Chapter 13: Family Gatherings (3)
The focus of the family's dinner topic was immediately placed on the second uncle's son Fang Muyu, the second uncle was not too late to get married, but in the early years, he worked hard in Yuncheng, leaving his wife in the countryside to farm, until the income stabilized a little in the 80s, and then the second aunt was brought to Yuncheng to give birth to Fang Muyu. Therefore, Fang Muyu was born relatively late, 7 years younger than his eldest cousin Fang Luoyang, and nearly 3 years older than Lin Ming. It's embarrassing to be up or down in the family at this age. Uncle, Fang Luoyang, and Jiang Wei are seven or eight years old behind him, and there is a generation gap, so they haven't played together. Lin Ming and Fang Zirui, who were a little older, hated him more, disgusted that he was irritable and had a bad temper, and they didn't want to contact him.
So the whole family is younger than the next generation, and no male is willing to play with him. Mainly because Fang Muyu's growth environment is different from everyone's, he didn't cultivate feelings when he was a child, and when he was older, his personality was incompatible, and he didn't like to take care of him very much.
Fang Muyu was born in Yuncheng in the first month of 85, and his household registration was also transferred to Yuncheng, and he grew up in the city when he was a child, unlike Lin Ming, who was raised at his grandmother's house for a period of time when he was a child. By the time Fang Muyu was older, the second uncle had already become wealthy, giving him a quite comfortable environment and becoming a pampered rich second generation.
In the early 90s, the second uncle had already bought a house in Yuncheng after 10 years of hard work, and he was the first in the family to become rich. At that time, the uncle was still working in the construction team, Lin Ming's father Lin Changqing was working as a clerk in Yun County, which was under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng City, his aunt was a cook in someone else's restaurant in other places, and his third uncle was working as a bricklayer in the township. Therefore, the children of several families are placed in the grandmother's house for foster care, and at most, counting the brother-in-law, the grandparents have to bring 9 children. And Fang Muyu's younger sister Fang Dandan grew up in the city and never stayed in her hometown for a day, so the younger generation did not cultivate feelings when she was a child. At that time, Fang Zirui was the follower on the side of the eldest cousin, and Lin Ming played with a few cousins, and was dressed as a girl by them when he was a child. Therefore, Lin Ming's relationship was closer to several cousins, and later Gong Jie and Gong Fangfang were born and grew up in Cloud City, Lin Ming went to the second grade of primary school in his hometown, and was also taken to the city by his parents. Since then, I have been playing with my aunt's children, and I haven't paid attention to Fang Muyu.
Lin Ming remembered that Fang Muyu was quite good when he was in junior high school, because his father Lin Changqing transferred jobs, and the family moved to Cloud City, and they could see each other occasionally. Later, the older Fang Mu Yu became, the more he looked at no one, and he called Lin Ming and Gong Jie as his younger brothers all the year round, and neither of them wanted to bird him, and since then he has become more and more estranged.
The third uncle's son, Fang Zirui, didn't take this cousin who was half a year older than him in his eyes, the two brothers looked very similar, but their personalities were equally arrogant. Fang Zirui felt that Fang Muyu was stupid and greedy, and his reading grades were poor, so he didn't deserve to play with him. Fang Muyu felt that Fang Zirui's father was brought out by his father, why did you drag it with yourself? So the two brothers are on the same page, and when they meet, they are either sneering or weird, which makes the family uneasy. This time for his uncle's birthday, Fang Muyu heard that Fang Zirui was coming over, so he didn't even want to come over for a meal, so he slept at home. made the second uncle extremely angry, but he couldn't do anything about him, and told everyone that Fang Muyu was sick and resting at home. In fact, everyone knows the reason, but everyone is reluctant to pierce this layer of window paper. Don't look at the second uncle's resolute and extremely strict business field, but he treats his son in the blink of an eye and becomes a loving father, he can't be scolded in the palm of his hand, and when he preaches every day, he doesn't even dare to say a few heavy words, and he really spoils his son.
It is said that loving mothers have many defeated children, but in fact, loving fathers are also the same. But you can't blame the second uncle, there are some historical reasons in it, and the whole family knows it, so even if Fang Muyu becomes worse and worse, and he becomes more and more disrespectful to his elders, no one in the family blames the second uncle.
In the early years, the second uncle was doing business outside, and he was busy socializing every day and had no time to discipline him. The second aunt is a typical rural woman, with a short temper, beating her children if she is disobedient, and treating each other violently all year round, which makes Fang Muyu's childhood unhappy. Later, the second aunt quarreled with the second uncle every day, which made the second uncle very annoyed, and a few years ago, he simply divorced the second aunt, and left the house and 500,000 cash to the second aunt. After marrying his current wife, Fang Muyu and his sister Fang Dandan strongly opposed the divorce of their parents, and they couldn't stand the second uncle's insistence, so the two siblings claimed to have severed the relationship between father and son (father and daughter) and moved to live with their mother, and they were very hostile and full of hatred towards the second uncle.
