Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 852 Greedy Family

Seeing Xiao Wan and me coming in, the old lady squinted her eyes, and finally opened them a little bit. When Xiao Wan walked in, she slowly said, "Is the worship over?"

Xiao Wan hummed and said, "Yes, there are a lot of weeds on the grave, I plan to hire a few people to repair the grave and find some bricks to surround it!"

The old lady's eyes widened all at once, and she snorted coldly and said: "People are dead, why do you still do so many things? When you are alive, don't treat him well. When you are dead, you will do this thing again. Money is better than being used by living people!"

I couldn't bear it any longer, so I cut my throat and said, "Dead people can't be treated kindly, how can they expect to be kind to the living? The dead don't even have a stable home, how can the living live well? Can you feel happy?" Should I go? If it were me, I would be afraid that someone would rub my spine in the middle of the night, and the dead would not die peacefully, but the living could live in peace!"

The old lady stared at me angrily and cursed: "You count that onion, that garlic, it's your turn to tell me what to do in my house! Get out of here!"

Xiao Wan seldom retorted: "Without me, where do you get the money to live? You don't think that Zhang Hua will get so much money if he is dead, right? He was killed by mistake, and the person who killed him has been arrested. He was shot, but the family of the person who killed him was poorer than yours, so he couldn't pay for it at all. Even if he had, he paid for his life, so how could he pay you for it? Then who do you think will give you the money? What about the government? Or the family members who killed the criminal Zhang Hua? It’s all because of him, you can still get this money! If he really gets out, I believe that the future settlement expenses may not be a penny There will be!"

The old lady was dumbfounded all of a sudden, she didn't expect her submissive daughter-in-law to say such words suddenly, she looked at me again, feeling a little apprehensive, feeling that she shouldn't offend me, and didn't know what to say.

Zhang Hua's eldest brother suddenly asked, "Then why did he help us?"

Xiao Wan didn't even look at his elder brother, and said: "He is Zhang Hua's boss, he is kind, and he didn't want to see Zhang Hua's family suffer, so he helped you! This time, I didn't expect to spend so much money. But Zhang Hua doesn't even have a decent cemetery!"

The old lady seemed to have thought about it, and hurriedly said: "He is Zhang Hua's boss, Zhang Hua died for him, right? If he doesn't pay, who else will pay? You came today just in time, we will settle with you Damn it! My son’s great future is not because of you, how could he die, let me, a white-haired man, send a black-haired man! You just give our family this little money, what is enough for it? Isn’t it right for him to give it to our family? ?”

Xiao Wan shook his head and said, "He doesn't owe you anything. The court has already reached a conclusion on Zhang Hua's case, and you have all seen the verdict!"

The old lady didn't talk about reasoning with Xiao Wan, she curled her lips and said, "Don't talk to me about the court, I don't understand legal matters! I am a countryman, and I only believe in reasoning! The reasoning is who killed Zhang Hua, Who will be responsible for the rest of our lives! I'm a lonely old woman who doesn't know any laws, so don't tell me these things. If he comes today, he can't leave. When will he give us an explanation and when can he leave!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the boss locked the door with a big iron lock inside, and then held the key firmly in his hand.

Xiaowan was flustered all of a sudden, and hurriedly said: "Mom! You can't be unreasonable! He has already given you a lot of money! Normally, he can not give you a penny. If you mess around like this, In the end, I really won’t get any money, and I’ll ask you to spit out all the money I gave you before!” After speaking, he stood in front of me nervously.

I patted Xiao Wan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It's okay, don't be afraid! If you can be reasonable, then be reasonable. If you can't, if they want to play hooligans, let's play hooligans with them!"

I know very well that these are ordinary peasants. With my current skills, although I don't have much strength, I can easily knock down a few of them in terms of fighting skills alone.

