diymy Chapter 85 The Dog Returning Home is Disliked
Chapter 85 The Dog Returning Home is Disliked
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, downstairs at the Camellia Pavilion.
"Oh? Whose young master is this?"
"I was just playing the stock market a while ago, what are you pretending for?"
"It's so early in the morning, and you've come all this way to visit my humble abode!"
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Unable to resist his third sister and younger siblings' pleas, Chen Guanjiang reluctantly took them back home.
As soon as he got downstairs, he was met with sarcasm and ridicule from his neighbors. Chen Guanjiang knew all too well what they were up to.
If you don't share the benefits with them, you'll feel bad for your neighbors. But if you do share, you'll be called a fool, and they might even resent you because you didn't get enough or the distribution was unfair.
Since it's wrong no matter what, why bother prescribing medicine for yourself? Even a monkey wouldn't be this shameless.
"Daddy~ Mommy~"
Three months later, when they returned home, Chen Jiagang and Chen Mangniu jogged open the door and rushed into their mother Du Huiying's arms.
Seeing the desk shared by the siblings turned into a card table, seeing the metal bunk bed in the small room replaced by the younger brother's single bed, seeing all of her belongings cleared away...
The eldest brother and sister-in-law were busy in the kitchen. The second brother hadn't called back since he went to London. The fifth brother, Chen Guandong, closed the door, silently declaring that this was his territory.
Unlike his last trip home, no one greeted him this time. Chen Guanjiang couldn't help but sigh, realizing that money can change so many things.
Chen Genshuo, the father, was playing cards with relatives he hadn't seen in ages, scolding them, "You have no respect for elders! You don't even greet your elders!"
Chen Guanjiang wanted to turn around and leave, but his third sister blocked his way from behind. The wooden stools were all occupied by relatives playing cards, so he had to pull out a small plastic stool and sit down, being shorter than the others.
However, his family doesn't seem to have any intention of letting him off the hook.
Du Huiying pointed at the bodyguard at the door and said, "This room is too small, there's not even enough room for everyone to sit. It can't even fit eight big guys, so why bring along a scruffy dog?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Guanjiang couldn't help but laugh.
The last time she went home, Du Huiying enjoyed being surrounded by eight bodyguards and even gave Hunlun a meaty bone.
When they met again, she complained that the eight bodyguards took up too much space and it was difficult for them to find a place to stand. Besides, wasn't Hunlun quite useful?
With a wave of his hand, the eight bodyguards understood and led Hunlun to the stairwell. They stood motionless amidst the whispers of the neighbors, while the relatives playing cards wore expressions of amusement.
"snort!"
Having punched cotton, Du Huiying, deflated, could say nothing more and could only express her dissatisfaction with sarcastic remarks.
Du Huiying then pulled Chen Jiagang and Chen Mangniu onto her lap and spoke gently, "My good boy and my good girl, how's the new school? Have you been bullied by your classmates? Are the teachers nice to you?"
"The new school is great! The teachers are so kind!"
"Sister Hui-ru and Sister Hui-xin take such good care of us..."
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Listening to Chen Jiagang and Chen Mangniu recount the good things about the new school, Du Huiying felt both pleased and a little bitter.
The two children received a better education and have a better chance of becoming Jackie Chan in the future. However, they were taken away by the ungrateful Si Gou. It is unknown whether they will remember to repay their parents' kindness when they grow up.
Upon witnessing this scene, Chen Guanjiang couldn't help but sigh.
The school donated HK$20 just for their enrollment, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will receive donations every year. How could St. Paul's Co-educational School dare to neglect the two little ones?
Students who can enter St. Paul's Co-educational School must come from families with a certain social standing. If nothing unexpected happens, they will have a strong network of connections when they grow up, so how could they be bullied?
Also because these children come from wealthy families, the teachers might need their help someday, so how could they not do their best to teach them?
Thirty years ago, respect the father and the son!
Before children have established their social standing, others respect them because of their parents' character, social status, and accumulated resources.
Although Chen Jiagang and Chen Mangniu did not have powerful fathers, they had an older brother, Chen Guanjiang, who was on the rise, so they naturally earned the respect of others.
Thirty years from now, we'll see how respectful the son is to his father!
When parents grow old and frail, and their children achieve social success through their own abilities, others will respect their parents because of the children's character, abilities, and contributions.
The fact that relatives could smile and play cards with Chen Genshuo, and that Du Huiying could be dressed in jewels, shows that they must have something to do with Chen Guanjiang.
However, the parents did not understand this principle, or rather, they understood it but did not want to understand it, because it would prevent them from establishing authority in front of Chen Guanjiang and thus instinctively resist him.
If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer.
This is a phrase that parents often say, but the second half of the phrase is "Blindly believing the words of the elderly will prevent one from ever moving forward in life."
The reason for keeping only the first half of the sentence is to establish authority and manipulate the child, while the second half, which is detrimental to the child, is omitted.
The older generation of parents thinks, "They'll eat your food, drink your water, and then scold you after they've finished eating and drinking."
Chen Guanjiang ignored all of this.
After the card game ended, the eldest brother and sister-in-law brought the food to the table, which made Chen Guanjiang frown deeply.
Apart from the freshly stir-fried greens, everything else was leftovers.
Having been away from home for so long, he was still considered a guest. It would be a bit disrespectful to serve him leftovers from New Year's Eve. Chen Guanjiang symbolically took a couple of bites and then stopped eating.
The elder brother and sister-in-law exchanged frequent glances, which Chen Guanjiang observed discreetly. The quiet atmosphere at the dinner table was oppressive.
After waiting for his elder brother to speak, his sister-in-law, Fan Huilin, glared at him before forcing a smile and saying, "Ah Jiang, I'd like to ask you for a favor, is that alright?"
"Okay! As long as I don't need to lend you money."
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Fan Huilin's smile froze on her face, but she had no choice but to continue smiling, "The surgery last time was very successful thanks to your help. I haven't had a chance to thank you yet. When are we going to your house for a meal sometime..."
"No need for meals. Even if I were a dog, I wouldn't have any reason to go from house to house eating leftovers!" Chen Guanjiang's words were a double entendre, both mocking his parents and stating his stance.
Fan Huilin, however, was not about to let Chen Guanjiang off the hook so easily, and continued, "Just say it! Ah Jiang, your elder brother's father-in-law needs nursing care after his surgery, and he wants to borrow another 50,000 Hong Kong dollars from you."
"No!" Chen Guanjiang's answer was clean and crisp.
With current salary levels in Hong Kong, you can hire a professional nanny for HK$300 and a professional caregiver for HK$600.
The HK$50,000 was clearly not intended for hiring a caregiver. Even with post-operative care, it wouldn't have cost that much. It's obvious that they took the money from before and had no intention of returning it.
Chen Guanjiang is rich, but the money is not for them to spend, much less for filling a bottomless pit.
Besides, we already gave my elder brother and sister-in-law HK$50,000 last time. The joint replacement surgery won't use up that much money. This is just a pretext for the family to ask for more money.
Borrowing money without intending to repay it is essentially the same as fraud.