When the car arrived at Zhang Donghu's house, he rang the doorbell, and Xiao Jing couldn't wait to shout at the monitor that had just been installed at the door this year: "Dad, we're back!" This "Dad" called kindly and naturally, as if she was really Zhang Donghu's biological daughter.

Zheng Xiuyan listened and sighed again at Xiao Jing's cheekiness, although they should respect Zhang Chengyuan's father, but if she wanted her to call Zhang Donghu "Dad" like Xiao Jing, she couldn't do anything.

Zhang Chengyuan's heart was a little uncomfortable, on the one hand, he liked to see Xiao Jing being close to Zhang Donghu because of him, but on the other hand, he didn't want Xiao Jing to be too close to Zhang Donghu. Every time he heard Xiao Jing sweetly call Zhang Donghu "Dad", he was always a little surprised, he knew that this was his possessiveness, he had always seemed to regard Xiao Jing as his private property, and he didn't want her to get too close to other men, even if this man was his father!

Although he himself disliked this somewhat morbid thought and tried his best to control it, it always came to his mind involuntarily.

After a while, the door opened, and Xiao Jing ran in first, and then Zheng Xiuyan and Zhang Chengyuan followed in with the gifts given by Zheng's father and Zheng's mother. Zhang Chengyuan, who walked behind the most, closed the door with his hand.

Compared with a year ago, Zhang Chengyuan's hometown has changed a lot, with Zhang Donghu's day and night tidying and protection, Zhang Chengyuan's financial support, this house has been renovated inside and out, not only renovated, replaced furniture, but also built an extra floor, ready to be used as a place for Zhang Chengyuan and Cheng Youli to occasionally go home after getting married in the future.

Standing in the courtyard, in addition to the two red plums, there are a lot of flowers and plants next to them, but at this time it is winter, except for the plum blossoms are still blooming, other flowers are nowhere to be seen. In addition, there is a small vegetable patch, with a closed small vegetable shed, where hundreds of vegetables are planted. This vegetable shed was built by Zhang Chengyuan for fear that his father Zhang Donghu would be idle, so he found someone to build it for him. This year, Zhang Donghu did not find a suitable job, so he raised flowers in the courtyard and planted vegetables to pass the time, and in winter, most of the flowers withered, and there were no vegetables in the vegetable field.

The reason why Zhang Chengyuan cares so much about this kind of trivial matter is that he is afraid that Zhang Donghu will be too lonely and will be sick. Second, I am afraid that after Zhang Donghu is too lonely, he will often call him home or call him to chat. He can't talk to his father Zhang Donghu, and he doesn't have much free time. It is also out of this idea that Zhang Chengyuan will ask his sisters to come here occasionally to accompany Zhang Donghu when he has time.

Walking into the living room, the three of them saw Zhang Donghu sitting and waiting for them, one was his son, and the other was the girl he treated as a daughter, Zhang Donghu naturally would not deliberately get up and go out to greet him, that is, his most beloved future daughter-in-law Cheng Youli came, and he would not go out to greet him now, because he knew that he was doing this, but he was more outside, and Cheng Youli was more uncomfortable, and now he was standing at the door of the hall at most waiting.

After saluting Zhang Donghu, Xiao Jing immediately ran to Zhang Donghu's side, hugged his arm, and shouted crisply: "Dad, I haven't come to see you for some days, do you want me?" ”

Zhang Donghu said with a smile: "Of course I think about it, otherwise I wouldn't have asked your brother to pick you up." ”

Little Crystal laughed for a while, and suddenly said in surprise: "Dad, you seem to be getting younger and younger!" It's also much more handsome. ”

Zheng Xiuyan looked at Zhang Donghu twice when she heard this, and nodded in agreement.

These two girls are not complimenting Zhang Donghu, in fact, compared to when they first met Zhang Donghu, Zhang Donghu does look much younger. After resting at home for a year, and after Zhang Chengyuan's secret conditioning, Zhang Donghu's body has become much stronger, and his complexion has become much rudder, and the wind and frost accumulated from running around in the past few years and showing on his face have also disappeared by half, and even his gray hair has decreased a lot, and he seems to be about ten years younger overall, and his demeanor when he was young can still be seen.

At this time, if you compare the faces of Zhang Donghu and Zhang Chengyuan, you will find that Zhang Chengyuan's thick black and slender eyebrows, heroic and tall nose bridge, and masculine facial contours are actually inherited from Zhang Donghu. It can be said that even if Zhang Donghu's appearance is not as handsome as Zhang Chengyuan's, he was definitely a handsome guy when he was young.

Receiving the sincere praise of the two girls, Zhang Donghu was very happy, happily touched the heads of Xiao Jing and Zheng Xiuyan, and praised: "You two girls are getting more and more beautiful!" ”

After saying a few more words, Zheng Xiuyan presented the gift that her parents asked her to bring, which was not a very expensive gift, but it was full of heart, and it was a food made by Zheng's mother. Zheng's mother learned that Zhang Donghu liked to eat kimchi, kimchi pancakes, mung bean cakes and other foods, so she made some every once in a while, and then asked Zheng Xiuyan to send them specially. I happened to bring some with me on this visit.

