Chapter 6 The Zhong Family

When Zhong Hui returned home, before she had time to feel sad about the divorce, Zhong Xiong took her to his house.

"Let's go to my house for dinner."

"Brother, wait a minute. Let me wait for Linlin to come back and come together." Zhong Hui said.

"I told Zhong Xu this morning to take Linlin straight back to my house after school." Zhong Xiong said.

"Okay." Zhong Hui said, threw the divorce certificate into the cabinet, and followed Zhong Xiong out of the house.

Zhong Hui's house is right next to Aunt Meihua's house. As soon as she went out, she happened to meet Aunt Meihua coming in, carrying a lot of bags in her hands.

Seeing Zhong Hui, Aunt Meihua first put the things on the ground, then quickly picked up a box of milk and stuffed it into Zhong Hui's hand: "Hui, take it back and eat it."

"Aunt Meihua..." Zhong Hui was a little at a loss. Aunt Meihua was too generous. Was she still the Aunt Meihua who would get red in the face while fighting with others for a piece of onion?

"Here, my eldest son graduated from college this year and started working. He just received his first month's salary and he wants to take me to the supermarket. I have to buy something..." Aunt Meihua said with some pride.

After saying a lot, he suddenly remembered something and immediately shut up, saying, "Hui, that Ge Zhihua doesn't look like a man who can bring wealth. If you leave him, you will have a better future."

Zhong Hui burst out laughing: "Thank you Aunt Meihua for your kind words."

"Really? I'm the best at judging people." Meihua said very seriously.

"Okay, I will definitely be prosperous in the future." Zhong Hui smiled and said, "Thank you, Auntie."

"No thanks, no thanks." Aunt Meihua smiled and waved her hand.

"Then Aunt Meihua, please look at me. How is my financial situation?" Suddenly, Zhong Xiong put his face in front of Aunt Meihua.

"Oh my." Aunt Meihua was startled when a big face suddenly appeared in front of her. She glared at Zhong Xiong unhappily, "You, you have a good way to make money. You will be rich in the future."

Although Aunt Meihua said it casually, Zhong Xiong was still very happy: "Come on, come on, I have to have a couple of drinks tonight to celebrate."

Seeing her elder brother walking with joy as if he was about to float up, Zhong Hui laughed helplessly behind him. The brother and sister went to Zhong Xiong's house one after the other.

Zhong Xiong's home is at the east end of the village. They have a four-story building that was recently built. This piece of housing land was left by Zhong's parents' generation and was later divided among the eldest brother Zhong Xiong and the second brother Zhong Qin.

My second brother Zhong Qin and his second sister-in-law are both teachers. They teach in the city. They have settled down in the city a long time ago, so the residential land in the village is vacant.

The two walked in one after the other. As soon as they entered the living room, they saw Ge Linlin and Zhong Xu, brother and sister, watching cartoons enthusiastically, each holding a bag of potato chips in their hands.

Seeing Zhong Hui coming in, Ge Linlin ran over like a firecracker and hugged Zhong Hui: "Mom, Mom, you're here."

"Yeah." Zhong Hui touched her daughter's head. "Have you finished your homework?"

"I've finished writing." Ge Linlin responded crisply.

Zhong Hui gave her a few instructions and let her watch TV.

In the kitchen, sister-in-law Yang Fangqin was cooking. Zhong Hui put the milk on the table and rolled up her sleeves to help.

"Oh, we don't need you. There are only two dishes. Go out and sit down and rest for a while." Yang Fangqin didn't let her help.

Zhong Huike felt embarrassed to just sit there waiting for food, so she insisted on helping wash the vegetables in the kitchen.

While cooking skillfully, Yang Fangqin comforted her younger sister: "Hui, you are such a good person. If you leave Ge Zhihua, you can find someone better in a few minutes."

She was not exaggerating. Her sister-in-law was very beautiful when she was young. She was the most beautiful girl in their Xiatuan Village.

Although my face is a little darker now, the foundation is still there. As long as I clean it up properly, I can still dazzle some people's eyes.

Zhong Hui smiled faintly: "I don't want to look for it now."

"Oh, it's okay if you don't look for one. Let me tell you, we women should dress up beautifully. If not for men, then for ourselves. When we dress up beautifully, we will be happy to see ourselves." Yang Fangqin said again.

"Let me tell you, your eldest brother, I didn't like to dress up before, and he didn't like to take me with him when he went out for social events. Now look, he always invites me wherever he goes to eat." Yang Fangqin said proudly.

Zhong Hui looked at her sister-in-law carefully. Indeed, Yang Fangqin's dress style had become more fashionable over the past year, and she looked a lot younger.

"As women, we not only need to dress well, but we also need to take good care of our faces. After all, as we age, we age quickly if we don't take care of ourselves." Yang Fangqin added, "The face cream I use is pretty good. I asked my friend to bring it back from Hong Kong. He just bought two sets. When you leave, I'll give you a set. You can try it. If it works for you, I'll ask my friend to bring you one next time."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zhong Hui touched her dry face and did not refuse.

As they were talking, Yang Fangqin had cooked two more dishes. The aunt and sister-in-law took the dishes out. The large round table in the living room outside was already full.

"Why haven't the second uncle and the others come back yet?" Seeing that the dishes were already on the table and the others hadn't returned yet, Yang Fangqin called out, "Zhong Xu, go out and see if your second uncle, third aunt, and fourth aunt have returned."

"Okay." Zhong Xu reluctantly turned his eyes away from the TV, threw down the potato chips and walked out.

When Ge Linlin saw Zhong Xu leaving, she followed him out like a follower.

The two children ran out of the door and ran back in a moment later: "Here they are, they are all here."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of people followed in, including the second brother and his family, and the third and fourth sisters and their families.

"You guys came here by appointment, what a coincidence." Zhong Xiong said with a smile and opened all the doors.

"No, my second brother and sister-in-law can't come until they get off work, and my third sister and brother-in-law can't be free until they close the stall. As for me, I was just about to close the shop when two more customers came to try on clothes, so we got together and happened to arrive in my third brother-in-law's van." Zhong Li, the fourth brother of the Zhong family, explained with a smile.

"Okay, okay, come in quickly, what are you all doing gathered at the door?" Yang Fangqin called out quickly.

The Zhong brothers and sisters came into the living room in a lively atmosphere. The adults sat down at the dining table, and the children sat on the other side of the sofa watching TV, chatting and laughing.

"Zhong Xu, you are the eldest, set a good example and bring your sisters over for dinner." Seeing that the little kids were busy watching TV, Yang Fangqin yelled at Zhong Xu.

Zhong Xu quickly stood up and called to his sisters: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat, come quickly, serve the food and come back."

"Oh." The four children listened to their eldest brother and rushed to the other end of the table to scoop up rice and pick up dishes.

"Let's eat first. I brought some hairy crabs. Your third aunt is steaming them in the kitchen. You can have a hairy crab for each of you later." Zhong Hui's third brother-in-law Li Chengsheng said with a smile.

"Wow, there are hairy crabs to eat." The children became even more excited.

Zhong Li rolled her eyes. She couldn't bear to see her third brother-in-law's honest face, but with the look of a smug villain. She couldn't help but pout and said, "Third brother-in-law, the hairy crabs you brought were alive, not dead. I still remember the last time I ate the hairy crabs you brought, I had diarrhea for two days."