Three people: "..."
What the hell do they want to say
Originally, they only came here occasionally to play, and they felt very confident.
I did my job well. I didn't miss work or support my family. I only came here to relax a little during my break time.
Although they are both fathers of children, I don’t think there is anything wrong when I come to play occasionally.
As a result, Ji Changze, who was originally more "playful" than them, actually turned around.
They didn't come here just for fun. They spent several months doing market research without sleep or food.
The other party worked so hard.
How dare the three people who really came to play have the nerve to tell the truth.
It seems like they are childish and playful.
Number 1: "Ahem! We... are also here to learn about the game arcade's business model."
No. 2: "...Yes, live and learn!"
Number 3: "Yes, we are also very learning spirit."
Ji Changze's face suddenly showed a look of realization:
"I see, you are really outstanding. You don't forget to take time to study even during class."
The three of them laughed dryly: "Haha, haha, each other."
After barely stabilizing their mature image as adults, they were willing to inquire.
"Do you really know how to make game consoles? Weren't you a repairman before? There's a difference between being able to repair and being able to make them, right?"
Ji Changze nodded and said calmly:
"When I was in the company, in order to fix the malfunction of the game console faster, I went to learn this knowledge specifically, and I have been studying books by myself. I originally planned to transfer departments in the future, but... "
A wry smile appeared on his face and he said no more.
They are all residents of three nearby streets. In addition, the fact that Ji Changze fell into a game arcade after being unemployed in middle age has been spread by some gossips. The three adults who know Ji Changze's former occupation also know that he was originally plan.
Of course, maintenance workers' wages are not as profitable as those in the game console manufacturing department.
Before the "Falling Game Hall" incident happened, Ji Changze was famous for being meticulous and conscientious in his work. Otherwise, if there were so many old employees, he wouldn't be the best one.
It is normal for such a person who works seriously to want to climb higher.
What Ji Changze said was indeed true.
The original owner has been working hard in the past ten years. In order to better understand the structure of the game machine, he asked people to buy books for him.
You know, most of the popular game consoles in China are imported from abroad.
After all, China has just started in this area. If nothing else, programming alone is enough to stump most people.
The reason why the company where the original owner originally worked was called Yuanliu Game Factory instead of Yuanliu Company is very simple.
That is, all the arcade machines made by their company are pirated.
Nowadays, although arcades in China are popular all over the country, these foreign games are basically pirated.
Not to mention one hundred percent, ninety-nine percent is almost the same.
After all, at this time, there was basically no awareness of authenticity in China, and most of them just played it if they had it. Players even had no idea that the games they played every day were actually pirated games.
The Yuanliu Game Factory where the original owner originally worked was a company that specialized in "copying" popular games. Because the core game technology was directly copied, there were no outstanding talents in this area within the company.
At this time, arcade games did not have encryption technology. As long as you bought a genuine one, you could naturally reproduce a steady stream of pirated arcade games.
To put it bluntly, genuine products are technical creations that use brains, while pirated versions are assembly line businesses that use no brains.
This is also the biggest reason why the original owner has been studying hard but never successfully changed careers.
Pirate companies don't need technological innovation, they just need to be able to copy.
The three adult players didn't know about genuine pirated versions of game consoles. They were not professionals in this field, and they didn't quite understand how Ji Changze's words sounded like bragging.
The insider looks at the door, the outsider looks at the excitement.
As soon as Ji Changze finished speaking, they nodded in support: "If you can really do it, you will definitely make a fortune. This machine can make a lot of money in a day."
Looking at Changliu County as a whole, although there are many big and small bosses, the ones who can be seen as wealthy in this county are definitely the game arcade bosses.
The small game arcade was okay. Although they made a fortune, no one knew how profitable it was unless they said it themselves.
The big game hall is different. The daily flow of people is so huge that it can be seen with the naked eye, especially those who often come to play. Even if you don't specifically calculate it, just feel it and you will be scared of the profits.
So as soon as Ji Changze said that he could make a game console, the three people looked at him with not only admiration for the game master, but also full of yearning for "you are so powerful and can make money."
The youngest one's mouth was full of envy: "I heard from my boss before that a game console costs two to three thousand. If you make it, you don't even have to put it up to start your own business. If you sell it, you can buy a house directly. "
With current prices, a salary of several hundred yuan a month is normal. A game console worth several thousand yuan is naturally extremely expensive in the eyes of everyone.
Compared with this scary total price, the money you have to put in coins every time you play doesn't seem to be much.
Zhao Jihua's eyes lit up when he heard this. While rubbing his wrists that were sore from writing too much, he looked at Ji Changze expectantly:
"Brother Ze, if you make it, can you let me play with it a few times?"
Ji Changze patted him on the shoulder: "Of course, when I finish it, I will give you one as a gift."
"real?!!!"
Zhao Jihua almost jumped up with excitement.
For players, having their own game console is simply the happiest thing in the world.
The expressions of envy on the faces of the three adult players became even heavier.
Because of their status as adults, they are not only envious of how happy it is to own a game console alone, but also how expensive this unfinished game console is.
This is several thousand dollars.
Ji Changze actually opened his mouth to send one away.
After promising the Zhao plan, Ji Changze seemed to see the three people with envy in their eyes:
"I see that everyone is quite motivated. If you are interested, would you like to do this with me?"
Let’s make a game console worth several thousand dollars together? ! !
The three of them were subconsciously happy at first, then thought of something and quickly became disappointed.
"We don't know anything."
"Yes, we are all workers. We only know how to play games, not make them."
They are quite self-aware on this point.
How could three laymen compare to an experienced employee who had worked in a game factory for ten years
Ji Changze is still very enthusiastic: "Not everything requires skills to make a game console. It's very slow for me to do it alone. If you are willing to cooperate with me to help me, wait until the game console is made. Then you can do it alone." Take one away.”
"Or we can work together in the game console business."
He acted quite generously, as if he was able to chat with them so he took them to do business together.
The three of them were very excited when they heard this.
Now is the peak period for going to sea. Although they don't have the courage to give up everything they have now to start a business, they can occasionally hear from their neighbors that so-and-so has made a fortune in business, bought a new house, and even specially Rumor has it that I bought a children’s bicycle for my little one.
How can I not feel itchy after hearing it too much
But even though they were excited, they still kept their senses and confirmed to Ji Changze again and again: "You don't need money, do you? We don't have much money."
"You don't need to pay, just help with the work." Ji Changze behaved very generously.
The three of them looked at each other, but in the end they couldn't resist the temptation of money/games, and since they didn't have to pay, they nodded hesitantly and agreed.
Anyway, even if they failed, they would have spent some effort at most and they would not have lost anything.
If you succeed, you will make a lot of money.
Ji Changze successfully attracted several accomplices, ah no, partners.
Naturally, he doesn't just focus on young and strong people.
Among these three people, Wang Jijun is the librarian of the county library.
Qi Guoli is a security guard in the school security department.
Zheng Guohua works in a lumber factory.
The salaries of the three of them are not very high, but their occupations are considered very respectable jobs in the eyes of others.
Although many people now quit their jobs and go to work, in the eyes of most people, there is no insurance like a guaranteed job.
The work of these three people is an iron rice bowl in the eyes of the public.
Decent, good salary, and the unit provides housing and a canteen.
If they didn't live a relatively comfortable life, they wouldn't come to the arcade to play games on their days off.
After pulling the heads of three people, Ji Changze didn't waste any time and talked about the next step quickly.
The first is Zheng Guohua. He has to find a way to bring home the discarded wood from the lumber factory, which can be used as materials for game consoles.
Qi Guoli is strong and can help move it.
What Wang Jijun had to do was take Ji Changze to the county library to read.
China is still very strict about borrowing books. Only people with student ID cards can borrow books, and they cannot borrow more than one book at a time. No more books can be borrowed until the original one has been returned.
But it would be different if Ji Changze went to the library as Wang Jijun's friend. He could read directly in the library until the door was closed.
