Chapter 34: Shameless
Zhang He couldn't help but turn his head to take a good look at his father, and said secretly: "How good are you old man? My mother is a scholar and a flower in the school flower factory, and the two in the middle are leaders. Are you a lover?"
Father Zhang suddenly said smugly: "Eh, let me ask you." Did your mother's bungalow in the city be demolished?
"Damn, this is beautiful again! It's started again!" Zhang He looked at his father who was judging the two just now and now, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Then he chuckled again, and then replied: "Demolished, the year before last, I took 300,000." ”
"It's really taking the money!" Father Zhang couldn't hide his excitement and looked up at the aunt in the back seat.
"Hmm. Zhang He replied casually.
"And is the money with you?" asked Zhang's father.
"Oh, no! It's all for my grandma. Zhang He replied vigilantly.
"What are you doing for your grandma? You're so old, why don't you hold it yourself?" Father Zhang raised his voice and asked.
"Does it have anything to do with you?" Zhang He replied in his heart, but said sarcastically: "My grandmother raised me so big, I can't repay the favor." ”
"Then if you use the money, will your grandmother give it to you?" Father Zhang asked.
"Of course. Zhang He looked out the window and affirmed.
Hearing this, Zhang's father looked at the rearview mirror again, as if jokingly: "Eh, then if your father wants to change the suite, I don't care if you borrow money, can you borrow it?"
"Damn. When I got up early in the morning, I didn't ask my daughter-in-law and my son-in-law about the situation. Second, I didn't ask how the wedding preparations were in the wedding room, and third, I didn't ask what I lacked. Instead, I inquired about the whereabouts of the two demolition funds. What do you mean?" Zhang He glanced at his father coldly, moved his gaze to the window again, and replied in a strange manner: "Borrow, can my father not help if he has something? ”
"Then say okay, you'll have to really get the money out when the time comes, hehe. I don't know if Zhang's father's EQ and IQ have long been "dead". He couldn't hear that Zhang He's words were actually sarcastic, and he suddenly became happy.
And Zhang He didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, just said a word when he was pointing the way, and looked out the window the rest of the time. It wasn't until the car finally drove into the parking lot of Chaoyang Cemetery that Zhang He turned around and said to his aunt before getting out of the car: "You will wait for us in the reception hall in a while, there is air conditioning there, cool!"
But who knew that there were smiling aunts all the way, but after hearing Zhang He's arrangement, her face sank instantly, and she glanced at Zhang's father who was pulling out the car keys very unhappily, and said, "It's all at the door, I'll go in too," After speaking, he pulled the car door and got out of the car.
"Auntie, it's not that you won't be allowed to go in, it's my dad who has come for the first time in so many years, so it's inconvenient for you to be next to him. Zhang He explained with a smile.
"Say whatever you want, it's the original husband and wife, I'm at the door, what's the case if you don't go in? As she spoke, the aunt walked to a stall with flowers at the entrance of the parking lot, and picked up a bouquet of white chrysanthemums without asking the price.
Seeing this, Zhang He couldn't say anything, so he had to let his aunt follow them into the gate of the cemetery with flowers in her hand. His father, on the other hand, did not speak the whole time, only frowned when his aunt asked him for 50 yuan in flowers.
After a short time, Zhang He led the couple to the passage where his mother's tombstone was listed, but he didn't point out the location to the couple, so he took the lead in rushing to his mother's tomb, touched the tombstone with his hand and whispered: "Mom, my father came to see you." Then his eyes moistened, for he had waited thirteen years for this.
However, when Zhang's father was still a few meters away from Zhang's mother's tombstone, he suddenly stopped, put his hands under his nose, and stared at the five big characters "Zhang Liyun's Tomb" on the tombstone. I don't know what kind of mood this person who once hurt and abandoned the person in the tomb was in at this time, anyway, he didn't say a word until the end.
The aunt quickly put the bouquet of white chrysanthemums she bought on the tomb cover, and took out a box of incense from her bag, took out three sticks from it, lit it, and respectfully held it up to the tombstone and said: "Eldest sister, I came to see you, your son will get married tomorrow, you will bless their father and son in the future, so that they are all safe." You can rest assured over there, I will take care of the tin ring in the future, and my sister will incense you. After speaking, she inserted the incense in her hand into the incense burner in front of the tomb, got up and bowed three times.
