Chapter 187 Return to the 4th courtyard

After Zhang Xingwang left, the black-faced elder brother said to the two men lying on the wall:

"Come back, my brother is also a real man, as honest as I am.

I guess he will come again in a while, I have to keep the tiger skin for my brother, Xiao Liu, you can find a skilled craftsman to make a coat for him, I don’t believe he won’t buy it…”

He then tightened his pockets to keep his money and walked away holding the tiger skin.

Zhang Xingwang carried the sacks and walked around to a residential building. He found a secluded place and put the two sacks into the space.

Then he threw the carrying pole into the yard next to him and strolled back to the guesthouse wrapped in a quilt.

Looking at his aunt who was yawning in front of him, Zhang Xingwang explained for a long time. When his aunt was preparing to write a report, he reluctantly admitted that he had gone to the Pigeon Market for a stroll.

Only then did he return to his room safely. If he hadn't come with nothing, I guess this aunt would have gone to file a report long ago.

Zhang Xingwang slept soundly all day. He got up at noon, ate half a roast duck, and lay down again. In the afternoon, he packed up, checked out of the room, and set off.

After getting off the tricycle, Zhang Xingwang walked into the busy train station carrying the sack of quilts.

After entering the station, I saw the little girl looking around in front of the station entrance and the old lady not far away, and my heart suddenly warmed. At least they were still thinking of seeing me off, which felt good.

When he was about to smile, he noticed the little girl running towards him with sweet potatoes in her arms, and his face turned dark again.

Just when Zhang Xingwang was about to take out money as usual, the little girl stopped him with a red face.

Then he handed over the sweet potato in his hand and said softly:

"Brother, I'll give you some food for the journey."

Zhang Xingwang looked at the sweet potatoes in front of him, feeling both touched and crazy.

It looks like the little girl has been waiting here for a long time. The problem is that ever since Brother Tong started giving her sweet potatoes, Zhang Xingwang has completely lost interest in sweet potatoes.

Whether it is boiled or grilled, just looking at it makes him full. It has become the thing he least wants to eat.

But looking at the little girl's serious eyes, he could only take it first. After thinking about it, he took out the remaining half of the roast duck from "behind him", and then took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to her.

Then he nodded towards the platform, indicating that he was leaving.

The little girl didn't take the things, but suddenly came over and hugged Zhang Xingwang, and soon her clothes were wet with tears. She buried her head and choked up and said:

"I don't want money...Brother, when will you come back?"

"…Uh…Maybe a long, long time later…"

"Brother, where is your home? Is it far away?"

.........

After the mother and daughter watched Zhang Xingwang get on the train and go away, the old lady said to the little girl with red and swollen eyes:

"Juanzi, your brother is a good man, but he is not the same as us..."

I returned to Yanjing smoothly, not long after getting off work in the afternoon.

Zhang Xingwang walked into the courtyard carrying a sack. Yan Bugui looked at Zhang Xingwang and took two steps forward as usual. Then he turned his head away proudly and said in a sarcastic tone:

"Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished..."

Zhang Xingwang looked at the bicycle at the door and remembered that his bricks had been cleared away, so he replied:

"It's not that I don't want to report it, but the time has not come yet."

Then he went straight home. When passing by the central courtyard, he saw a few small groups of three or five people, greeted them casually, ignored the discussions behind him, and went straight home.

Looking at my mother Wang Xiulan struggling with the stove in the kitchen, I felt warm in my heart, but I didn't feel very happy looking at the sauerkraut in the pot.

Hearing the noise, her younger sister ran out of the room and clung to Zhang Xingwang. Only then did Wang Xiulan realize that her son had returned.

He put down the spatula and came over to ask about my well-being. Soon the whole pot of sauerkraut was burnt to a pulp.

Seeing Wang Xiulan, who was embarrassed and was about to get some sauerkraut, Zhang Xingwang hurriedly took out half a pound of pork from the sack and prepared to stir-fry the pork with sauerkraut.

As a result, I felt a little displeased with Wang Xiulan's cooking skills.

The two elder sisters and the fourth younger sister also returned home one after another. Zhang Xingwang helped to clean the pork while chatting with them about interesting stories of the Northeast.

When Zhang Xingwang came back to his senses, he was putting the dishes on the plate.

He turned around and looked at the eldest sister who was serving the rice in confusion. The eldest sister looked at him in confusion and said:

"You just dragged mom out of the kitchen, have you forgotten?"

After listening to the sisters' solemn assurances and in order to prove that there was nothing wrong with her brain and she was not forgetful at all, she reluctantly convinced them by saying that she wanted to show off her skills.

After finishing the meal, I took my bath ticket and went to take a nice bath. Looking at my erect body and the astonished looks of several gentlemen, I decided to take a walk here more often when I have nothing to do.

The next morning, after getting up, he saw Wang Xiulan and his second sister taking apart and washing quilts. It was a rare day for his second sister to take a leave. Wang Xiulan also told him that her in-laws would come to their house today to discuss getting the marriage certificate and they would probably be here soon.

Sure enough, in less than an hour, Liu Junming and his parents arrived at the house and asked them to sit down.

Liu Junming's father hesitated for a long time before speaking in a low voice:

"My dear relatives, we are here today mainly to discuss the wedding. The originally scheduled date has already passed, and we old couple have also made up our minds. Their marriage will mainly depend on the children.

We are an old couple from the countryside and don’t have much experience. We almost ruined our child’s marriage before. From now on, we will try not to get involved in their affairs if possible.

Xingwang was not there before. Now he is back..."

Looking at the old couple's timid look, they were probably completely brainwashed by Liu Junming. However, this time their attitudes were obviously much more normal and they expressed their opinions. The rest depended on what the second sister thought.

"Drink some water first. I just came back and was chatting with my second sister."

Zhang Xingwang thought about it and called his second sister out to the new house in the front yard. When Zhang Xingwang was about to speak, his second sister spoke first:

"Brother, I have discussed with Liu Junming that 80% of my salary will be handed over to you. If you need it later, the workstation will be transferred to you. If you don't want it, leave it to Ruonan."

Zhang Xingwang listened to his second sister's words. It seemed that his second sister had already decided on Liu Junming, and the two of them had already discussed their future affairs.

The words I wanted to persuade my second sister to reconsider disappeared, and I replied to her:

"Sister, just think it over carefully. Our family is not one that despises the poor and loves the rich. Besides, if I don't agree to introduce you to someone else, then I will be no different from Liu Junming's parents.

Think of your job as a dowry from your family. I've already told you about the salary, just take it yourself."

Half an hour later, Liu Junming's family got a satisfactory answer and left. The second sister's wedding date was set for a day off next week, and the two of them would prepare to get a letter of introduction and get the marriage certificate tomorrow.