Chapter 17: Family Gatherings (7)

"Don't you have a job? Still looking for me to borrow money? Don't you usually rely on yourself to have hands and feet, don't you need us to be the help of your brothers and sisters, and now you don't even have a wife and children, and the whole family is not hungry when you feed yourself, what do you want to do with so much money? ”

When the uncle heard that the uncle asked him to borrow 300,000, he was immediately dissatisfied. Don't look at his claim that he has assets of tens of millions, in fact, he is just to save face in front of his brothers and sisters, and his real assets are only about seven or eight million, most of which are real estate such as houses. After the construction team helps the developer build the house, if the developer delays the project payment and the migrant workers ask for wages, then they are likely to use the house or shop as collateral. Uncle has taken a lot of such real estate over the years, and the working capital in his hand is about 100-2 million in total, and the uncle borrowed 300,000 yuan when he opened his mouth, and he didn't explain the reason, so he still has to do it? It's like cutting his flesh with a knife.

"Don't be so ugly." While eating a big chicken leg, the brother-in-law said vaguely: "Anyway, I am also your own brother, borrow me 300,000 yuan and pay it back to you soon." ”

"Borrow money, borrow money, borrow what, you think money fell from the sky?"

"300,000 is not, 100,000 is always there."

"Nope."

Uncle refused.

"No?" The uncle glanced at him and sneered: "It's really my good big brother." ”

Seeing that the two of them were arguing again, the second uncle hurriedly said: "Little brother, you first make it clear what you want so much money for, if it is a legitimate need, the eldest brother and the second brother will not say anything, the money will definitely be given, but you don't say the reason, how to borrow this money?" ”

The uncle threw the chopsticks on the table, leaned on the stool, wiped his hands and mouth with a napkin, and said, "Okay, I'll talk about it." This money was borrowed for Sister Man. ”

There is a small meaning in the local dialect of Yuncheng, and the young man is called Brother Man, and Sister Man is also called the youngest sister.

Sister Man in the uncle's mouth naturally refers to the aunt Fang Xiaolan.

And all the people looked at her.

The aunt looked around at a loss, looked at the uncle in confusion and said, "Xiaolong, what are you asking the eldest brother to lend me money?" I have hands and feet, and I don't have a place to use the money. ”

The brother-in-law said: "Everyone knows the situation in Sister Man's family, my brother-in-law has bad luck, something goes wrong, and he has no financial resources all of a sudden, and his life is not good." My brother-in-law is also old and young, doesn't he want to make money to support his family? But what can be done if he is unlucky, as soon as something goes wrong, who in the family really wants to help him? The eldest brother blames every day, and the second brother and the third brother stand by as if watching a play. The conditions of your three brothers in the family are okay, the situation in the eldest brother-in-law's family is not very good, and the second brother-in-law is a civil servant with clean sleeves, and he has to raise his wife with that salary. And what about my three older brothers who are financially okay? No one helped. ”

"So I just want to get some money to help their family, so that Sister Man knows that at least someone in this family cares about her. My brother still has to settle the accounts, and I don't owe you in vain, write an IOU on the spot, borrow 100,000 yuan and repay 30,000 yuan a year, and the interest is not low, how about it? ”

The uncle sat down at the dinner table immediately, looking at his three brothers with a little indifference in his eyes.

Everyone present fell silent.

The aunt's eyes were red and she sobbed lowly, and the sister-in-law hugged her distressedly. Fang Lan comforted in a low voice on the side, and Lin Changqing clasped his arms and watched coldly. The expressions of the three uncles are different, the uncle's face is blue and white for a while, which is very ugly, the eldest aunt is embarrassed and does not dare to speak, and the younger uncle has the support of his grandparents and grandmothers, but no one is afraid. The second uncle's face was remorseful, as if he was regretting why he didn't help his little sister earlier, this second aunt was married later, and she had not been recognized by the family and had no status, so she was silent on the side. The third uncle lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, but the third aunt next to him was a little angry, after all, he still knew the situation of his family.

In addition to the expressions of these elders, all of them are as good as the same. Each of these juniors next to him is very interesting.

The eldest cousin Fang Luoyang was sandwiched between his parents and brother-in-law, and his expression was entangled. The second cousin Gong Wei was obviously standing on the side of the uncle, squinting at the uncle. Fang Luodan, Fang Xin, and Gong Xiaoye pretended not to hear it, and did not get involved in the affairs of the elders. Fang Zirui was obviously a little gloating.

