Zhang Hao felt the same. Last night, he had been thinking about how Zhang Liunian would get the factory up and running, and then the whole village would live a good life with him.
He hadn't expected that before they could enjoy this good life, someone would want Zhang Liunian to stop.
How could that be? Zhang Liunian was the hope for their whole village to live a good life, and they absolutely could not let Yu Xiaohua and her husband ruin it.
"Auntie, you should worry more about Liuxing. Don't bother about Liunian's affairs. If he wants to be a self-employed individual, let him be. You can just ignore him as you always have."
Zhang Hao's tone was still polite. If it were another couple, he wouldn't have said that; he would have cursed them directly.
Even so, Yu Xiaohua and her husband were full of disbelief at their words.
Because ever since Zhang Liuxing got into university, everyone in the production team had treated them with politeness and envy.
When had anyone dared to speak to them like this?
So, when they heard the village head and the party secretary speak, they found it hard to accept?
It was like the rich finding it hard to accept poverty.
"Gou Dan, you actually accuse me of ignoring the third child?" Yu Xiaohua looked at Zhang Hao in shock and instinctively called out Zhang Hao's childhood nickname.
Hearing the nickname he hadn't heard in a long time, a flicker of awkwardness crossed Zhang Hao's face.
"I just want to say that Liunian is a good child. You don't need to worry about him now; it's his freedom to do what he wants.
And you cannot be too overbearing. You want the formula in his hands, but you also don't want him to be a self-employed individual. Don't you think you're being too much?"
Zhang Hao didn't know why they wanted Zhang Liunian's formula, but from their tone, it was a desire to plunder and bully Zhang Liunian, which he could not accept.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Laoshi also chimed in, "One cannot be like this. Moreover, you are the parents of a golden phoenix, how can you be so unreasonable?"
With their repeated defense of Zhang Liunian, Zhang Wenxue and his wife finally realized something.
That was, they were siding with their younger son, choosing to speak for this useless younger son.
Recalling a few months ago, when the whole village mentioned their younger son, everyone would shake their heads and sigh, saying he was unpromising and depended on his wife, etc.
How could it be that today, the village head and the party secretary were both standing on the younger son's side?
Not only were they speaking for their younger son, but they were also using words to mock them, the parents of the golden phoenix, and had already forgotten their second son.
Why was this happening?
What had happened during this time that made the villagers so quickly choose their younger son?
"Gou Dan, Shi Tou, aren't you forgetting our Liuxing?
He is the hope of our entire village, and also the pride of our entire village. Now he needs that formula and has promised to give some compensation. Are you still going to stop him?" As soon as Yu Xiaohua said this, Zhang Wenxue eagerly pulled her, but it was no use. His wife had already said everything she shouldn't have.
The crowd present was in an uproar. So, it was their village's university student who wanted the formula.
"Auntie, let's not talk about the formula. I just want to ask you, is it that you don't want Liunian to be a self-employed individual, or is it Liuxing's idea?" After hearing Yu Xiaohua's words, Zhang Hao asked very seriously.
This question was important, relating to his view of Zhang Liuxing.
"Of course, it's us. You know that nowadays, people who become self-employed individuals are only doing it because their families are too poor to get by.
Liuxing is the hope of our village. He has finally established a foothold in Nancheng. If people know he has a brother who is a self-employed individual, what face will he have to mix in Nancheng?"
Self-employed individuals were considered an improper profession, looked down upon by others. Everyone knew this.
As early as when Zhang Liunian was doing self-employment, they knew that it would indeed be embarrassing for Zhang Liuxing.
If Zhang Liunian had not helped the villagers, had not found villagers to help him work and live a good life, perhaps they would also have stood on Zhang Liuxing's side and considered him, and would have agreed with Yu Xiaohua's words.
After all, Zhang Liuxing was the pride of the entire village.
But this pride had lasted for several years. Apart from superficial pride, in the end, it was not as practical as Zhang Liunian, who was a self-employed individual.
At least after making money, he immediately started helping the villagers live a good life.
This tangible benefit could not be faked.
Now, more than ten households in the village were working for Zhang Liunian, and all of them were living comfortably and were grateful for Zhang Liunian's help.
Now, if Yu Xiaohua wanted to cut off Zhang Liunian's self-employed career for the sake of Liuxing, it was equivalent to cutting off the livelihood of these people.
Therefore, they would never agree with Yu Xiaohua's words.
"Stop talking," the more you say, the more mistakes you make. Zhang Wenxue pulled his wife and reminded her in a low voice.
But Yu Xiaohua felt she had a lot to say and couldn't hold back, completely ignoring him. "Some things must be said."
Seeing that he couldn't stop her, Zhang Wenxue finally stopped talking.
"Auntie, since Liuxing cherishes his reputation so much, why didn't he help Liunian back then? He is his own brother. If he had lent a hand, Liunian wouldn't have had the idea of becoming a self-employed individual."
Zhang Hao knew about Zhang Liuxing. He also knew that his salary was good, more than fifty yuan a month.
Logically, in Zhang Liunian's situation, Zhang Liuxing, as the second brother, could have offered help and support.
But he didn't. He had worked for several years and never extended a hand, nor had he lent Zhang Liunian a cent.
Don't ask him how he knew, because when Jiang Qingqing went to borrow money, many people asked such questions.
Jiang Qingqing had always remained silent about this. Why silent? It was definitely because she had never borrowed a cent.
Yes, he admitted that it was not easy for a village to produce a university student.
But if this university student had no intention of helping everyone, then he was just three words, not as genuine as Zhang Liunian, the self-employed individual.
At least after making money, the first thing he did was to help those villagers who were struggling to make a living and gave them a job.
For this reason alone, he was a thousand times better than Zhang Liuxing.
Not to mention that he planned to set up a factory in the village and lead the whole village to prosperity.
Regardless of whether the matter succeeded or not, just these ideas made Zhang Hao admire him and want to give him a thumbs up.
"That... wasn't he not yet stable? And he didn't have money. Otherwise, he would definitely help the third child. It's not easy for him to be alone in Nancheng." Yu Xiaohua instinctively defended her second son.
But as soon as she said it, she felt it was pale and weak.
"Not stable? I heard they built a three-story house in Nancheng, didn't they?" Is this called not having money? Nancheng was their city. Building a house there would cost at least ten thousand yuan, wouldn't it?
Zhang Hao's words completely tore off Zhang Liuxing's fig leaf, and also made the whole village realize for the first time that their village's pride was so cold-blooded.