A young man was sitting on a low stool smoking silently, so much so that Su Wang didn't even notice when he walked behind him.
"Su Lian, you don't look like you are sick. People who are sick can still smoke."
Hearing the sound, Su Lian looked back at Su Wang with a very calm expression and said calmly: "I don't have a throat problem. Of course I can smoke. Besides, it doesn't matter if I'm not sick. I just don't like it.
To join in the fun, I, a poor relative, would be better off coming to your house."
"Lianlian, what are you talking about!" Fourth Aunt Su Wang, who came after him, heard her son's words and immediately cursed.
"Am I wrong? We are a rich family now, and I don't know how many relatives and friends are rushing to fawn over us. Why should we care about poor relatives like us? They will think that we are embarrassing to them when we go there."
"Lianlian, you..."
"Fourth Aunt, let me have a chat with Su Lian. You can take Tang Jin to the vegetable field to pick some vegetables. There will be many guests in the evening, so there may not be enough vegetables."
"Wherever the customers can work, I can just pick them."
"Fourth Aunt, it's okay. I really like the fields, and I haven't picked vegetables yet. I just want to experience it."
Tang Jin and Su Wang had a good understanding of each other. As soon as Su Wang said these words, she knew that Su Wang wanted her to get rid of his fourth aunt so that he could communicate with his cousin.
"Okay, then I'll take you to have a look, but you can just watch from the side without having to do anything."
After Fourth Aunt Su Wang said this, she turned to her son and said, "Lian Lian, please talk to Xiao Wang properly and don't play with your stubborn temper."
Su Lian moved his lips but did not answer. After his mother left, he sneered: "You are a rich man after all, so it is natural for you to let your elders work."
Su Wang didn't pay attention to the sarcasm in Su Lian's words. If it hadn't been for what happened a few years ago in his previous life, he wouldn't have known why his cousin had changed so much, and he might have been offended by the other person's tone.
"Su Lian, if I remember correctly, you are twenty-three years old this year, and you don't have a serious job yet. For a man of your age, except for those who are still studying, they are already working and making money. You are just like this
Don't you feel ashamed to stay at home and rely on your fourth aunt and uncle?"
"Ashamed, those are my parents, I have nothing to be ashamed of."
Although he said he didn't care, Su Lian was stimulated by Su Wang's words and clenched his hands into fists, his knuckles turning white from the exertion.
As an adult man who has yet to find a job and stays at home, Su Lian is also under tremendous pressure. He even dares not go out for a walk on weekdays because he is afraid of seeing the pointing eyes of the villagers.
"I know you are not a lazy person, but have you ever thought about why you can't work for a long time even if you don't have a job?"
Su Wang sat down opposite Su Lian and looked directly at Su Lian. Su Lian also looked back without fear and snorted: "That's because I don't like flattery. Unlike some people, I just
He will go after the rich."
"You are quite self-aware."
Smiling, Su Wang knew that Su Lian's self-analysis was correct. Because he was an only son, the fourth aunt had great expectations for Su Lian and was reluctant to bear the hardships of her own son. In the past few years, she had been begging relatives to make arrangements for Su Lian.
Got several good jobs.
It's a pity that among the joint defense officers and auxiliary police officers, the longest one in Su Company didn't last more than half a year, and the shortest one resigned in less than a month. He said he was resigning, but he only took the initiative because he was being squeezed out and couldn't survive.
"I know you resent my dad because of what happened last year."
Su Lian looked up, a little surprised. He had never told anyone about this matter, including his parents. He didn't know where Su Wang learned about it.
Seeing Su Lian's expression, Su Wang sighed inwardly, his cousin really loved to get into trouble.
Because of myself, my family is considered rich. With my participation in the China Daily, my father has also been valued by the leaders. He has met many energetic people and his reputation in the village and town is getting better and better.
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In the village, there is a tradition in the village to worship the ancestors in the old ancestral hall every July and a half and then have a feast together.
In July and a half of last year, my father came back late because he was busy with work. My fourth uncle was working as a rough laborer at that time, and he also came back late.
Because my family is doing well now, and my father's prestige in the family is getting higher and higher. When my father didn't come, my relatives didn't start eating, but chose to wait for my father to come home before having dinner.
This situation is actually very common. In some families, if a promising person or elder does not come back, everyone is willing to wait. It doesn't matter whether the relatives are powerful or how to curry favor with the rich, but this is the reality.
When his father arrived, everyone started having dinner, with no intention of waiting for his fourth uncle. Su Lian was jealous of the Su Wang family, and even his relatives, because of this incident.
In the first month of this year, relatives went to each other's houses to pay New Year greetings, but Su Lian's family did not go either and stayed at home until the end of the first month.
"You can't stand everyone's behavior and think your relatives are snobbish. I'm right."
