Third Brother Zhang still thought he was bragging.
Before he could say something like, ‘I’ll just have to wait and see if you do that when your niece and nephew are born,’ Ji Changze smiled at him maliciously.
The guy seemed to remember something and clapped his hands. “Third Brother Zhang, your two brothers seem to be very kind to you, too.”
“You seem to have three nephews and two nieces, right?”
The malicious smile on his face grew bigger and bigger:
“You’re a Younger Uncle, why don’t you buy something for them?”
He didn’t dare to look back at his two brothers. He could only falter and say, “I… I have no money …”
“How can you have no money? Aren’t your parents giving you money all the time? Last week, you showed me how much money you had. You also said that your family loves you the most. Look at you. Your two brothers love you so much. Don’t you even have the money to buy some food for your nephews and nieces?”
Ji Changze shook his head, “Eh, forget it, don’t force it. After all, unlike me, it’s rare to see brothers who are good to each other.”
“Even if it’s your brother who helps you every time you go to the field, and you work less and eat more. You are brothers. They don’t care if you have money and don’t buy things for your nephews and nieces.”
Saying that, he paused and nodded affirmatively, “Yeah, wouldn’t care.”
Only a ghost won’t care!!
His parents secretly gave him money without telling his two brothers so he would show off.
As a result, today, it was his downfall.
He didn’t dare to turn back and look at his two brothers.
He had a feeling that he was going to taste the wrath of the two men.
Ji Changze was still chanting in the yard: “Rattles, sweets, kid’s shoes, little hats, eh… these aren’t expensive, a qualified Younger Uncle should buy them. After all, my brother has been helping me, and my parents are biased towards me. I, as a younger brother, must be biased towards my brother to make it fair.”
Listening to his chants, Third Brother Zhang could clearly feel the pressure gradually bearing on him from his two brothers behind.
“Eh? What’s the matter?” Ji Changze looked up innocently; “I’m talking about what I want to buy for my nephew and niece. Why are you shouting at me?”
He took a deep breath, endured the pain in his gut, and gritted his teeth, “These … I, too, will buy it for my nieces and nephews!”
Eldest Brother Zhang’s and Second Brother Zhang’s face suddenly showed a smile, and one of them put an arm around his brother’s shoulders.
“Younger Brother, that’s very kind of you. It’s not for nothing that we love you so much.”
Ji Changze clapped his hands together: “Such brotherhood!”
Third Brother Zhang looked at his Eldest Brother and Second Brother, each with muscular arms, and made a smile that was worse than crying:
“Yes, we are … brotherly.”
Why can’t he think of anything else to do? He just had to mess with Ji Changze!!
It’s fine when there was a little bit leftover from buying the cloth, but now there was nothing left.
Seeing Third Brother Zhang with an indescribable smile, like a dead dog, weakly walking after his two brothers, Ji Changze felt that this guy wouldn’t dare to blurt out anything in the village in the near future.
He turned to Father An and smiled, “Come on, Uncle, don’t pay any attention to him; let’s keep eating.”
After eating and drinking, he was going to get money.
Ji Changze didn’t just make up a random worker’s post.
It was a serious bullsh*t.
After all, he couldn’t jump to a high position all at once, but it was easy to believe if he took work posts one by one and went up step by step.
After dinner, Ji Changze left.
He’d have to go to Uncle Ji Qi’s to buy some more mountain goods and sell many of them in the officials’ district to make some road money and the starting funds for a trip around Shanghai.
Father An, on the other hand, carried the food to the house to feed his wife.
Mother An was in a good mood. She talked while eating: “It seems that we are blessed with Xiaolu. She can still have three wheels and one ring when she gets married, the only one in our village.”
Father An: “… did you believe it?”
Mother An: “Of course, I heard it all. You’ve told me he’s doing well, and you believe it, don’t you?”
He was cooperating with Ji Changze to brag.
Mother An also said: “I really didn’t expect this troublemaker child to be quite promising, and I’m relieved that Xiaolu will marry well.”
Father An: “Actually, it’s tough to get three wheels and one ring. It’s two months away from the marriage; it’ll be too late…”
“Why? Changze said he was certain. It’s definitely on time.”
Mother An’s eyes were full of yearning: “I heard it all, how sincere he was, what a good boy.”
An Xiaolu just came in, and when she heard this, her face turned red. Mother An smiled and asked her daughter, “Xiaolu, do you think Changze has a bright future?”
An Xiaolu blushed and nodded embarrassedly.
Father An looked to the sure-looking mother and daughter: “…”
Wasn’t he calling outsider’s fools!?
How did his own family turn into fools!?
Anyway, he didn’t believe it.
Two months to get together three wheels and one ring. How was that possible? It was impossible.
Third Brother Zhang didn’t believe it either.
But he was clever this time. He didn’t come forward directly. Instead, he spread the news first, then hid, and listened to other people discuss this matter with a smile.
“You also believe this? With Ji Changze’s temperament, not to mention his advancement, he might be kicked out after a couple of days.”
“Young people love to talk big, it’s normal. “
“His parents don’t believe it.”
Then, Ji Changze came back and said that the factory director recommended him to a state-owned enterprise in Shanghai.
Third Brother Zhang came out resolutely to fight the sham this time: “I don’t believe it! Ji Changze must have fooled someone. I’ll go to the city today to see if Ji Changze is really a worker!!”
He, the solo ‘anti-counterfeiting task squad,’ was the only one who aggressively went to Ji’s house, only to learn from Father Ji and Mother Ji that Ji Changze had left home and gone to Shanghai.
Third Brother Zhang: “… it must be fake anyway!”
No way!! Absolutely impossible!!
Then, two months later, while Third Brother Zhang was still clinging to his ‘anti-counterfeiting task squad’ name with great effort.
He got the news that Ji Changze was back.
With three wheels and one ring.
The person who told him the news said, “Third Brother, it seems that Ji Changze is really promising. Why don’t we ask him how he made money? We are all from the same village, call him Brother, pulling on the emotions, maybe he will be happy to help us out. “
Third Brother Zhang: “… Bah! He is a piece of trash! I won’t even ask him if he begs me!”
He looked over in disbelief, just in time to see Ji Changze standing in front of Ji’s house, speaking to the people who had gotten the news and come to see what was going on:
“The factory manager thinks I’m doing a good job and has given me the task of purchasing, but I can’t do this alone, can I? I just wanted to come back and find someone with a sharp tongue, a strong personality, and who isn’t afraid of strangers, to work with me.”
Third brother Zhang’s mouth was blocked. After all those requirements, aren’t these characteristics of a thick-skinned?
Ji Changze: “20 yuan a month.”
Third Brother Zhang’s disdain froze: “!!!”
He rushed over and said, “Me me me me! Pick me, pick me!!”
Ji Changze looked at him, a little disgusted: “You?”
Third Brother Zhang nodded wildly: “Yes, yes. I have a sharp tongue, and I am not afraid of strangers!!”
Ji Changze: “But our relationship …”
Third Brother Zhang: “We have a great relationship!! Especially good!”
He hey squeezed out a flattering smile and went forward to massage Ji Changze’s shoulder eagerly:
“Elder Brother!! You will be my own brother from now on!!”