Chapter 85: Change
"We're here, let's go down first. I've set it up, and I'll go to your house and sit down. ”
While chatting about this, Xu Liang and their village arrived first. Their village is very close to Zhang Chu's village, just a few steps away. After Xu Liang and the others got out of the car, Zhang Chu and the others also arrived.
Zhang Chu's mother hadn't slept yet, and they called home before they came back, saying when they would be able to come back, so Zhang's mother was still waiting at home.
"Mom! We're back. ”
Hearing the sound of the car outside the door, Zhang Chu's mother opened the door and came out to see the situation, Zhang Yan had already gotten out of the car with her own things first, and said hello with a smile.
"Swallow, did you come back with three chartered cars?"
After hearing Zhang Yan's voice, Zhang Chu's mother asked suspiciously. The car was still with its lights on at this time, and she couldn't see the situation clearly.
"I didn't charter a car, this car was bought by the second brother. ”
Zhang Yan had already walked to Zhang's mother with something at this time, and replied with a smile after hearing this. But it's not loud, otherwise everyone nearby can hear it.
There were several families next to Zhang Chu's house, and they were almost asleep at this time, so the movement of the three brothers and sisters after getting off the car was much lighter.
"You're hungry when you come back so late, aren't you? I'll cook powder for you. I knew you were coming, so I prepared this for you. ”
Zhang Chu and the others took all their things off the car, Zhang Chu's mother smiled and watched a few of them enter the door, and then prepared to give them three boiled noodles to eat. Zhang Chu's purchase of a car, she has not eased up at this time.
"Okay, it's been a long time since I've eaten the noodles at home. We happened to be hungry, so we had a lunch meal at noon, and all the way was full of snacks. We didn't dare to eat anything from those restaurants, so we kept going home. ”
Zhang Yan immediately laughed after hearing this, several of them were indeed hungry at this time. The snacks eaten on the road, those are not very hungry.
"The three of you are back?"
While he was talking, Zhang Chu's father got up from the bed, maintained the style of the head of his family, and said hello to the three brothers and sisters lightly.
Zhang Yong and Zhang Chu both responded lightly, and only Zhang Yan responded with a smile. This made Zhang's father a little puzzled, Zhang Chu seemed to be relatively close to him before, how could he be the same as Zhang Yong?
Zhang Yong first went out to work with his father, and was an apprentice chef in a restaurant in Huacheng at that time. It's just that Zhang Yong obviously has a bad memory of that time, and Zhang's father didn't ridicule Zhang Yong less.
So Zhang Yong's feeling for Zhang's father is naturally not too good, Zhang Chu is different. In his previous life, he just felt that Dad Zhang had no sense of responsibility and didn't care about his family at all.
Not only did Zhang Chu's mother be cheated for the rest of her life, but Zhang Chu and their three brothers and sisters were actually cheated together, and they were inevitably a little entangled in their hearts, so they had that attitude.
"Okay, the powder is ready to eat. This soup is all prepared, you can eat it by boiling the powder softly, I cooked two poached eggs for you alone, is it enough to eat?"
Zhang Chu's mother smiled at this time and beckoned the three brothers and sisters here to eat, she had already soaked the powder aside, and the soup was also prepared before.
It is estimated that a few children will definitely be hungry when they come back, so they prepared these early, and now they can be quickly prepared for Zhang Chu and the three of them to eat.
Zhang Chu and the three of them were really hungry at this time, and one of them ate two bowls with a big bowl. Zhang's mother not only put poached eggs in each bowl, but also put a lot of lean meat and fried tofu cubes.
"Is the tofu at home ready?"
Seeing the tofu block, Zhang Chu asked curiously.
"It's done, isn't it necessary to make wine when the new house is moved? Tofu is required for wine, and it just so happens that your father is back, so I will simply make the tofu first, and then I don't have to do it again during the Chinese New Year." ”
After hearing this, Zhang's mother replied with a smile, watching the children eat so happily, she was also happy in her heart. I haven't seen three of them in a year, and they all seem to have changed a little.
