Chapter 90: Such a relative
Chapter 90: Such a relative
The next morning, my mother and Zhang Xiaoqiang got up early and rushed to their hometown.
At this time, my mother didn't know that Zhang Xiaoqiang had prepared more than 5,000 gold bracelets for my grandmother, and I didn't know that I had prepared 10,000 yuan for my uncle.
At first, Zhang Xiaoqiang planned to take a taxi, but his mother said that the taxi was too expensive, and it was better to buy some food if he had the money, so he had no choice but to get on the bus.
Holding the gold bracelet and 10,000 yuan in his pocket, Zhang Xiaoqiang hesitated to tell his mother about writing a novel, hesitated for a long time, and was about to speak, but he heard his mother sigh, with infinite sadness in his voice.
When I looked up, it turned out that not far away was my family's orchard.
When the orchard is harvested, it can bring a lot of income to this family of three every year, although it is not a lot of wealth, but it can ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing, and can save a lot of money in addition to normal expenses every year.
However, since the orchard was maliciously vandalized, the income brought by the orchard to the family has been gone, and the fruit farmers who have purchased the goods have lost a lot of money, because Zhang Zhifeng signed a contract with the fruit farmers.
Years of savings have bottomed out, and the family has become strapped from the original well-off life.
Since then, in order to maintain the family expenses, his father Zhang Zhifeng went away to work abroad, and his mother also became a sanitation worker, Zhang Xiaoqiang heard others say more than once that his family's dozens of acres of orchards were splashed with sulfuric acid overnight, which was done by the uncle and cousin, but Zhang Xiaoqiang has no evidence at all, and he can't believe it, although the uncle and his father don't get along very well, but after all, they are a family.
How could the uncle do such a thing to harm his own brother, besides, the uncle and cousin have no reason to do this.
"Mom, are you touching the scene?" Looking at his mother's sad appearance, Zhang Xiaoqiang was a little unbearable.
"Hey. The old mother sighed, pointed to the orchard outside the window, and the corners of her eyes were a little moist: "What a good orchard, it's a pity that it was destroyed by someone, what a sin!"
Seeing his mother like this, Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart hurt as if he had been pricked by a needle.
It was at this time that he had already decided that after celebrating his grandmother's birthday, he would take his mother to the city to buy a house.
In the future, he will no longer let his mother sweep the streets, and if he and his father want to return to their old business, they will re-contract a piece of land in their hometown and plant fruit trees.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoqiang's fists clenched, there must be money, there is a lot of money.
After a while, the bus stopped, and Zhang Xiaoqiang and his mother got off the bus.
In front of it is a place called Zhangjia Village, which is Zhang Xiaoqiang's hometown.
However, my grandmother's 70th birthday banquet was not here, but in a restaurant next to the road.
This hotel is the most luxurious hotel in the whole Zhangjia Town.
The old mother walked in front of her with a basket of eggs, and at the same time urged Zhang Xiaoqiang: "Xiaoqiang, hurry up, it's nine o'clock now, don't let everyone wait for us, your grandmother and uncle should be in a hurry." ”
Zhang Xiaoqiang was speechless: "Mom, my grandmother's birthday, you will buy these twenty catties of eggs?"
"Shivering is a little shivering, isn't it that our family has no money? You will go to high school at the beginning of school, and the tuition and living expenses are a large expense, and I can't help it. ”
It's really pitiful for the parents of the world, my mother knew that the twenty pounds of eggs would be sneered at by my grandmother and uncle, but for the sake of my tuition and living expenses, I still chose to be careful with my own tuition and living expenses.
Zhang Xiaoqiang was silent and quietly put the gold bracelet he bought for his grandmother in the egg basket.
Soon, the two arrived at the hotel where their grandmother celebrated her birthday.
Zhangjiacun is a big family in the Zhang family, and grandma is also the oldest in the family, the older generation.
So, there are a lot of people attending the birthday party.
The restaurant was full of people.
After Zhang Xiaoqiang and his mother entered the hotel, they saw their grandmother sitting in the middle at a glance.
At this time, the grandmother was wearing a brand new dress and looked at the children with a smile.
The most new thing for her is the gold earrings given to him by her eldest grandson Zhang Nan.
Zhang Nan, Zhang Xiaoqiang's cousin, is also the son of the uncle.
"Mother, I'm sorry, we're late. My mother put twenty pounds of eggs in the corner, walked over and said to my grandmother with a smile: "I wish you a hundred years old and a younger life." ”
However, my mother's blessing was met with my grandmother's cynicism: "The more you live, the younger you get, do you just eat your eggs?"
"Mom, ...... are you" In the face of grandma's anger, my mother was obviously at a loss.
"I said brother and sister, why are you so ignorant. At this time, the uncle next to him spoke: "Don't you know that our mother has high cholesterol, and the doctor told you that you can't eat eggs? Why do you buy so many eggs? Besides, today's 70th birthday of our mother, you just buy these eggs, it's too chilling!"
