I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 256 Old Deng is very satisfied!

Chapter 256 Old Deng is very satisfied!
After sitting down.

Su Tianyan then introduced Su Cheng to each person.

Besides her eldest uncle Tian Yong, Su Cheng also has a second uncle named Tian Kun.

Tian Kun had a buzz cut, his skin wasn't particularly fair, he was chubby, and he wore thin-rimmed glasses.

In Su Cheng's memory, Tian Kun seemed to be a geography teacher at some school.

Sitting to the side was Liu Haiying, the second aunt. She was originally a housewife, but Tian Kun arranged for her to work as a life teacher, or dormitory manager, in the school dormitory.

The middle-aged woman next to her, dressed in a very fashionable outfit and wearing an expensive fur coat, is named Tian Rui. She is Su Cheng's aunt, and also his mother's older sister.

Tian Rui is petite and slender, especially with a small face; a single outstretched hand could easily grasp her entire face.

She wore a pair of thin-rimmed pink glasses, and her eyelids were rather upturned, as if they were being held up by a rope.

Su Cheng didn't actually like people with this kind of appearance, especially the group wearing pink glasses.

He generally categorizes such people as: somewhat knowledgeable, but also domineering, unreasonable, and selfish.

They think they are very smart, but in reality, they are no better than others.

They have an extremely strong sense of superiority, believing that they are living much better than most people around them, and that they have seen through many things and have their own "unique understanding" of people and things.

Whenever Su Cheng sees a group of people wearing pink glasses, she subconsciously labels them with terms like: spoiled, unreasonable, and self-righteous.

If everyone were executed, there would definitely be innocent people among them.

But if you execute every other one, you're bound to miss a lot.

Sometimes you can't blame others for having stereotypes; these are judgments made by Su Cheng through her own framework.

It is convenient and quick to identify and understand what kind of person someone is.

This is one of the benefits of having six eyes.

Su Cheng only needs to meet him once, or even in person, to get a pretty good idea of him just by looking at his photos.

My aunt's husband is also a teacher, but he's a level above Tian Rui, Tian Kun, and Zang Feilong. He teaches philosophy at a college in the city.

Tian Kun, Tian Rui, her uncle, and Su Cheng's deceased mother, Tian Xiangwei, are all teachers. Even her second aunt was arranged by Tian Kun to work as a life skills teacher at the school.

My maternal grandparents, who are retired long ago, are also veteran teachers, making them a true family of teachers.

It's no wonder that people looked down on Old Deng back then, since he hadn't made it big yet.

Even though Lao Deng had already achieved some success in his career at that time, an annual income of hundreds of thousands or millions was still considered unstable in other people's eyes, far less than that of a grassroots staff member with a permanent position.

The dishes were served one after another.

After the pleasantries, everyone got down to business.

Uncle Tian Yong frankly said, "I just calculated that, including the banquet, cigarettes, alcohol, and other miscellaneous expenses, Mom will probably have to spend 15,000 to 16,000 yuan this time."

Second Uncle Tian Kun then added, "Well, let's discuss how much each family should take today."

It was only then that Su Cheng realized that the reason this family had invited Lao Deng over was mainly to discuss the expenses for her grandmother's birthday banquet.

The reason I called Lao Deng over was to have him come and split the money.

That's quite dramatic.

Normally, they don't call Lao Deng; they only call him over when they've already made their share of the money.

interesting.

Tian Kun looked at Su Tianyan and added, "Tianyan, you don't need to take it. This is a matter for us brothers and sisters."

Ok.

That's why I said Tian Kun is capable of being a leader.

Why bother inviting Old Deng over?

You've all laid out the issue of splitting the bill openly, so no normal person would say, "Fine, then I won't take it."

I'll give you a try.

Even before Grandma's banquet, the crickets will start chirping as soon as they get off the table.

But we can't entirely blame Tian Kun.

A few days ago, Lao Deng signed up himself to participate, so he has to come and contribute his share. If Lao Deng doesn't contribute a single penny, it feels like we're looking down on him.

So it's not really a problem for them to ask their son-in-law to share the cost.

But all of this is up to the point before Tian Kun said those words.

After saying that, the meaning changed; it became a semi-coercive way of getting Old Deng to pay.

Su Tianyan's response was also quite interesting.

“Brother, I’m also a member of the Tian family. I definitely have to contribute money for Mom’s birthday celebration.”

"I'll do as you say. I'll take whatever amount you tell me to take."

Su Cheng thought to himself: Bullshit!

If someone asks you to pay all the way up, will you?
But then again... Old Deng really doesn't care about these three small things.

