Cave Refuge

The reasons for living here are somewhat complex. The first one is the foresight of Dong Tianyu and his father, Mr. Thompson, and the second is that they have more contacts in the West District than in the East.

Other than relatives in the East District, there are very few friends of Hai's father. Due to the fact that his previous company was in the West District, many of his colleagues bought houses there.

So even now in this subway station shelter, Hai's father has many acquaintances. If they were to move to the community shelter near his home, they would know even more people there.

However, compared to the Thompson family's early occupation of a good area in the shelter, they didn't know where they would be placed if they chose to reside at the community shelter.

So Hai's father thought about it a lot and ultimately decided not to use the subway network to travel to the East District to reunite with his family.

The situation with Haiyang is actually quite similar to Hai's father. Most of his social circle is also in the West District. However, though he tried to convince his friends to move to the subway station shelter with him.

However, his friends also have their families. Compared to the rushed renovation of the subway station shelter, their families preferred to move to the better-equipped community shelter. So although there were a few acquaintances in the subway station shelter, the relationships were not very close.

Haiyang's in-laws' situation is not much different from Hai's father. They also have several siblings. However, like Hai's mother, all the siblings lived together, so when they entered the shelter, they all went to the same one.

Because Hai's father could not intercede, his well-intended warnings were not taken seriously. As a result, Haiyang's in-laws all moved to the better-equipped community shelter.

Although both families are still in Pengcheng, they have lost contact due to the weather condition outside, and they have no idea about the situation with Haiyang's in-laws.

However, when his aunt left with his uncle, Haiyang's wife encouraged Haiyang to go see his parents-in-law.

Haiyang, who had a weapon, had already been swayed. Yet when he consulted Hai's father, his father didn't refuse outright. Instead, he told Hayiang something that left the decision up to him.

"You've already established a family and a career, and you're the head of your household. So as long as you've thought through your decision, that's all I ask. I won't make any decisions for you.

I've always advised you to think hard before you do anything. Have you really considered going to your parents-in-law?

Don't let your aunt and uncle's departure make a rash decision. You see your uncle is old, but he has been taken care of well due to having a child late in life.

After entering Pengcheng Heavy Industries, although he and I weren't in the same factory, you know about my position. Looking after a relative was not a problem.

Otherwise, do you think your uncle, that has no education, no skills, and doesn't understand foreign languages, would still get the chance to go abroad on business trips?

And your aunt, who didn't know anything and didn't have an operation certificate, could still be assigned to work in the warehouse, driving a forklift, an easy job.

Your uncle is your mother's biological brother, how could I not help him?

He didn't even think about it. If it hadn't been for your mother, why would an apprentice maintenance worker like him get to go abroad with the master for after-sales.

So many years had passed, and even until I retired, he hadn't figured it out. He still thought that I, as his brother-in-law and leader, had not taken good care of him and hadn't given him a position.

He didn't even think about it, which one of those who went abroad with him didn't get promoted after they returned? He thought that no one knew what he was doing when he was abroad.

If you say that he is petty, your uncle indeed didn't lay his hands on the spare parts and didn't harm the interests of the factory.

But if you say he's not petty, he went abroad and didn't build good relationships with the local leaders. He even worked as a chef in the local factories for tips.

Didn't he think about it, what kind of jobs are they supposed to do when they are sent abroad by the factory? Everyone else either worked earnestly or tried to sell more spare parts.

He, on the other hand, cooked meals for others as a chef. How do you think he would be promoted if he behaves this way?

If it wasn't for my face, the factory would have turned a blind eye. Do you think he would have been sent on the next mission if he had done something like this? The factory isn't short of after-sales staff.

Your uncle is just a loafer. Otherwise, even without me, he would have been a leader with his overseas experiences.

But at the beginning, I arranged for him to go abroad. With the arrival of the new century, the meaning of going abroad has changed, so fewer people want to go.

Your uncle probably got used to the life abroad, so he even voluntarily applied to stay. Seeing his lack of ambition, I didn't bother with him anymore.

But he didn't understand the ways of the world. Look at those who were sent abroad at the same time as him, they're all at least middle-level figures at Pengcheng Heavy Industries now.

If he were a bit smarter, let alone the connections here, as long as he played well with his colleagues who went abroad with him, any one of them could have given him a push.

High positions aside, being a leader in a local repair point would have been easy. At that time, I could have brought him back to Pengcheng, and he could have received a promotion, becoming a middle-level cadre in the factory."

Haiyang was surprised to hear his father talk about his uncle this way, but he understood that his father didn't want him to leave like his uncle did.

Seeing that his son still looked confused, Hai's father thought for a moment. Since this was his own son, there was no need to be mysterious. It was better to explain everything to him directly:

"Your uncle went with your aunt to take care of their parents-in-law. First of all, it's commendable that they have this filial piety, but your uncle doesn't think about it. I'm not returning to Dongcheng because I have older brothers and sisters there.

The Clarke family only has your uncle as their only child. If this were our generation, your three aunts would all be outsiders. Now there's only one of their kin left in the Clarke family, and he can just leave here.

Not only that, but he didn't think about it. He was being taken care of as a younger brother here, he didn't need to worry about anything with a few sisters here.

But at his parents-in-law's place, he is just a son-in-law who followed his wife there. He couldn't possibly receive preferential treatment there.

Your uncle and aunt have never lived through hard times, and if they go there now without thinking it through, if they were to stay for just a day or two that would be fine, but if they were to live there for a long time, they would definitely receive cold attitudes from others.

It's not an issue for your aunt, after all, she is the biological daughter of the old couple. But it's different for your uncle, if he goes there now and cannot return, he would truly become a live-in son-in-law.

In the good old days, live-in sons-in-law living with their parents-in-law were disliked by others, wouldn't it be even worse for them to go there now?

Your aunt has a simple mind. Here she has your uncle, no one would make things difficult for her. Over there, your grandparents have your mother and your third aunt taking care of them, they don't need her to worry.

But if she goes to her parents' place, do you believe that her sisters-in-law would definitely let go, and let your uncle and aunt both take care of the old people?

With the health of those old folks, taking good care of them would be expected. But if anything happened, the two of them would definitely be reprimanded by others."