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    Chapter 24 Who is the head of the family?

    Zhao Yi is a friend that Fang Cheng met when they repaired cars together.Now he has opened a car repair shop. Although the scale is not large, his skills are good and his people are honest, so he has some old customers.

    The most important thing is that you can still be considered your own boss, and it’s much better than Fang Cheng.

    But Fang Cheng is not envious. He knows that Zhao Yi can endure more hardships than him, and his current achievements are expected.

    Many of Fang Cheng’s former friends and classmates are now quite good. According to his popularity, it is not difficult to get those people to recommend a good job.After some students learned about what happened to Fang Cheng’s family, some took the initiative to help him.It’s just that he didn’t want to cause trouble to those people at that time, not to mention that once he got the kind of job that required the introduction of personal connections, it would be inappropriate to resign later, so he declined at the beginning and did not plan to contact that group of people now.

    This time I also found Zhao Yi, but the school didn’t teach anything useful.But when Fang Cheng’s grandma first fell ill, the family conditions were not good. To pay for grandma’s medical expenses, he still found a job. He initially worked in a car repair shop for a period of time.Fang Cheng had a quick mind and could learn things quickly when he got serious. However, his grandma became seriously ill and there was no one at home to take care of her, so Fang Cheng stopped.

    It was a pity to take his master with him when he left that auto repair shop.

    He was also the Zhao Yi he met at that time. Zhao Yi was still his junior brother at that time, following behind like a follower. The master taught the same thing. Zhao Yi learned slower than him, and now he is on his own.

    Zhao Yi also welcomed the fact that Fang Cheng was willing to come to work with him again. He didn’t like Fang Cheng hanging out with Fatty’s gangster friends.

    In his logic, people still have to do something serious, like him, who has been working very hard.Therefore, he couldn’t understand why Fang Cheng left him and his master to hang out with people who were not doing their jobs properly.

    Now Fang Cheng finally thought about it. He thought this was the return of the prodigal son, so he agreed without saying a word.

    Fang Cheng knew what he was thinking before, but he never tried to explain anything. Everyone has their own logic, and explanations cannot make sense.

    He respects Zhao Yi’s ideas and is grateful to him for giving him this opportunity.

    It’s just that Zhao Yi doesn’t understand the relationship between him and Fatty’s group.

    Fang Cheng was initially a child who couldn’t find any faults except being naughty.It was just that his parents died unexpectedly in junior high school, and his academic performance plummeted after that.After graduation, I only attended vocational school.

    In vocational schools, students are generally non-students. In a sense, they are the opposite of their mainstream classmates in high school.And these people are either gregarious among these people, or they are isolated and bullied.

    Fang Cheng was naturally not the type of character to be bullied. Among his peers at that age, Fang Cheng was very talkative and had an active personality. In addition, his appearance stood out among the group of classmates around him.Soon he became very popular there.

    But if you want to be stable and lively and popular, it’s not enough. You also have to be gregarious. At least you have a group of gangster friends, otherwise you won’t be able to stand up and become the one being bullied.So at that stage, in addition to being exposed to some negligible basic education, Fang Cheng also met Fatty Scarface and several of his so-called buddies.

    But at the beginning, Fang Cheng actually had some reason to use them, because at first he still couldn’t stand these people, thinking that they were sometimes too vulgar and lacking in quality.But as time passed and we got to know each other’s living environment, we realized that everyone has some special experiences.I also gradually became familiar with it.

    But it was later that Fang Cheng really started to have a heart-to-heart relationship with these people.

    His grandmother was sick and there was another person at home who was studying. After realizing that life was not that simple, Fang Cheng knew that he had to mature, so he distanced himself a little from his gangster friends and found a place to work seriously.

    But later the person at home was picked up by his own family.Fang Cheng’s grandmother also passed away not long after.At that time, a bunch of relatives took a fancy to the house left by Fang Cheng’s grandma. After all, although it was an old house in that location, it was still very valuable. Once it was demolished, there would be no idea how many benefits it would bring. So the group of people gathered around it like flies, wanting a bite of meat.

