flstandardbreds Chapter 173 The Bitterness of a Small Person
Chapter 173 The Bitterness of a Small Person
Later, although Darong lent all the family's little money to Sibei'er, she never mentioned selling the house again.
Zhong Yunxing never stopped Darong from giving money to Sibei'er. As the eldest son in the family, he seemed to understand Darong's pure love for Sibei'er better.
Darong's father and mother, who have been retired for many years, had to visit those old friends again for the sake of Sibeier and borrow money in their own name to help Sibeier pay off his debts.
Although Xiao Ling cried every day, she always gritted her teeth and insisted on stocking and selling goods. During the most decadent days of her family, she single-handedly supported the family.
In the end, Sibeier did not sell the house. Instead, he used it as collateral for a loan. In this way, he managed to pay off all his debts and finally cleared himself of suspicion as an accomplice.
"My dear, your whole family has helped you pay off this debt. You should learn from your mistakes. Your sister is right. There is no such thing as a free lunch. You should do business and make money honestly in the future."
On the day when the last sum of money was given to Sibei'er, Darong's mother called Sibei'er home alone, and she gave him another earnest instruction.
Sibei is also a very strong-willed person who cares about his reputation. This incident made him unable to hold his head up for a long time, and he has not been in a very good state.
"Although you don't need to pay back the money urgently, you can't just take it for free. Whether your sister wants it or not, you have to pay it back. Your sister has her brother-in-law, and your sister has her brother-in-law. Even if you are the head of the family, you can't cause trouble for them. You have to cheer up and pay the debt."
The reason why Darong's mother called Sibei'er home alone was that she didn't want to see Xiao Ling's materialistic face. She just kept reminding Sibei'er over and over again not to indulge in decadence.
"I know, mom. Xiao Ling and I have already discussed it. We will definitely pay back the money."
Sibei understood what his mother meant, and he had never thought of defaulting on his debts. When he really encountered difficulties, he finally realized how much the so-called brotherhood was worth.
"Brothers and sisters are all relatives born of the same mother and raised by the same father. If you say that relatives are not as good as friends again, don't blame your mother for slapping her in the face!"
After leaving Darong's mother, Sibei'er smoked a whole cigarette quietly in the car, then went alone with the money to pay off the last foreign debt.
You never know which side the light of life will shine first. At the end of the year when Sibei'er paid off his debts, the demolition of the house where Darong's mother lived and the demolition of the Nanjian dormitory began almost at the same time.
Except for the yard where Darong's parents live, the houses where Darong and her friends used to live are actually all properties under the name of Darong's parents.
Although the property was distributed to the children when they got married, when the government carried out large-scale demolition work, Darong's father and mother redistributed the property.
Because it involved the housing issue of Darong's parents, after negotiation, Darong and Xiaoying each retained the small courtyard that had not yet been demolished, while the three and a half dormitories in Nanjian were given to the third child, and Darong's parents' own courtyard was exchanged for a storefront for the fourth generation.
The third child used three and a half dormitories to get two small square meters on the fifth floor, and Darong's mother bought one of the houses at a discount according to the market price at that time and lived in it herself.
Darong's mother thought that she had spent money to buy the house, so she had not treated the third son unfairly, and she treated her two sons equally. But in fact, the market value of the storefront that the fourth generation had bought was much higher than the resettlement house from the very beginning.
Darong's mother forced the third brother, who didn't want to sell her the house, to sell one of the houses to her at a discount. This only aggravated the third brother's dissatisfaction and invisibly laid the seeds for future disputes.
When the final exam results came out, Xiao Ruyi felt such a strong sense of frustration for the first time. As expected, her physics score was poor.
"What should we do? Will we get beaten when we get home?" Jindan asked Ruyi with a worried look on his face.
"No, I'm not you. My mom would at most say a few words to me but she wouldn't hit me. My dad would definitely not do that."
Little Ruyi was sitting at the edge of the corridor and answered casually with a sad face.
It is true that she had never been beaten because of her academic performance. In fact, except for the time when Darong beat her when she was a child, she had never been beaten again. However, this score was still enough to make Ruyi depressed.
"You, with your wooden head, can score so high. Why can't I learn this crap?"
Ruyi has been accustomed to bullying Jindan since she was a child. In fact, she has long known that Jindan's logical ability is much stronger than hers.
However, no matter how strong Jindan's learning ability is, his reaction ability always seems to be slightly worse than Ruyi's, so Ruyi often says that he is a wooden head.
From that year on, the two friends, who had been progressing in lockstep, began to slowly distance themselves from each other due to the difference in their science scores. Jindan's grades were always among the top 20 in the grade, while Ruyi could only try his best to ensure that he did not fall out of the top .
Darong went out early and came back late every day, so she had no time to compare Ruyi's grades. At that time, Zhong Yunxing basically attended Ruyi's parent-teacher meetings.
After every parent-teacher meeting, Zhong Yunxing would simply bring back a report card and not say anything more. He was never too critical of Ruyi's grades. He would always just say a simple "just do your best".
In fact, such tolerance has put more pressure on Ruyi. It’s not that she doesn’t work hard, but maybe her talent is limited.
During the summer vacation of Ruyi's second year in junior high school, Xingxing Company's industry suddenly increased significantly, which led to a surge in orders at the small processing plant where Darong worked.
At first people were secretly happy to earn more overtime pay, but gradually things seemed to change.
When the true face of capital begins to fully reveal its blood-sucking nature, ordinary people like Darong, who are middle-aged and have no special skills, become the people who are most vulnerable to exploitation.
"No one is allowed to leave work if they fail to meet the production targets. They can only rest when they have completed the production targets!"
The person who manages the workshop is a Chinese woman in her thirties named Liu. She has little education and doesn't know much about management.
She was able to reach this position only because of her slavish obedience to the Koreans and her ruthless exploitation of Chinese workers. Therefore, Darong and others privately called the Koreans "Korean Bangzi" and called her "Traitor".
After hearing what the traitor said, although none of the workers on the assembly line refuted, they all greeted the traitor's family in their hearts.