68, mother-in-law
How to face Guo Qingfu?
Zhang Dongming thought that this meeting would allow him to find some answers, but this was not the case, and he was still very entangled.
Zhang Dongming really hopes that he can be more generous or ruthless now, if he is generous, he will be able to ignore the things of his previous life, and if he is ruthless, he will be able to break off his friendship with Guo Qingfu.
Either way, if he can do one of them, but he can't.
Zhang Dongming was even a little envious of Jian Chen at this time, if Jian Chen faced this situation, or took revenge on Guo Qingfu, or never intersected with Guo Qingfu, but no matter what it was, Jian Chen would not have any hesitation and entanglement.
But he's not Jian Chen, he's not anyone, he's just himself.
He can be indifferent to the whole world, he can ignore everything in this world, but when faced with the people he really cares about, he can't be completely rational, he can't be completely realistic.
For Guo Qingfu, he can regard him as a friend and best friend in this life, but it is no longer possible for him to treat him as a brother in his heart like in his previous life.
That's probably it, and for him, it's probably the best outcome.
He didn't want to think about the rest, at least not for now.
It's twenty-seven today, and the day after tomorrow is the New Year, Tang Wenliang and Zhao Yumei usually don't have time, today and Sunday, he went to help his father-in-law's house sweep the house and do some New Year's goods.
I called last night, and Zhang Dongming got up a lot earlier in the morning, got up at seven o'clock, finished eating at eight o'clock, and went downstairs at nine o'clock.
It took four or five minutes to take a taxi to Tang Wan's community, go upstairs, and knock on the door.
"Alas, here it is. ”
"Auntie. ”
Zhao Yumei wore an apron, her hands were wet, and she was very enthusiastic: "Come here so early, it's cold, come in quickly." ”
"It's not cold, I'm coming by taxi. Zhang Dongming happily entered the house: "My uncle is out?"
"Well, there was something going on in the bureau, and I went out without breakfast. Zhao Yumei handed over the slippers: "I just brushed them, so let's wear your uncle's slippers." ”
Zhang Dongming changed his slippers, Zhao Yumei took the things in his hand, and said helplessly: "How many times have you said, don't take anything when you come, your uncle and I don't lack anything, what are you doing with this money in vain." ”
"I didn't buy it specifically. Zhang Dongming said: "A classmate is from the city's local specialty company, and I went to the city to have dinner with him yesterday, saying that it was okay to eat some of this kind of nuts to have health effects, so I brought two boxes along the way." ”
"Every time it's a drop-by. Zhao Yumei smiled and didn't say much: "Did you eat in the morning, if you didn't eat, my aunt will heat up the food for you first, and I didn't move a bite, your uncle didn't eat in the morning, and I didn't eat either." ”
"Eat, eat. ”
"Sit down casually for a while, and I'll show you these clothes......"
In the half a year that Tang Wan went abroad, Zhang Dongming came to see Tang Wenliang and Zhao Yumei twice, once in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and once on Zhao Yumei's birthday that Tang Wan told him.
There are not many people, mainly because Tang Wenliang and Zhao Yumei are usually very busy, and the relationship between him and Tang Wan has not reached the point of being a family or talking about marriage, at least in the eyes of these two people, Zhang Dongming is not good to run to others if he has nothing to do.
In fact, Zhao Yumei's attitude towards Zhang Dongming is very good and close, and she should be satisfied and recognized by him, but the attitude of Tang Wenliang is very vague, and Zhang Dongming and Tang Wan are a little uncertain.
Zhang Dongming was actually prepared for this, after meeting for the first time, he felt that the old man of the director of education was not so easy to deal with, his daughter was the meat of his father's heart, and he wanted Tang Wenliang to hand over his baby daughter to him with complete peace of mind, he still had a way to go.
Sweeping the house is a custom for the New Year, but the city is not the same as the countryside, usually very busy at work, the time is not so particular, and then the house is also a lot clean, cleaning is very simple, mainly the kitchen.
Tang Wan's house is even more so, it is very clean, there is nothing to sweep, Zhang Dongming came over is a heart, mainly Zhao Yumei is very happy.
