Parental Love: Jiang Weimin's Life of Lying Down

"Second brother, why are you sighing so much today? Aren't you going to be a paratrooper in a few days? Why are you so unhappy?" Jiang Weimin was drawing in the yard and saw Jiang Weidong sighing.

"None of your business, just paint your picture!" Jiang Weidong said impatiently.

"Do you want me to guess?" Jiang Weimin put down his paintbrush and walked to Jiang Weidong.

"Go away. Can't you see I'm in a bad mood? I'm not in the mood to guess with you." Jiang Weidong glared at Jiang Weimin.

"Is it because your dad doesn't want to take you to target practice?" Jiang Weimin looked at Jiang Weidong with a wicked smile.

Jiang Weidong jumped up when he heard this and asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

"I'm an know-it-all on Songshan Island!" Jiang Weimin said proudly.

"Then why do you think Dad took my brother to target practice but not me? Isn't that favoritism?" Jiang Weidong said dissatisfiedly.

"I do know this. There are two reasons. First, my eldest brother went to a war zone where fighting could happen at any time. One more skill means one more hope of survival. That's why my father took my eldest brother to shoot in violation of the rules."

"Hmph" Jiang Weidong snorted unconvinced.

"Also, dad took big brother shooting and got punished by Wang Haiyang's father. Dad was also asked to criticize himself at the Standing Committee. This was told to me by Wang Haiyang. You are not going to a war zone, so dad will definitely not take you shooting this time." This was actually what Jiang Weimin saw on TV, and it was an excuse made by Wang Haiyang.

"Humph!"

"Brother, don't just hum! Tell me what you think!"

Jiang Weidong's tone became gentle: "If you don't want to fight, then don't fight."

Seeing that Jiang Weidong's attitude had softened, Jiang Weimin continued to ask, "Second brother, do you have any other ideas? If so, please tell me quickly. Maybe I can help you!"

Jiang Weidong scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I want to take a family photo. I went to take it when my eldest brother left. I wonder if you can convince my parents to take us with you."

"Just such a small thing?"

Jiang Weidong sighed helplessly: "This is not a trivial matter. I talked to my mother about it yesterday, and she didn't want to go."

Jiang Weimin smiled confidently: "That's because you found the wrong person! Second brother, do you have any other ideas? For example, if there is a girl you like and you want her photo, I can help you with these things."

Jiang Weidong glared at Jiang Weimin and said, "Go away! Why are you thinking in such a wrong way?"

Jiang Weimin nodded: "Okay, since there is no one left, then let me do it!" Then Jiang Weimin shouted at the top of his voice: "Jiang Yafei, Jiang Yafei!"

Jiang Yafei came over impatiently and complained, "Jiang Weimin, are you crazy? Why are you calling me so loudly?"

Jiang Weimin smiled and explained, "It's good news! My second brother is going to join the army, so I thought the three of us should prepare a gift for him."

"What gift? How about I pay and you take care of taking my second brother to take a family photo?"

“It’s great to have money!”

"It's great to have money. I can let you and Yaning take more photos then."

"It's really amazing. Wait for me to tell my parents." Jiang Yafei's face was full of excitement.

"Will this work?" Jiang Weidong looked unconvinced.

"If you can't go, Jiang Yafei will definitely be able to go!"

Jiang Yafei walked into the house happily, looked at An Jie and shouted, "Mom, my second brother is going to the army, Jiang Weimin asked us to take a family photo."

Hearing this, Anjie looked up at Jiang Yafei without saying anything and continued to knit a sweater with her head down.

"We just took the family photo, why do we need him to treat us? It makes him look rich."

"Mom, you can't be partial! When my eldest brother is here, everything is fine, but when it comes to my second brother, nothing is allowed. When we go to the army, will they not even prepare a bedroll for us?"

"Besides, Jiang Weimin has money because he earned it through painting. What's wrong with him asking us to take a family photo as a gift for his second brother?"

After saying this, Jiang Yafei stood there angrily, looking at An Jie firmly. There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her words, but more of a pursuit of family fairness.

"Your father has to ask for leave, which is too much trouble. It would be great if Wei Min could draw a family portrait for Wei Dong."

"Mom, what my second brother wants is not this family photo. What he wants is the experience of taking a photo together as a family before he joined the army. It's memories! Happy memories!" Jiang Yafei's face was full of excitement.

After hearing this, Anjie fell into deep thought!

After a while, she said slowly, "Okay! Let's take a family photo this afternoon."

"That's great, Mom, you're so wise!" Jiang Yafei shouted excitedly, and then ran out impatiently.

"Jiang Weimin, Jiang Weimin, Mom agreed. We'll go this afternoon!" Jiang Yafei told Jiang Weimin excitedly.

"Second brother, you see! To do things, you have to master the methods and ways!" Jiang Weimin said proudly.

"Wei Min, you are really good!" Jiang Weidong showed a long-lost smile on his face.

In the afternoon, the family changed their clothes and came to the photo studio happily, laughing and chatting all the way.

This was also Jiang Weimin’s first time taking photos since coming to this world, and everything seemed new to him.

When they arrived at the photo studio, after the family took their family portrait, Jiang Defu left first because he had something to do.

Afterwards, Jiang Yafei took a photo with Jiang Yaning alone, and then a photo together.

Jiang Weimin and Jiang Weidong also took a photo alone.

When the bill finally came, Jiang Weimin still paid.

After receiving Jiang Weimin's royalties, An Jie directly gave him 20 yuan and asked Jiang Weimin to buy painting materials.

Two days later, Jiang Weidong stood on the boat with a smile on his face and a bright red flower on his chest. He kept waving goodbye to his family on the shore.

When An Jie was packing Jiang Weidong's luggage, he told Jiang Weidong about Jiang Defu's arrangement for Jiang Weiguo to do a report on shooting, and that the family photo was also taken. Now Jiang Weidong's grudge has disappeared.

Anjie looked reluctant and her eyes were full of tears. This was the second son she had sent away to join the army.