"You shouldn't let eldest brother spend more money. It's not easy for him." Sanli still agreed with helping Qiao Yicheng save money, nodded and said: "But since we are all out, we won't go home to do it today.
It’s time to eat, so we ate outside.”
If you buy half of the clothes, you will naturally want to continue buying them.
"Then I'll choose a better store and make a decision now."
After buying clothes, it was almost lunch time. This was Sanli shopping. I wasn’t too picky or picky. Among women, buying clothes was considered fast.
"Hey, Aunt Wu, what can you say?"
"What? My dad couldn't think about it and hanged himself at home?"
"How is my dad doing? He's okay. Fortunately, Aunt Wu, you came here in time and stopped me."
"Thank you, Aunt Wu, okay, let's go back to the old house as soon as possible."
Before the meal was finished, Sanli received a call from Aunt Wu.
Qiao Zuwang was restless at home and started to make trouble again.
After having lunch in a hurry, the four of them hurried back to the Qiao family's old house.
After coming back, I saw Aunt Wu sitting on the sofa in the main room, the door of the back room was wide open, and Qiao Zuwang was sitting on the bed in the back room.
"Sanli, Niuye, you are finally back. Take a look. Your father said that his children were unfilial and no one cared about them. They all committed suicide. When I came over, your father had already hung himself at the door!
"
It seems that when Sanli came in, Aunt Wu said anxiously. It could be seen that Qiao Zuwang was about to hang himself, which really scared Aunt Wu.
"Aunt Wu, do you know what happened to my dad? Why are we not filial?"
Sanli also said in a panic. This was obviously a person who was really frightened by Qiao Zuwang.
"Then I'm not sure. Your father just said that you don't care about him and don't want to live anymore. You should quickly find out why and try to persuade him. I still have a lot of things to do at home, and my little grandson hasn't even arrived yet.
Don't worry, when you come back, you don't need me to look after your dad, I'll go back first."
Although Aunt Wu still likes to gossip after all these years, she has always maintained her warm-heartedness. A lot of things at home are still at Lao Qiao's house, and she is obviously still worried that Qiao Zuwang really can't get over it.
"Aunt Wu, if you have something to do, please go back first. We will go over later and thank you."
Although for Qiao Zuwang, hanging was just a performance.
It was all Qiao Zuwang's routine. Aunt Wu was able to find out that Qiao Zuwang had hanged herself. It was Qiao Zuwang's own disturbance that brought Aunt Wu here.
But Aunt Wu's heart to save people is always genuine. She saved Qiao Zuwang's half life, so it's definitely right for Sanli to want to express her gratitude.
After Sanli said that, she went to look for Qiao Zu in the back room, and Niu Ye sent Aunt Wu out.
No matter how far you want to send it, you can't send it away. Aunt Wu's house is the closest neighbor to Qiao's house. Once you leave the Qiao family's courtyard, you will reach Aunt Wu's house.
"Dad, are you okay? No injuries on your body?"
After Niu Ye came back, he saw Sanli and checked again to see if Qiao Zuwang was injured.
"I'm fine. Before I could hang myself up, I was stopped by your Aunt Wu."
Qiao Zuwang made a fuss about hanging himself. As far as Niu Ye knew, this was already the third time. Qiao Zuwang already had a lot of experience in hanging himself.
"Dad, what are you making a fuss about? What are you trying to do? Why are you so ready to hang yourself?"
After confirming that Qiao Zuwang was fine, Sanli turned grim and began to blame Qiao Zuwang.
Sanli has a relatively gentle personality. Qiao Zuwang usually does little things, but Sanli can tolerate it.
This time Qiao Zuwang was joking with his own life, which was beyond the scope of Sanli's tolerance.
"I called your eldest brother in the morning. It's the weekend. I hope he will ask you to come back to see me. Your eldest brother is not willing to ask you to come back. Doesn't this mean he doesn't want to take care of me? Children are unfilial.
What’s the point of living for me!”
Qiao Zuwang said with a stinky face.
"Brother and we both have things to do today and don't have time to come back. It's not that I don't want to take care of you..."
When Sanli was explaining to Qiao Zuwang, she heard a shout from outside.
"I'm back!"
"Second brother, you're back."
Sanli said with a look of surprise.
Sanli was not the only one who recognized Qiao Erqiang's voice. Qiao Zuwang, Niu Ye, and Qiqi also recognized Qiao Erqiang's voice.