The corners of the kitchen roof couldn't be reached, Zhao Yumei brought a stool, and when she saw Zhang Dongming rushing up all of a sudden, she couldn't help but say, "Be careful, don't step on the air." ”
"Hmm. Zhang Dongming swept the broom little by little: "Auntie, you often clean up at home, right?"
"Not very often. Zhao Yumei gathered the things on the kitchen counter on the other side: "Clean up when you have time." ”
Zhao Yumei said so, but Zhang Dongming knew very well that the three-bedroom and two-living room home, 120 square meters up, almost no dust at home, this is not something that can be cleaned up when there is time.
The key is that Zhao Yumei is not a housewife, she has a job, and it is not an ordinary job, the director of the county finance bureau, she is usually very busy, and it is rare to be able to cook on time every day, and it is not easy to clean up the house inside and out.
"You and my uncle are usually very busy, why don't you hire a nanny or anything at home?"
"Actually, over the years, your uncle and Xiaowan have always said to hire one, but I haven't let it, the work is busy, but women, after all, they still have to focus on the family, and it's not that the old ones can't do it. ”
Zhang Dongming nodded.
Women should focus on family, this sentence may be nothing to women in ordinary families, but it contains too much meaning from Zhao Yumei's mouth, after all, her family cannot be regarded as an ordinary family.
In terms of running a family, Zhao Yumei, in addition to her love for the family, obviously has a certain amount of wisdom, just like she insists on ignoring the seemingly inconspicuous little thing of the nanny.
Zhang Dongmingle said: "Aunt is also very young now." ”
Zhao Yumei smiled: "You just relied on this mouth to deceive our Xiaowan." ”
Zhang Dongming said with a straight face: "How is it possible, Xiaowan is so smart, if the rhetoric is useful, how can it be my turn, I am absolutely sincere to Xiaowan, and besides, the facts, aunt, you are already very young, and you look less than thirty years old." ”
"The more you talk about it, the more boundless it becomes. ”
"True. ”
Although Zhang Dongming is a bit exaggerated, Zhao Yumei does look very young, and she looks like she is in her thirties, not like a woman in her forties at all.
This is related to the usual attention to maintenance, and it is also related to Zhao Yumei's working environment, people have been in a more active environment, and they will look young.
Any woman would be very happy to be praised for being young, and Zhao Yumei asked him, "I don't plan to buy a house?" ”
Zhang Dongming thought that Tang Wan had already told Tang Wenliang and Zhao Yumei about the house, but this girl obviously didn't say: "I want to buy it, I want to wait for Xiaowan to come back and buy it, just the northern garden at the south gate, I think it's very good, the specifications are quite high, it is estimated that it will be the best community in our county by then, the location is not biased, and it is very convenient in all aspects." ”
Zhao Yumei knew that the northern garden at the south gate of D County was almost completed, and she heard that it was quite good, so she nodded and didn't say anything.
Zhang Dongming was happy: "But this is what I think, it mainly depends on what Xiaowan means, Xiaowan will buy whatever she says, I will listen to her." ”
"Monkey spirit, monkey spirit. Zhao Yumei didn't know what he meant: "Why haven't you seen such a clever trick with your uncle?"
Zhang Dongming said: "Don't dare." ”
Zhao Yumei shook her head with a smile and reminded: "It's good to know, remember, be honest with your uncle." ”
Zhang Dongming nodded: "Yes." ”
After sweeping the house, it was almost noon, Zhang Dongming originally planned to help Zhao Yumei buy some New Year's goods, but Zhao Yumei said no, she had it at home, and there was nothing to buy, so she just went to buy some couplets or something.
Zhao Yumei said that she would go back after lunch, Zhang Dongming ate a little more in the morning and was not hungry, when Zhang Dongming left, Zhao Yumei gave him a black pocket and asked Sun Shufen to take it back.
Zhang Dongming looked at it, and inside were two plastic boxes the size of water cups, the instructions on them were all in English, and he couldn't understand it, so he asked what it was, Zhao Yumei said health care products.
Zhang Dongming still wanted to ask, but Zhao Yumei glared at him.
Then, Zhang Dongming went downstairs.