"Um."
Wang Tianxiao felt that the tone of his older brother’s words was like a son saying that his boss was making empty promises, something like “drawing a cake to satisfy hunger.”
The difference is that in the 2020s, many social classes had become very rigid, and the expansion driven by real estate had caused young people to generally lose their motivation to improve themselves.
Once they realized that no matter how hard they worked, they couldn't achieve upward social mobility, they stopped taking the empty promises made by their superiors and began to live in an almost Buddhist-like state.
But Wang Tianxiao is now living in the mid-1980s, a time when everything is in ruins and the calm before the storm. In this era, as long as you are quick-witted and willing to work hard, you can be lifted up by the wind and experience a qualitative leap in your life and career if you encounter some opportunities.
Therefore, hearing this kind of encouragement in this era doesn't feel jarring.
Wang Tianxiao deeply understood his brother's words.
"Sigh, it's all your fault. If you had been a little more lively back then, you wouldn't have ended up in this situation. I should have..."
“It’s okay, brother…” Wang Tianxiao interrupted Wang Tianzhong, knowing he was about to continue talking about the farm manager. “It doesn’t matter what you do. There are many paths to Rome. As long as you live life seriously, you can make something of yourself no matter what you do.”
Wang Tianzhong was stunned for a moment, then patted his younger brother's shoulder with relief, "I'm relieved to hear you say that. Tianxiao, you've really grown up, I'm so happy."
Wang Tianxiao smiled, stood up again, and prepared to leave.
This time, Wang Tianzhong didn't stop him. He stood up and saw Wang Tianxiao out of the living room. In the yard, Wei Fenfen also ran out of the kitchen, wearing an apron around her waist and carrying a knife and a few unpeeled scallions.
"Tianxiao, you're leaving already? Don't rush, I'm cooking now. Why don't you eat before you go?"
"No need, sister-in-law, I have something to do. I'll come back another day to enjoy your cooking."
"What's the rush? I've already finished cooking half of this meal."
"I really have something to do, otherwise why would I be so polite?"
“Look at this… Tianzhong, why don’t you talk to Tianxiao and ask him to stay for a meal? He’s come all this way, how can we let him leave hungry? If the neighbors hear this, they’ll be cursing us.”
"sister in law……"
"Let him go, he really has something to do."
Wang Tianzhong stopped his wife.
"Well... then next time, next time I'll stay a little longer, otherwise my sister-in-law will be unhappy."
"Definitely, definitely."
Wang Tianxiao gratefully agreed.
Wei Fenfen then gave up and, together with Wang Tianzhong, saw Wang Tianxiao out the door.
Seeing Wang Tianxiao straddling a luxurious motorcycle, she couldn't hide her shock and couldn't understand where he got the vehicle.
Wang Tianzhong and his wife only turned back and went inside after Wang Tianxiao's shadow had turned around the corner.
"Since Tianxiao didn't stay for a meal, we shouldn't continue preparing food; just make less."
"What preparations would I make? It's just for show. You really think I'd cook for your kind of brother?"
Wei Fenfen untied her apron and casually draped it over the windowsill.
She was just putting on an act; she didn't actually do anything. She knew Wang Tianxiao wouldn't stay for dinner.
Wang Tianzhong was slightly taken aback. Seeing his wife's behavior, he said impatiently, "As the saying goes, what the superiors do, the inferiors will follow. If you are always so petty and calculating, how can the child grow up to be a decent and upright person?"
"Why should I be a good person?" Wei Fenfen said dismissively, sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed. "What's the benefit of being a good person? You are a good person, but what benefits do you get? Everyone at your level is doing better than you. Not to mention anything else, they are all driven to and from work, while you still ride a bicycle to and from get off work every day. Aren't you ashamed?"
"Incomprehensible."
Wang Tianzhong didn't bother to continue talking to his wife; he sat in another corner of the sofa and continued reading the newspaper.
“Where am I being unreasonable? You’re arrogant, your whole Wang family is arrogant,” Wei Fenfen said, even more unwilling to back down when she saw Wang Tianzhong’s contemptuous attitude. “If you’re really so arrogant, then why did Wang Tianxiao come to you? Isn’t he begging you to do him a favor?”
"no."
"What do you mean 'not'? Do you think I'm stupid?" Wei Fenfen shifted her position closer to Wang Tianzhong. "Last time, I asked you to talk to our dean and slightly adjust my position. It was just a matter of a word, and you know him very well, but you just wouldn't say it. Now that it's your own brother's turn, you're willing to do it. Wang Tianzhong, you're really fair to everyone!"
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"What nonsense are you spouting?!"
"Where did I lie? Isn't it right?"
"What do you know? Tianxiao is doing this because of Lao San's child..."
Having no other choice, Wang Tianzhong told his wife why Wang Tianxiao had come. After he finished speaking, he said, "That's all he wanted, not for me to do anything for him."
"You said the second son asked you to persuade the third son about his child's medical treatment?"
Wei Fenfen didn't react for a moment, and instead of talking about her own affairs, she started gossiping, "But aren't the second and third brothers like oil and water? Shouldn't he be hoping something bad happens to the third brother's family?"
"He doesn't get along with the third brother, but Hongwei is his nephew, so it's normal for him to feel sorry for him."
"So, he really is a strange person," Wei Fenfen exclaimed, puzzled.
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