Qian opened a nearby room for Lu Yang, and then took a taxi home.
There was also a small episode when taking a taxi, the driver happened to be a fan of Tang Qian, after he recognized Tang Qian, he didn't want money, so he asked Tang Qian to sign his name, and then left beautifully. It can be seen that the local fans in Y City still maintain a lot of goodwill towards Tang Qian. There is a saying, oh, after all, it's a fellow countryman~
However, basketball stars are no better than entertainment stars after all, and the number of people who know them is limited, if you don't watch this sport, you won't even know his name too much, which also saves Tang Qian a lot of trouble.
On the third day, Tang's father and Tang's mother said that his uncle and aunt had dinner and asked Tang Qian to clean up and go together, although Tang Qian didn't want to meet this pair of "snobs", but relatives were still relatives, and he could only nod and agree in the end. At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Tang Qian's family took a taxi to the community where his uncle and aunt lived, which is a mid-to-high-end community in Y City, and the price is not cheap, at least it is much higher than Tang Qian's family. I used to hear my aunt boast at the party, how difficult it was for them to get this house, or the "Lou Wang Dong" of this new project, ordinary people don't even think about it, the people living in this building are either rich or officials, XXXX bull break.
In the past, Tang Qian also believed that it was true, and the little people didn't have much knowledge and didn't have many channels to understand, so people said that wind is rain. But now it's different, Tang Qian spent a little money and found out that although this so-called "Lou Wangdong" is indeed a person with a little status, he is worth between a few million and ten million at most, which may not be bad in Y City, but it is definitely not so much that his aunt boasted. As for the officials, the largest one is only at the deputy department level, and it is still an idle unit, so it does not have much real power.
This is the real situation of this "Lou Wangdong".
Although Tang Qian doesn't have much money, he still has tens of millions of dollars, and when converted into RMB, there are more than 7,000~80 million yuan. Among the tens of millions of net worth, he is considered to be upstream, and in the future, he will only have more wealth, not less. So coming to this kind of place again, Tang Qian's confidence and mental state have undergone fundamental changes.
As soon as he entered the door, Tang Qian felt uncomfortable, because obviously, his uncle and aunt's family called many relatives to come today, which was not exactly the same as the situation at the beginning.
"Oh, it turned out that Xiao Quan was promoted, oh, mentioned the level of deputy section chief? That's gratifying, congratulations, we didn't prepare a red envelope this time, and I hope my sister-in-law will forgive me, forgive me. "Tang's mother has always disliked the wife her brother married, because she always felt that her brother was filial and gentle before, and he followed this daughter-in-law, so the whole person's temperament has changed a lot. And it's the one she dislikes the most.
"Yo~ It's okay, it's okay, your family conditions are not good, and you're all laid off, we don't care about this matter~ Come, let's all go and sit, let's go sit ~" What is called "hiding a knife in a smile" and "hiding a needle in a smile", this is the situation of the daily life version. It seems that he says it's okay, but he can't tell what to think in his heart. Otherwise, how can you directly say things like "the conditions are not good" and "they are all laid off again"? In front of so many relatives, it is purely embarrassing for his parents.
My aunt, after so many years, has really not changed at all.
This time I hit a surprise attack, just to keep my own family from shirking, right?
Indeed, my mother has released my aunt's "banquet" pigeons many times before, why do you want to do this? Isn't it that she has to "set the table" twice in three days, and she has to "collect red envelopes" when she farts a little bigger? And you can't give less every time, otherwise she will not only take your money, but also say it behind your back, making you uncomfortable.
How much do your parents only pay a month? In Y City, it adds up to more than 5,000 yuan, plus there are still old people on both sides who need to be supported, and there is not much spare money to "play the autumn breeze" for my aunt. It's 500-1000 when you do it, and there are too many times, and Tang's father and Tang's mother really can't stand it.
Y City is not a big city, and even the second and third tiers are enough, and the geographical location is not coastal, so the salary level has always been far from that in "TV dramas" and "novels". In fact, except for provincial capitals, large cities and coastal cities, the wage level of ordinary inland provinces is generally not high, and these cities are the real face of more than 70~80% of China's cities. After all, 1.4 billion people can't all be distributed in these places, ordinary third-tier, fourth-tier and even small counties, except for those who do business, ordinary office workers, how much do you say?
