2. The Excellent Youngest Son in the Early 1980s (2)

After some persuasion (deception) by Ji Changze, he successfully pulled his elder brother back from the "death route".

He put his arm around Ji Changguang's shoulder with a face full of "I'm doing this for your own good, brotherly love", and pulled him towards the front door:

"You, don't always make mom angry, you should be soft with her, accompany dad to do some work, and say more nice things, you are your parents' biological child, can they really ignore you forever?"

Ji Changguang, a big and strong man, was pushed forward by his younger brother while trying to retreat, and he choked for a long time before squeezing out a sentence:

"But what can I say."

Ji Changze stopped pushing him and stood there pretending to think.

In fact, Ji Changguang really has nothing to say about his parents. He is not a bad person and is honest. Even if he really likes his wife, he has never thought of staying away from his parents because of her.

That's right, he is not very good at speaking.

Just like what happened just now, he went home, but he had to drag his wife out, as if he left his parents and went back home just for his wife. It would be strange if Ji's mother was not angry.

If it was Ji Changze, he could have settled the matter in less than five minutes, but it was Ji Changguang, a simple and honest man...

Ji Changze thought about it, reached out and patted his brother's shoulder: "Brother, if you do this, I will teach you a few words, and you can tell your parents when you go in later..."

The two brothers were standing at the door and whispering, and an old man passing by with firewood on his back saw them and greeted them from a distance with a smile:

"Changguang is back, are you here to see your parents?"

Ji Changguang was not very good at speaking, so he smiled and shouted: "Seventh Uncle."

On the contrary, Ji Changze, who was not named, suddenly became energetic. He walked to the old man in three or two steps, and stretched out his hand to help him hold the wooden frame for firewood, while saying with a playful smile on his face ：

"Yeah, isn't my brother on holiday? He brought some things back to see you. Uncle Qi, you just came down from the mountain, right? Are you tired in this cold weather? Let me help you carry some. By the way, Uncle Qi, the bamboo shoots you gave me last time were very delicious. Do you have any more at home?"

"Yes, yes, I found some more when I went up the mountain this time. They are in the basket. Look for them. They are on top of the firewood. Take them back and eat them."

Ji Changguang saw that his brother's smile got bigger, and he followed him enthusiastically, saying sweetly: "How can I eat for free? Uncle Qi, I will help you carry the bamboo shoots and you can relax. I will take you home as a thank you for giving me bamboo shoots."

Uncle Qi's wrinkled face had a kind smile, and the look he gave Ji Changze was so affectionate.

He also praised: "You are a child who knows how to love others and is very filial."

Watching his brother talking so well, but holding the bamboo basket with his hands effortlessly, Ji Changguang said: "..."

He seemed to suddenly realize why his parents always liked Changze more than Changze, who was always talkative.

At the same time, Ji Changguang suddenly had a question in his mind.

Changze was coaxing Uncle Qi like this, wasn't he coaxing him just now?

Just thinking about it, Ji Changze stood beside Uncle Qi and didn't forget to turn around and wave at Ji Changguang: "Brother, go back first, don't forget how I taught you, do as I say, it will definitely work."

After thinking about it, he added: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, I will definitely say good things for you when I come back, don't thank me, you are my brother, who will help you if I don't help you."

Ji Changguang, who was still thinking about it, was immediately moved.

What a good brother.

He made him weak when he was young and had no place to live when he grew up, but he was still kind to him without any resentment and helped him get along well with his parents.

He even blamed Changze before, thinking that Changze instigated his parents to ask him for money and things.

He really shouldn't have done that!

For a moment, Ji Changguang looked at his brother with a guilty look.

Ji Changze held the basket with one hand: "Okay, brother, don't thank me, go in quickly, it's very cold outside, we will sleep in the same room tonight, I will tell you about the previous incident."

Seeing that the gratitude in Ji Changguang's eyes increased, Ji Changze was not surprised.

Anyway, as long as this elder brother doesn't go out at night and fall into the ditch again.

The point now is that he, a poor man who depends on his father, mother and elder brother, is getting married.

The money had been taken from the original owner's parents, and all was spent on eating, drinking and watching movies. Ji Changze himself felt that it was not justifiable to get married under such circumstances.

And he still owed his eldest brother's family a bicycle.

It was a lie, no, it was a brotherly love.

Ji Changguang had saved up for so long, he must pay it back.

Ji Changze's mind was full of thoughts, and he turned around and tried to get close to this seventh uncle.

He called him the seventh uncle, and of course this man was also surnamed Ji, but he was not Ji Changze's uncle, but only an uncle out of five generations. Anyway, in terms of seniority, he was Ji Changze's uncle.

Nowadays, although everyone eats from a big pot, they are all from the same village. If you go up the mountain to get some food by yourself, no one will say anything. However, the terrain on their side is very dangerous. Only people like Uncle Ji Qi, who are old and learned some hunter skills from their elders when they were young, dare to go up the mountain and get away safely.

Because he always goes up the mountain, he can occasionally pick up bird eggs, mushrooms, and winter bamboo shoots in winter. The original owner, who is lazy to work and has eyes for delicious food and drink, pesters him.

Every time he meets Uncle Ji coming down from the mountain, he goes up to him and tries to get close to him, and then successfully gets some food from him.

Uncle Ji Qi is said to have a wife and a son when he was young. When he was five or six years old, his son passed away first, and his wife was not in good health, so she followed him. People were poor and the situation was chaotic at that time, so he never looked for another one.