What's even happier is that Zhang Chu even bought a car and came back. This guy didn't even talk to his family, so he bought it himself. But it's a good thing to buy a car, and the whole brigade doesn't have a car yet.
After going to cook the powder, Zhang Chu's mother remembered what Zhang Yan said before, and then she reacted that Zhang Chu had unknowingly bought a car!
"Xiao Chu, how much did you spend on this new car?"
"Hmm...... Tens of thousands of dollars. ”
Zhang Chu replied vaguely while eating this powder. The three brothers and sisters have the largest amount of food, Zhang Yong and Zhang Yan are full after eating two bowls alone, and he has already dealt with the third bowl.
"It's so expensive! You can't buy a car like this, but if you buy a coal car, you can still make money pulling coal. Now on our side, the coal business is very good. ”
Zhang's mother has never gone out, so she didn't know that this car was bought just for convenience. Her impression was that of the coal truck in front of the village, which she had heard could make a lot of money.
"What do you know about the woman, this car is more convenient outside. If Zhang Chu wants to do business, he must need a car, and there are many more people outside than in the countryside. ”
Zhang Chu's father seemed to have found his sense of existence at this time, coughed and replied, he seemed to be able to only brush his majesty in front of his wife now.
After the three children went out to work, they all began to be estranged from him, especially Zhang Chu. In the past, Zhang Chu had a good relationship with him, but now he is very rusty when he says hello.
After eating, the family sat down by the fire and chatted for a while. The biggest change this year is Zhang Chu, the house in the family is still built by Zhang Chu, and now he has bought a car.
followed by Zhang Yan, although Zhang Yan didn't come back with any money, but every time Zhang Chu gave money to his family, he would say that some of it was given by Zhang Yan, but in fact, he gave it alone.
But Zhang Chu's salary to Zhang Yan was not less, and he also took her to fry memory sticks to earn a sum of money. In Zhang Chu's words, the family is not short of Zhang Yan's money, so she saves her money well and marries in the future.
Zhang Yong also changed a little, I don't know if he was stimulated by Zhang Chu, or if he figured out something, he also sent 10,000 yuan home this year, which roughly broke the record after he went out to work.
The only thing that hasn't changed is probably Zhang Chu's father. It's still the same as before, and when I go home for the New Year, I only have a few hundred yuan on me.
What kind of work he does outside, how much he earns, it's a mystery. The family didn't know, and they wouldn't tell the family if they asked.
"Do you want to take a shower?"
After chatting for a while, Zhang Chu's mother looked at the three of them a little drowsy, and asked out loud. She thought it would be hard to come from the south.
"I won't wash it, let's move to the new house and wash it again. I was in the car all the time and didn't sweat much. ”
After hearing this, Zhang Chu replied that on the side of the old house at home, the bathing place was with the pigpen behind. However, because it is built of adobe, there are loopholes everywhere.
Running to take a shower in such a cold weather, the wind blew from those holes and swished cold, Zhang Chu couldn't stand the taste now, he would rather wait for one more day.
The family's new house was repaired by Zhang Chu and his sister-in-law, basically with reference to the house in the south. The toilet and bathroom are repaired in the room, and the water heater is also used, which is naturally much more comfortable than here.
"I also moved to a new house to wash. ”
Zhang Yan on the side listened to Zhang Chu's words, and stuck out her tongue and replied.
Before, I had no choice but to go there to take a shower, and I had to wash it when it was cold. Now that the new house is done, they naturally want to go to the new house to take a bath, and they are much more comfortable.
"A few of you, you went out to earn some money, and now you can't bear the hardships. I used to take a bath there, but after all these years, I haven't come here?"
After hearing this, Zhang Chu's mother smiled and said a few people, and now they are all beginning to dislike the old house at home. Fortunately, the family has built a new house, which makes her much happier now.