Chapter 20: Blind Date (1)
While driving, the driver called a person and waited for them at the east entrance of the city, listening to his tone, that person should be his brother-in-law.
After chatting a few more words along the way, the driver's impression of Zhang Can was better, because what Zhang Can said was a very authentic local dialect, and the place he said was also very accurate, without the slightest mistake, saying that it was from Zhangjiazhuang, it really didn't look like a lie.
The driver's wife and brother are a big man of more than 1.8 meters, Huaiwu's figure looks like an iron tower, and when he sits in the passenger seat, the body seems to have sunk a little. *
After leaving the city, the driver's wife and brother chatted with Zhang Can for a few words, Zhang Can absent-mindedly had no answer, the person was also not interested, and after a while, he fell asleep, Zhang Can stared out of the car window in a daze, and his heart became more and more anxious.
On the main asphalt road is still very fast, the driver drove to eighty miles, an hour later, into the country road, the speed slowed down, but the road is narrow, only more than four meters wide, but it is all a color of cement road, very flat, is more curves, the speed can only slow down.
When Zhang Can left a few years ago, these roads were still rotten, but now they are all concrete casting, and there are more home-made machines in the fields by the roadside that he couldn't see before.
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, the road also came to an end, as soon as the driver stopped, his wife and brother were still sleeping, Zhang Can first took out the money and counted six hundred to pay him, and then said "thank you", and without much, he got out of the car and hurriedly went to the village road, and his house was at the west end.
The old street in the village is still a stone road, only three meters wide, at this time, every family is basically cooking lunch, and the chimney on the roof of the building is allowed to cook.
Zhang Can was worried, and quickened his pace to go home, on the way he met two villagers carrying hoes, and he didn't pay attention to it, but they called him: "Huh...... Isn't this the second child of the national family? ”
Zhang Can took a look at the vague impression, and said casually: "Uncle Guoxing, Uncle Guocheng!" ”
These two people are the cousins of Zhang Can's father's generation, and they have not taken off the five blessings, in Zhangjiazhuang, 80% of the people are surnamed Zhang, and Zhang Can's generation is low, and his father Zhang Guonian's generation has the most people, so when you see people, you have to call uncle, when you go to elementary school and junior high school, the Zhang family in the same class still has his grandfather's, at that time, the young uncle and nephew are called by name, but when you grow up, you are a little embarrassed.
Zhang Can was worried about his mother at this time, and he was not in the mood to talk to these uncles in the next room, so he hurriedly walked home after shouting, and seemed to faintly hear Zhang Guoxing saying behind him: "The second child of the national family has made a fortune in Jincheng...... Capable and promising......"
After Zhang Can hurriedly walked for dozens of meters, he suddenly remembered, why don't you ask these two cousins, how is my mother's illness?
Turning the corner, I saw my family's old house, three into the house, the middle is the hall house, the wings on both sides, the wing room on the left is the eldest brother Zhang Jiye lived, the right wing room is the parents and sister Zhang Hua lived, the middle hall house is public, the eldest brother has been married for six years, the sister-in-law is called Zhu Hongyu, and she is also from the village, the little nephew Zhang Liang is five years old this year, and the family split up in the second year of marriage.
At the door of the hall, there was an old woman of fifty or sixty years old holding a small dustpan to choose beans, and next to him was a little boy of five or six years old who was also stretching out his little hand to pluck it inside.
Zhang Can's mind was dizzy, almost confused, isn't it his mother Liu Chunju who works at this door? Surprised, his eyes widened and he walked closer, and asked in a daze, "Mom......"
Liu Chunju was stunned, raised her head to look, was stunned, and then turned her head happily and shouted into the room: "Guonian, Jiye, Zhang Hua, come out quickly, Second Uncle Liangliang is back, Second Uncle Liangliang is back!" ”
Zhang Can stared at his mother carefully, and his mother shouted loudly, full of anger, where does he look like a seriously ill person?
Liu Chunju turned his head and taught the little boy again: "Liangliang, hurry, call the second uncle!" ”
The little boy stared at Zhang Can for a while, a little afraid, and called in a low voice: "Second uncle! ”
"Hey!"
Zhang Can responded, his mind was still on his mother, and he touched a hundred-yuan bill and handed it to his nephew: "Liangliang, take it to buy candy to eat!" ”
Then he asked his mother, "Mom, are you ...... Are you well? ”
Liu Chunju smiled and said, "How can I be sick?" It's all your dad and your brother's ghost idea, if you don't say that, you won't come back! ”
Zhang Can suddenly breathed a big sigh of relief, his mother is not sick, this is fake news, it is good news, and then he was annoyed again, what excuse is not good, to talk about his mother's body?
"Mom, you see that my father and brother are really, don't tell me this lie, today almost scared my soul away!"
Liu Chunju doesn't care if his son complains or not, he complained: "You are not filial son, it's been a few years, and you don't come back, you just send money, what's the use of sending more money, don't your parents want to see you, I see, your father and your brother are doing the right thing!" ”
The old mother complained, Zhang Can's resentment was gone, he smiled wryly, and then said, "Mom, this is ...... Even if you want to come back, you have to pick the good ones and say, isn't this scary! ”
When he turned around, he found that the hundred-yuan bill in his right hand was still in his hand, and his nephew Zhang Liang did not reach out to take it, and said in surprise: "Liangliang, take it!" ”
Zhang Liang shrank back, still didn't reach out to pick it up, and said weakly: "I don't want it, my mother doesn't allow me to take other people's money!" ”
Zhang Can snorted: "I'm your second uncle, what do you call someone else's, take it, your mother won't blame you, take it, I won't give it to others, Liangliang is good, take it quickly!" ”
Because I came back in a hurry, I didn't bring anything, I didn't go home for a few years, I didn't buy any gifts for my family, Zhang Can was embarrassed, I thought that my mother was fine, that was a blessing, I was a little late today, and I went to the town or county seat tomorrow to get some money and buy some things for my family, anyway, I came back, and I was not in a hurry, so I simply stayed for a while, and then went to Jincheng.
