Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 455 Old Cousin

Li Weidong was not a meddlesome person, and he was not willing to get involved in other people's family affairs, let alone such a major matter of passing on the family line.

However, Li Wen is his childhood friend, and he usually has a good relationship with him, so he has to give kind reminders. If he really doesn't predict what he said, he won't feel any debt.

"I will remind him tomorrow!" Li Weimin heard his brother's warning three times and realized the importance of the matter.

"It's getting late. Let's clear the table and go and have a rest!" Li Weidong looked at the big clock hanging on the wall, which was already eleven o'clock, and said with a yawn.

There were leftovers on the table. Several people stood up and wanted to clean them up. Shen Yueying came in from the outside and said, "Go to bed. Leave it there and I'll clean it up!"

The three of them looked at each other and quickly took the leftovers to the kitchen and poured them directly into the trash can. If Shen Yueying was asked to clean up, he would definitely leave edible leftovers for the next meal.

That night, in the familiar air of his hometown, Li Weidong slept very soundly. When he woke up, the sun had already shone through the window of his home.

Li Weidong got up and stretched out towards the window. It was another sunny day.

After washing up, I went downstairs. Most of the family members got up. However, there was no work in winter, and there were no chickens, ducks, geese, or dogs at home. They just sat down when they got up.

"Brother, get up!" Li Weimin handed over a cigarette.

"Well, I'll do it myself!" Li Weidong took the cigarette and refused his brother's offer to light it. He took the lighter and lit the cigarette, so that his family would not be lying.

I saw something already placed under the eaves at the door. I bought it for my grandpa and grandma. I guess I will go there soon. Li Weidong needs to give a New Year gift to his father-in-law, and Li Chengwen cannot avoid it.

"Going to grandma's house later?" Li Weidong took a puff of cigarette and asked. To give gifts to his mother, someone must deliver them, either Li Weidong or Li Weimin, or both of them.

"I won't go. There are still things in the company that I have to deal with!" Li Weimin said a little unnaturally.

"It's been a long time, and the company still has something to do." Li Weidong shook his head, but he didn't mean to ask. His brother was in his hometown and could see his grandparents at any time.

"Hi, it's a little trivial!" Li Weimin said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

"Don't count on him, he doesn't dare to go!" Li Chengwen came in from the outside with his hands behind his back. He happened to hear what they were saying and said.

Gao Anbang followed behind him, carrying a bucket with four carp in the bucket. The old man bought the fish and met Gao Anbang, so there was no reason for his father-in-law to carry the bucket.

"I'm still afraid of him. If it weren't for my grandma's sake, I wouldn't be able to kill him!" Li Weimin was a little unhappy about his father's death.

"What's going on?" Li Weidong asked in confusion. There must be something he didn't know about.

"Humph, that kid deserves a beating, what the hell!" Li Chengwen asked Gao Anbang to put the fish in the yard, checked that there was nothing wrong with the fish in the bucket, and then said something incoherently.

It's not that he didn't want to say it, but Shen Yueying came out and asked: "Did you buy it? I just found out last night that fish should be given away this year!"

"Isn't that right? I asked that boy Li Qi to smash the ice and row a boat to fish it out. The ones I chose were of average size, each weighing two kilograms!" Li Chengwen said, pointing to the bucket.

There are many customs in rural areas. During the leap year, a daughter who gets married should give fish to her mother. Eating it can avoid disasters. I don’t know if it is true or not, but it is not expensive anyway, so just give it as a gift.

But this year is obviously not a leap month year, but this year is a leap year. I don’t know where the news came from. It has to be sent even in leap years. After hearing this last night, Shen Yueying immediately became interested.

Of course, you can still live well if you give fish as gifts, but buying live fish is not an option these days. There are always vegetables in the market, so you can only buy them from the fish farms in the reservoir.

It's winter now, and the edge of the reservoir is frozen. If you buy three or five of them, you have to smash the ice in. People are still unwilling to sell them, so they have to put them together to get in once. That's why Li Chengwen has a big face.

When Shen Yueying was satisfied and went to work in the kitchen, Li Weidong looked at his brother-in-law and younger brother, wanting to know how he had offended his grandmother's side.

"My second uncle's Shen Xuehai was messing around in the company, and I caught him. I said a few words to him, and he dared to dance with me. I gave him an uppercut, and one of his teeth fell out!" Li Weimin said with a slight expression. He said helplessly, mainly because the teeth were too expensive.

"I didn't see it, but my hands are very strong!" Li Weidong could imagine that scene. To pull out a tooth, he would have to use pliers and wrenches at the same time. A single fist could knock out a tooth. It hurt just thinking about it.

"Hey, that bastard is in charge of the construction site and has fifty or sixty people working under him. Who would have thought that he would be so evil as to deduct wages!"

Li Weimin didn't take his brother's teasing seriously seriously. If he could tease him, he probably wouldn't blame him.

"He wants to deduct 50 yuan from each worker's salary, which is 50 yuan a month, which is two or three days' wages. It's so evil!"