    Instead, those who came to help him were a few friends who he didn’t take seriously at first.

    Because of this incident, he understood a lot of things.It’s not like I’m completely giving up on myself, I just feel like I’m just living my life in such a muddle.Anyway, he is alone, so if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry.

    It’s more fun to be with that group of friends.Just feel free to be a gangster.

    Besides, there is no big difference between trying to get by for a day and struggling for a day.

    Zhao Yi is different from him.His parents are both in their hometown in the countryside, waiting for him to make money and find a wife.Therefore, his life obviously has more hope than his own, so naturally he cannot understand Fang Cheng’s thoughts.

    During this time, Fang Cheng feels that life is still a lot different.There is a strange and overly serious guy beside him, who is even more lonely than him.Not only are relatives no longer in this world, but even knowledge and experience are not of the same world.

    Think about the fact that the emperor who was originally a leader among thousands of people suddenly became a commoner that no one cared about.From being over ten thousand people to being deceived by a gangster, this person shows no signs of giving up on himself. He tries every means to be positive every day. He has to work hard to make money in order to make ends meet, and even works in the kitchen every day, cooking, washing dishes, and doing housework.I can still find time to take online English classes.

    So inspiring.

    It made him feel awkward if he continued to be lazy.

    And because of the Viagra incident, he owed a small amount of money and parted ways with that group of people. Fang Cheng felt that he could change a little bit.Start thinking about a new lifestyle again.

    Fang Cheng didn’t care that much about the money he owed to Viagra. He kept asking for the small amount, but he didn’t think it mattered for the slightly larger amount.

    But it’s okay to say that it’s a large amount, you can still make it out by piecing together here and there.

    But out of the desire to change his lifestyle, Fang Cheng still felt that he could try working for a short time and earn the money on his own.

    Fang Cheng adjusted his mentality. The next day, he packed up and told Zhou Yinli to prepare to go out.

    Zhou Yinli naturally didn’t want to wait for him alone at home. He might have had a psychological shadow because Fang Cheng was injured last time when he left home, so he insisted on following him.

    Because he had recently mastered the kitchen management at home, Fang Cheng had no choice but to endure the humiliation and took Zhou Yinli with him to the intersection where Zhao Yi’s store was located, and then refused to allow Zhou Yinli to go to the store.

    What does it look like on your first day of work with someone following you behind you!

    Zhou Yinli saw that Fang Cheng’s hair was about to explode, so he had no choice but to agree not to go, but would watch Fang Cheng enter the store.

    Fang Cheng had walked a long way, and he could still feel the eyes from behind clinging to his back, and for some reason he didn’t dare to look back.It seemed that he was afraid of seeing something in Zhou Yinli’s eyes.

    When he arrived at the door of the store, Zhao Yi had already opened the door. After Fang Cheng entered, he felt that the sight behind him began to slowly disappear.He breathed a sigh of relief.

    At this moment, Zhao Yi was lying shirtless under a car, banging away.Fang Cheng then put his head under the car from the other side with a playful smile and greeted Zhao Yi.

    “Xiao Yi! Long time no see!”

    Zhao Yi is actually a little younger than Fang Cheng, but even though he looks older, some people believe him even if he says he is Fang Cheng’s brother.

    Zhao Yi was very happy when he saw him coming. He immediately stopped what he was doing and got out from under the car.Now covered in oil and dirt, he reached out and patted Fang Cheng on the shoulder and said excitedly: “Brother Cheng! You’re here. You finally figured it out. Just don’t hang out with those people! Come on, come on, welcome!”

    Fang Cheng didn’t think he was so dirty, but recalled those days with a little nostalgia.He also patted Zhao Yi and said, “Okay, okay, I won’t mess around anymore, I’ll mess around with you now.”

    Zhao Yi also laughed, and put his dirty hands directly on Fang Cheng’s back: “That’s not to mention. How about you come and see my store?”

    Fang Cheng followed him around.