Zhang Can put the money in Liangliang's hand, Liangliang refused to ask for it, and when Zhang Can was angry, several people poured out of the house one after another, father, brother, sister-in-law, and sister all came out.
Zhu Hongyu shouted: "Uncle is back!" Then he said to his son: "Liangliang, this is the second uncle, take what the second uncle gave!" ”
Liang Liang got his mother's words, so he was willing to accept the money, Zhang Jiye dragged Zhang Can's hand, and his sister Zhang Hua held Zhang Can's other hand, and hugged him into the house with a smile.
Sitting down in the hall, sister-in-law Zhu Hongyu hurriedly made tea, and said with a smile while bringing it over: "Dad just called Uncle in the afternoon, it's only been a few hours, and Uncle arrived home before it gets dark, it's so fast, I remember that I used to work in Jincheng with Liangliang's father, and the train took a day and a night!" ”
Zhang Can smiled and said: "The plane I took arrived at the provincial capital in two hours, and I chartered a taxi to rush back after getting off the plane, and it was only one and a half hours, and it was only more than three hours in total, which is fast enough!" ”
Sister Zhang Hua blinked her eyes and asked, "Second brother, what is it like to take a plane?" That...... Aren't you worried about falling from the sky? ”
Zhang Jiye stretched out his hand and knocked on his sister's head, and said with a smile: "Nonsense, curse your second brother!" ”
Liu Chunju came in with beans and urged Zhu Hongyu: "Hongyu, mix the glutinous rice flour, I'll cut the filling, Second Uncle Liangliang is back, our family is a reunion, make glutinous rice balls to eat!" ”
"Mom, I'll help you make rice balls!" Zhang Hua also quickly got up and went into the kitchen.
Zhang Can looked at his sister's back and said with a smile: "Dad, brother, the third sister is nineteen years old this year, and she has become a beautiful big girl!" ”
Zhang Guonian sighed and said: "Son, it's a pity for your sister, she has good grades in school, but at that time the family had no money, and she couldn't send her out, this is Dad is sorry for her, now in the countryside, what can be a good future, we are here, there is little land, there is not much income from farming, and the year is busy, not enough fertilizer money, if you are okay in Jincheng, take your sister to find a job, it is better than at home!" ”
Zhang Can nodded indifferently and replied: "It's okay, what about my own sister, I don't care who cares, Dad, Brother......" After a while, he said again: "Dad, brother, you did this thing today, you are really not authentic, it really scared me!" ”
"I think it's pretty good!"
Zhang Guonian pushed back Zhang Can's words in one bite, and laughed: "You bastard, your mother has missed you for the past two years, and your hair is half white, but are you back?" What a bastard, you are twenty-five this year, look at it, the head of the village, as big as you, Zhang Ze of the third uncle's family, gave birth to a fat son last year, Zhang Kuan of the second master's family, everyone has two babies, you ...... What about you......"
As soon as he said this, Zhang Can's face turned red and he became a little uncomfortable.
Zhang Guonian said again: "Alas, this is not to blame you, blame Dad, blame Dad is incapable, the family is poor, and he can't even marry a daughter-in-law, now this is the world, but you asked me to borrow 50,000 yuan of usury some time ago, and then repaid it a few days later, giving people 5,000 yuan of interest for nothing, Dad is distressed, these 5,000 yuan, our family's annual income is only **1,000, fortunately, you sent 500,000 yuan back, son, you don't know, your money scared your father, your brother, your mother, your sister, and your sister-in-law!" ”
Zhang Can smiled and comforted: "Dad, brother, you can rest assured, this is my legitimate income, I am the palm of an antique shop in Jincheng, with an annual salary of one million, not bad money!" ”
"Brother, what is the palm eye?" Zhang Jiye was surprised, he had never heard such a name.
Zhang Can was stunned, and then smiled: "Brother, this ...... That is, it's ...... In the company, it is called the manager, which is what it means, and in the antique shop, it is called the palm eye, which is the identification and identification of antique jade and so on. ”
Zhang Guonian also breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "You are doing this legitimate job, then I am also relieved, you suddenly sent such a large sum of money back, the post office clerk in the town is your third uncle's daughter Xiaozhu, you sent 500,000 back, this is only one day, almost the whole town knows that you sent 500,000 huge sums of money back, this is talking everywhere, I don't know what you are doing outside, so you can make money, now I am really relieved!" ”
Zhang Jiye followed with a smile and said: "Dad, in fact, what are you worried about, my younger brother has not been a person who steals chickens and dogs since he was a child, hehehe......"
Smiling, Zhang Jiye turned his head to Zhang Can and said: "Brother, you don't know, you are a celebrity now, two years ago, everyone knows that our family is poor, and the girls in the village and outside the village look down on our family, and it is not easy to say anything about asking for a daughter-in-law for you, this time it's good, you send 500,000 yuan back, and the people who come to our house to talk about matchmaking have broken the threshold of our family, so I discussed with your sister-in-law, you are not small, take this opportunity to call you back, marry your daughter-in-law, but ...... Hey, hey, brother, I don't dare to do this curse mother's business, it's all my father's doing! ”