Rebirth in 1993, My Dad is a Returned Youth

Chapter 218 Heaven will give great responsibility to this person (Subscribe)
"Brother Kang, I was just kidding." Liu Lang had a bitter face. He finally realized the consequences of pretending to be cool in front of Brother Kang.

Even if he was sold, no one would be willing to pay 10,000 yuan to buy him.

The boy has dark skin and fishy flesh. I am too lazy to wash him every day after I bought him.

Meixia covered her mouth and chuckled, "Brother Kang, have you contacted Yiming recently?"

"No, there's not even a phone number for that place. I just know an address."

I am a little nervous. It will be troublesome if I fail in a few attempts.

I plan to get the three of us together today.

Ask each other about their life in their new home.

Please help if you can.

Li Kang doesn't have many relatives in Shanghai, and he treats the three of them as his own brothers and sisters.

Zhang Yiming's uncle lives in Shikumen, which is also where the old Shanghainese live. Most ordinary Shanghainese people live in these places.

The living conditions are certainly not much better.

It is common for three generations of a family to be squeezed into a cramped space.

But after the reform and opening up, many newlyweds will buy houses and move out, and those who don’t have the means may even add burden to the family.

Therefore, there are many bachelors in their thirties who cannot afford to buy a house or start a family.

The only thing that's better about these places than rural Yunnan is that they're located in Shanghai.

It only takes an hour or two to get to the city center.

If we use the Lei-style comparison method, the rural people in Yunnan actually win.

I can even say with pride that our pigsty is more spacious than the one lived in by the lower class people in Shanghai.

People living in Shikumen houses certainly don't have the conditions to raise livestock.

When the smell comes, everyone suffers.

The Mercedes arrived outside the Shikumen. The passage inside was very narrow and the road was not good.

In order to avoid scratching the chassis, you can only park outside and walk in.

A few people came down and walked in on foot.

"Liu Lang, come and get something."

Most of the things I bought were clothes and shoes to be worn in the next autumn and winter.

Afraid that the boy would have a miserable life in his new home, his uncle's family was unwilling to buy him clothes.

As for giving money, it is highly undesirable.

It is very likely that I will be defrauded by my uncle's family and be left with nothing.

Therefore, it is better to spend some time and buy the things you need.

"Meixia, take some too. These are food I bought for Yiming."

In his hands, he was holding gifts for Zhang Yiming's uncle, some wine and the like.

I don’t know what the other person likes, but in mainland China, giving gifts and wine can definitely satisfy more than 90% of people.

Especially for people living in Shikumen, asking them to drink expensive tea? It doesn't seem right.

In order not to appear shabby, Li Kang bought several bottles of expensive wine.

There is rice wine that Shanghai people particularly like to drink, and the aged version of it is definitely Nv'erhong.

In the 1990s, ordinary residents in Shanghai still had the habit of having morning tea and drinking morning wine.

Later, when I became rich, I stopped the habit of drinking early in the morning.

Who would drink two glasses of wine early in the morning? Thirty years later, few people have this habit.

But in this era, there are still many ordinary Shanghainese who drink in the morning.

Whiskey, as long as it has something to do with foreign words, no matter whether it tastes good or not, it will definitely make you look good if you give it to others!

Moreover, these days, only big bosses can afford whiskey. The cheapest one is two or three hundred yuan a bottle, which is almost equivalent to an ordinary person's monthly salary.

Li Kang bought Johnnie Walker, which cost 980 yuan per bottle. Only big bosses could afford it. At that time, the average annual salary of Shanghai people was only about 4,000 to 5,000 yuan.

It is conceivable that this bottle of wine cost one-fifth of a year's salary.

The other party would definitely be very happy if he accepted such a drink.

There is also a bottle of Wuliangye, the fifth generation of "Great Wall Iron Cover", the real king of liquor in the 1990s. A bottle costs 480 yuan.

This is the dream wine of many wine lovers. If you are not used to foreign wine, you can always drink Wuliangye.

Everyone coming out of the Shikumen house was attracted by the Mercedes Benz parked at the door.

I thought, "Whose child is this? He is going to be very successful."

"The children who came out of our Shikumen are really becoming more and more promising!"

"This young man looks to be only about 20 years old. I wonder where he is from."

"You look really strange, do you want to ask?"

Li Kang and his companions did not expect that someone would come and ask them.

A few brightly dressed aunties in their 40s and 50s came over and asked them kindly, "Young bosses, where are you from? Who do you want to go to?"

"Auntie, let's go find Xu Jianmin's house."

They could tell it wasn't a Shanghainese accent. Normally, when Shanghainese people talk to other Shanghainese people, they use their native dialect.