Wang Jijun was still a little confused: "Didn't you say you were going to make a game console? Why did you end up going to the library to read?"
Zhao Jihua, who had never been assigned a task, was afraid of being ignored, so he hurriedly answered:
"Making a game console is not that simple. You can't just have skills like making tables and chairs. You also need knowledge and know how to program. Does a computer know that? It's very difficult to learn that."
Ji Changze looked at Zhao Jihua with surprise: "Do you still understand this?"
Zhao Jiji was happy at first to be praised, and then felt a little guilty. What he just said was completely imitating his own teacher.
"I don't really understand. Our class teacher said that when we go to college, we can take computer courses and we will learn it by then."
"He also lent me a computer book and asked me to read more and learn more."
Computers have not yet become popular in China. If Ji Changze remembers correctly, not long ago, the sales of home computers exceeded 200 units a month, and newspapers at that time even reported solemnly.
At this moment, the Internet has not yet come to China. Even in the country C next door, the Internet is only used as a pilot in a few fixed locations. Without the Internet, home computers will naturally not be able to start up.
But the importance of computers in technology is known to anyone who has done some research. Have you ever seen that despite its high price, universities already have computer courses
Obviously, Plan Zhao’s head teacher is such a person who has studied it.
This is really an unexpected surprise.
Ji Changze said to Zhao Jihua: "Bring me that book about computers next time you come."
Although he has a lot of things in his mind, he can't just learn everything "without learning anything".
In addition, he also wanted to take a closer look at where computers have developed in this era.
After Zhao Jihua nodded in agreement, Ji Changze followed Wang Jijun straight to the county library.
There is another reason why he wants to go to the library. There is a computer in the library.
After all, Ji Changze definitely can't afford a computer now.
When starting a business, of course it is better to be modest and well-developed.
The county bought this computer just for data entry and to make the county library look taller.
In Wang Jijun's eyes, it was Ji Changze who followed him to the library, turned on the computer and started reading. When he determined where the book he wanted to read was located, he went to that station, held the book and started reading.
Today was supposed to be a holiday, so the library shouldn't be open, but now that he was here, Ji Changze seemed so absorbed in it that he didn't seem willing to chat with him. Wang Jijun simply went to get a broom and mop and started cleaning.
While he was running around mopping the entire library floor and cleaning the table, Ji Changze finally put down his book and walked over to him who was cleaning the table.
Before Wang Jijun could say anything, Ji Changze said to him, "Lend me your computer for a moment," and sat down in front of the computer and started chatting.
He couldn't help but be curious, and took a look while wiping the table.
But he found that what was displayed on the computer screen were all garbled codes that he could not recognize. They were so densely packed that it looked like a big head.
Could this be the game programming that student was talking about
It really doesn't look like a job that humans can do.
I don’t know how Ji Changze learned this.
He was secretly thinking about whether he should learn a skill, but Ji Changze over there was still cracking his hands.
Others read books to learn knowledge.
Ji Changze reads books to control the amount of knowledge output.
The county library was built by the county magistrate with the intention of making it bigger and stronger (this can be seen from the fact that it is equipped with a computer), and it naturally contains a lot of foreign books.
Some are translated books, and some are original texts. After all, this is a library no smaller than that in the city. If you want to fill it up, there are quite a lot of books from other countries.
Ji Changze read what he was interested in and almost understood the technological development of this world.
Sure enough, it was similar to what he had deduced from the game before. Today's arcades can't even encrypt, and pirated games are all over the streets. To him, it's almost like a large blank market waiting to be exploited.
Although it seems that other industries are also blank.
Ji Changze spent the afternoon of this day in the library.
When he looked away from the computer screen, he realized that Wang Jijun next to him had fallen asleep on the table.
The Great Demon King Ji Changze rarely felt a trace of guilt.
He walked over and patted Wang Jijun's back gently:
"Old Wang, wake up."
Wang Jijun woke up immediately, sat up slowly with a confused look on his face, rubbed his eyes, and then the expression on his face gradually became clear.
He asked: "Are you done?"
"Not yet, I have to come tomorrow."
Ji Changze sent a cordial greeting to his partner: "Let's go back. You go to bed early tonight and have a good rest."
Wang Jijun felt warm in his heart. Before he could express his gratitude, he heard the other party continue:
"Now that I have some rest, I can take the time to make the parts I want while working tomorrow."
Ji Changze also said very considerately: "Don't worry about the raw materials. I have asked Brother Zheng to get some scattered wood and come back today."
Wang Jijun scratched his head. The simple working people did not realize the nature of Ji Changze, a big squeezer, and did not think there was anything wrong with this arrangement. They also seriously stated that they would have a good rest tonight.
Even more moved.
Ji Changze worked hard all afternoon without saying a word about being tired.
He had been sleeping next to me for who knows how long, but he still received such a cordial greeting.
Why did you think Ji Changze was an irresponsible person before
He is obviously very nice! ! !
After returning home that night, the three adults who "suddenly discovered the truth" told their family what they discovered during their daily chat at dinner: "It turns out that Ji Changze went to the game arcade not to indulge in games but to test the market and learn advanced experience."
"Otherwise, their previous wages would have been so much higher than ours. If we were unemployed, we would only think about finding another hard-working job.
But Ji Changze was able to stay calm and concentrate on studying for several months. This ability is not something that everyone can have. "
The three people boasted about Ji Changze's behavior.
Their families were dubious.
"Didn't you say that the game console is expensive? Can he really make it?"
"Of course, he has been working at Yuanliu Game Factory for ten years. He is an old employee for ten years. When he was unemployed before, didn't everyone say that he was the oldest and the best?"
Ordinary people today don’t understand products that require the use of technology.
A game console repairman who says he can make game consoles is the same to them as a TV repairman who knows how to make game consoles.
Didn’t you see that old man who repaired TVs at the corner of the street took the discarded TV parts and made himself a TV
Because he has such a skill, people look up to him wherever he goes.
After all, televisions are very valuable.
When the mainstay of the family said this, their wives did not understand this aspect, and their half-belief turned into firm belief.
After ten years of practice, is it normal to figure out the structure and be able to do it yourself
After believing this, they became happy again.
"Then he is willing to take you with him, isn't he just taking you to make money?"
The three of them were also very proud.
"Yes, just wait. When we divide the game consoles, we will sell them and then replace them for the family."
Although they love playing games, they still understand that family is more important than games.
None of the three people planned to keep the game consoles to play on their own. Instead, they were thinking of working steadily with Ji Changze and selling them as soon as they got their own game consoles.
"The owner of the game arcade said that the game console he bought costs at least two to three thousand. Our game console is made by ourselves, so it is definitely not as good as his, but it is also a game console and cannot be sold for one thousand. , seven or eight hundred should be no problem."
They planned how to spend the money with their families at the dinner table:
"If we save more, we can buy a bigger house."
"You can read it to Xiaobao all the way up."
"Let's also buy a TV. Haven't my daughter always wanted it? This will prevent her from always running to her classmates' houses and staying there all day long during the holidays."
Their wives also enthusiastically joined in the planning.
As for the risks, no one mentioned it.
It's not that they don't care about these things, they are also good at it.
What risks could there be
Ji Changze didn't want any money from them, he just moved some wood and did physical work. Even if it really couldn't be done, they would have nothing to lose.
At this moment, the three families are all longing for each other but have no confidence in their hearts.
But everyone is not well off, and if there is an opportunity to make a lot of money without spending any money, no one in the family will stop it.
They promised their husbands: "If you make it, I will definitely prepare a table of delicious dishes and treat Ji Changze to a good meal."
Deep in my heart, I felt a little more grateful to Ji Changze who was willing to bring their husbands to make a fortune.
From that day on, Ji Changze still went out early and came back late.
But the place he went to was no longer the game arcade, but the county library.
Wang Jijun made the parts, Qi Guoli and Zheng Guohua made the general framework, and Ji Changze himself was doing programming while buying other tools.
Some wood products cannot be replaced. Nowadays, many factories do not accept bulk orders, so he can only buy them everywhere.