Moreover, Lao Deng signed up to attend his grandmother's birthday banquet because he wanted to set an example for Su Cheng and teach him about 'filial piety'.

Based on these two points, it's quite possible that Old Deng will field all his players.

However, Su Cheng's uncle and aunt would definitely not let Lao Deng go all out.

When an elderly person celebrates their birthday, if their children don't contribute a single penny and the son-in-law pays for everything, it's embarrassing for him.

The three families are actually quite easy to divide.

My eldest uncle contributed 5,000 yuan, my second uncle contributed 5,000 yuan, and my aunt contributed 5,000 yuan, totaling 15,000 yuan.

If there are four companies, it will be difficult to divide the spoils.

"Well, there are four of us now, so each of us will contribute four thousand. I'll keep track of all the expenses and will refund any overpayment or make up any underpayment."

As the eldest son in the family, Tian Yong's proposed solution was quite fair.

Tian Yong felt he couldn't let his brother-in-law contribute more than Su Tianyan's share, since they weren't counting on his money for their birthday celebration.

But you can't let your brother-in-law go out less, otherwise it will seem different from their children.

Paying the same amount of money is the most appropriate.

If there's not enough money left, Tian Yong can just return a portion to his brother-in-law.

Before Lao Deng could even respond, his aunt immediately interrupted, "Um, big brother, I need to tell you something first."

"Hmm, what's wrong? Tell me."

Tian Rui explained the family's financial situation to Tian Yong: "We just paid the car loan last month, so we don't have much money left. We can only contribute three thousand at most."

"Alright, three thousand it is." Tian Yong nodded. "Second brother, is your four thousand yuan no problem?"

Tian Kun hummed in agreement: "I don't have any problems."

Tian Kun is fine, but his wife is the problem.

"Hey, sister-in-law, you're only giving three thousand yuan for Mom's birthday celebration?"

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean by that?" Tian Rui immediately became unhappy upon hearing this. "Yuxuan has enrolled in two tutoring classes, don't we have to pay for them?"

“Your Yuxuan goes to tutoring classes? My Manman has to go to tutoring classes too,” Auntie complained. “I told you the other day that I wanted to buy myself a new dress, but your second brother didn’t agree. He said he wanted to save the money for Mom’s birthday.”

My second aunt's meaning was quite clear; she was referring to the new mink coat my aunt was wearing.

It's understandable that she's indignant.

In the past, my aunt bought a Mercedes-Benz and a mink coat, but now that everyone has to chip in, she ended up paying a thousand less than everyone else.

This isn't just about a thousand dollars.

Tian Rui could tell others that the car she bought was the most basic C260, or even a fake mink coat, but there was no need to say it.

Tian Rui felt that losing a thousand yuan wasn't a big deal, and that her two brothers would agree.

According to rural custom, the two sons would definitely contribute the majority of the cost, while the two sons-in-law would only need to contribute a small portion.

Even if she didn't contribute a single penny, her two brothers wouldn't say anything, especially since she contributed three thousand.

"Hey? Xiaorui, you always say your second sister-in-law is old-fashioned, why aren't you talking about your modern ideas now? Shouldn't everyone contribute the same amount of money as usual?"

"Second sister-in-law, when did I ever say you were feudal? That's not true."

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, the second uncle, Tian Kun, immediately gave his second aunt a warning look.

The aunt's husband, who was standing nearby, also pulled the aunt back.

The involvement of two men prevented the conflict from escalating.

Tian Kun glanced at his second aunt, then at Su Tianyan and Su Cheng, his eyes saying: What are you arguing about at this critical moment? Are you just making a fool of yourself in front of others?

Su Cheng realized that her aunt and second aunt-in-law didn't have a particularly good relationship.

Finally, Tian Yong, the eldest uncle, stepped in and ended the argument between the two families: "Alright, Xiao Rui is having trouble making money, I'll pay for it for her first."

After that brief argument, Tian Yong made a slight adjustment to the share he was going to allocate to Lao Deng: "Hey, Tian Yan, you can take three thousand too."

Su Tianyan remained true to his word, neither arguing nor competing, and simply accepted whatever amount was arranged for him: "Okay, fine."

The dinner table.

After discussing the specific arrangements in detail, the group parted ways after the meal.

Several people walked to the door of the hotel.

The eldest uncle asked Lao Deng, "Tianyan, how did you and Xiaocheng get here? Shall I see you off?"

"No need, brother, Xiao Cheng drove me here."

Upon hearing that Su Cheng had arrived by car, her second uncle's family and her aunt's family immediately slowed down their departure and came over to inquire what kind of car Su Cheng was driving.

"Huh? Xiaocheng bought a car?"

"Xiao Cheng, which one is your car?"