"Is there anything we won't give?" Li Weidong asked. He was indeed evil-hearted, and it was even more unacceptable than charging a material supplier a favor fee.

"He always says he is my cousin when he sees people. Everyone on the construction site knows that he will take the money from anyone who dares not to give it, and I will be blamed for all the blame!" Li Weimin quickly changed his words.

"In the past, when I found gold, it was easy to get it. I just touched it and deducted the money. Others just thought the money was missing and no one told me!" Li Weimin pursed his lips and continued.

"But since last year, the company has been paying wages through the bank, and the wages are deposited into the card. He also asks workers to withdraw the money and give it to him every month. What is this thinking!"

"You have to spit out the meat you eat. Someone must be unhappy, so they wrote an anonymous report letter and sent it to me. I found out that this is really the case!"

"How much do you think he got? I counted it in the past few years, and it's almost a hundred thousand yuan, which is enough to pay for a house!" Li Weimin said angrily.

"I asked him to give the money back to others, and he still jumped up and down with dirty words in his mouth. I got angry and punched him. Who would have thought that his teeth are so weak!"

Li Weidong was also angry, and his mouth was unclean. He must have been cursing. There is probably no difference between scolding Li Weimin and scolding him. If you dare to scold someone for doing something wrong, if you don't hit me, who will I hit?

"The child deserves to be beaten. I think the beating is too gentle!" Li Chengwen nodded seriously, and Gao Anbang next to him also nodded.

Li Chengwen has been having problems with his brothers-in-law for a day or two. His words are not accurate, and he has to say a few words to make his brothers-in-law dislike him.

But his brother-in-law Gao Anbang was relatively fair. He nodded to show that the matter had not gone away, and he probably scolded him quite unpleasantly.

"Why didn't I know about this matter? How did I deal with it in the end?" Li Weidong was curious that he now knew less and less about his family's affairs.

Knocking out your teeth and swallowing them is a lie. How can you live up to the teeth your parents gave you? Your body, hair and skin are all given to you by your parents and you don’t dare to damage them. It would be unfilial to say anything else!

But in this society, it is always wrong to hit people. Beating a dog also depends on the owner. Besides, he is his uncle's cousin, so he definitely can't just let it go.

"Your mother won't let me tell you that a tooth is worth a hundred thousand. How dare you say that? Your mother and I have to pay for it!" Li Chengwen sat on the horse at the door, puffing on the cigarette and humming.

"You went?" Li Weidong was even more curious. When his father had no money, he would not accept the lectures of his brothers-in-law. Now that he is rich and tough, he can still bear this anger.

"Your mother is gone, can I not go? If I don't go, your mother won't know how much she will give that little bastard?" Li Chengwen said depressedly.

It was completely nonsense in their family that the nephew was the aunt's supporter, but Shen Yueying felt that her son had hit someone and she had to apologize, since they were brothers and sisters!

Li Weidong looked at Li Weimin and motioned for him to continue. He probably couldn't get the true words from his father's mouth. There were too many resentments accumulated in history and too deep prejudices.

"If you ask me, you shouldn't go. Not only don't you go, I have to call the police and arrest him. One hundred thousand yuan is enough for a sentence!" Li Weimin complained.

"Bullshit, it's easy to say it, your mother can agree!" Li Chengwen heard Li Weimin say this and replied, no matter what the family does, they will not be in court.

"My parents went to buy some things. Our second uncle was so angry that he didn't look good. It was a hot day and our father didn't even have a drink of water when he went there!" Li Weimin defended Li Chengwen.

"And the money will never come back. He spent it on food, drinking, whoring, and gambling. Where can he get it?" Li Weimin said that he was quite angry about this, not because of the money, but because he felt useless.

"What's even more hateful is that the bear thing still wanted to go back to work after the swelling on his face went away. Who gave him the face and asked me to scare him back with an electric baton?"

"If I go now, our second uncle's black face will droop, and he will pretend to be an uncle and scold me. I can't quarrel with him in front of grandma, so I won't go. I will miss grandma someday. I will go secretly and come back secretly!"

Li Weidong nodded to express his understanding. Now he didn't even want to go. His going was not the same as Li Weimin going. If his cousin relied on him, he wouldn't have much to do.

"Dad, why don't I ask the driver to take you two together later, or I won't go?" Li Weidong asked tentatively.

"You're so scared, why did I give birth to you two cowards? It was obviously a matter of reason, but why did it look like it was a mistake?" Li Chengwen was obviously dissatisfied with Li Weidong's attitude.

How can this thing be justified? His grandma and grandpa are still alive, and their relatives cannot be cut off. If his second uncle is shameless, there is nothing they can do. They can't embarrass his own mother, right?

"What are you muttering about? Come here and serve the food, get ready to eat!" At this moment, Shen Yueying shouted from the kitchen, which relieved Li Weidong's embarrassment.

Your father calls you a coward, how can you call him back?