Fortunately, today is an era of great business trends. Many Chinese people are brave enough to go to sea to make money. If they work hard, they can still buy what they want.
The only drawback is that it costs money.
Ji Changze kept holding in his hand the compensation money He Xiao gave him for breaking his head, which was why Zhou Xiaocao was not worried about his in-laws searching the house.
Because the money is not in her hands at all.
The original owner naturally kept the money so that he could spend it in the game hall. When it fell into Ji Changze's hands, it turned into parts.
At first, the three of them just had the mood of "what if it works", and Ji Changze gave them instructions one by one.
Anyway, doing this will not affect my main job.
As they were doing it, they were shocked to find that this game console seemed to be really playable.
Although there is still a small amount of things that are not perfect, when Ji Changze led them to experiment again and again, they found that it was not only playable, but also fun.
The only question is: "It seems to be different from the game consoles on the market?"
"Of course it's different. This is a game console we made ourselves. How can it be the same as theirs."
Ji Changze tightened the screws again, clapped his hands, and shouted to Wang Jijun:
"Brother Wang, come up and try again. I have to adjust the sensitivity."
"good."
Wang Jijun walked onto the large circle extending from the game console and moved his hands and feet.
"I'm ready."
Ji Changze pressed the big button.
"start."
Wang Jijun immediately started to move. He was tall and thick. He looked a little funny after doing this, but Qi Guoli and Zheng Guohua next to him saw their eyes brightening.
They are also players themselves, so they naturally know how attractive this game console is to players.
Ji Changze stood nearby, looking at the data that kept passing on the game console:
"Forty percent slow down 2, sixty-five percent fast..."
As he spoke, Zhao Jihua behind him wrote down quickly.
When the game was over and Wang Jijun came down from above, Zhao Jihua hurriedly handed the notebook to Ji Changze:
"Brother Ze, remember everything."
Ji Changze took it and looked at it with a look of satisfaction on his face: "There are only a few things that need to be changed. Once these changes are completed and the outside appearance is completed, we can take it out to make money."
“When we make money from it, we’ll have the money to make a few more.”
Hearing this, several people were excited.
They looked at this machine like a child, which looked a bit crude because of its unfinished appearance, and were very careful when handling it for fear of breaking it.
"It's really unexpected that we can actually make a game console."
As game consoles take shape these days, they are becoming more and more motivated and working more and more energetically.
It has even reached the point where every morning when I open my eyes, I am thinking about washing up quickly and finishing my work to do the tasks assigned to me.
And now, it’s finally almost time to harvest.
Ji Changze also smiled happily.
"Everyone's hard work has paid off, and good times are yet to come."
These days, as soon as school is over, he comes to work as an assistant with Ji Changze. Zhao Jihua, who has done a lot of things, is also full of excitement.
He asked: "Brother Ze, what are you going to do when our game console makes enough money?"
This question was originally intended to ask him whether he planned to make a new game console.
As a result, Ji Changze gently touched the casing of the game console, with a satisfied smile on his face and said with emotion:
"I plan to be filial to my parents."
"I used to give my parents two-thirds of my salary every month, but after I lost my job, I couldn't give them any more, which made them suffer. When I make money from the game console, I must let them live a good life. "
Zhao Jiplan was sluggish: “Give two-thirds of your salary every month???”
He knew that he had to hand over his salary, but Brother Ze was already in his thirties and had a family, so what he had to hand over was too much
"yes."
Ji Changze, the person involved, didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with this at all, and still sighed with emotion:
"It's not easy for my parents to raise me. If I can succeed this time, they can take good care of themselves in their old age."
"No, Brother Ze, didn't you work as a maintenance worker at Yuanliu Game Factory before? Your salary should be three hundred a month, right? You hand over two-thirds, which is two hundred, and your parents spend two hundred a month. So many?"
Even though two hundred a month sounds like a small amount, during this period, the purchasing power of money is quite large.
Nowadays, a bowl of beef noodles in clear soup with solid beef and strong ingredients only costs 40 cents.
An average family of three can spend more than 70 yuan a month.
Two old people spend two hundred every month. Are they eating gold every day
Ji Changze seemed not to notice anything wrong at all and was still cheerfully saying:
"Yes, my parents spend two hundred every month."
Zhao Jihua: “…”
You are really eating gold.
He opened his mouth to say something, but seeing Brother Ze's happy face, he didn't feel anything was wrong at all, so he silently closed his mouth.
They have a good relationship with each other, but when he said this, it was as if he was trying to sow discord.
Don’t blame Zhao Jiplan for thinking too much.
His parents are both hard-working and love to work, and both are teachers by profession. Although the salary of teachers today is average, under such prices, the combined salary of two teachers is enough to raise a child, which is enough for their family to live a comfortable life.
But his family is poor.
The reason for being poor is those piles of best relatives.
I don't know if there is something wrong with the Zhao family's ancestral tomb. Except for Zhao Jiji and his parents, everyone in the family is not calm.
Some don't stop on their own, and some are tormenting their families. Grandparents and grandparents are the best, and they use various tricks to force their parents to give money.
Zhao Jihua, who grew up in such a top-notch family, naturally has rich experience in fighting enemies and has top-notch radar that is beyond ordinary people.
Almost as soon as Ji Changze mentioned it "casually", Zhao Jihua's brain subconsciously searched around and targeted his second aunt's house. The situation was similar. After his cousin started working, he had to pay his full salary almost every month.
The second aunt and the others don't spend much money, but as long as the cousin pays a month late, they will keep urging them.
The reason is simple, the second aunt also has two sons.
All that money was basically spent on Zhao Jihua and his two cousins.
It stands to reason that Zhao Jiji is only fifteen years old this year, while Ji Changze is already thirty-five years old, and his daughter is as old as him. He should not be thinking about adult matters.
But Ji Changze left a deep impression on him.
As a good student with excellent academic performance, Zhao Jiji doesn't really follow anyone who has money. At least He Xiao wanted to spend money on him in order to win over the student market, but he was not happy.
He really looked like a fool for accepting money to let his classmates play games in the Longteng Game Hall.
Although he himself also plays games, that is because he has strong self-control. Even if he is addicted to games, it does not hinder his learning.
But if you drag your classmates to play, isn't that harmful
Ji Changze is different.
At first, he just admired the other party's gaming skills and praised him a few times.
As a result, Brother Ze actually paid for it and took him to play.
Although Brother Ze is an adult, Zhao Jihua does not think that the other party has a lot of money.
He saw that Brother Ze was very serious when playing games and was very sincere towards him (he offered money without asking him for anything), so he recognized this big brother.
It is precisely because Ji Changze behaves like a fool with a lot of money even though he has no money. In the heart of Zhao Jihua, a fifteen-year-old boy, Brother Ze is... a bit stupid.
And people are a bit too easy to bully.
This can be proven by the fact that a veteran employee who has worked for ten years was fired and was beaten by He Xiao without any further investigation.
Therefore, although the relationship between the two can be regarded as an upper-lower relationship.
But the fifteen-year-old Zhao Jihua sometimes still has an inexplicable protective mentality towards his thirty-five-year-old brother Ze.
Zhao Jihua, who could have skipped the topic, couldn't hold it back and asked tentatively:
"By the way, Brother Ze, do you have any brothers or sisters at home?"
"Yes, I have a younger brother."
Ji Changze smiled and said: "My brother is a teacher at Changhe High School."
Changhe High School
That's where Zhao Jiplan's mother worked as a teacher.
He thought about asking his mother to find out more when he got home.
"Brother Ze, what's your brother's name? My mother is also from Changhe High School, maybe they know each other."
The middle-aged man who was carefully removing the screws obviously regarded this as a casual conversation, without raising his head: "Lin Changyuan."
Zhao Jihua was stunned.
"Why does he have a different last name from you?"
Ji Changze still said in a disapproving tone: "I was adopted when I was a child, but even though it was adopted, I have always grown up in the same family, just with a different surname."
He finally finished dismantling it, stood up with a piece of board in hand, and looked at Zhao Jihua, who looked a bit confused.