If it were all like what is written in "TV series" and "novels", China would have already caught up with Europe and the United States and dominated the world.
It is easy to overlook the most common things, because the eyes, physiologically speaking, grow on the head, not on the feet. But these are the life of ordinary people, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation of ordinary people.
Tang Qian didn't want these relatives to see his jokes, and was about to pay for "paying the bill", but this action was seen by Tang's father, he stopped Tang Qian with his hand, and then shook his head inaudibly.
Seeing this, Tang Qian was stunned for a moment, and then stopped taking out his wallet.
Tang's father's actions made him understand that he still thought too simply, and the relationship between people, even if it was relatives, was very complicated. are all in the same city, look down and don't see what you look up, unless it is necessary, there is really no need to scold others and make people angry.
Proper forbearance is a philosophy in the East, and the older generation is very familiar with this truth.
As soon as he returned home, Tang Qian didn't want to cut his father's meaning, so he chose to obey.
Soon, however, another "story" happened.
Because Tang Qian's family did not give "gift money", during the whole conversation, my aunt taunted Tang's father and Tang's mother, intentionally or unintentionally, but Tang's father and Tang's mother's faces were as stable as Mount Tai, and they didn't mean to be angry at all. I didn't have confidence before, but now I have enough confidence, so I'm too lazy to bother with this kind of person.
When the meal was about to start at noon, his uncle and cousin finally came home, and as soon as the two came back, they both felt like "busy people returning to the mansion", and their attitude was very superior. This is also a kind of norm in China, not to mention the outside, the family is usually extremely prosperous, the strong and the weak, and there is no essential change.
Whoever mixes well has the "right to speak".
On the side of Tang Qian's family, the "right to speak" obviously stays on his uncle and aunt's side all the year round.
So it's normal for everyone to compliment them and please them, after all, when you need help in the future, what is this called, this is called "reserved space". But you can't blame them, everyone is an ordinary person, and their ability is definitely not as strong as that of the "family talker", so not for themselves, but also for their next generation.
That's why it's so difficult to understand, even if you have a doctorate, it's hard to be comfortable on this issue.
"Oh, Xiaoquan is back, what a talent, no wonder he can become a deputy section chief at such a young age, he is really capable!"
"Yes, yes, I heard that your unit is very good, the welfare is very good, and you want to help our little thing in the future~"
His cousin had a "used" expression, as if he had really become a big official, fluttering.
Yes, their state-owned enterprise is a "fat water yamen", but you are not the number one, or even the number one in your department, what do you have to "use"? When you sit in the position of the number one in the department, it is really necessary to prevent the emergence of "national moths".
The official-oriented thinking, alas, kills people.
Only Tang Qian's family didn't say such a thing, they just greeted them painlessly, and then gave up.
This is all a matter of confidence, now his son is worth at least 7000~80 million yuan, and it is a real deposit, not a fixed asset, so Tang's father and Tang's mother are also imperceptibly producing some changes in temperament.
To use an ancient saying, it is true that there is no need to look at the face of a "deputy section chief" in the face of a "deputy section chief". Of course, it took a long time for Tang's father and Tang's mother to adjust, and they were not used to it at first.
But one thing is good, after Tang's father and Tang's mother adapted to their son's identity as a "rich man", they still insisted on living in the old building, and then there was no nouveau riche mentality, which also made Tang Qian feel extremely admired. My parents are really a pair of honest ordinary people.
