It was better not to bring up Eldest Shen, Shen Weiguo. The mere mention of his big brother made Shen Weimin feel unnerved. In the Shen Family, the saying "an eldest son is like a father" was no joke; his big brother acted more like the family patriarch than their own father did.
Ever since he could remember, his father had been away in the army, and his mother was always too busy at her work unit to manage the household. It was his big brother who ran the family. Even his older sister, Shen Hui, who was three years his brother's senior, had to follow his orders in all matters.
Shen Weimin might dare to slam the table and argue with his own father, but he would never dream of talking back to his big brother. It wasn't that he was afraid of his brother's strictness, but that the man was just so long-winded. Once he started lecturing, he would never stop.
