The neighbors were talking.

In Zhang's house, Huang Wenmin was holding a shovel spoon in his hand, and big fish and meat were tumbling in the pot. There are already seven or eight dishes of different styles prepared next to it.

Zhang Chengwang walked back and forth in the living room, pondering the time when Zhang Heng arrived home, and did not look at the bronze bell hanging on the wall, but took out the mobile phone that Zhang Heng bought and took a few glances.

"Oh, this kid's speed is really slow, it's only two or three hours from the city to Zhongshan! It's almost three o'clock......"

"What are you anxious about, Zhang Heng is not a child, and he won't get lost, you sit down quietly!" Huang Wenmin's voice came from the kitchen.

"I've got to be quiet, too! I'm just this one precious son! ”

Zhang Chengwang had a bitter face, sat on the sofa in the living room, impatient, simply patted his knees, and stood up, "the child, I'll drive to the station to pick up my son!" ”

"That's fine, you slow down!"

Zhang Chengwang put on his coat, picked up the car keys hanging on the keyhook behind the door, and was about to go out.

Ding dong.

Someone rang the doorbell.

Coming back?

Zhang Chengwang's face was happy, and then he straightened his hairstyle, and pretended to open the door lightly.

"Second brother, where are you going to go out?"

A female voice with a sharper voice spoke.

Outside the house, two figures walked in with gifts.

Zhang Chengwang was stunned for a moment, "Big brother and sister-in-law, why are you here?" ”

Huang Wenmin heard the movement, and hurriedly walked out of the kitchen at this time, and was also stunned when he saw the two people who appeared in the living room.

"Hey, are they all there? What about Zhang Heng? Haven't come back from school yet? ”

Wearing a white velvet hat, a white cotton wool jacket with black leggings and high-top shoes, Zhu Shuxia asked with a smile while carrying two boxes of ginseng.

Beside Zhu Shuxia, Zhang Jiqing, who was wearing a black windbreaker and was bloated, shook his fat face slightly, and lifted the two bottles of Wuliangye in his hand, "Chengwang, I'm ready, our brothers have to drink two cups today." ”

Zhang Chengwang's smile was a little far-fetched, he naturally recognized these two people, not only did they recognize, but they were also brothers, but since they started their own families, they have been in a state of open and secret struggle and mutual suspicion.

Zhang Chengwang has a total of four brothers, the eldest brother is Zhang Jiqing, Zhang Chengwang is the second, the third is called Zhang Chengyuan, and the fourth is called Zhang Chengan, each of whom has started a family.

Among them, the fourth Zhang Chengan caught up with the wave of going abroad after graduating from college students in the early period, and was the most promising among the four brothers, and opened a stationery chain company in the United States very early.

The third Zhang Chengyuan, by virtue of the relationship between the old man, served as the office secretary of the Yu Urban Forestry Bureau.

This year's political achievements are even more prominent, just transferred to Zhongshan County Construction Bureau as deputy director, although it is a flat transfer, but in terms of urban planning and construction, it can be regarded as holding real power, compared to the Forestry Bureau like the Qingshui Yamen is much better. And he is a deputy director-level cadre, and since then he can be regarded as a flat horse, returning to his hometown to serve, coupled with the blessing of the old man, his career can be regarded as worry-free.

Among the four brothers, only the eldest Zhang Jiqing's family is the most special, openly laughing, but secretly inferiority complex, has always liked to compare, and his brothers compare their careers, wives, children, anyway.

The purpose of doing this is just to have a sense of zài in front of the old man.

Zhang Jiqing is a ginseng seller, twenty or thirty years later, he has also made a lot of money, and now his assets are several million, he has never gone to college, and after graduating from high school, he is all over the world, running everywhere, and there is no one at the end of three days.

His wife, Zhu Shuxia, works in the county people's court, and takes advantage of the convenience of being a civil servant.

As for the old man who is respected by both families, it is the ancestor who is now eighty years old, Zhang Qisong, and Old Man Zhang.

After the death of the royal family, he was sent to the township as the director of the office in his forties, and then rose all the way, when he was the head of the township and county magistrate, and when he was nearly sixty years old, he was already a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee.

The influence of the old man in his early years, even after more than ten years, still has an aftermath that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, whether or not they can please the old man is also the top priority that the four brothers will face from time to time in their lives.

Seeing that her husband was silent, Huang Wenmin glared at him, and then took the gift brought by the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "Big brother, come here, why do you still bring gifts, I just made some food, come to sister-in-law, and come to taste it with my eldest brother!" ”

"This is still three or four days before Chinese New Year's Eve, why are you in a hurry to make a meal, Zhang Heng's child? Oh, by the way, the last time Zhang Heng dropped out of school, can it be done? Zhu Shuxia followed Huang Wenmin to the kitchen, looked at the table full of food, and said strangely.

