Chapter 490

The Wang family's Second Uncle standing up to speak for Wang Wang Jianqiang didn't make Wang Wang Jianqiang's expression look much better.

Just at this moment, someone walked into the courtyard carrying food boxes. After dozens of dishes were laid out, the rich aroma of the food made the Wang family relatives feel hungry.

Wang Wang Jianqiang finally stopped looking at people coldly and said calmly, "Then I'll leave it to you, Second Uncle, to help out. I ordered the dishes from a restaurant; let's eat first. You've come from far away and shouldn't go hungry."

"Hey, that's right. What can't be said between family?"

Wang Wang Jianqiang added, "I don't live here year-round, so there are only a few beds and little bedding. I'll call a car to come over; after we eat, I'll send some of you to stay at a hotel—a hotel where you can see Tiananmen..."

"Oh my, you've even installed a telephone here! Look at you, look at you, and you still say you have no ability! You don't even tell the truth to your uncles..."

"Exactly. Even the bureau chief in our county might not have a telephone at home! Arranging for a few people to enter a unit and eat 'imperial grain' should be as easy as play for him..."

"..."

The uncles ate the sumptuous meal and drank the fragrant, high-quality liquor, gradually feeling that they "could do it again," their spittle flying as they chattered away.

Wang Wang Jianqiang's words just now had made them feel too stifled, but now that Wang Wang Jianqiang was treating them to such a lavish meal, they finally regained a little bit of their dignity as elders.

However, the Wang family's Second Uncle looked at the calm and indifferent Wang Wang Jianqiang and suddenly felt helpless for his brothers.

Can't you see the current Wang Wang Jianqiang? Is he still the dim-witted fool he used to be?

You all know that someone who installs a telephone at home has ability, so why don't you think about what you look like when you usually meet those capable people?

Which capable person lets you lecture them at will? Don't you all put on smiling faces and speak in a gentle tone?

One by one, you take on the airs of elders—did you save Qiangzi's life? Or did you provide him with the means to survive?

Do you really think you can use family affection to kidnap someone with ability?

【Forget it, it's none of my business.】

After they were full of food and drink, Wang Wang Jianqiang indeed called for two sedans and sent the few elders who were most fond of putting on airs to the hotel.

This made Wang Daguang and Fan Fan Chunhua feel itchy in their hearts for a long time.

Their own son had truly made something of himself; he could call two sedans with a single phone call. Wouldn't it be easy for them to ride in sedans in the future?

After those brothers who didn't treat themselves as outsiders left, the Wang family's Second Uncle found his younger brother Wang Daguang and sister-in-law Fan Fan Chunhua.

He pulled a long face and said coldly, "Just now, Old Four, Old Five, and the others said so many nonsensical things to Qiangzi. Why didn't you, his own father and mother, protect the child, but instead helped Old Four and Old Five speak?"

Wang Daguang was stunned and muttered, "There's nothing wrong with that, is there? They are all family elders, they watched him grow up; saying a few words doesn't count for much, right?"

"Saying a few words doesn't count for much?"

Wang Guan Dasheng shook his head in anger and said to Fan Fan Chunhua, "I told you during the New Year last time to treat your Third Son better. Did you forget everything? Why can't you distinguish between inside and outside?"

Fan Fan Chunhua said aggrievedly, "It's not that, Second Uncle. Look at Qiangzi's house; he... he hid money! If we don't lecture him, will he ever put us in his eyes again?"

Wang Guan Dasheng said with a laugh, "Heh, you lecture him, and he'll put you in his eyes? Qingshui County is a thousand miles away from the capital; what does it matter if he puts you in his eyes or not?"

When Wang Wang Jianqiang arranged the cars to send the uncles away today, that unquestionable aura made Wang Guan Dasheng deeply feel Wang Wang Jianqiang's "assertiveness." With a Wang Wang Jianqiang like this, how could he be influenced by a few words of nagging?

"We, we..."

Fan Fan Chunhua stammered twice, then smiled and said, "We two were thinking of living with Qiangzi from now on. If we live under the same roof, it won't be easy if he doesn't respect his elders!"

"..."

The Wang family's Second Uncle was stunned for a long time, completely speechless.

"I say, Fan Chunhua, you're doing pretty well now! You get eighty yuan every month, and your two sons and daughters-in-law at home revolve around you every day. Why are you confused again and want to come to the capital?"

Fan Fan Chunhua said with a bitter face, "The old Huan family at the east end, the Da Linzi family at the west end, they all live with their youngest sons... why can't I live with my youngest son?"

"Forget it! People live with their youngest sons because they've been biased toward them since they were small. Touch your own conscience and ask yourself, who have you been biased toward since they were small?"

