Chapter 166: Apology

"Okay, I understand, don't worry, Dad."

Zhuang Yuanren nodded and continued, "It's not appropriate to go empty-handed. I have some snacks at home. Let me take them with me."

dessert?

Of course not. Ever since Zhuang Yuanren went to the provincial capital to take the exam last time, the family’s financial resources have been almost exhausted. They can only become a little more financially comfortable after the wheat is harvested and sold.

How could we have any money to buy snacks at this time? "Just take some eggs. We have eggs at home. Eggs are useful everywhere and are good things." Zhuang Ruman said.

Song curled her lips and said, "In my opinion, I didn't even give the eggs to the two dead girls. I kept the eggs and sold them in town to make money for Yuanren to save for his own use."

They don't get to eat eggs on weekdays, and they are given to those two dead girls for nothing. Thinking about the last time Zhuang Rumen took eggs to give to Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui, but came back and beat Zhuang Qinghe so badly that her body was covered with bruises just because she ate an egg, Song felt heartbroken.

"What do you know?"

Zhuang Ruman glanced at Song and said, "You ignorant spendthrift woman, stop embarrassing yourself here. Hurry up and get some eggs for Yuanren."

Song then reluctantly raised her foot.

"Don't take too little, otherwise it will be embarrassing enough." Zhuang Ruman warned.

"Got it." Song responded in a muffled voice and took a small bamboo basket to pick up eggs. She picked up twelve, but felt that was a bit too many, so she picked up four more, leaving only eight eggs, which she handed to Zhuang Yuanren who had already walked into the yard.

Zhuang Yuanren looked at the eggs and frowned: "Mom, these are too few."

"Not a small amount." Song said, "These eight eggs weigh more than a pound, which is enough to eat for several days. You are going to apologize, but it is just a formality. It's enough to have something in your hand. It doesn't matter whether you take more or less. If you take too much, it will be a waste, and you will feed it to those two ungrateful people."

Zhuang Yuanren's brows furrowed even deeper because of Song's explanation.

Saying that you care about his future is just lip service. When it comes to real life, it is nothing more than a few eggs.

Zhuang Yuanren didn't want to talk too much to the unreasonable Song, so he just took the bamboo basket and said, "I'll go first and be back in a moment."

"Go ahead, go ahead." Song followed Zhuang Yuanren to the door worriedly, and kept on nagging him, "Remember, when you get in front of those two girls, don't be intimidated by their strength. You will be a scholar in the future, much better than these peasants. You don't need to be servile in front of them. You will lose face..."

Arrogant and ignorant.

These four words popped up in Zhuang Yuanren's mind. He didn't respond, but strode out with the bamboo basket in his hand.

He walked all the way to the door of the butcher shop where Zhuang Qingning currently lived. Although the door was open, Zhuang Yuanren still raised his hand and knocked on the door, asking loudly, "Is Sister Ning at home?"

It was evening and Zhuang Qingning was preparing dinner.

When they came back from the town, they bought a catfish. Zhuang Qingning thought that the fish had few bones and Zhuang Qingsui could eat it in big mouthfuls, so there was no need to worry too much, so he planned to make a tomato fish dish in the evening.

She had just finished cleaning the fish and rinsed it in the yard when she heard someone calling her at the door. She didn't even bother to put down the fish in her hand and came over to take a look.

When Zhuang Qingning saw Zhuang Yuanren standing at the door, he blinked.

The original owner had this cousin in his memory, but not many of him.

Because of the age difference and the fact that Zhuang Yuanren had been going to school since he was young, they did not play together on weekdays, and even when they met, they seldom talked.

It was not until later, after Zhuang Qingning's parents passed away and he was fostered in the homes of the Song family and Zhuang Ruman, that they met more often, but only when Zhuang Yuanren came home from school.

Zhuang Yuanren also talked about Song's beating and scolding him once or twice, but Song ignored him and just told him not to worry about it. Zhuang Yuanren never said anything again and never spoke to Zhuang Qingning again.

As for this eldest cousin, Zhuang Qingning couldn't say that he disliked Zhuang Ruman, the Song family, or even Zhuang Qinghe, but he definitely couldn't say that he liked them either.

"Cousin, you're here." Zhuang Qingning spoke in a light tone.

"Yeah, I just came back from school." While speaking, Zhuang Yuanren looked at Zhuang Qingning.

Compared to the last time I saw her, Zhuang Qingning had grown taller, whiter, and seemed to have gained some weight, looking like a grown-up girl.

She was wearing a dress made of fine cloth, a pea green skirt, a crescent-white shirt, with hems on the cuffs and an embroidered collar. Her dark hair was tied in a simple bun with a pea green ribbon.

The catfish in my hand looked big and fat, and I estimated it to be more than two kilograms...

Zhuang Qingning's family is obviously living a good life, and it seems that the tofu shop business should be good.

"My eldest cousin came to see me? Is there something?" Zhuang Qingning didn't have a good impression of Zhuang Ruman's family, so he spoke bluntly and clearly, with a somewhat distant tone.

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"It's not a big deal. I just came to see you, Sister Ning, and Sister Sui."

Zhuang Yuanren came back to his senses, retracted his scrutinizing gaze, and said solemnly: "At the same time, I'm here to apologize to you two."

"I usually study in town and rarely go home, so I don't know much about what's going on at home. I never thought that my parents would be so cruel to Sister Ning and Sister Sui, and even targeted you two several times."

"This was wrong for Mom and Dad. When I came back and heard about this, I gave them a long lecture and advised them not to embarrass you two again in the future."

"Although my parents are often unreasonable and selfish, I am the eldest son in the family and have made some progress in my studies in recent years. They are still willing to listen to me and will not embarrass you and Sister Sui in the future."

"My parents were wrong about what happened before. I want to apologize to you, Sister Ning, on their behalf."

Zhuang Yuanren held out the bamboo basket in his hand and said, "I have been studying in the academy for a long time and don't have much money. I hope Sister Ning will not despise the eggs that our family has saved these days and must accept them."

Zhuang Qingning lowered his eyelids slightly, weighing what Zhuang Yuanren said.

After thinking for a while, he said, "My cousin has come to apologize, so I can't chase him out."

"But just now my eldest cousin also said that it was my eldest uncle and aunt who were wrong. Since it was their fault, it doesn't mean that my eldest cousin shouldn't pay for it. My eldest cousin should just go back."

Zhuang Yuanren was stunned when he heard this.

I received a call early in the morning that my cousin's husband had passed away and the funeral would be held today 　　. Due to the epidemic, the funeral had to be simple and the burial could only be hastily carried out.

My cousin was only thirty years old, with a pair of children, and she cried so hard that she almost fainted. 　　The disaster came too fast and too suddenly, and I felt too heavy...

(End of this chapter)