Chapter 402: Chapter 402: Mei Jianzhong loses his temper
'But I'm just worried that if Ping and Jingping end up not getting married and become enemies, what should we do? Wouldn't that be pushing an enemy onto the path of destruction?' Mei Qiuping voiced her concerns.
What she didn't know was that the two people she worried about not working out were already planning to have a child.
This made Feng Zhenchang and Mei Guoping both silent. It was possible! Nowadays, many young people are great friends one day and have a huge fight the next. Besides, Feng Yiping has many options given his conditions.
'I think you guys are just looking for trouble for yourselves. If Yiping has settled down, then he won't consider these things?' Mei Jianzhong, who had been drinking tea, spoke up.
'I think Jingping is a good-tempered child who accommodates Yiping in every way. Yiping is not a person without sense of propriety either. What problems could they have? Besides, I guess Yiping got into a fight in junior high school, probably for Jingping. That means they were in a relationship in junior high school and their relationship was very good. What could possibly go wrong?'
'Oh, really, during the New Year, I wanted to ask Yiping if the fight was for Jingping, but I got so busy that I forgot,' Mei Qiuping patted her thigh.
'Not that I'm saying, you guys, you just haven't set your priorities straight. I can see very clearly that Yiping is the most level-headed of all of you. Just do what he tells you to do, especially with something this important. Are you just making excuses because you think you're the elders?'
Mei Jianzhong rarely speaks, but when he does, his three children are left speechless.
'We're just trying to help Yiping keep a close eye on things, in case he makes a mistake,' Mei Guoping says with a wry smile.
'Do you really think that we need to check and balance everything he does? Just manage the brick factory well. Tell your daughter-in-law's brothers to work harder at the factory. Their reputation doesn't matter, but ours does.' Mei Jianzhong also took the opportunity to give his second son a dressing down.
'Dad, don't be angry. We'll just do what Yiping says,' Mei Qiuping said, trying to change the subject as she saw how embarrassed her brother was.
Mei Guoping's two brothers-in-law both worked at the brick factory. Because the finances were independent, even Mei Guoping, the manager, could not make decisions. So there were no major issues at the brick factory. It was just that his wife's two brothers, taking advantage of Mei Guoping's position, did not do their jobs with any dedication. They took any opportunity to slack off. There were also people from the Mei family working at the brick factory, so how could Mei Jianzhong hide it from him?
Feng Zhenchang and the others naturally knew about it, and they had casually mentioned it twice before. Now that Mei Jianzhong had brought it up, it was good that he had done so, for he was the most appropriate person to talk about it.
'Dad, don't just listen to what those people in the village say. They are sometimes not very active, but they are not as bad as they say. I usually scold them more than I do the others.'
Mei Guoping felt aggrieved. His own children were already so big, and yet his father had said such things in front of his sister and brother-in-law, who were also his bosses. He really felt ashamed.
'Did it help? I don't know anything about factory companies, but I understand some of the reasoning. If we were to help our relatives, for example by building a house for them, we would automatically take on the most difficult and tiring tasks, without being told to do so. Only in this way would the other workers work hard. If you also take on the easy tasks, not only will other people laugh at you, but they won't want to do the hard work. Are your two brothers-in-law helping you by doing this? Are you doing this to help your sister and brother-in-law?'
Mei Jianzhong's words hit the nail on the head. Mei Guoping was speechless. However, deep down, he was actually a little resentful. He was also considered a founding member of the decoration company, but he could only go back to the town to help his sister and brother-in-law look after the brick factory. His youngest brother was now so successful, managing so many people, and driving two cars alternately. He, on the other hand, was in charge of a few dozen people and drove a van that no one else wanted.
'Dad, don't say anymore. I'll fire them both when I get down there, okay!' he said petulantly.
'There's no need to do that, Guoping. Dad, you should also say less. Guoping is doing a good job running the brick factory,' Feng Zhenchang interjected, but then he started talking about Mei Guoping.
