That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1433 The weasel pays New Year greetings to the chicken

Seeing that Fan Chunhua was "dumbfounded" by Huang Suwen, Wang Jianqiang took the opportunity to pull on the sleeve of her cotton-padded jacket.

"Come down! Ono-nii is waiting for me! I have to go to work tonight, or I'll be too late."

Fan Chunhua snapped out of her daze and said, "Then you can go back with Li Ye's car! You can leave this car for me to use for a few days, and I'll return it to you."

Wang Jianqiang's eyes turned cold and sharp: "I'll leave the car with you, do you know how to drive it?"

Fan Chunhua blurted out, "I can't drive, but your second brother can!"

"Ha~"

Wang Jianqiang finally smiled.

He laughed at himself for being too soft-hearted, believing that even a stone could be warmed up eventually.

In fact, Chinese men are the most likely to "reconcile" with their parents. Even if they were spanked a lot when they were young, it doesn't prevent them from being filial to their parents when they grow up.

However, if you keep pushing your luck and think that someone like Wang Jianqiang can be manipulated by filial piety and will be submissive and willing to be a beast of burden for the rest of his life, then you are sorely mistaken.

Wang Jianqiang smiled faintly and said, "Mother, you're not letting me leave today because of this car, right? But this car is public property. If you take it for yourself, are you trying to send me to jail?"

Fan Chunhua couldn't help but shudder when she saw Wang Jianqiang's smiling face.

Wang Jianqiang has always been a dull-witted person; he either doesn't utter a sound even when kicking, or he just smiles foolishly.
But now Wang Jianqiang is clearly smiling, so why does he look so creepy?
Seeing Fan Chunhua repeatedly fail, Wang Yonggan, who had been squatting silently to the side, finally spoke up.

"What do you mean by taking it for yourself? This should have been yours to begin with, Qiangzi. I'm not trying to criticize you, but you've always been honest and simple-minded, and you never even realize when you've been taken advantage of."

Look at Hao Jian and Jin Peng, who went out with you. How big of a factory do they own now? And look at Li Dayong, needless to say, only a fool like you would be so stupid as to work your ass off for someone else for a fixed salary.”

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After Wang Yonggan said these words, the surrounding neighbors' attention was immediately diverted.

There are no secrets in this world. Now everyone knows that Hao Jian, Jin Peng, Li Dayong, and Wang Jianqiang went out to make a living together. As a result, everyone else became big bosses, some made a fortune and others built factories, while Wang Jianqiang is still a "commoner" with a fixed salary.

When Wang Yonggan saw the whispers around him, the corners of his mouth immediately turned up wide. He had always considered himself the smartest person in the Wang family. What was Wang Jianqiang anyway?
Looking at myself, I realized that with just a little trick, I had confirmed that Wang Jianqiang was an indisputable "fool".

If you weren't an idiot, how come you're not as good as Jin Peng, Hao Jian, and Li Dayong?

But just as Wang Yonggan thought he had succeeded, his face suddenly fell because he saw Li Ye standing outside the crowd.

Li Ye pushed through the crowd and walked up to Wang Yonggan.

"Wang Lao Er, who do you think Qiangzi works for?"

Wang Jianqiang twitched the corners of his mouth and said with an awkward smile, "Xiao Ye, I was trying to persuade Qiangzi to be more ambitious."

Li Ye interrupted Wang Yonggan with a cold laugh: "What did you call me? You think you can call me 'Xiao Ye'? Do you think I'm that familiar with you?"

Wang Yonggan was rendered speechless by Li Ye's retort.

Previously, because Li Ye and Wang Jianqiang were like brothers, he also considered himself Li Ye's "older brother". He never expected that when the other party did not give him face, it would be so embarrassing.

Seeing her son's face turn red from the rebuke, Fan Chunhua quickly got off the hood of the car and said to Li Ye:

"Xiao Ye! We're all relatives, so let me be frank. Qiangzi has been working hard all year, why are we making him work during the Lunar New Year?"
"You can't treat people like this! Even the oxen and horses in the production team need a rest during the New Year."

