"Dad, look, here's what I'm thinking. Since the mechanics at our company don't want to do this job anyway, and the boss is mad that the cars can't be fixed well, why don't we take it on as a contract and hire a few apprentices? You've still got the skills, and you can bring in some apprentices to fix cars. Wouldn't that be better than just getting a fixed salary?"
"Where can we recruit apprentices?" asked Comrade Lao Du.
Du Chen touched his head and wanted to ask his father if he had gone crazy at work.
"Dad, there are so many villages around our living area. Are you worried about not being able to recruit a few apprentices?" Du Chen said speechlessly to Comrade Lao Du.
"Those in the village who have no future after graduating from junior high school must farm in the village? Isn't car repair better than farming?"
"That's right, but you can also look for your cousins! Many of your cousins are still in your hometown village." Comrade Lao Du suddenly realized.
"Please stop. My grandparents are like that. If you take good care of them, it's your responsibility. If you don't, it's all trouble. To put it simply, if my cousins don't study hard after they come here, will you do anything about it? Besides, don't you know how my grandparents treat you?"
Du Chen quickly stopped Comrade Lao Du's idea.
"Oh..." Comrade Lao Du sighed.
"Dad, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that..."
Du Chen felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw his father suddenly becoming listless, but he couldn't hold back his anger.
Du Chen's family situation is quite complicated. Du Chen's grandmother married Du Chen's grandfather for the second time and brought a boy with her when she remarried, who is Du Chen's uncle. Du Chen's grandmother also passed away when Du Chen's father was only a teenager, so Du Chen's father had a very difficult life. He lost his mother at a young age, and his half-brother regarded him as an enemy!
Du Chen's father was born after Du Chen's grandmother remarried, so Du Chen's father and Du Chen's uncle are half-fathers.
Logically speaking, half-brothers are generally closer than half-brothers, after all, they have the same mother, but the situation is just the opposite.
Uncle Du Chen has never changed his surname, and it is the same surname as his biological father, but that’s nothing, and it can even be said that it is as it should be.
In theory, Grandpa Du Chen was pretty good to his stepson. People were poor back then. Even if you wanted to be partial to him, there wasn't much reason for him to be partial to him at home. Everyone was just barely surviving starvation, so how bad could he be?
No matter what, even if your stepfather treats you badly, Du Chen's father is still a child and what can he do to you? But Uncle Du Chen has always hated Du Chen's father.
Du Chen's father later joined the army because he could no longer stay at home. He was bullied by his brother and had no choice but to escape by joining the army. Maybe he was lucky because he was arranged a job after demobilization. Otherwise, Du Chen's father would have to work in the fields to make a living.
Although Comrade Lao Du knew that his brother was not good to him, he still visited him every holiday. After collecting the things, he would turn around and scold you out.
Then there's the story of Uncle Du Chen's eldest son, who needed money for his wedding, and came to borrow it. He showed up, treated us to delicious food and drinks, and then gave us the money when he left. That was in the early 1990s—3,000 yuan! Then he refused to pay it back, saying that Comrade Du deserved it.
Because of Uncle Du Chen's series of shameless and outrageous actions, Du Chen's mother is full of complaints. Comrade Lao Du knows that his brother dislikes him and even hates him. He said that he is his only relative, so he should tolerate it as much as possible.
It wasn't until Du Chen was in his third year of junior high school that he finally made the painful decision to sever ties with his brother. The reason was that when Du Chen's grandmother passed away, a fortune teller said the year wasn't right for her to be buried in the ancestral tomb, so she was buried there. Later, when Du Chen had some money, he decided to bury his mother and father together, moving them back to the ancestral tomb.
Uncle Du Chen refused to agree, insisting they bury Grandma Du Chen and his biological father together. The problem was that Grandma Du Chen had remarried, so this didn't make sense. Because of this incident, Comrade Lao Du was completely disappointed with his brother and gradually cut off contact.
However, these were all old stories of the older generation, and it was not appropriate for a junior like Du Chen to get involved. But when Comrade Lao Du passed away, Uncle Du Chen showed up. He did not come to mourn Du Chen's father, but instead he started to speak nonsense and curse Comrade Lao Du in the mourning hall. Du Chen and Du Bin, who were heartbroken at the time, were furious. The two brothers directly drove out the old man who was spewing shit and his two sons. Du Chen also took advantage of the chaos to kick the old man, and Du Bin also slapped his two cousins each.
From then on, Du Chen vowed never to have any contact with his uncle's family again.
Comrade Lao Du mentioned his uncle and cousin again just now. Du Chen was so angry that he rejected Comrade Lao Du's idea on impulse.
"Dad, don't blame me for being nosy. If you ever really bring my cousins over and have them stay with us every day, our family won't be able to survive! Even if I say I have no objection, my brother and my mother will definitely not agree! You know how my uncle's family treated my brother and my mother when you were in the army!"
Seeing that his father still held out hope, Du Chen simply opened up and told him the bloody reality.
Du Chen was also doing this for his father's good. It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. It's good enough if Du Chen doesn't take revenge on his family in this life. If that family really provokes him like in the previous life, he doesn't mind using some means to send the whole family to jail!
"Okay, let's not talk about this this time..."
Comrade Lao Du seemed a little bored.
"Dad, let me tell you, this isn't just the beginning. If you really want to do this for the good of this family, for me and my brother, you should understand what to do in the future..."
Du Chen said half of his words, but he couldn't finish the rest of the sentence when he saw his father's depressed face.
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