Gong Jie and Gong Fangfang They are still young, but they seem to understand something, but they don't make a sound. Fang Xiaoyan was even more confused, only Lin Ming's face was heavy. In the previous life, the uncle quarreled like this, but the relationship between him and the uncle was much more obvious.

Of course.

This quarrel is not without its benefits.

At least with the help of the second uncle, the aunt's family will soon start passenger transportation, and successfully share a piece of the golden ten years of passenger transportation, making their family much better.

The people present fell silent, and after a while, the old mother Fang Lan stood up, walked to Lin Ming's side and said, "Come out." ”

Lin Ming realized something and obediently went out with her.

Outside the box, Fang Lan said solemnly: "Son, you can't help your aunt in this matter, sell a little shares, and get some money." ”

The Lin family is not wealthy, Lin Changqing has a clean sleeve, and he doesn't have much savings. Now only Lin Ming's shares are still valuable, originally Lin Changqing and Fang Lan felt that since their son earned it, they should put it there and wait for appreciation, and there is no need to show off too much. But now in this situation, you can only sell shares and cash out to get some money to help.

"Okay."

Lin Ming didn't hesitate, in fact, there was no need to sell the shares, and it would be enough to take out the song dividends next month. In this era, it may cost millions to charter a trolley on a line, and as long as my aunt partners with my second uncle, I can still make a lot of money.

After getting Lin Ming's reply, the mother was very happy, at least this proved that her son was still very obedient. And pays more attention to family affection, Fang Xiaolan didn't take him in vain when he was a child.

When I returned to the box, I saw that my uncle was still arguing with my uncle.

"Being an elder brother can be inhumane, and I, being a younger brother, can't do without. At what age were Fang Luoyang and Fang Luodan left at your parents' house? Who helped you bring them up, who went up to the mountains every day to chop firewood, went down to the fields to do farm work, and helped you take care of the children all the time? The eldest sister got married at that time, and your three brothers are all working outside, and your parents have to work every day, so you don't go down to the ground to support such a large family? It's not that Sister Man and Second Sister are looking around inside and out, and they have to help their parents do labor, and they have to help you take care of your children, you are good now, a person with five people and six people has become the boss, and Sister Man's family has an accident, and they are still falling into the well there, is there still a little humanity? ”

"And the eldest sister, a few years ago, you said to them that you wanted to build a coal mine and invest some money together. The eldest sister believed in you, hollowed out the house, and put together more than 200,000 yuan to invest in you, what was the result? I bought a dead coal, the top was hollowed out, the bottom could not be dug out, it could not be made up, and the project did not progress at all. Even the money invested by the second brother and the third brother in it has been wasted, how many times has the second brother quarreled with you about this? Even your parents came forward to persuade you, not to mention all the belongings of the eldest sister, did you pay them back a dime? Do you still have the face to mention here, what are you everyone's brother, and the eldest brother is the father? Bah! Do you really owe anything in your heart? ”

The more the uncle spoke, the more angry he became, and he was about to point at the uncle's nose and scold. The only thing that my uncle owes Fang Lan and Fang Xiaolan over the years is that the two children have not been taken care of for nearly ten years, and they were all brought up by Fang Lan and Fang Xiaolan. This is known to the whole family and cannot be refuted.

There is also the matter of the coal mine I bought a few years ago, my uncle was pitted, the top was hollowed out in the open air, and the bottom was not moving. You have to throw millions of devices into it. But at the beginning, everyone invested money together, and now how can there be money to raise funds to buy equipment? It turned that coal mine into a dead coal mine, and it couldn't be turned into cash.

Uncle was at a loss and couldn't think of anything to fight back. In a fit of anger, he picked up the stool and shouted: "Lao Tzu killed you little king and eight lambs." ”

"Big brother, put down the stool and have something to say."

"Dad, don't do it."

"Uncle."

Fortunately, he was surrounded by relatives, and his uncle sat far away from him, and his uncle stopped him when he was together.

Not to be outdone, the uncle continued: "Is what I said wrong? ”

"Little brother, stop and stop."

Fang Lan hurriedly pulled her younger brother out of the box, and Lin Changqing also said, "I'll go and persuade Junlong." ”

Waiting for his parents to go out, Lin Ming followed him out.

The family feast broke up.

When he went out, Lin Ming also heard the sound of cursing coming from inside.

Downstairs, Lan is teaching his uncle.