'Don't stop me, I'll say it all today. Second son, you need to know that your sister and her family don't owe you anything, and Yiping owes you even less. Helping you is a matter of affection, not helping you is a matter of duty. You're in charge of a factory that has invested so much money. If you weren't Yiping's uncle, could you do such a thing? I'm afraid you'd still be helping people build walls in the county.
Your daughter-in-law, all day long in front of the eldest and second son, says how the fourth son is like this and that, what kind of people he deals with, what kind of car he drives, and now the eldest and second son's family always mention it in front of me, saying that your sister-in-law treats you brothers unfairly. I told them then to think about it in good conscience, if it wasn't for your sister-in-law's family, would you be able to live such a good life now? If it wasn't for your sister-in-law's noodle shop, would it be able to make so much money every year?
I'm the one making the decisions today. If you can't control your wife's big mouth or her two brothers, then you'd better go back to your old job in the county!'
Feng Zhenchang was stoking the fire behind the stove, and Mei Qiuping didn't say a word. When they went to Meijiawan, several brothers and their wives didn't say anything to them directly, but similar words had reached their ears.
It would be false for Mei Qiuping to say that she wasn't annoyed. She felt that she had taken good care of her brothers. Looking at Feng Zhenchang's side, none of the other three brothers worked in the company. Whether they ran a noodle shop or a chicken farm, no one had any strange words.
Mei Guoping really wanted to say, 'I'll go back,' but he couldn't say anything like that. He could only blame his daughter-in-law, that woman, for not being able to keep her mouth shut.
He glanced over at his sister and brother-in-law, who were busy over there. 'I really didn't know that my daughter-in-law said those things. I never thought that. The fourth son has done well because he is highly capable. As for us, we have achieved this result because of the care of my sister and brother-in-law. I am very content.'
'Okay, I'll stop talking. As long as our families are doing better than before, I don't care about anything else.' Mei Qiuping persuaded Mei Jianzhong.
The meal was not very enjoyable, especially for Mei Guoping, who felt like choking even when drinking soup.
'Guoping, you take my car and go,' Feng Zhenchang took out his car keys when they arrived at the threshing floor parking lot.
'I'm not switching, brother. My car can fit, but what can your car fit?' If it hadn't been for what had happened before, he would have happily driven Feng Zhenchang's car and left at this point. Why couldn't he drive such a car if the youngest son could? Now, of course, he wouldn't.
'Then be careful on the road,'
After getting in the car, Mei Guoping didn't say a word, and Mei Jianzhong pulled the handle on the roof of the car and looked at the ever-changing Fengjiazong without saying a word.
When they got out of Fengjiachong and onto the provincial road, they saw that their second son was still angry and didn't say a word. They knew that he was still angry. 'There is a limit to the love between your eldest sister and you. It's not endless. Besides, as you know, in your eldest sister's family, now and in the future, as long as it's a big deal, it will be Yiping who makes the decisions. Do you still expect this young man to accommodate you like your sister and her husband?
Now that I'm still around, they accommodate you out of respect for me, so that you sisters can sit together in peace and harmony. But when I'm gone, your sister and her husband can't tolerate your unreasonable nature. I'm afraid it'll be a mess.
After you got married, how many times did you see Yiping a year? Did you give him any pocket money, or did you buy him a notebook for taking notes?
Don't always feel resentful just because your youngest brother is doing well. You have to think about why he is doing well.
Yes, he was useless in the past, but he is a good-natured person who works with others. He will get nine points out of ten for his efforts. He will never take ten points out of ten for himself. You, on the other hand, are afraid that even 15 points out of ten is not enough. If the situation were reversed, would you like to work with your youngest brother, or would you prefer to work with someone like you?
As the old saying goes, you get what you give. Think about it! I'll only say this once, and it's up to you whether you listen.'
After a long while, Mei Guoping spoke, 'Dad, I'll remember.'
After a while, "But in that case, can you tell me in front of me in the future?" He still cared about being embarrassed in front of his sister and brother-in-law by his own father.
'In the future, I won't say anything in front of you, and you take care of your own business.'
Mei Jianzhong was also very eloquent, and after a while he said, 'After the 15th, I'll call your father-in-law and tell him to properly discipline his two sons.'
In this way, he helped his son solve a problem.