I felt a pang of sadness because I knew she was telling the truth. After a moment's thought, I finally said to her, "Have Dai Qiang say a few words to me. I want to hear his thoughts."
"Dai Qiang is setting up his stall outside. I'll have him call you right now."
"Why is he setting up a stall so late?"
“Business is bad now. These braised foods are easy to spoil if they don’t sell, so he got a tricycle and went to the north of the city to sell them… They’re not regular customers there, and no one says your uncle has an infectious disease, so business is a little better there.”
After saying that, she added, "Wait a minute, I'll have Dai Qiang call you right away."
...
A moment later, Dai Qiang called me, and I took the initiative to say to him, "Xiao Qiang, your aunt has told me everything about you... I don't want to ask any more questions, I just want to ask you one thing, do you really want to go to Shanghai?"
"I feel so depressed living in this county town. Every day I see my parents sighing and complaining, and I don't know how I can help ease the burden on my family... I've looked for work, but there aren't any good hotels in the county town. A few were willing to hire me, but the salary was only a little over 2,000 yuan. I know that the burden of supporting my family will definitely fall on my shoulders in the future, so the thought of only earning such a small salary makes me feel extremely hopeless!"
Are you familiar with Shanghai?
"I don't understand, but I'm young, and I have many chances to start over."
“Dai Qiang, you can’t think like that… Children from families like ours don’t have many chances to start over. I don’t really approve of you going to Shanghai.”
Dai Qiang was a little excited as he said, "I want to go... I'm really not afraid of hardship... Brother, please help me, I won't let you down."
I fell silent for a moment, feeling sorry for my younger brother who was my blood relative, but how could I bring it up with Ye Zhi? Deep down, I was reluctant to ask her for help.
After some internal struggle, I compromised with myself because I know Dai Qiang. He is indeed a down-to-earth and hardworking young man. Even if he goes to Ye Zhi's place, he will still make some contributions, so it won't be considered causing trouble for Ye Zhi.
I finally spoke up and said, "Okay, send me your resume on WeChat later, and I'll give it a try."
"Okay, bro... as long as you're willing to help me, your wife definitely won't have any objections... I saw it during our video chat the other day, she was really nice to you!"
I immediately corrected him: "Dai Qiang, you must not have such thoughts. You have to rely on yourself for everything... because no one in this world has an obligation to be good to anyone else... Today she is your sister-in-law, but tomorrow she may not be."
The reason I said this is because I'm mentally prepared. I want to find a suitable opportunity to clarify this misunderstanding with my family. I can't maintain this fake romantic relationship with Ye Zhi forever, and that's the real trouble between us.
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