The old lady had a fierce look in her eyes and said fiercely: "My son died because of you. You thought you would just make a fuss by paying a little money. Do you know how we have lived these past few years? There is a case like this in our family. My family didn’t eat or drink for a few years before paying for him. Now he didn’t earn any money, so he just went there. The rest of our family suffered a famine. The little money we lost was not enough for us. The one who pays the debt! If you don’t give me an explanation today, you don’t even think about leaving this room. My old lady will die in this room with you today, and I will go to see Zhang Hua with you and let him judge!”

At this moment, I felt that I had made a mistake. Yes, my family has worked so hard to raise a college student. The hope of the whole family has not been working for a few years. When I can make money to help the family, but because of my accident, suddenly My son shattered the hope of the whole family, I should compensate them!
Seeing that I hesitated, Xiaowan pulled me and said, "I've had enough too. I didn't want to say these things, but you forced me! Zhang Hua's college money was originally left by his father. His, but what about you, you gave the money his father left for him to go to school without authorization, and gave it to his eldest brother to marry a wife! Zhang Hua was not allowed to go to college, and he was allowed to farm at home to help support the family! It was Zhang Hua who ignored you Objected, risked severing ties with you, resolutely went to school, he couldn't even pay his own tuition fees, worked outside, reported to school two months late, and was almost expelled from school !

But even so, he didn't forget that you are his relatives. When he was in school, he worked part-time and studied. He didn't have enough to eat and didn't wear warm clothes. He even sent you money home. In four years, he only bought himself a cotton coat. I still bought it with my own scholarship!They are all your sons. The eldest son can marry a wife and have children, and spend his father and Zhang Hua's hard-earned money at home with peace of mind, while Zhang Hua has to suffer outside. What is the reason for this? "

The old lady said shamelessly: "Whoever has the ability, let him pay more. What's wrong with that? His elder brother is an honest farmer. He does his duty. He doesn't understand anything. He only knows how to farm. It's natural for a family If you can help, please help, who is big and who is small, who is more and who is less?"

Xiao Wan said angrily: "It's true that a crying child has milk! Why should a responsible person bear more things that he shouldn't have to bear? Why can't a strong person be weak? Why are you at home? If you are lazy, you have to let others pay for us! What is the reason? You have hands and feet, and your family is poor. Why don’t you think about how to change this situation? Now you say that you are a family, Regardless of each other, it doesn’t matter who pays more and who pays less! Then why not Zhang Hua who pays less and you pay more? Besides, have we paid less for your family these years? In the end , What did Zhang Hua get? Not even a decent grave!"

The old lady was still explaining: "That's because the village doesn't allow the construction of cemeteries, we can't do anything about it! They were all buried secretly!"

Xiao Wan snorted coldly and said, "Really? Don't you know how many people died and how many people were buried in the village in the past few years? Where are they buried? How were their graves built? I can't see, or are you blind?"

The old lady quibbled: "It was all paid to the village chief!"

Xiao Wan snorted and said, "Then why can't we spend money?"

The old lady hurriedly said, "Where's the money? Anyway, I don't have any money!"

I couldn't help asking: "What about Zhang Hua's compensation? What about the funeral? I think it's enough? How much can I give?"

The old lady rolled her eyes and said, "It's long gone! Besides, it's the money paid to me, how can I use it, and there are such a big family who want to open their mouths to eat!"

I laughed angrily and said, "Old lady, please understand, that money is called funeral expenses, not for you, but for Zhang Hua! Do you want to eat money from the dead?"

The old lady didn't reason with me at all, she curled her lips and said, "Anyway, I won't give out a single penny of that money, so don't even think about it, and don't even think about getting that money! I won't take it out!"

Xiao Wan said helplessly: "I don't intend to ask for your money. I will pay for it myself to repair Zhang Hua's cemetery. If you can help, you can help. If you can't, just make trouble!"

When we got to this point, the old lady was still saying: "Give me the money you have, your second brother is going to marry a wife, and when your second brother is married, I will repair Zhang Hua's grave!"

Xiao Wan shook his head and said: "I used to let you guys do it, but this time I can't! The dead have not rested in peace, so why do you still hold weddings for the living? You don't need to worry about it, and you don't need to worry about my business!"