"In those years, every time it was time to eat, Qiangzi would wander around my door. I gave him half a steamed bun, and he swallowed it in two bites. The child was so hungry, how could you have the heart to open your mouth?"

Wang Guan Dasheng finally couldn't hold it back and directly exposed Fan Fan Chunhua's scar.

"..."

The Wang family's Second Uncle had high prestige in the family, and these two sentences choked Fan Fan Chunhua.

As for his younger brother Wang Daguang, he was an even more spineless man; the idea of wanting to live with his youngest son must have been instigated by this old woman, Fan Fan Chunhua.

Thinking about it, it makes sense; who wouldn't want to live in a good house, eat good food, and ride in a sedan?

After coming to the capital once, the old couple was no longer satisfied.

"I say, Old Six! You must not be unsatisfied anymore. Stay away from Old Three. He remembers you are his own father and mother, so he sends money every month and brings things home every year. His wife can't say anything either; after all, even if he isn't there in person, the money arrives, which counts as supporting you in your old age."

"But if you see each other every day under the same roof, spending Old Three's money won't be so taken for granted."

"Does his wife taking care of your food and drink count as supporting you in your old age? Don't you know what that old Huan family and Da Linzi family eat every day?"

"And after you live with your youngest son, can you still distribute money to the eldest and second sons? You don't earn money yourself, so are you going to take Old Three's money to buy favor with the other two sons?"

"When the time comes, Old Three's wife won't give you a good face, and the two sons back home won't get money, so will they give you a good face? Don't end up with three sons and, in the end, not a single one to support you in your old age~"

"Be a person, be content!"

"..."

Wang Guan Dasheng's lecture turned Fan Fan Chunhua's face deathly pale, and she was unable to speak.

The next day, at ten in the morning, Wang Wang Jianqiang's uncles were already dressed neatly in the hotel, preparing to help Wang Wang Jianqiang propose and finalize the engagement.

"I say, Third Brother, Fourth Brother, should we set some conditions for Qiangzi later? If we miss this village, we won't find this shop."

"Look at Qiangzi's attitude yesterday; if he really finishes using us, won't he throw us over the wall?"

"Old Five, don't be in a hurry. This is just the engagement; the wedding is the most important time. Let's give Old Six some face today and let the young couple have their way."

"Fourth Brother, you are wrong. By the time the wedding comes, it won't just be us brothers. In front of so many relatives and friends, some things won't be easy to say..."

"Hiss..."

"Then let's talk to Old Six later. Today we must make Qiangzi give us a definite answer. Those two sedan drivers said last night that Qiangzi is some sort of deputy manager and manages dozens of people!"

"Let him fire a few and replace them with our own people; it won't be hard at all."

"Right, let's do that."

After finding out Wang Wang Jianqiang's background last night, the few of them were each harboring their own schemes, and by now, they had finally made up their minds.

But they waited from ten o'clock to twelve o'clock, and then from twelve o'clock to four in the afternoon, all of them hungry, but they never saw the sedan that was supposed to pick them up.

"Could it be an afternoon engagement?"

"It's possible. People in the capital all work; they only have time in the evening!"

It wasn't until four-thirty that they finally waited for the Wang family's Second Uncle.

"I say, why did you only come now? You didn't arrange for food at noon, just letting us wait in vain!"

The Wang family's Second Uncle looked at his brothers with a strange expression and said faintly, "Let's go!"

"Go, go, go, hurry over, let's start the banquet quickly."

"Oh my, why didn't you tell us clearly yesterday? Why is the engagement in the afternoon? The customs in this capital are really strange."

"..."

The few of them left the hotel, but they didn't see any sedans.

Only then did the Wang family's Second Uncle take out a few train tickets.

"You're still waiting for Qiangzi's engagement? They've already finished it."

"..."

"Motherf*cker, we're going to find him right now. I'm going to slap him across the face."

The Wang family's Second Uncle shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go!"

"Go? If we leave, won't we be letting him off easy? Bastard, is he trying to cut off ties with us? Is he trying to sever family affection with us?"

"............"

He's dying to cut ties with you completely!

"Alright, Second Brother, let's find a place to eat first. After we eat, we'll go back and settle the score with that little bastard."

"Fine! I saw it; there's a state-run restaurant to the east."

The Wang family's Second Uncle nodded and led the crowd toward the east, but after walking two steps, he turned back and asked, "By the way, do you have food coupons on you? National food coupons."

"..."

"Then do you have money on you? I heard people say there are restaurants in the hutongs that sell high-priced grain."

"..."

"Damn it~"

The Wang family's Second Uncle looked at his evasive brothers and couldn't help but curse, walking toward the train station.

"Brother, we're not eating?"

"No money, go home hungry and eat there!"

(End of chapter)