This made the cousin, who was circling in the officialdom, soon find out, he glanced in the direction of Tang Qian's house with a little squint, and said slowly: "Isn't this the third aunt and the third aunt?" I heard that you were laid off because of work problems? Is this true? Tang Qian was displeased when he heard this, and was about to speak, but was secretly held down by Tang's father on the side, and only listened to Tang's mother: "Yes, people are old and useless, so they also drop the chain when they work, and the leader thinks it's useless to keep us, so they 'lay us off'." ”
"That's not going to work." My cousin came to "play meat" and deliberately said: "Oh, third aunt, this is not good, it doesn't matter if one person is laid off, two people in the family are laid off, what should I do with life?" You can't go to receive the subsistence allowance, right? Xiao Qian still has to go to college. At this moment, my aunt interjected and said, "Xiaoquan, you don't know, your cousin is no longer studying, and he went to play basketball." ”
"Playing basketball?" My cousin's family is a typical "sports allergy" type, so let alone basketball, even if it's table tennis and the Olympics, their family doesn't watch it much. In addition, Tang's father and Tang's mother's family are extremely low-key, and they have never said anything about this matter, so they don't know what Tang Qian has become and how much wealth he has now.
"Xiao Qian, this is not good, although you are tall, but this society still depends on work and money, how much money can you earn playing basketball? Unless you can get into the national team, you won't be productive! So listen to my cousin's advice, honestly go back to Y City to find a job of two or three thousand, so that you can still have some savings in the future. When Tang Qian heard this, he sneered in his heart, but because of the face of his parents, he still nodded and said: "I just play basketball because I want to play, I haven't thought about how much money I want to make, thank you cousin for your kindness." ”
Tang's mother also wanted to "show off" at first, but was stopped by Tang's father, because Tang's father didn't like this practice, he always thought that there was no need to tear up his face with his relatives because he was angry and wealthy, and he was kind to keep his family. Hearing this, Tang's mother was reluctant and gave up for the time being.
My cousin has been working in state-owned enterprises all the year round, and he has not practiced anything else, but he has practiced a lot of skills in observing words and feelings, so he is very keenly aware of the trace of disdain in Tang Qian's eyes. This made him, who was originally superior, very unhappy in his heart, and said: "Xiao Qian, if you feel that you have no face and can't find a job, then you can come to your cousin, and your cousin will introduce you to a job, a job of two or three thousand, I can still help you get it!" ”
When Tang Qian heard this, he looked at this guy who called himself his cousin "showing superiority", and became more and more impatient in his heart, and directly refused: "No need, cousin, I'm fine now, I don't need your help." "Nonsense, Tang Qian is now a big star, his worth is also rich, and the future is bright, and he still needs to be polite with an ordinary deputy section chief? To put it mildly, if it weren't for the face of his parents, he would have directly scolded him back, so that this so-called "cousin of the deputy section chief" would not be able to come to the stage.
This is all Tang Qian's accumulation during this period of time, with the improvement of his strength, his vision has long exceeded that of the past, so if it weren't for his relatives, he wouldn't have bothered to say a word to this "deputy section chief".
Hearing Tang Qian's words, the deputy section chief's cousin's face felt unbearable, and he actually said sharply to Tang Qian: "Xiao Qian, who do you think you are talking to?" If it weren't for your mom and my dad's sister, do you think a jobless vagrant like you would be able to talk to you? I tell you, you won't even see my face! As soon as this sentence came out, the audience was quiet, but no one stood up to help Tang Qian speak, because all the relatives didn't want to offend the best "uncle and aunt".
"Do you think your dad is not my mom and brother, and I will say a word to you?" Tang Qian is no longer the "stunned young man" he was back then, he is a "famous" figure in the United States, single-handedly fighting the whole Nuggets team, beating up "Warcraft", slapping "Kanye", etc., a series of deeds show that Tang Qian is no longer the person he used to be. Are you playing tricks with him? He didn't slap you, he just gave you face.
Who said that relatives can always ridicule, mock, ridicule, and look down on people all the time? If people don't offend me, I won't offend people, such a simple truth, Taizu takes it as a guide, let alone Tang Qian? This time, Tang's father and Tang's mother didn't go to pull Tang Qian again, because they also felt that it would be enough to take a few steps back, and the current son was not the son he used to be, so there was no need for him to suffer from this "wretched gas".
"What? What did you say??? The cousin didn't seem to expect Tang Qian to contradict himself like this, and after a few seconds of pause, he came back to his senses and said, "Third aunt and third brother-in-law, you just let him talk to me like this?" Tang's father and Tang's mother were different from before this time, they all chose to be silent and not say a word.