The second brother, who had been silent for a while, said, "I think it's better to build the grave first, and it doesn't matter if I marry a wife later! A few days ago, I went to see San'er's grave. It is indeed an orphan grave. In our village There is nothing more broken than that grave!" Then, he said to Xiao Wan: "Third daughter-in-law, I will take care of this matter, but I really don't have much money! I can do it by myself, you go Just buy some cement and bricks!"

This stout man is the most human-like thing I have ever said since I entered this house!

Xiao Wan said movedly: "Second brother, thank you!"

The second brother shook his head and said, "Thank you for what I'm doing! I'm his second brother! This family owes him!"

The old lady patted the table bitterly and cursed: "The thing with the elbow turned outward! Who am I doing this for? Not for you! Your elder brother can't hold a fart for a long time, what else can he do besides farming? Marrying a daughter-in-law is also a loser! Now you have the opportunity to marry the old accountant of Murakami into the door, and you are not secretly happy! Zhang Hua is underground, what does he know about the affairs above! You just build a garden for him. He can't live!"

I asked coldly: "What about you? When you die, can you roll up a mat and bury it?"

The old lady was so angry that she almost lost her breath, and said shyly, "Don't worry about it! Don't worry about it!"

I don't want to really piss her off on the bed. Besides, I promised Zhang Hua to take good care of their family, and said to my second brother, "Second brother, how much do you need to marry a wife?"

Xiao Wan hurriedly stopped and said, "No, Mr. Chen, don't..."

I waved my hand to stop Xiao Wan from talking, and looked at my second brother.

The second elder brother stretched out a palm and replied, "5!"

I nodded and said: "Well, second brother, I will give you 5. You can repair Zhang Hua's grave to the best in the whole village. I will give you another chance to make money and let you get out of this mountain." Click! Do you think it will work?"

The twinkling eyes of the second brother let me know that he is weighing whether it is worth doing this?
But the elder brother immediately said: "I will do it! Let me do it! I will definitely do it! Give me 5 yuan! I promise to make Zhang Hua's cemetery the best in the whole village!"

I snorted coldly and said: "Up to now, you and your mother are still called Zhang Hua, he is not your family member? Only the second brother is called Zhang Hua Saner! You don't regard Zhang Hua as a family, why should I Believe in you! I also tell you that Zhang Hua is my brother, if you recognize him, I will recognize him! I have the money, but I don’t just give it if I say it!”

Then he said to the old lady: "No matter what, you are Zhang Hua's mother, and I don't care about you! I don't bother with the previous money! But if you keep messing around like this, don't blame me for being rude. I can make you spit out the money in your pocket! Live well with your eldest son and live with that little money! See if he can give you the money when you are old! This world is all about a cycle of cause and effect, you How do you treat people, how do people treat you! You treat your son like this, guess how your filial elder son will treat you? I think you should be careful, don't leave, even the coffin No one will buy it for you! You said it yourself, money is for the living, not for the dead!"

The old lady stared at me stupidly, and she was about to pinch someone in the next moment.

The second brother finally spoke: "Well, you give me a chance to make money, I earn the money myself, I pay for the repair of the cemetery, and I marry the daughter-in-law myself!"

I showed an imperceptible smile and said: "Very good! I will give you this chance. As long as you are willing to do it, I guarantee that when you go home next year, you will not only be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the city, but also be famous. Bury your third brother!"

The second brother hummed and stopped talking.

I said to Xiaowan: "It's settled, let's go! There is nothing in this house worth your nostalgia, and there is no trace of Zhang Hua here!"

Xiao Wan nodded, and said to his eldest brother, "Open the door!"

The eldest brother blocked the door arrogantly and said: "My mother said, no one is allowed to leave!"

The second brother wanted to go up to persuade him, but was slapped away by the elder brother.

I went up, Xiaowan was worried that something might happen to me, so he hurriedly stopped me.

I said in a low voice: "Don't worry, as long as I go over and say a word to him, he will naturally let us go, and he will definitely not do anything!"

(End of this chapter)