The son of the commune secretary and the daughter of the county's armed forces chief were getting married. Even though the preparations were simple, there were many guests coming and going, and the atmosphere was very lively.

As soon as the car stopped, Zhang Yuntao's parents came forward. Zhang Guoqing felt a little embarrassed to be greeted by such an elder.

After congratulating Zhang Zhifeng and the others, he paid special attention and found that the guests who came and went did not give any cash gifts except for the small gifts in their hands, so he had a rough idea of ​​the situation.

"Where are your wife and children? Xiao Tao is still in the county town. Come in and sit for a while."

Zhang Guoqing nodded and greeted everyone, then put down the gifts. "Uncle, they're all at the bride's place. I have to go to the county town to look for Xiao Tao. I'll take my leave now."

"Would you like to sit for a while? Do you know where he is?"

Zhang Guoqing smiled and said, "I'll always run into him when I stay at the bride's house."

"That's right. They're having a party tonight. Xiao Tao is there."

"Then you go ahead and get busy."

After watching Zhang Guoqing leave, Zhang Zhifeng walked in and saw that the old ladies in the house had already opened the gift they had given them - a set of red bed sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases.

"Is this Zhang Guoqing from Zhangjia Village?"

Zhang Zhifeng smiled and nodded.

"We grew up together and have such a good relationship. Look at this quilt cover, it's really beautiful."

"I heard they all grew up together. This time Zhang Guoqing and his wife came all together, so the travel expenses must be high."

Faced with everyone's discussions, Zhang Zhifeng smiled and said nothing.

When Zhang Guoqing and Xiao Wang returned, Zhao Chuangguang and others had already come to the courtyard and were gathering together to drink, chat and entertain the children.

"Look, our son-in-law is back."

"Hello uncles."

"Smart! I thought you were going to salute right when you came up." Crazy uncle gave a thumbs up.

"That's for outsiders. We're all family." Zhang Guoqing lowered his voice, feigning mystery. "Let me tell you a secret."

Seeing this, everyone calmed down and waited.

"I never salute my dad at home. Hahaha..."

"This brat, I thought it was something else."

"This is still our little son-in-law."

Zhang Guoqing picked up the wine jar and said, "I'll pour some wine for you. Uncles, are you brothers happy to be together today? My uncle Wang and the others are thinking about you and want you to go to the capital when you have time."

Zhao Chuangguang moved in and pulled him to sit down. "Your uncle Wang and the others kept writing to us, bragging about how sweet you two are and how you outshine everyone else. Tell us, what's going on?"

Zhang Guoqing smiled and said, "That's thoughtful. You should ask your little cotton-padded jacket about this."

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this. Indeed, even though they were far away in the north, they still received a lot of Zhou Jiao's filial piety. This child was extremely polite.

"I heard that you caused quite a stir in the military academy last time. Don't you want to show off a little?"

Zhang Guoqing shook his head modestly, "How can we, the new recruits, show off in front of you veterans?"

"You little brat." Zhao Chuangguang patted him on the shoulder. "You didn't bring shame to us."

"Not even close."

After a long separation, the party inevitably started with a round of drinking and talking. In the end, Zhao Chuangguang, who loved to play tricks, almost got his new future father-in-law, Zhao Dashan, drunk, and the group dispersed.

Before returning to the guesthouse, Zhang Guoqing asked his two brothers to go with him. He wanted them to spend more time with the elders. In the future, his opportunities to return home would become fewer and fewer, and his family would still rely on them for support.

Huang Cuilan and Lin Juhua, the sisters-in-law, stayed in the courtyard to clean up the mess.

After a moment, Huang Cuilan sighed quietly, "I didn't realize it before, but it's different after all."

Lin Juhua glanced at her and lowered her head to fold the bowls.

"Do you want to go find Jiaojiao tonight?"

Lin Juhua frowned, then let go and looked up with a smile: "Let her have a good chat with Mom. After we clean up here, let's go to Aunt Cheng to help."

Huang Cuilan hesitated for a moment, "That's fine. Jiaojiao isn't going to accompany Yuanyuan?"

"The Zhao family is always busy, and she doesn't like to join in the fun. Besides, she has a child with her, so she probably won't go until tomorrow." After saying this, Lin Juhua picked up the dishes and walked out.

Huang Cuilan followed closely behind, "You came in late, I don't know how Jiaojiao was doing before. I really didn't expect it, this person's fate is really unpredictable."

Lin Juhua loved gossip, but when it came to Zhang Guoqing and his wife, she subconsciously pursed her lips. The Zhang family was only as good as they were today because of Zhou Jiao's marriage. She wished them well, so why would she join in the gossip?

"What do you think Jiaojiao is missing in her life? For a woman to achieve this...tsk tsk..."

Lin Juhua said softly, "Don't they say that there is always hardship before happiness? Look at how much I suffered as a child, and now my life is getting better and better."

"We weren't in Beijing, and we only saw Jiaojiao doing well. But look at how tired Xizi was at university. She also endured five years of university before she even got a good job."

Huang Cuilan nodded, "True. But Xiaowu treats her well. All three sons are smart. I think the twins are just as smart as Ping'an. She really knows how to teach children."

If she hadn't known how often she spoke without thinking, Lin Juhua would have nearly cursed. If you hadn't done anything wrong, would your man be lukewarm towards you? Her own man was different, and she considered her own children clever.

"My parents are so willing to give such a good grandson to the Zhou family."

"What do you mean by giving it to me? Isn't he still our Zhang family's child?" Lin Juhua retorted, "Just now they called Xizi 'Big Brother', and I saw you couldn't close your mouth."

Huang Cuilan chuckled a few times and suddenly asked, "Have you noticed? Ping'an has always taught his younger brother to call people 'Xizi brother' and 'Shitou brother', but why doesn't this little guy call people in the order his grandparents taught him?"

How could they not notice? Lin Juhua knew very well that no matter how close they were, they were still cousins. How could they really take it seriously? Now that Xiaowu was around, the family could always help. But in the future, when the three Ping'an brothers got married and had children, they would be far apart.

Just look at the relationship between his three brothers and Qingshan and the others and you will understand. Otherwise, why did Xiaowu pull his two brothers, but none of his cousins ​​made any move?

She didn't plan to tell her sister-in-law about these things. No matter how good the relationship is, if you don't give more, who would be stupid enough to help you again and again?

Thinking of this, Lin Juhua didn't bother to say more to her. She planned to finish packing quickly and go to Zhao Dashan's house to see if there was anything she could help with. Then she would take advantage of these two nights to do more work for the three Ping'an brothers.

She just saw that these three children were very active. In this cold winter, knitting cotton shoes for them by hand and giving them a few pairs of gloves would be better than giving them anything else.

She kindly reminded, "Sister-in-law, Jiaojiao gave a lot of things this time. Please take some time to help her three children with some work."

Huang Cuilan nodded quickly after hearing this, "I just happened to be sending a New Year's gift. I'll find you later."

Lin Juhua smiled with satisfaction. That was right! She didn't want the three sisters-in-law to have a bad relationship. The three brothers in her family were so united, they couldn't hinder them.