Maybe because he once had a son, he particularly loves children, especially the original owner who was fair and clean when he was young (lazy and didn't work and didn't get tanned), looked at him (the food in his hand) with a friendly look, and had a sweet mouth, saying that he would take care of his uncle when he grew up (making a wish for food), which made Uncle Ji Qi want to treat this child as his own child.

It can be said that Uncle Ji Qi contributed three points to the original owner's being so fair and clean.

However, Uncle Ji Qi treated the original owner as his own child, but the original owner only treated him as a fool who was easy to fool.

He could call him uncle affectionately when he had food and drink, but when this uncle couldn't work and couldn't go up the mountain to get food, he hid from people and left. In the original owner's memory, this person's end was also miserable. In fact, he didn't expect the original owner to take care of him much, but just hoped that he could have a filial descendant, not to mention giving money and food, but to visit him more often.

As a result, with all the love and care from the elders, he ran into such an ungrateful person like the original owner.

It’s not that no one in the village has noticed this, after all, the original owner’s behavior simply showed the four words of shamelessness.

When he was a child, he could be said to be immature to ask for things, but now he is in his twenties, and he can shamelessly follow an old man in his sixties who has worked hard to find some food to ask for food.

Is he shameless?

The old man is trembling on his way, and he still wants to cheat food from him. Even animals can’t do such a thing.

But he, Ji Changze, did it.

Ji Changze followed Uncle Ji Qi all the way here, and he felt the contemptuous gazes of the villagers passing by.

He felt that if these gazes could be visualized, they would probably be one sentence:

[Look, this shameless person is here to cheat the old man again. 】

To be honest, being looked at with such contempt by so many people, most people really can’t stand it.

Fortunately, Ji Changze is thick-skinned.

Along the way, when people looked at him, he looked back with a sense of righteousness, and almost said, "Why are you looking at me? What's wrong with you?"

Otherwise, why do people say that people are easily influenced? If others look at him, he feels guilty, and those looks will only be more open and aboveboard.

But now, when others look at him, he looks back with a righteous look, and subconsciously looks away/lowers his head.

Ji Changze held the firewood basket carried by Uncle Ji Qi with one hand, and walked over in a heroic and high-spirited manner.

That confident posture made the people who were originally looking at him with contempt and disdain involuntarily look away and pretend that nothing had happened.

It was not until Ji Changze walked away that they realized it belatedly.

That's not right. It was Ji Changze who did something wrong, why should they feel guilty?

It wasn't them who deceived the old man.

Ji Changze is really getting more and more shameless.

***

When Ji Changze arrived at Uncle Qi's house, he was indeed coaxing the old man: "Uncle Qi, last time I took the winter bamboo shoots you gave me to my buddy in the city. His wife likes them very much, so she asked me to see if I can bring them to him again. He is willing to pay for them. Now, I couldn't say this on the street just now. Can you sell these winter bamboo shoots to him?"

Uncle Qi Ji was originally happily holding the winter bamboo shoots to give him, but now when he heard that Ji Changze actually wanted to pay, he waved his hand:

"No, you can just take it directly, why do you want money."

"Hey, you are my uncle, not his uncle. We uncles and nephews definitely don't talk about money, but for my buddy, you still have to You should count the money. He would feel bad if he ate for free without paying."

Ji Changze took out the money from his pocket while talking, counted it, and put it into Uncle Ji Qi's hand: "You keep it, and he doesn't just want it this time. Next time, if you get these wild goods from the mountain again, he will buy them with money. Look at your torn clothes. Take the money and buy a new thick clothes, and this quilt, so you won't feel cold when you sleep at night."

Uncle Ji Qi looked at the money in his hand in a daze: "He buys it every time? No, Changze, isn't this speculation? This is not okay. The leader said that it is a capitalist tail and must be cracked down on."

Ji Changze actually knew that the country was trying to change its policies at this time, but it was just a trial run. They were biased and it was estimated that it would not be passed on for a while. If they were doing business, they could not do it openly.

But...

Who said he was doing business!

Ji Changze lied without changing his expression: "Uncle, what are you thinking about? Am I that kind of person? This is not a capitalist tail. This is because my buddy's wife is pregnant. She wants to eat this and that every day, but she can't buy it without a ticket. That's why I asked you to ask."

Uncle Ji Qi was still worried. He had experienced turmoil and knew what speculation was.

The old man kept pushing the money to Ji Changze.

"No, no, this is not okay. I can't take this money, Changze, let's live a down-to-earth life, we can't speculate."

"How can this be speculation?"

Ji Changze coaxed: "Uncle, let me ask you, the mountain products, you love me, you gave them to me, right?"

Uncle Ji nodded.

Ji Changze: "My buddy and I have a good relationship, and I gave him some mountain products to eat. It's because we have a good relationship, right?"

Uncle Ji nodded again.

Ji Changze continued: "Then my buddy is grateful to me, but he doesn't know how to thank me, so he gave me some money to spend. It's also because we have a good relationship, right?"

Uncle Ji showed a confused expression on his face, but still nodded.

Ji Changze clapped his hands again: "Look, isn't this clear now?"

"Tell me again, what am I giving you this money for?"

Uncle Ji looked down at the money, then at his nephew in front of him.

Look at the nephew, then at the money.

"You are honoring me."

"Yeah! That's right!"

Ji Changze smiled and gave Uncle Ji Qi a back massage:

"Now, I have sorted it out."

"Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely honor you more in the future."