Later, the court ruled that the divorce agreement took effect, Fang Muyu was awarded to the second uncle, and Fang Dandan was awarded to the second aunt. Fang Muyu didn't pay attention to his father until his second uncle became richer and richer over the years, and his assets were close to tens of millions. Fang Muyu was worried that his stepmother had robbed him of his family's property, so he moved back to live with his father.
The second uncle felt that he owed him too much in his early years, so he let him do everything and followed him, and he never lacked pocket money. As a result, Fang Muyu finished his third year of high school this year, and after the college entrance examination, he checked his score, 219 points, and no one even wanted a junior college. was so anxious that the second uncle's tears were about to fall, but he remembered that Fang Muyu had not fulfilled his father's responsibilities for more than ten years, so he didn't beat or scold, but just kept reasoning and educating, Fang Muyu behaved very obediently in front of him, and when the second uncle turned around, he played his own again. Usually, in addition to asking his father for money, he almost treats his second uncle as air. The popularity in the family is not good, and he also contradicts the elders everywhere, which is very disgusting.
In his last life, Lin Ming was tricked by Fang Muyu into being a junior brother for two months after the end of his sophomore year in the summer vacation. At that time, it was 2006, the second uncle's business was getting bigger and bigger, the uncle's construction team was sluggish, and the assets were slowly surpassed by the second uncle. Until 2012, when the development of passenger transport reached its peak, the second uncle had more than 80 buses imported from abroad, each worth more than 3 million, more than 10 passenger lines, and total assets of nearly 1 billion. The family has money, which makes Fang Muyu even more extravagant, driving an Audi A6 of more than 500,000 yuan, and asking Lin Ming to carry his bag for him every day in the name of working during the summer vacation. As a result, during this time, Lin Ming found that he was actually sneaking drugs and absorbing fans.
This incident frightened Lin Ming, and he didn't dare to tell his elders, so he could only swallow his anger for two months, and after taking a "salary" of 6,000 yuan, he immediately hid away, as if he hadn't seen it. In later generations, Fang Muyu intensified his efforts and squandered his second uncle's family property, he was a well-known loser, and became a recognized piece of shit in the family.
But at this time, he hadn't exaggerated to that point. The eldest uncle frowned and said to the second uncle: "Second brother, I know that you didn't take care of him in the early years, and Xiao Yu suffered a lot. But no matter what, the child is your child after all, and it should be disciplined. ”
"The college entrance examination scored more than 200 points, which is really not good. I haven't been able to go to university now, what will I do in the future? Either they will be sent to the army, or they will follow you out to do things, you think about it. ”
Uncle took a bite of the dish and shook his head. Fang Muyu, this child, is indeed the biggest problem teenager in the whole family. If you can't read well, it's okay, but at a young age, skipping classes, surfing the Internet, stealing money, and almost any bad thing can be done. Compared with his own children, although Fang Luoyang's grades are not very good, they are not so bad.
Before the second uncle could say anything, the eldest aunt frowned and said, "A few days ago, Fang Muyu ran to me, and I called him to eat." Jiang Ping just asked Fang Xinfu to eat in our restaurant, before Fang Xinfu came, Fang Muyu used his hands to pinch the vegetables to eat, and I hit him with chopsticks, but he actually scolded me as an elder, jumped up and yelled at me, smashed the table and threw chairs in the restaurant, and the guests treated him as if he was a nervous disorder. Second brother, if you continue to do this, Fang Muyu will have to do it? I suggest that you send you to the army and discipline yourself in the army. When I came back, I went to the place to see if Fang Xinfu could help arrange it, it was better than being fooling around all day now, like a little hooligan. ”
Lin Ming's grandparents' rural area is called Fangjia Village, and 80% of the village is surnamed Fang. Fang Xinfu also came out of Fangjia Village, and served as a soldier with his aunt Jiang Ping in his early years, and Jiang Ping came back to marry Fang Yinglan after three years. Fang Xinfu stayed in the army, married the daughter of a general, and became a major general before retirement, and was a powerful figure.
The Fang family usually corresponds with Fang Xinfu as friends, maintaining contact and affection. But if you really want to talk about status, you must be more than one head shorter than Fang Xinfu, who became a colonel at the age of 44. If Fang Muyu offended Fang Xinfu, let alone Fang Junxiong, even Jiang Ping might complain about his second uncle.
