My grandma was indeed very excited. She held my hand very hard and looked at me with slightly cloudy eyes.
"Yangyang, you are here to see grandma. Grandma has been worried about you for a long time, alas."
"I have always wanted to come, but I know that grandma is not in good health, and I am afraid that you will be too excited to see me and break your body, so don't get excited now. I will come to see you often in the future. Let's celebrate your birthday happily today. OK?"
"Okay! Okay, everyone is happy!"
With that said, grandma said to the uncle on the side: "Go and buy another roast duck. I remember that Yang Yang liked this the most when he was a child."
My grandma's words made me feel sour and I almost shed tears. I really didn't expect that my grandma still remembered that I liked roast duck when I was a child. This feeling of being remembered really touched my heart.
My uncle didn't seem to welcome my arrival. He said angrily: "There are enough dishes prepared this time. Even if there are more, he can't finish them all. Why should I buy roast duck?"
Grandma glared at him angrily: "Go and buy it if I ask you to. Why do you talk so much and still think I spent dozens of dollars more on you? I'll give it to you later."
"I'm not going. I've just been busy for a long time and my legs are feeling a little uncomfortable now."
"Then let me go." Ma Tao said.
But just as he was about to turn around, my uncle stopped him: "Just cook your hot pot properly and let Chenchen or Tingting go. This year your uncle is responsible for your grandma's birthday arrangements, next year it will be for our family."
Chenchen and Tingting are the children of my uncle's family. The relationship between these two people was even worse back then, so they were unwilling to buy it at this time. They sat aside and pretended not to hear, just playing with their mobile phones.
I didn’t expect to eat this roast duck, I didn’t even plan to eat this meal. I knew everyone hated me and didn’t want to ruin the atmosphere here. Anyway, I was satisfied just to come and see my grandma.
I smiled and said to grandma: "No need to buy grandma, I won't eat here if I have something else to do later."
My grandma grabbed my hand again: "You kid, how can you not eat? Just stay for a meal today and let grandma take a good look at you. You have grown so big. What if I suddenly meet you on the road?" , grandma doesn’t even dare to admit it.”
"Grandma, I really have something to do. I just want to chat with you for a while. I really don't want to eat. Besides, I just got up and ate, and now my stomach is still a little full."
"Then you can just take a few bites less, just think of it as..."
"Oh!" my uncle interrupted my grandma: "If someone doesn't want to eat, don't force him. If he wants to leave, just let him go. There are so many people in the yard, and it's so crowded at just one table. Why do you have to force others?"
My mother also quickly said: "Yes, just let him come and see you. Don't eat, so as not to affect everyone's mood."
My grandma sighed deeply: "You... are so difficult to get along with a child."
I told my grandma it was okay and gave her the snacks I bought.
My grandma was so happy that she opened it and ate half a piece in front of me. She kept saying it was very delicious and asked others to try it, but Ma Tao came over and ate a piece alone.
Others didn't eat it, and even made fun of me.
The first person to ridicule me was my brother Chenchen.
His full name is Ma Chen, and he is one year older than me.
He said angrily: "I haven't come to see your grandma for so many years, and now I have bought something like this? You probably spent a few dollars on these snacks, right? You and your grandma are really close."
My cousin Ma Xiaoting also said: "Yeah, at least spend a few hundred yuan to buy something good."
My grandma immediately scolded the two of them: "What are you talking about? What did you two buy for me? Taotao also knew how to buy me clothes and a TV, and Yangyang bought mooncakes. You didn't buy anything, so you still have the nerve to complain about me, and I I like eating snacks like this, Yang Yang must have bought them because he remembered that I like them."
I smiled and said, "Yes, grandma, I remember you said you loved eating this kind of jujube paste snack."
"Yes, grandma loves it most."
Maybe my grandma just said that the brother and sister didn't buy anything. My uncle felt a little embarrassed. He glared at me fiercely and then asked me: "By the way, Yangyang, where do you work now? After you are released from prison." It’s been a while, right? Have you found a job?”
I knew he was looking for an opportunity to humiliate me, but he still said: "At the Royal International."
"Royal International? Entertainment City? Isn't that the same place as Taotao? Are you also working as a waiter there?"
"Yes, we were in the same department as Ma Tao before."
"Oh, think about how well you studied when you were a child. Every time we get together, they say that you will definitely be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University in the future. It turns out that you are now working as a waiter. What a pity."
The uncle said, and pointed at Ma Chen and Ma Xiaoting with his chin: "Your brother Chen Chen is now selling houses in an agency. He sold many houses last month, and he got 10,000 yuan plus commission. Tingting just I went to work at the Postal Savings Office. Although I am still a temporary worker now, after working for a few years, I can find people to connect with and become a regular employee. And now that I am running this store, I can earn enough for my family."
When he said these words, I could feel that my uncle was particularly proud.
Obviously he is very satisfied with his current life and his children's work.
In fact, he not only squandered in front of me, but also started squandering in front of my uncle and Ma Tao.
He looked at his uncle and said, "If you had taken good care of Guan Taotao back then, Taotao wouldn't be as hopeless as Yang Yang. He was working as a shabby waiter there. If you ask me to tell him to quit his job and come back to follow my family in the morning." Let's go sell a house together in the morning. Isn't that more promising than being a waiter?"
My brother-in-law snorted and said, "I just want to announce something to you. My Taotao is now promising and is ready to open a company."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on my brother-in-law and Ma Tao. Judging from everyone's eyes, they were surprised and seemed to be smiling.
"Haha, are you kidding me? Taotao owns a company? What kind of company does he open?"
"The agricultural trading company plans to produce some organic vegetables and then deliver them to big hotels and big cities."
"Haha, how can a person like Taotao, who is uneducated and incompetent, be able to do this? He is just fine working for others, but he also runs his own company? I'm not talking about him. Do you think he looks like a person who runs a company? "
Ma Chen and Ma Xiaoting also took the opportunity to scold Ma Tao.
Even my mother asked my uncle: "Are you kidding? Taotao has never been in this industry, how can he do it? Do you need to spend money because of your illness? Now that you are in urgent need of medical treatment, are you being treated? People lie to you that you can make a lot of money by doing this? You still have some money left to save your life, don’t let Taotao spend it squandering it, he is not a businessman at all."
Seeing everyone looking down on his son, my uncle was not angry at all. He puffed up his chest and said: "There is a noble man who is willing to help our Taotao. Although this company has not yet started, it is already a certainty. If you do it well later, you will have no problem making hundreds of thousands a year.”
I thought my uncle was quite timid. At least in big terms, like making millions or tens of millions a year, what's the point of talking about hundreds of thousands.
"Brother, I'm afraid you are really confused. Ma Tao might have been deceived."
"They won't let Ma Tao pay a cent, so why are you lying to him?"
"Ha." The uncle sneered: "You don't let him pay a penny, and then you open a company for him to make money? How can such a good thing exist in the world? This is not a liar."
