Dream of a Happy Family

Joseph Zea

Tyr and Winifred looked confused. Does the older generation always measure the status of their car based on its size?

Helen also looked unhappy. "Tyr, I've asked you to buy a big car, and you get this instead?"

Plums spread the shells of melon seeds above the ground before realizing how similar the Benz logo was to their Mitsubishi. He raised his voice and began to mock again, "Helen, your son-in-law is very practical. Look how similar our car logo is. Both are trident. But look at mine, they are all thick as bamboo leaves while yours are only as big as needles."

As Tyr and Winifred stood to the side, they felt the blood within their veins freeze.

Helen, on the contrary, stomped her feet in anger. "Basst the trash, why can't you do something this simple right? It's so embarrassing!"

Helen left angrily while Winifred and Tyr quickly chased after her with shocked facial expressions.

Inside the house, Helen breathed out all her emotions. Winifred attempted to explain to him but was soon stopped by Tyr. After a while, Helen's anger seemed to subside, and she approached Tyr. "Hmm, Tyr. About what I said before, don't put it in my heart."

Tyr surprised. He never thought that his mother-in-law would apologize to him of her own volition. "Mom, what do you mean by this?" Tyr asked carefully.

"Suddenly I remembered that Watson's car cost ninety thousand, and I gave you only sixty thousand. Right, the money I gave you should only be able to afford such a big car. You've got what you're supposed to. It costs twenty dollars for a pound of meat. If I give you a hundred dollars, you won't be able to give you ten pounds by any means."

Tyr was speechless.

At that time, in the parking lot below, Plum still ate melon seeds in front of his favorite car. As he ate, he could not hold back his laughter any longer. It seems like he is very satisfied.

"Mom, what are you laughing at?" By then, her daughter, Lily, had returned from the market.

Plum quickly pulled up her daughter and said with a smile, "Lily, I'll tell you about it, I almost died from laughing. Helen wanted to try to compare her car to ours after seeing my daughter-in-law buy you that big car. And see, in the end, his useless son-in-law gave him a donkey instead. You don't know how red Helen's face was. His face was as red as a monkey's ass!"

Lily laughed too. "Mom, I also heard that his son-in-law was a beggar. Where's the donkey?"

"That's it!" Plum points to the Benz E-class and spins it to exaggerate. "Can you see that? Here goes! It weighs just a little over a thousand pounds, and not even half of ours. And look at this logo, they purposely came across a logo that was similar to ours, but instead embarrassed themselves. How funny! Lily, look at this car that her son-in-law got. Doesn't that look like a donkey?"

However, Lily was only stunned and fixated on the spot. It seemed like his figure had turned to stone.

"My dear, what's wrong? Do you think that's funny?"

At that moment, some people who were around started to look at them strangely.

Lily's face turned red, and she said in her voice while half whispering, "Mom, shut up."

"Why should I be silent? I want to tell the whole neighborhood that Helen's daughter-in-law has gotten a donkey for her daughter, haha!"

"Benz?" plum said with disdain. "Is it better than our Mitsubishi?"

"Mom, stop talking."

"Why should I stop?" Plum was still angry and roared at the officer. "A smelly old man like you who only served as a janitor, you know what this is about? What are you talking about? Keep your broom away from our car. If you scratch the paint a little, you won't even be able to compensate if we sell you."

"Stupid ass!" The janitor looked at Plum with feelings and said to her, "The price of this car is about seven or eight hundred thousand. While your car only costs ninety thousand."

Plum looks confused.

After driving a car, the journey taken by Winfred to travel feels more comfortable. At the same time, the fact that the Benz car he owns has given rise to a lot of gossip within the company. Many people say that Winifred just got a big project but already spent a lot of money by buying a new Benz. But the true blue color will never be tarnished, so Winifred chose to ignore the rumors.

All this time, Iris had not tried to interfere with Winifred. Even when Winifred gets a Benz though, Iris doesn't come looking for trouble. This is so weird.

Today, Winifred had just arrived at the office when an older man in his sixties appeared in his office.

"Fourth Grandfather, why are you here?"

The man's name was Joseph Zea. Winifred called him "Fourth Grandpa', the man was not the biological brother of Jorge Zea. Instead, he only had distant relatives. Joseph Zea also dealt with apparel manufacturing, and since he was in the same business as the Winifred family, the two families were interconnected.

Joseph was a man who loved to train himself. Hence, his physique still looked extremely sharp and energetic, even at his present age had stepped into his sixties. However, at this moment his physique seemed to have aged. Not only was his hair bleached, even his physique looked haggard.

Winifred poured Joseph a glass of water. "Fourth Grandfather, what brings you here?"

Joseph took a sip of water before stammering to open his mouth and said, "Winifred, Fourth Grandfather is actually here to ask for your help."

Winifred. "Fourth Grandfather, has something bad happened?"

***

"Yes." Yeah." Joseph nodded, his face looking very grim. "Drake Tucker and boss Zachery Smith have come up with the city center to turn it into a luxury goods trading hub. This has provided a great opportunity for large local companies, but for SME entrepreneurs like us this is a tragedy. Oh, Winifred, the entire clothing business in Khanh City, has now been monopolized by the city center, and the Fourth Grandpa company does not have enough capital to compete with large companies like the Smith Group. Our factory has almost no more orders. If this continues, I don't think we can hold on for another month."

Winifred surprised. He had never expected that the development of the city center would deal a huge blow to Joseph's factory. "So, Fourth Grandfather, you mean..."

Joseph placed the glass in his hand with a clear expression on his face. "Winifred, Fourth Grandfather has nowhere else to complain.You have to help me!"