"Dad, forget about my business. Let's go to the hardware factory. It's better to use our family's connections on the Shengli brothers."
"They are the key. Our family will still rely on them and Xiaohui and his two brothers in the future. There's no need to waste energy on me. If you use too much favor, it will become less valuable."
"Besides, it's better to go farther away. Our family is not as rich as others, but better off than others. With you and my father-in-law around, no one dares to offend me outside. My mother can also work and save more money for Shengli and his brother."
"Our generation depends on my eldest brother. Please don't make things difficult for him. It's not easy for him either. It's all because I, as his younger brother, am incapable of helping him."
"Don't worry, my mother and I will come to accompany you as soon as we have a holiday. I really can't drag you down any longer. I don't want you to worry about a useless son like me at your age."
Hearing his son say this in the living room, Mr. Lin was deeply moved. Of all the children, he was the only one who cared about him. It was no wonder the old woman was partial.
At this moment, he even thought how nice it would be if his two sons switched positions.
The most difficult thing to satisfy in this world is the human heart.
This old soldier who walked across the grass and refused to take a single needle or thread from the people forgot that many of his old subordinates put down their wooden warehouses and resolutely picked up hoes.
There are also those old comrades who fought side by side with him, and their descendants are still holding on to the frontier today. He even forgot the heroic souls buried in the ground, what about their descendants?
"One general's success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers." As Zhou Xiaozheng said, when people stand on a high place, they always forget to look back at the bloody road they have walked behind them.
The story of the deep love between father and son played out every day in the city. In addition to the Lin family, the Liang family, who were currently involved with the Zhou family, also had their father and son gathered in the study.
The Liang family is a legend.
After hundreds of years, its family heritage is no less than that of the Zhou family, which was once famous. Especially during the Ming Dynasty when warlords emerged in various places, they were favored by nature and still thrived.
When the Zhou family's rented house was covered in blood and the blazing fire lit up half the sky red, at that moment the Liang family also ushered in their prosperous period.
It is said that the first generation of so-called "foreign governors" originated from their family. Of course, their descendants would not admit it, and these rumors have disappeared into history.
Unlike the Zhou family, which rose to prominence through the imperial examinations, the Liang family's ancestor rose to prominence with a beautiful concubine who entered the palace. In ancient times, having a favored concubine in a family was truly a life of prosperity.
From that generation on, the daughters of the Liang family were doted on, and were proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Even if there were no more empresses after this kind of upbringing, many of the daughters raised by them became noble ladies, and through intermarriage, they formed many close family connections.
Relying on these relationships, they survived wars and changes of dynasties. At the most critical moment before liberation, the Liang family, which had been blessed by God countless times, once again avoided disaster with the help of their aunt.
This lady is elegantly called Lady Liang, not only because of her good looks inherited from the Liang family, but also because she is a passionate, unrestrained and liberated-minded woman of the new era.
But no matter how much she shouted that women hold up half the sky, she still squeezed out the original wife and successfully became the little wife of a man who was twenty years older than her.
At that moment, she was sitting in her study, dressed in a neat official uniform, with soft black curly hair, a white oval face, and a pair of calm, bright eyes flashing from beneath her slender eyebrows.
Her face, now over forty, was wrinkle-free, as if the years had left no trace on her. Compared to a younger woman, she had a more reserved demeanor, her composure and ease radiating from her calm demeanor.
Lady Liang reassured her elder brother again, saying she had already sent someone to contact her nephew, Liang Jiajun. Besides having to participate in production like the other members of the commune, she privately did not treat the child unfairly.
Boss Liang trusted his sister's words. The reason was simple: his son was her favorite, and more importantly, his sister didn't need to speak without thinking.
Old Master Liang nodded slightly, "Don't worry about your eldest brother being dissatisfied. I've had the idea of letting this child go out for training before, and this is also an opportunity."
Boss Liang nodded quickly. He didn't dare complain now that things had come to this. He'd just stay in the countryside. He'd wait a year or two until the Zhou family's anger subsided, then find a way to transfer him back.
I can only say you're naive! How could your son, the petty, vindictive Zhou Jiao, easily ignore you? He's waiting for his fate, and doesn't even bother playing with you.
"Shengnan, what's the urgent matter that brought you here this time?" Old Master Liang paused, "The Zhou family is already on guard, so it's not advisable to move any further."
Lady Liang, also known as Liang Shengnan.
She had changed her name without permission when she was young, which showed how conceited she was. But even if she felt good about herself, after being severely criticized by her husband, she realized that she still had to rely on men. She also knew that the Zhou family was no longer something she could handle in the short term, otherwise all her years of hard work would be wasted.
Hearing her old father's words, Liang Shengnan deliberately avoided the Zhou family's taboo and asked softly about Liang Laosan's work situation after his transfer.
Seeing this, Old Master Liang lowered his eyes, knowing that he had completely lost the game with the Zhou family. It seemed that he had to maintain the relationship.
"...In the past few months since I've been there, everyone seems to be getting along well, but I still haven't been given any real power. All I'm doing now is writing reports."
Lady Liang was silent for a moment, "Third brother, you should wait a little longer, it will be soon."
Liang Laosan was quite disapproving. After hesitating for a moment, he finally advised: "Little sister, it's not right and proper. You should not interfere too much in some things."
Without waiting for Lady Liang to respond, Old Man Liang scolded her harshly, "What do you know? If Shengnan hadn't existed, would there still be the Liang family today? Do you think she did this all for herself?"
Liang Laosan lowered his head and sighed secretly. He shouldn't have said so much!
"Dad..." Lady Liang dragged out her voice and looked at Liang Lao San again, "Third brother, what's so difficult about wanting a legitimate opportunity? I've waited too long and don't want to wait any longer."
Hearing this, Liang Laosan looked at the blue bricks on the ground with an unpredictable expression. So many bricks were neatly arranged. If there was a protruding brick, his father would have compacted it or thrown it away and replaced it.
Everyone understands this principle, but why are all these people here so complacent? He wanted to remind them that with so many wives of leaders, it's really not your turn to be the first to stand out.
But in the end, he didn't say anything.
Even she herself said that she didn't want to wait any longer, so why should she bother him, her half-brother?
Liang Laosan listened quietly to the conversation between Liang Shengnan and her father and brother, suppressing the increasingly ominous premonition in his heart, and considering whether he should make arrangements for the future of his children in advance.
In his decades of life, he had never been so clear-headed as he was at this moment. Their Liang family was protected by their sister, Liang Shengnan, but wasn't that also the first hurdle for outsiders to counterattack?
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