"Good, good! I'm kind enough for you to be donkey liver and lungs! You really deserve to be poor!! ”
"What kind of heart are you? I think you want to show your superiority! Tang Qian saw that his family had been suppressed for so many years, and he had been angry recently, so he just took this "deputy section chief's cousin" out of anger and said: "I still have two or three thousand yuan a month's work, I have hands and feet, two or three thousand yuan a month, I use you to help me introduce?" So be it. Tang Qian's words were shocking: "I'll give you two or three thousand yuan a month, no, I give you twenty or thirty thousand yuan a month, how about you give me a hand?" That's three or four times higher than your current salary, right? What do you think? Am I much more generous than you? ”
The audience was dumbfounded, everyone didn't know why this "laid-off" Tang Qian had so much confidence?
This is also because these relatives don't pay much attention to the sports circle, and the children are either not too young, or they are not interested in sports at all, so they have such "consternation". After a few breaths, my aunt ran out to "protect the calf", and said loudly to Tang's father and Tang's mother: "Look at you, look at you, this is the good son you taught?" It's no wonder that I took a break from college before I finished it, and I must have committed a crime, so I was expelled from school! is such a second-rate person, if it weren't for our family's enthusiasm, who do you think would help you? ”
Now Tang's mother is gone, her son is now a "head and face" character, I don't know how much more powerful than your bullshit son, you dare to call him a "second-rate son"? Dare you say that he was expelled from school? This is really infuriating old lady!
"Sister-in-law, I'm not happy if you talk nonsense! Although our little dive doesn't dare to say that it is the dragon and phoenix among people, it is also better than your family, right? Do you think it's ridiculous for a beggar to laugh at an emperor? Tang Qian didn't expect his mother to be so fierce, and actually compared himself to the "emperor", well, it's just a metaphor anyway, isn't James also called the emperor by domestic fans? Although his real nickname abroad is "King", which means king.
"You dare to say that our family is all beggars???" My aunt was stunned for a moment, she looked at this extremely strange Tang mother, and suddenly said angrily: "I think you are crazy!! As poor as you are, you are being promoted to this community!! Don't think about our family helping you in the future!! ”
"We have your help in our family?" Tang Qian also became angry, "whew", stood up and said, and in an instant, the entire hall was instantly a lot smaller. "Xiao Qian, how do you talk to your cousin and aunt? Give your cousin tens of thousands of dollars? I'll give you hundreds of thousands, would you like to be a doorman for me! "This is my uncle, that is, my mother's brother, he is in business, and he has accumulated a small deposit of about one million over the years, which is already a very good existence in Y City. However, the sentence he just said "be a doorman" suddenly made Tang's father and Tang's mother's faces flash with anger.
Because in Y City, "being a doorman" has several meanings, one of which is the meaning of "watchdog".
Want your son to be a "watchdog"? It's worth it???
HOWEVER, BEFORE TANG'S MOTHER COULD SPEAK, TANG QIAN DIRECTLY STARED AT HIS UNCLE, WHO WAS LESS THAN 170CM TALL, AND SAID, "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS? Do you say dollars or yuan? If it's RMB, hehe, I'll give you millions, how about you use me as a watchdog? As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent, because no one thought that Tang Qian's family would dare to speak like this.
And the confidence is so sufficient.
Seeing that the other party didn't give himself any face, his uncle was also angry, and put on a shelf and said, "Millions? I think you're about the same in a few million coins! If it weren't for your mother's sake, I'd have told you to fuck off! "Don't you like to use money to oppress people?" Tang Qian said stiffly: "I'll cooperate with you!" But a few million RMB is really not a big deal for me! ”
"Mom and Dad, I let you learn all the driver's licenses, right?" Tang Qian turned his head and suddenly asked.
"Well, I've learned it all."
After getting the answer, Tang Qian directly grabbed his mobile phone, dialed a number, and said, "Old classmate, didn't you say that you work in a 4S store?" What do you think? Interested in taking an order? ”
PS: The above is all an adaptation of real things, although it is not my own home, but I did see it with my own eyes, but it is not so dramatic.
Tomorrow erupts ~ how? Ladies and gentlemen? Hey~