Ruan Yuanqing stayed in the largest suite in the Overseas Chinese Hotel. In addition to the clean and bright living room, it also had a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. The bathroom was equipped with the latest shower system and toilet. Compared with the current situation where more than a dozen households share one kitchen and toilet, this was simply a mansion.
After Ruan Yuankuan and his wife entered the suite, they looked around the room with their dark eyes. From time to time, they glanced at the two suitcases that Ruan Yuanqing placed in the living room, and in their minds they were assessing the situation of their eldest cousin who had traveled to Hong Kong City.
"Mr. Jiang, Xiaobao, please sit down."
Ruan Yuanqing greeted Jiang Dahai and Jiang Yiliu politely, and ignored Ruan Yuankuan and his wife and Ruan Yuanshu who followed them in.
"Mr. Ruan, you are too polite. Just call me Dahai. I'm not used to being called Mr. all the time." Jiang Dahai rubbed his hands, with a hint of embarrassment on his honest face.
"Okay, then I'll be generous and call you Dahai. You don't have to be polite and just call me Brother Ruan." Ruan Yuanqing did not despise Jiang Dahai's pettiness. Instead, he admired his simple qualities.
"this--"
Jiang Dahai looked at the other person's neatly ironed suit and shiny leather shoes, then looked at the gray cotton-padded jacket his mother had made for him during the New Year, and the cotton-padded shoes with thousand-layer soles that his wife had knitted for him stitch by stitch. Although he did not dislike his clothes at all, he still couldn't bring himself to call Ruan Yuanqing "Brother Ruan".
"Brother, I'm not saying anything bad to you, but don't keep all the good and bad people around you. This kind of peasant is just attracted by the wealth of our Ruan family. How can he be qualified to be your brother?"
Ruan Yuankuan smiled and pulled his wife to sit on the sofa to the left of Ruan Yuanqing. He said with a smug look on his face, looking at Jiang Dahai with contempt in his eyes.
It was just a country bumpkin who sent the old man to the city. He was really relieved when he was treated kindly.
"That's right. We are a family. As the saying goes, broken bones are connected by tendons. Only brothers can help each other. I don't know what the intentions of those peasants who come here to help are." Yan Li interrupted her man's words without noticing the cold expressions of Ruan Yuanqing and Ruan Yuanjiang.
Jiang Yilu looked at his father's embarrassed and pale face, and felt even more disgusted with those noisy uninvited guests. He lowered his eyes, wondering what he should do to teach them a lesson.
Someone once summarized a passage: in the 1950s, people married heroes; in the 1960s, people married poor peasants; in the 1970s, people married soldiers; in the 1980s, people married people with diplomas; in the 1990s, people married cadres...
As the son of a soldier and a poor farmer for three generations, Jiang Dahai has always been extremely confident in this era. However, after coming to Haicheng and seeing the prosperity of the outside world, he suddenly realized that he was so shallow because he had been trapped in the tiny Qingshan Village.
"Dad, our teacher taught us that workers, peasants and soldiers are the most glorious. Why do these uncles and aunts call you a mud-legged person? Are they capitalist-roaders? The teacher said that only capitalist-roaders would call peasants like that." Jiang Yilu pointed at Ruan Yuankuan and his wife who were trying to curry favor with Ruan Yuanqing, and asked innocently.
Capitalist-roader, this is a big hat. One of the reasons why Ruan Yuanjiang was criticized and sent to labor camp was that he was an anti-government capitalist who attempted to seize power and transform the dictatorship of the proletariat into the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
Ruan Yuankuan and his wife wanted to follow Ruan Yuanjiang to immigrate, but this matter has not been completed after all, and they still have to live in Haicheng. If this word gets out, it will be troublesome. Ruan Yuankuan's face turned pale and glared at Jiang Yiliu who said this.
"Little brother, this uncle doesn't mean that. He is a worker himself. Workers, peasants and soldiers are all on the same front. How could he look down on peasants?"
Ruan Yuanshu was somewhat disdainful of his third brother who was not careful with his words, but now they brothers had to unite. Although he was impatient in his heart, he still helped him explain in a gentle voice.
"Oh, is that so?"
Jiang Yiliu blinked, looking innocent and cute: "So mud-legged and country bumpkin aren't insults? Then I'll have to talk to our teacher about it. The workers in Haicheng call us farmers like this. The teacher has been teaching us wrong all along."
His words were simply malicious. People these days like to accuse others of something, which can cause conflicts between farmers and workers. As the couple Ruan Yuankuan and his wife who caused the conflict, and Ruan Yuanshu who added fuel to the fire, naturally did not end up well.
Never underestimate the power of language in this era. How many people have been criticized and their families destroyed just because they said the wrong thing.
Ruan Yuanshu's smile gradually froze. He looked thoughtfully at the little boy who was only about waist height. He wondered whether he really didn't understand what he said or was deliberately trying to stymie him.
"Little brother, that uncle just said something wrong. I want to apologize to you on his behalf. This candy is for you. We must not tell anyone about what he said just now."
Fang Xiuxiu, who was standing by, had her eyes twinkling. She half-knelt down and took out a few candies from her lambskin bag, coaxing Jiang Yilu and saying, "Her sweet and gentle smile made Ruan Yuanshu's face flash with a hint of fascination and satisfaction."