    Zhao Yi’s store is not large in size, but its location is relatively good.There are also many cars that need to be repaired and a few busy employees in the store.Business seems to be okay.When Fang Cheng came, he was not just a freeloader.

    Seeing this, he was also happy for Zhao Yi.

    It’s just that he hasn’t touched these things for some time, and many details are a bit unfamiliar. In addition, many new tools and parts have been released in the past few years, which is a bit unfamiliar.

    After Zhao Yi took him around and let him try some things, he was immediately familiar with it.Some things are engraved in the bones and not completely forgotten.

    Later, when Zhao Yi went back to do his own work, he asked Fang Cheng to follow a few workers around.

    When Fang Cheng really wanted to do something, he was very discerning and diligent. When he saw other workers busy, he would go up to help and chat with them. After a while, he became familiar with several employees in the store. Those workers did not hesitate to teach Fang Cheng and took the initiative to teach Fang Cheng skills.

    Fang Cheng has a quick mind and has been quick at things since elementary school, but he just doesn’t care enough about anything he does.But if you put your heart into something, you can still do it well.Otherwise, the master who taught him and Zhao Yi how to repair cars would not feel so sorry for him.

    It’s just that Fang Cheng thinks it’s a pity that it depends on what the person involved thinks.He didn’t feel it was a pity. It was the path he chose at that time. There was no good or bad, it was just a personal choice.

    Now that he has chosen to return to this road and continue walking for a while, he will naturally not feel embarrassed about giving up at that time.

    Fang Cheng didn’t rest at all all morning, and everyone in the store was like this.Naturally, Fang Cheng would not complain in this situation.

    It had been a long time since he had worked like this for a day, and Fang Cheng was covered in sweat and engine oil.He knew he looked dirty, but he didn’t resent it. After recalling many processes, the maintenance became smoother and smoother.

    Wrenches and other tools also feel familiar.

    At noon, Zhao Yi ordered a lunch box, and the two of them took one, sat on the bench, and chatted while eating.

    Zhao Yi asked: “After you suddenly quit, Master Liu talked about you every day, said it was a pity, and scolded you whenever he mentioned you. After you left, the boss opened several branches. I was originally assigned to be a store manager in one branch, but I broke up with the boss later and got some new customers to support me, so I came out to work alone.”

    Fang Cheng hadn’t done serious work for a long time, and his hands were shaking.When Zhao Yi mentioned this, he suddenly thought that the reason why he gave up in the first place was because his grandma passed away.Although it had been a long time since that meeting, it still made him a little sad to be mentioned again.The original carefree look was put back.

    Fang Cheng lowered his eyes: “Hey. It’s all over. Don’t mention it anymore.”

    Zhao Yi is not the kind of person who is completely indifferent. Hearing that Fang Cheng didn’t want to mention this matter, he stopped saying: “Haha, if you don’t mention it, don’t mention it. Just come back now. With you here, my store will definitely become more and more prosperous! Eat, eat, eat.”

    The boxed lunches are still quite unpalatable. The food smells stuffy after being packed for a long time.For Fang Cheng, who was used to Zhou Yinli’s cooking recently, it was a bit hard to swallow.

    Other workers are not picky eaters. Food with strong taste is very suitable for people who do physical work like them, and can provide the salt they need to supplement after physical work.

    Fang Cheng had been eating hot, fresh meals cooked by Zhou Yinli at home these past few days, and his mouth was a bit spoiled. He managed to take a few bites, but then he didn’t really want to eat anymore.Finally, I finished my afternoon work half full.

    Today’s day passed faster than the usual days of doing nothing.After get off work, Fang Cheng realized that it was almost dark.He hadn’t felt anything before, but after he stopped, Fang Cheng realized that his back was sore, and it could only be said that it was still within the tolerable range.

    Fang Cheng’s hands were covered with motor oil. When he took out his phone and looked at the message, he realized how dirty his hands were.

    Not surprisingly, the only messages on the phone were from Zhou Yinli.