"Why do you look like this? Is there something wrong?"
What a big problem! ! ! !
Zhao Jiji's third uncle's family is in a similar situation.
My little cousin has been adopted since he was a child, and it was agreed that he would just change his surname and still live in his original family.
I don't know what the third uncle thinks. They just changed their last name. It's as if the little cousin is no longer their child, and they mess around every day.
Zhao Jihua felt aggrieved for his little cousin just looking at it.
He obviously didn't understand anything when he was sent for adoption. The adoption was decided by his third uncle, his biological father, but now he doesn't regard his younger son as his biological son because he doesn't have his own surname.
Because of this incident, Zhao Jihua always felt that his third uncle's brain was damaged by the door.
That's his own child, how could he be treated like this just because he doesn't have the same last name
And now, he suspected that Brother Ze's parents were like his third uncle, whose brains were damaged by the door.
But seeing Brother Ze's expression of "Our family is very happy", Zhao Jihua swallowed what he said and planned to inquire about it himself.
This night, Zhao Jiplan returned home very late as usual.
Father Zhao and Mother Zhao were having dinner, and they didn't criticize their son when he came back after dark.
Zhao's mother raised her chin: "There is soup in the kitchen, grab a bowl yourself."
"Good!"
Father Zhao looked about the same age as Ji Changze, but also looked young. He looked polite, pushed up his glasses, and looked at his son who was obviously hungry and stood in the kitchen and drank soup directly and asked:
"Are you going to your New Year friend again?"
"Yeah, Dad, let me tell you, Brother Ze is really awesome. He even told me about it today..."
Zhao Jihua excitedly told his father what new knowledge he had learned from Ji Changze today.
Father Zhao smiled at his son's happiness and nodded from time to time.
"You two are quite enthusiastic about what you said."
Mother Zhao was a little funny.
She knew her husband didn't understand at all.
Father Zhao said with a smile: "I don't have many friends in planning, but I know a lot at first glance."
He got his impressions of Ji Changze from his son.
Although Zhao Jihua had never met him, his impression of Ji Changze became better and better since he started learning these "extracurricular knowledge" from Ji Changze.
In particular, Ji Changze also dropped out of elementary school. After working, he saved money to go to night school. Now he is self-study all the way, and he even knows so much profound computer knowledge.
Father Zhao himself went to school after his son was born. He studied hard all the way and endured countless hardships before he became a primary school teacher.
Because I know how difficult it is to study by yourself, I admire people like Ji Changze even more who can learn such profound things by themselves.
Zhao's mother also nodded: "Yes, our principal also bought computers for us teachers to learn. It is said that he plans to take computer classes in the future. I have a hard time getting started. The friend who is planning to not only learn by himself but also use it is amazing. "
This is why they stay away from home all day regardless of whether their son is on vacation.
Of course it is different for parents when their children play outside all day long and they seize the time to learn new knowledge.
Mother Zhao told Zhao Jihua, who had finished the soup and started eating:
"You study hard. Computers may become a profession in the future. This will be helpful to you in the future, you know?"
"Don't worry, Mom, I really like computers, and Brother Ze is also very attentive in teaching me. Now I can write a short piece of programming."
Mother Zhao, who was new to computers, knew little about programming, but that didn't stop her from nodding with satisfaction:
"This friend of yours has helped you a lot. We can't just accept help from others without repaying it. Didn't you say that he has a daughter as old as you? I bought a schoolbag and you gave it to him. Think of it as a thank you."
In fact, the couple originally planned to invite Ji Changze to their home for dinner.
It's just that their house is really small, so it's not a good idea to invite guests over.
Let's go out to eat. We don't have any money at the moment, our wages haven't been paid yet, and we can't afford it.
So I could only do the next best thing and buy a schoolbag to send over first.
Wait until the salary is paid, then treat others to a good meal.
Both of them are teachers, so they naturally know how energy-consuming teaching students is. Zhao Jihua has become more and more enthusiastic about learning these days. As parents, the two of them appreciate it very much.
Zhao Jihua took two bites of rice, and the burning feeling of hunger in his stomach disappeared, and then he remembered his plans for today.
"By the way, Mom, is there a teacher named Lin Yuanhua among your high school teachers?"
"Lin Changyuan?"
Mother Zhao was stunned: "Why are you asking him?"
"I have something I want to ask about."
Hearing that he knew his mother, Zhao Jihua suddenly became energetic and stopped eating. He put down his chopsticks and asked:
"Does he have to hand over his salary to his parents every month?"
"How is it possible? He is such an old man. He is married and has children. Of course he keeps his salary for himself. Moreover, his parents seem to be quite rich and they subsidize him a lot. There is no need for his money. "
Tsk!
really!
When Zhao Jihua heard this, he knew that his guess was right.
"Is Lin Changyuan rich?"
Mother Zhao recalled:
"It seems so. I'm not familiar with him. He teaches the first year of high school and I teach the second year of high school. They are not in the same office. But I heard from others that his house is near the school. It was quite expensive to buy. He usually wears the same clothes. It’s pretty good too, and there’s also a watch, Seabird.”
Seabird watches are a luxury item in people's eyes these days, and one piece costs a full 500 yuan.
Therefore, Lin Yuanyuan is quite famous among teachers. After all, their salary is generally only about 150 yuan, plus various incomes such as book and newspaper fees, it is only over 200 yuan at most.
A watch covers nearly three months' salary. Most of the teachers at Changhe High School support their families, and no one dares to spend such money.
So Lin Changyuan was naturally the first among the teachers.
After listening to his mother's popular science, Zhao Jiplan was so angry that his nose almost became crooked.
"What a piece of shit!!!"
Mother Zhao was startled by her son's sudden anger. After reacting, she slapped him on the head:
"speak nicely!"
"Mom, you don't know. I just found out today that before Brother Ze lost his job, his salary of three hundred and two hundred a month was taken away by his parents. I also said that no matter how much money his parents could spend, they would not spend two hundred a month. Ah, it turns out I gave them all to my younger son."
When Zhao Jihua thought about his brother Ze being treated like this, he gritted his teeth with hatred:
"What a piece of shit!! I just said that Brother Ze has been working as a maintenance worker for ten years, and the salary of an old employee is so high. Why can't he pay out a penny after losing his job? It turns out that it was all taken by his parents. I have adopted a younger brother! I have the same virtues as my third uncle and the others!"
He was angry at himself for forgetting the New Year here.
Mother Zhao and father Zhao over there were confused.
"What are you talking about?"
Zhao Jihua managed to calm down, suppressed his anger, and began to explain to his parents.
After hearing this, Mother Zhao was also shocked.
"Really or not? Lin Changyuan looked quite human-like at school. No one has ever said anything bad about him, not even a derogatory word."
"cough."
Father Zhao reminded from the side: "Daughter-in-law, looking like a dog is a derogatory term."
Zhao Jihua snorted coldly: "Anyway, I only know that Brother Ze's money has been taken away by his parents. He is also a son. Not only did Lin Yuanyuan not turn over his salary, but he also subsidized his parents. Isn't he biased?"
"You are such an old man, but you are still a teacher, and you are spending your brother's hard-earned money, bah! Shameless!"
He was filled with righteous indignation here. Zhao's mother, who had always believed in her son, gradually began to remember.
Yes, Lin Changyuan has always been very generous in his actions.
But he is a teacher, and his wife is a housewife. The family's income is at most two hundred a month. Not long after he joined the job, he bought a house worth at least two thousand.
Bicycles, watches, leather shoes, and clothes are all brand-name goods.
How can his salary afford him to do this
In the past, everyone just thought it was because his family was rich.
But it turns out that his parents actually got the money from his brother
Zhao Jihua has learned a lot from Ji Changze these days. He is very happy when he comes back every day, and his academic performance has improved a lot. Compared with his unfamiliar colleagues, Zhao's mother naturally sides with Ji Changze.
If this is true...
The son's year-end friend is too pitiful.