"Big sister, sister, damn, I'm really convinced. Is it a Republic of China drama or a court drama? I really think of myself as a child. Is my dad the lord or the emperor? Do you know that you are the fourth aunt!" Originally, when the aunt said the first half of the sentence, Zhang He was a little moved. But when he heard the second half of the sentence, he suddenly felt that his father was on top, and his mother was just an accessory of his father, which made Zhang He really speechless. He never imagined that this aunt, who left a good impression on him today, would be so "traditional". He regretted that he didn't stick to his arrangement just now, and let this "stupid aunt" come here to "disgust" his mother. But at the same time, he also had a little more sympathy for this aunt.
Then after burning incense, kowtowing, silently told his mother in his heart about the situation of his daughter-in-law and his son-in-law's family, and promised his mother that he would take his daughter-in-law to visit his mother on the first day of October.
"Let's go. Father Zhang finally let out of his mouth.
In this way, the three of them returned to the car and drove back to Grandma Zhang He's house. Along the way, Zhang He didn't bother to talk to his father, but before getting off the car, he politely said: "What's the matter, it's noon, please have a meal?"
"Please, please, you invite us to go. Father Zhang said with a grin.
"Damn, shit, shit, I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless. Yes, I will ask for it, and I will ask for it. Zhang He looked at his father's face full of grooves that had been squeezed by a smile, and said, "Turn around, there is a Fushun residence in Guangming Building, the food there is okay, I usually go there when I am old." ”
The aunt looked at Zhang's father and answered: "No, no, your father is teasing you, let's go back, there is something to do in the afternoon." ”
Who knew that Zhang's father said: "My son is at work, what's wrong with inviting Lao Tzu to have a meal, go." With that, he started the car again.
"Hehe, okay! I'm not convinced by anyone in my life, so I'll obey you." Zhang He patted his father's shoulder and said "words from the heart" to his father.
After gossiping, I entered the restaurant, finished ordering, and the three of them had eaten for a while. The aunt suddenly put down the dishes and chopsticks, took out a white envelope from her bag, put it on the table in front of Zhang He, and said, "This is happy money for you." ”
Zhang He glanced at the envelope on the table with surprise and delight, and said, "No." ”
Who knew that Auntie's face suddenly sank, and she stared at Zhang He's eyes very unhappily and said, "What's the matter, it's too little?"
"No!" Zhang He subconsciously replied.
The aunt instantly relaxed her expression and said, "No, just take it." 10,000 yuan, see what you can buy. ”
Zhang He looked at his father, who bowed his head and was silent, just caring about filling the vegetables in his mouth, said "yes", and stuffed the envelope into his trouser pocket.
"That's right. Auntie finally had a smile on her face. But her joy and anger made Zhang He feel that she was not the "stupid woman" she thought she was in the morning.
Then, after eating, watching his father and aunt drive away, Zhang He walked home. At this time, his mood was even more complicated than in the morning, and he began to regret his performance this morning, and even more regretted accepting the happy money that seemed to be a charity.
"What's wrong with me? Why didn't I expose his lies, why didn't I want to turn my face with him? Why did I usually hate all my hateful teeth, but after seeing him, all my hatred disappeared? Am I worthy of my mother by doing this?" Zhang He, who had always been entangled, once again fell into deep self-blame. Although today he finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish and finally took his father to his mother's grave, he did not untie the knot in his father's heart. On the contrary, because of his father's performance this morning, he felt that he was too cowardly and too cheap.
Before I knew it, more than a month had passed. On this day, Zhang He's wife Mi Lin suddenly said to Zhang He at dinner: "You will take the group on November this year, let's go see your father." Buy him a bottle of good wine and return the favor. Just recognize the door. ”
Zhang He was just about to speak, but the phone at home rang at this time.