    And there are quite a few messages.

    Fang Cheng flipped through to the first item from back to front. In front of it was the item “I’m busy” that he took time to return to Zhou Yinli at noon.

    Then there are the unread messages.

    What “What do you want to eat today?”

    “I bought fish heads and tofu to make fish head and tofu soup.”

    “What vegetables should I eat? Fruits?”

    “If you don’t answer, I will decide for myself.”

    “The food is ready. When will you be back?”

    “The food is cold.”

    “I’ll pick you up.”

    “I’m in front of the store.”

    The last message ended abruptly.

    After reading the news, Fang Cheng realized that the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

    This was a bit strange. Even reading the news made him laugh. Fang Cheng quickly retracted his unconscious smile.

    He walked out of the store and saw a long figure standing under the dim street light.

    Fang Cheng walked over quickly.

    It had been a long time since he remembered the last message, so he didn’t say nonsense like “I’ve been waiting for a long time”. He just said calmly: “Go home.”

    Zhou Yinli didn’t say anything else, and quietly repeated: “Go home.”

    On the way back, the two of them walked one behind the other. No one spoke. They didn’t seem to know what to say, and they didn’t seem to want to interrupt the atmosphere.

    The two of them entered the house together and saw the meal that Zhou Yinli had prepared waiting for them on the table.

    As soon as the light reached a particularly bright place, Zhou Yinli stared at him quietly for a long time without speaking..

    Fang Cheng followed that gaze and looked down at himself.His whole body was dirty, especially now.It also exudes a strange smell.He himself couldn’t stand it. Not only was it dirty and smelly, but it was also sticky and uncomfortable.

    “What are you looking at? Do you want to think I’m dirty? I have a glorious image as a laborer. If you dare to dislike me, just wait to be hanged and scolded.” Fang Cheng immediately took a preemptive strike.

    Zhou Yinli shook his head: “No. You are not dirty.”

    As soon as someone spoke out of conscience, Fang Cheng stopped, coughed, and looked at the dishes on the table.Sure enough, there is fish head soup.There is also a plate of fried chrysanthemum and cut fruits.

    He had told Zhou Yinli before that he liked chrysanthemum.

    The lunch box at noon had been used up long ago, and Fang Cheng was so hungry that he wanted to pounce on it and start eating.

    But after smelling the disgusting smell of engine oil on his body, he felt a little nauseous. He was afraid that he would vomit it out after eating, so he said to Zhou Yinli: “I’m going to take a shower first, please wait for me.”

    Zhou Yinli’s face showed no emotion: “I’m going to heat up the food.”

    After Fang Cheng went to the bathroom, he spent a lot of effort until all the soap was gone before he could clean the oil stains on his body. He smelled the smell on his body, which was the familiar scent of soap.Finally feeling a little more comfortable, I left the bathroom.

    It happened that Zhou Yinli had also heated up the food.The color is a little less pretty, but it’s still steaming hot.For people like Fang Cheng who have been hungry for a long time, it is still very attractive.

    Fang Cheng immediately sat down and started eating.

    After a tiring day, you can take a hot shower and eat steaming meals as soon as you get home, and there is someone waiting for you at home.Fang Cheng was very satisfied.Even though my body was aching all over, I felt happy in my heart. After swallowing a mouthful of hot soup, I said, “Not yet today…”

    “Don’t go there tomorrow.” Zhou Yinli said coldly.

    Fang Cheng suppressed his smile and said, “What did you say?”

    Zhou Yinli repeated: “I said, don’t go to work tomorrow.”

    Fang Cheng frowned: “Why?”

    Zhou Yinli looked calm: “Just wait for me for a while. All the money I earn will be given to you. You don’t have to do such a thing at all.”

    This is not the first time such words have been said.If Fang Cheng didn’t believe it anymore, he would be deceiving himself.

    And to be honest, he is very accurate in judging people, but he is not too far off. Because he often lies and brags and speaks big words, he is very good at judging the truth of what others say.Zhou Yinli was quite sincere when he said he would spend it on him after making money.

