Chapter 95: Shouldn’t You Give Me A Gold Bangle?
Wei Qiang saw Lu Qiaoge and originally wanted to speak, but upon hearing Old Woman Liu say that, he stopped and politely said to Lu Qiaoge, “If one day Comrade Lu you can see that old man, please trouble to tell him my family’s address, thank you!”
Lu Qiaoge smiled brightly: “Okay!”
Sister Qiao secretly glared at Old Woman Liu, pulled Lu Qiaoge, and followed her into the general office again.
The two directors didn’t have time to clear the area anymore; if they were going to watch the excitement, so be it.
Old Hu really looked down on the ungrateful Old Wei.
Old Wei was a few years older than him and had just retired; Old Wei had benefited from Xiaohe Village turning into the military factory area, and after passing the review, he and Old Woman Liu had both entered the military factory.
Previously, he hadn’t thought much of it, but now it seemed that without his younger brother’s desperate rescue, Old Man Wei’s family might not have today.
And even without the life-saving grace, this was his only blood nephew; for the sake of the two gold bracelets, he should treat Wei Qiang well.
Director Hu looked at Old Wei and asked, “What matter can’t be resolved that you have to come to the neighborhood committee?”
Old Man Wei had gone all out; anyway, his reputation was already ruined, now grabbing some benefits was the real deal.
He said with a gloomy face, “Wei Qiang wants to sever ties with me, but how exactly to sever them, I hope the leader will preside over justice. Even if I, Old Wei, am not human, I didn’t freeze or starve him, I even sent him to be an apprentice worker, got him a wife and a family. Don’t I have merit? If not merit, don’t I have hard labor?”
Old Hu was too lazy to educate Old Wei; this was preparing to shamelessly play rogue, arguing with him would be endless.
He asked Wei Qiang, “What do you mean?”
Wei Qiang, after a night of tossing and turning, felt like his life had reached a turning point.
It was a feeling of unloading a bundle, no longer dwelling on why his parents were biased or what he had done wrong.
Although his expression was fatigued, he felt much more relaxed.
He calmly explained, “I didn’t ask to sever ties with my parents; I’ve called them parents for so many years, even if not blood, they’re blood, not to mention that’s also my blood uncle. The past is the past, I won’t bring it up again, life should go on as it does. I’ll continue to be filial to them in the future. It’s just that my dad still demands I give Zhang Quan’s job to Xiao Lei, that is, my eldest nephew. I don’t agree. Zhang Quan has lost her ability to work; if she doesn’t even have a job, what will she live on? Not to mention salary, they won’t even reimburse medical expenses. But my parents say, as long as I agree to give up the job, they’ll sever the father-son relationship, no need for elderly care in the future, settle it once and for all.”
At this point, Wei Qiang paused, then said again, “I don’t want to settle it; they’re also my only relatives. But I still want to ask the neighborhood committee to put in a good word with my parents: can I have one gold bracelet back?”
Old Woman Liu said in a shrill voice, “Didn’t it cost money to raise you all these years? When there was no grain, it would’ve been pawned for grain ration tickets long ago. Also, I’m not your mom, don’t call me mom, I don’t like hearing it!”
Wei Qiang hesitated a moment, then said, “Okay, Aunt, I want to ask for one gold bracelet as a memento of my biological mother; please grant it.”
Huang Juan only felt that these few people from the Wei family were all too excessive; this was Zhang Quan’s job, and Zhang Quan had been assigned here herself after graduating from vocational school.
Huang Juan suppressed her anger and calmly asked, “You few are talking quite lively, but have you asked Zhang Quan’s opinion?”
Wei Qiang hurriedly said, “I told her last night, and she didn’t agree!”
Huang Juan softened her expression, then said to Old Man Wei and Old Woman Liu, “Since Zhang Quan doesn’t agree, what are you coming to the neighborhood committee for?”
Old Man Wei looked at Wei Qiang in some disbelief.
It clearly wasn’t said like this at home.
His original plan was like this.
Yesterday Wei Qiang kept silent and submissive, but he saw the hatred in this wolf cub’s eyes.
At that time, his heart went cold.
If he fell into his hands in old age, there’d be no good end.
So he discussed with his eldest son, to exchange the job for severing ties. When he and his eldest son said this to Wei Qiang, at first he was excited, but then disagreed, yet said that even if he wanted the job, the neighborhood committee should witness it.
When asked again what he really meant, he just hung his head and said nothing, just like when he was scolded in the past.
Everyone thought he had tacitly agreed, just like before.
Who would’ve thought this wolf cub was completely different at home and at the neighborhood committee.
No, it could be said that the current Wei Qiang was frighteningly unfamiliar.
Even Old Woman Liu felt this way; she felt she could no longer control Wei Qiang.
Old Man Wei felt something bad was happening; he barely squeezed out a smile and said to Wei Qiang, “I am your dad now, don’t listen to your mom talk nonsense, she’s just upset, how can you take it seriously?”
Lu Qiaoge felt that Old Man Wei’s family was very difficult to deal with.
But at the same time, she felt Wei Qiang wasn’t as simple as he seemed.
Wei Qiang suppressed the anger and disgust in his heart toward his so-called uncle; at home he had been cursed bloody, but here he appeared righteous.
He said straightforwardly, “I can’t decide on Zhang Quan’s job, don’t miss it anymore. Now let’s talk about the things my biological parents left me. I’m not asking for too much; I just want one gold bracelet as a memento. Oh right, a few days ago I saw my mom fiddling with the gold bracelet, saying it was for the future granddaughter-in-law. I know you have two: one given to my sister-in-law, and by reason the other should be for my wife. But you’re biased and refuse to give it; I didn’t dare fight you for it, could only console myself saying parents are counting on the older brother for elderly care, this little one can’t count on it, so they look down on me.
At twelve I became an apprentice worker, handing over every yuan of fifteen yuan a month to the family. At eighteen I became a formal worker, handing over full salary for another four years. After marriage, I still gave half my salary each month for your elderly care, and that’s another five years.
I only have strength, didn’t study much, can’t calculate this account clearly, but I know one thing: I earned more than big brother and gave more. These years to this family, if no merit, there’s hard labor, right? For that, shouldn’t I get one gold bracelet?”
The general office immediately fell silent.
These words were reasonable and evidenced, making everyone’s gaze fall on the Wei family people.
If they didn’t agree, it would be too excessive.
And calculating it this way was simply shocking.
Wei Qiang had handed over several thousand yuan.
That money would more than sustain the whole family.
Old Man Wei and Old Woman Liu were too inhuman, treating themselves like capitalists exploiting the working people?
But could Old Woman Liu bear to part with it?
Absolutely not!
Old Man Wei truly hadn’t expected Wei Qiang to have this move, calculating these years’ salary with him.
He huffed in anger wanting to speak, but Old Hu had no time to listen to his nonsense.
“Living in the same compound, how you couple treat Wei Qiang, and how Wei Qiang is filial to you, no need for you to say or Wei Qiang to say, everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Comrade Old Wei, do you have a guilty conscience!”
