Chapter 96: More trouble

While eating dinner, Zhang Xingwang said that he would go back to the village tomorrow because his cousin was getting married the day after tomorrow and he had to go over to help out.

My family is renovating the house now, and it's almost finished so we need someone to stay and watch. Let them stay at home to watch the house renovation and clean up the house, so don't go over there.

But the mother Wang Xiulan said:

"Xingwang, remember to bring the flour and rice you exchanged last time to your grandfather. The old man has bad teeth, so he needs to eat something good."

Zhang Xingwang nodded. He had originally planned to save a portion for the old man the next day after buying it, and eat the rest at home. However, he was met with strong opposition from several women in the family. He thought he was going to be overthrown.

Later, after being baptized by his rhetoric, she agreed to eat two meals of rice at home and give the rest to the old man.

There is no way, there is too little food, and there are many people in the family, each with a bigger appetite than the other. If I eat as much as I want, I'm afraid they won't last even five days.

The next morning, after receiving the relief from Brother Tong, Zhang Xingwang was ready to leave. But when he arrived at the middle courtyard, he saw Yi Zhonghai sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun and playing with two children with an old lady.

The aunts from the propaganda team were also picking vegetables, chatting, and mending clothes, looking like they were living a peaceful life. Zhang Xingwang saw that this was not going to work, and there must be something wrong. He quickly went back, put down his bicycle, picked up a brick, and hurried over again.

When he arrived in front of the propaganda team, he said hello to the aunts and sat down next to them. Then he gave Uncle Yi an awkward but polite smile and started chatting with the aunts. After chatting for a while, he roughly understood the whole story.

This morning, Yi Zhonghai went out for the first time ever, and asked about the two children's well-being. He also prepared to make new clothes for them and give them money to buy candy.

Zhang Xingwang thought Yi Zhonghai had compromised, but he thought it was impossible. It had only been two days, so it should be a stopgap measure. This old guy was mean, and it was probably not as simple as it looked.

In fact, Yi Zhonghai had no other choice. He had been lying in bed for three days. The aunt didn't care about him much and only brought him two meals. He only saw Jia Zhangshi when she asked for money. The deaf old lady hadn't come for several days. There was no one to talk to. He was bored.

Suddenly he realized that no one seemed to care about him, and thought that if this continued, he would have no place in the yard.

He had no time to think about anything else. He just wanted to pretend to be nice to the aunt and then find a way to send the two children away.

After a while, the gossips about him in the yard should disappear. Otherwise, if things continue like this, he will not be able to regroup and live out his retirement. I am afraid he will be socially dead. When his aunt dies, he won't even have a hot meal.

But how could the aunt think of him at this moment? Her heart was melted by the two children calling her "Mom". Apart from cooking every day, she just looked after the two children, touching the older brother and teasing the younger sister. She was so happy that she thought her previous life had been in vain.

The more she looked at the two children, the more she liked them. They were also sensible and helped her pick vegetables and clean the house. In addition, all her family members had passed away, and she finally met such a kind and enthusiastic aunt.

The younger sister treated the aunt as her own mother and was very close to her. She followed the aunt wherever she went. Even at night, the three of them slept together. The aunt felt more and more that Zhang Xingwang was right, and it was good to have children.

As for Lao Yi, she would only remember him when delivering meals. She had forgotten about him at other times. Even when delivering meals, she avoided answering Yi Zhonghai's question. When Yi Zhonghai asked her to sober up and send the child away, she would feel that he had really done something wrong this time and she had no time to argue with him.

He put down the bowl and went to coax the child. Thinking that everyone in the yard said that Old Yi would figure it out in a few days, he did not argue with Yi Zhonghai.

Sure enough, within three days, Yi Zhonghai's attitude had taken a 180-degree turn. He was more convinced of Zhang Xingwang.

After Zhang Xingwang figured it out, he thought it was not that easy. No matter what Yi Zhonghai planned, he just had to continue to make things difficult for him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xingwang stared at the cloth shoes on his feet, his eyes rolled, and he had to rely on his temporary ally to help. Jia Zhang was familiar with this job and was a professional.

Moreover, it is much easier to dismantle the nursing home from within than from without. However, in this case, I can only temporarily let the aunt suffer.

After thinking of the idea, he gave the aunts a look that said "big event", attracted their attention, and whispered:

"I think the old man is ready to accept these two children this time. I guess the old man has finally thought it through. It looks like he is ready to take care of these two children for his old age.

Everyone knew that the master had Jia Dongxu as his apprentice to protect him in his old age, but this time Jia Dongxu should step aside. "

The aunts thought about it and nodded in agreement. Zhang Xingwang continued:

"The Jia family should be in decline now. The eldest master will definitely not treat them as well as before. If they rely on Jia Dongxu to support the family alone, the Jia family will probably have a hard time in the future."

Finally, I walked away with the aunties' eyes telling the truth, and before leaving, I added a sentence, "Don't tell anyone else." Then I pushed my bicycle and set off.

Sure enough, within two hours, the Jia family held an emergency meeting to discuss the solution for Yi Zhonghai to give up the Jia family's retirement. Jia Zhang said with a gloomy face:

"It's not that easy for Yi Zhonghai to kick us out. He can forget about it. When Old Jia was here, he promised to take care of our Jia family. Besides, Dongxu is his apprentice after all. His leg was injured for him."

Jia Dongxu was also sweating with anxiety at this moment. Originally, his injury was not serious and he could barely walk around. But he could only lie in bed and eat meat every day. Only a fool would say that he was healed.

He had gained weight in the past few days of recuperation, and his son Banggeng also had a greasy face. Thinking that he, a second-level worker, would have to support such a family without Yi Zhonghai's support, Jia Dongxu was immediately unhappy.

He had originally planned to take advantage of Yi Zhonghai to live off his parents. Yi Zhonghai was from a wealthy family, earned a lot of money and lived frugally, so all these would be his in the future.

Now that her own private plot of land had been destroyed by the two children who had suddenly appeared, she could not accept this. So she asked the worried-looking Jia Zhang if she had any good ideas.

At this moment, Jia Zhang also relaxed her brows and smiled confidently, then went out with the cooked broth. As for the meat, of course she had to keep it for herself.

It was noon and everyone had gone back to cook. There were not many people in the yard. While delivering the broth to Yi Zhonghai, she gave him a subtle look, indicating that she would talk to him alone later. As a result, an old lady who happened to turn around saw it. The old lady glanced at the two children who were eating and refrained from asking any questions.