Chapter 142: Aunt's Family Visits

Thinking that the Pigeon Market had a wide network of contacts, Zhang Xingwang tentatively asked the manager if he could issue a letter of introduction. He wanted to travel to the Northeast. However, the manager looked at him helplessly and replied after a while:

"I've heard of people running to the Forbidden City, but I've never heard of people running away after coming here. I do have the skill to carve seals, so tell me if you dare to use it."

Zhang Xingwang thought it made sense, so he had to ask Director Wang or Uncle Yougen for help. He said goodbye to the manager and walked home.

I plan to go to the black market tomorrow to exchange for some fine grains or something, and also exchange for some national food coupons as a reserve. Anyway, I have money in my pocket and I can't let myself suffer a loss.

It was not until the next day that Zhang Xingwang, who had had a good sleep, slowly got up. Today was a day off, and everyone was at home.

The courtyard was quite lively, except that the deaf old lady was said to have gone out early in the morning. She was probably going to cause trouble for either the matchmaker or Liu Lan.

When we arrived at the middle courtyard, we watched the aunties picking vegetables and chatting, and a few little kids playing quietly nearby. It seemed like a peaceful and leisurely scene. Even Qin Huairu had a rare moment of leisure, playing with the stick with her big belly.

Zhang Xingwang looked around but didn't see Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu, and he didn't avoid Auntie and Jia Zhang, so he asked. Unexpectedly, it was Jia Zhang who responded to his question enthusiastically, roughly saying:

After her motherly education and Lao Jia's enthusiastic guidance last night, his good son decided to change his ways and work hard. He dragged his master to the factory to work overtime, but everyone worked overtime voluntarily and there was no overtime pay.

Yi Zhonghai is the person who has changed the most recently. After get off work, he basically stays at home except for eating and going to the toilet, and his face is always gloomy.

Whether at home or at the factory, she spoke less and less, and seemed a little depressed. She kept muttering nervously "one day..." all day long. She could only chat with her son Dongxu and ignored anyone else.

When Zhang Xingwang heard this, he thought that Yi Zhonghai's symptoms were either due to depression after suffering too many blows, or he was suffering from premature Alzheimer's due to overusing his brain.

We have to wait for him to come back and observe carefully to see if the depression is really being cured.

The quiet old Yi is definitely much easier to get along with than the aggressive old man before. If they talk less, there will be fewer quarrels, and everyone can be happy neighbors, right?

However, the aunt has become a completely different person recently. She is completely opposite to Yi Zhonghai. She is full of energy as if she has seen the sunset. She smiles at everyone she sees all day long. She no longer avoids talking about her children. She worries about her two children's meals and schooling every day. It seems that all the maternal love that she had hidden for all these years has burst out.

The two children were also sensible and helped pick vegetables and clean up. The little girl Yi Tian was even more exaggerated. Her name was not wrong either. She stuck to the aunt all day long as if she was covered with honey. She would call her mother after a while and the aunt would smile happily at each call. As for Yi Zhonghai, he was just a tool to her now. She was afraid that he had been completely put on the blacklist for establishing diplomatic relations.

After listening to it, Zhang Xingwang felt that there was nothing more to talk about, so he took the little girl to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought cloth and oil, and bought some snacks for the little girl with the surplus. The little girl had a toothache from eating too much sweets some time ago, and Wang Xiulan had strictly forbade her to eat sweets.

When I came back, I found that my eldest aunt and her family had come home. My cousin Luo Dayong was busy at the chicken coop at the door, my eldest sister was helping him, and my fourth sister was chattering with my cousin who was working hard.

I said hello to my cousin and went in to see that my cousin's wife was fine. I don't know what Wang Xiulan and my aunt were talking about, but they were both crying and hugging each other.

My second sister was also quietly mending clothes on the sewing machine. If it weren't for her obviously absent-minded look with her ears perked up, she would have looked like a background board.

When my cousin's wife saw Zhang Xingwang coming, she quickly reminded my aunt to calm down. My aunt then wiped her tears and started chatting with Zhang Xingwang. She pointed to a pile of objects on the floor of the living room and said with a little embarrassment on her face:

"This is a toy your brother made for Xiaoya using scraps when he was secretly learning a craft at the furniture factory. We don't have anything good to show off at home, so I brought it here for Xiaoya to play with."

As she spoke, the aunt carefully opened the cloth bag with her calloused hands, took out several packages of things, and then said to Zhang Xingwang:

"Aunt, I don't have anything good. This is the herbs I collected in the mountains some time ago. After your sister-in-law and I prepared them, I prepared it according to the nourishing recipe your uncle left. Although there are no good herbs, the recipe your uncle left is quite effective. You are weak, so if you feel uncomfortable, take this to replenish your body."

Zhang Xingwang looked at the toys such as the wooden horse and windmill on the ground, and his mind was as clear as a mirror. At first glance, they were made of a whole piece of good wood, and did not look like defective products that were pieced together. Moreover, there was not even a burr on the polished surface, which obviously took a lot of thought.

I guess only the varnish and tools used have something to do with the furniture factory. If you say that this was made from the beams of the collapsed room in your house, I could still believe it.

My cousin has only been working for a few days, and he's talking about secretly learning a skill. This is obviously taking advantage of my stupidity.

As for this Chinese medicine, Zhang Xingwang was both moved and distressed. It was you who said that it was unsafe in the mountains, and it was you who went up the mountain to collect herbs for me. Is it really okay for you to say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs?

Alas... I had to be resolute and give up, lest my aunt sneak up the mountain in the future and something happens. I was just thinking about how to answer to protect my aunt's feelings, but my mother Wang Xiulan stabbed me in the back.

I only heard Wang Xiulan say happily:

"Oh, thank you, big sister. Xingwang recently got some Chinese medicine from somewhere and has been drinking it every few days. He thought I didn't notice.

But I don't think it has any effect. Anyway, I just feel a little more hungry after drinking it, which is like a laxative and a waste of food. I guess this stupid boy was deceived by someone, or he knows his own recipe well..."

Zhang Xingwang almost couldn't hold back what he heard. What mother wouldn't be happy to see her child eat more? Why is it different in your case?

He immediately struck a thoughtful pose and said loudly to the two of them:

"Aunt, don't listen to my mother's nonsense. I feel much stronger after taking this medicine."

After listening to this, the eldest aunt looked at Zhang Xingwang's body, then glanced at her cousin outside the door and her eldest sister who was carrying a large piece of wood in one hand.

He exchanged a glance with his cousin's wife, curled his lips unnaturally, then forced a smile and nodded, which should be considered as approval.

Zhang Xingwang continued:

"Look, I've only been cured for a few days. I'll be completely cured in a while. Also, I'll accept the medicine this time. I'll be completely cured in a few days. Don't go up the mountain to collect herbs anymore.

If something happens again in the winter, don't go up the mountain again. My cousin has a job now, and you've finally got what you want. Don't bother yourself with it. It would be great if my cousin could give me a nephew soon."