Chapter Ninety-Five: Relatives
After eating and drinking for a while, Zhao Chensheng asked, "When did you buy your ticket?"
Liu Tong continued: "Brother Ma and I bought the day after tomorrow, tomorrow I will send Li Na, and the day after tomorrow I will go to the train station with Brother Ma, and the two of us will depart by an hour." β
"Pig head, you have to pay attention these days, it's a holiday, the people who rent houses nearby have gone home, and it's approaching the end of the year, so it's better to pay attention." β
"Don't worry, Brother Chen, I know. Pighead said.
Zhao Chensheng just reminded the pig head, knowing in his heart that the pig head looked very aggressive, but in fact, his mind was very delicate, and he believed that he would take care of himself and Qian Xiaoting.
It turned out that Wu Wanting was right, two bottles of wine were indeed not enough, and two hours later, the four of them had already drunk three bottles. At ten o'clock in the evening, thinking that Qian Xiaoting might come back at any time, everyone brushed the pots and pans together, cleaned the house, and opened the windows and doors in order to let the smoke disperse as soon as possible.
"Pighead, then we'll go, don't come down. After finishing speaking, Zhao Chensheng, Ma Qiankun, and Liu Tong went downstairs together.
On the way back to school, Ma Qiankun asked, "Chensheng, can you just get your driver's license on the highway directly?"
"It's okay, it's easier to drive on the highway, you can rest assured. "Although I haven't driven in this life, I have driven many times in my previous life, as long as I pay attention, there will be no problem.
Zhao Chensheng got up at six o'clock in the morning the next day, because he drank a lot of wine the first day, Zhao Chensheng settled for more than half an hour, and only after he was completely refreshed did he get up and come to the bathroom to wash up, and then pack up his things and prepare to go home.
In order to surprise his parents, Zhao Chensheng did not tell his family that he would go back today, and he had been out of college for half a year, saying that it was a lie to say that he didn't want to go home. I don't know how my father's leg is doing, and I don't know if my mother went out to work without telling her, thinking of this, Zhao Chensheng couldn't wait to fly back immediately.
After packing up his things briefly and coming to the car downstairs, Zhao Chensheng called Wu Jianjun, Wang Hesheng and Gao Linyu respectively, said goodbye, and of course Wang Lu and Wu Wanting, repeatedly promised that they would come back a few days in advance to play with them, and they hung up the phone.
After hanging up the last call, Zhao Chensheng held the steering wheel and said to himself: "Let's go!", and drove forward with one foot on the accelerator.
Driving on the highway, looking at the trees roaring by on both sides, Zhao Chensheng felt that the whole person's mood was completely relaxed, and he couldn't help but swallow and spit when he thought of the dumplings made by his mother after returning home.
Along the way, Zhao Chensheng only rested once in the service area, still to smoke a cigarette. Zhao Chensheng's hometown is about 270 kilometers away from S City, and if you don't rest on the road, you can get home in three and a half hours, and you can catch up with lunch.
After getting off the highway, Zhao Chensheng's mood began to get excited, this life is the first time to see his parents, the last time he saw his parents in the previous life, their hair was basically not gray, this life must take advantage of the fact that they are not old, let them enjoy life.
Zhao Chensheng's home is located in an old community, each building is six floors, there is no elevator, Zhao Chensheng's home is located on the fifth floor of one of the buildings.
Because it is an old community, the rich have basically moved out, sold or rented out the houses here, and the families who have been living here are in general conditions, so there are not many vehicles parked inside, and Zhao Chensheng parked the car directly downstairs in his house.
Zhao Chensheng trotted all the way up to the fifth floor, stood at the door, suppressed his excitement, stretched out his hand to pat the door, but before his hand slapped on the door, he heard his mother's voice from inside.
"Sister, even if I beg you, because your brother-in-law is hospitalized, I borrowed 50,000 yuan from you, don't worry, we will definitely pay it back, but now we are really too tight on hand. β
A sour voice said: "Sister, you also understand us, the efficiency of the factory is really not good now, your nephew is going to get married after the Spring Festival, you better hurry up." Zhao Chensheng heard that it was his aunt who spoke.
"Sister, it's only been two or three months, where can I get money. Alsoγγγ your brother-in-law was injured while working in your factory, and I heard that this is a work-related injury, and you should have to pay for the medical expensesγγγ"
"What?!Why are you talking like that?!Are you still going to beat a rake?!" said a man, no need to guess, it must be his aunt-in-law who is talking.
The factory where Zhao Chensheng's father works is owned by the eldest aunt and his wife, and in the previous life, Zhao Chensheng heard that after his father was injured, they not only paid for the medical expenses, but also prepared to quit his father. As a result, not long after, because the factory could not be operated, it was directly sold to others, although the new boss sympathized with his father's plight, although he did not fire him, but still changed his father's job, resulting in a lot of family income reduced a lot. For this reason, Zhao Chensheng complained about the character of his aunt's family, but his father always smiled, thinking that his relatives couldn't care too much.
I was full of joy, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing as soon as I came back. Zhao Chensheng stood at the door and thought about it, then turned around and went downstairs.
There was a bank near the community, and Zhao Chensheng went to the counter to withdraw 50,000 yuan, put it in a bag and returned to the community.
Standing at the door of the house, Zhao Chensheng took a deep breath and knocked on the door, and after a while, a middle-aged woman opened the door, with a sad expression on her face, and when she saw Zhao Chensheng, she suddenly stretched out, and shouted: "Chensheng, why don't you come back without saying a word!", after speaking, quickly opened the door.
"Mom, didn't I want to surprise you. Zhao Chensheng smiled, and then followed to the living room.