Mi Lin picked up the phone and said, "Hello. Immediately, after hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, he immediately waved to Zhang He and said, "Dad is looking for you." ”
"Dad!" Zhang He thought it was a call from his father-in-law, so he hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, took the earpiece handed by Mi Lin and called, "Dad." ”
Unexpectedly, it was not his father-in-law's voice on the other end of the phone, but his father's voice: "Beibei, why don't you call your father when it's almost eleven?"
"Hehe, I have a soul, I'm saying that Eleven is going to see you. Zhang He smiled and glanced at Mi Lin and replied.
"Eleven, I'll go back to my hometown with your aunt. Zhang's father said.
"Is there anyone at home?" Zhang He glanced at Mi Lin again, and then said, "Then let's go after eleven." ”
"Eh, have you prepared what I told you last time?" asked Father Zhang.
"Prepare, prepare, prepare, what?" Zhang He wondered.
"Hey, you kid, you forgot about it in the past few days. Didn't I tell you last time, I'm going to change rooms?" said Zhang's father.
"Change rooms?" Zhang He suddenly frowned and looked back at his wife Mi Lin.
"Yes, I'm almost 60, it's inconvenient to live on the 6th floor, and I want to change the floor. After I finished telling you, I talked to the first floor of our door, and they said okay, but they had to make up 100,000 yuan. Are you going to get that money back from your grandmother?"
Zhang He's face became even more ugly, and he saw that he raised his tone slightly, and said coldly: "You don't even have 100,000 yuan, right?" Mi Lin looked at Zhang He with some confusion when she heard this.
"I have 200,000 yuan in my hand, and this decoration is not enough? Besides, I can't spend it all? I still have to support the elderly. Father Zhang said confidently.
"200,000 yuan for decoration? Do you know how much it costs me to get married? My grandmother's house is more than 60 square meters, and the kitchen and toilet have been renovated, and the windows have been replaced, and it has cost less than 20,000 yuan, so you want to spend 200,000 yuan?" Zhang He raised his tone again.
"You're you, I'm me, you're young, you can reload in the future, I'm almost 60, and I can't pretend to be good yet." Zhang's father argued.
"Then it won't take 200,000 yuan, how big is your house?" Zhang He asked.
"You don't care how big our house is, you just say you don't take the money, right?" Father Zhang suddenly changed his tone and said strongly.
"I can't take it, my grandmother still has to support her old age! Why don't you take out a loan?" Zhang He held back his anger again. (Instigation: It should have been a corpse + from but it couldn't be punched)
"I'm almost 60, how can I get a loan?" said Zhang's father sharply.
"You can ask Auntie for a loan, isn't he 17 years younger than you?"
"Does she have to write her name on the house for a loan? What if she kicks me?" Father Zhang seemed to be in a hurry, and suddenly roared on the other end of the phone.
"Then you can figure it out, I can't help. Zhang He said coldly.
"After raising you for so many years, you are a white-eyed wolf, and you don't borrow 100,000 yuan. ”
"Wait a minute, where did you raise me? What did you pay for what I grew up eating, do you know how I grew up?"
"I'll give you 30 a month, until I'm 18 years old and a month, it's okay, I'm raising you. ”
"January 30, you are embarrassed to say, you are not sick, right? Auntie, how much did you spend on those two children? How much did you spend on Li Yufen and Zou Xiaoping's children? Are you addicted to raising other people's children?" Zhang He was finally enraged.
"Are you talking to your father? I didn't give you any money when you got married, and if you want to say that, then you should pay me back the money." ”
"Okay, you can come and get it!" Zhang He dropped the phone after speaking.
"What's the matter, what's your dad talking about?" Mi Lin whispered as she snorted on the back of Zhang He, who was about to be blown up.
And Grandma Zhang He, who had not spoken, suddenly opened her mouth at this time and looked at her daughter-in-law and said: "Just now you said that you went to see his father, I didn't have a stubble, and I said in my heart that it is a good thing to understand etiquette, but you don't know your father-in-law, he is not a thing at all." ”
Mi Lin glanced at her grandmother a little embarrassed, and continued to ask Zhang He, "Tell me, what did your father tell you?"
"From now on, whoever is mentioning my dad to me, I will be in a hurry with whom!" Zhang He suddenly stood up angrily and said to his grandmother and wife.
At this point, the "second" reunion between Zhang He and his father came to an end.