    Hearing this again, Fang Cheng did not refuse directly, but he would not tell Zhao Yi that he would quit just because of Zhou Yinli’s words.Besides, you can’t put your eggs in one basket.

    What Zhou Yinli said now seemed to be sincere.I really can’t say what will happen after that.Because Zhou Yinli saw him as soon as he came to this world, his feelings for him now are quite special, just like the little bird plot.When he becomes more knowledgeable later, he won’t be as overly dependent on Fangcheng as he is now.

    If you meet someone special again, you will definitely have to leave the money to someone else to spend. What kind of words would you give to Fang Cheng?

    But Fang Cheng knew very well that Zhou Yinli needed to speak smoothly, and the emperor would not listen to what was offensive.Since he said he would give himself money, he should take it. He should not refuse it all the time, which would dampen his enthusiasm for making money.

    However, one code is the same, Zhou Yinli, but other things, still have to follow his own principles.

    How can Zhou Yinli have the final say?Which one of them is the head of the family?Of course it’s me.

    “I’m waiting for your money. I’ll take whatever you give me. But I will continue to do this job now. I have agreed with Zhao Yi, and I can’t regret it halfway. Don’t worry about me.”

    “Are you disgusted that I worry about your affairs?” Zhou Yinli sat upright, with an inexplicable serious expression on his face, vaguely revealing a sense of coercion, and his whole person felt a bit domineering.

    As expected of an emperor, Fang Cheng couldn’t help but think that if he were really an ancient person, with this kind of aura, he might actually bow his head and say, Your Majesty, you have a lot, thank you for your kindness.

    But even without that, his tone was much better.And he didn’t even realize how annoying his tone was: “Of course I won’t resent it. If you like to worry about me, just worry about me more. I just like people to worry about me. But this thing is different. It is self-reliance, self-improvement, self-respect and self-love. Of course, this job has a bad environment, is dirty and tiring. But it is not a big deal. If others can do it, why can’t I do it? If I learn a craft, it will not do any harm to myself.”

    The second half was what Fang Cheng had heard Yu Zi say before to persuade him to go to work, but what he said now was so neat.

    Sure enough, Zhou Yinli was coaxed to calm down.The corners of his mouth even curled up when he said the previous paragraph.But he still deliberately drooped the corners of his mouth, looking fierce.But he obviously liked Fang Cheng’s approach. He was not completely convinced by Fang Cheng, but he could also see that he was no longer so opposed to Fang Cheng’s work.

    He thought for a while and then said to Fang Cheng: “I contacted Deng Yue again. He said that if I am in a hurry, he can come and sign a contract with me tomorrow. It just so happened that he received an advertisement for me to shoot, and I will get the money directly after the shooting.”

    Fang Cheng opened his mouth: “Why, so fast.”

    Zhou Yinli said: “Deng Yue gave me a photo, and Party A immediately agreed.”

    “Then, how much does it cost to take a photo?” Fang Cheng asked.

    “He didn’t say a specific number. He just said it was at least a thousand.” Zhou Yinli said.

    Fuck, Fang Cheng couldn’t help but want to curse.I only got more than 200 from my hard work in a day, and that’s all I can get from a good family.

    His face could really be eaten, and Fang Cheng suddenly felt resentful that he didn’t have a good face.Fortunately, he used to think he was good-looking, and people always complimented him, but it wasn’t like a talent scout on the roadside could find him to be a model.

    It only shows that his luck is not as good as Zhou Yinli’s. He can meet a model agent while taking care of him in the hospital, which relieves his urgent need to find a job and make money.

    Is this the emperor’s luck?

    But it seems that after getting to know him, my luck has gotten a little better.

    The meal was finally finished. Fang Cheng couldn’t move after eating, so he spread it out on the sofa while Zhou Yinli went to wash the dishes and clean up.

    Listening to the sound of washing dishes, Fang Cheng felt very at ease and fell asleep unconsciously.When he woke up, he felt someone pinching his thigh.

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