How could such a good person end up with such parents and brothers
Mother Zhao was thinking in her heart and said to her son who was still angry: "What did your friend say?"
"What are you talking about? Brother Ze is just too stupid and filial. He doesn't think there is anything wrong with his parents asking him to leave most of his salary. He is still saying that he will be filial to his parents when the things we make are sold."
Zhao Jihua curled his lips: "As soon as I saw him like that, I knew that he didn't feel that his parents were exploiting him at all, just like a cousin."
Having said this, he puffed up his chest proudly:
"Last time, if I hadn't taken my cousin and overheard that my aunt and the others were talking about marrying my cousin off to a cripple so that I could give them a bride price, my cousin would have thought that my aunt and uncle were very good to her."
Father Zhao: "..."
Zhao’s mother: “…”
It turns out that the reason my niece suddenly fell out with her family last time and ran away from home and severed ties was because of their son.
They opened their mouths to scold them, but thought about how many sincere words their niece had written back after leaving home, and then silently closed their mouths.
Although it seems deviant in the eyes of many people that children should sever ties with their parents.
But they watched their niece grow up and understood that this choice was the best for her.
Zhao Jihua didn't notice the change in his parents' expressions, and he didn't know that he had escaped a scolding and was still yelling:
"Brother Ze is very talented in computers and has strong hands-on skills, but he is just like my cousin. How to say that word is clear to onlookers. He himself is the person involved, so he doesn't realize it."
"So I plan to find out the details of Lin Yuanyuan first. When I am sure that the money he spent belongs to my brother Ze, I will expose them! Let brother Ze see clearly and don't be deceived again!"
He was fighting high here, but Mother Zhao slapped her son on the head again.
"Forget it about meddling in your cousin's affairs. That friend of yours is an adult, and this is a family matter. Don't mess around!"
If a relative of your own is not handled well, it is easy to offend others, let alone friends who are not related by blood.
People say that it is difficult for an upright official to handle household chores, which is no joke.
"What does it mean to mess around!"
Zhao Jiplan was very unconvinced!
"Brother Ze has helped me so much, how could I watch him being kept in the dark? His previous salary was as much as 300 a month, but he still lives in such a small tube building and can't even buy a small screw. Negotiate price all the time.
Didn’t you teach me that if someone helps us, we should repay them? Why don't you care now? What a sense of loyalty! ! ! "
Father Zhao was amused by his little cock-like appearance.
"You brat, you said this very smoothly."
He looked at his wife: "Daughter-in-law, what the plan said is right. Although we shouldn't interfere with other people's family affairs, if the plan's friends are really kept in the dark, we shouldn't understand that they have helped us so much. You know it but you’re hiding it.”
Mother Zhao was actually convinced. When her husband said this, she borrowed the donkey from Poxia and nodded:
"Okay, then I will inquire about it when I get to school tomorrow."
If Lin Changyuan is really a person who sucks his brother's blood and lives a luxurious life while his brother is still squeezing into a small house...
There was disdain in her eyes, and she made up her mind to figure it out tomorrow.
Ji Changze here still doesn't know that Zhao Jihua is counting the money in order to find out the brain cells for him.
While counting, he nodded with satisfaction.
--boom!
The door was pushed open forcefully from the outside, and Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin walked in hurriedly, their faces full of anger.
"Ji Changze!!! Come out!!!"
Ji Changze, who was in his daughter's room, quickly put the money into his purse and walked out as if nothing had happened, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Mom and dad, what's wrong?"
Old man Lin had a sullen face and looked at his son who had hardly been home these days, but was obviously not as obedient as before:
"Your mother and I went to collect our wages, and they said the wages were paid directly to you. What's going on?!"
"Oh, this thing..."
Ji Changze had an expression on his face: "I thought it was such a big deal, but it turns out it's just such a small thing."
"In this kind of factory, wages are paid in pay slips, and then the workers go to withdraw the money themselves. This step is quite troublesome, so the elderly in the factory usually ask their children to collect it."
"It comes every half a month. I figured it would be today and I would pick it up when I came back."
After hearing this, the expressions on the two people's faces barely calmed down.
The old lady took a step forward: "What about the money you got back?"
Ji Changze blinked and answered quite confidently: "Flowers."
"it took???"
The old lady's voice immediately rose a few pitches.
"That's half a month's salary for me and your father. How long did it take you to spend it???"
Ji Changze looked frightened by her tone and took a step back with a blank look on his face:
"Mom, why are you so angry? Aren't you going to the factory to make money just to give me flowers?"
The surrounding neighbors were startled by the noise and opened their doors one after another.
"Who is here to give you..."
Halfway through what she was saying, the old lady swallowed it back reluctantly when she saw the neighbors coming to watch.
She softened her voice slightly, making herself look pitiful, like a heartbroken mother facing her unfilial son:
"Then you have to leave some for us, right?"
"We are old and need to spend money. Why don't you think about it for us? Why are you so ignorant?"
When she said something like this in the past, Ji Changze must have immediately turned pale with fright and hurriedly apologized to her until he made sure she wasn't angry anymore.
As a result, Ji Changze's face is indeed pale now.
But he was not apologizing, but looked shocked.
"Mom, how can you say that? Doesn't the factory provide food for free? My family is in debt. Of course, if we have money, we have to use it to pay back the money first. There are also rice, flour, oil and grain, etc. Who doesn't need money?"
"The medical expenses alone are a lot of money. Now that we have money, of course we need to figure these things out first."
Although the neighbors only listened to a few words, they almost understood it and advised each other:
"Yes, what Nagasawa said is quite right. Anyway, you only joined the factory to help subsidize it. The money is spent at home, isn't that just right?"
"Nagaze is not a lavish person. He is his own son. Sister, you should understand. Don't be angry."
The two were persuaded to become even angrier.
If Ji Changze had made his own money and spent it, they wouldn't have been so angry. At most, they would have felt sorry for the money and then complained about why his son didn't give it to them.
But this money was earned with hard work by both of them.
The two of them had been enjoying themselves for so many years, but they couldn't bear the hard work. On the first day they arrived at the factory, they wanted to run away.
However, Grandma Xiaohu has a lot of connections. Not only did she find jobs for them, but she also bought one and got one free, and specially arranged for acquaintances in the factory to take care of them.
If they want to be unable to walk around, if they want to be lazy and have no chance, if they want to pretend to be sick, there is a health room in every factory.
Everyone in the factory knew that they came here to support their son's family, and everyone would praise them when they met.
The two of them have always attached great importance to their personas of being a loving father and mother, so they have no choice but to endure it.
After enduring it for a few days, I heard that I would be paid half a month's salary, but if I left early, I would not be paid, and I couldn't bear to bear the wages I earned after working so hard for several days.
Although the living wage they were assigned was not high because of their age, it was only fifty yuan for half a month. The two of them added up to one hundred, which was a lot of money.
So I had no choice but to grit my teeth and keep going.
In this process, they suffered hardships they had never experienced in their lives.
The old lady works during the day and has to cook in the morning and evening.
Old man Lin also works. When he wakes up in the morning, he helps Ji Changze build the shell of some machine under his nose. The same goes for him at night.
If they are unwilling to do it, Ji Changze will act like why they, as parents, are not willing to help with such a small matter.
The key is to keep the door wide open when doing this.
This time in the morning and evening is the peak time for the neighbors to commute to and from get off work. What they do is in the eyes of the surrounding neighbors.
The two of them could only grit their teeth and do it.
In just half a month, I felt sore in my waist and back, and felt weak all over. I felt like I had aged five years.
I was thinking about leaving, but my younger son called again and said he wanted to buy a new watch.
Their youngest son is very capable, and he is honest and has a decent job. He will definitely make a fortune in the future. The two of them are counting on him to provide for them in old age, so naturally they want to find a way to get money for him.
And the only way they can get money is through their eldest son.
I have no choice but to endure it.
They endured the humiliation.
They endure hardships.
They are overworked.
As a result, he suffered a lot. Not only did he not get the compensation, but even his hard-earned money was taken away by Ji Changze without hesitation.
