Chapter 398: Arrogant and Farsighted
The neighbors gathered around and saw that the main room was in a mess, the wooden table was overturned, bowls and chopsticks were scattered all over the floor, and the air was filled with a mixture of food, cigarettes and alcohol.
But the most eye-catching thing was the broken black and white TV.
Even though the TV was not theirs, everyone felt heartbroken when they saw it was broken.
This is a TV!
When everyone has nothing to do in the evening, they look forward to going to Gao Yuanjian's house to watch TV!
Now the TV is broken, what should I do?
So some people angrily cursed: "This Ming Cheng is too outrageous!"
"Yeah, it's a big festival, how can you do such a thing?"
"Is he drunk? Tsk tsk, he made a few bucks and thinks he's so great! He even dares to hit me and smash things!"
"Too presumptuous, he needs a good lesson!"
What everyone is complaining about is heartfelt. Without television, everyone has nothing to watch and there will be a lot less entertainment!
Gao Yuanjian was mostly sober, but his mind was still not very clear, and he was still cursing. For a while, Gao Mingcheng became the target of everyone's criticism.
Gao Mingwan glanced at Gao Mingli and saw that Gao Mingli did not express any opinion, so he stood up and first persuaded the onlookers to leave.
"Dear uncles, aunts and sisters, the house is in a mess right now. You'd better go back first and wait for us to clean up the house first." Gao Mingwan took out a pack of cigarettes and distributed cigarettes to people while driving them out.
After everyone went out, he immediately closed the yard door.
As the saying goes, don't air your dirty laundry in public.
Besides, as for Gao Mingwan himself, he stands on the side of his second brother.
Gao Mingcheng is the second oldest, and he is the third oldest. In fact, he is not well-liked at home, but he has a better temper than the second oldest brother, knows how to say nice things, and fight for some benefits for himself. After he became a driver and had money, his status in the family became higher.
The second brother was different. He was too stubborn and caused a split in the family from the very beginning.
But the quarrel was only serious once before the separation. After that, my parents calmed down, and my second brother softened his attitude, and the family lived pretty well.
Over the past year, my second brother would share some of the game and honey he hunted with my parents. When the fields needed to be plowed in spring and summer, it was my second brother who helped plow the fields with a tractor.
He also gave gifts during festivals and once gave me a second-hand black and white TV.
If we were to ask who has made the greatest contribution to this family, it would probably be my second brother.
Gao Mingwan glanced at his elder brother Gao Mingpeng obscurely. He was the one who caused today's incident, and his parents loved him the most.
All the brothers know that their parents love the eldest son. Therefore, the eldest brother has a more domineering attitude when facing his brothers.
This time, if the eldest brother had not asked the second brother for help, his father would not have treated his second brother like that even if he was drunk.
Hey, what’s going on now that it’s like this?
Although the neighbors were forcefully driven out by Gao Mingwan, they did not go far away. Instead, they were outside Gao Yuanjian's yard, talking about the matter.
Gao Fanmao even threatened to teach Gao Mingcheng a lesson to make him know that he should respect his elders.
Xi Nainai's house was just behind Gao Yuanjian's house. The two houses were not far apart, so naturally she heard the noise here.
Immediately, Xi Nainai and Gao Zhuang came over and started to speak well of Gao Mingcheng.
At first, no one believed them at all.
Who doesn’t know that Gao Mingcheng has a good relationship with their family?
But when they heard that Gao Yuanjian asked Gao Mingcheng to threaten everyone to pay the money to the village committee by confiscating the medicinal materials, the emotional neighbors were like being poured with a bucket of cold water and instantly quieted down.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Everyone knew that Gao Mingpeng worked as an accountant, and Gao Mingpeng had come to ask for money several times, but basically no one was willing to give it generously. They all had to find reasons to complain and cry poor. Even if the money had to be paid in the end, no one wanted to pay it so early and so quickly.
Gao Zhuang said angrily, "If you ask my brother Ming Cheng to do something that offends others, then my brother Ming Cheng will definitely not agree to it!"
"Brother Mingcheng came to me just now and asked me to tell everyone that collecting medicinal materials is the business of collecting medicinal materials, and the village committee collecting money is the business of the village committee collecting money. These are two different things!"
Gao Zhuang emphasized this incident, but did not elaborate on why Gao Mingcheng overturned the table and smashed the TV.
But the TV was originally a gift from Gao Mingcheng. Although the table was overturned, Gao Mingcheng gave him a hundred yuan before leaving. With this hundred yuan, what can't he buy?
Gao Zhuang not only talked to these people, but also took the initiative to go to other families in the village to tell them about this matter, because he was afraid that everyone would misunderstand Brother Ming Cheng and think that Brother Ming Cheng was an unfilial person.
Nowadays, having a reputation of being unfilial is not a good thing.
Thanks to Gao Zhuang's efforts, Gao Mingcheng's reputation was finally restored.
At this time, everyone looked at Gao Yuanjian and Gao Mingpeng with some strange eyes.
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At four o'clock in the afternoon, Gao Yuanjian woke up from a deep sleep and got up from bed.
He still smelled of alcohol, but his senses had returned. He walked out the door and decided to wash his face with well water.
The atmosphere in the house was weird. In the main room, the cabinet used to place the TV was empty. There were some oil stains on the floor, and there was a strange smell.
