Duan Yannian felt nauseous at Old Master Qin's vulgar words. "Can't you speak properly?"

What do you mean by wiping your butt?

That's so awful!

Why would he need to give face to the Zhou family?

I know perfectly well what kind of temper that old man has. If he really dares to agree to the Zhou family's request, then our friendship of so many years will come to an end.

With that old man's temper, if you cross him, he'll absolutely turn against you, and cutting off all ties would be the least of your worries.

Old Master Qin snorted twice: "Then tell me, why did you call?"

Duan Yannian said helplessly, "The Zhou family did come to me, but I'm not stupid. How could I get involved in this mess? Besides, the Zhou family has been so arrogant these past few years that they don't even know who they are anymore. They deserved to be taught a lesson. I'm just looking forward to seeing a good show! I was only calling to ask about your two younger relatives because I was worried about them."

Old Master Qin knew that Duan Yannian was not a fool; he was just taking the opportunity to show his attitude and let Duan Yannian know how much he valued Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao, so that they would think twice.

"What's there to worry about? I didn't suffer any loss, I was just disgusted. I just calmed down the two kids, and they were really upset."

Duan Yannian fell silent after hearing what he said.

What's with this overly boastful tone?

Although they looked down on the Zhou family, they had to admit that the Zhou family had risen quite quickly in recent years and did have some ability.

Otherwise, the younger generation of the Zhou family wouldn't dare to be so arrogant!

He also heard people in the younger generation's circle talking about the behavior and some things of the younger generation of the Zhou family.

They've done plenty of things like this over the years.

However, most people couldn't afford to offend the Zhou family, so they chose to swallow their anger or avoid confrontation, which only made the Zhou family's group more and more arrogant.

I never expected to run into a tough opponent today.

I heard that the Zhou family's most precious daughter was slapped twice by Old Master Qin's daughter-in-law, knocking out several of her teeth, disfiguring her face, and causing her to speak with a lisp.

She can easily beat down the troublemakers from the Zhou family with a wave of her hand, making the Zhou family suffer in public and not dare to make a fuss, so they have to swallow their anger. It has to be said that Old Man Qin's daughter-in-law is really a capable person!

“The Zhou family is no good. You should tell your children to be careful in the future and to keep a low profile, so that they don’t find any fault with them and use it against you.”

Although Old Master Qin knew Duan Yannian meant well, he still couldn't help but feel angry: "It's just going to the department store to buy some things, who's it bothering? Every penny my child spends is clean and honest. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I'll risk my old bones to get justice for my child! What, can't I spend the money I earned? Do I have to be at the mercy of others? What kind of logic is that?"

Duan Yannian knew that the old man had been hit where it hurt, so he quickly said, "That's not what I meant. I meant to tell the kids to be careful when they buy things. I heard they bought a whole carload of stuff today."

Old Master Qin sneered, "So what? Let alone buying one truckload, even ten or eight truckloads, they can buy as many as they want, I'd rather not interfere!"

Duan Yannian sighed helplessly, "Why are you getting so worked up with me, you old bastard? You're ungrateful for my kindness! This policy encourages frugality and simplicity, what's wrong with me telling you to be mindful?"

"What does frugality and simplicity mean? It means preventing us from being extravagant and wasteful! Every single thing our children buy is something they can use themselves. Who does it bother? The children have made it perfectly clear that the rural supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have many things, and they finally came to the city to bring some things back for their families. Not to mention their whole extended family, everyone has good neighbors and friends. Bringing some things from Beijing back as gifts—who does that bother? Even if we bought this much more today, it wouldn't be a single thing wasted!"

Don't just label everything as a matter of hardship and frugality. If we can't even buy the things we need, then who will buy the things our factories produce? If the products can't be sold and the factory can't make money, then how will we pay the workers' wages and support the entire factory?

Hard work and frugality are good traditions, but we cannot overinterpret them, nor can we allow those with ulterior motives to use them to provoke disputes and create internal conflicts among the people!

Everything in excess is harmful; otherwise, even good things can turn into bad things, which would defeat the purpose of our original intention.

After another moment of silence, Duan Yannian said, "Well done, you old codger! You've left me speechless. Your talkative skills have definitely improved since your trip to the countryside!"

Old Master Qin snorted coldly, "This is my personal experience. Take it or leave it! Anyway, I'm telling you this: if anyone dares to frame my children again, I'll risk my old life to get justice for them!"

Duan Yannian had a headache. "Stop, stop. You always threaten to fight for others. I know you're protective of your child, okay? I heard your daughter-in-law is Old Zhang's granddaughter. She's so young but has already inherited Old Zhang's skills and has excellent medical expertise. I need to meet her sometime."

Upon hearing the praise for his child, Old Master Qin beamed with joy. "That's right! My Weiwei's medical skills are no joke! The title 'Little Divine Doctor Ye' is well-deserved! But she's low-key and doesn't like to show off, unlike some young people who have no real skills but abuse their background to do bad things. Speaking of which, my two children are too honest. I won't even mention myself, but even my brat, if he wore his military uniform when he went out, wouldn't be bullied like this."

Duan Yannian was speechless.

It was clearly this young couple who beat the man so badly his face turned into a pig's head, and this old man still has the nerve to say he was bullied.

But thinking about it, what he said makes sense.

The two kids didn't show off at all, and they didn't mention Old Master Qin of the Qin family once when they fought with the Zhou family.

Besides, the one who starts it is the one who's despicable!

The Zhou family members were incompetent yet deliberately provoked others, so they deserved to be beaten up!

"Alright, alright, I know your child has been wronged!"

Grandpa Qin snorted lightly: "Good to know! If that Zhou family dares to make another move, I don't mind having a good talk with them."

"That Zhou family, huh!"

Duan Yannian naturally didn't have a good impression of the Zhou family.

It's just a temporary triumph for them, a case of petty people getting their way.

They really think they can do whatever they want in Kyoto.

After listening to Grandpa Qin boast about his two children's abilities for a while, Duan Yannian was finally able to hang up the phone.

After he put down the receiver, he looked at the person sitting across the desk and said with a smile, "Did you hear that? I told you long ago that old bastard is protective of his own!"

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