As soon as the uncle's voice fell, the aunt's strange voice sounded: "What do you say you are buying so many eggs for, I wish our mother was sooner! When the old man died, he left a lot of money, I think the third family is poor and can't open the pot, counting on a share of the inheritance to fill the stomach!"
"Shut up for me, is it appropriate to say such things on this occasion?" the uncle reprimanded the eldest mother.
The old lady shook the big waves: "How is it not suitable, you are embarrassed to say, I can say it, Mom, you also know who is good to you, when the old man died, he left at least 200,000 yuan, and when you died, you have to know how to divide this money, last time you were sick and hospitalized." The third child's family didn't take a penny. ”
"I know how to divide the inheritance, so you don't need to say it here. Grandma finished speaking with a gloomy face, and then asked her mother: "What about the third child, why didn't the third child come?
"Mom, don't be angry, Zhifeng is too busy with work to come back. My mother hurriedly agreed: "But he has already told me, let me buy you something to eat, and then give you 200 yuan, what you lack, just buy something!"
After finishing speaking, my mother took out a crumpled two hundred yuan from her pocket and handed it to my grandmother.
But I never thought that these two hundred yuan would be slapped on the ground by my grandmother.
At the same time, grandma's angry voice sounded: "I don't want it, you are not welcome here, let's leave quickly!"
For a moment, my mother stood in place, at a loss.
The eldest mother's mocking voice also sounded at this time: "Two hundred yuan, buy something if you still lack something, what society is now, two hundred yuan is enough to buy something, brother and sister, if you want me to say that this is your fault, today is our mother's seventieth birthday, a big day, even if you don't bring any gifts, as long as people come, we won't be angry." But these 20 pounds of eggs, 200 yuan, aren't you here to disgust people?"
"I won't say much else, your nephew Zhang Nan is only eighteen this year, not a few years older than Xiaoqiang, at such a young age, do you know what he bought for us? More than 2,000 earrings! The key is that he earned all this money himself. ”
"Xiao Nan, this kid just likes me, after I die, you will pick up the old house and build a new house for Xiao Nan, and he will also reach the age of the person to talk to. ”
As soon as Zhang Nan was mentioned, her grandmother was full of joy: "My grandson is really promising, and he has only been working for three months, so he gave his grandmother such a valuable gift, which is much better than some people." ”
Before the grandmother's voice fell, the eldest mother's excited voice sounded: "Mom, you, is what you just said true?
"When did I lie to you. Grandma subconsciously glanced at Zhang Xiaoqiang, and said in her heart that they are all grandchildren, but why is the gap between people so big!" "Build, must build, build a two-story small building, if the money is not enough, I will support you." ”
"Hey, Mom, you're so nice!" the eldest lady couldn't hide the excitement in her heart.
Zhang Xiaoqiang felt that it didn't matter, what the old house said was left by his grandfather, but Zhang Xiaoqiang and Zhang Zhifeng never thought about the belonging of the old house.
At this moment, a young man wearing an Adidas sportswear walked in outside.
He was fair-skinned and could be 1.8 meters tall, but he was thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.
What's funny is that the young man has emerald green hair and studs, and he looks a little nondescript no matter how he looks at it.
This person is none other than the uncle's son Zhang Nan.
After he came in, he didn't even look at Zhang Xiaoqiang's cousin, walked directly to his grandmother's side, and then stretched out his hand: "Grandma, what do you see I brought you?"
"You kid, you make grandma happy again, didn't you tell grandma that today you want to give grandma a pair of gold earrings. Grandma looked at Zhang Nan dotingly and said.
"Hehe!" Zhang Nan smiled and stretched out his hand, the palm of his hand was a small red locket containing a pair of golden earrings.
"Spending money again, didn't grandma tell you to keep the money to marry a daughter-in-law?" said grandma, but the joy on her face was overflowing.
"Even if you marry a daughter-in-law, it's not as important as making your grandmother happy. ”
I have to say that this Zhang Nan is still very good at coaxing grandma to be happy, and his words made grandma move to tears.
"Milk, I'll bring it to you!"
"Good, good. ”
After bringing gold earrings to her grandmother, Zhang Nan sat directly beside her, and Zhang Xiaoqiang and his mother didn't care at all.
At this time, the eldest lady said at the right time: "Mom, Xiao Nan spent more than half a month's salary to buy you this pair of gold earrings!
When she said this, the eldest mother's eyes swept over Zhang Xiaoqiang and his mother, and everywhere her eyes went, she was full of disdain and disdain.
"Good, good. Grandma nodded repeatedly, and then, as if thinking of something, it took a lot of effort to take out a crumpled handkerchief from the inside pocket of her clothes.
And when the eldest lady saw her grandmother's movements, her eyes lit up.
Grandma opened the handkerchief tremblingly, and in addition to a few hundred yuan in it, there was also a bank card......
Grandpa died of work-related injuries, and the factory compensated more than 200,000 yuan, and in this bank card, it is grandpa's death compensation......