"You are doing this because your sister is not a person inside and out, and your eldest brother still thinks that your sister instructed it. Sincerity embarrassed your two sisters, didn't you? If you ask for money, your sister will open her mouth herself, will it be your turn to come out? ”

"I just can't get used to seeing the three of them usually have five or six people, and when something happens to the brothers and sisters in the family, they stand by and watch as if they were watching a play, is it interesting? Are we still loved ones? ”

The uncle is young and vigorous, and he is a criminal policeman, and he is wronged, and he feels worthless for his aunt.

Between the lines of the words of this kind of family elder, Lin Ming couldn't interject. The Fang family has strict rules, and it is still the same old set of ideas. Adults are at the dinner table, children don't interject, they don't even let the table go, they can only eat or stand at other tables. Women are similar, with no status.

Therefore, Lin Ming didn't dare to say anything just now, and he was the kind of person like Fang Muyu, who had no rules, relying on the second uncle in later generations to become more and more rich and powerful, and he had no respect for his elders, and was spurned and despised by the entire family.

"Alright."

Fang Lan said: "You don't have to worry about your sister Man, I will find a way to give her the money." ”

The brother-in-law was puzzled: "Second sister, are you rich?" ”

"I didn't."

"Then where are you going to get the money for her?"

"Your nephew has."

“?”

The uncle looked at Lin Ming suspiciously.

Lin Ming's innocent expression made people feel very indebted.

"Where did he get the money?"

"Don't look at your nephew's poor reading, he still has some talent."

Lin Changqing said with a smile: "Lin Ming wrote some songs and became a shareholder of a music company, with shares worth two or three million. ”

Mom and Dad don't have any concept of shares, thinking that those are all money that is put there and can be withdrawn at any time. In fact, it's not that simple, you have shares, and you have to find someone to take over. Just like in the stock market, if you sell some stocks, someone will buy them. If you don't buy it, where will you sell it?

But fortunately, Lin Ming has the extra income of song dividends, so he doesn't have to worry about getting money. Otherwise, he would have to find someone to take over, sell his pitiful shares of Peachwood to cash out, and hand it over to his mother for his aunt to lend to his aunt.

The uncle looked him up and down for a while, and said in surprise: "I can't see it, you still have this kind of talent." ”

Lin Ming smiled: "I still have some ability." ”

With Fang Lan's assurance, the uncle was much more relieved, and Lin Ming's family and the uncle chatted casually while walking towards the exit of Yudong Building. The brother-in-law came in a police car, and the Lin family sent him to the door, and then drove away in a police car.

When the uncle was far away, the uncle and the others came down. The uncle was still very angry, his face was very tight, and he was slapped in the face by the uncle, and he was unceremoniously teaching his son.

The poor big cousin is sandwiched in the middle, not human inside and out.

After the family feast, everyone went their separate ways. Lin Changqing also greeted everyone separately and drove away.

Sitting in the back seat, through the rear window, you can see a large family dispersed.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read.

The family should have been in harmony, but unfortunately the uncle died to save face, and the contradictions between him and the uncle became more and more acute. The youngest daughter talked about a well-dressed boyfriend, and there were conflicts between her siblings and siblings. The second uncle's daughter followed his ex-wife, and the son caused trouble everywhere, and in a few years, he attracted fans and played sports cars, showing off his wealth everywhere and being a loser and a rich second generation. The most important thing is that even his own brother will betray himself. Not to mention the third uncle, he was at odds with the second uncle, and in private, in order to get rid of the second uncle, he betrayed the second uncle's smuggling to the second uncle's rival. The aunt and the aunt's husband's family are also half a catty, running a half-dead small restaurant, thanks to the blessing of the uncle's coal mining business, and there is a lot of debt outside. The situation at my aunt's family is even worse, her husband has lost his job to support the family, he has been cheated of most of his laid-off allowance, and the family has two children who have to study and eat, and they cannot make ends meet. The uncle has a bad temper and a straight temperament, and the relationship with the uncle is very bad.

There are people here who are desperate to maintain the majesty of the eldest brother; Someone is caught in the middle and is torn between them; Some people secretly betrayed their own brothers; Some people speak out against indifferent kinship; Some people watched them coldly, as if they were watching a big play; There are even people who sew and mend up, struggling to maintain this tattered family net.

Everyone is playing the little abacus in their hearts, intriguing with each other, and they look like they are separated. No one is absolutely bad, and no one is absolutely good. You sing and I will appear on the stage, like a wonderful Chinese family ethics drama, if it is broadcast on TV stations, it will definitely become a golden hit.

As the saying goes, art comes from life.

In fact, life is far more exciting than in the play.