Except for Qiao Zuwang, who remained reserved because of his father, everyone else left the house and went outside to greet Qiao Erqiang.
"Qiao Erqiang, the way you are dressed now is quite unique!"
After Niu Ye came out, he saw Qiao Erqiang standing at the door of Qiao's courtyard with a pair of crutches, a net covering his head, one leg in a plaster, and a large bag of luggage in his hand.
"Second brother (second brother), what's wrong with you?"
Sanli and Qiqi hurried to the entrance of the courtyard, took the luggage from Erqiang, and helped Qiao Erqiang.
"It's a small injury, it doesn't matter, just take care of it and it will be fine." Qiao Erqiang said pretending to be free and easy.
"How did you get injured? Was it hit by a car in a car accident? And why did you come back so suddenly without even making a call?"
Sanli supported Qiao Erqiang and said as she walked into the house.
"There was no car accident, just a small accident. The injury only looks serious on the surface, but it is not as serious as it looks." Qiao Erqiang said with a relaxed expression. "Isn't Simei getting married?
How could I, the second brother, not come back?"
"Qiao Erqiang, do you know what kind of life your dad and I will be having when you are away? Do you know how much trouble you will leave for dad after you leave?" Qiao Zuwang came out of the back room without looking.
When he arrived, he started talking and scolding Qiao Erqiang. It wasn't until he saw Qiao Erqiang's unconventional dress that he changed his tune: "Er Qiang, why are you like this?"
"Dad, I'm fine, it's just a small problem. After I left, I left you with trouble. I didn't expect it myself." Qiao Erqiang lowered his head and said with shame.
"It's just a small question. You've come back just in time, so what I'm going to talk about today happens to be your share." Qiao Zuwang nodded and said.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Second brother, how long can you stay when you come back this time? Are you going back to Suzhou?"
Qiao Erqiang has been gone for more than half a year, and since they haven't seen each other for such a long time, Sanli only cares about asking Qiao Erqiang and can't think of blaming Qiao Zuwang.
While asking Qiao Erqiang various questions, Qiao Yicheng also returned to the Qiao family's old house. With a cold face, he quietly walked into the main room without being outside first like Qiao Erqiang.
A sound.
"The boss is back too. I knew you had to use this method to come back. Otherwise, who of you would care about my life and death!"
Seeing Qiao Yicheng's return, Qiao Zuwang muttered to himself. It was revealed that the reason why Qiao Yicheng came back was because Qiao Zuwang asked Aunt Wu to call him.
"Big brother (big brother, big brother)."
When they saw Qiao Yicheng coming back, Erqiang, Sanli, and Qiqi all shouted.
"Second Qiang, when did you come back and why is this happening?"
Hearing Qiao Erqiang's voice saying hello, Qiao Yicheng, who had been looking at Qiao Zuwang, looked in the direction of the sofa and saw Qiao Erqiang, with a look of surprise on his face and then said worriedly.
The two brothers have never been separated for such a long time, so a surprise reunion is inevitable.
"I just came back, and I didn't get home a few minutes earlier than you. It's just a minor injury, nothing wrong with it. It will be fine in two months." Qiao Erqiang moved his arms and faced Qiao Erqiang.
Issei said.
In the current situation, compared to Qiao Zuwang, Qiao Erqiang, who has not been seen for more than half a year, deserves more attention.
Qiao Yicheng, Sanli, and Qiqi all gathered around Qiao Erqiang to chat and ask questions.
"Dad, come and have tea."
The others exchanged pleasantries, but Niu Ye and Qiao Zuwang were left looking at each other. Niu Ye could only take Qiao Zuwang to drink tea.
"Simei is back too. God is really wise. Today, all my children are back." After drinking a jar of tea, he said to Qiao Zuwang who was facing the door.
Niu Ye also looked back and saw Qiao Simei coming back with a frustrated look on her face.
This was obviously through the showdown between Qiao Yicheng and Qi Chenggang at noon. Qiao Simei finally knew why Qi Chenggang left.
In fact, the crime Qi Chenggang committed was quite serious. He just got the result of leaving without holding any other responsibilities. This result is already very good.
When everyone knew that Qi Chenggang already had an open fiancée, Qiao Simei, Qi Chenggang also got together with a local girl near his residence.
These are minor problems. The worst thing that Qi Chenggang can do is that he doesn't want Qiao Simei as his fiancée and marries a local girl, and he won't be expelled.
