The old man looked at the director earnestly and said, "People are forgetful. When you are doing well, everyone will support you. When you are not doing well, people will come to kick you when you are down. Old Zhou, don't you think so? When you were young and still studying, your father was sensible. Go back and ask your father, whose credit is it that you can sit in this position now and Qinhuai Street can be so good..."
"No need to ask..." The director felt his scalp tingling as he listened to the old man's words, almost naming him by name, but his heart was heavy as well. "I know."
"Eighteen years ago, Qinhuai Street was a small place, a poor and remote place. Every year when it rained, the sand and soil on the ground were mixed together. Children had to be carried on their backs to cross the aisle. I went out to study at that time, and every time I came back, I would hear you guys discussing raising money to repair the road."
But building roads costs so much money.
There were two trainees in Qinhuai Street. One of them asked for a bribe and sent the child away. The other one was Qin Yan.
The Qin family didn’t ask for any benefits!
Qin Jiangke handed the child over to Qi Lao, and his only request was to help build the road on Qinhuai Street. The higher-ups felt that building a road could not be considered a benefit to the Qin family, so they arranged a job for them. Qin Jiangke felt that his younger brother had just graduated from college, and it would be easier to find a wife if he had a good job, so he gave up the job.
Qin Hu cried so hard at that time, and his words of gratitude were so sweet.
What's the result?
It would have been fine if Jiang Ke hadn't left. Once he left, I forgot everything.
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Not only did Qin Hu and his wife forget, but many people in Qinhuai Street also forgot their gratitude.
The good days have been going on for too long, and we have forgotten how we got through the hard times and the promises we made back then.
I have forgotten how when the bad news about Jiang Ke came, everyone vowed solemnly to help Jiang Ke take care of his wife and children.
The old man looked at the younger generation in the crowd and sighed, "People, you forget your roots, you forget your roots."
Xia Lu stood on the steps, her expression indifferent. "Jiang Ke is dead. I have no intention to manage the household, and I have not been a good mother! I am sorry for my daughter, but I am not sorry for others. The older generation knows what happened between me and the fifth room, and they also know that I am not being unreasonable. Jiang Ke paid for Qin Hu's college education, and she got the job in exchange for my son. Ye Ru was the first child born when she married into the Qin family. The family was busy with farming, and I ran around to take care of her. She always thanked me as her sister-in-law."
"I, Xia Lu, am I causing trouble for her for no reason?"
Second Aunt Qin also remembered such an incident, which seemed a little far away, but she still remembered it, "When Wanwan was born, the daughter-in-law of the Ye family also had a baby, and it was the eldest sister-in-law who ran around during the confinement period."
Xia Lu looked at the crowd. There were many people who had watched the show and enjoyed the fun today. She pointed out the people who had never fought back since the Ye family came to smash things. "You are a newly married man, right? When you were working away from home, your father broke his leg and stayed at home. Who went to take care of him for you every few days?"
The middle-aged man named Xincheng was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red, "Brother Jiang Ke!"
Xia Lu chuckled and turned to look at another person in the crowd. "Lao Jiu's family, your grandmother was very sick and had to go to the city hospital for treatment. Everyone was afraid of causing trouble and didn't dare to help in the middle of the night. Jiang Keda got up at night, so my husband and I borrowed a cart from my parents-in-law and took her to the city hospital at 2 or 3 in the morning. We knocked on the doctor's door and saved her life."
Back in the 1990s, she became rich through scientific research
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