But the neighbors are still there, one by one, all for the sake of the children.
For fuck's sake! ! !
They are for the kids!
But not for this child Ji Changze! ! !
Old Man Lin suppressed his anger and took several breaths before asking: "Where's the compensation? If you want to do this, why don't you use the compensation to do it?!"
Ji Changze looked very surprised.
"Have you already used the compensation money to pay off your debt?"
He was still very innocent and confused:
"Dad, don't you know? Didn't I say it from the beginning?"
Two people: "..."
"What did you say?? When did you say it??!!"
Ji Changze: "I told you when you came here, my parents, that the family has no money."
The two of them almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
So the compensation they wanted was gone from the start?
So why are they enduring the humiliation these days?
Old man Lin's face was livid with anger, and he raised his hand to slap:
"That's five hundred yuan!!! How could you use it?!!!"
Ji Changze didn't hide at all.
Neighbors will naturally step forward to stop him.
"Hey!"
"Old man, what are you doing?!"
“Isn’t it normal to pay back debts?!”
"Quick, quick, hold on."
The characteristic of today's Tongzi Building is that many households can live on one floor.
It is not the modern type of apartments extending in all directions, but a corridor, with at least ten households living on each corridor.
Ji Changze's house is in the middle, so every time something happens, the neighbors on the left and right will hear it immediately.
Three or four people grabbed Old Lin, while Ji Changze stood there dumbfounded, his eyes still full of confusion.
"Dad, why are you angry? If you pay off the debt, your family will no longer have to be in debt. Isn't this a good thing?"
Old man Lin became even more angry.
"What a shame! So much money!!!"
He was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
However, the kind-hearted neighbors caught him tightly.
Someone else said next to him: "Isn't this old man sick? Why is he so angry about this?"
"Why don't you send it to have a look? The old man downstairs from my house suddenly went crazy one day."
Old Man Lin: ... You are crazy! ! !
The old lady finally reacted.
She especially understood why her husband was so angry.
In the past half month, the two of them got up earlier than chickens, ate less than cats, went to bed later than dogs, and worked more than cows.
Not only do they have to do laundry, cooking and cleaning, but they can only eat vegetables.
He dragged an old man around the factory and worked reluctantly.
What is that for? !
It’s not all because there is a compensation payment pending!
As a result, Ji Changze actually told them that the compensation was gone from the beginning.
Can your mentality not collapse? ! !
She looked at her eldest son, who had no idea what he had done, and ate his heart alive.
"You unfilial son!!! I'll beat you to death!!!"
The old lady rushed forward.
However, she forgot that it was no longer time for her to beat her young son at home without anyone caring about her.
The neighbors on the side had been paying attention to them. Seeing her rushing forward, they quickly dragged the person back with their quick eyesight and hands.
"Oh my god! Another one is crazy!"
So they said.
The instigator, Ji Changze, still stood there with an innocent face.
The look in his eyes as he looked at his parents was confused, sad, and at a loss.
At this moment, this thirty-five-year-old man seemed so powerless.
Facing the hateful eyes of his parents, he explained in a low voice:
"I didn't spend money recklessly. I'm making game consoles after paying off my debts, and I'm going to make money soon."
"Make shit!!!"
Old man Lin has been listening to Ji Changze telling him that he is making a game console these days.
When you ask, you are doing it.
He was asked to do a lot of work, but he only came out with a few things made of wood.
Even if he is uneducated, he knows that wood cannot be turned into a game console.
I was thinking about the compensation before, but even if I didn't agree with it in my heart, I didn't say it out loud.
Now I can see the money disappearing, and my salary for buying one, getting one free is gone.
The words I had been holding back for half a month blurted out:
"What can you do? You didn't even finish elementary school. You don't know anything. You can even lose your job. There is so much compensation, but you don't respect your parents, so you go and take it. it took!"
Ji Changze took a step back, with a hurt look on his face.
"Dad, you, how could you say that to me? My grades in elementary school were so good, but you said that my family didn't have enough money to prevent me from going to school..."
Seeing that his eldest son, who had not shown any signs of weakness in front of him in the past half month, finally showed a normal expression, Old Man Lin felt relieved.
He sneered and took advantage of the victory:
"You were useless before. Your mother and I have never disliked you. After you married that vixen Zhou Xiaocao, you became more and more shameful. Losing your job is not just a matter of shame! For such an old man, you run away every day. Go play games with the kids!”
"You have embarrassed me and your mother!!!"
The middle-aged man's face became paler when he was accused like this.
His eyes were red, and there was a trace of sobs in his voice:
"I didn't. I went to the game arcade to learn. I wanted to make my own game console so that I could make money and be filial to you..."
"What can you make? You are like this, and you still make a game console?!"
Seeing Ji Changze looking dazed after suffering a major blow, the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore.
"Old man, you can't say that. Nagasawa has been a game console repairman for ten years."
"Yes, he is not who you said. These days, my son has encountered problems in his homework, but he has always solved them. The teacher said that he solved them very well."
"That money was originally Nagasawa's compensation. Although the family is poor now, it is not an urgent need for money, so just spend it."
In the eyes of old man Lin and the old lady, the more they help and speak, the more it proves that the eldest son is hopeless.
Although he was a bit stupid before and was not so obedient after marrying Zhou Xiaocao and having a baby girl, he could still give them two hundred yuan every month.
Although they were unhappy that it was not three hundred yuan, they could still accept it reluctantly.
But now, Ji Changze not only lost his job, but also spent all the compensation money.
And spent so much money planning to make a game console.
Don't think that they don't understand anything because they are older. The two of them called their younger son when they first heard Ji Changze boasting that game consoles could make a lot of money.
In the long run, I swore to them that game consoles were not that easy to make, and even if they were made, game consoles would soon be obsolete.
Not only will you not be able to make any money at that time, it will also be easy to lose your hands on a high-priced game console.
Of course, the most important thing is that he told his parents with certainty that his eldest brother Ji Changze would not be able to make a game console.
Game consoles can only be made by foreign countries.
If you don’t make a fortune by making game consoles, you will lose your salary and spend all your compensation money.
After doing all this, the eldest son is obviously worthless.
The most important thing is that not only did he not give them money, he also took money from them.
The idea even came to Chang Yuan, and he kept thinking that after spending all the money on making game consoles, he would borrow money from Chang Yuan.
The two of them had endured it for half a month, and they had reached their limit.
They looked at each other and tacitly decided to just break up and go home today.
They can't survive a day like this.
It's okay if there are benefits, but now that they have no benefits at all and still have to suffer all day long, they shouldn't be fools.
And over there.
Perhaps it was because Ji Changze saw so many people speaking up for him that he seemed to have mustered up the courage.
"Father, mother, are you angry because I used one hundred yuan of your salary? Otherwise, I will count your one hundred yuan as shares, and you will buy five shares, which means that in the future, if I earn one yuan from computers, I will I’ll give you 50 cents, if I make 500 yuan, I’ll give you 250 yuan.”
When the neighbors saw Ji Changze's suggestion, they thought he might have made a mistake.
How in the world could any parent be angry because their son used one hundred yuan of his salary
As a result, just as they thought this, they heard Old Man Lin sneer:
"Just your broken game console?"
The old lady nodded: "Yes, you can return the money to us now."
neighbors:"???"
They were all confused.
Turning around to look at the two old men, I couldn't believe that these two people, who kept saying they were here to take care of their sons, would actually ask for the one hundred yuan.
Aren't they here to help
Didn’t you work in a factory just to help support your family
Ji Changze, who was asked for money, was obviously confused.
"Dad, Mom, I really can't get any money out now..."
The old lady chuckled: "What do I care about you? That money is our hard-earned money. Hand it over quickly, otherwise don't blame us for calling the police."
Oh my god.
The neighbors were even more shocked.
We have to call the police. This is no longer the scope of family quarrels.
They now have no idea what's going on.
Isn't it just that the son spent a hundred yuan on his parents
These are the parents who came here specifically to help their son.