If you speak Mandarin, you definitely can’t speak Shanghainese.

"You are going to Xu Jianmin's house?!" Several people were a little surprised. They knew very well what the Xu family was like.

Xu Jianmin is still a bachelor in his thirties. He is lazy and eats all day long, relying only on his mother to suck his blood.

He doesn't even do any work, and recently there's another child at home for him to suck.

I have been lying in bed at home with a catheter all day.

People passing by smelled the stink when they passed by his house.

Several aunts looked a little weird, trying to force a smile on their faces, "Who are you to him?"

At the same time, I was a little jealous of that bastard Xu Jianmin, "He's such a loser, but he still knows such a rich boss."

The world is so unfair.

"We are friends of his nephew Zhang Yiming, and we came to see him."

"Zhang Yiming?"

"Have you heard of it?"

"Isn't he Xu Jianmin's nephew? The kid who works for him all day long."

Li Kang and the other two became worried when they heard the women talking about Yiming's situation.

Asked, "Do you know Yiming? Can you tell me how he is doing at his uncle's house?"

Li Kang also did not forget to hand over a red envelope of twenty yuan, which was not a small amount.

Several women were very happy, "The boss is really generous, he gave me 20 yuan at once."

The aunts happily took it and told Li Kang everything they knew.

……

"I heard that Zhang Yiming was born to Xu Liting in Yunnan and only came back a month ago."

"But his mother's family wouldn't let him live there. It's so tragic."

"Now this child is doing a lot of work in their family."

Li Kang was a little confused and asked, "Doesn't they have an old grandmother in their family?"

The woman added: "The old woman fell down while working a few days ago, and now the child is the only one working at home."

Another woman felt sorry for Yiming and blamed Xu Jianmin, "His uncle does nothing. All the housework is done by the children."

The neighbors couldn't stand it anymore and went to Xu Jianmin to argue with him, but they got scolded in the end.

The three of them couldn't help but feel a little worried and were very concerned about Zhang Yiming.

Just listening to what these women said made me feel miserable.

If I really saw it, I would be afraid to look at it.

Li Kang was even considering whether to bring Zhang Yiming to live with him.

But this is not good for the growth of boys.

With concern, several people, led by their aunts, came to Xu Jianmin's house.

As soon as I reached the door, I smelled a very special smell coming from inside.

Some of it smells like heather, and even fermented.

Meixia couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose, "Ouch! It stinks inside." "Brother Kang, Yiming lives in a place like this? It's really pitiful."

Although he also lived in an alley, it was not much better than a Shikumen.

But every family should at least be a little clean, otherwise the neighbors will come and scold them.

But at Xu Jianmin's home, it was a completely different scene.

Even the aunts didn't want to stay in front of the Xu family's house for long, and no one lived in the neighborhood next door.

Obviously they were all driven away by the Xu family.

"We'll leave first. We have something to do at home." Several women didn't want to stay at Xu Jianmin's house any longer, so they made excuses and slipped away.

It is conceivable how much the neighbors around them dislike this family.

Even Li Kang hesitated when he knocked on the door.

He knew how to deal with ordinary people, but Zhang Yiming's uncle had obviously evolved into a lazy rogue. He didn't know how to deal with him.

"Brother Kang, let's take Yiming out to play first..."

Li Kang thought about it and felt that the thing in his hand was a little hot.

With so many things, can Yiming have a good life in the future? And his own life.

If you act too rich, Xu Jianmin might target you.

So I went back and put most of the things I had before in the car.

Finally, I bought some wine for a dozen yuan at a nearby store, and bought big bags of fruit as if they were free.

The total cost was less than fifty dollars.

As for the famous liquors I had bought before, I didn’t dare bring them anymore.

When Li Kang came back to the door of Xu's house, he was about to knock on it when he met a sloppy man wearing slippers, with long and messy hair and a pungent smell of heather.

The beard around his mouth almost covers his mouth, and his clothes are dirty.

Seeing a few children at his door, picking their noses with one hand, he asked, "Who are you? You must have come to the wrong place."

They haven't had any guests at home for a long time. Except for their sister, other relatives haven't come for many years.

I wanted to push them away and go out to buy some wine.

Li Kang smelled the alcohol and other special smells on him, frowned, and said with a smile on his face: "Let's find Zhang Yiming."

"Can you guys look for Yiming?!"

"Why are you looking for him?"

Zhang Yiming lived at home for a month and never heard that the boy had any friends.

I didn't want to pay attention to Li Kang and the others, but when I looked at them, I saw that they were holding fruits and drinks in their hands.