It was obviously a major holiday, but everyone in the family looked unhappy and no one was smiling.
When Gao Mingwan and Gao Shufang saw Gao Yuanjian wake up, the two siblings looked at each other and decided to persuade Gao Yuanjian.
In fact, they know the second brother best. He has a stubborn temper, but at the same time he is very generous and does not fuss about trivial matters.
Like before, although my second brother had quarrels with his father, as long as his father was willing to lower his attitude afterwards, my second brother still took good care of the family and was very filial to his parents.
But this time, I’m afraid that my second brother has been hurt too badly.
"Dad, are you sober?" Gao Mingwan asked first, deciding to wait and see Gao Yuanjian's mental state before speaking.
Gao Yuanjian didn't say anything. He scooped up the water in the basin with both hands to wash his face, then dried it with the hanging towel.
Some people will forget what they did when they were drunk, but some people will not forget what they did when they were drunk.
Gao Yuanjian belongs to the latter.
He likes to drink and has a good alcohol tolerance. Even when he is drunk, he knows what he has said and done.
After washing his face with cold water, he sat on the bamboo chair without saying a word.
At this time, Grandma Gao came over and said earnestly, "Yuanjian, you should stop drinking in the future! Drinking will only cause trouble!"
"You are my only son in this life, and I just need to treat you well. But you have five children in this life. I understand that you like Ming Peng, and I like Ming Peng too. But people should not be too partial. You have really hurt Ming Cheng's heart this time."
"There is no overnight hatred between father and son. Just go and apologize to Ming Cheng and say that you were drunk and it was not intentional."
"Bang!" Gao Yuanjian slapped the chair and said angrily, "How can a father apologize to his son? He smashed my house, isn't that enough? We are all brothers from the same family, but he refused to help his eldest brother even when he was asked to do a little favor! I think he has no brotherly love!"
Gao Mingwan couldn't help but said, "If Second Brother doesn't have brotherly love, then what about my work, Mingli's work, and Shufang's work? If it weren't for Second Brother's help, would our family be able to live as well as it is now?"
If his second brother hadn't asked him to be a driver, he would probably still be farming in the countryside now!
When he gets married, he still has to think about his eldest brother's house!
My eldest brother and sister-in-law are both smart people. Who knows how many conflicts will arise if I live next door to them!
But now, he has money in his pocket and has bought a house in the county. After they get married, the couple will live in the county permanently.
Gao Shufang also said, "Dad, my second brother is really good. You can't be so mean to him and let him do something that offends others."
"Shut up! Do you still think of me as your father?" Gao Yuan was trying to save face. He found it hard to stand when his mother talked about him. Now that his children were talking about him, he could not stand it even more.
"Shufang, I think your heart is leaning towards him! Don't go to work in his shop anymore, just live in the village!" Gao Yuanjian glared at Gao Shufang, not wanting to see them all standing on Gao Mingcheng's side.
Even though Gao Yuanjian felt that he might have done something wrong, he was stubborn and conceited and was unwilling to admit it in front of his children.
So when Gao Mingwan and Gao Shufang clearly stood on Gao Mingcheng's side, Gao Yuanjian became angry.
Therefore, we must suppress the arrogance of these two brothers and sisters!
His eyes fell on Gao Mingli who was standing silently beside him, and he felt a little comforted.
The youngest son is more considerate and knows that he doesn't like to hear those things.
"Dad!" Gao Shufang's voice became sharp.
She said emotionally: "There is no way I can stay in the village! Don't even think about leaving me here!"
After staying in the county for a long time, Gao Shufang occasionally misses the village and looks forward to going back to visit.
But now that Gao Yuanjian asked her to stay in the village from now on, she instantly jumped up and down.
Once she gets used to life in the city and gets a generous salary every month, she won't be able to bear going back to the village!
Besides, Gao Shufang still had the idea of marrying up. She wanted to marry a city man and live in the city in the future.
Gao Mingwan immediately said, "Dad, what do you mean? If you don't allow Shufang to go to my second brother's store, then you also don't allow me to go to the transportation company? You don't allow Mingli to go to the sugar factory? Should all of us brothers and sisters return to the village to farm?"
At this time, even Gao Mingli, who was standing aside and didn't show much expression, became anxious.
His work was also contributed by his second brother.
if……
Gao Mingli looked at his father worriedly, waiting for his father to speak.
When Gao Yuanjian suppressed Gao Shufang, he didn't think it was a big deal. After all, she was a daughter and would get married sooner or later.
But if Gao Ming opened his mouth, he wouldn't know what to say.
He was angry and wanted to say yes, but he was hesitant to say it out loud.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Grandma Gao looked at Gao Yuanjian deeply and said, "It's up to you to decide this matter, but you know Mingcheng's temper. If you don't apologize first, he will never step into this house again. Just be mentally prepared."
"Each generation takes care of the next generation. I'm old and can't take care of you anymore. Alas, it's all your father's fault that he passed away early." Grandma Gao sighed and simply left.
Everyone says Gao Mingcheng is stubborn, but in fact the source of the problem lies with Gao Yuanjian, who has also been a stubborn child since he was young.
It's just that he was lucky. He didn't have any brothers or sisters competing for his favor, and his cousins were also nice to him and didn't let their own children bully him.
So the growth process can be considered smooth sailing.
(End of this chapter)
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