Why is it so ugly
Ji Changze's son obviously thinks so too.
His face turned pale again, and he looked at his biological parents in disbelief.
"Call the police?"
His voice trembled, as if it was squeezed out of his throat.
"I am your son! Are you calling the police just for this one hundred yuan?? I used to pay you two hundred yuan every month!!"
The sadder he became, the more he looked like he was so shocked that he wanted to faint, and the two old men who had been squeezed for half a month became more proud.
In the past half month, they really thought that Ji Changze was not as obedient as before.
Now it seems that he is as unwilling to break up with them as ever.
They felt confident, and their faces naturally became proud.
There is even a sense of venting the resentment in the past half month.
"Don't mention this. Either pay the money or call the police and go to jail. It's your choice."
As for what their neighbors think of them, they don't care anymore.
Anyway, they will never come to live here. They are just working as long-term workers.
Since you don’t come to live here, what other people’s opinions matter
As for Ji Changze.
They knew very well what kind of virtue this eldest son had. When he was a child, Old Man Lin almost broke his legs over a trivial matter, but he still admired his parents very much.
He would definitely not want to break away from them anyway.
As a result, as soon as the two of them finished thinking this, they heard Ji Changze say in a voice that seemed to have suppressed a lot of pain:
"Mom and dad, do you really want your son for a hundred dollars?"
As he spoke, he raised his head, tears seemed to be welling up in his eyes.
The neighbors couldn't bear it.
As the saying goes, a man never sheds tears easily, but who can bear it when his parents say such words
Old Man Lin frowned: "Stop talking nonsense and give me money."
Ji Changze still looked so sad that he was on the verge of collapse. He opened his mouth, closed it again, and stopped talking for a long time before turning his head with difficulty.
The voice was full of determination:
"Okay, I can give you the money."
"But I also make it clear that if I ask for this money, you will no longer be my parents, and I will no longer be your son!"
The two were a little surprised.
This weakling son actually said harsh words to them.
If in the past, when this son still had a job, they would naturally put down their posture and coax him.
but now
If you don’t have money, you can’t afford to support them and you still need them to help you.
This is a big burden.
Although it was a pity to throw such a big burden away, considering that Ji Changze was heading in the direction of living with his old age, the two of them suddenly felt that it would be a good idea to throw it away now.
The old lady was still a little reluctant to part with her previous filial piety of two hundred yuan a month, and looked at Old Man Lin hesitantly.
Old man Lin thought about it for a moment.
He felt that Ji Changze was basically useless now.
Since it is useless, it seems that it is best to throw it away.
He raised his head and said in a cold voice:
"Give me money."
Wow——
There was an uproar all around.
None of the neighbors expected that this seemingly happy and harmonious family would actually break up over a hundred yuan.
It doesn't make sense.
It stands to reason that Ji Changze would give his parents two hundred yuan a month, but now he only spends one hundred yuan on his parents.
Old man Lin and the others fell out no matter how hard they said they would fall out.
They looked at Ji Changze and saw that he was already stunned and his face was downcast.
Compared with the indifference on the faces of old man Lin and the old lady, Ji Changze is obviously the most sympathetic.
He seemed to grit his teeth.
The voice was extremely hoarse.
"good… "
"You guys wait, I'm going to borrow money now."
With that said, this middle-aged man, who has always been tall in the eyes of his neighbors, very serious in his work, and always smiling, ran through the crowd and went downstairs with his head lowered.
Obviously very sad.
Too.
My parents would actually give up their relationship with me just for a hundred dollars.
Who wouldn't be sad when something like this happens
Ji Changze went downstairs to Zheng Guohua's house.
In his pocket was Old Man Lin's salary of 100 yuan.
But he wanted to find someone to borrow money.
Not just borrowing.
The loan must be done openly and openly, and everyone who borrows it will know it.
Zheng Guohua works in a lumber factory. He is an old worker, and his house is also a unit residence assigned by the lumber factory.
This kind of housing may not be very good, but it is definitely a good choice for Ji Changze, because it is housing allocated by the work unit. In the rows of houses, there are all lumber factory workers living around.
And this place is a place to eat. Zheng Guohua is a worker in a lumber factory, and he still has a sense of dignity even if he is not familiar with his colleagues.
Think about it, a middle-aged man knocks on his door with red eyes frantically. Can the workers living around him not come out to watch the excitement
"Brother Zheng, Brother Zheng, it's me, Ji Changze."
Ji Changze knocked on the door and shouted in a suppressed crying voice.
Don't tell me, although his voice is muffled, the volume is not low at all.
Zheng Guohua's family was eating and enjoying how to spend money after getting the game console, when they heard a knock on the door outside.
"Nagaze? Why is he here?"
Zheng Guohua was confused at first, and then became nervous, but there was something wrong with the game console.
Since the game console was available for trial use, they have become more and more confident. They all regard it as a hen that lays golden eggs. When wiping the dust, they want to use the softest cloth.
He was about to push it out to make money. If something went wrong, he would have to faint directly.
Zheng Guohua thought so, and almost didn't stumble when he got up. He almost ran over and opened the door for Ji Changze.
As soon as I saw it, I was stunned when I saw my friend who was looking embarrassed and had red eyes.
"Nagaze, what's wrong with you? What happened? There's something wrong with our game console?"
"no."
Ji Changze rubbed his eyes, obviously suppressing tears.
He took a deep breath and looked like he was barely keeping calm:
"Brother Zheng, something happened at home. Can you lend me a hundred yuan? The game console can be launched tomorrow to make money, and I can pay you back the day after tomorrow at the latest."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, kid, mom, bring me a hundred yuan."
Zheng Guohua breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was a loan.
He is very confident in the game console, and it will definitely be more profitable than the most profitable game console in the arcade when launched.
When he takes it out to make money, Ji Changze will definitely be able to pay it back soon.
His wife didn't hesitate. After all, people looked like they were in an emergency. Although one hundred yuan was still a lot for a family like theirs, it wasn't something that they couldn't afford.
She quickly counted out a hundred dollars and handed it to her husband.
Zheng Guohua handed the money to Ji Changze: "Changze, what happened at home? Don't worry, use the money first."
Ji Changze shook his head and said nothing more. He just whispered thank you and turned to leave.
As quickly as he came, he left just as quickly.
But because of the loud noise and the embarrassed look, many workers living around became interested.
"Is that Ji Changze from Yuanliu Game Factory?"
"He is yelling in such a hurry. What happened at home?"
"When did he and Zheng Guohua become so familiar?"
"I just heard it, and it seemed like something happened at home. I asked Zheng Guohua to borrow a hundred."
Some people gasped when they heard this: "One hundred yuan, did Zheng Guohua really borrow it? That's a lot of money."
"Then what can I do? It seems like there is something urgent at first glance, but it's okay. Ji Changze said he would pay back the money the day after tomorrow."
"Didn't he get resigned from Yuanliu? Can he still afford it?"
This "Ji Changze knocked on the door in the dark to borrow money" gave the workers at the lumber factory something to talk about while eating.
For Zheng Guohua, one of the parties involved, the troubling point is:
"What happened at his home? I've known him for so many days and I've never seen him like this. Tell me, should I go to his home and have a look? Help him or something."
If people have money, they should take him to make it with them. If something happens, he should go and help.
His wife could see it clearly:
"Don't go. If you really need help and the money has been borrowed, will he not come to you? It's obvious like today that no outsiders can be allowed to help."
Zheng Guohua thought about it and said, "Hey, I'll go find out tomorrow."
As a result, there was no need for tomorrow. Not long after they were about to go to bed, before the lights were turned off, there was a knock on the door outside.
Zheng Guohua asked: "Who is it?"
"Guohua, I show off my piano."
The couple looked at each other, a little confused as to why Sister-in-law Xiuqin was here at this hour.
This Xiuqin is the wife of a factory worker and lives on the ground floor. She likes to chat, so she knows everyone well.
