Ye Shuhua was also furious: "You look down on us just because we've been working for several years and are still at the bottom. Don't bring up my Ye family. My Ye family has helped Yunshan more than the Ming family in terms of work. Yunshan knows how to distinguish between relatives and friends."
The Ming family has influence in the military, but they are nothing in the political department. Only the Ye family can help Yunshan. They can't help Yunshan and don't want Yunshan to get close to the Ye family, so they can only suppress her so that she won't fall for their tricks.
These are all things her father taught her. Using family education as an excuse is an attempt to negate her father, which she absolutely will not allow.
Seeing that Ming Yunshan remained silent, Ming Zhengyang felt a chill in his heart. "Ming Yunshan, do you also feel that I haven't helped you?"
Ming Yunshan remained silent, while Ming Zhengyang didn't know whether to be angry or amused: "Why do you think you've had such a smooth ride in the Political Department? It's because I swallowed my pride and begged your Uncle Zhu to put in a good word for you with Hang Yan and ask him to take care of you."
He wronged his younger son for the sake of his eldest son. Both of them wanted to join the Political Department, but the eldest son was always unhappy because he was afraid that the Ming family's resources would be tilted towards the second son. He persuaded the second son to change departments, so the father and son became estranged, and the second son rarely visited.
Ming Yunshan was surprised. He thought his father favored his second son and had even treated several people to drinks to help him get a foothold in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but his father hadn't shown any favoritism towards him.
But Ye Shuhua didn't believe it: "It was clearly my father who found Deputy Director Hang for Yunshan, and he even gave him a lot of gifts."
Ming Zhengyang sneered, "Who do you think Hang Yan is? He and Lao Zhu are sworn brothers. He's more meticulous and disciplined than Lao Zhu. Everyone else can accept gifts, but he can't. If your father dares to give him a gift, he'll report your father the very next day."
Hang Yan is the top official under the Director of the Political Department. He comes from a wealthy family. Would he really violate principles for such a small thing? Doesn't Ye Hai know his own position? Does he have any influence with Hang Yan? If they really have a connection, why not use it on his son-in-law instead of his own son?
Ming Yunshan believed it because he had heard about Hang Yan's character and knew that he was not easy to get close to or bribe. Therefore, he had always been skeptical of his father-in-law's words. If Uncle Zhu had given the go-ahead, then it must be true. Uncle Zhu was a generous man who knew many people.
Ming Yunshan was quite pleased: "Then I'll thank Uncle Zhu properly. I'll bring a gift to visit him tomorrow!"
When he was little, he was clearly more likable and popular than Yun Shu, that dull child. But none of the Zhu family's children liked to play with him. At the time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that if they didn't play with him, he would play with others. He thought they were just blind.
After joining the Political Department, he realized how important connections were. The Zhu family had many friends, especially Uncle Zhu, and many of them were his former subordinates. Unfortunately, he was not familiar with Uncle Zhu and was not close to him.
Faced with his own son's blatant scheme, Ming Zhengyang first examined his own parenting. Old Zhu had once said that his eldest son had gone astray and that he should correct him. At the time, he was unhappy. It seems that he was blinded by his own perspective and trusted his son too much.
Who was he doing all this for? Was he really wrong?
Ye Shuhua was unhappy. Why should her father's contributions be erased? The Zhu family and the Ming family had no business relationship, so why should they help the Ming family? She also knew that now was not the time to explain to Yunshan. She would explain it to him when she got back, and she couldn't let him be deceived.
Seeing Zhu Fanfan still eating her steamed egg custard, he said angrily, "So you're just spoiling this little brat like this? Eggs are so precious, why not give them to your grandson but to an outsider?"
She brought her grandson but didn't get to eat an egg even once, saying that eggs were hard to buy and limited. Now they're giving them to an outsider but not to her son, and she still says it's not favoritism.
Zhu Fanfan: ...Is Ye Shuhua crazy? She bites anyone she can get her hands on?
One sentence angered everyone, and Da Mei retorted directly: "The eggs were brought by Lao Zhu. He didn't eat for free. Lao Zhu even gave half a pound of flour as food for Fanfan."
Ye Shuhua didn't believe it: "Flour is also rationed now. A little girl only gets half a catty a day. Who are you trying to fool? I don't know where Uncle Zhu picked up this wild child. Why would he treasure her so much?"
Ming Zhengyang didn't know what to reprimand anymore. If Ye Shuhua hadn't given birth to two children for the Ming family, he would have wanted them to divorce. Marrying an unvirtuous wife has brought disaster to three generations. Yunshan has been influenced by her and is increasingly lacking in a sense of the big picture. If this continues, his career will be over.
Ye Shuhua wasn't this extreme back then; now she speaks without thinking.
A stern, questioning voice rang out: "Who are you calling a wild child?"
When Ye Shuhua saw that it was Zhu Jiabao, she was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word. Her father had repeatedly emphasized that she must maintain a good relationship with the Zhu family. Zhu Jiabao and Liu Yumin were not simple people, and she must not offend them. Unfortunately, the Zhu family did not like her or Yunshan, so she never had a chance to get close to them.
Zhu Jiabao took Zhu Fanfan from her and carefully wiped her face clean, noticing that her face was covered in egg.
He said to Ye Shuhua, "Fanfan is the only son of my Zhu family. Watch your words from now on. How you do things is your Ming family's business. If you dare to involve the only son of the Zhu family, I will have to have a good talk with Ye Hai. Do you understand?"
These words were spoken to Ye Shuhua. Ye Shuhua was no longer as arrogant as before, and timidly said that she understood. Just now, Zhu Jiabao glanced at her casually, and she felt as if a knife was held to her throat. She instantly grabbed her neck and dared not speak loudly.
Zhu Jiabao thanked Lin Damei: "Sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of Fanfan today. It's getting late, so I'll take her home first. I'll bring her back tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'll give her half a jin of flour and two eggs as a thank you gift. Fanfan, thank you for taking care of me. If you ever say anything bad about my Fanfan again, just tell me, and I'll let her know what regret is."
Lin Damei readily agreed. Zhu Jiabao was giving her face, so she naturally accepted. As for the gifts, there was nothing Zhu Jiabao could do if she didn't accept them; a grown man like him couldn't win an argument with her on this matter.
Ming Zhengyang was too ashamed to face Zhu Jiabao, and only said that their relationship did not require exchanging gifts. Zhu Jiabao just glanced at him and said that his family would not do anything like that of an ingrate.
Ming Yunshan originally wanted to make amends, but after hearing Zhu Jiabao's words, he felt guilty and dared not speak. He felt that Uncle Zhu's eyes were too sharp, as if he could see through his schemes, and he felt ashamed.
Zhu Jiabao took Zhu Fanfan home, and only then did Zhu Fanfan realize that it was already dark outside. She hadn't noticed because the Zhu family had been making a scene for so long.
After returning home, Zhu Jiabao suddenly asked, "You spent the whole day at the Ming family's house today, met everyone in their family, what did you learn about them and their affairs?"
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