In the following days, Chen Yuying was like a madman, quarreling with her man every day and not letting him come back to live with her. The two of them started to get a divorce.

Their family affairs also became a topic of conversation in the alley after dinner, but most people sympathized with Zhang Xizhu and felt that he had a very difficult life.

Chen Yuying is not popular in the alley. She doesn't cook for her man or wash his clothes. She lets him eat out or eat at other people's homes every day. So everyone has a bad impression of her and thinks she is a lazy woman.

In fact, it is true that Chen Yuying has a bad temper and it is also true that she doesn’t cook for him, but it was also forced out of her by the man.

Before, she was a good wife and mother. Every time she cooked, she would serve the meal to her husband first. As a result, Zhang Xizhu was picky. Today he complained that the food she cooked was too salty, and tomorrow he complained that the food she cooked was too bitter. He also complained that she did not wash his clothes cleanly.

If this goes on, Chen Yuying will become a bad-tempered person. Who can stand having her work results denied every day?

However, everyone did not know the actual situation and only saw her inaction.

The two quarreled and fought for several months, but they still did not divorce. They are now separated. Chen Yuying lives at home, and Zhang Xizhu hands over his salary on time every month.

Zhang Xizhu has retired, but he has good skills, so he went to work as a gatekeeper at a private brick factory. He also works as an electrician. The factory provides him with food and accommodation, so he is happy and carefree.

During the National Day holiday, the expressway from the city to the county town was opened, so during the New Year holiday, everyone drove on the expressway and got home in two hours.

The year came to 1999, and the country's economy was experiencing unprecedented prosperity.

In this era, all industries have ushered in a golden age, and the most eye-catching one is the real estate industry.

With the acceleration of urban construction and the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for housing is also increasing. As a result, the real estate market has risen rapidly and become one of the important pillars of economic development.

Dianli Lane is also going to be demolished, and Hu Zi and An An will each be given a three-bedroom house.

The house has not been completed yet, so they are temporarily living in Zhang Weifang's house.

Zhang Weifang and Lu Shi are older, and they are used to the simple and warm living environment of the two of them, and they eat lighter food.

However, ever since the two sons moved in, the two daughters-in-law and the two children have caused chaos in the house.

Especially An An's daughter Lu Tingting. Although she is only five years old, she has completely inherited her father's crazy personality. She is crazy and jumps around every day, which makes Zhang Weifang almost depressed.

If this continues, she is really afraid that she will go crazy.

Lu Shi also felt annoyed by their noise, so he called his two sons aside and made his point clear:

"Move out two by two. Your mother and I can't stand your noise. We'll give each family 500 yuan in subsidies, and you can figure out the rest on your own."

Hu Zi and An An had nothing to say. They just moved. They couldn't let their parents feel uneasy.

But the two daughters-in-law were not happy. Their parents-in-law had such a big house and it was not too crowded, so why should they move out? They would have to spend their own money to rent a house, buy groceries and cook.

Wang Hui was very smart. She tried to find Zhang Weifang and expressed her thoughts:

"Mom, my Ruirui is nine years old. He is obedient and sensible and won't disturb you. Why don't you let him stay?"

Zhang Weifang refused without even thinking:

"No, your father and I are not used to crowds of people. You all should move out."

She knew what Wang Hui meant. If they let their son stay, they could come back to see him from time to time, have some meals with him, and then settle down.

Zhang Hailian had always been at odds with her in-laws, so she moved out without saying anything. She also didn't feel comfortable at her in-laws' house, fearing she would do something wrong and get scolded again.

After her two sons moved out, Zhang Weifang cleaned the house carefully from top to bottom. She always felt that with so many people in the house before, it would bring a lot of bacteria.

The same goes for Lu Shi. Before, when his two daughters-in-law were at home, it was inconvenient for him to go to the toilet. Fortunately, there was a folding space at home, otherwise he would be embarrassed to share the toilet with strangers every day.

Besides, both sons smoke. Zhang Weifang and Lu Shi have been clean all their lives and can't stand the pungent smell.

In May, Zhang Weishuang's home was installed with a telephone. Her family was the first in the village to install a telephone. Gou Xiao's career has developed well in recent years and he has saved a lot of money, so he installed a telephone at home.

Her first call was to Zhang Weifang. The two sisters talked for a few words on the phone and then hung up. After all, the phone bill was not cheap.

At that time, it cost two thousand yuan to install a telephone in the village, which was not cheap, so only a dozen households in the village installed landline telephones.

Zhang Weibao's family does not have it installed. His family's financial situation is not very good. Although his salary is not low, the expenses are also not small. Both children are in school, and Wang Fuzi likes to dress herself up, so they don't have much savings.

Zhang Weifang works at a matchmaking agency during the day, listening to other people's love and hate stories. At night, she goes home to watch TV and then goes to bed early. She lives a very fulfilling life like this.

That day, I received another call from my hometown saying that my third uncle Zhang Jiuchang in Heilongjiang Province had passed away, and someone from my hometown was asked to bring his ashes back.

They rarely contacted their third uncle in Heilongjiang Province. He would only occasionally send back some wood ear mushrooms and sometimes a letter. Zhang Weifang and her siblings had never even met this third uncle, so their relationship with him was not very deep.

But we are all close relatives, so someone has to be sent back home no matter what.

My second uncle in Nanshan City is old and in poor health, so it is inconvenient for him to travel long distances.

Zhang Weiren is busy with work and Zhang Weicun cannot be relied upon, so this time Zhang Weibao can only go alone.

Zhang Weibao did not hesitate. He took a bus directly to Nanshan City, and then got on the train with the train ticket bought for him by his second uncle.

The train took three days to reach the distant Heilongjiang Province. Zhang Weibao was not prone to motion sickness, and he was sitting in a sleeper car, so he was still in high spirits when he got off the train.

After the funeral in Heilongjiang Province, Zhang Weibao returned to his hometown with his third uncle's urn.

In the past few days, he also met his third uncle's brothers and sisters, all of whom were very tall and handsome. However, they were not close, so they didn't talk much.

Only Third Aunt was quite enthusiastic towards him. When he left, Third Aunt even brought him some local specialties.

Zhang Weibao spent more than a thousand yuan on the round-trip fare this time, and he had to transfer on the way, which was very troublesome.

Fortunately, the fare for the trip was provided by Zhang Jiuling, and the fare for the return trip was paid by Zhang Weiren. In this way, he only had to do the work both ways.