1994: Starting with unpaid leave

"Who are you trying to insult?! How dare you lie through your teeth?!"

Upon hearing Zhang Cunyi accuse Dong Jianguo, Erzhuzi was the first to object, immediately starting a heated argument:

"You asked Brother Jianguo for supplies, did he even give them to you?"

"Damn it, he messed things up himself and then blames the matchmaker?!"

"You call yourself a college student?! Go out on the street and grab an elementary school kid and ask them, see if they can do this?! Unbelievable!"

Zhang Cunyi's face turned bright red after being rebuked by Erzhuzi, but he still stubbornly retorted:

"Bullshit! I bet you guys were in cahoots, otherwise why would the truck delivering eggs have turned a corner and driven here?!"

"What? Just because someone won't sell to you doesn't mean you can't sell to someone else? You have to carry these eggs back and forth, and you'll only be happy if they're all smashed, huh?!"

Erzhuzi fired in rapid succession, killing Zhang Cunyi so badly he was speechless.

He tugged at his aunt's sleeve: "Auntie, look at them..."

"You're calling your parents! You're so old, you've wasted your life. What a disgrace... Why don't you go home and get your mother to stand up for you?!"

As soon as Erzhuzi took the lead, the workers who surrounded him all crossed their arms and sneered.

Although they didn't say anything, their eyes clearly looked at Zhang Cunyi as if he were a fool.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Wang, the driver on the truck, felt even more relieved. He took the cigarette butt out of his mouth and flicked it at Zhang Cunyi, sending sparks flying.

"What are you trying to do?! This is outrageous!"

Zhang Cunyi frantically patted the sparks, then looked up and shouted for a while.

Seeing that Erzhuzi had finished cursing, Dong Jianguo patted him on the shoulder to smooth things over:

"Alright, alright, let's all keep quiet. My second aunt came here today to resolve a problem, not to escalate the conflict. That's enough."

He looked at his second aunt and Zhang Cunyi, and patiently put on a smile:

"Second Aunt, just say what's on your mind. We're all close relatives, there's no need to beat around the bush."

Second Auntie was a little flustered because she didn't expect Dong Jianguo to have so many people on his side.

On the way there, her nephew didn't tell her the whole story, only that the goods delivered to his door had been taken back to Dong Jianguo's old bungalow. She didn't know the details inside.

Now, hearing Erzhuzi's words, it seems there's some hidden story behind it.

But since it was to support his nephew, he couldn't care less about the hidden reasons.

Thinking of this, she frowned and looked at Dong Jianguo:

"Jianguo, what did you promise me at your house that day? Why did you suddenly change your mind?!"

"Cunyi finally managed to get some eggs to support his family, and he'd already delivered them to the alley entrance. Why did you have them delivered right to your house?!"

"If you weren't willing to share the goods with Cunyi, you should have at least said so beforehand! You're putting me in an awkward position, making me feel guilty on both sides!"

Just as Dong Jianguo was about to explain, his second aunt waved her hand dismissively:

"Stop with the nonsense, I don't want to hear it. Just give me a straight answer: are these eggs going to be delivered to Cunyi today?"

Dong Jianguo smiled at his second aunt:

"Auntie, it's not that I insist on buying these eggs, but your Cunyi insisted on waiting until the eggs were delivered to the door before he tried to negotiate a lower price with the farm secretary, which angered him."

"The farm's Party Secretary called me and asked if I wanted to buy these eggs. He said if I didn't, he'd have the driver take them back and fix them. What should I say to him?"

"If I said I couldn't accept it because I wanted to save face for Cunyi, wouldn't he think I'm in cahoots with your nephew? Wouldn't that offend him terribly?"

Second Aunt glared at me: "You two are really close relatives, so what if you're on the same side?"

Dong Jianguo waved his hand: "Auntie, don't say that. My partner would never do what Zhang Cunyi did..."

"Fine, even if my nephew is wrong. But Jianguo, we can't be ungrateful! Cunyi is doing business for the first time and doesn't understand the ins and outs. Why don't you teach him?"

"I talked to him about it yesterday, but he wouldn't listen. What can I do?"

"Oh, so it's all Cunyi's fault, and you're completely blameless?! Jianguo, I know you're upset that he's a college student, but you can't just throw all the dirt on him!"

Dong Jianguo was both amused and exasperated.

"Second Aunt, I have no grudge against your nephew. What good would it do to throw dirty water on him?"

"I acknowledge that he is a college student and educated, but does that mean educated people can't make mistakes?"

"The farm driver is the one in the car. You saw how Cunyi was talking to him just now."

"Is this the level of conversation among college students?"

Second Aunt was speechless for a moment.

"Hey, you surnamed Dong, what business is it of yours what level I'm at?!"

"I could have let it go if I hadn't come today, but since I'm here, I have to let them take these eggs back!"

Zhang Cunyi's face turned bright red.

Seeing that the other party was resorting to shameless tactics, Dong Jianguo sighed and remained silent.

It's not enough to embarrass yourself behind closed doors; now you're making a fool of yourself by going around in circles.

Difficult to assess.

Seeing that he remained silent, Zhang Cunyi smiled smugly and stared at Dong Jianguo's face:

"Stop standing there! Quickly get someone to load the eggs onto the truck!"

"Let me think..."

"My aunt is right here, what are you dawdling about for!"

"I'm thinking about how to make you give up on doing business!"

"you……"

Zhang Cunyi glared, his eyes rolling back in his head again.

Dong Jianguo ignored him and spoke directly to his second aunt:

"Second Aunt, your nephew is really not suited for business. In just a few days, Zhang Cunyi will have offended all the connections my second uncle has!"

"I've been in business for a while now, and I've never seen anyone offend their supplier so badly on their very first day that they're practically yelling and cursing!"

"Secretary Guo from the farm said he would call Second Uncle personally later. So, you should go back first..."

Dong Jianguo spoke sincerely, and the second aunt couldn't help but recall her husband's evaluation of her nephew.

For a moment, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful, thinking that I shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess for my nephew.

Seeing that his aunt remained silent, Zhang Cunyi glared and pointed:

"Auntie, please say something for me! I'm begging you to come and help me, are you just going to stand here and pretend to be dead?"

Dong Jianguo couldn't stand it any longer, so he grabbed Zhang Cunyi's finger and twisted it backward:

"Get to the point, don't argue with your elders. Didn't you learn to respect your elders in college?"

The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and Zhang Cunyi was in so much pain that he grimaced and gasped for breath.

"Dong Jianguo, what do you want to do?"

He was both surprised and panicked, his voice trembling.

Dong Jianguo sneered, "If it weren't for our kinship, I'd fucking want to fuck you!"

Mr. Wang, the driver who was watching the commotion from his car, couldn't help but shout:

"College student, with your ungrateful attitude, anyone who helps you is doomed!"

"I'm making this clear today: Secretary Guo made it very clear to me on the phone that I should deliver the eggs to Boss Dong. He also said that all the eggs from our farms are rotten and spoiled, so we won't sell them to you anymore!"

"He~tui!"

As he spoke, he spat a mouthful of phlegm in front of Zhang Cunyi.

"He~tui!"

Erzhuzi followed second.

This seemed to flip a switch, and the surrounding workers followed suit, coughing up phlegm incessantly...