The focus tonight is on discussing how each family will contribute money and how to handle all the arrangements for the birthday banquet. The focus is not on Su Cheng at all, and no one cares about Su Cheng.

Now that they suddenly heard that Su Cheng had arrived by car, the group became a little curious about Su Cheng's current situation.

Su Cheng looked at Lao Deng with some trepidation.

What should he say at this point?

To be honest, was it Ye Li's car or something?
Su Cheng felt that Lao Deng would definitely not say that Su Cheng bought the car, because that would make Lao Deng seem too vain, which would not fit his simple, kind, honest and simple character.

as predicted.

Old Deng pointed to the Magotan parked on the side of the road and explained, "Oh dear, it wasn't bought, it's not Xiao Cheng's car."

But less than a second later, Old Deng added, "It was Xiao Cheng driving his girlfriend's car."

Eh?
My grass?

If Old Deng is going to say that, he might as well not say anything at all.

Why don't you just say "I'm borrowing someone else's car"?

They even had to add the phrase "girlfriend's car," which is even more awkward than just saying it's Su Cheng's car!

Doesn't this mean that Su Cheng found a girlfriend with very good qualities?
That old man is really trying to stir up hatred against him!
My second aunt and my younger aunt immediately chimed in:

"Oh dear, Xiao Cheng has grown up and even has a girlfriend now."

"Well, when you think about it, it makes sense. Xiao Cheng is already in her twenties. In our generation, kids would already be walking."

Auntie looked at Tian Kun and said, "Hey, doesn't Xiao Cheng's car look the same as ours?"

Tian Kun then realized that it seemed to be the same model; their family also owned a Magotan.

However, Su Cheng's car was a bit more upscale than theirs; Tian Kun's was the pre-facelift 330, while Su Cheng's was the new 380.

"Xiao Cheng, your girlfriend is pretty good-looking, isn't she?"

Su Cheng:......

He knew this phrase existed.

"No, Auntie, it's alright."

"I see this car has a Beijing license plate. Is your girlfriend a local from Jingzhou?"

Auntie, standing nearby, interrupted: "Of course, Xiao Cheng found a rich and beautiful woman from Beijing."

"Hey, does that mean if you two get married, you'll have a Jingzhou household registration?"

Su Cheng: ???
Why did my aunt's focus suddenly shift from the car to the issue of Jingzhou residency? What's the connection?

Getting a household registration in Jingzhou isn't easy.

To obtain a Beijing household registration, a certain number of years of marriage are required. Both Beijing residents and non-Beijing residents under the age of 45 must have been married for at least ten years.

She thought it was about getting a green card.
Besides, Ye Li isn't a resident of Jingzhou, nor is she his girlfriend!

My eldest uncle, second uncle, and aunt's husband all had different opinions on this matter.

Su Cheng knew what they were thinking without even having to think.

First of all, what ability does this poor kid, NMD, have to manage to date a rich and beautiful woman from Jingzhou?

Secondly, these are all powerful alliances, and Su Cheng will definitely be kicked aside in the end. Why would she even look at him?
Third, does Su Tianyan specifically teach his son how to live off a woman?

Back then, Su Tianyan climbed the social ladder by marrying into the Tian family, and now his son is living off someone else's money.

Even though that's what they might be thinking, they still greeted them with a smile.

"Xiao Cheng, when you get married, your aunt will give you a big red envelope!"

"Your aunt will also give you a big red envelope."

"Where will we hold the wedding? Our hometown or Jingzhou?"

"I'd guess Jingzhou?"

"So, do we still need to take a car there?"

Su Cheng:......

Stop, stop, stop.

You guys should stop now.

What does this have to do with anything?

There's no way to bring this up with Lao Deng yet, Su Cheng.

Because he brought Ye Li along as a shield, Lao Deng might know that he and Ye Li have no relationship, but the character setting still has to be that he and Ye Li are not colleagues, but boyfriend and girlfriend.

"No, Auntie, let's talk about it later." Su Cheng could only laugh and change the subject.

"Oh dear, Xiao Cheng is still shy. Are you embarrassed?"

"Alright, alright, I'll stop talking about it."

My uncle and aunt drove away first in their Volkswagen Sagitar.

My second aunt left in my second uncle's Volkswagen Magotan.

My aunt's husband had a few drinks, and Tian Rui sat in the driver's seat of the white Mercedes-Benz C260, driving him back home.

The father and son returned to the car.

No one spoke on the way back.

Su Tianyan was still puzzled.

Why didn't that brat even ask how much money he contributed?

Su Tianyan also wanted to take this opportunity to teach her son a lesson.

It seems he has to take the initiative.