Zhang Donghu stretched out his hand to take it, and then instructed Zhang Chengyuan to take it to the kitchen, put it in the refrigerator, and taste it slowly later, and looked at Zheng Xiuyan again, and thanked: "Go back and tell your parents that I am very grateful to them for giving me food from time to time, and I eat these things very deliciously!" ”

Zheng Xiuyan said: "My mother said that if you can still eat it, uncle, I will send some more in the future!" ”

Zhang Donghu smiled: "Of course I can eat it, I never get tired of eating these foods!" And it often reminds me of when I was a child, when I was in an orphanage with Sung Yuan's mother, I could only eat kimchi pancakes and other foods during the Chinese New Year, leaving many beautiful memories, I remember......"

Maybe when people are old and idle, they like to recall the past, Zhang Donghu gushed about the things when he was a child, his eloquence was good, all kinds of difficulties in life at that time, but in his mouth turned into all kinds of interesting things, Zheng Xiuyan and Xiao Jing listened to it with relish.

But Zhang Chengyuan was not interested in listening to this kind of thing, but if he didn't listen, he seemed to be a little bit out of his father's face, so he sat patiently and listened to it for about ten minutes. After that, he said that he was tired, and went upstairs to his room, saying that he didn't sleep well last night and wanted to go up to make up for sleep.

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The entire second floor was newly built, much larger than the first floor, with some protruding out of thin air and a dozen solid stone columns underneath. There are two bedrooms on the second floor, one large and one small, the big one is the room of Jang Sung-won and Sung You-li, and the smaller is the room of their future child. There are two bathrooms, one next to the staircase and one inside the large bedroom. There is also a study room and a small living room.

Although the second floor has been built for more than half a year, and the household appliances and furniture are complete, Zhang Chengyuan has not stayed here a few times, and he has not even slept completely, only occasionally taking a nap a few times when he accompanied his sisters to visit his father. And the reason why he took a nap here was just to pass the time, waiting for the sisters he brought to chat with Zhang Donghu for a day, he got up to eat with Zhang Donghu, and then he left, usually he would not stay at home overnight.

But tonight and tomorrow night he will definitely sleep here, because today is Chinese New Year's Eve, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and he will definitely stay at home these two nights to show respect for this family, his father Zhang Donghu and his dead mother.

Walking into the bedroom, Zhang Chengyuan didn't feel the air dull at all, and he didn't find any dust, thinking that it was because Zhang Donghu often cleaned and took care of it. Leaning back on the bed, he was ready to close his eyes and take a nap.

At this time, the mobile phone on his body rang, and when he took it out, he saw that it was Cheng Youli, so he hurriedly connected it and asked, "Sister Youli, is there something wrong?" ”

Cheng Youli said: "Are you in your father-in-law's house now?" ”

"Well, yes!"

"In those three minutes, you come out and pick me up, help me carry my things in, and I'll be there right away!"

Zhang Chengyuan asked, "Sister Youli, what are you doing here?" ”

Cheng Youli said: "Naturally, I am visiting my father-in-law, and I am going to celebrate the New Year!" Don't talk about it, I'm driving, and we'll talk when we get there! ”

is more filial than filial piety, I am afraid that Zhang Chengyuan, who is a son, is not as good as Cheng Youli, a prospective daughter-in-law, except for taking out money to let Zhang Donghu renovate the house, he has almost never done anything for his father, but Cheng Youli often takes time to visit Zhang Donghu, and almost every time he will bring gifts to the door, although it is not necessarily very valuable, but it is very intimate.

In comparison, Zhang Donghu naturally loves Cheng Youli more, but he doesn't like his own son Zhang Chengyuan, who let Zhang Chengyuan stuff himself, almost nothing to say to him, and seems to have done something sorry for Cheng Youli.

Zhang Chengyuan went downstairs and walked to the living room, Xiao Jing saw him and asked with some doubts: "Brother, why did you come down, didn't you say you wanted to rest?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Sister Youli is coming soon, I'll come down to pick her up." ”

As soon as Zhang Donghu heard that Cheng Youli was coming, he didn't care about talking about the old past, so he immediately stood up and said, "Youli is also here?" Then I'll stand at the hall door and wait for her. ”

Little Crystal muttered, "Dad, you are eccentric, you didn't stand outside to pick us up when we came." ”

Zhang Donghu touched her head lovingly, and said with a smile on his face: "Next time you come, Dad will definitely pick you up outside the hall." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said to Zhang Donghu: "Dad, you sit down, you don't have to stand outside and wait, how can there be a reason for a father-in-law to greet his daughter-in-law, if Sister Youli sees it, she will definitely feel uneasy again!" ”

Zhang Donghu felt that there was some reason, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for her here." "Sit down again.

Then, Zhang Chengyuan tapped on Xiao Jing's head and said, "Sister Youli, are you still jealous?" She loves you so much! Besides, after I get married to Sister Youli, you still have to call her sister-in-law! ”

Xiao Jing turned her head and said, "I don't call it, it's more intimate to call my sister than my sister-in-law!" In her careful thinking at this time, she didn't want to be Zhang Chengyuan's sister for the rest of her life, so she didn't want to call other women sisters-in-law.

Zhang Chengyuan said indifferently: "Whatever you want, you can call it however you like!" However, now come out with me to greet Sister Youli. He bent down and picked up the little crystal, and walked towards the door.