Li Ye asked in surprise, "Is being on duty during the Spring Festival just about ordering people around? I have to be on duty at work tonight! Am I not even as good as the oxen and horses in the production team?"

Fan Chunhua asked in surprise, "You're on duty today too? Aren't you a county-level cadre?"

Li Ye chuckled and said, "That's right! Not to mention someone like me, even cadres of higher rank have to work during the Spring Festival."

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The onlookers were shocked once again.

"That Li Ye, he's already a county-level official?" "Yes! These past few days, Old Li's aunt has been showing off everywhere. Not only is her grandson a county-level official, but his granddaughter-in-law is too!"

"My goodness, he's only thirty, isn't he? That's the same level as our county magistrate!"

"It's not just Li Ye; most of the guys who took the exam with him in '82 and went to Beijing are now at the county level. One of them, surnamed Fu, works in the provincial government. Last time he came back home, our county magistrate even treated him to drinks."

"Tsk tsk tsk, if that's the case, then it's definitely inappropriate for the second son of the Wang family to call Xiao Ye. Who does he think he is?"

"Exactly. Someone like Li Ye should be addressed by his rank or position, but he actually wants to be called the second-in-command."

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Fan Chunhua and Wang Yonggan listened to the people around them talking, wishing they could disappear into a crack in the ground.

In their minds, Li Ye was still that good-for-nothing simpleton, forgetting that Li Ye was now a nearly thirty-year-old division-level official.

While Fan Chunhua was feeling awkward, Li Ying and Li Juan started greeting the neighbors.

"Please make way, everyone, let Brother Qiangzi drive his car out first, okay?"

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"Hey, who's that girl?"

"You don't recognize her? This is Li Ye's younger sister. Oh my, she's so lucky! She married into the Li family with her mother; she's destined for a life of happiness."

"What about the other one?"

"That's Li Ye's wife. I heard she's from a wealthy family."

The onlookers who had been gathered to watch the spectacle a moment ago now parted to make way for Huang Suwen to drive her car out.

At this point, Fan Chunhua stopped trying to keep Wang Jianqiang. The car had already driven away; what use would it be to keep him here?
But as soon as Wang Jianqiang left, Fan Chunhua was pulled into the yard by her two daughters-in-law.

The eldest daughter-in-law stared at Fan Chunhua and questioned, "Mother, didn't you say that Qiangzi only gave you 13,000 yuan in total? So you hid half of it!"

Fan Chunhua's eyes darted around as she said, "Where did I hide it? It's clearly Qiangzi's wife talking nonsense. She gave me 13,000 yuan. If you don't believe me, go ask her."

The second daughter-in-law said, "Impossible, Mother, you must have hidden the money. You're so old, why are you talking nonsense? Do you still treat us like outsiders?"

"Who treated you like outsiders? I really didn't take 26,000."

Just then, Fan Chunhua's husband, Wang Daguang, said quietly, "Did you give the money to your nephew? He built a house and bought a motorcycle this year; he's living the high life."

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Fan Chunhua wanted to deny it, but her two daughters-in-law had already started wailing and shouting.

"Mother, how could you betray your own mother?"

"Mom, I gave birth to a big, fat grandson for the Wang family. I deserve credit for my hard work, right? But you didn't give me a single penny. The Song family in the south of the city gave me hundreds of thousands of yuan for just one grandson. You could at least give me a few thousand yuan!"
But what you did was go and transferred the money back to your parents' home! How could you do that? That's Old Wang's money!

Fan Chunhua was caught in the middle of her two daughters-in-law, who kept scolding her. For a moment, she felt dizzy and almost fainted.

Just then, Wang Jianqiang's second uncle, Wang Daguang, rushed in.

"What happened? What happened? I was drinking with Qiangzi yesterday and everything was fine. I was chopping filling for steamed buns at home when I heard you two were arguing again? What's going on?"

Fan Chunhua cried out as if she had seen a savior, "Second Uncle, all I wanted was for Qiangzi to spend the New Year at home. How did that break any laws? How did it all become my fault?"

"What?"

As the head of the Wang family, Wang Daguang was the most reasonable person.

He immediately sneered, "You want Qiangzi to stay home for the New Year? Or are you a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken?"

(End of this chapter)