After Su Wang revealed his inner thoughts, Su Lian did not hide it, "Yes, that's what I thought. Do you think what I thought was wrong?"
"You are right."
Su Wang had an expression of approval on his face. Su Lian did not expect that Su Wang would agree with his point of view. He was stunned for a moment and was confused by Su Wang's attitude.
"But so what? Just because you are snobbish, you don't hang out with your relatives?"
"Snobbish relatives, what's the point of walking around? It's okay not to have such relatives."
"Su Lian, if I were the fourth uncle, I would slap him right now!"
The expression on Su Wang's face finally changed. It was no longer a faint smile, but became serious.
"What are you talking about, whipping me? Don't think that because your family has some money now, you are the king of heaven. Let me tell you, those people who are willing to curry favor with your family are their business. I, Su Lian, don't have the backbone to do so.
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"Integrity? You don't have integrity. You call it stupidity. You are so stupid."
Su Wang almost pointed at Su Lian's nose and cursed, and Su Lian's neck was thickened, as if he was about to stand up and beat him up at any moment.
"If you are not convinced, do you think I am wrong? Then I will tell you, where are you stupid?"
"Okay, tell me, if you can't tell me today, I'll beat you to death."
Su Lian stood up, a head taller than Su Wang, and his aura was fierce, but Su Wang didn't care at all.
"Except for parents, no one in this world will be absolutely kind to others. The so-called kindness is based on interests. Even relatives are the same. Even brothers will eventually separate and have their own families.
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"You look down on other people who fawn over rich and powerful people. You think these people have no spine, but let me tell you, this has nothing to do with spine. People do this because they can see it clearly."
"Those goals that may seem out of reach to you, or things that are very difficult for you, but in the eyes of some people, are things that can be solved with just one sentence, or even just a few words can save you from struggling.
For more than ten years, if you keep friends with this kind of people without violating your morals, that’s not called spineless, that’s called smart.”
"On the contrary, people like you who think you are noble are stupid. Of course, it would be fine if you have the capital to think you are noble, but you have nothing. You don't have the prince's destiny, but you have the prince's disease."
The more Su Wang scolded him, the more cheerful he became, especially when he thought about how a few years later in his previous life, Su Lian once again entrusted his fourth aunt to many people because of his so-called self-righteousness, and even his own father had to lose face to ask for a good job.
He messed up, and he got angry when he thought that his fourth aunt was hospitalized because of this.
If you think you are noble, then you should be able to make a name for yourself.
A poor man playing with ten steel hooks on the crossroads can't hook his relatives; a rich man can't beat away the unjust guests and friends in the deep mountains and old forests with wooden sticks.
This sentence speaks of social reality.
But in Su Wang's opinion, the first part is bad, but the second part is not wrong.
Why rely on your own efforts one step at a time? If you have relatives and friends who can save you a few years or even ten years of hard work, why not use this relationship?
In order to negotiate a contract, you do everything possible to please the client and Party A. Why don't you pretend to be aloof at this time?
Su Wang once saw a complaint posted by a netizen on the Internet. The meaning of the post was that there was an official in his family, so when the family got together, the official relative did not come back and no one moved at the dinner table.
He was waiting with his chopsticks. He couldn't stand the behavior of his relatives and said that he didn't want to wait for anyone except his elders.
When Su Wang saw this post, he sneered again and again. People who said such things were either students who had not been out of society, or idiots who were pretending to be cool.
Don't want to wait?
Let’s not talk about the officialdom. Let’s take the workplace as an example. If you invite a client or someone from Party A’s company to have dinner, if the client and Party A are late, will they use their chopsticks in advance?
At a company dinner, the boss is quite busy. If you come a few minutes late, will you be able to use chopsticks before the boss arrives?
"You told Si Gu that you wanted to open a restaurant in the county town, but do you know how many certificates you need to get to open a restaurant? Business license, venue, sanitation, and fire protection are the minimum. You can run these certificates on your own, and there is no one
You won’t be able to get it done in just a few months. Even if you open the business, you still have to be careful of the functional departments who come to investigate every now and then.”
"If you don't want to be fined and have your license revoked, you have to treat people to dinner and drinks with a smile on your face. Not only do you dare not accept money from them, you also have to give them cigarettes and alcohol. Whether they are willing to accept it or not is another matter."
"These are difficult things in your eyes, but for me, it's just a matter of words. I just need to make a phone call and all these things can be solved, and those functional departments will not come to trouble you. Just based on this,
Tell me, what’s wrong with asking you to wait for a while while I’m having a meal?”
"Are we asking you to do something that is against morality or something that is illegal?" How many people want to have such an opportunity to wait for a meal but don't have it? Tell me, if you don't take advantage of your connections, what are you not a fool for?"