The important thing is that Qi Chenggang was no longer willing to take responsibility after eating up the local girls.
The girl's family members sued him, and because of relevant policies, Qi Chenggang was immediately imprisoned, punished, or even executed.
In the end, the local girl retorted and took all the responsibility on herself.
Qi Chenggang only received one punishment of expulsion, which was considered lucky enough.
"Second brother, you are back!"
Qiao Simei, who was feeling quite disappointed, felt much better after seeing Qiao Erqiang come back.
"You're already married, why can't your second brother come back to see you?"
Qiao Erqiang stabbed Simei's wound.
"Second brother, why are you injured again? You couldn't have been beaten by that Northeastern man, right?"
The poke hurt quite a bit, and Qiao Simei also stabbed Qiao Erqiang, but Qiao Simei didn't expect that she really guessed it right.
"Oh...it's been a long time since this happened, so we won't mention it anymore."
Even Qiao Qiqi can see Qiao Erqiang's attitude.
What Qiao Erqiang never wanted to say was that he was actually beaten by a man from Northeast China because of his injuries.
"Two strongmen, how did you deal with it this time? You can't let him go anymore? You can't tolerate him anymore. The injuries are getting worse every time. Who can bear this? This time the leg is broken, but next time it won't be the same."
Know where it hurts."
Qiao Yicheng asked Qiao Erqiang with a serious face.
"Yes, that man should be sent to jail and taught a long lesson. He has harassed me for so long."
Qiao Zuwang said with approval, full of resentment towards his second strong ex-husband.
"Brother, don't worry, that man will never look for me again." Qiao Er forced a smile and said with a forced smile.
"Simei, brother didn't say you missed the train, why are you back today?" Sanli still didn't know anything about Simei.
"Yes, fourth sister, why are you back today?" Qiqi also echoed Sanli and asked.
"I didn't miss the train."
...
"Okay, today is a rare occasion for our family to gather together. All my children, Qiao Zuwang, are back. I just have something to tell you. Let's start now!"
After waiting for the brothers and sisters whom he had not seen for a long time, and after basic greetings, Qiao Zuwang patted the table and said.
"What do you want to do again?"
Qiao Yicheng looked at Qiao Zuwang and asked dissatisfied. Because of the unexpected return of Qiao Erqiang, Qiao Yicheng almost forgot that the reason why he returned to the old house today was because he was called back by Aunt Wu.
"Nothing to do, just have a family meeting." Qiao Zuwang said.
"You made such a big fuss just to hold a family meeting?"
Qiao Yicheng clearly felt that Qiao Zuwang was messing around again and making a fuss out of a molehill.
"If I don't make such a big noise, can you come back?"
Qiao Zuwang really wronged Qiao Yicheng this time. If it weren't for the fact that Qiao Simei was coming back today, he would have to go to the Jinling Hotel to greet Simei.
On weekends, Qiao Zuwang would call Qiao Yicheng. If nothing happened, Qiao Yicheng would still be willing to go back to his old house.
But after listening to Qiao Zuwang's aggrieved words, Qiao Yicheng didn't say anything more. The fact of today's situation is that if Qiao Zuwang doesn't make some big noise, Qiao Yicheng will not return to his old house.
Then he watched Qiao Zuwang move a chair and sit down facing his five children.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Recently, my legs are about to be broken. I just want to ask how my seniority in the factory is calculated. But the factory is gone, and the director
I also moved. I couldn’t even find someone to look for, so they left me like this..."
Qiao Zuwang patted his leg and said.
"Just tell me, what's the price in your mind?"
Qiao Yicheng really knew Qiao Zuwang well enough. As soon as Qiao Zuwang opened his mouth, Qiao Yicheng knew what Qiao Zuwang's true purpose was.
The standard of living expenses for Qiao Zuwang has been passed for many years. As wages have increased, prices have indeed increased a lot.
It was time to talk again, but Qiao Zuwang picked Qiao Yicheng when he was in the worst mood and brought him over to cause trouble. Naturally, Qiao Yicheng's attitude couldn't be better.
"What?"
Qiao Zuwang still wanted to show some respect in front of his children and didn't want to be so naked about asking for money, so he asked pretending to be confused.
"Don't you just want money? Tell me the amount!"
It's a pity that Qiao Yicheng was in a bad mood and was not prepared to save face for Qiao Zuwang.