"Zhang Heng just came back today, and now he is probably going to be home soon, no, his father is just about to go out to pick up the child at the station!" Huang Wenmin said with a smile.

"Alas! Don't pick it up, it's the New Year, the street is full of people who buy New Year's goods, the car can't pass, besides, Zhang Heng is also an adult, and he can find a home, don't pick it up. ”

Zhang Chengwang shook the car key and hung it on the key hook behind the door.

Looking at the bright car keys in the old second-hand car, Zhang Jiqing and Zhu Shuxia glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in their eyes.

The second two children, one is the small director of the county branch of the Municipal Engineering Department, in charge of several contract foremen, and the other is a people's teacher, who has been teaching and educating people with hard work for half his life, not counting gray income, and the monthly salary of the two is not more than 10,000 yuan, how can they be willing to buy a car?

After showing off without leaving a trace, Zhang Chengwang looked at it all in his eyes and sneered secretly.

Huang Wenmin sighed secretly.

The last time Zhang Heng took a year off from school, after being known by Huang Wenmin and his wife, he was naturally anxious, and learned that the debt was as high as more than two million, and the husband and wife only felt that the sky was about to fall, and the ancestral house assigned by the old man was moved to sell it.

But unless it is a last resort, the husband and wife will definitely not do this kind of thing that touches the old man's temper, so they scrape together, borrow this and that, and borrow it to a few brothers, three brothers, thinking about borrowing three or five hundred thousand yuan each, plus the savings of the husband and wife for many years, if they don't sell the ancestral house, they must still be able to make up two million yuan to help their son pay off his debts.

The fourth child was very happy, even though he was in the United States, but when he received a call from his second brother, he didn't say a word, and he called 500,000 yuan across the sea.

The third child has also mixed well over the years, and this year he is in the Construction Bureau again, and he borrowed 200,000 yuan at a time.

Only the eldest Zhang Jiqing, the four brothers who looked the richest and most imposing, when the brothers opened their mouths to borrow money, they only borrowed 50,000 yuan.

But after all, it was also borrowed, and the husband and wife were also very grateful.

It's just that every three days, I call to ask about Zhang Heng - of course, I still care about the 50,000 yuan!

Zhang Chengwang is also a good-looking master, he was so repeatedly urged by his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he was impatient, and after redeeming money with his comrade-in-arms Guo Yongchang to repay his debts, the second day after returning to Zhongshan, he collected the remaining money and sent it to his eldest brother and sister-in-law.

After that, it worked, and Zhang Jiqing and his wife never asked if the matter had been completely resolved, nor did they call to inquire.

After a few months, at the end of the year, this is the first time that the eldest brother and sister-in-law have visited, just two bottles of Wuliangye and two boxes of ginseng, and there is only a small gift of less than 1,000 yuan.

If it was before, Huang Wenmin would definitely be flattered, but now, the so-called mother is expensive with her son, and under the reflection of her son's worth of tens of millions, this thousand yuan is really not enough.

"Just back today? I worked hard at school! ”

Zhang Jiqing tried not to think about the car key chain, consciously sat on the sofa in the living room, picked up the melon seeds on the coffee table, leaned over and swallowed the melon seeds, and said with a smile: "My Xiao Ming is too, since he became a student union cadre of the school, he has not been less worried about the hearts of those freshmen, but his homework has not been pulled down, and in the final exam of this semester, the doors are all A......"

"Big brother, Zhang Heng, this kid, is no longer going to school." Huang Wenmin said suddenly.

The air froze all at once.

Zhu Shuxia's smile suddenly stopped, and she looked at Huang Wenmin in surprise, Zhang Jiqing's hand shook and swept the ground, her expression stunned.

Zhang Chengwang looked at this scene and laughed self-deprecatingly.

The corners of Huang Wenmin's mouth showed a touch of bitterness.

No parent in the world would want their children to give up halfway through their education, not even the most basic university diploma in society.

But fortunately, Zhang Heng's child is still promising!

Zhang Chengwang smiled faintly, thinking about the bank card that his son stuffed into him before parting last time, and after checking in the bank afterwards, his heartbeat accelerated rapidly, Zhang Chengwang had a kind of pride like this, what do parents ask for!

"At such a young age, how can you not go to school?" Zhang Jiqing stopped swallowing melon seeds, and said strangely: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Alas, it wasn't Zhang Heng who did it at the beginning