Zheng Guohua got out of bed and opened the door. Sister Xiuqin immediately walked in, rubbing her hands as she walked:
"It's getting colder and colder today. It's strange. It didn't seem to get cold so fast last year. I can't wait to light up the coal stove at home."
She kept talking about the cold weather for a long time, and Zheng Guohua asked: "Sister-in-law, is there anything wrong with you coming so late?"
"Oh yes."
Sister-in-law Xiuqin sat on the bed and put her hands under the quilt to warm them:
"Did Ji Changze from Yuanliu Game Factory come to you to borrow money today?"
Zheng Guohua was shocked.
This Mrs. Xiuqin is the most well-informed person in the whole factory. If she came to ask about this matter in the middle of the night, she must know something.
He quickly asked: "Yes, sister-in-law, have you heard about it? He was very anxious when he borrowed money today. He seemed to be crying. I didn't even have time to ask what happened. Do you know what happened to his family?"
"There's something wrong at home. It's his parents."
As expected, Mrs. Xiuqin came here specifically to talk about this matter, and she explained clearly what happened at Ji Changze's family:
"... That's pretty much it. Just for a hundred dollars, a hundred dollars, I even gave up my own son. I happened to be learning needlework in their building at the time, and I watched the whole process.
Ji Changze usually does things in a dull manner, and he helps others when they ask for help. Although he doesn't like to talk much, he is a really good person. His life is a bit hard, but he is quite happy every day.
As a result, today, in front of so many people, he burst into tears. He rushed out and came back with the money shortly after. After giving it to his parents, his parents left directly. "
Sister-in-law Xiuqin clicked her tongue as she spoke: "I also said where did he get the money from? It was only when I got back that I heard from my family that he borrowed it from your family."
"So I came here to inquire. You are familiar with their family. What is the situation in their family? He is his biological son. Why did he give up his son just for a hundred yuan? There seemed to be no contradiction in the past."
Zheng Guohua was stunned when he heard this.
"There is no contradiction. Nagasawa has always talked about how wonderful his parents are. When he was still working, he earned three hundred a month, and two hundred was given to his parents. How good is the relationship?"
"Two hundred dollars?!!!"
Sister-in-law Xiuqin suddenly became energetic: "Do you want to give it every month? His parents also want it?"
"Yes, his parents asked for this on their own initiative. They said they were afraid that he would spend it randomly and collected it for him. Sometimes he forgot to give it to him, but they still pressed him."
When we were making game consoles together, it was inevitable for everyone to chat. Ji Changze didn't talk much compared to them, and Zheng Guohua only knew this information one after another.
"Oh my god! Then this matter has something to say!"
Sister-in-law Xiuqin has seen so many lively events and heard so many gossips. At a glance, she can clearly tell who is the goblin and who is the god.
"Then I know why his parents suddenly turned against each other. It wasn't because of the hundred yuan, but because Ji Changze lost his job."
Seeing the confused faces of Zheng Guohua and his wife, she exclaimed:
"For example, when your son starts working, gets married and has children, he is already in his thirties, and the children are half-grown girls. If he earns 500 yuan a month, will you ask him for 300 yuan? ?”
Zheng Guohua shook his head: "Of course not, they are already so big."
"Yes, but Ji Changze's parents know how to do it."
Sister-in-law Xiuqin sneered: "If you say you are collecting the money for your son, then why would they not be happy if Ji Changze spent a hundred yuan on them after he lost his job? For this hundred yuan, my son didn't even want it."
"Why don't you mention the two hundred yuan that your son gave you every month?"
Zheng Guohua gradually understood: "You mean his parents are here just for money?"
"No, we were very affectionate before. As soon as Ji Changze ran out of money, he would fall out with him at any time. And, you don't know, I just found out today that Ji Changze was adopted and didn't follow his father at all. surname."
"I'm just wondering why my parents would break up with their son over a hundred dollars. They don't regard this son as a son at all. Tsk, tsk, tsk, there are so many cruel parents."
"I also heard that they said they were here specifically to help, but in fact, on the first day they arrived, they were all over the house looking for compensation. At that time, everyone didn't think much about it. They just thought it was a conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Now it seems that they were rushing to get compensation from the beginning. He came here with money, but as soon as he heard that the compensation money was spent, he just left."
She sighed: "Ji Changze is also pitiful. He was always so filial before. I heard that today he has been standing on the edge of the corridor watching his parents leave, and then returned to the house."
Zheng Guohua was angry and felt sorry for Ji Changze: "How could there be such a person! Isn't Changze good enough to them?! There are still such parents in the world."
"Who knows, Ji Changze will definitely feel uncomfortable anyway. Maybe no one will be hurt tonight. I have gained experience. When those two old guys left, they just wanted to move all the things from Ji Changze's house.
If Xiaocao hadn't been there and the neighbors had been helping to stop them, they might have succeeded. It looked really ugly. It seemed like they really didn't plan to interact with each other in the future. "
After hearing this, Zheng Guohua wanted to rush to Ji Changze's house to comfort him.
After spending so many days together, he had already regarded each other as a good brother.
He also has a thorough understanding of Ji Changze's character.
He is serious, meticulous, easy to talk to and cares about his family.
He must be feeling very uncomfortable now that he was hurt so badly by the person closest to him.
Maybe he is crying silently right now.
Eh!
Zheng Guohua sighed.
Nagasawa is so pitiful.
In the Tongzi Building on another street, because Ji Changze said he wanted to be alone for a night, the couple slept in separate rooms tonight.
Zhou Xiaocao finished cleaning the room and when passing by Ji Xue's room, he looked at her husband who was lying on the bed with a quilt covering his head through the wide open door.
She felt a little distressed.
Although it was absolutely good news for her that her parents-in-law had severed ties with them, she also firmly believed that without her parents-in-law's desperate demands for money, the family would get better and better.
But she also knew clearly that such a quarrel with her parents would be a heavy blow to her always filial husband.
It must be hard for him.
Looking at the shoulders shrugging under the quilt, Zhou Xiaocao sighed again.
All cried.
A man doesn't shed tears easily, but he hasn't reached the sad point yet.
With pity for her husband in her mouth, she closed the door gently.
In the room, under the quilt, Ji Changze covered his mouth and was suppressing laughter.
He wanted to laugh wildly when he thought of the ugly expressions on the faces of those two people when they found that the clothes they brought had been bitten into pieces by "rats" when they left.
Ji Changze has really endured these two people for a long time.
Relying on the old and selling the old, thinking about taking advantage all the time.
He had ten thousand ways to easily drive away the two of them, but he chose not to.
Even if it takes so much time, we must use the most relieving method.
Ji Changze got out of bed, picked up a pen and paper, and quickly wrote the game console plan on it.
He deliberately mentioned the game console share today.
As a filial son, when he saw the opportunity to make a lot of money, he immediately wanted to share it with his parents.
Turns out they didn't appreciate it.
Who can blame it
It was so late that Old Man Lin and the two couldn't go back to the village. They simply went to their beloved son's house, planning to stay one night before leaving.
Late at night, Lin Changyuan was awakened by a knock on the door. He stood at the door with a stinky face and watched his parents come in with bags and bags, with an imperceptible disgust in his eyes.
After listening to what they said about what happened today, I smiled disdainfully:
"Making money by making your own game console? You are also asked to spend 100 yuan to contribute the principal, and then the money earned will be split 50-50 with you?"
"What good things does he want to do? He looks like he hasn't graduated from elementary school. He can't make a penny from the game console he makes."
Hearing what their youngest son said, the two of them felt completely relieved.
"No, we think so too."
They stayed one night at their younger son's house.
As they were leaving the next day, Lin Changyuan impatiently found a driver to take them back to the village. As soon as they got in the car, the driver's eyes lit up.
"Hey, it's you. Last time your eldest son picked you up in the county, I was the one who picked you up."
"By the way, your eldest son is very promising. When I was passing by the street, I saw him pushing a game console. He made a lot of money. There is also a big boss who wants to spend 5,000 to buy his game console."
"You are so lucky to have such a profitable son."