Chapter 23 of 100
Chapter 23
12 min read2,922 words
"Humph, scavenging for junk, you still have the nerve to say that? Don't you feel ashamed? If you don't feel embarrassed, I do for you. From tomorrow, I'll find a place for you to work honestly," Hao Fula threw the newspaper in his hand onto the coffee table in front of him and said coldly.
Hao Meng turned his head, looked at him, and asked with a smile, "Ashamed? Why should I be ashamed? I didn't steal or rob. Is scavenging for junk illegal? You feel embarrassed because you think this job is lowly. When others ask what your son does, if you say he scavenges for junk, it makes you lose face. In the end, aren't you just thinking about your own face?"
"You..."
"Father, you are you, and I am I. If you think my scavenging for junk makes you lose face, you can disown me. I don't think there's anything wrong with scavenging for junk. I don't think your civil servant status is much higher than mine. In the end, I earn my living with my hands, and you are just a public servant. I don't feel ashamed, and you aren't superior either!" Hao Meng interrupted Hao Fula before he could scold him.
Xiao Yuxue, seeing that Hao Meng and Hao Fula were arguing again, quickly stood up to stop them, "Father, Brother, look at the two of you, arguing again. Can't we sit down and have a meal together peacefully and chat? You are father and son, why do you have to act like enemies?"
Zhang Fang also came out of the kitchen, looked at Hao Meng with a bitter smile, and said, "Your father is just stubborn, ignore him!" She then turned to glare at Hao Fula, "Look at you, what did you say last night? Xiao Meng finally came home for a meal, couldn't you say less?"
Hao Fula's face was stern, he opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.
"Mom, ask Father to help you in the kitchen, I'll stay with Brother for a while," Xiao Yuxue winked at Zhang Fang. After Zhang Fang dragged Hao Fula away, she came over to Hao Meng and asked curiously in a low voice, "Brother, are you really scavenging for junk now?"
Hao Meng smiled and nodded, "Yes, you won't look down on your brother for not being capable, will you, just because I scavenge for junk?" His voice wasn't low, at least it could be heard in the kitchen.
Xiao Yuxue shook her head and said with a smile, "Of course not, no matter what, you are my brother. But, Brother, can you really make money scavenging for junk?"
Hao Meng's clothes didn't look like those of a rich person. His shorts cost 20 yuan, his T-shirt 20 yuan, and the leather sandals on his feet were a bit more expensive, 45 yuan!
"It's okay, I should be able to support myself!" Hao Meng said with a smile.
Xiao Yuxue's eyes twinkled, and she said in a low voice, "Just supporting yourself isn't enough. In the future, you'll have to support your girlfriend, and if your sister needs money, she'll rely on you. Why don't you find a job that pays more? When you make money, buy me a phone. The one I'm using is already outdated, and Mom won't buy me a new one, I'm so frustrated!"
Hao Meng could tell what she meant. What job pays more? Wasn't it just a way to make him change his job? Scavenging for junk isn't a glorious job. Think about it, if someone introduces a match for their child and asks what you do, and you say you scavenge for junk, would the matchmaker even dare to speak?
"What kind of phone do you want?" Hao Meng asked with a smile.
Xiao Yuxue tilted her head and thought, "At least an iPhone 6, or at least an iPhone 5S, it can't be worse than the Samsung my sister uses!"
Xiao Yuyun works and earns her own money, so she can save up for what she wants. But Xiao Yuxue can't, and with her about to enter her senior year, Zhang Fang wouldn't buy her a new phone. As Zhang Fang said, study hard for one year, and after getting into a good university, she can have whatever she wants.
Hao Meng lowered his head, reached into the paper bag in his hand, and took out an iPhone 6, handing it to her, "Here, don't play too much, okay?"
"iPhone 6? Brother, is this your phone?" Xiao Yuxue snatched the phone with surprise, played with it for a while, and then gave it back to Hao Meng, saying, "I don't want it, what will you use if I take it? You keep it!" But from her eyes, it was clear she liked the phone very much.
Hao Meng smiled and took out a gold iPhone 5S, shaking it, "I'll use this one, that one is for you!"
"Really for me?" Xiao Yuxue exclaimed in surprise. In her disbelief, she took out the other phones from the paper bag. Hao Meng said, "Really for you, the iPAQ MINI is also for you, the other iPhone 6 is for your sister, and the Samsung N4 is for Aunt Zhang!" As for the flip phone W2014, he didn't say who it was for, but it wasn't hard to guess.
"Brother, you really made it!"
Hao Meng smiled and shook his head, "What made it? They're all from scavenging for junk."
"From scavenging for junk? Brother, don't fool me, the phones are clearly new." Xiao Yuxue hugged the phone and got up from the sofa, running to the kitchen, shouting, "Mom, Dad, come and see, Brother bought a phone for each of you. Wow, Dad's is the best, this Samsung phone costs over ten thousand yuan, and Mom's isn't cheap either, about five thousand yuan. I and my sister each got an iPhone 6!"
Hao Fula's face was dark as he came out of the kitchen with the phone, looking at Hao Meng and frowning, "Where did you get the money to buy such expensive phones?"
"You mind..." Hao Meng opened his mouth to retort, but then held back, and said calmly, "The phones are second-hand, not worth much. If you like them, use them; if not, give them away. If you really don't like them, just throw them out the window."
Zhang Fang came out of the kitchen, pulled Hao Fula from behind, and gave him a meaningful look. They seemed to be enemies from a past life, always arguing, and one might think Hao Fula was a stepfather!
"The path of life is chosen by oneself. One wrong step, and everything goes wrong. When you regret it, you can't blame others," Hao Fula said, then turned and went back to the kitchen.
Hao Meng smiled and said nothing. He knew Hao Fula was just too proud to show it, but he was also worried that Hao Meng would go astray. After all, they were father and son, blood is thicker than water, how could there be no feelings?
"Brother, where do you get all this 'junk'? Why don't I skip school and go scavenging with you?" Xiao Yuxue came over and asked with a smile in a low voice.
Hao Meng nodded, "Sure, if you're not afraid of Aunt Zhang beating you, you can come."
"Stop it, you're just scaring me!" Xiao Yuxue glared at him.
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