"Qiao Yicheng, do you know why I don't want to listen to you? You never make people like you when you talk. How much money do I want? What do you think of me? As a beggar, I am
Your old daddy."
Qiao Zuwang said aggrievedly that in order to get money better, he still wanted to talk about family ties with his children.
"Bang!" Qiao Yicheng became completely impatient and slammed the table hard.
"two thousand."
Qiao Yicheng became angry, and Qiao Zuwang immediately got scared, pulled back his neck and said.
"How many?"
Qiao Yicheng was still surprised that Qiao Zuwang's lion opened his mouth. In Nanjing, if a worker's salary can reach one thousand, it is considered a high income, but Qiao Zuwang's living expenses actually cost two thousand.
"Two thousand." Qiao Zuwang said in a lower voice.
"Manager Qiao, can you tell me how you calculated it?"
Qiao Yicheng looked at Qiao Zuwang and asked with an angry smile.
"Everyone knows that you work at a TV station and your salary is high. Erqiang also makes a lot of money by opening a restaurant. In the past, he still had money to support his wife and ex-husband. Sanli and Niuye, not to mention their in-laws' factory, the two of them are in the hospital
It's a lot of money. Simei works in a five-star hotel and was recently promoted, so the salary is pretty good. Qiqi, Qiqi hasn't worked yet, we'll talk about it after he joins the job."
Qiao Zuwang finally looked at Qiqi, and he didn't even want to let Qiqi go. In the end, it was because Qiqi hadn't started making money yet that he gave up the idea.
"Each of you gives me four to five hundred dollars a month, which is not much. I must have two thousand dollars a month to live comfortably."
The days that Qiao Zuwang asked for must not only ensure simple basic food and clothing.
Then you must eat well, drink well, play well, go out to restaurants, drink good wine, play mahjong at the bathhouse, and be able to save money.
"Let me tell you this, socialism has not sorry for you, and your children have not sorry for you. Why do you lose your job? Why can't you get your retirement salary? Don't you have any idea?"
Qiao Yicheng looked at Qiao Zuwang and said, Qiao Zuwang did not retire. Of course, it was his fault that Qiao Zuwang defrauded his neighbors and former workers in the factory when he was engaged in illegal fund-raising.
When the incident broke out, Qiao Zuwang was fired from the factory. After working for decades and most of his life, he had already been suspended without pay. If he didn't go to work, Qiao Zuwang could still be fired. This kind of situation is really rare.
See.
"Then how much did you say? You have to give me a number."
Of course, Qiao Zuwang was in the wrong when it came to mentioning this, and from the two thousand that Qiao Zuwang offered, we could guess that Qiao Zuwang himself had left Qiao Yicheng room for bargaining.
Qiao Zuwang is very shrewd. He has had several confrontations with Qiao Yicheng over money matters, so how could he not be more cautious.
When the two fathers and sons talk about living expenses, it's the same as doing business. They talk about asking for money all the time and paying it back where they are.
"Erqiang, Sanli, and Simei will give you two hundred a month, and I will give you three hundred a month."
Qiao Yicheng made this arrangement, and it had nothing to do with how much money his brothers and sisters earned. He just thought that as the eldest, he needed to take on more responsibilities.
"It's only nine hundred a month, Qiao Yicheng. Capitalism doesn't have such a bargaining power. You don't even have one thousand, how can I spend it..."
Qiao Zuwang clearly wanted to negotiate the price again and ask for more. He really wanted to treat his children's living expenses as a business deal.
“If you want it, just do it, if you don’t want it, forget it!”
Qiao Yicheng said loudly, reaching the bottom line of patience.
"Nine hundred, just nine hundred."
Qiao Yicheng was impatient and unwilling to bargain any more, so Qiao Zuwang could only accept so much.
"Qiao Zuwang, let's make it clear now. I promise for them that the money that should be given to you will be given to you every month, and you will not miss a penny. But I also told the ugly things first. I gave you the money.
If you still go gambling and lose your money, we won't give you a second chance."
After speaking to Qiao Zuwang, Qiao Yicheng said to the Qiao brothers and sisters: "And you, if any of you secretly help him pay off his gambling debts, then Qiao Zuwang's future living expenses will be paid to him alone."
The Qiao family's family meeting has ended here, but the Qiao family's affairs did not end there today.
Qiao Erqiang and Qiao Simei, these two people who came back suddenly, obviously came back with problems that needed to be solved.