So he kindly called Zhang Yiming out.

He called inside: "Yiming, someone is looking for you outside."

Then he politely invited Li Kang and others into his home.

Seeing Li Kang and others holding something in their hands, grinning with a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

The plaque on top can form a solid crown for the teeth.

Anyone who sees him like this would feel like vomiting.

Li Kang glanced over and tried not to look at him.

Zhang Yiming heard his uncle calling him and put down the work in his hands.

It's time to make lunch and I need him to do it.

I thought my uncle had bought the wine, and he came out wearing an apron and wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Look up.

He stood still and when he saw the person coming, all the bitterness and pain Zhang Yiming had been experiencing for the past few days became concrete at this moment, and tears filled his eyes.

His lips trembled slightly, and he uttered a few words with trembling voice, "Brother Kang Kang!"

"Yiming!! We are here to see you."

Li Kang, Meixia and Liu Lang felt very uncomfortable seeing Yiming like this.

I didn't expect that when we met again, he was still wearing the same familiar clothes as before we separated.

It just lost its original luster and turned into a rag-like piece of clothing.

Various oil stains and black ash at the bottom of the pot.

Even his face is covered with clown paint.

Just now, when Zhang Yiming was wiping his face, the black dust on his hands made his face black.

"Brother Kang, Meixia, Liu Lang. Why are you here?"

After experiencing the initial moment of joy, I returned to reality, looked at Kang Ge and the others wearing clean and beautiful clothes, and then looked at myself.

A feeling of inferiority rose from the bottom of my heart.

He lowered his head, not even daring to look at the respected Brother Kang, nor at the beautiful Meixia. Even Liu Lang's annoying face was full of confidence.

"Yiming, when did you get to know these friends?"

"Come in and sit down."

"No, uncle, we're here to go out and play with Yiming."

Li Kang handed over the fruits and drinks in the hands of the three people, and Xu Jianmin took them with a bright smile.

"Yiming, your friend is here to play with you, why are you still looking so gloomy? How rude!"

Zhang Yiming tried hard not to cry. The huge gap in feeling made him feel very uncomfortable.

I thought of the book I had read these days, "When God is about to send a great man to this place, he must first make his mind and spirit suffer, starve his body, deprive him of all poverty, and make his actions frustrated."

Suddenly, a surge of strength surged into his body. He looked up at Brother Kang again, but tears were still in his eyes.

Li Kang looked at the boy and thought that he seemed to be using too much force. He wondered if he was suffering from some kind of middle school syndrome.

It’s actually a good thing. People who grow up in adversity and overcome all obstacles are much more terrifying than those who grow up in favorable circumstances.

"Why don't you guys have lunch at Yiming's house at noon? Then go out and play."

"Can we take Yiming out to eat? He won't be back at noon."

Xu Jianmin thought about it and agreed.

With a few fewer mouths to feed, he can eat more of these things.

So Xu Jianmin let Zhang Yiming leave without any obstruction.

Zhang Yiming was very shy, "Let me change my clothes. I'm so dirty."

Li Kang held him back, "Why change clothes? Just leave it as it is. No one will dislike you!"

Holding Zhang Yiming's greasy hand without any hesitation, the few people came and left quickly.

I really don't want to stay in a place like this.

At this time, Xu Jianmin did not forget to say considerately, "Don't run around, be careful."

After saying that, he looked at what good things Li Kang bought.

Qibao Daqu, Jiangnan Touqu, Shikumen Yellow Wine are very common liquors sold in small shops, costing a few yuan a bottle. A better bottle of Xifeng Wine costs around ten yuan.

Li Kang didn't ask the price, he just bought it directly from the small shop.

The bag was filled with things, but the price of these things was not as much as the piece of clothing that Li Kang bought for Zhang Yiming.

Xu Jianmin was very satisfied with these things! He praised those guys for being sensible.

"That little girl is quite pretty." After taking a look at Meixia, I still can't forget her figure.

He muttered, "I forgot to ask Yiming how he knew those three kids who looked like they were from rich families."

When Zhang Yiming was taken away, only Meixia and Liu Lang saw it.

But after a month, their appearances had changed a lot.

There is no trace of rusticity in him as he just arrived in Shanghai. He is no worse than the kids from wealthy families.

Several people walked out of Xu's house and ran back to the car as if they had escaped from a prison cell.

Then he quickly lit a fire and fled from the place.

It felt like something terrible was chasing me from behind.

Zhang Yiming got into the Mercedes-Benz for some unknown reason and sat in the back seat with Liu Lang.

After Liu Lang got in the car, he began to breathe heavily, saying, "I was scared to death."

(End of this chapter)