Zhao Chensheng's mother came to the living room first and said, "Sister, let's go back and talk about it." β
"Yo, Chensheng is back?" The aunt looked at Zhao Chensheng and smiled, then looked at her sister and continued: "Sister, what's this, Chensheng is already a big child, it's nothing for him to know." In a word, if you don't take out 50,000 yuan today, your brother-in-law and I won't leave!"
Zhao Chensheng saw that his mother wanted to speak, so he quickly stopped him, looked at his aunt and said, "My father was injured at work, are you really not responsible?"
"Hmph, who let him be careless, what does it have to do with us!"
Zhao Chensheng smiled: "If I guessed correctly, you still asked my parents to give you an IOU, right?"
"Of course, this is Wu Wanyuan's business!" said the eldest aunt beside him.
"Okay, did you bring the IOU?"
"Nope. β
Zhao Chensheng estimated that they didn't expect that their family really had money to pay off the debts at first, and said with a smile: "Then you write a receipt now, and you can take the money." After finishing speaking, Zhao Chensheng threw Wu Wanyuan on the coffee table.
Everyone present widened their eyes, not believing that Zhao Chensheng actually took out Wu 10,000 yuan in cash! Looking at the greedy eyes of the aunt and the eldest aunt, Zhao Chensheng said disdainfully: "Hurry up, there is paper and pen on the coffee table, and after you finish writing, you will take the money and leave, and from now on our two families will have nothing to do with each other." β
After the eldest aunt snorted, he picked up a pen and paper and wrote, and then handed it to Zhao Chensheng. Zhao Chensheng glanced at it, and after confirming that it was correct, he said, "Take the money and go." β
The aunt picked up the money from the coffee table and counted it, and after five or six minutes, she stood up, looked at Zhao Chensheng and said angrily: "Chensheng, I didn't expect you to speak so ugly, and it is a matter of course to repay debts! Also, your mother is my sister, why can't we deal with each other in the future? β
"Auntie, this is the last time I'll call you that. Don't think I don't know what your plans are, when my grandparents were alive in the past, you didn't care about the old people, my mother has been serving in front of the old people, and now that the old ones are gone, you don't have to pretend to be sisterly! Also, if you provoke me sometimes, be careful, I know a lot of lawyers, don't blame me for the trouble with you, I will always remember my father's work-related injury. β
The aunt and her husband glanced at each other, and the aunt said, "Hmph, it seems that we want to deal with you poor ghosts." With that, the two walked out.
Zhao Chensheng was depressed in his heart, he didn't want any breath from the two people in the house just now, opened the window of the living room, smelled the cold wind blowing in, felt much more comfortable, looked at his mother who had been stunned just now, and walked over with a smile.
Brushing the white hair of his mother's sideburns with his hand, Zhao Chensheng said: "Mom, it's hard for you this time, and γγγ don't be angry with what I just said, people like them are not worth socializing." β
Zhao Chensheng's mother wiped the corners of her eyes with her hand, smiled hard, and said, "It's okay, what you just said is not wrong." I always thought that everyone was related, but I never thought about itγγγ how could they do this?!"
Seeing his mother crying, Zhao Chensheng felt extremely uncomfortable, hugged his mother, and patted his mother's back with his hand. The mother's head only reached his shoulder, looking down at his mother who was crying on top of him, at this moment Zhao Chensheng felt that he had grown up, and as an adult, he should shoulder the burden of the family.
At this time, Zhao Chensheng heard the sound of opening the door outside the door, saw the man who walked in, and said with a smile: "Dad, have you gone grocery shopping?"
"Chensheng, why are you back?!Don't say a word, I'll pick you up. Zhao's father put down the food in his hand, saw his wife who was wiping his eyes, and asked, "γγγ they are still talking about that?"
Obviously, his father didn't want to let himself face these messy things at home, so he took the initiative to say, "Dad, I know everything." I have already returned the money to them just now. Seeing his father's puzzled eyes, Zhao Chensheng smiled and said, "Dad, it's already noon, let's cook first." β
Although I was puzzled, it was a happy thing that my son came back after all, so I picked up the dish I had just put down, walked towards the kitchen and said, "Okay, cook first." I bought celery and pork and will make your favorite dumplings today. β
Zhao's mother followed into the kitchen, and after a while, she kicked her wife out, Zhao's father walked out of the kitchen, and said to Zhao Chensheng with a smile: "Hey, your mother dislikes my craft." β
Zhao Chensheng couldn't help laughing, he remembered that when he was a child, he ate a meal cooked by his father and made several dishes, although he could eat them, but they were either too salty or too light, and he couldn't swallow them himself. His mother hasn't let him into the kitchen since. Sometimes, my father would jokingly say that he couldn't quarrel with his daughter-in-law in his life, and if he got angry with his daughter-in-law, he would definitely starve to death.
"Let's go, Dad, I've brought back a lot of things, let's move them in. β
"Your luggage is still downstairs?!"
As he spoke, the two came downstairs next to the Ford Explorer, Zhao's father was surprised to see his son open the trunk of the car, and before he could ask questions, Zhao Chensheng moved two boxes towards the doorway of the building, and then swallowed what he wanted to say, and decided to finish moving things first.
"Ah?!Such an expensive thing?!" Although Dad Zhao has never drunk such a good wine or smoked such a good cigarette, he also knows that the price is expensive.
Zhao's father carefully lifted the box, and the steps towards the stairs were particularly heavy, just now his son took out Wu Wanyuan's money, he was already puzzled, plus this car, and the things in the trunk that were far more valuable than Wu Wanyuan, Zhao's father's heart became more and more hanging.
It took three trips for the two to move everything to the house, Zhao Chensheng was fine, but Zhao's father was already out of breath and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
Sitting on the sofa, Zhao's father took out a pack of cheap cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, looked at his son in front of him, and asked with difficulty: "Son, can you explain it to meγγγ?"