Jiang Yiliu did not take the colorful fruit candy from her hand. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Since my sister said that those two uncles said something wrong, shouldn't they apologize to my father? The teacher said that if one can correct his mistakes, he is still a good child. These children understand this principle, and the uncles should know it too."
He squinted his eyes and smiled like an angel, but in the eyes of Fang Xiuxiu and Ruan Yuanshu, Jiang Yilu at this moment was just an annoying little devil.
Fang Xiuxiu took back the candy in her hand, without changing the smile on her face, but she gave Ruan Yuanshu a subtle look.
Ruan Yuanshu felt depressed. He never expected that there would come a day when he would be forced to apologize by a six or seven-year-old kid. Moreover, the disaster was not caused by him.
"Brother, I apologize to you for what my brother just said. I hope you can forgive me." Ruan Yuanshu took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were clear. There was no reluctance at all, but they were full of sincerity.
Fang Xiuxiu's eyes flashed. This kind of flexible man is what she is looking for. With Ruan Yuanshu's intelligence and means, his future achievements will definitely not be inferior to his second uncle. Moreover, his second uncle said that he would definitely support Yuanshu to get promoted. Fang Xiuxiu thought about their upcoming wedding date, and then looked at the tall, straight, and handsome Ruan Yuanshu, and felt a little sweet in her heart.
After apologizing, Ruan Yuanshu looked at Ruan Yuankuan and his wife with a warning look.
Ruan Yuankuan curled his lips, but he was a little afraid of this unfathomable brother. Moreover, he was about to become the nephew-in-law of Fang Changzheng, the top figure in Haicheng, so he didn't dare to offend him easily. He could only apologize to Jiang Dahai while hating him deeply.
Jiang Dahai is not the kind of person who will not let go even if he is right. Although he despises these beasts who even framed his own father, he did not hold on to it since the other party had apologized.
My son is really capable.
Jiang Dahai was no longer depressed at this moment, but was very happy. He was protected by his son. As expected, hard work was effective. He believed that sooner or later, his position in Xiaobao's heart would be equal to that of his daughters.
Jiang Dahai encouraged himself and was instantly revived to full health.
When Ruan Yuankuan said those insulting words, Ruan Yuanqing wanted to stand up for Jiang Dahai, but was stopped by Ruan Yuanjiang who was sitting next to him. He signaled him to keep quiet with a look that showed he was watching a good show.
The next scene also surprised him. He did not expect that an eight-year-old child could actually subdue both Ruan Yuankuan and Ruan Yuanshu. Although this was also because there was an obvious handle in Ruan Yuankuan's words, Jiang Yilu's performance still made him eyes light up.
He was neither humble nor arrogant, and kept pressing forward until the other party was forced to apologize. This was totally not something an eight-year-old child could do.
Before, when his uncle told him about the cleverness of this child, he was a little skeptical, after all, there were many clever children around him. In his opinion, Jiang Yiliu's birth and the educational environment he received were destined to be inferior to those children of wealthy families who received elite education since childhood.
But the scene before him and Jiang Yilu's performance completely aroused Ruan Yuanqing's appreciation for talent. If possible, he couldn't help but want to bring him back to Gangcheng to train him well, so that he could also be a help to the Ruan family in the future.
Ruan Yuanjiang seemed to see what his nephew was thinking and shook his head implicitly. Not to mention that the Jiang family would not agree to this absurd decision, as long as the Jiang family's daughters were still in Yuchuan County, the child would never leave.
The child seemed to have an unsolvable obsession with those sisters.
Ruan Yuanqing saw through his uncle's hint and felt somewhat disappointed. When he turned his gaze to the unpleasant-looking Ruan Yuankuan and his wife and the sincere and amiable Ruan Yuanshu, he changed his friendly attitude towards the Jiang family. His aura suddenly changed and he suddenly became the cunning and difficult-to-approach eldest son of the Ruan family in the eyes of the people of Gangcheng.
"We in Hong Kong have heard about what happened in recent years. You may not know that when we received the news that Third Uncle was demoted, Uncle decided to remove you three brothers from the family tree. Now the only descendant of Third Uncle recognized by the Ruan family is Yuan Jin. As for you, I'm sorry, we have no relationship anymore."
Ruan Yuanqing curled his lips, looking cold and ruthless. Based on what these beasts did, if they were in the United States where my uncle was, or in Hong Kong where their family was, it would not be as simple as just removing them from the list.
Ruan Yuanqing's eyes were dark, and the corners of his mouth were raised with a hint of amusement. Before he left for the mainland, his father had told him that in addition to trying his best to bring his uncle out, he must teach these people a lesson, but he still had to respect his uncle's wishes. After all, these people were his own flesh and blood, so it was inevitable that he still had some feelings for them. Now it seemed that his uncle was very cold to these people, which was good, and he could let go.
"Why doesn't it matter?"
No matter how stupid Ruan Yuankuan was, he knew that an old aristocratic family like the Ruan family attached great importance to the family tree. Once they were expelled from the family, it meant that they had no relationship with the Ruan family and they had no right to inherit the old man's property.
Although the clan consciousness has gradually weakened and the law does not recognize these bad habits, the Ruan family has always abided by the clan precepts passed down from ancient times. The Ruan family has been able to pass on for hundreds of years, and it is inseparable from the constraints of these clan rules.
If the expulsion issue was not reversed, they would lose the opportunity to immigrate with Ruan Yuanqing. How could the greedy Ruan brothers accept this?
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