vrcanaries Chapter 526 The Wang family decides to go find Fang Qing
Chapter 526 The Wang family decides to go find Fang Qing
"That's right, my brother said I'm his only family, and he's been very good to me."
Ok?
Fu Huaiyi and Lin Yuyao both looked at him in surprise.
"Your only relative?"
Wang Jianguo realized he had let something slip and seemed flustered.
However, he quickly came up with an excuse.
"Well, we have an older brother. My parents used to favor him a lot, and they weren't very nice to him or me. After our loving grandmother passed away, it was just my brother and me left to depend on each other. So he says I'm his only family. Of course, well, you can just ignore this. Don't let my parents hear it, or they'll be heartbroken."
"Oh, that's it."
Fu Huaiyi and Lin Yuyao exchanged a glance, conveying a meaningful look.
"Children who are not favored by their parents have a hard life, no wonder Jianjun doesn't talk much usually."
Wang Jianguo: "Isn't my brother going to say anything?"
"It's not that he doesn't talk about it, he just rarely does. Later, when he found out your sister-in-law was pregnant, he was happy for a while, but then, for some reason, he became unhappy again."
Wang Jianguo was slightly taken aback.
Fu Huaiyi added, "Of course, he's not a very talkative person usually. Maybe he just goes back to his old ways after the initial excitement wears off."
Wang Jianguo gave an awkward smile. "Yes, actually my brother rarely speaks at home either."
Lin Yuyao: "You said your parents treated you and Comrade Jianjun badly, and favored your eldest brother. Why did they send your eldest brother away to be a live-in son-in-law?"
Wang Jianguo: "..."
"Well... actually, it wasn't that my parents wanted to send my older brother to be a live-in son-in-law. It was mainly because my older brother himself was willing. He fell in love with a woman who had no brothers, and she required that the man had to live with her family. In order to be with her, he had no choice but to live with her family. This hurt my parents' feelings, so they shifted their attention from him to me."
Lin Yuyao: "..." He actually gave her a reasonable explanation.
"By the way, you guys said Fang Qing... my sister-in-law, did she really get a job because of my brother?"
Lin Yuyao: "It's not just one. I introduced her to a job at a grain and oil station before, but she thought it was too hard and quit. Then I introduced her to another one, and this one paid more."
It's not that the salary was high later on, but that the times were developing rapidly and salaries were rising.
"What? You can pick and choose your job?" Wang Jianguo asked in shock.
Fu Huaiyi said, "The organization treats the families of martyrs very well and helps them whenever possible. Fang Qing is in trouble, and the leaders can't ignore it."
As Wang Jianjun listened to his words, his mind began to wander.
There are so many benefits for the families of martyrs, why didn't that damned Fang Qing tell them?
Furthermore, she pocketed all the several thousand yuan in compensation she received.
Damn it, how much did that bitch secretly take?
"Don't forget we're here to hunt, Xiao Wang. Where exactly can we find prey?" Lin Yuyao reminded him.
Wang Jianguo snapped out of his daze and said repeatedly, "It's my fault, I almost forgot about the important matter. Come with me, I know where there are plenty of prey."
He turned to look at the guns in their hands, which were much better than his homemade gunpowder gun.
His gun was always inaccurate and sometimes it would explode, but the gunpowder he filled himself wasn't very powerful, so the explosion wouldn't hurt anyone.
Today, Fu Huaiyi and Lin Yuyao came, and they returned with a full load.
"Brother Fu, your technique is really good, you hit the bullseye every time."
Fu Huaiyi said calmly, "My family has been in the military since my grandfather's generation. I've been playing with guns since I was a child, and I graduated from a regular military academy, so naturally I'm good at it."
Wang Jianguo looked on with envy, "Your grandfather fought against the Japanese invaders, didn't he?"
"Yes."
It was dark when the three of them returned home. The family treated them to dinner again, and they ate the wild rabbit they had eaten at noon.
After the meal, Wang Jianjun's stepmother took them to stay in the large brick house next door.
"You can stay here tonight. It was originally prepared for Jianjun, but the room has been empty since he left."
Oh? They even reserved a room for Jianjun? That's really amazing.
The next day, they left with their prey.
After they exchanged topics, the whole family became quite agitated.
"I never expected the higher-ups to be so good to the families of martyrs. I asked them, and the child support for Chenchen alone is more than the combined support for both of you, Mom and Dad. I heard that if you're really in dire straits, you can apply for more money. Damn it, that bitch Fang Qing didn't even tell us anything, she kept it from us completely."
The old man and woman were also filled with remorse and regret.
"I thought getting thirty or forty yuan was a windfall, but it turns out we were just foolishly happy about something so trivial."
The old lady glared at Wang Jianguo and said, "You still say that it's not easy for Fang Qing to raise a son alone outside? She has a house and money, how is it not easy for her? It's us who are having a hard time. She's living a life of luxury outside, while we're foolishly suffering in the mountains."
Wang Jianguo was extremely frustrated.
He then added, "I heard from that man that after the New Year, Fang Qing and the others will be allocated houses, and they'll probably get a big one. He said that houses in the southern part of the city are very valuable, and a big house could probably be worth tens of thousands."
"What? Tens of thousands?"
That's an astronomical figure for them, the kind they could never even dream of.
One person with ten thousand yuan is not bad, but a house is worth several people with ten thousand yuan.
Good heavens, if they had a house like that, their family would have more food than they could eat while lying down.
"Yes, I asked around, and they said a house costs tens of thousands. They also said that houses there are in high demand, and even if you have money, you might not be able to buy one. They said that when they bought a house last year, they had to queue up and draw lots, and it cost them tens of thousands of yuan in total, including bribes. Fang Qing and her family didn't have to pay for their house; it was given to them by the higher-ups."
It cost no money; it was given away for free.
They didn't realize it was a welfare housing unit allocated by Lu Jiangting's work unit; their first thought was Wang Jianjun's compensation.
"Was it also given to the families of martyrs?"
"They didn't say, but I think it's most likely true."
Are the families of martyrs really that useful?
The family was filled with remorse, feeling they had really made a huge mistake over the years.
"This house shouldn't belong to Fang Qing, it should belong to us."
"Why should she, a married woman, take over our house? No, old man, we can't let Fang Qing get such a big advantage. After the New Year, you go there and make sure you get the money and the house."
“Okay, Jianguo, let’s go after the New Year.”
"Dad, don't worry, I've asked around, and we won't get the house until March."
The old man was taken aback. "What's the explanation for this?"
“Fang Qing applied for it. If we make a scene, what if it becomes a disputed property and they don’t give it to us anymore? Let’s not rush. Let’s wait until Fang Qing gets the house before we go.”
"That's good. Annual passes are hard to buy right after the holiday, so it'll be easier to travel there in March or April. Jianguo, have you got the address yet?"
He pulled out a piece of paper. "Here, the address that man wrote down for me."
"Okay, keep this address safe. We'll go there in March."
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