So when he heard Fang Yinglan's words, the second uncle's face turned pale for a while, obviously extremely annoyed with his son, and he blamed his son for not knowing what to do. But when he heard the eldest sister suggest sending him to be a soldier, the second uncle was still a little reluctant, and said distressedly: "Be a soldier.... Let's take a look. ”
The uncle had a bad temper and said bluntly: "What do you see, and don't look at what virtues your son has now, contradicting his elders, smoking, drinking, and stealing money, how bad is it?" In another two years, he may all attract fans and gamble, sell cars and houses, and the whole family will be ruined by him. I think being a soldier is also a way, with Fang Xinfu in the army, he will not be wronged. After coming back, he followed Fang Xinfu as a logistics soldier and slowly climbed up. Now Fang Xinfu is the director of the Logistics Department of the Hunan Provincial Military Region, where he has a lot of oil and water and is promoted quickly. In two years, Fang Xinfu is very likely to be promoted to general, if he becomes the commander of the Hunan Provincial Military Region, Fang Muyu will follow him, and the future will be limitless. ”
The Hunan Provincial Military Region is a provincial military district, and the commander and political commissar of the military region are major generals of the army rank. The directors of the headquarters, political department and logistics department below are generally with the rank of colonel at the rank of full division. Compared with the administrative level, the colonel is equivalent to a cadre at the department level, and the real power is very high. If he is promoted to a general and becomes the commander of a military region, he will directly be a member of the Standing Committee of the provincial party committee and a provincial-level member.
A few years later, Fang Xinfu did live up to expectations, and at the age of 52, he was promoted to major general, appointed commander of the Hunan Provincial Military Region, and became a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.
So what the uncle said is right, if he follows a future major general with real power and a provincial official all the way, Fang Muyu's future is indeed limitless. But after so many years, Fang Junxiong still doesn't know what his brother's personality is. If you are kind enough to persuade him, he may still think about it carefully, but if it is in a commanding tone, Fang Junhu will be very disgusted. Especially constantly belittling his son, Fang Junhu was even more unwilling to listen. No matter how disobedient his son is, no matter how bad his grades are, he is also his son in Fang Junhu's eyes. Every parent thinks that his son will not become bad, even if his reading grades are not satisfactory, it is nothing, as long as he has good morals, where is everyone so bad?
The eldest uncle should not have said so seriously, so the second uncle's face suddenly became ugly, and he said to the uncle: "What is the merit of being a soldier, Fang Xinfu is not as good as his lieutenant general's father-in-law, and he is capable of being a major." He talked about relatives with our family more than 100 years ago, why did he help Fang Muyu for nothing? Just because Jiang Ping is a comrade-in-arms with him? Daydreaming, it is better to spend some money to buy a private school to study, and after you come out, follow me to learn to do business, get in touch with the business field, and slowly understand the rules. It's normal for young people to be naughty, big brother, when you were a child, you went up and down the river less? Discipline well in the future, is it, do you need to think badly? It's not okay to be a soldier. ”
The second uncle shook his head firmly and made up his mind. This made Lin Ming, who was listening from the sidelines, a little pity, if Fang Muyu was sent to be a soldier, there was still a high chance that he would be able to change his future fate. At least if you are a soldier in the army, you will definitely not touch sports cars, poisonous powder and other things, so that Fang Muyu will ruin his entire life in the future.
Thinking of this, Lin Ming interjected at this time and said, "Second uncle, in fact, the eldest uncle didn't mean that. However, there are people in business and politics in the family, but there are really no people in the army, and now there is a ready-made relationship with Fang Xinfu here, and it is not a bad thing for my cousin to enter the army. In case he is promoted and becomes an officer in the army, even if he only works until the colonel retires, it is a glorious thing. Now that I have graduated from high school and joined the army, with Uncle Fang here, there is still no big obstacle, and if the policy changes in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to have such an opportunity again. And even if Uncle Fang can't help him in the future, he will stay in the army for two years and train his body to be tough, and he will be handsome. Now Brother Mu Yu is almost 200 pounds, and he can't see his feet when he lowers his head. You always urge him to lose weight on weekdays, and he hasn't lost it. If you go to the army, at least you will be healthy. At your age, you also know that gaining weight has a great impact on health, not to mention the three highs, and the probability of other complications is also very high. ”
Lin Ming's words sounded much more comfortable, and the key was to point to the second uncle's heart. Although the second uncle has big ears, he is not fat, but he is rich. But Fang Muyu is lazy to eat, and now he is almost 200 pounds, and his second uncle is heartbroken for his weight loss, and he is applying for a fitness card and asking for a coach.
But it didn't work.
The second uncle spent thousands of years to add a monthly coach, and Fang Muyu went there 3 times, but he didn't lose a pound, and he became more and more obese. The big arms stretched out were thicker than Lin Ming's thighs, if it weren't for the height of 1.8 meters, this weight might be a ball.