Millet porridge, hard-boiled eggs, fried steamed bun slices, and a few stir-fried vegetables are quite filling, and the kids like it very much anyway!

After dinner, the Li Weidong brothers couldn't stand the look in their eyes, so they had to start the car obediently and set off to their grandma's house, asking the driver to take them there. It seemed inappropriate indeed!

Giving gifts before the new year is more important than returning to your parents' home after the new year. Without this gift, there will be no leftovers after the new year, and you will not be qualified to eat.

Li Weimin drove the car, Shen Yueying sat in the passenger seat, Li Chengwen and Li Weidong sat in the back seat, and Zhang Hao followed closely behind in a car.

"Don't quarrel with your uncle when you get to your grandma's house, and don't get along with your cousin. Do you hear me?" Shen Yueying ordered on the way.

"Mom, don't worry, as long as they don't stir up trouble, I swear I won't say a word to them!" Li Weimin held the steering wheel with one hand and raised the other hand and swore.

"Who told you not to talk to them? They are your uncle and your cousin. How can you not talk?" Shen Yueying slapped Li Weimin's hand and said speechlessly.

"We are all relatives. If you don't talk now, will you stop interacting with them after I die?" Shen Yueying continued.

"Bah, bah, bah, what are you talking about during the Chinese New Year!" Li Chengwen muttered from behind.

As the saying goes, if the mother dies, the uncle will not kiss her, and if the uncle dies, the threshold will be cut off. If the first generation is close, the second will be the second generation, and the third and fourth generations will be brought down. There is nothing wrong with this, but Li Weimin did not dare to say it!

"Mom, don't worry!" Li Weidong patted the back of the seat and said comfortingly.

If his second uncle was smart and wouldn't mention this matter, what's the benefit of offending him? Really, just by virtue of his status as uncle, he could manipulate their brothers however he wanted?

When we arrived at my grandma's house, as soon as I parked the car, I was greeted by a lot of people, including my three uncles and my niece, as well as several cousins.

The word "enthusiasm" is not enough to describe them. They helped move things down one by one, and their expressions lit up when they saw the gifts.

"Why isn't the child here?" Grandma asked, holding Li Weidong's hand without seeing the child.

"It was too naughty and noisy, so I didn't let them come!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"There are no children who are naughty. You two were naughty until you were young. You are like monkeys and can't go anywhere!" Grandma happily mentioned what happened to Li Weidong when he was a child.

Once the elderly often talk about the past, they are afraid that something will go wrong. They are about the same age as Li Weidong's grandparents, but their condition is a little worse.

"Grandma, I was so honest when I was a child. It was Wei Min who touched your swallow's nest, so don't rely on me!" Li Weidong knew what his grandma was going to say, so he said with a smile.

"You didn't touch it. You held the ladder to let the guards go up. Come in and drink tea!" Grandma smiled and pulled the two brothers into the house.

There are many people and strength, so as soon as I get home, I will move everything in the car, including good wine, cigarettes, and all kinds of high-end nutritional supplements.

These were bought by the Li Weidong brothers and sisters for their parents, but Shen Yueying changed hands and gave them to her parents.

And these good cigarettes and good wine may end up being cheaper for several of his uncles and cousins!

Except for the second uncle and his cousin Shen Xuehai who were a little embarrassed, the other two uncles and several cousins ​​had nothing to say about Li Weidong's attitude and kept passing cigarettes and pouring tea.

They are not stupid, especially after what happened with their second uncle, they understand better that there is no benefit in offending them. They didn't see how Shen Xuehai was screaming anxiously at home and had no money to come in, so how could he maintain the previous situation.

Several cousins ​​were either working under Li Weimin or working in the cement factory. They all made a lot of money relying on their relationship, but Shen Xuehai was too greedy and unscrupulous.

When it was time to eat, Li Weidong took the initiative to toast his three uncles without hesitation, especially the youngest third uncle, who drank it all to show his dignity.

When it was the turn of the cousins, before Li Weidong could mention it, they picked up the wine glass and took the initiative to ask Li Weidong to drink. They were very generous.

Grandpa was very happy to see this scene. He smiled and gave Li Weidong a chicken drumstick and said, "Weidong, don't just drink. Hurry up and eat some food to get rid of the alcohol!"

"Grandpa, I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself!" Li Weidong hurriedly took the rice bowl and took it. He didn't dare to refuse the elder's gift, and he had to eat it even if he didn't want to.

After drinking for three rounds, Shen Xuehai suddenly picked up his glass and stood up. He looked at Li Weimin who was sitting across from him and said: "Old cousin, let's have a drink. My brother used to be ignorant. Don't be as knowledgeable as me!"

This move made Li Weimin stunned for a moment. He was a bit rude just now, but the two of them didn't say a few words. Why did he change his gender?

This is to apologize, but Li Weimin is working as a driver today, and the only thing he did with wine from beginning to end was pouring it, and he didn’t drink a drop. Now he wants to drink with him??

(End of chapter)